Chapter Summaries

Ancient One defeated the Blood God's projection and confronted his true body, while the surviving group called Taylor to study the Blood God Array. Taylor began documenting and testing its Runes with Blade assisting him.

• Kano and the Achilles Warriors attacked the Blood God after he emerged from the blood cocoon, but he overpowered them and ordered them to leave.
• Ancient One appeared, destroyed the Blood God's projection, and opened a gateway toward his true body in the Blood Dimension.
• Ancient One bound and split the Blood God, then struck his soul with power borrowed from Dormammu's Dark Dimension.
• Kano contacted Taylor, who arrived and began recording and testing the Runes in the Blood God Array.
• Taylor asked Kano to bring the half-vampire to assist with his research, and Kano assigned Blade to help him.

Taylor spent several months studying runes and spatial magic with Ancient One, then returned to the Zombie Plane to check on resource gathering. There, Bobby and the impatient Sargeras awaited him.

• Kano rescued the badly injured Hawkeye Clinton and set out to visit Clinton's daughter while seeking more talent and power.
• Taylor studied spatial theory with Ancient One, copied runes from several dimensional powers, and spent time with Gwen.
• Taylor left Hawkes's Achilles Warriors at Silver Castle and brought Hawkes to the Zombie Plane to inspect resource collection.
• Nick Fury ordered Coulson and Natasha to find Clinton after his family vanished and nearby vampires disappeared.
• Bobby relaxed beside growing stores of magical resources while Sargeras complained that his Burning Legion was too weak.
• A deep-blue mirror appeared just after Bobby told Sargeras that Taylor might return at any moment.

Taylor reunited with Sargeras, Hawkes, and Bobby, then tested his strengthened Ghidorah form and received Bobby’s analysis of its bloodline and spatial abilities. The chapter left Taylor preparing to pursue deeper spatial research and the Space Stone while Bobby continued studying his blood and runes.

• Taylor left Sargeras and Hawkes together, and the two immediately traded insults before clashing in a destructive fight.
• Taylor asked Bobby whether he wanted to leave with him, but Bobby chose to remain behind and continue his research.
• Taylor transformed into Ghidorah Mode so Bobby could study its increased size, bloodline activity, Gravity Beams, and spatial powers.
• Bobby advised Taylor to provide tissue samples and obtain the Space Stone, explaining that using spatial power increased Ghidorah’s bloodline activity.
• Taylor activated the seven-pointed star runes, entering a state of heightened bloodline activity while Bobby scanned him and drew blood.
• Taylor shared his Blood God Array and Blood God Runes research with Bobby, who recognized its value for future bloodline research.

Taylor returned from the Zombie Plane and joined four wizards in an extensive discussion of puppetry, gaining knowledge and an ingot of Elemental Iron from Tox. He then visited the aging Oak at the Apprentice Library, where he promised to support him and brought useful gifts.

• Taylor left the Zombie Plane with Sargeras, exchanged resources for knowledge and supplies at the Knowledge Repository, and joined Fenris, Wenduke, Kiribas, and Tox in a discussion of puppetry.
• Taylor shared ideas about fluid puppets, and the group exchanged theories on many kinds of puppets during a discussion that lasted a day and a night.
• Tox gave Taylor an ingot of Elemental Iron in thanks for the inspiration he had provided, and Sargeras said the material strongly attracted him.
• Taylor went to the Apprentice Library and found Oak frail and lamenting that Taylor had not visited sooner.
• Taylor reassured Oak that he had returned to support him and had brought useful things.

Taylor visited Krite, who explained the White Tower Alliance’s obligation to train apprentices and the wizards’ rivalries and dealings with other factions. Krite then showed Taylor a rare Folded Plane watched by the wizards because powerful beings lived inside it, and began explaining the nature of the Abyss’s demons.

• Taylor visited Krite’s Wizard Tower, where they discussed Taylor’s research and the expectation that he would soon take an apprentice.
• Krite explained that wizards were required to pass knowledge and resources to the next generation as part of an intergenerational exchange.
• Krite projected a rare, artificially induced Folded Plane and told Taylor that powerful non-native beings inside it had kept the wizards from attacking.
• Krite described Wizard Civilization’s conflicts with Heaven, the Abyss, and other factions, while explaining that Hell’s devils had become merchants who traded souls for goods.
• Krite warned Taylor to summon devils within the White Tower Alliance and to beat them into submission, then explained that the Abyss’s demons could not be eradicated.

Krite explained the Folded Plane’s origins and the rival powers in the Infinite Planes, then recruited Taylor to infiltrate it as a summoned Hero and spy. Taylor accepted the dangerous assignment in exchange for bringing Krite rare spatial materials and samples of demon and Angel blood.

• Krite described Wizard Civilization’s changing relations with Hell, Heaven, and the Abyss, and explained how wizards nearly hunted dragons to extinction.
• Krite said an Archangel and a pureblood greater demon fought over the human-ruled plane, tearing its space and turning it into a Folded Plane rich in spatial materials.
• Krite explained that the plane’s humans summoned Level 1 extraordinary creatures as Heroes, allowing wizards to infiltrate it whenever a kingdom called for one.
• Taylor eagerly agreed to join the expedition after learning about the plane’s spatial materials, Angels, and demons.
• Krite gave Taylor a spy badge and ordered him to investigate the Archangel and pureblood greater demon, then return with specified quantities of spatial materials and vials of Angel and demon blood.

Taylor prepared for the Folded Plane espionage operation, then was summoned into the Greenleaf Kingdom as a hero while powerful wizards watched from outside the plane. The kingdom faced an overwhelming undead invasion, and its king learned that High Priest Marty was close to being defeated.

• Taylor told Kano the price Krite had charged for access to the Folded Plane, and Kano decided to infiltrate the Angels by disguising himself as a priest.
• Taylor accelerated production of Achilles Warriors and made defensive witchcraft tools while Kano trained in religious rhetoric and persuasion.
• Taylor met Wizard Ernst, entered a Floating City with nearly a hundred wizards, and was sent through a summoning into the Folded Plane.
• Two powerful figures outside the plane discussed Taylor's unusual bloodline and the threat posed by the plane's rising elemental concentration.
• The old king of the Greenleaf Kingdom worried over the undead invasion as his children tried to reassure him.
• The king heard that High Priest Marty and the priests and Light Knights retreating with him were nearly overwhelmed.

Taylor was forcibly summoned to the Greenleaf Kingdom, where the royal family hoped he would save them from an advancing undead threat. The king approached Taylor to request his help, while Taylor and Kano assessed the strange abundance of magic in their new surroundings.

• Taylor was pulled through the Greenleaf Kingdom's summoning formation and endured a disorienting journey through space.
• Archwizard Ningke told the king that the formation had activated and that the Hero was about to arrive.
• The king chose to face the summoned Hero himself, and the princess and prince refused to leave him behind.
• Ningke transported the royal family to the summoning formation, where the Archwizards warned the king that the Hero might be dangerous.
• Taylor arrived in a golden flash, concealed his awkward landing, and sensed that the surrounding elements greatly amplified magic.
• The king approached Taylor and apologized for summoning him, asking him to save the kingdom from its crisis.

Taylor agreed to save Greenleaf Kingdom from a massive undead invasion, then transformed into a three-headed golden dragon and unleashed devastating attacks amplified by the plane’s abnormal elemental density. After Taylor’s magma sea destroyed much of the undead army, the necromancer tried to flee, and Taylor struck his position with a powerful Gravity Beam.

• Taylor demanded a hefty price for helping Greenleaf Kingdom, and the old king promised to meet his demands.
• Taylor joined the old king, his children, and the mages on the capital’s walls, where he sensed an undead army of over two million and identified its weak necromancer.
• Taylor transformed into a giant three-headed golden dragon and engulfed the undead army with a sea of magma that also began melting the city walls.
• Taylor realized the plane’s unusually dense elements amplified his magic and that the plane’s space was dangerously fragile.
• The necromancer tried to escape after Taylor’s attack wiped out a third of his army, but Taylor fired a massive Gravity Beam that flattened the hill and surrounding mountains.

After defeating the Necromancer, Taylor discovered that the plane was steadily gaining elemental energy while its fragile space weakened, and Wizard Ernst warned it would explode in about ten years. Taylor arranged for Greenleaf Kingdom to mine resources for him, then accepted High Priest Marty’s invitation to discuss the Light God, planning to use the Church to investigate hidden Angels and demons.

• Taylor built a temporary Wizard Tower and discovered with Kano that the plane was becoming an unstable bomb that could explode in roughly ten years.
• Wizard Ernst revealed that Taylor’s mission included finding where an Archangel and a pure-blooded Greater Demon were recovering, while important figures planned to save the plane’s humans.
• Taylor decided to search for Angels and demons and use them to trace the Archangel and Greater Demon.
• Taylor met Greenleaf Kingdom’s king, agreed to let the kingdom provide him with ten years of mined spatial and elemental resources, and returned to his tower.
• High Priest Marty invited Taylor to learn about the Light God, and Taylor agreed to discuss it at his tower while planning to take advantage of Marty’s interest.

Taylor deceived High Priest Marty with a show of devotion, then sent Hawkes and fifty Achilles Warriors to help the Greenleaf Kingdom secure resource extraction and restore order. Ningke escorted Hawkes and the warriors to meet the king while Taylor returned to his research.

• Taylor impressed High Priest Marty with his apparent religious devotion and secretly implanted something in his body before bidding him farewell.
• Taylor resumed his studies and received a visit from Archmage Ningke, who explained that the Greenleaf Kingdom's cities were in chaos and outside forces were watching to see whether Taylor would protect it.
• Taylor summoned Hawkes and fifty Achilles Warriors, introduced their strength, and ordered them to protect workers extracting elemental and spatial resources.
• Taylor transported Ningke, Hawkes, and the warriors to the royal palace, where Ningke stopped the guards from confronting them and led Hawkes to meet the king.

Hawkes and the Achilles Warriors restored order in the Greenleaf Kingdom while collecting resources for Taylor, and Kano secretly corrupted Bishop Marty’s soul. After two months of research, Taylor mastered several spatial techniques and considered the power of this world’s demigods.

• The old king sent his children with Hawkes as the Achilles Warriors reclaimed the Greenleaf Kingdom’s remaining cities and secured its resource sites.
• Hawkes supervised the collection of elemental resources and Space Sand while the Greenleaf Kingdom regained its population and drew newcomers seeking safety.
• Bishop Marty celebrated his promotion and believed the inspiration in his mind came from the gods, unaware that Kano was corrupting his soul and disguising itself as a holy being.
• Marty dreamed of entering the divine kingdom, then woke confused about his identity before returning to his routine of prayer.
• After two months, Taylor received a large supply of resources and mastered Mirror Dimension, spatial conversion, spatial displacement, spatial teleportation, and spatial rifts.
• Taylor reflected that a demigod could sink a continental plate with a casual strike.

Marty’s dream of reaching Heaven was revealed as Kano’s deception, and Kano killed him before taking over his body. Now posing as Marty, Kano planned to expand the Church of the Light, attract angels and demons through faith and war, and considered playing both sides.

• Marty dreamed that an angel welcomed him to Heaven, but the vision transformed into a horrific landscape of Hell and demons.
• Marty realized the angel was Kano in disguise and charged at him with a holy sword that Kano had created.
• Kano revealed that the sword and Hell were under his control, then claimed Marty’s soul and tore off his head.
• Kano awoke in Marty’s body, shaved, and planned to gain authority by developing believers and possibly establishing a church state.
• Kano considered using war to attract demons and seeking a way to serve both angels and demons, then slipped and injured himself.

Kano gathered the Church of the Light’s high priests and proposed uniting the five northern countries into a Land of Light. He used illusions and claims of divine instruction to win their fervent support, leaving them ready to help establish the new nation.

• Kano summoned the high priests overseeing five northern countries and told them the Light God wanted more believers and faith.
• The high priests complained about poverty, royal suppression, and the dangers of preaching in the north.
• Kano proposed uniting the five countries into a nation devoted to the Light God, relying on a powerful Hero and his forces to overcome resistance.
• When High Priest Lainer questioned whether headquarters would approve, Kano staged an apparent divine miracle with illusions and declared the plan the gods’ will.
• The high priests accepted Kano’s proposal and pledged to establish the Land of Light, while Kano urged them to focus on faith rather than governing.

Kano used the Church of the Light to bring the five northern kingdoms under his control, forming the Land of Light with Taylor’s support and Bobby’s help. The move alarmed nations across the continent, whose rulers pressured the Holy Mountain of Light as the Church itself split over Kano’s actions.

• Kano met Bobby, who arrived to gather elemental and spatial resources and study Taylor’s bloodline in the north’s unusual environment.
• Taylor agreed with Kano’s plan to claim the north’s resources and manipulate both the Church of the Light and the demons, then sent Bobby to assist.
• Kano secured the other northern kingdoms after their rulers saw Taylor’s Achilles Warriors, and he unified the region as the Land of Light.
• The three great central empires and other nations sent troops to pressure the Holy Mountain of Light, while avoiding entering its territory because many Heroes had joined the Church or disappeared.
• Five Cardinals supported Kano’s actions while three opposed breaking the Church’s agreements with the kingdoms, and the bishops also divided into opposing factions.

The Church of the Light established a theocratic state in the north, while the Demon King Army rallied its followers to oppose the Church’s expansion. Wizard spies infiltrated both sides and prepared to attack other nations to reach their real targets, as Kano grew suspicious that someone was plotting against him.

• After two days of debate, the Pope designated the Land of Light in the north as an experimental field, and the surrounding armies surrendered to the Church of the Light.
• The Demon King Army leader warned that the Church was expanding and promised his followers access to pureblood demons if they conquered nations and formed demon states.
• The wizard spies among the dark heroes left to target the fishfolk, elves, orcs, and other nations, hoping their conquests would bring them into contact with demons.
• The Demon King Army leader ordered his idle subordinates to destroy the Land of Light.
• Kano suspected Bobby of plotting against him and decided to give him more work.

Taylor faced a Demon King Army ambush at his wizard tower and used spatial magic learned from Ancient One to defeat the transcendent attackers. He ended with a bottle of compressed Abyss aura and remains, intrigued by the knowledge and power of the Abyss.

• Kano and the former Greenleaf Kingdom ministers helped Taylor establish control over the Land of Light while wizards across the continent seized resources and nations prepared for crisis.
• Four transcendent mixed-bloods and an Abyss creature surrounded Taylor in his wizard tower, explaining that they had targeted him because his powerful subordinate was absent and he had supported the Land of Light.
• Taylor crushed the bird-headed attacker with spatial pressure, then countered the remaining enemies' spells and giant Abyss creature with spatial magic.
• Taylor trapped the attackers in Ancient One's Mirror Dimension, where they exhausted themselves trying to escape.
• Taylor flooded the Mirror Dimension with chaotic spatial currents, killing the attackers and leaving himself with their remains and a bottle of compressed Abyss aura.

Three months after returning from the Folded Plane, Taylor offered Gwen a chance to become his assistant and learn wizardry. He then considered cooperating with the missing Tony Stark, but dismissed the idea of going to the desert to find him himself.

• Taylor listened as Gwen described Tony Stark's disappearance and the losses Stark Industries' investors had suffered.
• Gwen asked to trade her research on cutting-edge magnetization technology for something from Taylor, then admitted she wanted to become a wizard.
• Taylor offered Gwen a trial as his assistant, promising to teach her if she proved suitable, and warned her about the demands of wizard experiments.
• Taylor reflected on what he had learned in the Folded Plane and why Tony Stark's knowledge and ingenuity could be valuable to him.
• Taylor asked Gwen whether he would have to rescue Tony from the desert to cooperate with him, then decided that finding him would be too troublesome.

Taylor studied Kano’s extensive network of hidden agents and considered how to profit from the military’s planned capture of Hulk while choosing the right moment to help Tony Stark. Meanwhile, Tony woke in captivity with shrapnel in his chest, and Hydra decided to seize him for its own purposes.

• Taylor examined Kano’s network of agents and requested intelligence about the desert forces, the military, S.H.I.E.L.D., and Hydra.
• Taylor learned the military was preparing to capture Hulk and considered combining the coming conflict with Tony Stark’s kidnapping to maximize his gains.
• Tony woke in a cave with an electromagnet keeping shrapnel from reaching his heart, and Yinsen explained that he had saved him.
• Yinsen told Tony that Stark Industries’ missile had wounded him and challenged his belief that the company’s weapons preserved peace.
• Tony tried to fight the kidnappers, was beaten, and was forced to make missiles while Yinsen teased him about his bravado.
• At a Hydra underground base, the commander ordered his adjutant to bring Tony in under a new identity.

Tony Stark was captured by Hydra after Brock Rumlow’s squad raided the cave, and Hydra prepared to brainwash him. The chapter ended with General Ross’s adjutant secretly communicating through a small mirror, hinting at another hidden operation.

• Tony Stark worked on a missile in the cave while Yinsen warned him that escape was nearly impossible.
• Brock Rumlow led a Hydra squad in wiping out the kidnappers and reaching Tony and Yinsen.
• Tony mistook Rumlow’s soldiers for rescuers, but Rumlow knocked him unconscious and took him and Yinsen away.
• Rumlow delivered Tony to a basement in New York City, while a Hydra commander ordered his agents to seize Tony for brainwashing.
• A Hydra adjutant secretly spoke into a mirror, then General Ross’s adjutant also used a similar mirror in his tent.