Chapter Summaries

Dilos Sullivan’s thriving Jurassic Park business continued to grow as he praised Emma’s work and removed her Adamantium restraint bracelet. Meanwhile, Nick Fury investigated the theft of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s dangerous items, ordered the Tesseract moved, and considered who was behind the breach.

• Dilos reviewed Sullivan Enterprises’ financial report and discussed delaying a Superpowered Guard Team autograph session until a new generation had developed.
• Emma told Dilos that the park’s security upgrades were complete at the visitor entrance and that she had personally vetted its security personnel.
• Dilos decided Emma had changed and snapped his fingers, causing her Adamantium restraint bracelet to fall off.
• Hill told Nick Fury that most of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s dangerous items had been stolen after its electronic systems were tampered with, but the Tesseract remained.
• Nick Fury ordered Hill to investigate the stolen items, relocate the Tesseract, and move important records to paper or portable hard drives.
• Nick Fury considered Dilos Sullivan, the League of Assassins, and Hydra as possible culprits.

Dilos visited George Stacy’s home and discussed his support for the New York police and Gwen’s scientific future. He secured George’s agreement in principle to cooperate with the Superpowered Guard Team once government authorization came through.

• Dilos arrived at George Stacy’s home and was welcomed as a guest by George and his family.
• At dinner, George explained that Dilos had funded and upgraded the New York police department’s equipment.
• Dilos described the advanced protective uniforms, vehicles, and bomb-disposal equipment supplied by Sullivan Enterprises.
• George praised Gwen’s interest and talent in biological genetics, and Dilos invited her to join Sullivan Enterprises.
• George agreed in principle to cooperation between the police and the Superpowered Guard Team but said he needed legal authorization.
• Dilos assured George that the approvals would arrive within the week, and they toasted their future partnership.

After securing the Superpowered Guard Team’s legalization, Dilos studied the Obelisk and reflected on the risks of pursuing godhood. When Dante reported an Autobot fighting S.H.I.E.L.D. forces in Chicago Valley, Dilos set out to intervene before S.H.I.E.L.D. could obtain Cybertronian technology.

• Dilos worried that Ancient One had detected his approach to godhood, but resolved to pursue magic after preparing Jia Yin and the Superpowered Guard Team.
• Dilos examined the Obelisk he had stolen from S.H.I.E.L.D. and considered how its alien energy and the Kree technology behind it might advance his research.
• Dante alerted Dilos that a satellite had detected Cybertronians in Chicago Valley.
• Dilos watched footage of a yellow Autobot fighting S.H.I.E.L.D. special forces without killing them and recognized the insignia on its chest.
• Dilos asked for the location and vanished before Dante could finish giving him the coordinates.

Dilos Sullivan arrived during S.H.I.E.L.D.'s attempt to capture a yellow Cybertronian and discovered the agents were lying about the robot's intentions. He teleported the agents back to headquarters and turned to question the alien.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents struggled to damage the yellow robot with their advanced weapons while the robot fought back.
• Dilos appeared after a powerful blast shook the battlefield, and the agents recognized him as the strongest Mutant.
• The team leader claimed S.H.I.E.L.D. was stopping a suspected alien invasion, while the robot protested that the agents had ambushed him and wanted to experiment on him.
• Dilos sensed the agents' deception and teleported them to the first floor of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Triskelion headquarters.
• Dilos reassured the robot that the agents were alive, then began speaking with him.

Dilos gave Bumblebee a way to contact him, then returned to his laboratory to examine the AllSpark. His soul vision revealed a vast energy source sealed within a mysterious structure that he suspected functioned like a supercomputer.

• Dilos met Bumblebee, offered goodwill, and gave him a smart card for contacting S.T.A.R. Labs.
• Bumblebee accepted the card, transformed into a yellow Chevrolet, and drove away.
• Dilos briefed the people at S.T.A.R. Labs about the Cybertronians before returning to his underground base on Isla Sorna.
• Dilos used soul power to probe the AllSpark and overcame the barrier by greatly amplifying his power.
• Dilos saw immense energy surrounded by a star-colored cocoon covered in runes and suspected the AllSpark contained a supercomputer-like system.

Dilos studied how Thundercracker used the AllSpark and discovered that Cybertronian sparks were incomplete souls formed from soul power and bioelectricity. He fused the two into a new energy he named Soul Current and used it to activate the AllSpark himself.

• Dilos summoned Thundercracker and ordered him to Cybertronianize an electronic watch while Dilos observed the process with soul power.
• Dilos learned that the AllSpark reshaped matter and could give transformed Cybertronians a mild initial personality; Thundercracker then upgraded the miniature Cybertronian.
• Dilos searched Thundercracker’s spark for electronic codes and learned about Cybertronian sparks, control, and intrusion into information-storing devices.
• Dilos fused his soul power with bioelectricity, created Soul Current, and fed the AllSpark the codes he had memorized.
• Dilos used the AllSpark to transform an electronic alarm clock into a Cybertronian, astonishing Thundercracker.

Dilos used the AllSpark to develop new spatial technology and an ability to invade electronic devices, though he could not safely force his way into the AllSpark itself. Tony Stark arrived earlier than Dilos expected and admitted he agreed with Dilos, who asked whether Tony wanted to rule the entire Earth.

• Dilos cracked two of the AllSpark's passwords, stored its functional energies in his cells, and used its spatial technology to create a new spatial ring and equipment.
• Dilos learned to enter electronic devices and networks through soul currents, but an attempt to invade the AllSpark triggered a dangerous counterattack.
• Dante informed Dilos that Tony Stark had arrived at his office on Isla Nublar, where Emma arranged for him to wait.
• Dilos met Tony, who greeted him by his given name and said he had reconsidered Dilos's earlier words.
• Dilos asked Tony what he thought about ruling the entire Earth.

Tony debated Dilos about regulating sexual relationships and rebuilding morality, then learned that aliens threatened Earth and that Dilos had captured some. The chapter ended with Tony eagerly demanding to see them.

• Tony challenged Dilos’s strict views on sexual relationships, but accepted his arguments about legal limits, responsibility, and morality.
• Dilos explained that heroes and public figures needed to set examples while laws and values gradually changed across the United States and the world.
• Tony agreed that their long-term goal was to ensure light could suppress darkness even without heroes, but asked why they were still building military strength.
• Dilos said they needed armed forces because Earth faced external threats, including aliens.
• Dilos told Tony that he had captured several aliens, and Tony immediately asked to see them.

Dilos introduced Tony to Thundercracker and prepared to help him improve his armor and physique for future battles. At Arlington Military Base, General Ross pressed Samuel Sterns to reverse Emil Blonsky’s transformation into Abomination, and Samuel secretly agreed to an unidentified party’s terms in exchange for escape.

• Dilos warned Tony not to call Thundercracker a robot and promised him Cybertronian materials and data for research.
• Dilos told Tony he would help strengthen his armor and body for future battles.
• General Ross questioned Samuel Sterns about reversing Emil Blonsky’s transformation into Abomination, but Samuel said he had no way to restore him.
• General Ross pressured Samuel to hurry, then left the facility.
• Samuel returned to his office, used a silver key, and agreed to someone’s terms on the condition that they get him out.

A disguised force infiltrated Arlington Military Base, killed its personnel, and abducted Samuel Sterns and Abomination. Abomination was transported to New York, where he escaped his cage and landed near the Mutant Affairs Department, roaring for Ross.

• A burly soldier killed the guard beside him and reported that the base was ready for the next phase of the mission.
• The infiltrators escorted Samuel Sterns out of the base and loaded Abomination's anesthetized cage onto a transport plane.
• The plane flew invisibly toward New York with Abomination and Samuel Sterns aboard.
• A rift opened over New York, and Abomination's cage fell onto the Mutant Affairs Department building.
• Abomination burst free, crashed into the street, and roared Ross's name as bystanders fled.

Abomination slaughtered civilians in New York until Dilos Sullivan arrived and stopped him. Dilos overwhelmed Abomination and began punishing him for the deaths, leaving him with a torn-off arm and no chance to beg for mercy.

• Abomination killed civilians in New York while reporters filmed the rampage.
• Dante sent footage to Dilos, who teleported away from Stark Mansion; Tony ordered JARVIS to prepare Mark XII and an emergency medical kit.
• Dilos reached the scene, freed a man Abomination was choking, and confronted Abomination.
• Abomination attacked at extreme speed, but Dilos blocked every blow and protected bystanders from the collateral force.
• Dilos struck Abomination in the stomach, incapacitating him, then transformed and tore off one of his arms.
• Dilos told Abomination he deserved to die and covered his mouth to stop him from crying out.

Dilos brutally tortured Abomination for killing civilians, then burned him to ashes while onlookers wondered which of them looked more monstrous. After discovering that the attack was a deliberate operation by the League of Assassins, Dilos secretly tracked its perpetrators and planned to use them to find Ra's al Ghul.

• Dilos tore off Abomination's arm and repeatedly punched him, crippling his regeneration while keeping him alive to suffer.
• Dilos hurled Abomination into the sky and incinerated him with crimson beams as Spider-Man watched and Tony Stark helped the injured.
• Tony found Dilos transformed into a towering half-human, half-dragon form at the bottom of the pit.
• Dilos used satellite scans and a spatial passage to locate the cloaked military aircraft that had brought Abomination to the Mutant Affairs Department.
• Dilos recognized the attackers as members of the League of Assassins and placed his soul power in them as hidden trackers, intending to reach Ra's al Ghul.

After defeating Abomination, Dilos concealed the evidence and demonstrated his extraordinary speed, frightening officials who tracked him by satellite. Nick Fury raised Dilos's threat level and, alarmed by his growing power, sought permission for S.H.I.E.L.D. to study the Tesseract.

• Dilos left the crater after planting hidden Soul Power marks on the League of Assassins, while Tony guarded the entrance and told the crowd to seek medical checks and ask the military about Abomination.
• Dilos secretly destroyed Abomination's blood and severed limbs, then flew hundreds of kilometers away at tremendous speed to intimidate those monitoring him.
• Nick Fury reviewed estimates showing Dilos could move at over four hundred Mach and ordered Hill to establish a new Level Twelve threat rating.
• Nick Fury reflected on Dilos's escalating strength and his own fear of him, then asked the Security Council for permission to conduct a full-scale study of the Tesseract.

Dilos finished helping Tony develop Alpha Quantum Fieldization for his armor, then performed surgery to remove the shrapnel and reactor embedded in Tony’s chest. After transforming Tony with an improved Extremis Virus, Dilos began planning a new Bleeding Edge Armor made from Cybertronian metal.

• Dilos helped Tony complete Alpha Quantum Fieldization, and Tony began building a new generation of armor.
• Dilos removed the shrapnel and reactor container from Tony’s chest while stabilizing his bones and internal organs.
• Dilos injected Tony with a perfected Extremis Virus that rapidly healed his chest and transformed his body.
• Dilos blocked Tony’s senses during the painful transformation, then restored them after three hours.
• Tony crushed a metal dagger blade in his hand without injury, and Dilos looked toward Cybertronian metal for the planned Bleeding Edge Armor.

Dilos tracked the League of Assassins to a hidden underground laboratory beneath a remote Canadian village and discovered that William Stryker was working with Ra's al Ghul to create powerful Lizard Demons. After marking Ra's al Ghul with his soul power, Dilos prepared to confront the people behind the experiments.

• Dilos followed the League of Assassins’ soul-power coordinates through more than two hundred hideouts before they reached a village in northern Canada.
• Dilos scanned the underground base and found a vast laboratory filled with powerful Lizard Demons in incubation pods.
• Dilos spotted the psychic who had implanted bombs in the assassins and identified the bearded man beside the experiment tables as Ra's al Ghul.
• Dilos read Ra's al Ghul’s memories, confirmed his identity, and left a cluster of soul power in his consciousness.
• Dilos recognized William Stryker and realized he had joined forces with the League of Assassins.
• Dilos found assassins in smaller incubation pods and sent his soul power toward the people at the experiment tables.

Dilos subdued Ra's al Ghul, took control of the League of Assassins, and manipulated William Stryker into taking the blame for the Abomination attack. Stryker was executed after trial, while public support for mutants grew.

• Dilos used his soul power to subdue Ra's al Ghul, William Stryker, and Ra's al Ghul's psychic ally, then killed the psychic.
• Dilos altered Ra's al Ghul's memories and beliefs, took control of the League of Assassins, and placed its members under safeguards.
• Hank McCoy learned that William Stryker had been found tied up beneath the Mutant Affairs Department and arranged to have him held for trial.
• Dilos manipulated Stryker into believing he had planned the Abomination attack and ensured he would take the blame in court.
• Stryker received the death penalty and was executed the day after his trial, prompting celebrations and helping improve public attitudes toward mutants.

Dilos and Dr. Connors used Dr. Samuel Sterns’s knowledge and their biotechnology research to create the Vanguard Series Serum, a powerful enhancement that far surpassed the Super Soldier Serum. The serum had serious limitations, and Dilos’s team recognized that its use would need to be tightly controlled.

• Dilos assessed the value of the Lizard Monster serum, Yuriko, Lucian, and Dr. Samuel Sterns, and focused on the serum and Sterns’s research knowledge.
• Dilos and Dr. Connors spent a week cracking Dr. Erskine’s formula and developing the Vanguard Series Serum.
• Dilos described how the serum greatly enhanced strength, lifespan, and durability, and could further increase the potential of people with existing abilities.
• Dilos explained that Vanguard users could not undergo further genetic modification and might need large amounts of food to avoid organ failure.
• Dilos noted that Vanguard enhanced physical power but did not grant the control and mental discipline associated with Guoshu cultivation, and could cause chaos if given to the wrong people.

Selene pushed her speed to its limit in a battle with Dilos, who countered her attacks with his strength, reflexes, and true essence armor. The chapter left Selene inside a devastating superstorm she had created, with Dilos still standing nearby.

• Selene attacked Dilos at Mach 20, but he effortlessly dodged her punches.
• Selene accelerated to Mach 50 and unleashed a denser barrage, which Dilos redirected with Taiji Baguazhang.
• Selene reached Mach 500, forcing Dilos to boost his physical attributes and coat himself in true essence armor; her strikes rebounded painfully.
• Selene challenged Dilos to face her real strength, then began accelerating in circles and used her Speed Force Field to whip up a storm.
• Selene reached her limit after more than ten seconds, creating a nearly two-kilometer-wide superstorm that shredded the wasteland around her.

Dilos struggled to break Selene’s superstorm using only his permitted abilities and discovered how to ignite and shape his true essence. His golden dragon-head attack destroyed the storm and devastated the surrounding area, leaving Selene severely injured and Dilos horrified by the destruction.

• Dilos enhanced his body with beastification and blood vitality, then tested ways to unleash more of his true essence against Selene’s superstorm.
• Dilos merged his soul power with true essence during repeated strikes and found a way to make the energy ignite explosively.
• Selene sensed the danger from Dilos’s golden light and fled the storm, running nearly twenty kilometers before her Spider-Sense stopped warning her.
• Dilos shaped the unstable golden flames around his body into a dragon head and launched it into the sky, where it expanded and exploded.
• The blast dispersed Selene’s superstorm and vaporized everything across a fifty-kilometer area; Selene was caught at its edge and suffered ruptured organs, while Dilos teleported into outer space.
• Dilos saw the enormous crater left by the explosion and realized he had caused a disaster.

After Dilos’s uncontrolled Raging Dragon Assault nearly killed Selene, he apologized and offered to teach her Guoshu. Selene accepted his knowledge transfer, and the experience awakened unfamiliar feelings for Dilos as she returned to her room.

• Dilos realized that Raging Dragon Assault was too destructive to use safely on Earth and found Selene badly injured, though she recovered after he gave her True Essence.
• Back at the New Undead Clan’s base, Selene reflected on her appearance and wondered whether she might find a partner, but rejected every man she could think of.
• Dilos apologized for nearly harming Selene and offered to teach her vital energy extraction, Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound, and other Guoshu techniques.
• Selene initially refused because she felt she had already received too much from Dilos, but she accepted after he called her a dear friend he could entrust his life to.
• Dilos transferred his Guoshu knowledge to Selene through Soul Current, and she felt a new emotion taking root as she watched him.
• After Dilos left, Selene returned to her room and blushed when she recognized the strange feelings in her reflection.