Chapter Summaries

Ian established the Green Lantern Corps and other emotional-spectrum forces in the Nova Empire to prepare for the Fusion, then returned to Earth and visited Tony Stark as Minister Bones. The chapter ended with Tony inspecting the hologram Ian projected.

• Doctor Kirur discovered that timelines were colliding and recruited the first members of the Green Lantern Corps, whose rings were activated by the Green Lantern Oath.
• Ian watched the Corps ceremony and explained that he had selected the Nova Empire to raise warriors for the timeline's survival.
• Morgana reported that the Yellow and Red Lantern Corps were established, while the Orange Lantern Corps was shelved and the Death Corps remained a prototype.
• Ian chose the Eternals as his next target and learned that his clone was about to meet Tony Stark, one week after the Iron Man incident.
• Minister Bones visited Tony Stark's Malibu mansion, where Tony begrudgingly gave him a few minutes to talk.
• Ian projected a hologram on his watch, and Tony's eyes narrowed as he saw it.

Ian met with Tony Stark to discuss the Ark reactor, palladium poisoning, and the Avengers Initiative, then confronted Ajak and the Eternals over their mission. He brought the Celestial within Earth to Arishem, who appeared in person to face him.

• Ian showed Tony that the government had reverse-engineered his armor, warned him that palladium was killing him, and explained that his father had discovered a replacement element.
• Ian gave Pepper a document about the Avengers Initiative and later told Fury that Tony was not yet suitable for the team.
• Ian learned that Banner had obtained the meditation scroll and ordered Morgan to tell Loki to meet him when he returned.
• Ian confronted Ajak, bound her, took the Celestial Communication Sphere, and summoned the other Eternals, warning Druig against controlling humans.
• Ian teleported the Celestial from Earth's core and contacted Arishem, who appeared through a Black Hole; Ian then brought himself and the Eternals before him.

Ian traded the newly hatched Tiamut to Arishem for the Celestials’ knowledge of Cosmic Energy and World Forge construction, then exposed the Eternals’ hidden history and cured Thena’s Eternal Curse by erasing her damaged memories. After Ajak joined him at Kamar-Taj, Ian absorbed the Celestials’ research and began building an improved World Forge to create Eternals for the coming conflict with Fusion.

• Ian demonstrated his power to Arishem, negotiated for the Celestials’ Cosmic Energy knowledge and World Forge plans, and helped hatch Tiamut in exchange for Arishem’s information.
• Arishem and Tiamut left the Eternals on Earth as diplomats, and Ian returned them there with the Communication Sphere.
• Ajak revealed the Eternals’ mission and their erased memories after Ian exposed what she had concealed about their past and Thena’s curse.
• Ian erased Thena’s damaged memories to end her suffering after Gilgamesh promised him a favor, then agreed to take Ajak with him to Kamar-Taj.
• Morgana analyzed the Celestials’ knowledge and produced optimized World Forge blueprints, which Ian further improved before they began building the forge.

Ian studied Chaos Magic and devised a plan to create a male clone based on Wanda’s Life Code, claiming the Scarlet Witch title to gather data on Tier 11 power. He began training to raise his Willpower while Morgana prepared the clone, and Ian also planned to leave a Shadow Clone to speak with Loki.

• Ian experimented with Chaos Magic using Wanda’s body from Earth-125 and concluded that its power came from a connection to the Chaos Dimension.
• Ian and Morgana theorized that Wanda-616’s Scarlet Witch title made her exceptionally powerful and planned to create a clone to claim it and study Tier 11 abilities.
• Ian proposed using his Law of Time to summon a Darkhold from the river of time and his Law of Soul to control the clone, which would follow Wanda’s path and have a kill switch in its Divine Flame.
• Ian told Morgana to create a male clone with a tragic background and name the project Crimson Wizard, intending to send him to Earth-616 after he lost the title.
• Ian entered the experimental Multiverse to experience countless lives and increase his Willpower, while reminding Morgana to account for Loki.

Ian recruited Loki to stage an invasion that would unite the Avengers and prepare Earth for the upcoming Fusion, while Loki secretly took control of Thanos’s armies. With the invasion ready to begin, Ian assessed his growing power and awaited information from his clone infiltrating Samsara Hall.

• Ian ordered Loki to impersonate a villain, obtain Thanos’s Mind Stone, control the Chitauri, and ensure no one died during the staged invasion.
• Ian gave Ajak books on souls and Cosmic Energy, and she returned to her room to study them.
• Loki fabricated a story about being an exiled prince, earned Thanos’s trust, and delayed the invasion for two years while taking control of Thanos’s forces.
• Ian learned that his strength had risen to the equivalent of forty universes, while the Arcane Spark could cast spells at the level of an Upper Demon God.
• After Ian signaled him to act, Loki persuaded Thanos to launch the invasion; Thanos gave Loki the scepter, and Loki set off for Earth.

Loki attacked a S.H.I.E.L.D. base to seize the Tesseract, then fought Tony and Steve in Berlin before Thor arrived and failed to capture him. At the Sky Carrier, the group discovered the Tesseract was at Stark Tower and argued over its use, until Loki appeared among them.

• Loki seized the Tesseract from a S.H.I.E.L.D. base, while Ian preserved it after removing the Space Stone.
• Loki defeated Steve and damaged Tony's thruster in Berlin, then escaped when Thor confronted him.
• Fury assembled Tony, Steve, Banner, Thor, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Coulson, and Maria Hill on the Sky Carrier to find the stolen item.
• Tony tried and failed to breach S.H.I.E.L.D.'s security, while he and Banner eventually located the item's energy source at Stark Tower.
• Steve revealed that the item was the Tesseract, and he, Banner, and Tony challenged Fury's plan to use it as a weapon.
• Loki appeared in the conference room and greeted the assembled group.

Loki attacked the Sky Carrier and unleashed the Hulk, then his invasion plan opened a portal over New York. After the Avengers fought through several waves of Chitauri, Loki defeated Hulk with ease and prepared to face Thor, leaving the reason for his actions unanswered.

• Loki used the Mind Stone scepter to trigger Banner's transformation, while Thor broke free of Loki's illusion and helped Tony bring the damaged Sky Carrier down; the attack left twelve dead, including Phil Coulson.
• Loki's portal opened above New York, and the Avengers fought off waves of Chitauri while evacuating civilians and seeking Loki.
• Thor, Tony, and Hulk reached the top of Stark Tower, where Loki paralyzed Natasha and Clint and then knocked Hulk unconscious.
• Thor confronted Loki and asked why he would not use his strength to help Asgard, but Loki told him to defeat him to learn the answer.

Loki defeated Thor and subdued the Avengers as part of Ian’s planned invasion lesson, then Ian revealed himself as the Supreme Sorcerer and explained Kamar-Taj’s role in protecting Earth. He told the assembled leaders that a cosmic disaster was approaching and that he had staged the invasion to prepare the Avengers and the world.

• Loki outmaneuvered Thor in battle, but Thor’s final surge forced Loki to protect himself with Ice Coffin before Thor collapsed.
• Loki trapped Steve and Tony in illusions, restrained Steve, and declared his intention to build an empire on Earth.
• Ian arrived and revealed that Loki’s invasion had been staged under his instructions, then healed everyone, restored the Sky Carrier, and revived the fallen agents.
• Ian brought the Avengers and Fury together and introduced his true self as the Supreme Sorcerer of Kamar-Taj.
• Ian explained that his predecessor had foreseen a cosmic disaster and that he had staged the invasion to teach the Avengers and warn Earth’s people.

Ian explained that he had intervened to prepare Earth for a catastrophic multiverse collision, showing the Avengers their foreordained future and the horrors of the Great Convergence. He left to handle unfinished business, while the remaining heroes faced training in the weeks ahead.

• Ian told Steve and Maria Hill that the apparent casualties were fabricated and offered an asteroid’s resources to cover the destruction of New York.
• Ian showed the group the future they would have faced without his intervention, including the deaths of Natasha and Tony and Asgard’s fall.
• Ian explained that the Great Convergence forced universes to merge and showed visions of invading variants and the destruction of entire realities.
• Ian revealed that his team had survived two Convergences by annihilating the approaching universes, and said he needed the group’s help to protect their reality.
• Ian said he would prepare individual training programs after two to four weeks, but Tony refused to join and left to check on Pepper.
• Thor returned to Asgard, while Ian teleported away with his clones and the others remained behind.

Loki accepted a mission to kill Thanos and take over his army, while Ian advanced his Death Corps and Scarlet Witch Project. Tony Stark invented multiverse travel and triggered a Convergence, leaving him stunned as two universes began rushing toward each other.

• Ian rewarded Loki with three months in The Library and ordered him to kill Thanos and take over his army; Loki chose to wait for Ian to forge him a versatile, portable weapon.
• Morgana reported that Hydra had not taken the bait, so Ian focused on completing the Death Corps and Scarlet Witch Project, recruiting twelve people capable of wielding Death Rings.
• Tony returned home after checking on Pepper and had Jarvis investigate the invasion victims, discovering their identities had been fabricated two years earlier.
• Ian completed a Scarlet Wizard clone and learned Tony had built multiverse travel technology in two weeks using data from the Stark Satellite.
• Ian secretly redirected Tony's gate to a level-one timeline and contacted the Time Enforcement Team before Tony tested it by traveling through.
• Ian confronted Tony, and Ra confirmed a dimensional anomaly; Tony checked the evidence and realized his gate had erased the barrier between two universes that were now rushing toward each other.

After Tony’s cross-dimensional portal triggered a Convergence, Ian chose to build a Dimensional Stabilizer to prevent catastrophic spacetime destruction and give the universes a chance to merge peacefully. He and Morgana began adapting a barrier to draw energy from surrounding dimensions for the Cosmic Will, and Ian contacted the entity known as Eternal Consciousness.

• Tony admitted that his cross-dimensional portal had triggered a Convergence, and he described the universal destruction expected when the timelines collided.
• Ian rejected waiting decades for Tony to build a Dimensional Stabilizer and said he would construct one himself, while warning the Avengers that they might still have to sacrifice other universes.
• Ian briefed The Ancient One, Odin, Ra, and King T'Chaka on the crisis, and they agreed to help when needed.
• Morgana showed Ian a barrier she had designed as a stabilizer, and he modified it to draw energy from surrounding dimensions and place part of the burden on the Cosmic Will.
• Ian contacted the cosmic entity and learned that it called itself Eternal Consciousness.

Ian activated a stabilizer to protect his universe during the Great Convergence, then watched as inhabitants of a neighboring universe were teleported beside their variants and forced into a lethal conflict. After he and his allies stopped the slaughter, Ian began erasing memories and sealing the survivors’ new powers, while worrying that the Convergence was preparing the Multiverse for a far greater threat.

• Ian persuaded Eternal Consciousness to activate the Dimensional Stabilizer Barrier, then prepared devices to observe the Great Convergence.
• Loki informed Ian that Thanos had been eliminated and the Mind Stone was in his hands.
• Ian joined The Ancient One, Odin, and Ra in weakening a neighboring universe and bringing it closer to their own.
• The Convergence teleported people beside their variants, whose eyes turned red and drove them to kill one another; Ian and Odin intervened to stop the violence.
• Ian told the Avengers that he suspected the Convergence was training the Multiverse to face a terrifying threat, then organized memory erasures and power seals with help from his allies.

Ian prepared to train powerful beings in a dream world while advancing the Scarlet Witch Project, but a new dimensional anomaly appeared on the Moon. He used a Scarlet Wizard clone to recreate the Darkhold and gather Soul Energy, then seized the resulting crystal and Soul Stone after the clone was captured.

• Ian agreed to build a dream world for combat training, while Morgana offered to handle its construction and urged him to focus on his strength and the Scarlet Witch Project.
• Ra reported a dimensional anomaly on the Moon, where Ian and Morgana discovered the Inhumans.
• Ian created the Scarlet Wizard clone with false memories and a Time Crystal, then left him near the Darkhold temple at Mount Wundagore.
• The Scarlet Wizard restored the Darkhold, learned its contents, and gathered Soul Energy from across the Multiverse into a golden crystal using the Soul Stone.
• A long-bearded mage captured the Scarlet Wizard and took him through a portal, after which Ian retrieved the crystal and Soul Stone and told Morgana the clone had become a burden.

Ian completed his Soul Divinity and tested whether he could create internal laws, but learned that forming Void Runes required extensive study of many universes’ laws and further advancement. He updated Kamar-Taj’s missions, continued observing Ajak’s progress, and went to train the Avengers, expecting something extraordinary.

• Morgana told Ian that the Darkhold contained powerful dark spells but connected users to Chthon, and she said removing that corruption would take time.
• Ian absorbed the crystal’s Soul Energy, completed his Soul Divinity, and found that his magic, awareness, and abilities had greatly improved.
• Ian tried carving Time and other Law Runes in his Soul Dimension, but each rune vanished before it could become permanent.
• Merlin explained that Ian needed to study the laws of dozens or hundreds of universes and advance further before creating Void Runes and internal Authority.
• Ian used the Time Stone to examine the future and update Kamar-Taj’s missions, then encouraged Ajak to bring Sersi for training.
• Ian went to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters and began training the Avengers, sensing that something extraordinary would happen.

Ian began training Hawkeye after a Potential Orb revealed that Clint had extraordinary magical affinities and unusually powerful talents. After five years of accelerated training, Clint reached Tier 4, and Ian prepared to start the next stage with three Divine Artifacts.

• Ian explained that his clones were negotiating an agreement to let the world's armies train for the Great Convergence, then began arranging training for the Avengers.
• Clint volunteered to train first, and Ian used the Potential Orb to test his talents.
• The orb revealed that Clint had exceptional perception and control, eyes with the potential to become an Eye of God, and remarkable affinities for several types of magic, especially Wind Magic.
• Ian suspected Clint's abilities had been engineered through magical bloodline or genetic manipulation and ordered tests on Kamar-Taj mages while a clone began training Clint in an accelerated-time room.
• Ian prepared a bow, an eye artifact, and a quiver for Clint, then returned after five years had passed inside the room and found him at Tier 4.
• Clint learned that only two weeks had passed outside, and Ian summoned the three Divine Artifacts to begin the second stage of his training.

Ian tested Hawkeye and Black Widow’s extraordinary abilities, then planned a dangerous transformation that could make Natasha master the Shadow Dimension. He believed the experiment might also reveal how to develop their own internal laws.

• Ian replaced Hawkeye’s eye with the Eye of Hanuman, and Hawkeye used his new vision and Divine Artifacts to destroy a universe before collapsing from the strain.
• Ian healed Hawkeye with the Soul Stone and summoned Natasha for testing; her results showed exceptional charm, a hidden Metamorphmagus ability, and extraordinary affinity for Shadow magic.
• Ian decided Natasha should train her body and Aura to Tier 4 while studying Shadow magic and witchcraft.
• Ian proposed sealing the Demon God Morag inside Natasha and having her merge with the Shadow Dimension, using research on Nick Morton and a spell from the Cagliostro Library.
• Ian told Morgana the experiment was crucial because it could reveal what they were missing in their efforts to develop internal laws.

Ian and Morgana discussed turning the Soul Dimension into a universe with its own laws, while Ian captured Morag and returned to Natasha. He explained his personality and the systems that kept his Empire stable, leaving Natasha stunned by the existence of his immortal History Committee.

• Ian proposed making the Soul Dimension a perfect universe with its own laws, and Morgana suggested combining the idea with the Power Gate.
• Ian, The Ancient One, and Hawkeye tracked Morag to the Shadow Dimension, captured him, and sealed him.
• Ian moved the Cagliostro Library’s contents to Kamar-Taj and returned to Natasha, apologizing for his clone’s advances.
• Ian told Natasha that he was a magic nerd who disliked politics but loved his family, Empire, and subjects.
• Ian explained that he trusted his allies and relied on Think Tanks to manage the Empire and restrain its competing ambitions.
• Ian revealed that his History Committee included immortal historical figures such as Einstein, Newton, Plato, Confucius, Al-Khwarizmi, and Buddha, stunning Natasha.

Ian prepared Natasha for a ritual that gave her access to Morag’s power, but her new Shadow Form overwhelmed her mind and will. He postponed her remaining training and arranged for her to strengthen herself and undergo magical psychotherapy before welcoming Steve Rogers for training.

• Natasha asked whether Ian’s home could shelter people from Earth if the Great Convergence went badly, and Ian said he needed to find his missing spaceship first.
• Natasha studied the Cagliostro Library’s knowledge and sealing materials while Ian prepared a ritual to bind Morag’s power to her.
• Natasha completed the ritual, gained a rune and shadow powers, and transformed into Shadow Form, which raised her power from Tier 6 to Tier 8.
• Morag’s influence and the immense power corrupted Natasha’s mind, so Ian ended her transformation and gave her a potion.
• Ian postponed Natasha’s further procedures and assigned her soul and willpower training along with magical psychotherapy.
• Ian escorted Natasha from the magic tower and welcomed Steve Rogers as the next Avenger to train.

Ian tested Steve Rogers and proposed making him the universe’s guardian, but the Eternal Consciousness found Steve’s attachments to Peggy and Bucky kept him from fully succeeding. Steve returned to Ian’s tower with new cosmic power after deciding to seek Peggy’s help.

• Steve told Ian how overwhelmed he felt after waking in a changed world and learning about cosmic threats.
• Ian and Morgana tested Steve and discussed training him as a paladin or asking the Cosmic Will to make him the timeline’s guardian.
• Steve agreed to meet the Eternal Consciousness, which tested him and granted him a galaxy-patterned shield and power drawn from the universe.
• The Eternal Consciousness identified Steve’s feelings for Peggy and Bucky as flaws preventing him from becoming a perfect guardian.
• Ian offered to restore Peggy’s youth, and Steve flew away to ask her before returning ten minutes later.

Ian restored Peggy’s youth and strength, then prepared Steve and Banner for the threats ahead by discussing Steve’s Cosmic Guardian status and beginning Hulk’s training. Banner left training to strengthen his soul and control his Gamma-powered potential.

• Ian altered Peggy’s Life Code, restoring her youth and enhancing her body, and lifted the seal on her memories.
• Steve returned as a Tier 9 Cosmic Guardian, admitted he still did not know where Bucky was, and agreed to acquire another power system as a safeguard.
• Ian told Steve to inform Sam that he was on the Avengers’ training list, while Morgana urged Ian to address Tony’s parents and Ian said he had marked Steve to collect data.
• Ian told Banner that his Hulk power would be needed against destructive variants and explained that people close to him could help him retain his humanity.
• Morgana identified Banner’s exceptional Gamma Energy affinity, and Ian assigned him advanced Meditation, Gamma Energy absorption, combat practice, and soul defense.
• Ian created a Divine Artifact of soul defense for Banner and Hulk because Hulk’s powerful soul was vulnerable to outside influence.