Chapter Summaries

Supergirl Kara Zor-El used the solar energy she had absorbed to overpower the Black Order, shrugging off their attacks and defeating Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight. When Cull Obsidian charged her, she stood her ground and stopped him cold.

• Kara faced all five members of the Black Order, whose attacks failed to harm her.
• Kara punched Corvus Glaive in the face and sent him flying.
• Kara grabbed Proxima Midnight by the neck and slammed her down.
• Ebony Maw's verbal control and Supergiant's telepathy had no effect on Kara.
• Cull Obsidian charged Kara at full strength, but she stopped him with a clang.

Kara overwhelmed Cull Obsidian and fought the Black Order with ease while Li Wei faced Thanos. Li Wei shattered Thanos’s frozen Glaive and called him weak.

• Kara lifted Cull Obsidian, then used Heat Vision to melt through his supposedly indestructible skin.
• Corvus Glaive and the other Black Order members attacked Kara together, but she handled all five enemies with ease.
• Thanos swung his Glaive at Li Wei, who took the blow on his shoulder without moving.
• Li Wei froze Thanos’s Glaive with Super-Breath and shattered it into fragments.
• Li Wei told Thanos that he was weak.

Li Wei defeated Thanos in space and burned his body to ashes. As the Black Order continued fighting Kara aboard the Sanctuary, she spared Proxima Midnight and Supergiant but killed Ebony Maw.

• Li Wei pursued Thanos into a weapons room, endured its lasers, and forced him out of the Sanctuary into space.
• Li Wei battered Thanos against an asteroid until he coughed up blood, then killed him with Heat Vision.
• Kara defeated Proxima Midnight and Supergiant but left them alive.
• Kara called Ebony Maw ugly, lifted him by the throat, and killed him with Heat Vision.

After Li Wei revealed that Thanos was dead, Kara killed Proxima Midnight and destroyed the Glaive that kept Corvus Glaive alive. Supergiant and Cull Obsidian surrendered, then joined Li Wei in killing the Black Order’s remaining soldiers.

• Kara asked how Corvus Glaive survived being killed, while Li Wei told Gamora that Thanos was dead and he had burned his body to ash.
• Proxima Midnight charged at Kara after hearing of Thanos’s death, and Kara killed her with Heat Vision.
• Kara seized Corvus Glaive’s weapon, discovered his soul was inside it, destroyed the Glaive, and killed him.
• Supergiant and Cull Obsidian knelt in surrender, and Supergiant declared that she was willing to follow Li Wei.
• Li Wei ordered Supergiant to kill the Black Order’s remaining soldiers, and Cull Obsidian joined her.

Li Wei and his allies wiped out the Black Order’s forces and cleared the Sanctuary, then claimed its resources. He spared Cull Obsidian on the condition that he return to his people, kept Supergiant under his control, and freed Gamora and Nebula.

• Li Wei, Supergiant, and Cull Obsidian slaughtered the Black Order’s cannon fodder and freed the prisoners in the Sanctuary.
• After the battle, Li Wei gathered his allies and discussed claiming the Black Order’s stores and ships.
• Li Wei allowed Cull Obsidian to return to his people but warned him not to commit further atrocities.
• Li Wei told Supergiant to keep her word, and she declared her loyalty to him.
• Li Wei told Gamora and Nebula they were free, and Gamora thanked him.

Li Wei agreed to visit Gamora’s homeworld, Zen-Whoberi, and arranged for his people to take control of the Black Order’s captured assets. Before they arrived, a giant face appeared in space and ordered the Black Order to surrender.

• Gamora told Li Wei that Thanos had destroyed her homeworld, Zen-Whoberi, and gave him its star chart.
• Li Wei agreed to develop Zen-Whoberi and planned to visit it with Gamora after his people arrived to take over the captured assets.
• Nebula refused Gamora’s offer to travel together and left alone in a spaceship.
• Cull Obsidian departed to return to his people, while Li Wei told Yelena and the others to come claim and transport the assets to Earth.
• A giant face appeared in space and ordered the Black Order to submit to arrest.

Li Wei encountered the Nova Corps and the Supreme Intelligence after they arrived at the Sanctuary. He agreed to let a Centurion inspect the ship to verify that the Black Order had been eliminated.

• Li Wei asked Gamora about the giant face that appeared in space, and she identified it as the Supreme Intelligence.
• Several Nova Corps warships arrived at the Sanctuary.
• Li Wei had Red Queen contact the Supreme Intelligence, which questioned who he was and why he was aboard the Sanctuary.
• Li Wei told the Supreme Intelligence that they had killed Thanos and claimed the Sanctuary as their spoils.
• The Supreme Intelligence agreed to leave after a Centurion confirmed the Black Order was gone, and Li Wei allowed one aboard.

Centurion Kori and the Nova Corps inspected Li Wei’s warship after Thanos’s defeat. Kori had the Supreme Intelligence remove Gamora and Supergiant’s bounties, and Li Wei accepted a reward for destroying the Black Order.

• Centurion Kori met Li Wei and ordered Nova Corps soldiers to inspect his warship, which he allowed as long as they took nothing.
• Kori identified Gamora and Supergiant as wanted fugitives, and Li Wei explained that they had turned against Thanos and helped defeat the Black Order.
• Kori reported their case to the Supreme Intelligence, which agreed to remove their bounties.
• The Nova Corps soldiers reported finding only dead Outriders aboard the warship.
• Kori offered Li Wei a reward for wiping out the Black Order, and he asked to be paid in resources instead of interstellar currency.

Li Wei welcomed his people aboard the Sanctuary and arranged for Yelena to take control of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer. He also considered how to use the corporate spies applying to Future Technology Company while keeping them away from confidential information.

• Centurion Kori told Li Wei and his companions to collect their reward on Xandar before leaving the Sanctuary with the Nova Corps.
• Li Wei's people arrived aboard an Imperial-class Star Destroyer, and he asked Yelena to send a team to take control of it.
• Li Wei decided to have armor made for the Black Widows and told the Red Queen to inform the science team.
• The Red Queen's background checks revealed that many capable job applicants were corporate spies, so Li Wei hired them while keeping them away from secrets.
• Yelena arrived with her team and noticed two unfamiliar people with blue and green skin beside Li Wei.

Li Wei’s fleet traveled to Zen-Whoberi, Gamora’s homeworld, and confirmed that its people had been wiped out. After Gamora paid her respects at the cemetery, the group sent the planet’s coordinates to Future Technology Company for development.

• Yelena’s professionals learned to pilot the Sanctuary ships and loaded supplies before the fleet departed for Zen-Whoberi.
• Li Wei’s fleet entered the planet’s atmosphere and found abundant animal life but no intelligent beings.
• Gamora mourned her people and recalled that the Black Order had exterminated them because they lacked military defenses.
• Li Wei told Gamora they would care for the planet as they developed it, and she said it was his planet now.
• Gamora led Li Wei and the others to a cemetery she had built for her people and paid her respects.
• The group sent Zen-Whoberi’s coordinates to Future Technology Company so it could send people to develop the planet.

Three months after returning to Earth, Li Wei learned that trade with the Light Elves had begun at the space station and that another cloaked station had been found orbiting Earth. Maria Hill identified it as S.W.O.R.D.'s station, leaving Li Wei and the others to consider the organization and Captain Marvel.

• Li Wei and the others returned to Earth aboard the Sanctuary after collecting the bounty for the Black Order on Xandar.
• Construction began on Zen-Whoberi, while the Black Order's defeat made Earth famous and improved the standing of Earthlings in space.
• Li Wei found that Earth had begun trading its best fruit to the Light Elves for their valuable light stones at the space station.
• Melina told Li Wei that she was growing younger after taking part in the scientists' experiments.
• Melina reported the discovery of another cloaked space station orbiting Earth, and Maria Hill identified it as S.W.O.R.D.'s station, founded by Nick Fury and Captain Marvel.
• Gamora said she had joined Li Wei's group and explained that she had decided not to leave them.

Li Wei visited the Twelve Months Unit after their recovery and learned that Alexia had repaired and enhanced their bodies. He let the girls leave the laboratory to enjoy their freedom, while Cammy and Decapre stayed with him and looked forward to their next trip in a Star Destroyer.

• Li Wei visited the recovered Twelve Months Unit, who greeted him excitedly.
• Alexia said the girls' injuries had been repaired and their bodies enhanced, and that they might develop psychic powers.
• The Twelve Months Unit changed into their uniforms and left the laboratory with Li Wei.
• The girls went off to enjoy their freedom, while Cammy and Decapre stayed beside Li Wei.
• Cammy complained that Li Wei had not taken her to space, so he promised to bring them on a Star Destroyer next time.

Li Wei returned to New York with the Twelve Months Unit and reunited with Eve and the others at home. Tony Stark visited and joked about Li Wei’s space travels before revealing that Washington wanted to restrict their business.

• Li Wei brought the Twelve Months Unit to New York and told them not to be so tense.
• Li Wei returned home, where Eve and the others welcomed him and asked him not to leave them behind again.
• Tony Stark visited Li Wei and questioned him about the women and aliens he had encountered in space.
• Tony Stark stopped joking and told Li Wei that Washington wanted to pass legislation restricting their business.

Li Wei had Supergiant handle the opposition to his space station, then relaxed while using his system to draw new rewards. He received a Raven blueprint and a Hyperion battlecruiser, leaving Raven's fate to Eve and the others and admiring the ship's appearance.

• Li Wei told Tony Stark he would resolve the opposition to the space station through a reasonable discussion of interests.
• Li Wei assigned Supergiant to alter the opposition's memories and asked Red Queen to monitor the situation.
• Li Wei relaxed at home while 2B, Eve, Quicksilver, and others massaged him.
• Li Wei used his accumulated points for a ten-pull and received a Raven blueprint, which he left Eve and the others to decide how to use.
• Li Wei received the Hyperion battlecruiser as the guaranteed reward and admired its impressive design.

Li Wei created Raven and introduced her to the peaceful world he had brought Eve, Quicksilver, and Lily to. Raven questioned whether the Naytiba threat was real, then saw the thriving city for herself.

• Li Wei sent the Hyperion blueprints to Red Queen, then asked Eve, Quicksilver, and Lily whether they should bring Raven over.
• Eve and Quicksilver agreed that Raven could join them, while Lily worried because Raven had become a monster in the original story.
• Li Wei prepared the materials and created Raven, whose memories made her recognize him as her master.
• Raven recognized Eve and Lily as Airborne Squad members and argued that she was not a traitor because she had learned the truth.
• Li Wei told Raven there were no Naytiba or Mother Sphere in his world, then showed her its prosperous buildings and crowded streets.

Raven accepted that she was an android and decided to stay by Li Wei’s side and protect him. She clashed with Eve, Lily, and 2B over who would attend to Li Wei, then left with the others when he ordered them to find rooms.

• Raven told Li Wei she liked this world and wanted to protect him.
• Eve and the others objected, but Raven claimed seniority as a captain of the Second Airborne Squad.
• Raven tried to push 2B aside so she could attend to Li Wei, but 2B stood her ground.
• Li Wei told everyone to leave and find rooms, and they obeyed.

Li Wei learned that King Ghidorah had arrived from space and awakened Earth’s ancient monsters, prompting the Monster Universe to seek help. After Dr. Chen presented Ghidorah’s immense size and speed, the gathered representatives realized that even Godzilla might struggle against it.

• The Monster Universe sent a distress signal after a cosmic monster awakened Earth’s ancient monsters.
• The Pacific Rim Universe offered its Jaegers, but the Monster Universe representative said they would be useless against the monsters.
• Li Wei asked to see the cosmic monster’s data, and Dr. Chen projected its image and measurements.
• The representatives recognized King Ghidorah’s formidable stats, and Dr. Chen warned that even Godzilla might find it hard to contend with him.

Li Wei and his team arrived at Monarch Base to assess King Ghidorah, also called Monster Zero, after it awakened and began rousing dormant Titans around the world. Dr. Watanabe explained Ghidorah’s history and powers, leaving the threat to Earth clear but its outcome unresolved.

• Li Wei said Godzilla would not accept defeat and took his team to the Monster Universe to investigate Ghidorah.
• Dr. Watanabe welcomed Li Wei at Monarch Base and showed him footage of King Ghidorah.
• Dr. Watanabe explained that Ghidorah had arrived on Earth roughly 250 million years ago, lost a prehistoric battle against Godzilla and Mothra, and was recently freed from Antarctic ice by mercenaries.
• Dr. Watanabe said Ghidorah was declaring its royal status and awakening dormant Titans worldwide, including Tiamat.

Li Wei and the researchers prepared the Star Destroyer to confront King Ghidorah, who threatened to seize control of the monsters and destroy Earth. Li Wei released Godzilla, whose uncontrolled energy absorption had made it Burning Godzilla, and Godzilla roared in response to King Ghidorah’s call.

• Professor Watanabe warned that King Ghidorah could control the monsters and destroy Earth.
• Li Wei boarded the Star Destroyer and ordered Kong and Snow Demon to come aboard for the confrontation.
• Li Wei released Godzilla from its Poké Ball, and it evolved into Burning Godzilla after absorbing too much energy.
• Godzilla cooled itself in the sea, heard King Ghidorah’s call, and roared angrily.

Godzilla fought King Ghidorah at sea while Li Wei and the Star Destroyer crew watched from the clouds. After Godzilla gained the advantage underwater, King Ghidorah fled, and Li Wei decided not to attack.

• Godzilla answered King Ghidorah's taunts, provoking it to head toward him as Li Wei ordered the Star Destroyer to climb into the clouds.
• Dr. Watanabe observed that King Ghidorah's three heads seemed to think independently, while Li Wei noted that their shared body could hinder their coordination.
• King Ghidorah dove at Godzilla, but Godzilla dodged, bit its neck, and used a death roll before releasing it as its wings nearly dragged him into the air.
• King Ghidorah struck Godzilla with three Gravity Beams, but Godzilla endured the attack with little harm.
• King Ghidorah flew away from the sea, and Li Wei refused to attack because the Star Destroyer might not be able to defeat it.