Chapter Summaries

Thanos snapped away half of all life in the universe, but the Hilling Empire Expeditionary Force survived because the Imperium information field protected it. Neos confronted Thanos, thwarted his escape, and endured his attacks as Thanos made a second snap to erase the Hilling Empire from existence.

• Thanos gathered the six Infinity Stones and snapped, erasing half of all life in the universe while the Hilling Empire Expeditionary Force remained protected.
• Neos appeared before the wounded Thanos, and Thanos failed to escape when Neos collapsed the Space Stone's teleportation passage.
• Thanos attacked Neos with all six Stones, but Neos adapted to and absorbed the attacks as the battle intensified.
• Thanos, desperate to eliminate the Hilling Empire, poured his remaining strength into the Stones and snapped a second time to erase it from existence.

Thanos failed to expel the Hilling Empire with the Infinity Stones, and Neos took the stones after defeating the gods who tried to seize them. When Neos united the stones, the universe’s pan-consciousness tempted him to abandon the Empire, but his will rejected it, leaving the surviving gods terrified and the Living Tribunal absent.

• Thanos’s attempt to expel the Hilling Empire rebounded, severely injuring him and draining the Infinity Stones.
• Neos shattered the damaged gauntlet and claimed the six stones as gods from other realms descended on the mountaintop.
• Neos repelled the gods with psionic power and erased several weaker attackers with a sword arc.
• Neos fitted the stones into his armor, gained their combined power, and resisted the universe’s temptation to become its new Eternity.
• Neos disintegrated a defiant evil god, and the remaining gods retreated or fell silent, noting that even the Living Tribunal had not intervened.

Neos used the Infinity Stones to erase hostile gods and restore the lives Thanos had snapped away, gaining insight that triggered his direct ascension to Supreme godhood. Hua Wei, Pandora, and Bubble protected the Solar System from the force of his transformation, and Neos completed his ascension under their watch.

• Neos snapped his fingers and erased the gods who had fought for the stones or threatened Earth, while the stones’ backlash was absorbed by his psionic energy.
• Neos used the stones again to resurrect the half of all life erased by Thanos’s snap.
• The experience fused with Neos’s divine spark and psionic power, triggering his transformation into a Supreme Being and placing the Solar System under destructive pressure.
• Pandora restored Earth and the Solar System, while she, Hua Wei, and Bubble contained Neos’s pressure and protected the onlookers.
• Neos completed his ascension, greeted Hua Wei, Pandora, and Bubble, and received Hua Wei’s congratulations.

After ascending to supreme godhood, Neos accepted the Watchers and several local gods into the Imperium and arranged for them to support its expansion. Hua Wei returned to the Imperium with Pandora and Bubble, while Neos prepared to follow and discover the surprise awaiting him there.

• Ikul and the Watchers pledged allegiance to Neos and the Imperium after arriving at the starfield.
• Taneleer Tivan and the other nearby gods hurriedly offered their service to Hua Wei and the Imperium.
• Hua Wei opened a portal and returned to the Imperium with Pandora and Bubble, who promised to arrange the new recruits’ reception after her vacation.
• Neos contacted Sanguinius, Guilliman, Lion, Horus, and the other Primarchs, ordering the expedition to continue and Earth’s civilization to be guided toward allegiance.
• Neos gave the six Infinity Stones to Uatu for the Watchers to distribute and told the new followers to aid the expeditionary fleet.
• Neos entered the transmission portal to return to the Imperium, eager to learn what surprise awaited him.

Neos returned to Terra and found humanity living in the peaceful, prosperous world he had once hoped to create. At the Governor’s Office, he reunited with his old companions and family, ending their quarrel by assuring them that they had time to talk.

• Neos arrived on Terra and saw its restored cities, flourishing nature, and peaceful people.
• Neos traveled to the Governor’s Office, where the Honor Guard recognized him and welcomed him home.
• Neos entered a hall where Malcador and Erda argued over the Primarchs, while Lorgar and Magnus stood restrained nearby.
• Valdor noticed Neos at the door, and everyone in the hall fell silent when they saw him.
• Neos told the gathered group that everyone was back and that they had time to talk things through.

Neos reunited with the returned Primarchs, Erda, and Malcador and heard how they had been revived and brought to the Hilling Empire. After Malcador recounted his mistaken suspicion that Trajan was a Chaos agent, the group shared a rare moment of laughter before asking Neos what had happened to him.

• Neos invited everyone to recount what they had experienced since their deaths and return.
• Erda explained that the Hilling Empire had transformed Ferrus Manus into a Valkyrie, and Neos reassured Ferrus that Sanguinius and Horus had undergone the same change.
• Erda said she had awakened in the Governor's Mansion and later met Malcador, who described waking confused and suspecting Trajan was part of a Chaos illusion.
• Malcador revealed that he attacked Trajan psychically and nearly self-destructed before Lady Raven sealed away his powers.
• Erda recalled Lady Raven mistaking Malcador and Trajan's struggle on the bed for an indecent scene, prompting the others to laugh.
• Malcador asked Neos what he had experienced after Malcador had left.

Neos recounted how he resisted becoming a Chaos God during humanity’s ten thousand years of decline, then ascended to Supreme rank with the Hilling Empire’s help. He led the returned primarchs and Erda to register as citizens, while sentencing Lorgar and Magnus to cleanse their corruption and atone on the Empire’s front lines.

• Neos explained that humanity’s faith nearly transformed him into a new Chaos God, but he suppressed his divinity while enduring the Chaos Gods and humanity’s collapse.
• Neos recounted how Guilliman brought him into contact with the Hilling Empire and how Emperor Hua Wei helped him awaken and ascend to Supreme rank.
• Trajan explained that the Empire rated Supreme entities at Level 8 and the four Chaos Gods at Level 7.
• Neos invited the returned primarchs and Erda to register as Hilling Empire citizens according to their future contributions.
• Neos ordered Lorgar and Magnus to have their Chaos corruption cleansed and serve on the Empire’s expeditionary front lines until they had atoned.
• Trajan led the group toward Gaia’s administrative hall to receive their Hilling Empire citizenship marks.

Neos brought his former comrades and children to register with the Imperium, where Gaia purified Lorgar and Magnus and formally made Neos a senator. He accepted a mission to investigate a parallel universe with traces of the power of the void, then recruited Cawl to join the team after the Primarchs underwent genetic optimization.

• Neos introduced his companions to Gaia, who scanned and registered them as Imperial citizens and purified Lorgar and Magnus.
• Gaia appointed Neos to the Imperial Senate with level 8 authority and assigned him to investigate a universe suspected of containing the power of the void.
• Neos accepted the mission and planned to assemble an investigation team, potentially including Imperial fleets and members of the Judgment and Arbitration Mechanisms.
• Neos took the group to Mars, where Cawl arranged genetic optimization for the Primarchs.
• Cawl asked to join Neos's mission, and Neos agreed.

Neos entered the Warp and destroyed Tzeentch and Nurgle, eradicating its last two active Chaos gods. With the Warp left silent and desolate, he declared that it was over.

• Neos and his companions saw that the Great Rift had been replaced by the stabilizing Judgment Ring, then entered the purified Warp through a passage it opened.
• Neos led the group through the ruined Realm of Change, where they found a diminished Tzeentch who admitted he could not understand the Hilling Empire.
• Neos bound Tzeentch and erased it completely with divine power, causing the final trace of its Chaos essence to disappear.
• Neos and the others reached the withered Plague Garden, where Nurgle blamed Neos for taking his Mother Goddess and attacked them.
• Neos pierced Nurgle with a golden beam and erased him, extinguishing the Plague Garden's last vitality.
• With Tzeentch and Nurgle gone, the Warp fell silent, and Neos said, "It's over."

After the Chaos Gods were eliminated, Hua Wei received the Abyssal Hilling Empire and summoned Pangu, then advanced to Tier 8 Supreme. He sent the Abyssal faction toward the Marvel Main Universe to ignite conflict.

• Neos erased the last echoes of Tzeentch and Nurgle, triggering a system reward for Hua Wei.
• Hua Wei opened the Super Gift Pack and obtained the Abyssal Hilling Empire, a corrupted mirror of the Hilling Empire.
• Hua Wei summoned Tier 9 Pangu and kept him in reserve as an ultimate trump card.
• Hua Wei upgraded himself from Tier 7 to Tier 8 Supreme and gained deeper influence over the laws of universes under the Imperium's control.
• Hua Wei ordered the Abyssal Hilling Empire's first forces to deploy to the Marvel Main Universe and ignite war.

Quicksilver and Wanda were corrupted by an unknown force emerging from a spatial fissure, forcing the Avengers to subdue them and quarantine the factory. As the team prepared to investigate the spreading anomalies, a massive Scarlet Eye appeared inside the fissure.

• Quicksilver reached the abandoned factory and sent a distress signal before collapsing, and Vision rushed inside after learning Wanda was in danger.
• Vision found Wanda feeding tainted Chaos Magic into a fissure and fought her after she attacked him, believing her children were beyond it.
• The Avengers arrived, subdued Wanda, rescued Quicksilver, and sealed off the industrial district as black mist spread through the factory.
• At Avengers headquarters, the team learned Wanda and Quicksilver had been corrupted and that unexplained anomalies linked to Wanda's energy were appearing around the world.
• Steve ordered the Avengers to prepare for an expedition to study and close the fissure, where a massive Scarlet Eye began to shine.

Tony Stark and Bruce Banner found that the black mist corrupted matter and twisted living beings, while the quarantine-zone disappearances continued without a way to investigate safely. On Terra, new members from the Judgment and Arbitration Mechanisms arrived, and Neos agreed to fight Gorda at the training grounds.

• Tony Stark and Bruce Banner studied the black mist and found that it consumed vibranium-reinforced material and transformed exposed living beings.
• Banner reported that people continued disappearing into the factory ruins despite S.H.I.E.L.D.'s quarantine barriers, while drones failed to approach the rift safely.
• Scribe Mio arrived with Shalish and Gorda, and Executor Elysia arrived with Mag'ladroth, Iglanias, and Sara Noga.
• Shalish greeted Neos warmly and asked him to look after her, while Gorda reminded him of their unfinished fight.
• Neos accepted Gorda's challenge and led the group toward the training grounds.

Neos and Gorda fought a sparring match at the Terra Sector training grounds, where Neos won after Gorda unveiled his enhanced form and battle axe. Gorda accepted the loss and promised to challenge Neos again after ascending, while the watching Primarchs became eager to advance through the upcoming investigation mission.

• Neos matched Gorda's initial assault with restrained power, then gained the upper hand through precise counters.
• Shalish cheered for Neos, and he used an opening to strike Gorda's breastplate and send him flying.
• Gorda removed his Inquisitor armor, revealed his golden runes, and summoned a powerful battle axe for a fiercer clash.
• Neos and Gorda fought at higher speed and strength until Neos defeated him and shattered his battle axe.
• Gorda learned Neos had level 8 authority, accepted his loss, and vowed to fight him again after ascending.
• Malcador, Erda, and the Primarchs watched the battle and became eager to grow stronger through the investigation mission.

Neos coordinated with Guilliman before activating the Imperium’s teleportation network, while the Avengers and their experts devised a containment plan for the spreading Abyssal Black Fog. As the team prepared to investigate the crisis, Neos’s group arrived on Earth through a portal.

• Neos contacted Guilliman, agreed to mobilize local forces, and opened a portal to the mission coordinates.
• Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Reed Richards, and Hank Pym determined that the black fog resisted the universe’s attempt to erase it and that dangerous entities were gathering beyond the rift.
• Hank Pym warned that the fog could contaminate minds and cause allies to turn against one another.
• Pym proposed expanding the exclusion zone, relying on remote surveillance, and establishing a permanent defensive perimeter with Professor X’s support.
• Vision and Pym planned to treat Wanda and Quicksilver, while Tony, Reed, and Banner continued researching ways to weaken or contain the fog.
• Neos’s group emerged from a portal onto an uninhabited beach on Earth.

Neos and his group arrived on Earth, disguised themselves as tourists, and began observing the unfamiliar human world. Neos found no clear signs of Abyssal or Void activity, but his scan drew the attention of a powerful presence in the universe.

• Neos brought the group through a hidden portal to a crowded Earth beach and concealed them from ordinary people.
• Neos altered the Primarchs’ appearances and clothes, while several members of the group relaxed on the beach and Gorda insisted on gathering intelligence.
• Neos scanned Earth for Abyssal power and Void-related activity, finding only faint supernatural traces and a few shielded areas.
• After Neos withdrew his scan, an enormous pair of eyes opened in a distant dimension and looked toward Earth.

The Avengers secured reinforcements and developed a multilayer shield while Wanda and Quicksilver recovered from contamination. At the New York Sanctum, Strange glimpsed a Crystal Cross construct devouring humans in the future and decided to rally other forces against the threat.

• Steve reported that Professor Charles and Magneto would support the defense, and Thor would arrive by the next day.
• Tony, Banner, and Reed confirmed that their seven-layer frequency shield could slow the black mist, though it could run for only about an hour on their current energy core.
• Pym reported that Quicksilver had awakened after infected tissue was removed, but the procedure might permanently impair his speed and reactions.
• Wanda woke with painful memories and persistent whispers, so Pym ordered Vision to stay with her and use the Mind Stone to stabilize her.
• Strange used the Time Stone to investigate the outsiders and saw a colossal Crystal Cross construct absorbing humans before a powerful force threw him from the river of time.
• Strange concluded that the threat exceeded the Time Stone's power and decided to contact other forces.

After Strange revealed a vision of a life-devouring machine marked with a Crystal Cross, the Avengers traced matching insignias to Elysia, Erda, and Iglanias in Manhattan. Steve confronted the three women, and Elysia agreed to accompany the team after asking them to lower their weapons.

• Strange showed the Avengers a vision of a colossal machine bearing a Crystal Cross insignia, and Friday found three women wearing similar accessories in Manhattan.
• Steve assembled a contact team with Strange, Black Bolt, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to approach the women without causing a public disturbance.
• Elysia took Erda and Iglanias shopping when she noticed agents surrounding them and closing off their route.
• Steve introduced himself and asked the women to come with him, while Strange sensed immense power in Erda and danger from the others.
• Elysia agreed to go with Steve and Strange but asked them to have the agents lower their weapons.

On the flight to the Avengers base, Iglanias described the Imperium’s agencies, ranks, and resources, revealing a civilization far beyond Earth’s understanding. The Quinjet landed, and Steve led Elysia, Erda, and Iglanias into the base while remaining wary of their intentions.

• Iglanias told Erda that Lady Pandora had recruited them into the Arbitration Mechanism and that their work had earned them contribution points and probationary executor status.
• Iglanias explained that the Experimental Agency had hired them to help build more than seventy experimental planets, while Elysia warned that their repairs and godhead optimization had left them with a debt.
• Steve, Strange, and Black Bolt listened as the women discussed the Imperium’s powers and institutions, and they realized how vastly it surpassed Earth.
• The Quinjet landed at the Avengers base, where Elysia, Erda, and Iglanias surveyed the facility.
• Steve invited the three women to follow him into the base, and Elysia agreed with a smile.

Elysia, Iglanias, and Erda met with the Avengers, where Strange showed them a vision of a construct bearing the Imperium emblem devouring humans. Unable to identify it in Imperium records, they suspected the culprit came from outside this universe, and Elysia concluded they no longer needed to search blindly.

• Erda silently assessed the Avengers base, while Iglanias criticized its security weaknesses as the group entered the conference room.
• Elysia introduced herself and her companions, and Professor X failed to probe their minds before Elysia stopped his psychic intrusion.
• Strange showed the group a vision of a massive construct bearing the Crystal Cross emblem as it devoured humans.
• Elysia checked with Mio and learned that Imperium databases had no record of the construct, though some contours resembled a Deathwing mecha.
• Elysia, Iglanias, and Erda suspected that someone from outside this universe knew about the Imperium, and Elysia said they no longer needed to keep searching everywhere.

Elysia denied that the construct bearing the Hilling Empire's insignia belonged to the Imperium and asked whether Earth had any inexplicable anomalies, prompting the Avengers to conceal the Abyss rift. As Wanda awoke in crisis, Elysia sensed contamination and warned that Wanda was losing control and the rescuers were in danger.

• Elysia told Steve and Strange that the construct did not belong to the Imperium and said her group would investigate the insignia.
• Elysia asked about unexplained disturbances, and Tony interrupted Banner before he could reveal the Abyss rift.
• Iglanias insisted that the Avengers disclose any such anomaly because it was too dangerous for them to handle.
• A red alarm announced that Wanda had awakened in her isolation room, and Pietro reported that Vision was struggling to restrain her.
• Steve led the Avengers toward Wanda's room, leaving Natasha and Hawkeye to watch Elysia, Erda, and Iglanias.
• Elysia sensed contamination and warned Natasha and Hawkeye that Wanda was losing control and the rescuers were likely in danger.