Chapter Summaries

Gwen fought the Defenders in Hell’s Kitchen, using Khorne’s blessing to turn the battle around before Danny Rand knocked her away and Bullseye shot her. Wounded but alive, Gwen blocked Bullseye’s view and escaped his immediate line of fire as Daredevil recognized the sniper.

• Danny Rand’s Iron Fist hurt Gwen and briefly disturbed her mind, but the Khorne Rune purged the effects; sensing demonic power, he warned the Defenders and attacked again.
• Danny Rand and Luke Cage battered Gwen, so she invoked the Blood God’s power, overpowered Luke Cage, and hurled him toward Danny Rand.
• Gwen knocked Daredevil back, kicked Danny Rand away, and broke Jessica Jones’s ribs before webbing her to the ground.
• Danny Rand struck Gwen from behind as she moved toward Jessica Jones, and Bullseye shot her through the right shoulder while she was airborne.
• Gwen dodged a fatal shot, webbed over Bullseye’s view, and forced him to abandon his rifle and jump from the rooftop; Daredevil recognized the attacker as Bullseye.

Wounded and outnumbered, Gwen offered her soul to Khorne and ascended into a quasi-Demon Princess, gaining Hell Spider Spears. She killed Luke Cage, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Danny Rand, leaving the battlefield strewn with the Defenders’ bodies.

• Daredevil confronted the wounded Gwen and urged her to surrender, while she stalled the Defenders and pleaded with Khorne for greater power.
• Khorne sent power through the breach in the Dimensional Barrier, transforming Gwen and granting her eight Hell Spider Spears.
• Luke Cage, Daredevil, and Jessica Jones attacked Gwen, but her spears pierced their chests and killed them.
• Gwen felt Khorne’s Blood Tax increase her strength and turned toward Danny Rand.
• Danny charged Gwen with a golden chi-powered punch, but she blocked it and impaled him with her Hell Spider Spears, dragging a mysterious soul from his body into the Warp.

Gwen killed Bullseye and left Hell’s Kitchen, while the Hand failed to restore Danny Rand’s mind with dragon bone. The Hand then resurrected Daredevil as the Beast’s vessel, but the demon’s arrival seemed to exceed their expectations.

• Gwen killed Bullseye as the white-clad spider-woman watched from a building before opening a dimensional rift and leaving.
• Hand ninjas recovered the bodies of Daredevil, Danny Rand, their companions, and Bullseye after Gwen departed.
• Murakami reported that dragon bone had revived Danny Rand’s body but left him permanently comatose, and the Five Fingers blamed Spider-Woman’s demonic power.
• The Hand prepared Daredevil’s body as their intended vessel and began a blood-soaked summoning ritual.
• The Beast poured its power into Daredevil, exploded the coffin, and emerged amid blood mist as the Hand leaders realized the outcome had exceeded their expectations.

The Beast possessed Daredevil and ordered the Hand to prepare a war in New York, while Peter Parker and Dr. Curt Connors successfully regenerated a mouse’s limb with lizard genes. At Warp Group, Alexander Corvinus and William were delivered to Samuel Stern for experiments, and Alexander saw his bloodied son Marcus in an isolation chamber.

• The Beast revealed that Daredevil was his ideal vessel, accepted the Hand’s worship, and ordered Madame Gao and the others to gather ninjas for empowerment.
• The Beast learned about Gwen’s demonic transformation, planned to eliminate New York’s superheroes, and vowed to spread malevolence until he could seize Marduk’s Hell Dimension.
• Peter Parker and Dr. Curt Connors used the Decay Rate Algorithm to regenerate a three-legged mouse’s missing limb, prompting Connors to seek approval for primate testing.
• Harry Osborn urged Peter to work for Oscorp after graduation and teased him about Gwen, while Peter insisted they were ordinary friends and asked about the monster Harry was tracking.
• Selene handed Alexander Corvinus and William over to Samuel Stern at Warp Group’s Thunder Warriors Project, where Alexander spotted Marcus bloodied in an isolation chamber and begged Selene to spare his children.

Carl learned that the second-phase Vampire Thunder Warriors were far stronger than the first-phase soldiers and showed enhanced night vision and limited healing without traditional Vampire weaknesses. After discussing younger recruits and further genetic screening with Samuel Sterns, Carl went to his office to see Sterns’s surprise and found a solid-gold throne.

• Samuel Sterns reported that ten second-phase Thunder Warriors had completed serum treatment without adverse reactions and were markedly stronger than the first phase, especially at night.
• Selene read that the soldiers had night vision and limited blood-assisted healing but lacked Vampire weaknesses, and worried that she and the Coven might become replaceable.
• Carl asked whether the warriors could gain memories by drinking blood, and Sterns said the possibility had not yet been tested.
• Sterns reported that younger subjects had much higher fusion success rates and proposed starting the Child Soldier Program; Carl agreed to put it on the agenda after more screening with factors from Alexander Corvinus and William.
• Sterns told Carl that his office renovations included a surprise, and Carl uncovered a Golden Throne made of pure gold.

Carl received an invitation to the vampire clans’ Centennial Conference and suspected the Impossible City was hidden in a Pocket Dimension. He gave Selene a plan to strengthen her rule over the Coven, then warned her that something big was about to happen in Hell’s Kitchen, where a knife-wielding man approached three gang members.

• Carl tested the Golden Throne and its energy shield system, then asked Selene about the invitation she had brought.
• Selene told Carl that the invitation summoned vampire leaders to the Impossible City in two months, but its listed coordinates showed only empty grass.
• Carl reasoned that the Impossible City was probably inside a Pocket Dimension and planned to seize it along with Dracula’s Immortality Trait.
• Carl ordered Selene to distribute Alexander Corvinus’s blood to the Coven’s forty Death Dealers so they could become Daywalkers and support her leadership.
• Carl told Selene to watch Hell’s Kitchen for an imminent major event, and she left to return to New York.
• That night in Hell’s Kitchen, a knife-wielding man approached three gang members who mistook him for a customer.

A supernatural riot consumed Hell’s Kitchen, and Kingpin manipulated the city’s response to lure Spider-Woman into eliminating the new Black Sky and the Hand. As the fires spread, he remained confident that his plan, blessed by the Lord of Change, would succeed.

• A wave of inexplicable malice turned Hell’s Kitchen residents violent, and the spreading riot overwhelmed police operations.
• Sergeant Frank Castle arrived at the barricades, where officers learned that some people dragged into the riot had joined the attackers.
• Mayor Owen McGill ordered Vought to send metahumans, then secretly reported to Kingpin and secured his help with reelection.
• Kingpin told Vanessa Marianna that he planned to use Spider-Woman to defeat the new Black Sky, with Vought as a backup.
• Kingpin credited the Lord of Change for his plan as fires spread toward his properties, and he told Vanessa to let them burn.

Beast ordered the Hand to kill anyone blocking the chaos in Hell’s Kitchen, while Gwen recovered enough to rush to Frank Castle’s aid. As police lines faltered, Vought’s Black Noir and four metahumans arrived to confront the Hand ninjas.

• Beast ordered Madame Gao, Murakami, and the Hand to kill anyone obstructing their plans.
• Gwen saw the Hell’s Kitchen riot and Hand ninjas attacking police on the news, then changed into her Spider-Woman suit and headed to help Frank Castle.
• Hand ninjas cut down officers as rubber bullets failed to stop them, and the police struggled to hold the line against the rioters.
• A police sergeant said the National Guard and a Vought metahuman squad were coming to reinforce the officers.
• Black Noir arrived with Blindspot, Shockwave, Steel Claw Woman, and Falcon, then directed them to attack the Hand ninjas.

The Vought Group’s second-tier heroes briefly turned back the Hand’s attack, but the Five Fingers and their Beast-given powers overwhelmed them. Shockwave rescued Falcon at the cost of Falcon’s arm, while the fight against the Hand continued.

• Shockwave, Falcon, Blindspot, and Steel Claw cleared the ninjas inside the police line and advanced on the crowd, where Madame Gao, Murakami, Bakuto, and Sowande confronted them.
• Murakami shattered Blindspot’s eardrums and organs with a blast, then killed him with his katana before overpowering Black Noir in a contest of strength.
• Madame Gao seized Steel Claw with a spectral claw that drained her life force until she crumbled into ash.
• Bakuto dodged Falcon’s arrows, pierced his shoulder with a blade of black energy, and began draining his blood and life force.
• Shockwave tore Falcon off the wall, saving his life but ruining his left arm, while he continued evading Sowande.

Beast killed Falcon and Shockwave while Murakami defeated Black Noir, leaving Vought’s superhero squad in ruins. Homelander learned of Black Noir’s death but was distracted by Doppelgänger posing as Madeleine Stillwell, while Beast’s corruption plunged Hell’s Kitchen into chaos until Gwen arrived to protect Frank Castle and two officers.

• Beast blocked Shockwave and Falcon’s escape, drained both men of their life force, and turned them to ashes.
• Murakami defeated Black Noir, severed his arms, and removed his mask before killing him.
• Stan Edgar saw the squad’s defeat on the livestream and ordered his secretary to contact Homelander.
• Homelander confided his resentment to Doppelgänger disguised as Madeleine Stillwell, who urged him to target those who opposed him and mentioned Sage.
• Ashley Barrett told Homelander that Black Noir had been killed, but Doppelgänger calmed him and distracted him with milk before he left for Hell’s Kitchen.
• Beast corrupted police officers and spectators, and Gwen swooped in to kick Sowande away from Frank Castle and two officers.

Gwen fought the Hand and [Beast] in Hell's Kitchen while Peter Parker injected his untested super lizard serum to try to save her. As the transformation stopped his heart, Khorne offered him power, and Peter accepted, reviving with the strength to complete his transformation.

• Chief Frank warned Gwen that Daredevil seemed changed, and Gwen sensed that an evil presence inside his body was causing Hell's Kitchen's residents to attack one another.
• [Beast] ordered Murakami, Madame Gao, Sowande, and the Hand ninjas to kill Gwen and preserve her head so he could use her as a vessel.
• The Hand overwhelmed Gwen, and a crashed police car pinned her left leg as viewers watched the livestream and civilians prepared to support her.
• Peter Parker watched Gwen's peril and injected his untested super lizard serum, but the transformation caused his heart to stop.
• Khorne asked Peter whether he craved power, and Peter accepted so he could save Gwen; Khorne revived his heart and helped him complete the transformation.

Peter Parker gained the ability to transform into the Lizard and raced toward Hell’s Kitchen, while Steve Rogers and a leather-clad rider also set out to help Gwen. Gwen struggled against the Hand and Beast without the Demon Princess’s power until Ghost Rider made a dramatic entrance.

• Peter Parker transformed into the Lizard, embraced his new strength, and rode toward Hell’s Kitchen with Khorne’s mark glowing on his forehead.
• A middle-aged man at a secluded farm retrieved his Harley-Davidson after hearing John Jameson’s words and set out to help the girl in danger.
• Steve Rogers left Peggy Carter’s nursing home to aid Gwen, while Peggy called Sharon Carter and urged her to alert Nick Fury.
• Nick Fury ordered Agent Carter to intercept Steve and refused Maria Hill’s suggestion to deploy the Avengers.
• Gwen fought the Five Fingers and Hand ninjas without being able to summon the Demon Princess’s power, then received brief support from Frank Castle’s National Guard unit before the Hand overwhelmed them.
• Ghost Rider arrived on a flaming motorcycle, riding down the side of a hundred-meter-tall building.

Johnny Blaze arrived as Ghost Rider and killed Murakami with the Penance Stare, but [Beast] proved immune to Hellfire and stole the Spirit of Vengeance. As the Hand overwhelmed Gwen, Peter Parker transformed into a giant Lizard Monster and rushed to save her.

• Johnny Blaze attacked [Beast], killed Murakami with the Penance Stare, and sent his soul to Hell.
• [Beast] resisted Ghost Rider's Hellfire and Penance Stare, then tore out and swallowed the Spirit of Vengeance.
• Johnny Blaze returned to human form and left, relieved to be free of the curse and eager to find Roxanne Simpson.
• Madame Gao, Sowande, Bakuto, and the Hand's ninjas pressed their attack on Gwen while she fought back.
• Peter Parker, transformed into a giant Lizard Monster, broke through the Hand's encirclement and told Gwen he had come to save her.

Peter Parker joined Gwen's fight against the Hand, sealed a pact with Khorne, and overwhelmed the attackers. Gwen faced [Beast], whose Penance Stare failed against her, before Khorne's power pulled him into a vision of a blood-soaked world where a towering figure sat on the Brass Throne.

• Peter Parker revealed himself to Gwen and hurled her toward [Beast] while he fought the Hand alongside Sheriff Frank and the soldiers.
• Madame Gao's life-draining mist and Bakuto's blade wounded Peter, so he called on Khorne and spoke the words that sealed their pact.
• Peter's power surged, and he killed Sowande and Bakuto before driving off the Hand and terrifying the rioters into fleeing.
• Gwen attacked [Beast], but his Penance Stare had no effect because she felt no guilt for killing criminals.
• [Beast] invaded Gwen's consciousness, but the [Khorne Rune] dispelled his attack and transported him into a blood-filled world before an immense figure on the Brass Throne.

Khorne devoured a portion of Beast’s consciousness and urged Gwen to strengthen her faith before fighting him. Gwen defeated Beast in front of a livestream audience, while Nick Fury hurriedly tried to bring Sharon Carter and Captain America back into the operation.

• Beast offered Khorne a share of Earth’s souls in exchange for help, but Khorne rejected the deal and devoured part of his consciousness.
• Gwen projected her consciousness into Khorne’s domain, where Khorne blamed Beast’s invasion on gaps in her faith and urged her to kill in his name.
• Back in her body, Gwen used Khorne’s core power and her Hell Spider Spears to battle Beast, overpower him, and trap his consciousness in Daredevil’s body.
• Gwen relentlessly beat Beast until he was defeated, and the livestream viewers celebrated Spider-Woman’s victory.
• Nick Fury regretted missing the chance to work with Spider-Woman and told Maria Hill to call Sharon Carter and redirect her and Captain America if they had not reached the safe house.

Nick Fury learned that Agent Carter had sedated Captain America, ruining his chance to use the crisis to secure more funding for S.H.I.E.L.D. After Gwen and Peter left Hell’s Kitchen, Madame Gao tried to destroy New York with explosives, but Selene killed her and secured the site for Carl’s arrival; elsewhere, Mephisto discovered that Johnny Blaze had lost his Spirit of Vengeance fragment.

• Maria Hill told Nick Fury that Agent Carter had drugged Captain America with a powerful sedative, leaving him unconscious for at least five hours.
• Nick Fury realized the failed intervention had cost S.H.I.E.L.D. a chance to claim credit and might further threaten its budget and standing.
• After Beast died, the corrupted residents of Hell’s Kitchen regained their senses and grieved over the devastation, while Gwen and Peter Parker left the area.
• Madame Gao fled to the Manhattan Financial Building and ordered the Hand to place explosives by the Sealing Wall so she could destroy New York.
• Selene stopped Madame Gao by beheading her, ordered the explosives secured, and prepared to acquire Rand Industries for Carl.
• Mephisto noticed he had lost contact with a Spirit of Vengeance fragment and found that it was missing from Johnny Blaze.

Mephisto and Marduk Kurios investigated the loss of powerful demons and learned that a mysterious demon god’s agent had killed Amon. After Fisk took control of Hell’s Kitchen’s reconstruction, Carl arrived at the Manhattan Financial Building, where Selene awaited him.

• Mephisto suspected a rival Hell Lord had stolen the Spirit of Vengeance and sent Blackheart to investigate while he sought rumors in Hell’s Borderlands and Brimstone Harbor.
• Lilith told Marduk Kurios and Beleth that Spider-Woman, empowered by an unknown demon god, had killed Amon and prevented his revival.
• Marduk Kurios agreed to let Lilith open a dimensional gateway, then ordered Beleth to steal the Silver Coins without drawing Heaven’s attention.
• New York officials reported low losses from Hell’s Kitchen, and Fisk Industries announced that it would manage reconstruction and prioritize hiring displaced residents.
• Owen McGill awarded Wilson Grant Fisk for his publicized reconstruction efforts, despite Fisk having helped drive the disaster behind the scenes.
• Carl and Samuel Stern arrived at the Manhattan Financial Building with two Phase One Thunder Warriors, where Selene and several Death Dealers waited.

Carl acquired control of the Rand Group, broke the seal protecting the dragon bone with Shou-Lao’s dragon soul, and ordered research into a resurrection potion. At Vought Group, Starlight defied Homelander during his birthday rehearsal, and Stan Edgar backed her choice, leaving Homelander furious.

• Selene told Carl that Harold Meachum had surrendered control of Rand Industries to the Warp Group in exchange for safe passage out of New York.
• Carl used Shou-Lao’s dragon soul to shatter the chi-sealed wall and reveal the dragon skeleton beneath the Financial Building.
• Carl gave Samuel Stern a dragon bone sample and ordered him to develop a fast-acting Resurrection Potion, while Selene arranged guards and careful excavation.
• During Homelander’s birthday rehearsal, Starlight refused to perform as he demanded, and Homelander threatened her.
• Stan Edgar cited audience survey results and declared that Starlight could decide whether to sing, forcing Homelander to hold back his anger.

Homelander openly defied Stan Edgar during his birthday broadcast, killed a heckler, and reveled in the crowd’s fearful cheers as a Slaanesh sigil appeared on his forehead. Meanwhile, Carl reviewed the Warp Group’s expanding projects and learned that a mass sacrificial ritual had taken place in California, suggesting its enemies were beginning to act.

• Stan Edgar confronted Homelander over his insubordination, and Homelander left while secretly planning his retaliation with Sage’s help.
• At his birthday celebration, Homelander shoved Starlight aside and delivered a televised speech denouncing Vought’s control and declaring himself the true hero.
• When a man in the audience insulted him, Homelander killed him with his heat vision, and the frightened audience cheered after a Mute Man girl praised him.
• Homelander accepted the voice in his mind and experienced intense pleasure as a purple Slaanesh sigil lit up on his forehead.
• Carl reviewed the Warp Group’s progress, including its acquisition of Rand Industries, Dragon Bone research, super-soldier trials, and vaccine development.
• Zemo told Carl that a sacrificial ritual in California had left nearly a thousand civilians dead or injured, and Carl realized that the group behind it was making its move.

Carl planned to delay an eventual war with two Hell Lords by having Homelander hunt demons in the real world, while he reviewed Lilith’s origins and distributed the Four Peddlers’ monthly rewards. He left the Warp after announcing Khorne as the month’s top performer.

• Carl ordered his secretary to have Selene monitor vampire sects and track the Night Demons, then discussed Victoria Neuman’s accusations against Stan Edgar with Zemo.
• Carl concluded Homelander’s rise as Vought Group’s leader advanced his plan to make Homelander a powerful Chosen One who would hunt the other Hell Lords’ followers.
• Carl learned that Lilith was Dracula’s daughter, had been revived as a Demon Lord, and was helping Marduk Kurios open a dimensional passage connected to a secret undertaking involving Heaven.
• Carl reviewed the Four Peddlers’ monthly prestige totals and chose not to upgrade the Warp’s dimension strength yet because he wanted to keep his promises to them.
• Carl entered the Warp, announced that Khorne had earned 3.088 million prestige points and won the monthly KPI assessment, then distributed rewards to all four Peddlers.