Chapter Summaries

After reconciling with Hela and freeing Fenris, Peter took her and Thor to search for Mephisto, bringing them to the demon’s hidden realm. Mephisto sensed their arrival as the trio appeared in his blood-red domain.

• Peter freed Fenris from the Human Emperor Banner after agreeing with Hela that she would stop calling him "queen."
• Peter and Hela left Asgard with Thor, who had obtained Stormbreaker, and returned to Parker Manor.
• Peter explained his situation with Hela to Wanda and reassured her, promising her an exclusive honeymoon trip.
• Hela used her authority as goddess of the Underworld to locate Earth's Underworld and find a path to Mephisto's Pocket Universe.
• Peter opened a spatial rift with the Breaker of Worlds Hammer, and Hela guided Peter and Thor through the turbulence to Mephisto's realm.
• Mephisto sensed the trio's arrival in his palace and angrily recognized Peter.

Mephisto confronted Peter, Thor, and Hela in his Pocket Universe, confident that his control over the realm made him invincible. After he unleashed the realm’s scorching power, Thor struggled to endure it while Peter and Hela remained relaxed.

• Mephisto anticipated revenge on Peter and imagined devouring Peter’s soul and Hela’s authority.
• Peter, Thor, and Hela arrived at Mephisto’s palace, and Mephisto recognized Hela as Odin’s eldest daughter.
• Mephisto enlarged himself with the Pocket Universe’s energy and challenged the three newcomers.
• Hela mocked Mephisto and said his authority looked worth devouring, prompting him to strike the ground with a magma hand.
• Mephisto’s attack split the land and filled the realm with soul-corroding heat, forcing Thor to shield himself with lightning while Peter and Hela watched him struggle.

Peter and Hela challenged Mephisto in his own universe, where his control over reality overwhelmed Hela despite her fierce assault. Peter stepped in to protect her and prepared to fight Mephisto himself, revealing a new power that left Mephisto stunned.

• Peter formed a flaming shield to protect Thor from the necromantic magma, then let Hela attack Mephisto first.
• Hela struck Mephisto with enormous blades and unleashed a relentless barrage, but he healed quickly and dismissed her attacks.
• Mephisto used his control over the universe to increase gravity around Hela and trap her before firing an energy blast at her.
• Peter caught Mephisto's blast and apologized to Hela for overlooking his home-field advantage, then assigned her to weaken Mephisto's power and authority.
• Peter summoned the Necrosword and Senbonzakura and unleashed black-red lightning, startling Mephisto with how much stronger Peter had become.

Peter discovered that the Necrosword and God-Slaying Whip could badly injure Mephisto, then launched a relentless assault in Hell. Mephisto’s black Origin Force began leaking from his wounds, and Peter urged Hela to absorb it.

• Peter wounded Mephisto with Conqueror’s Coating slashes, and the Necrosword’s damage resisted healing and struck at Mephisto’s Origin Force.
• Peter released Senbonzakura to swarm Mephisto with countless cuts, then drew the God-Slaying Whip alongside the Necrosword.
• Peter charged Mephisto and battered him with a storm of attacks that tore away his magma armor and inflicted wounds faster than they could heal.
• Thor watched Peter’s assault in shock while Hela realized she had relied on Asgard’s advantage in her earlier fight with Peter.
• Peter told Hela to absorb the black liquid leaking from Mephisto, and she recognized it as his Origin Force and part of his authority over the Underworld.

Peter kept Mephisto pinned down while Hela absorbed his Origin Force, growing powerful enough to begin transforming into a higher form of Underworld existence. When Mephisto’s power threatened to create an evil consciousness inside Hela, Peter erased it, leaving Hela ready to harvest more power from Mephisto.

• Hela absorbed Mephisto’s black blood and Origin Force, rapidly increasing her strength as Peter severed Mephisto’s attacking hand.
• Mephisto recovered enough to manipulate the universe’s gravity, crushing Peter with one hundred thousand times normal gravity, but the Horse Talisman healed him and he resumed attacking.
• Hela consumed all the fallen black blood and began transforming, but Mephisto’s Origin Force awakened an evil consciousness inside her.
• Peter split himself with the Tiger Charm, kept attacking Mephisto as his evil half, and used the Horse Talisman to erase the evil consciousness threatening Hela.
• Hela thanked Peter, regained control of her body, and turned her attention back to Mephisto to harvest more of his power.

Hela absorbed Mephisto’s Origin Force and gained enough control over the universe’s laws to turn his powers against him. After she defeated him in a one-sided fight, Mephisto declared that he would take them all down with him.

• Mephisto used his authority over the universe to attack Hela with crushing gravity, magma, and energy cannons, but Hela resisted and healed from her wounds.
• Hela pierced Mephisto with her black spikes and absorbed his blood and Origin Force, while Peter held back to let her fight him.
• Hela and Mephisto battled as their control over the universe became evenly matched, and Hela severed his limbs and turned his fire dragon against him.
• After half an hour, Mephisto had shrunk and weakened into a skeletal figure, and he insisted that he could not have lost to them.
• Mephisto laughed and announced that if he could not win, he would die together with Peter and Hela.

Mephisto tried to destroy his pocket universe to kill Peter and Hela, but Peter used Cosmic Energy to stabilize it. Peter and Hela combined their powers to expose Mephisto’s demonic core, and Thor shattered it, leaving the three victorious.

• Mephisto detonated his pocket universe, and Hela failed to stop its collapse with Cosmic Authority.
• Peter used the Little Broken Watch to wield Cosmic Energy and stabilize the universe.
• Peter and Hela named their joint attack Sea Tyrant and struck Mephisto with a black-and-white energy dragon.
• The attack exposed Mephisto’s vulnerable demonic core, and Thor shattered it with Stormbreaker.
• Thor looked at Peter and Hela and thought that the three of them were amazing.

After Mephisto’s death, Hela claimed his Pocket Universe and merged it with Asgard’s Underworld, creating a passage between Earth and Asgard. Earth then entered an era of peace, and three years passed as Peter enjoyed his life on Earth.

• Hela confirmed Mephisto was gone, claimed his Pocket Universe, and reshaped it into her preferred version of Hell.
• Peter suggested connecting the Pocket Universe to Asgard’s Underworld, and he helped Hela merge the dimensions into one larger realm.
• Hela gave Peter tokens that let him and his friends travel between Earth and Asgard, and Peter returned with her to celebrate Odin’s avenged death.
• Peter returned to Earth, where Earth’s crises subsided, George used the backing of the Stark, Osborn, and Parker fortunes to address America’s problems, and a long peace began.
• Three years later, Peter spent weekdays traveling with family and friends, handled company and S.H.I.E.L.D. affairs on weekends, and planned to recreate an imperial tablet-selection system in America.

Peter developed Parker Tech and bought four powerful items with his Sacrifice Points during three years of peace. Gwen Stacy returned after her three-year term as Sorcerer Supreme, and Peter welcomed her home before Ancient One interrupted their reunion.

• Peter advanced his universe's technology, making Parker Tech the world's most valuable company and helping launch Healing Serum with the Osborn Group.
• Peter spent three years buying Dark Curse for Hela, The World, the Rinnegan, and a Super Saiyan Bloodline.
• Gwen Stacy returned through a portal after completing her three-year term and threw herself into Peter's arms.
• Peter promised Gwen they would never be apart again, and Ancient One appeared to arrange Gwen's final affairs.

Ancient One told Gwen that she was now the Sorcerer Supreme and prepared to die, still worried about Dormammu and Kaecilius. Peter proposed confronting Dormammu, then showed Ancient One that Mephisto was dead and convinced her that they could challenge Dormammu.

• Ancient One announced that Gwen had completed her apprenticeship and become the new Sorcerer Supreme, then warned her to guard the Sanctums and the seal against Dormammu and Kaecilius.
• Peter proposed that he and Gwen deal with Dormammu before Ancient One died, and revealed that Mephisto was already dead.
• Peter opened a rift to Hell with Hela's Underworld Token and brought Gwen and Ancient One into Hela's domain.
• Hela greeted Peter with a kiss, and Peter introduced her to Gwen and Ancient One as the Goddess of the Underworld for Asgard and Earth.
• Peter explained that he and Hela had seized Mephisto's origin power, and Ancient One began considering an attack on Dormammu.

The Ancient One, Peter, Gwen Stacy, and Hela prepared to draw Kaecilius into a battle at the Hong Kong Sanctum by lifting the seals on two Sanctums. Dormammu forced Kaecilius to attack anyway, where Gwen Stacy greeted him with a Holy Light Spear.

• The Ancient One agreed to join Peter's plan to enter the Dark Dimension and suppress Dormammu, and Hela joined the group.
• Peter suggested lifting the seals on the New York and London Sanctums to lure Kaecilius out, and The Ancient One accepted the plan.
• Peter brought Hela to the Hong Kong Sanctum while The Ancient One and Gwen Stacy lifted the other two Sanctum seals.
• Kaecilius realized The Ancient One had lifted the seals and decided to wait for her to die, but Dormammu ordered him to attack the Hong Kong Sanctum immediately.
• Kaecilius and his followers arrived at the Hong Kong Sanctum, where Gwen Stacy hurled a Holy Light Spear at him.

Gwen defeated Kaecilius and offered to let him open a passage to the Dark Dimension so she could confront Dormammu. After Kaecilius began the ritual and Peter destroyed the Mindless Ones that emerged, Peter, Gwen, The Ancient One, and Hela prepared to enter the Dark Dimension.

• Kaecilius used Dormammu's Dark Energy to split Gwen's Holy Light Battle Spear, but Gwen webbed him and repeatedly slammed him into the ground.
• Kaecilius distorted space and gravity, but Gwen used magic and her Symbiote Suit to stay safe and then suppressed him in close combat.
• After Gwen defeated Kaecilius, she offered him a chance to open a passage to the Dark Dimension and show her Dormammu's true face.
• Kaecilius began the dark ritual, lifting the Hong Kong Sanctum's seal and opening cracks in the sky as Mindless Ones poured through.
• Peter summoned Senbonzakura to cut down the Mindless Ones, then told Gwen, The Ancient One, and Hela it was time to meet Dormammu.

Peter, Hela, Gwen Stacy, and The Ancient One entered the Dark Dimension to confront Dormammu, where Gwen tried to save Kaecilius from being devoured. Dormammu overwhelmed Gwen’s magic and corrupted the Shun Shun Rikka, but Peter intervened and prepared to take over with Hela.

• Peter and Hela entered the Dark Dimension, while Gwen Stacy and The Ancient One sealed the Sanctums and followed with Kaecilius as a safeguard against Dormammu invading Earth.
• Dormammu tried to devour Kaecilius for failing him, but Gwen Stacy shielded him with the Shield of Seraphim.
• Gwen used the Shun Shun Rikka’s Twin Heaven Return Shield to dispel Kaecilius’s Dark Energy and erase Dormammu’s mark.
• Dormammu intensified the Dark Energy until Gwen’s shields shattered and the Shun Shun Rikka lost its connection to her.
• Peter placed a hand on Gwen’s shoulder, relieved her pain with white light, and said that he and Hela would take over.

Peter watched Hela attack Dormammu, but Dormammu regenerated and used the Dark Dimension to restrain her. As Hela was pulled into his mouth, Peter invoked Banshō Ten'in.

• Hela charged Dormammu and sliced his enormous face into hundreds of pieces, then burned the fragments with Underworld flames.
• The Ancient One warned that Dormammu was made of Dark Energy and could not be harmed by being cut apart.
• Dormammu regenerated, absorbed Hela’s flames, and formed them into blazing hair.
• Dormammu used the Dark Dimension to bind Hela’s power and pull her toward his mouth.
• Hela stopped resisting and told Peter the battle was his to handle, while Gwen called out to him.
• Peter raised his hand toward Hela and said, “Banshō Ten'in.”

Peter stopped time in Dormammu’s constructed Interlayer Space and discovered that the enormous face before them was only a magical projection, not Dormammu’s true body. After locating the space’s weakest point, Peter prepared to break through to the real Dark Dimension and confront Dormammu’s hidden secrets.

• Peter pulled Hela away from Dormammu’s magical storm, reassured her, and then approached Dormammu himself.
• Dormammu offered Peter the Milky Way if he would serve him, but Peter rejected the offer and angered him.
• Dormammu summoned hundreds of magical cannons, and Peter stopped time throughout the Dark Dimension for nine seconds with The World.
• Peter used his watch and Rinnegan to discover that Dormammu’s face was a projection and that they were in an Interlayer Space hiding the real Dark Dimension.
• Peter teleported to the Interlayer Space’s weakest point and drew the Breaker of Worlds Hammer as time resumed.
• Dormammu asked what Peter had done, and Peter said he was preparing to see the real Dark Dimension.

Peter shattered Dormammu’s false Interlayer Space and revealed that Dormammu had invaded the Dark Dimension rather than being its creator. The chapter ended with Peter explaining how Dormammu betrayed the former rulers and seized control, while Hela and Kaecilius questioned whether the history would help them defeat him.

• Peter broke the Interlayer Space, and his group fell into the real Dark Dimension, where grotesque creatures surrounded them.
• Hela killed an attacking creature, and Peter used the Rinnegan’s Human Path to read the monsters’ memories and learn they were Dark Dimension natives.
• Peter told the Ancient One and the others that Dormammu had fabricated the story that he was the Dark Dimension’s original ruler and sole inhabitant.
• Peter recounted how Dormammu and Umar came to the Dark Dimension, gained Olnar’s trust, and helped the dimension consume other Pocket Universes.
• Peter explained that Dormammu betrayed Olnar and Prince Orini, took control of the Dark Dimension, and made himself its dimensional lord.
• Hela and Kaecilius dismissed the revelation as unhelpful for killing Dormammu.

Peter and his allies rescued Clea from a prison in the Dark Dimension and learned that Dormammu could merge with its energy because he was a Faltine. Peter proposed transforming into a Faltine and devouring Dormammu, while Clea grew even more attracted to him.

• Peter proposed finding Clea or Umar to learn how Dormammu merged with the Dark Dimension.
• Peter and his allies fought through the Dark Dimension and located Clea in a prison guarded by Mindless Ones.
• Hela, Gwen, The Ancient One, Kaecilius, and Peter cleared the prison and freed Clea.
• Clea told Peter that Dormammu was a Faltine who could fuse with energy systems, explaining his control of the Dark Dimension.
• Peter revealed that the Little Broken Watch could let him become a Faltine so he could devour Dormammu, and Clea took this as a sign they were an even better match.

Peter transformed into a Faltine-Olnar hybrid and gained the Flame of Rulership, which granted him authority over the Dark Dimension and control of Dark Energy. He led Clea, Gwen Stacy, Hela, and a growing army of Dark Dimension natives toward the royal city to confront Dormammu.

• Peter used the Little Broken Watch to record Clea’s genes and transformed into a Faltine-Olnar hybrid.
• Clea felt drawn to Peter and kissed him, but Hela pulled her away.
• A crown of violet flames appeared above Peter, and Clea identified it as the Flame of Rulership, which could control Dark Energy and win the Dark Dimension’s citizens’ allegiance.
• Peter set out with the others for the royal city to challenge Dormammu.
• The Dark Dimension’s inhabitants knelt before Peter and joined his march, gathering into an army of tens of thousands as Clea spread his story.

Peter led tens of thousands of Dark Dimension natives into the royal city, where they welcomed him as their ruler because of the Flame of Rulership. Dormammu attacked Peter, but Peter turned the assault against him, stopped time, and prepared to unleash his nine-layered Haymaker. Nine Lives.

• Peter's enormous following reached the royal city, and the guards arrested their captain and opened the gates for him.
• Hela complained that the natives' surrender had denied her a fight, while Kaecilius led the crowd in cheering for Peter.
• Dormammu heard the cheers after reinforcing Umar's seal and rushed out of the palace to confront Peter.
• Dormammu saw the Flame of Rulership above Peter and attacked, but Peter redirected the energy cannon into a dark holy sword.
• Peter appeared before Dormammu, stopped time across the Dark Dimension, and charged a nine-layered Haymaker. Nine Lives.

Peter used Nine Lives to unleash nine buffed Haymakers and cripple Dormammu, then revealed his Super Saiyan 2 form and rushed in for another attack. Dormammu fired a Faltine-energy beam at Peter, who chose to face it without dodging.

• Peter struck Dormammu nine times during stopped time, leaving his body mangled and paralyzed by the combined energies.
• Hela, Gwen Stacy, Clea, and the Ancient One reacted to Dormammu's ruined state and Peter's power.
• Dormammu recovered, questioned Peter about the attack, and feared the pain he had endured.
• Peter activated Super Saiyan 2 and moved to attack Dormammu again.
• Dormammu fired a purple-flamed Faltine-energy beam as Peter stood with his hands behind his back and did not evade.