Chapter Summaries

Daisy fought Shou-Lao in the Iron Fist selection trial, using her weapons and the Lasso of Truth despite the rules. Shou-Lao broke out of the collapsing cavern and flew into the sky with Daisy still clinging to him, where he attacked her with another blast of fire.

• Daisy pierced Shou-Lao's eye and head with Atomic Cutting, then bound his mouth with the Lasso of Truth and attacked him with her sword.
• Shou-Lao recovered from his wounds and flew through the cavern walls, causing the mountain to tremble and threatening to collapse the cave.
• Daisy plunged her sword into Shou-Lao's neck and held on as he flew out of the mountain, dodging falling rubble as best she could.
• The Venerable One and Thunder God watched Shou-Lao's flight and mistook Daisy's tears from a blow to the face for evidence that he had beaten her.
• Shou-Lao breathed another blast of fire at Daisy after they emerged from the mountain, and Daisy could fly freely again.

Daisy fought Shou-Lao in the Iron Fist trial, enduring severe injuries as he steadily increased the pressure. Just as her strength ran out, a mysterious power awakened within her, and she struck at Shou-Lao with renewed Vibration powers, declaring that she had won.

• Daisy put away her sword and shield and fought Shou-Lao with lightly reinforced fists, while Thunder God watched and asked the Venerable One who would win.
• Daisy used her Lasso of Truth, Vibranium Bracer, teleportation, and Atomic Cutting to attack Shou-Lao, who repeatedly healed and continued pressing her.
• After twenty minutes, Daisy was badly wounded and exhausted, but she kept dodging and attacking as Shou-Lao raised his strength whenever she seemed close to victory.
• A vast new power emerged from deep within Daisy's cells, restoring her clarity and bringing her drained Vibration powers back to life.
• Daisy told Shou-Lao she had won and struck at his head and the surrounding space, while Danny Rand recognized her unyielding spirit from afar.

Daisy defeated Shou-Lao and completed the Iron Fist ritual, gaining a vast reserve of qi that healed her wounds and strengthened her body. She emerged with the Phoenix Force subdued and her condition restored to normal.

• Daisy struck Shou-Lao with her final attack, defeating him while suffering broken bones and collapsing from exhaustion.
• The Venerable One told Thunder God to prepare the Iron Fist ritual, and Daisy bowed to Shou-Lao's heart before placing it in the brazier.
• Daisy put her hands into the brazier and absorbed Shou-Lao's qi, which flowed into her and suppressed the Phoenix Force.
• Daisy's wounds healed and her physical abilities improved as her qi grew stronger.
• Daisy stood restored, with Dragon's Might suppressing the Phoenix's domineering aura and her violent impulses returning to normal.

Daisy assessed how Qi had begun evolving her Inhuman and Eternals genes, then decided to leave K'un-Lun the next day. Before departing, she modified the abandoned Warp Engine to give K'un-Lun a way to escape to Earth if danger came.

• Daisy thanked the Venerable One and Thunder God for their help, and the Venerable One warned that a great calamity would soon descend from the sky.
• Daisy said she would rest one night and leave the following day.
• Daisy offered to modify K'un-Lun's abandoned Warp Engine so its people could flee to Earth, and Thunder God agreed.
• Daisy cut open the Warp Engine, studied its design with Danger, and removed many damaged components.
• Daisy completed the modifications and inspected the Warp Engine.

Daisy left K'un-Lun and returned to Earth, where Nick Fury summoned her to SHIELD headquarters. He showed her that Skadi’s Hammer had broken free at the Antarctic base and that Thor’s hammer had appeared nearby.

• Daisy gave K'un-Lun a one-use device that could return its sacred mountain to Earth in an emergency, then advised Danny Rand to strengthen his heart.
• Daisy practiced briefly, realized Phoenix qi was strengthening her overnight, and left K'un-Lun through a portal.
• Daisy returned to Earth, checked her messages, and went home before Nick Fury called her to headquarters.
• Daisy arrived in Nick Fury’s office, where he showed her footage of Skadi’s Hammer breaking free at the Antarctic base and Thor’s hammer standing in a nearby crater.

Daisy investigated a violent Antarctic storm surrounding two hammers and encountered Sif and three Asgardian warriors. An unknown force distorted what they perceived, turning Daisy’s words into insults, and the chapter ended as Sif charged her with sword and shield.

• Nick Fury showed Daisy reports of an energy explosion near two hammers in Antarctica and sent her to investigate.
• Daisy teleported to Antarctica and struggled through the storm toward the original base as four Asgardians followed her.
• Sif introduced herself and demanded to know why Daisy had come, while Daisy dismissed her claim to divine might and continued onward.
• An unknown force distorted Daisy’s actions and words in the Asgardians’ minds, making them believe she was mocking them.
• Volstagg and the other two warriors attacked Daisy, who threw each of them aside.
• Sif charged Daisy with her shield and longsword after the force twisted Daisy’s warning into further provocation.

Daisy fought Sif and three Asgardian warriors while trying to draw out an unseen enemy, then used magnetism and gravity to bring Mjolnir to her hand. The hammer rejected her as unworthy, leaving the Asgardians stunned and uncertain about what its appearance meant.

• Daisy shattered Sif’s shield and bracer with a Phoenix-powered punch, then fought Sif and the three Asgardian warriors as they tried to wear down her flames.
• Daisy used her golden whip to attack the four warriors but could not expose the hidden enemy she suspected might be Loki.
• Daisy sensed Mjolnir nearby and used magnetism and gravity to pull it into her hand, shocking Sif and the three warriors.
• Daisy read Mjolnir’s inscription and discovered that its promise of Thor’s power applied only to someone worthy, as the hammer rejected her.
• The Asgardians stopped fighting, and Thor’s three guards wondered what Mjolnir’s arrival meant for them.

Daisy confronted Loki in Antarctica over Mjolnir and the Asgardians, then fought him after the hammer agreed to leave if she beat him. Their fake clash with Gungnir and Mjolnir gave way to a real battle, which continued as Loki sent an ice dragon and a storm of ice spikes at Daisy.

• Loki appeared with Gungnir and ordered Daisy to put down Mjolnir and leave Antarctica.
• Daisy argued with the hammer, which agreed to leave if she defeated Loki, and she accepted the condition.
• Daisy and Loki staged a weak exchange of blows with Mjolnir and Gungnir, then discarded the artifacts and revealed their true combat abilities.
• Loki unleashed dark magic and formed an ice dragon to attack Daisy, who split it apart with a Phoenix-powered punch.
• Loki turned the broken ice dragon into countless spikes and sent them raining down on Daisy.

Daisy fought Loki while a Hydra woman used their distraction to reach Skadi's Hammer. Daisy killed the woman before she could claim it, but the hammer continued flashing as her blood flowed toward it.

• Daisy and Loki battled in the sky while Sif and the other warriors followed them, leaving the hammer unguarded.
• A scarred, elderly Hydra woman ran from her hiding place toward Skadi's Hammer as the storm gathered around her.
• The woman reached for the hammer, but Daisy burned her arm and used gravity to pull her back.
• Daisy killed the woman with a fireball through her skull and caught her corpse.
• Skadi's Hammer kept flashing as the woman's blood flowed across the ground and joined with it.

Daisy shattered Skadi's Hammer, but it escaped with the dead woman's soul and headed toward the event that could awaken Jörmungandr. Loki realized Odin might have left him facing the serpent, and Daisy learned Thor was in New York as the Asgardians prepared to follow her there.

• Daisy struck Skadi's Hammer with a Phoenix-powered fist, cracked it, and watched it flee with the woman's corpse and soul.
• Loki told Daisy the woman's soul had been taken, and Daisy warned him that the hammer would awaken Jörmungandr, who would seek revenge on Asgard and its current God King.
• Loki feared Odin had left him to face Jörmungandr, while Daisy asked where the serpent was sealed and received no answer.
• Daisy asked where the hammer's owner was, and Loki revealed that Thor was in New York.
• Loki returned to Asgard to investigate the prophecy, while Daisy asked the four Asgardians to change out of their armor before they went to New York.

Daisy brought Sif, Volstagg, Fandral, and Hogun from Antarctica to S.H.I.E.L.D. so they could search for Thor in New York, while she took Mjolnir and a corpse connected to Red Skull to Nick Fury. The chapter ended with Fury discovering that he could not lift the hammer as Daisy explained its enchantment.

• Daisy introduced herself to Sif, Volstagg, Fandral, and Hogun, then took them and Mjolnir aboard a Quinjet bound for S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Black Widow recognized the corpse’s armband and skull-like face as possibly connected to Red Skull, and she flew the group to Washington.
• Daisy arranged for Coulson and S.H.I.E.L.D. staff to help the Asgardians search New York for Thor.
• Daisy brought Mjolnir and the corpse to Nick Fury and stopped Black Widow from leaving because they might need her later.
• Nick Fury tried and failed to move Mjolnir, and Daisy explained that the hammer had requirements for its wielder.

Daisy explained Skadi’s Hammer and persuaded Black Widow to test whether she could lift it, then reported the hammer’s escape and Jörmungandr’s seal to Nick Fury. Meanwhile, Skadi’s Hammer reached Jörmungandr’s prison in the Mariana Trench, where five Sea Serpents guarded him.

• Daisy urged Black Widow to try lifting Skadi’s Hammer, and the hammer shifted slightly before settling back down.
• Black Widow denied being worthy and left the office; Daisy then tried to lift the hammer herself but could not move it.
• Daisy told Nick Fury that Skadi’s Hammer had chosen Original Sin, flown away after Daisy killed her, and was connected to Jörmungandr’s seal.
• Daisy worried that the delay would allow Jörmungandr to escape and that the coming Fear Itself event would overwhelm the weakened Avengers.
• Skadi’s Hammer formed a crude ice body for a soul, carried it into Jörmungandr’s pocket dimension beneath the Mariana Trench, and faced the five Sea Serpents guarding him.

Skadi's Hammer struggled to keep Original Sin alive while repairing itself and fighting the Sea Serpents, then returned to Earth to replenish its power. Meanwhile, Captain America awakened and learned he was seventy years in the future, leaving Nick Fury and Daisy to find him somewhere private to recover.

• Skadi's Hammer used Jörmungandr's stored energy to sustain Original Sin, repair its damage, and fight the Sea Serpents at the seal.
• After five hours and the deaths of two Sea Serpents, Skadi's Hammer returned to Earth and drew seawater from the Mariana Trench to replenish its energy.
• Nick Fury and Daisy teleported to Captain America's location after he awakened and escaped the building where S.H.I.E.L.D. had kept him.
• Daisy argued with Nick Fury over the damaged Skye Pictures props while they distracted Captain America from the shock of waking up in the future.
• Steve Rogers left the building to see the modern world, and Daisy and Nick Fury followed him through Times Square.
• Nick Fury decided Captain America needed a quiet place and restorative training, and looked to Daisy for somewhere to take him.

Daisy arranged a Washington apartment for Steve Rogers and introduced him to the modern world before noticing Odin’s ravens watching from above. After returning to New York to help search for Thor, she left the chapter with Lorna and Mary Jane preparing to sneak into the school principal’s office.

• Daisy and Nick Fury argued over where Captain America should live, and Daisy agreed to house Steve in her Washington apartment.
• Daisy drove Steve to Washington, explained S.H.I.E.L.D. and the major events since World War II, and showed him the apartment’s training area.
• Daisy noticed two ravens circling overhead and suspected they belonged to Odin, then returned to New York to help search for Thor.
• At Midtown High School, Lorna and Mary Jane waited until nightfall after sending away Lorna’s driver, preparing to investigate the principal’s office.

Lorna, Jessica Jones, Peter Parker, and Mary Jane formed a detective squad and broke into Coulson’s office to discover he was searching for Thor. Their search led them to a bloodied blond man lying in an alley.

• Jessica Jones and Peter Parker joined Lorna and Mary Jane, and the four formed a detective squad.
• The group sneaked into Coulson’s office, where Lorna used Daisy’s credentials to access S.H.I.E.L.D.’s network and find a portrait of the man Coulson sought.
• Lorna showed the others the portrait, and Peter suggested searching nearby bars, convenience stores, and parks.
• The group questioned people at several convenience stores and bars until a customer identified a blond man who had been beaten in an alley.
• Lorna, Jessica Jones, Peter Parker, and Mary Jane found the blond man lying in a pool of blood at the alley’s dead end.

Lorna and her friends helped Jane Foster carry the injured Thor, then faced a gang of vagrants who tried to rob them. As Lorna drew her pistol, Black Widow arrived and questioned the children about being out so late.

• Jane Foster asked Lorna and the girls to help carry the unconscious Thor to her car, and they dragged him through the street.
• Six or seven vagrants blocked their path and demanded money, but Jane said she had already been robbed and had nothing left.
• When the vagrants threatened to take the children’s money by force, Lorna stepped forward and aimed her pistol at their leader.
• As the leader prepared to charge, Black Widow approached and asked why the children were out so late.

Black Widow found Thor after Lorna and the children encountered him in New York, and Daisy met him at the hospital with the Asgardians. Thor learned Odin was alive and discovered that Daisy could summon Mjolnir, but the hammer had not recognized her, leaving him to try to reclaim his power.

• Black Widow subdued the homeless men, took the unconscious Thor to the hospital, and sent agents to return the children home, though Jane Foster stayed with him.
• Daisy arrived at the hospital with Lorna, followed by Coulson and the Asgardians, and learned how the children had found Thor.
• Thor awoke and reunited with Sif and the Warriors Three, while Daisy asked him to help Earth.
• Sif and the others told Thor that Odin was asleep rather than dead, and Thor realized Loki had deceived him.
• Daisy told Thor that she had found Mjolnir and summoned it from her car, but Thor saw that the hammer had not recognized her.

Daisy tried to help Thor regain Mjolnir’s approval, but Jane Foster and Lorna made the hammer move, leaving Thor unconscious. Daisy took Mjolnir and considered how to prepare for the still-unfolding threat of Fear Itself.

• Thor failed to lift Mjolnir, and Daisy told him his troubled state of mind was keeping the hammer from accepting him.
• Daisy asked Jane Foster to try, and Jane made Mjolnir sway slightly, shocking Thor and the others.
• Black Widow failed to lift Mjolnir but found resolve, while Lorna used magnetism to make it sway as well.
• Thor collapsed unconscious after the women’s attempts, and Daisy took Mjolnir with her, telling his companions he could come find her if he figured things out.
• Daisy wondered why the eight hammers had not appeared and worried that Jörmungandr could grow stronger by turning humanity’s fear into divine power.

Daisy planned to contain Jörmungandr by secretly controlling the internet and television broadcasts, then using films to counter the creature’s influence on public emotions. She recruited Elektra to select films and negotiate advertising deals, leaving Elektra surprised but tempted by the promised commission.

• Daisy told Nick Fury she would hack the root servers, and Fury agreed to arrange S.H.I.E.L.D. infiltrations and television-station access despite the risks.
• Daisy ordered S.H.I.E.L.D.'s network division to build a blocking program that could buy a day after Jörmungandr awakened.
• Daisy decided to broadcast films worldwide to reduce public fear and weaken Jörmungandr, then asked Elektra for film sources.
• Daisy found that Elektra had a large collection and reassigned her from maid duties to selecting suitable films.
• Daisy told Elektra to negotiate advertising deals with film companies and offered her thirty percent of the fees, which caught Elektra's interest.

Daisy prepared to use cartoons as part of her global advertising plan for Fear Day and brought Captain America into Skye Pictures to design Tom and Jerry. Steve found a new job as a comic artist and soon had the company employees working on the cartoon.

• Elektra agreed to approach adult film companies for Daisy's Fear Day advertising plan, while Daisy decided to broadcast cartoons too.
• Daisy settled on making Tom and Jerry and struggled to find character designs that matched her memories.
• Steve arrived at Skye Pictures looking for a job, and Daisy asked him to draw the cartoon characters.
• Steve's designs captured the style Daisy wanted, and she hired him as a comic artist.
• Steve and Daisy argued about the cartoon's values before Steve organized the employees to begin making it.