Chapter Summaries

As the Death Goddess appeared above the Avengers, Su Ming struggled to survive inside the sphere of light as the Death Law crushed the Pangu energy around him. The Jade Seal's Ancient Spirit intervened just in time, allowing Su Ming to rebuild his body and break through to Nascent Soul Grand Completion.

• The Avengers learned from Thor that the beautiful figure in the sky was the Death Goddess, while people worldwide watched her appearance on surviving surveillance devices.
• The Death Law's pressure overwhelmed the Heirloom Seal of the Realm's protection, and the Jade Seal shattered as Su Ming's consciousness began to fade.
• Ancient Spirit unleashed the Jade Seal's imperial aura, restoring its protection and shielding Su Ming at the brink of destruction.
• Su Ming pushed the Soul Resonance Art to its extreme, balancing the Pangu energy against the Death Law and accelerating the reconstruction of his body.
• The five Starcore Fragments returned to Su Ming's new body, and the Mind Stone and Time Stone helped stabilize it.
• Su Ming's cultivation broke through to Nascent Soul Grand Completion as his reconstructed body was completed.

As Su Ming merged with his newly formed body, he reached Nascent Soul Grand Completion but discovered that a fragment of Pangu’s consciousness was trying to take control of it. Outside, the Death Goddess prepared to erase Pangu’s traces, leaving Su Ming caught between an external attack and an internal struggle for his identity.

• Su Ming sensed his immense new power and realized he had reached Nascent Soul Grand Completion.
• The Death Goddess detected resistance inside her sphere and gathered more power to erase Pangu’s trace and its inheritor.
• The Earth's Will believed her attack had destroyed Su Ming, then sensed Pangu’s fading imprint and mourned her failure to protect his inheritance.
• The Earth's Will recognized the Death Goddess’s arrival and understood that Pangu’s Origin had drawn the Supreme Law to erase it.
• Su Ming discovered that a fragment of Pangu’s consciousness had awakened inside his body and was trying to seize control while the Death Goddess attacked from outside.

Su Ming struggled to control his reconstructed body as Pangu’s remnant will blocked his consciousness and the Death Goddess attacked him. Pangu’s instinctive defense and the faith of billions gave Su Ming a chance to reconnect with his body.

• Su Ming tried to use the Soul Resonance Art to expel Pangu’s remnant will but found that his consciousness could not command the body’s Source Force.
• The Death Goddess gathered Death Law energy and struck Su Ming with a Destruction Singularity while he was unable to move.
• Pangu’s lingering will instinctively raised Chaos Light to shield Su Ming, resisting the attack and healing his wounds as its own strength weakened.
• Su Ming seized the opening to circulate the Soul Resonance Art again and resonated with the Faith Energy sent by billions of humans.
• The White Light Gourd appeared above Su Ming, bathing him in Faith Energy that strengthened the connection between his consciousness and body.

Su Ming regained control of his resurrected body after the Death Goddess destroyed Pangu’s lingering will and the Faith Gourd merged with his consciousness. After he thanked her and put on his Scarlet suit, the Death Goddess launched another attack, leaving him in immediate danger.

• The Death Goddess shattered the chaotic radiance around Su Ming, erasing Pangu’s lingering will as the Faith Gourd merged with his sea of consciousness.
• Su Ming’s naked resurrected body appeared in the sky, drawing shocked and amused reactions from the girl, the Avengers, and viewers around the world.
• Su Ming regained full control of his body, checked that he was unharmed, and dressed himself in his Scarlet suit.
• Su Ming thanked the Death Goddess, who inspected him and then unleashed a renewed wave of Death Law against him.

The Death Goddess shattered Su Ming’s defenses and erased him, but a blessing from the Reality Law restored him completely. Su Ming stood alive before the Death Goddess as the Reality Law realized she was on Earth.

• Su Ming used his Starcore Fragments, Stones, Faith Energy, and cultivation to create a powerful barrier against the Death Goddess’s attack.
• The Death Goddess’s black energy broke through the barrier and erased Su Ming and his Scarlet suit completely.
• The Avengers watched Su Ming disappear and reacted with exhausted resignation.
• A point of white light appeared where Su Ming had vanished and used a force of reality to restore him unharmed.
• The Reality Law recognized that his blessing had been used and discovered that the Death Goddess was on Earth.

Su Ming survived the Death Goddess’s attacks when the Reality Elder’s blessing repeatedly altered reality and restored him. The Death Goddess continued escalating her assault, while the Reality Elder vowed to keep protecting him.

• Su Ming discovered that the Reality Elder’s blessing had reversed his death and learned it was granted because he had helped the Elder’s successor.
• The Reality Elder revealed himself to Su Ming and said the Death Goddess would have to think twice before killing him.
• The Death Goddess trapped Su Ming in a Death Prison that aimed to erase his existence, but the Reality Elder altered its rules and restored him unharmed.
• The Death Goddess unleashed an Annihilation Tide across the Solar System, and Su Ming reappeared intact after being destroyed.
• The Death Goddess attacked again with greater authority as the Reality Elder taunted her and insisted he would stand against her.

After Reality Law stopped the Death Goddess from attacking Su Ming again, she left to confront him at the Sanctuary of the Supreme Laws. Su Ming confirmed the Death Goddess and Cosmic Demon were gone, and humanity celebrated as S.H.I.E.L.D. announced that the Doomsday crisis had been resolved.

• Reality Law warned the Death Goddess that the universe would not allow Su Ming's death, and she stopped her attack and departed for the Sanctuary of the Supreme Laws.
• Reality Law told Su Ming they were even and warned him not to cause trouble he could not handle.
• The Death Goddess's departure lifted the deathly pressure, and survivors around the world realized the crisis had passed and began celebrating.
• The Avengers regrouped on the Helicarrier, relieved that Su Ming had survived and driven away the threats.
• Captain Marvel asked Su Ming whether the crisis was over, and he confirmed that the world was safe.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. announced over its global emergency channel that Su Ming and the Avengers had resolved the Doomsday crisis.

After the world celebrated Su Ming as its bald, scarlet-suited savior and declared December 31, 2012, Nirvana Day, Su Ming resolved to erase the humiliating image from the timeline. Nebula’s question about the Infinity Stones reminded future Tony and Captain America that their mission—and Natasha Romanoff’s sacrifice—still awaited them.

• People around the world named December 31, 2012, Nirvana Day and celebrated Su Ming as the hero who saved them.
• Su Ming saw that the public had fixed his image as a bald man in a scarlet suit, and the Avengers teased him about it.
• Su Ming decided to obtain the TVA’s Time Restorer and erase the timeline’s record of his bald image.
• Nebula asked how many Infinity Stones the group had collected, breaking the celebration’s mood.
• Future Tony and Captain America remembered their original timeline and Natasha Romanoff’s death on Vormir.
• Nebula urged the group to continue their mission to correct the future and recover what they had lost.

Su Ming agreed to help Tony and Captain America recover the Infinity Stones, while discovering that Loki had become the Story God and stabilized the Multiverse. The Avengers prepared to check whether their team had secured the Soul Stone and continue their mission against Thanos.

• Tony and Captain America asked Su Ming to help recover the Stones, and Su Ming revealed that he possessed the Mind Stone and Time Stone.
• Rocket explained that Loki had been taken by the Time Variance Authority and that the Space Stone was part of the team's mission.
• Su Ming checked the Castle at the End of Time and found Loki on the throne, having stabilized the Sacred Timeline as the Story God.
• Su Ming healed Rocket's swollen eyes, then learned the team had obtained the Power Stone and Reality Stone while Rhodey, Banner, and Clint sought the Soul Stone on Vormir.
• Su Ming agreed to return and check on the Soul Stone, while Nebula warned Thanos that Su Ming would be his most powerful enemy.
• Future Tony and Captain America advised their past selves about Pepper Potts and Agent Kate as the celebration continued and the Avengers prepared for their next battle.

Su Ming gave Nick Fury Time Restorers to erase memories of recent extraordinary events, then the heroes departed and Su Ming left through a portal. Instead of reaching Avengers Base, he appeared in Earth's Core Subspace, where Earth's Will demanded to know who he really was.

• Su Ming handed Nick Fury Time Restorers and told him to bury them at the core energy nodes of every continental plate.
• Carol Danvers hugged Su Ming, thanked him for recognizing her help against the demon god, and flew through Stark Tower's glass wall.
• Tony, Steve, Rocket, and Nebula returned to the future, and Su Ming teased Maria Hill before entering a portal.
• Su Ming's portal led him to Earth's Core Subspace, where Earth's Will confronted him and asked who he was.

Su Ming spoke with Earth's Will, who shared the ancient origin of the energy he had absorbed and explained the difference between absorbing Pangu’s origin and receiving his full inheritance. The chapter left Su Ming uncertain whether he could still awaken Pangu’s powers, since the Death Goddess had worn down Xiao Gu’s remaining will.

• Su Ming shared fragments of memory with Earth's Will, who recognized him as her guardian and learned about his past deeds.
• Earth's Will explained how Pangu opened heaven and earth, gave his origin to nourish Earth, and how she preserved a trace of that origin energy.
• Earth's Will told Su Ming that he had absorbed Pangu’s origin but might not have inherited Pangu’s will or powers, including the ability to summon the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.
• Earth's Will said the Death Goddess may have feared Pangu’s will awakening within Su Ming, but Xiao Gu’s remaining will had been worn down in their battle.
• Su Ming worried that he might have lost the chance to gain Pangu’s full inheritance.

Su Ming returned from the past after encouraging the Earth girl to find and guide Wanda Maximoff, while the Avengers regrouped at their 2023 headquarters with the Infinity Stones. Their reunion turned to grief when Banner carried Natasha Romanoff’s lifeless body back from Vormir.

• Su Ming urged the Earth girl to find Wanda Maximoff and guide her powers, then opened a portal and returned to his own timeline.
• Tony, Steve, Rocket, Nebula, Rhodey, Banner, and Clint arrived at Avengers Headquarters in 2023, while FRIDAY reported that Scott Lang had vanished during the mission and Su Ming had not returned with them.
• Rocket shook sand from his fur, and Scott Lang emerged from a grain of sand, explaining that he had been trapped in the Quantum Realm before the timeline pulled him back.
• Steve told Scott that the team had obtained the Space Stone and found Su Ming in 2012 with the Mind Stone and Time Stone.
• Banner revealed Natasha Romanoff’s lifeless body, and Clint, Steve, and Thor grieved as the Avengers Headquarters fell into despair.

The Avengers returned with Natasha Romanoff dead, and Su Ming’s casual response to her death enraged the team. As Thor attacked him, Rocket and the other Avengers prepared to defend their positions, while Tony and Steve watched calmly.

• The Avengers returned to headquarters carrying Natasha Romanoff’s body, and Su Ming appeared after hearing the commotion.
• Su Ming remarked that Natasha’s death was nothing serious, prompting Clint, Banner, Rhodey, and Thor to condemn him and demand an apology.
• Thor raised Mjolnir and Stormbreaker, while Rocket aimed his weapon at Thor and Rhodey and Banner prepared for a fight.
• Tony stopped Steve from intervening, and the two drank while Scott rebuked them for their apparent indifference.
• Su Ming stayed calm and adjusted his cuff, driving Thor to leap at him with both weapons; something bizarre happened next.

Thor and the others impulsively attacked Su Ming, who effortlessly repelled them without causing serious harm. Tony and Steve then showed the Avengers footage of Su Ming's past battles, leaving them stunned and ashamed as the chapter ended with Rhodey reflecting that impulse was the devil.

• Thor's weapons froze in midair, and Mjolnir flew into Su Ming's hand as the others charged him.
• Su Ming unleashed a controlled thunderstorm that threw Clint, Banner, Rhodey, and Scott into the wreckage without seriously injuring them.
• Rocket mocked the attackers, and Steve knocked Scott unconscious with his shield when he tried to charge again.
• Tony criticized the group's reckless attack, then ordered FRIDAY to play footage of Su Ming's battles in 2012.
• The Avengers watched Su Ming face the Demon God Army, Galactus, and the Death Goddess, then reproached Tony and Steve for letting them attack him.
• Rhodey looked back on what happened and said that impulse really was the devil.

After showing the Avengers footage of his battle with a Cosmic Demon, Su Ming explained that the vanished could return through the Infinity Stones but that Natasha’s death was much harder to reverse. He defied the Death Law’s warning and resolved to find a way to bring her back, leaving the Avengers’ hope rekindled.

• FRIDAY’s footage revealed Su Ming’s overwhelming power, and the Avengers dropped their anger as they understood why Tony and Steve had trusted him.
• Clint Barton slapped himself and begged Su Ming to restore his vanished family and wake Natasha, but Su Ming used his power to keep Clint from kneeling.
• Su Ming explained that the Infinity Stones could restore those lost in the Snap, while Natasha’s sacrifice for the Soul Stone was a true death governed by the universe’s fundamental laws.
• Su Ming vowed to defy the Death Law and defeat the Death Goddess, suppressing the force that seemed to reject his declaration.
• Su Ming resolved to move the mountain of the Death Law, rekindling hope among the Avengers.

Thanos watched footage of Su Ming's power and abandoned his Infinity Stone plan, heading for the Annihilation Domain to seek Destruction. At Avengers Headquarters in 2023, Su Ming asked about the Stones, and the Avengers revealed that Thanos had taken the Soul Stone after Natasha's sacrifice; Su Ming asked whether they trusted him.

• The Death Goddess sensed Su Ming's defiant will and said she would be waiting for him.
• After reviewing footage of Su Ming fighting demons and Galactus, Thanos concluded the Infinity Stones could not guarantee victory and ordered Ebony Maw to erase their existing plan.
• Thanos redirected Sanctuary II toward the Annihilation Domain, intending to pursue a path aligned with the Destruction Law.
• At Avengers Headquarters, Su Ming asked how far the Avengers had gotten in gathering the Infinity Stones.
• Thor showed the Reality Stone, Steve Rogers presented the Tesseract, and Rhodey revealed the Power Stone, while Banner and Clint explained that Thanos had taken the Soul Stone from Vormir after Natasha's sacrifice.
• Su Ming realized Nebula's surveillance had likely helped Thanos track the Avengers, then asked whether they trusted him.

Su Ming asked the Avengers to trust him with the Infinity Stones, then absorbed the Space, Power, and Reality Stones as Nebula summoned Thanos. Thanos emerged from the damaged time machine with Gamora and confronted Su Ming, declaring that he deserved to die.

• Su Ming told the Avengers that the Stones would collapse and merge into him permanently if they handed them over.
• Steve gave Su Ming the Tesseract, and Tony supported the decision, easing the Avengers’ doubts.
• Nebula secretly activated the time machine to summon Thanos, and Clint identified her plan.
• The Avengers sent the Space, Power, and Reality Stones to Su Ming, who broke open their containers and absorbed all three Stones.
• The time machine malfunctioned, bringing Gamora and Thanos into the hall; Thanos sensed the Stones’ power within Su Ming and threatened him.

Su Ming transported Thanos and the Avengers away from Earth as Thanos sought destructive power from the Avatar of Destruction. The group arrived at Vormir, where Su Ming told Tony that no one would need to snap this time.

• Su Ming sent Thanos, the Avengers, and Nebula from Earth to an unknown starfield to prevent their battle from destroying the planet.
• Thanos showed the Avatar of Destruction future memories of the aftermath of his plan and asked for power beyond the Infinity Stones.
• The Avatar of Destruction gave Thanos primordial destructive energy, which caused him to kill a Black Order general with a glance.
• Thanos received Nebula's warning that Su Ming was absorbing the Stones and left the Annihilation Domain through a portal.
• Su Ming brought the others to Vormir, where Tony complained about being dragged into the fight and Su Ming said they would not need to snap this time.

Su Ming used the Spirit Link Art and the Infinity Stones to bring Natasha back to life on Vormir, reuniting her with the Avengers. As the Avengers celebrated, Thanos held back while his army finished arriving, and Natasha kissed Su Ming in gratitude.

• Su Ming snapped his fingers and restored Natasha Romanoff to life by drawing on the Spirit Link Art and the Infinity Stones.
• Banner embraced Natasha, and Clint caught her when she staggered; the Avengers rejoiced as she recovered her memories of falling from Vormir.
• Thanos restrained himself while his disorganized army continued arriving on Vormir.
• Natasha thanked Su Ming with a kiss and offered to repay him, while Rocket teased him about the kiss mark.

The Avengers and their allies fought Thanos and his army on Vormir while Su Ming battled Thanos and tried to protect the other fronts. Reinforcements arrived through Doctor Strange’s portals, and Steve Rogers rallied them all as the fight continued.

• Natasha Romanoff rallied the Avengers, who formed around Su Ming and prepared to face Thanos’s army.
• Su Ming fought Thanos while saving War Machine, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Thor from attacks across the battlefield, but Thanos seized an opening and forced him onto the defensive.
• Rocket’s weapon overloaded as the outnumbered Avengers struggled to hold the line, and Steve Rogers called for reinforcements.
• Doctor Strange opened portals, bringing Black Panther, Wasp, Spider-Man, Wong, the Galaxy Guard Corps, Quicksilver, and Wanda Maximoff into the battle.
• Steve Rogers told Su Ming to focus on Thanos, then raised Mjolnir and called, “Avengers—Assemble!!!”