Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao explained Earth’s contact with aliens and told Thanos that another country’s ideology was the reason he had summoned him. He challenged Thanos’s plan to erase half of all life and promised a different path, though he warned it had never been proven to work.

• Lin Hao clarified that Huaxia was one country on Earth and explained how alien contact had helped Earth’s civilizations develop without unifying through war.
• Lin Hao revealed that another major power had met the Kree and Skrulls before Huaxia and said he wanted Thanos’s help destroying that country’s ideology.
• Lin Hao described Thanos’s plan to use the six Infinity Stones to erase half of all life, then immobilized him when Thanos prepared to attack.
• Lin Hao told Thanos that another version of him had succeeded with the Snap but that survivors later restored the erased life.
• Thanos considered killing anyone who could travel between universes, but Lin Hao mocked the idea and challenged him to hear an alternative.
• Lin Hao described a theoretical path that could address resource scarcity and social conflict through positive guidance and collective resilience.

Nick Fury traveled with Mac Whel to seek supernatural power from Hydra, only to discover that the creature was weak and the promise of power was false. Meanwhile, Gravik planned to overthrow Talos and negotiate with the Chinese on Earth, while Nick Fury continued toward Maklu IV, unaware that Lin Hao had destroyed the Kree fleet.

• Nick Fury reached the desolate planet with Mac Whel and found that Hydra was weak, realizing someone had inserted false claims about its power into genuine intelligence.
• Gravik showed Talos a report of Lin Hao destroying the Kree fleet and urged him to contact the Chinese on Earth about reclaiming the Skrull homeworld.
• Talos rejected Gravik’s proposal, so Gravik rallied supporters and planned to seize the ship at Maklu IV and negotiate without Talos.
• Talos kept Lin Hao’s victory secret from the Skrulls, leaving Nick Fury unaware of the Kree’s defeat as he continued toward Maklu IV.
• Nick Fury told Mac Whel that he had intelligence the Makluans could not refuse and recalled his first mission in 1968.

Nick Fury and Mac Whel traveled to Maklu IV to contact the Makluans, where King Koo ordered them killed until Fury revealed he had met Makuahn on Earth. Fury explained that Makuahn had left Maklu IV with Koo’s missing son and the Holy Child, and the chapter ended as Fury recalled his secret 1968 encounter with the dragon-like alien.

• Nick Fury dismissed Talos’s warning and traveled with Mac Whel to Maklu IV after the Skrulls arranged contact with the Makluans.
• Nick Fury and Mac Whel met King Koo, the powerful leader of a Makluan tribe who had spent two thousand years searching for his missing son and the Holy Child, Nian.
• King Koo became enraged when Nick Fury said he and Mac Whel were not Skrulls and ordered his guards to drag them away and burn them.
• Nick Fury stopped the guards by telling King Koo he knew Makuahn and had seen him on Earth.
• Nick Fury recalled meeting Makuahn during a secret 1968 S.H.I.E.L.D. mission and said the Makluan had claimed to come from Maklu IV.

Nick Fury revealed Makuahn’s imprisonment on Earth and gave Koo Earth’s coordinates, hoping the Makluans would help America defeat its rivals. Koo prepared to invade Earth, while Fury learned that the Skrulls had unexpectedly departed.

• Nick Fury told Koo that Makuahn was trapped in the Himalayas and claimed he had failed to find other Makluans on Earth.
• Nick Fury handed Koo a device containing Earth’s coordinates and described the Himalayas as Makuahn’s prison.
• Nick Fury planned to use the Makluans and Skrulls to weaken S.P.E.A.R. and America’s rivals, then bring America into the Interstellar Era.
• A gray dragon reported that the Skrull spacecraft had left, surprising Nick Fury; the Skrulls had instead headed for Hala after Gravik’s coup.
• Koo ordered the Makluan warriors to follow him to Earth to retrieve the “Holy Son” and his disappointing son.

Gravik rejected Talos’s plan to trust the Americans and took the Skrull ship toward Hala to contact Lin Hao. As Lin Hao organized the takeover of the Kree worlds and imposed a fair distribution system, he recruited Thanos to help oversee the new order and proposed that he lead women’s affairs.

• Gravik argued with Talos, confined Talos and his family, and ordered the Skrull ship to fly toward Hala.
• Lin Hao directed S.P.E.A.R. personnel to take control of the Kree worlds gradually and relocate carefully selected immigrants to habitable planets near Earth.
• Lin Hao demanded fairness in the distribution of the conquered planets and warned the takeover personnel against using them to enrich their families.
• Thanos told Lin Hao that he had read the books and learned about earlier efforts to build a fair society, and agreed that the approach was worth trying.
• Lin Hao assigned Thanos to oversee the fair order and suggested he also direct women’s affairs to support education and self-reliance.

Lin Hao agreed to return the Skrulls’ homeworld in exchange for their knowledge and resources, then went aboard their ship to find Talos and his daughter. He discovered that Brooke had disguised himself as G’iah, while the real G’iah was the legendary Super Skrull.

• Gravik asked Lin Hao to trade the Skrulls’ accumulated knowledge for the return of their homeworld, and Lin Hao agreed to meet him.
• Lin Hao used the Soul-Seizing Spell to learn why Gravik had come, then took him to the Skrull ship and confirmed the trade.
• Gravik announced that the Skrulls could return home, winning their support as their leader.
• Lin Hao asked to see Talos, and Gravik led him to the compartment where Talos was imprisoned.
• Lin Hao exposed the apparent young G’iah as Brooke in disguise and revealed that the real G’iah was the Super Skrull.

Lin Hao revealed that Talos had hidden G'iah's Super Skrull abilities for ten years to protect her freedom, enraging Gravik and the other Skrulls. Lin Hao stopped Gravik from killing himself and condemned Talos for putting his daughter’s choices above the survival of Skrull civilization, leaving the Skrulls to confront Talos’s leadership.

• Lin Hao extracted Talos's memories and showed the Skrulls how Talos discovered G'iah was a Super Skrull and chose to keep her identity secret.
• Gravik entered Talos's chamber, accused him of sacrificing the Skrulls' future, and struck him.
• Gravik realized Talos had kept G'iah from Carol and had given up the chance for her to gain Carol's powers, then tried to kill himself.
• Lin Hao immobilized Gravik and told the Skrulls that Talos had been influenced by American ideas about freedom and sacrifice.
• Lin Hao accused Talos of thinking like America's elite, expecting others to make sacrifices while he and his family avoided hardship.

Carol Danvers returned to Earth and reunited with Monica and the dying Maria Rambeau, then learned about the disasters that had struck America. After reviewing Maria’s records, Carol noticed the events began in April 2008 and wondered whether a god had cursed the country.

• Carol returned to Earth, found Monica Rambeau, and learned that Maria Rambeau had cancer.
• Monica asked Carol whether alien technology could cure Maria, but Carol said it could not.
• Maria showed Carol her records of major events, including the battles in San Francisco and at the White House, the destruction of Houston and Washington D.C., and the Tokyo and Ryukyu incidents.
• Carol noticed that America’s disasters had begun in April 2008 and wondered whether a god had cursed the country.
• Maria asked whether such gods existed, leaving Carol surprised because she knew they did.

Carol and Maria discussed the threat posed by S.P.E.A.R. and learned that Lin Hao had destroyed a Kree fleet, leaving them worried about America’s ability to defend itself. Carol proposed that America form an elite superhero team instead of relying on its military.

• Carol suspected the Octopus Monster was the work of a demon god, and Maria said Nick Fury might know more about it.
• Maria explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been disbanded and that S.P.E.A.R. had gained spacecraft and powerful agents.
• Carol showed Maria a recording of Lin Hao destroying a Kree fleet, and Maria was shocked by his power.
• Maria wanted to report the danger to the government, but Carol argued that doing so could cause fear and chaos.
• Carol comforted Maria during a coughing fit and proposed that America form a team of superheroes like the Kree's Marvel Squad.

Carol decided to stay in America and formed a superhero team with Coulson, hoping to recruit superhumans to help the country through its crises. As they reviewed possible recruits, an emergency report announced another superhuman killing in Phoenix.

• Carol decided not to share Lin Hao's information or spaceship technology with America and chose to help her country by forming a superhero team.
• Carol visited Coulson's burger joint and asked him to join her team and help find recruits.
• Coulson shared his handwritten records of American superhumans, including the Swordsman Squad and its Evil-Warding Swordplay.
• Carol and Coulson discussed potential recruits, including Thor and a Captain America from a parallel universe.
• A television report announced that a superhuman had killed a well-known businessman in Phoenix, and Coulson sighed at the news.

Carol learned that a string of powerful Americans had been killed in abnormal fires and flew to investigate. Meanwhile, Zheng Xian and Lin Hao prepared a gift for Carol, and the chapter shifted to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the charitable foundations used to enrich America’s elite.

• Carol watched news footage of a burning manor and learned that prominent Americans had been targeted in ten recent attacks.
• Coulson described the government’s security efforts and private companies’ recruitment of superhumans, and Carol flew off to investigate.
• S.P.E.A.R.’s radar detected Carol’s spaceship entering the Solar System, and Zheng Xian informed Lin Hao that she had returned.
• Lin Hao agreed that Carol was due back and told Zheng Xian they could send her a gift.
• The chapter explained how the Bureau of Indian Affairs managed Native American reservations and how charitable foundations enabled wealthy directors and associates to profit while claiming to serve charity.

Arekom, a Comanche teenager at a boarding school, witnessed a supernatural attack and wished for power to avenge his people. Lin Hao appeared and gave him a scepter that could summon Comanche Warriors, leaving Arekom poised to act against the Americans he hated.

• The chapter described how boarding schools funded by the Native American Protection Association separated Indigenous children from their families and erased their cultures.
• It recounted the destruction of Comancheria and how Quanah Parker ended the conflict by signing a peace agreement with the Americans.
• Arekom, an ordinary Comanche student, slipped away from the school staff to get air on the roof.
• Arekom saw a member of the Neo-Shinobi Sect use the Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique at a distant manor and wished he had supernatural powers.
• Lin Hao appeared before Arekom and offered him a scepter that could summon Comanche Warriors to destroy the Americans he hated.

Lin Hao gave Arekom the Blood-Drinking Scepter and Chakra containing memories of ninjutsu, then left him to decide his own path. Arekom waited for a chance to strike at the boarding school’s corrupt leaders, while the school staged a charity visit for reporters after the promised VIPs stayed away.

• Lin Hao gave Arekom the Blood-Drinking Scepter and ninjutsu memories, then vanished through a pale blue mist.
• Arekom quietly returned to class and resolved to use the scepter against the people who had abused the children at his boarding school.
• Carol arrived at the burning manor, unaware that the killer had escaped using Earth Style Ninjutsu.
• The principal threatened the students and promised better meals to prepare them for a charity visit, while Arekom waited for his opportunity.
• Only association staff member Richard arrived with the reporters, so the principal persuaded him to pose as a senior official for the cameras.

Arekom used the Blood-Drinking Scepter to summon the students who had died at the boarding school, and they began killing the staff who had abused them. With reporters broadcasting the massacre live, Arekom announced that Indian warriors were returning to the world.

• Arekom confronted the school principal during a press visit and accused the school of torturing students to death.
• Arekom struck the ground with the Blood-Drinking Scepter, and the dead students rose as Blood-Drinking Zombies.
• A zombie killed Principal Jack and drank his blood as undead beings spread across the campus, slaughtering school staff.
• Arekom ordered the reporters to broadcast the massacre live across the country.
• Arekom addressed the nation on camera, warning that Indian warriors were returning.

After Arekom brought Indian spirits back to the mortal world, American officials identified him as a threat and tried to intercept him before he could summon more undead. Arekom reached the Comanche ancestral lands and escaped a missile strike with the Blood-Drinking Scepter and reverse summoning, leaving America bracing for a nationwide crisis.

• The National Guard sealed off the Phoenix school, but Arekom had already fled with the teenage spirits and living students.
• American officials identified Arekom as a Comanche and ordered troops to seize his family and tribe, but he had already moved on.
• A military staff officer predicted Arekom would head to the Staked Plains, and officials prepared to evacuate civilians, mobilize the National Guard, and bomb the area if undead appeared.
• Arekom summoned countless skeletons across the wasteland with the Blood-Drinking Scepter, then recalled them and escaped by reverse summoning when missiles arrived.
• The missiles struck empty ground, and American officials raised their war-readiness level as they realized Arekom could move through space.

Carol rushed to Los Angeles to confront Arekom and persuade him to abandon his revenge, but he mocked her while more than 300,000 Indian undead slaughtered the city. The real Arekom remained out of reach as Carol fought the Blood-Drinking Zombies and the blood-red haze engulfed Los Angeles.

• Carol decided to find Arekom and persuade him to stop, while telling Coulson she would lead the superhuman team she planned to assemble.
• Following Lin Hao's orders, Arekom gathered more than 300,000 undead skeletons and brought them to Los Angeles instead of New York.
• The undead appeared across Los Angeles, drained residents of their blood, and grew stronger as reporters witnessed the slaughter.
• Carol arrived and confronted Arekom, who rejected her plea and accused her of defending the people who had slaughtered his ancestors.
• Arekom revealed that he was a shadow clone and mocked Carol as the massacre continued across the city.
• Unable to find the real Arekom, Carol attacked the Blood-Drinking Zombies while a blood-red haze spread over Los Angeles.

Tony Stark realized the Los Angeles undead crisis could provoke a nuclear strike, while Lin Hao used Arekom’s revenge attack to ignite political conflict in America. After Lin Hao and Arekom escaped, Carol carried the incoming missile toward space.

• Jarvis told Tony Stark that Arekom, a young Comanche man, had summoned Indian undead to attack Los Angeles, and Tony feared New York would respond with a nuclear missile.
• Provisional government officials argued over whether to nuke Los Angeles, but representatives from the city opposed the strike; the missile launched anyway.
• Arekom’s warriors regained bodies, armed themselves, and slaughtered people as Carol fought them and Arekom taunted her with America’s history of violence against Native Americans.
• Lin Hao met Arekom underground, recalled the undead, and explained that the nuclear strike would help split America and spark civil war.
• Carol saw the missile approaching, sensed danger from its warhead, and carried it toward space.

After the missile crisis in Los Angeles, California and Texas formed the Southwest Alliance, triggering a wave of state alliances and accelerating America’s collapse. As Carol and Coulson struggled to understand the political crisis, Nick Fury returned to Earth and found the country on the brink of falling apart.

• The California Consortium’s leaders agreed to ally with Texas and announce the Southwest Alliance after the Northeast government launched a nuclear missile toward Los Angeles.
• On January 1, 2011, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas established Southwest Mutual Defense, openly challenging the temporary federal government.
• Southwestern representatives clashed with the Northeast government, while Florida, Georgia, and Alabama formed the Florida Alliance and other regional blocs soon appeared.
• Carol, Melinda, and Coulson recognized that the missile launch had shattered trust, but they could not stop the country’s fragmentation.
• Nick Fury returned from Maklu IV aboard a Makluan spaceship and was stunned to see America nearing collapse.

Lin Hao broadcast Nick Fury’s encounter with King Koo and the Makluans to the whole world, while Carol failed to stop Fury from contacting the American government. The call exposed America to worldwide blame, and the chapter ended with its patriots collapsing and Steve Rogers facing Johnny Blaze’s demand to destroy and rebuild the country.

• Lin Hao appeared aboard the Makluans’ spacecraft and used S.P.E.A.R. to broadcast Nick Fury’s conversation with King Koo across Earth.
• King Koo allowed Nick Fury to contact his country after Fury warned that Earth might hold the person who had sealed Makuahn.
• Carol saw the broadcast and flew toward the Makluans’ spacecraft, but Lin Hao’s power immobilized her before she could stop Fury.
• Nick Fury called the classified channel, and Tom Versack’s attempt to destroy the phone accidentally answered the call and exposed the conversation on the livestream.
• Nick Fury began to reveal that he was a Skrull, but the broadcast cut off; viewers blamed America, and patriots across the country collapsed.
• Steve Rogers watched the broadcast in Texas as Johnny Blaze called for America to be destroyed and rebuilt.

As Koo’s Makluan ship descended toward Eurasia, Lin Hao livestreamed the region’s forces mobilizing against it while America’s divided military refused to respond. Nick Fury watched America lose its chance to lead humanity, was crushed by Koo, and the Makluans opened fire on the approaching defenders.

• Nick Fury offered to lead Koo to the Makluans’ people, and Koo kept him in his grip as the ship headed toward Eurasia.
• Lin Hao resumed the livestream and filmed the Makluan flagship descending toward Earth while Carol remained trapped by his Body Immobilization Technique.
• S.P.E.A.R. launched spacecraft and fighters, and forces from across Eurasia mobilized to meet the alien ship.
• The divided U.S. military refused to deploy its pilots, leaving America absent as other countries rallied behind the Eastern Great Power.
• Nick Fury realized America had lost its chance to lead the response, and Koo crushed him to death.
• Koo ordered the Makluans to attack the approaching forces, and they opened fire.