Chapter Summaries

Daisy defeated the Builders’ two monitors and helped Wanda recover, then examined the Star Brand’s immense power and its costs. As news arrived, Jean recovered her Phoenix abilities, while nations questioned S.H.I.E.L.D. about its weapons test.

• Daisy destroyed the Void Lord and Robot Aleph, then stabilized Wanda’s magic and explained why she had killed the Void Lord.
• Daisy reflected on how the Star Brand power affected her emotions, calmed herself with K’un-Lun meditation, and tested her enhanced durability.
• Daisy reviewed her new abilities and recognized that the Star Brand’s mark on her right palm prevented her from using the right-handed Infinity Gauntlet at the same time.
• Jean overcame the Leech Potion and regained her strength, while the Phoenix Force in Daisy began reclaiming lost ground.
• Nations asked S.H.I.E.L.D. about its weapons test, and Hill claimed it had failed, though they did not believe her.

Daisy met Director Fury after Cyclops, Alex Summers, and Vulcan attacked government and S.H.I.E.L.D. sites to steal a spaceship and a document. She identified a copied Shi'ar name on the document as Daiken and recognized that Vulcan's arrival might be connected to his revenge against the Shi'ar.

• Daisy agreed to turn the abandoned space station into S.W.O.R.D., with Captain Marvel stationed there to provide support from orbit.
• Director Fury summoned Daisy to his Azerbaijan base and asked Black Widow to explain why she had been tracking Cyclops.
• Black Widow showed Daisy images of Cyclops meeting a red-haired woman in the UK and later finding Alex Summers and Vulcan in the United States.
• Daisy warned Black Widow to stop monitoring Vulcan, whom she recognized as an exceptionally powerful Omega-level mutant.
• Director Fury reported that the Summers brothers had killed eleven people at an FBI branch and dozens of agents at his Tucson base, and Black Widow added that they had stolen Nick's spaceship.
• Daisy identified the backward, imitated Shi'ar writing on the stolen document as the name Daiken, the former Shi'ar king.

Daisy learned that Vulcan had escaped after attacking a government agency and Director Fury’s base, while Professor Charles had taken responsibility and been arrested. At Xavier’s School, Daisy discovered that the Phoenix-powered Rachel Summers was her and Jean’s daughter.

• Daisy decided to help Gladiator and prevent Vulcan from taking the Shi'ar throne and launching wars of expansion.
• Daisy watched footage showing Vulcan escaping Professor Charles’s psychic blockade, attacking Fury’s secret base, and fleeing in a spaceship.
• Professor Charles accepted blame for the FBI branch murders and was taken into custody while Cyclops and Alex went free.
• Daisy went to Xavier’s School to tell Jean the news, but Wolverine and Iceman acted strangely when they saw her.
• Daisy met Rachel, recognized her as a powerful Phoenix host, and learned from Beast that Rachel Johnson was her and Jean’s daughter.

Daisy learned that Rachel Johnson, a girl from the future, was her and Jean Grey’s daughter, despite the two women never having physically conceived a child. Beast Hank explained that Daisy’s past quantum resonance with Jean may have caused the pregnancy, leaving Daisy stunned by the revelation.

• Daisy panicked over the possibility that she and Jean had a child, imagining Wanda’s reaction and a multiversal crisis.
• Beast Hank tested Daisy’s golden blood and confirmed Rachel was closely related to her, with both Inhuman and Mutant cells.
• Beast Hank explained that Rachel had arrived from the future with the Phoenix Force and Vibration powers, seeking her parents, Daisy and Jean.
• Daisy protested that she and Jean were innocent, but Beast Hank revealed that Jean was pregnant.
• Beast Hank theorized that Daisy’s quantum entanglement with Jean had transferred her life essence and led to the pregnancy.

Daisy accepted Rachel Johnson as her daughter and learned that Rachel came from a future where Mutants had been wiped out and Jean had disappeared. Rachel's Phoenix Force was suppressed after she traveled to Daisy's time, and Daisy resolved to prevent the future she described.

• Jean teleported to Xandar to hide from the embarrassment of her pregnancy, while Beast Hank took over leading the X-Men.
• Daisy recognized Rachel as her daughter, welcomed her, and took her to a villa to find new clothes.
• While driving with Rachel, Daisy learned that Mutants in Rachel's future lost their powers and were hunted, and that Jean disappeared after Daisy went far away.
• Daisy realized Rachel's future came from a branch of her current timeline and that the Phoenix Force had shaped Rachel's life.
• Daisy discovered Jean had suppressed the Phoenix Force within Rachel, leaving her able to use it but unable to become the White Phoenix on her own.

Daisy helped Rachel choose clothes and asked about her plans after arriving in their timeline. Rachel wanted to teach Mutants, so Daisy planned to take her shopping and explore what she might study.

• Daisy took Rachel to a villa where fashion staff helped her choose clothes, and Rachel settled on an outfit resembling Daisy's style.
• Daisy asked Rachel what she wanted to do in the future, and Rachel said she was interested in teaching at a Mutant school.
• Rachel listed combat skills and powers she could teach, while Daisy doubted those subjects were suitable for Mutant children.
• Daisy suggested they eat and then explore what knowledge interested Rachel, and the two went out together after the meal.

Daisy took Rachel shopping and spent the day teaching her how to distinguish real threats from ordinary people, helping her relax and trust Daisy more. Their peaceful outing ended when Daisy recognized Frank Castle and Billy Russo fighting at the Carousel.

• Daisy explained her shoulder bag and told Rachel about Jean's elaborate makeup and accessories.
• Daisy drove Rachel to her shopping center and taught her that a stranger's insult did not make that person an enemy.
• As they toured the shopping center, Daisy used everyday encounters to show Rachel the difference between enemies, bad actors, and ordinary people.
• Daisy took Rachel to Central Park for dining and activities, and Rachel said having family felt nice.
• Gunfire interrupted their rest, and Daisy recognized Frank Castle fighting his former friend Billy Russo at the Carousel.

Daisy and Rachel watched The Punisher defeat Billy Russo, and Daisy secretly saved Agent Madani from a fatal shot. They then visited Coulson at Empire State University, where Daisy introduced Rachel as her and Jean’s daughter from the future and asked him to teach her.

• Daisy explained to Rachel that The Punisher and Billy Russo were both pitiful men driven by revenge and conflict, and the two watched their fight from a distant hill.
• Billy Russo shot Agent Madani in the forehead after she surprised him, but Daisy used a magnetic field to keep the bullet from penetrating her skull.
• The Punisher used the distraction to defeat Billy Russo, and police arrived to take away the injured men.
• Daisy advised Rachel to find a hobby and a personal bottom line so she would not lose herself in her power.
• Daisy and Rachel visited Coulson at Empire State University, where Daisy introduced Rachel as her and Jean’s daughter from the future and said she wanted Rachel to learn from him.
• Rachel told Coulson that she learned things quickly, leaving him stunned by Daisy’s claim.

Daisy arranged for Rachel to study at the university temporarily while she considered the girl’s place in the timeline. She returned home and, after learning Wanda wanted a child, revealed that she had found a way for them to have one, leaving Wanda eager to try.

• Daisy arranged for Rachel to read in the university library and attend classes while she bought Daisy three days.
• Daisy returned home, resolved to face the danger ahead, and went to speak with Wanda.
• Daisy learned that Quicksilver and Crystal planned a small wedding and joined them for conversation before the guests retired.
• Wanda worried that Crystal’s fragile health might make having a child dangerous, and Daisy suggested that she and Wanda should have a child first.
• Daisy told Wanda she had found a way for them to have a child, and Wanda said she wanted to carry it.

Daisy and Wanda discussed having a child and prepared to combine their powers, despite the danger of merging Phoenix Force with Chaos magic. Daisy began transforming into a cosmic entity to connect with Wanda, leaving the process underway.

• Wanda excitedly questioned Daisy about their future child, and Daisy agreed that the child could have superpowers and said she preferred a boy.
• Wanda proposed naming their son Franklin Johnson, and Daisy realized the name echoed Franklin Richards and that Rachel Summers and Franklin might become siblings in this timeline.
• Daisy reassured Wanda that their child would be powerful and safe, explaining that her Skyfather-tier strength could make the baby a demigod from birth.
• Wanda tried to turn their discussion into a sexual encounter, but Daisy insisted that they focus on a dangerous attempt to merge their powers.
• Daisy explained that forcibly combining her Phoenix Force with Wanda's Chaos magic could destroy their universe and nearby parallel universes, then began abandoning her body to become a cosmic entity and reach Wanda's Chaos magic.

Daisy used her Star Mark power and vibrations to become a cosmic abstract entity, then repeatedly tried to create a child with Wanda. After days of failed attempts, Lorna secretly overheard them and was left bewildered by what she thought pregnancy involved.

• Daisy transformed into a vast, pale-blue projection of light and crossed the threshold from planetary deity to cosmic deity.
• Daisy warned the Watcher on the moon not to watch, then shrank back down and explained that she and Wanda needed to create a life carrying both their characteristics.
• Daisy and Wanda spent two days repeatedly adjusting their energies and trying to conceive, while Lorna grew suspicious of Wanda's exercise and pregnancy test.
• Lorna hid outside Daisy and Wanda's room with Tangbao and overheard their strange attempts, then returned to her room confused about how pregnancy worked.
• Daisy came to breakfast the next morning exhausted from repeatedly releasing life essence.

Rachel Johnson arrived at the university and recognized Lorna as her adoptive mother from the future, though Lorna did not recognize her. After meeting Peter Parker and installing the Spider-Comms app, Rachel left campus, while Peter wondered whether to report her to Deputy Director Hill.

• After three nights with Daisy, Wanda gained strength from Daisy's life essence while Daisy recovered with Wanda caring for her.
• Lorna went to the library with Esme but struggled to focus after seeing Daisy and Wanda together.
• Rachel saw Lorna in the library and remembered her as the adoptive mother who had raised and protected her in the future.
• Esme sensed Rachel's immense power, and Lorna used the library's borrowing records to learn her name was Rachel Johnson.
• Peter Parker approached Rachel on campus to promote Spider-Comms, and she installed the app after asking whether she could use it to summon Spider-Man.
• Peter went to find Coulson and asked whether he should report Rachel to Deputy Director Hill as a dangerous woman.

Daisy and Wanda successfully conceived a child, whom Wanda named Franklin Johnson, and Daisy sent her to New Xandar to keep her away from Rachel and the X-Men. Daisy then told Hill about her plans to have children with Wanda, and Hill changed the subject to the matter involving Professor Charles, which Daisy had forgotten.

• Coulson told Spider-Man that Rachel and Daisy were relatives, keeping their true relationship secret.
• Daisy and Wanda succeeded in conceiving Franklin Johnson, whom Daisy had engineered for extraordinary potential.
• Daisy sent Wanda to New Xandar after Quicksilver and Crystal's wedding to keep her separated from Rachel and the X-Men.
• Daisy asked Hill whether she wanted a child, and Hill said she did not and wanted to focus on her career.
• Daisy told Hill that she and Wanda were preparing to have a child, and Hill redirected the conversation to Professor Charles.
• Daisy realized she had forgotten Fury's instructions about Professor Charles and wondered whether she had told Jean.

Daisy searched space for Vulcan but returned to Earth without finding him, while Hill arranged Professor Charles’s transfer to prison. Anxious about the unborn children, Daisy secretly asked Hawkeye for advice on preparing for childbirth and carefully wrote down his suggestions.

• Daisy sent Hill to coordinate with Beast and S.H.I.E.L.D. over Professor Charles, issued warrants for Cyclops Scott Summers and Alex Summers, and went searching for Vulcan.
• After a week of searching and a brief encounter with Runner, Daisy returned to Earth without locating Vulcan.
• Hill arranged for Professor Charles to receive Leech Potion and be imprisoned alongside Stark, Mr. Fantastic, and Namor.
• Daisy’s anxiety about the unborn children grew, and she asked Hawkeye for advice under the pretext of creating an infant allowance for S.H.I.E.L.D. staff.
• Hawkeye listed supplies for babies, and Daisy filled three pages of notes.

Daisy went to Alfheim to obtain livestock for making safe formula for her unborn children, then rescued an elf village from Hill Giants before returning to Earth. She began preparing the formula with help from Mutants with useful abilities.

• Daisy decided to make formula herself and sneaked into Alfheim to find cows and sheep.
• Daisy gathered seven cows and seven sheep before noticing Hill Giants attacking an elf village.
• Daisy borrowed an elf archer’s bow and killed all fifteen Hill Giants by shooting their eyes.
• Daisy returned the livestock to Earth and brought them to her formula-processing company.
• Daisy hired Mutants who could communicate with animals, cultivate plants, and turn water into sugar to help make the formula.

Daisy prepared for the babies by making formula, stealing Threads of Fate and World Tree branches, and crafting supplies. She visited Jean with gifts for their unborn children, and the two found a comfortable way to reconnect by talking about the baby.

• Daisy inspected the formula processing center and ordered samples to be sent to her.
• Daisy stole Threads of Fate and fallen World Tree branches from Vanaheim, where the Vanir were fighting Undead Warriors.
• Daisy built sturdy strollers from the World Tree wood and prepared other handmade supplies for Rachel and Franklin.
• A week after sending Wanda away, Daisy visited Jean with the supplies and talked with her about Rachel's care and future.
• Daisy listened to Jean's belly, and the two agreed to focus their conversations on the child rather than work or their feelings.

Daisy attended Peggy Carter’s funeral in London as S.H.I.E.L.D.’s Director and reflected on why Peggy had refused offers to prolong her life. After Sharon Carter spoke, Daisy delivered a eulogy that honored Peggy while stressing that S.H.I.E.L.D. had to address problems in its own way.

• Hill told Daisy that Peggy Carter had died, and Daisy traveled to London for the funeral.
• Daisy saw Black Widow, Fury, Wolverine, and Pym among those gathered to mourn Peggy.
• Daisy and Black Widow discussed Peggy’s political life, her refusal of life-extension treatments, and the Carter family’s interest in her legacy.
• Captain America carried Peggy’s coffin into the church, and Sharon Carter delivered a speech honoring her.
• Daisy gave a eulogy praising Peggy as a S.H.I.E.L.D. founder and urging the agency to confront problems rather than blindly imitate the past.

At Peggy Carter’s funeral, Daisy and the Avengers discovered Peggy’s voice coming from her buried coffin as reports spread of the dead reviving elsewhere. Before they could decide how to handle the crisis, Sif arrived through the Bifrost and asked Daisy for help.

• After Peggy Carter’s funeral, Daisy gave Captain America files on Iron Fist, Daredevil, and Spider-Man as possible Avengers recruits.
• Daisy and Captain America heard Peggy’s voice coming from her coffin, and Daisy sealed off the cemetery and called Sharon Carter and Black Widow.
• With Sharon’s approval, Daisy raised the coffin and found no signs of magic or supernatural interference, while Peggy’s voice urged Steve to kill her.
• Hill told Daisy that three cases of the dead reviving had occurred within five minutes, and Daisy ordered Intelligence to search for a pattern.
• As Black Widow and Daisy prepared to deal with Peggy’s coffin, Sif arrived through the Bifrost and asked Daisy for help from Asgard.

Daisy agreed to help Asgard after Sif explained that chaos across the World Tree had enabled Hel to threaten the realms. As Daisy and her companions traveled through the Bifrost, Hela returned to Asgard with an army and Cul Borson at her side, facing Frigga, Thor, and Loki.

• Sif placed a golden rune on Peggy Carter’s coffin, stopping it from moving, and delivered Frigga’s request for Daisy’s help.
• Daisy agreed to go to Asgard, and Captain America, Black Widow, and Captain Marvel joined her after Peggy was buried again.
• Hela recovered her memories and strength in Asgard, then led undead and forces from other realms toward the golden gates.
• Frigga armed herself and led Asgard’s defenders while Thor and Loki stood beside her, awaiting Sif’s return with reinforcements.
• Thor and Loki recognized Cul Borson, their uncle and the God of Fear, beside Hela as he mocked them about their family reunion.

Frigga ordered the Asgardians to attack Hela, but Hela caught Thor’s Mjolnir and prepared to destroy it before Daisy arrived. Daisy overwhelmed Hela and annihilated her undead army with the Star Brand, leaving the battle still unresolved.

• Frigga ordered an immediate attack, and Thor charged Hela with Mjolnir.
• Hela caught Mjolnir and tried to crush it, but Daisy arrived from the Bifrost.
• Daisy knocked Mjolnir away, disarmed Hela, and crushed her shoulder before Hela retreated among her undead.
• Hela commanded her undead army to attack Daisy, who summoned her Star Brand Battle Suit.
• Daisy unleashed a vast White Light that reduced hundreds of thousands of undead to dust.