Recaps

Lu Xi entered the Quantum Realm through the restored Quantum Channel and followed the Devouring Law’s guidance through its chaotic space. He arrived at a frozen region and discovered Death, one of the Five Gods of the Universe.

• Lu Xi mastered his new authority of [Destiny] and returned to the Zombie Universe.
• Lu Xi used Reality Modification to reactivate the abandoned Quantum Channel in San Francisco.
• Lu Xi entered the channel, endured the rapid shrinking and crossed into the Quantum Realm.
• Lu Xi followed the Devouring Law through distorted time and dangerous quantum phenomena without being harmed.
• Lu Xi reached a deathly still area and recognized the cloaked skeleton as the missing [Death].

Lu Xi discovered that Death was gravely wounded in the Quantum Realm and asked the Vishanti to investigate her condition. The Vishanti identified the attackers’ auras, leaving Lu Xi to suspect that the Five Gods had turned against one another.

• Lu Xi spotted Death in the Quantum Realm, saw the catastrophic wound in her chest, and retreated to avoid being noticed.
• Lu Xi contacted the Vishanti and learned that Galactus’s old teleportation trail had been destroyed by a powerful battle.
• Lu Xi gave the Vishanti Death’s coordinates, and the Vishanti teleported to investigate while Lu Xi stayed behind.
• The Vishanti returned and said Death’s injuries carried the auras of Eternity, Infinity, Oblivion, other gods, and Galactus.
• Lu Xi wondered whether the Five Gods had turned on each other.

Lu Xi concluded that the Five Gods had fought in a free-for-all and warned Vishanti not to awaken the injured [Death], whose condition was balanced against the other gods’ laws. He ordered Vishanti to investigate the gods’ traces while he sealed the Quantum Realm, and realized the Zombie Virus had formed from interwoven cosmic laws.

• Lu Xi reasoned that [Death] had fought alone against the other Creator Gods and that the Five Gods likely had not formed alliances.
• Lu Xi warned Vishanti that disturbing [Death] could worsen her injuries and unleash a rule upheaval capable of killing him.
• Lu Xi advised keeping [Death] undisturbed, concealing her injury, sealing the Quantum Realm, and gathering clues about the other gods.
• Vishanti agreed to investigate the missing gods and their subordinates, friends, and family, then left to gather information.
• Lu Xi realized that the Zombie Virus arose from the intertwined laws of Death, Oblivion, and Devouring, possibly after Janet van Dyne encountered [Death]'s aura.

Lu Xi built a concealed monitoring formation around [Death] in the Quantum Realm, disguising its aura as Cyttorak’s. A surge from [Death] hurled Lu Xi into an unfamiliar universe, where he found her condition worsening and realized the Multiverse faced a growing crisis.

• Lu Xi suppressed the Devouring Law’s urge to consume [Death] and began constructing a formation to isolate and monitor her.
• Lu Xi hid his own aura in the formation and imitated Cyttorak’s so [Death] would not trace it back to him.
• A violent eruption of law power from [Death] shattered space and destabilized the Quantum Realm, forcing Lu Xi to flee through a dimensional passage.
• Lu Xi emerged in an unfamiliar universe and used the formation to check on [Death].
• Lu Xi saw that [Death]’s wound and the erosion of her body had worsened, and feared she might perish or become a threat like Galactus.

Lu Xi arrived in an unfamiliar Parallel Universe where demons were ravaging Earth and the wider Universe. He discovered that Cyttorak was behind the invasion, while a golden-haired girl mistook him for a Mutant.

• Lu Xi found himself in a New York where Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, and Magneto were fighting demons across the city.
• Lu Xi sensed that demons had appeared throughout the Universe and saw that its designation was blurred as [Earth-￥#e5$].
• A demon charged at Lu Xi, but a golden-haired girl attacked it with a magical longsword and then urged him to find somewhere safe.
• Lu Xi pulled the demon in front of him and examined it through [Time] and [Destiny], discovering that Cyttorak had caused the chaos.
• The golden-haired girl praised Lu Xi's strength and asked whether he was a Level Four or Level Five Mutant.

Lu Xi joined Illyana Rasputin on her way to a survivor shelter, after effortlessly destroying a demon. As they traveled, he revealed his laws to her and learned about her powers, while keeping his true strength and plans hidden.

• Illyana Rasputin invited Lu Xi to the shelter base, and he agreed to go with her.
• Lu Xi crushed the demon into dust, impressing Illyana with his power.
• Illyana introduced herself as Darkchylde, or Magik, and Lu Xi gave his name as Lucifer.
• Lu Xi told Illyana that his powers were Destiny Law and Devouring Law, leaving her confused.
• Illyana explained that she was a Level Four Mutant with spatial teleportation and magical abilities, and said Professor X thought she could reach Level Five.
• Lu Xi recognized the nature of Illyana's Soulsword and judged her practice of wielding her soul as a weapon to be dangerous.

Cyttorak surveyed the damage to the Crimson Universe after a mysterious old man defeated him and resolved to grow stronger by fusing complete Universes. He had recently discovered Lucifer fighting Galactus, and the chapter ended as he watched the shocking battle unfold.

• Lu Xi praised Illyana's Iron Egg Hero as having Fifth Order potential, and Illyana admitted she was not yet strong enough to kill a demon alone.
• Cyttorak inspected the voids and cracks left in the Crimson Universe by his battle with a mysterious old man.
• Cyttorak recalled how the old man had overwhelmed him and left him doubting his power.
• After recovering, Cyttorak began targeting complete Universes rather than only ruined ones, though he feared the Living Tribunal's prohibitions.
• Cyttorak sensed a fierce battle and saw Lucifer fighting Galactus, then witnessed an even more astonishing scene.

After Galactus’s death left the Multiverse without its former order, Cyttorak began aggressively targeting intact Universes containing Juggernauts. Lu Xi and Illyana crossed a demon-infested city, where she explained that Mutants had been mysteriously brought into the Pan-Mutant Universe, while Lu Xi knew Cyttorak had fused their original Universe into it.

• Cyttorak realized that the Multiverse’s order had collapsed after Galactus died and the Living Tribunal’s prohibitions lost their force.
• Cyttorak used his connection to the Ruby of Cyttorak to target Universes containing Juggernauts for fusion and vowed revenge against the unknown being who had harmed him.
• Lu Xi effortlessly killed attacking demons by shattering their souls with a glance, astonishing Illyana.
• Illyana asked about Lu Xi’s power, and he jokingly described himself as a Level Eight Mutant.
• Illyana told Lu Xi that she and other Mutants had been mysteriously brought to this world and could not find a way home.
• Lu Xi understood that Cyttorak had fused their original Universe into the Pan-Mutant Universe.

Lu Xi learned that Cyttorak had combined many Mutant Universes into one world and was corrupting its humans to empower himself. Illyana brought Lu Xi to the Mutants’ fortified base, where her brother Piotr Rasputin confronted her about the missing team.

• Lu Xi explained that Cyttorak had merged dozens of Mutant Universes and was spreading demonic corruption to make their combined origin easier to absorb.
• Illyana described the demons and powerful Juggernauts threatening the Mutants, and Lu Xi said only an awakened Phoenix Force could challenge them.
• Illyana led Lu Xi to the Mutants’ steel-walled fortress and explained its defenses, which Lu Xi praised.
• Piotr Rasputin rushed over, questioned Illyana about returning alone, and asked what had happened to the rest of the team.

Illyana brought Lu Xi to the Mutant base and claimed his power could improve their chances of survival, though Piotr remained wary of him. Meanwhile, Professor X learned that demons worldwide were converging on New York and planned to relocate the base, while fearing the world itself was beginning to reject the Mutants.

• Illyana returned to the base alone and admitted to Piotr that she had forgotten her squad and come back early.
• Illyana introduced Lu Xi as a powerful Mutant who had killed every demon that approached them, and Lu Xi said he was the one who could save them.
• Professor X told The Beast that the base was running out of supplies and demons from around the world were heading toward New York.
• Professor X decided the Mutants should abandon the base and relocate before the demons reached them, and The Beast went to prepare a plan.
• Professor X privately worried that the world's frequency was rejecting the Mutants and that the rejection could eventually destroy their chance of survival.

Charles Xavier detected Lu Xi, called Lucifer, at the survivor base and suffered a severe psychic backlash when he tried to perceive him, though a mysterious energy protected his mind. Recognizing Lucifer as a possible ally against the demons, Charles welcomed him as an honored guest and asked his name.

• Charles noticed Piotr and Illyana speaking with a stranger on the surveillance feed, but the man was absent from his psychic radar.
• Charles probed the stranger and perceived a vast deity, suffering a mental shock until a gentle energy protected him.
• Charles warned Piotr and Illyana to treat the stranger as an honored guest, then hurried to the base entrance.
• Piotr dropped his suspicions after receiving Charles's message, while Illyana told him the stranger was their friend.
• Charles greeted Lu Xi and asked how to address him, and Illyana identified him as Lucifer and described his power over demons.

Lu Xi, whom Professor X believed might be the mythological Lucifer, assured the survivors that he had not caused their world’s destruction and offered to help with their troubles. He joined the remaining Mutants in their base, where Professor X explained their desperate situation and revealed that most weaker Mutants had died from Demonic Power.

• Professor X recognized that Lu Xi’s power far surpassed any Mutant and respectfully welcomed him to the survivor base.
• Lu Xi denied responsibility for the demons and offered to help, asking Professor X to gather the remaining Mutants.
• Professor X led Lu Xi through the battered base and explained that dwindling supplies, damaged defenses, and relentless demon attacks had made survival increasingly difficult.
• Several hundred Mutants assembled in the hall, including Mystique, The Beast, Phoenix, and Colossus.
• Lu Xi asked whether the gathered Mutants were all that remained, and Professor X explained that more than ninety percent of the weaker Mutants had died from Demonic Power.

Lu Xi considered how Cyttorak’s corruption had gathered the surviving Mutants for him, while Professor X warned that demons were converging on their base in overwhelming numbers. The Mutants turned to Lu Xi as a possible source of help, but one openly mocked him as a supposed god.

• Lu Xi realized Cyttorak’s corruption had eliminated weaker Mutants and concentrated the survivors, whom he hoped to contract with for Power of Destiny.
• Magneto, Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Blink, Quicksilver, Nightcrawler, Iceman, and the other returning Mutants gathered at the base.
• Quicksilver and Magneto questioned Professor X about the urgent recall, and Professor X announced that tens of thousands of demons would reach them within half a day, followed by hundreds of millions.
• Professor X confirmed that demons from across the world were moving toward the base, leaving the Mutants nowhere safe on Earth.
• Professor X introduced Lu Xi as a god who might help them, and an unnamed Mutant loudly dismissed him as a random nobody claiming to be a god.

After Hedgehog Man questioned Professor X, Lu Xi disintegrated him with a casual wave, alarming the Mutants gathered at the base. Professor X showed them the vast being he had seen in the psychic realm and warned them not to attack Lu Xi, leaving the crowd stunned and restrained.

• Hedgehog Man questioned Professor X, who silenced him by making him speak only gibberish.
• Lu Xi disintegrated Hedgehog Man, prompting Magneto, Cyclops, Wolverine, and Storm to prepare for battle.
• Professor X placed himself between Magneto and Lu Xi and warned Magneto not to act rashly.
• Professor X projected his vision of Lu Xi’s immense divine form into the Mutants’ minds.
• Magneto and Mystique questioned Professor X’s account, but he insisted it was real and threatened to control anyone who attacked.

Lu Xi explained that Cyttorak had merged dozens of Mutants’ Universes into one and was corrupting it to absorb its origin. The survivors realized their former worlds and loved ones might be gone, and Quicksilver asked Lu Xi what deal he wanted to make.

• Magneto backed down after Professor X warned that he could control him, and the others also showed they would not fight.
• Lu Xi introduced himself as master of the Morningstar Universe and offered to explain what had happened to their Universe.
• Professor X explained that Cyttorak was a powerful demon god who empowered Juggernauts through Crimson Gems.
• Lu Xi revealed that Cyttorak had merged dozens of Universes and spread demonic power to corrupt the new Universe before fusing with its origin.
• Mystique and Professor X said the survivors needed to focus on staying alive, and Professor X looked to Lu Xi for help.
• Quicksilver asked Lu Xi what deal he wanted to make after learning his family might be gone.

Lu Xi offered the Mutants Soul Contracts in exchange for their service and a home in his Morningstar Universe. Quicksilver and Domino signed, prompting Professor X, Magneto, and most of the others to follow.

• Lu Xi explained the Soul Contract and offered to take the Mutants to live in his Morningstar Universe in exchange for their work.
• Quicksilver agreed to sign if the contract included an attempt to kill Cyttorak or severely injure him, and Lu Xi accepted the condition without guaranteeing Cyttorak's death.
• Quicksilver signed the Divine Power Contract, and Domino sensed that the contract had brought him an extraordinarily positive change.
• Domino declared that she would sign too, saying her power showed the contract was an exceptionally good thing.
• Domino's decision encouraged most of the Mutants to agree, and Professor X and Magneto joined them as the remaining holdouts lost their doubts.

Juggernaut attacked the Mutant base, but Lu Xi subdued him and exiled him to the Mariana Trench to avoid drawing Cyttorak’s attention. Lu Xi then concealed the base from nearby demons and told the Mutants to wait quietly until he could send them to his Morningstar Universe.

• The base alarm warned the Mutants that Juggernaut had found them, and he smashed through the entrance traps and battered the alloy wall.
• Magneto offered to lure Juggernaut away, but Lu Xi confirmed Cyttorak was not watching through him and stopped him with an invisible force.
• Professor X asked whether Juggernaut could regain his sanity, and Lu Xi explained that removing the Crimson Force would alert Cyttorak.
• Magneto proposed killing Juggernaut, but Lu Xi instead exiled him to the Mariana Trench to avoid attracting Cyttorak’s attention.
• Lu Xi cast a spell that hid the survivor base from nearby demons and told the Mutants to keep a low profile until he could move them to his Morningstar Universe.

Lu Xi gave Illyana the foundations of Kamar-Taj magic while Wanda absorbed Chthon’s remaining power and reached Multiversal-level First Order. With Strange also at that level, Lu Xi prepared to use them against Cyttorak, whose merger with the Universe was imminent.

• Lu Xi sent Illyana foundational Kamar-Taj magic and advised her to study at Kamar-Taj after reaching his Universe.
• Wanda drained Chthon’s last magical power, and the magic array converted his soul into spiritual power for her until he vanished completely.
• Wanda awakened with power at Multiversal-level First Order, and Lu Xi told her to master it before helping him in a few days.
• Lu Xi contacted Strange as he practiced his new power in Hell, noting that he and Wanda were his strongest contractors.
• Lu Xi planned to face Cyttorak while Wanda and Strange attacked the Crimson Universe, but recognized that he might not withstand Cyttorak’s power.

Lu Xi waited for Cyttorak to begin absorbing the Pan-Mutant Universe, intending to exploit the moment when Cyttorak opened his universe to weaken him. As the universe’s origin began to drain away, Lu Xi prepared to make his move while the mutants waited for him to teleport them to safety.

• Lu Xi concluded that Cyttorak would be vulnerable outside the Crimson Universe while absorbing another universe, and planned to weaken him before deciding whether to fight or retreat.
• Two days later, Cyttorak appeared outside the Pan-Mutant Universe and tore open its cosmic barrier to expose its origin core.
• The mutants witnessed the universe’s sky and laws unravel, and Professor X asked Lu Xi when he would teleport them to his universe.
• Lu Xi told Professor X to wait, fearing that teleportation magic used too soon would alert Cyttorak and ruin the ambush.
• As the universe’s origin began flowing toward the Crimson Universe, Lu Xi watched for the moment to act.

Lu Xi struck the Crimson Universe’s origin core while Cyttorak tried to defend it, damaging the core and weakening Cyttorak. Seeing an opening, Lu Xi entered the Crimson Universe and began tearing through it to cause further destruction.

• Lu Xi teleported the Mutants to the Morningstar Universe and attacked the Crimson Universe’s exposed origin core.
• Cyttorak teleported in front of the core and took Lu Xi’s punch, but the impact tore open the Universe’s barrier and damaged its origin.
• Cyttorak blasted Lu Xi away with a giant demonic hand, but Lu Xi recovered and realized the damaged origin had weakened Cyttorak.
• Lu Xi rushed into the Crimson Universe and began wreaking destruction as Cyttorak tried to seal the passage and contain the shockwaves.

Lu Xi battled Cyttorak in the Crimson Universe, enduring his attacks while continuing to destroy the realm and taunt him. As the fight moved into a warped region scarred by an even greater battle, Lu Xi sensed that Source Lucifer had fought Cyttorak there before.

• Cyttorak unleashed a storm of attacks and Crimson Bands at Lu Xi, but Lu Xi's Devouring and Destiny Laws left him nearly unharmed.
• Lu Xi mocked Cyttorak and continued demolishing regions of the Crimson Universe while Cyttorak claimed he had sealed off the realm.
• Lu Xi moved the battle deeper into the universe and discovered an area warped by chaotic laws, shattered space, and lingering combat auras.
• Lu Xi sensed that Cyttorak had fought the other combatant in the region and recognized him as Source Lucifer.

Lu Xi realized that Source Lucifer had wounded the Crimson Universe and turned Cyttorak’s past into a disadvantage. With Wanda and Strange attacking the Universe’s barrier from outside, Cyttorak was forced to divide his attention and began plotting an escape.

• Cyttorak concluded that Lu Xi had helped Source Lucifer and furiously intensified his assault.
• Lu Xi recognized that the Crimson Universe’s origin was already wounded and estimated he could not keep dismantling it alone for long.
• Lu Xi sent Wanda and Strange outside the Crimson Universe to attack its barrier.
• Wanda and Strange shattered vast sections of the barrier, causing cosmic energy and matter to spill out.
• Cyttorak realized he could neither leave to stop them nor ignore Lu Xi, and considered luring Lu Xi away so he could flee with the Universe.

Cyttorak weighed a risky plan to lure Lucifer out, then offered Lu Xi the Mutant Universe in exchange for peace. Lu Xi refused, and Cyttorak unleashed a devastating explosion that spread across the Crimson Universe.

• Cyttorak considered using Wanda and Strange to lure Lucifer out, but feared that failure would leave him helpless against Lu Xi.
• As Wanda and Strange battered the Crimson Universe's barrier, Cyttorak offered Lu Xi the Mutant Universe and a truce.
• Lu Xi rejected the offer, saying he would take both Universes by killing Cyttorak.
• Cyttorak threatened Lu Xi, then gathered the Crimson Universe's energy for a desperate attack.
• Lu Xi retreated and formed a barrier with the laws of Destiny and Devouring as Cyttorak's explosion surged through the Crimson Universe.

After Cyttorak detonated the Crimson Universe and escaped, Lu Xi chose to suppress the unstable Universe Origin rather than pursue him. Lu Xi protected Wanda, Strange, and the Mutant Universe, claimed the chance to take half the Crimson Universe's origin, and hinted that he had another way to track Cyttorak.

• Cyttorak used the Crimson Universe's destruction to teleport away, leaving its remaining Universe Origin on the verge of a chain reaction.
• Lu Xi weighed pursuing Cyttorak against protecting Wanda, Strange, and the nearby Mutant Universe from the coming explosion.
• Lu Xi rushed to the Crimson Universe's origin and suppressed the chain reaction, deciding to take the origin rather than pursue Cyttorak.
• Lu Xi found Wanda and Strange unconscious with minor injuries outside the universe and traced Cyttorak's many teleportations before the marks faded.
• Lu Xi remained unconcerned about losing Cyttorak's teleportation trail, believing he could track him by another method.

Lu Xi used Destiny Law to locate the fleeing Cyttorak and explained that he would deal with him after claiming the remaining Crimson Universe Origin. After Wanda and Strange returned to the Morningstar Universe, Lu Xi began harvesting the immense power left in the shattered universe.

• Lu Xi used Destiny Law—Causal Positioning to trace Cyttorak and considered how their growing connection might let him curse Cyttorak from afar.
• Wanda and Strange woke outside the Universe, and Lu Xi told them Cyttorak had escaped and the Mutant Universe and half of the Crimson Universe were his.
• Wanda asked whether the plan had succeeded, and Lu Xi explained it was incomplete until Cyttorak had been dealt with.
• Lu Xi sent Wanda and Strange back to the Morningstar Universe and turned to the remaining Crimson Universe Origin.
• Lu Xi began preparing to absorb the Crimson Universe's remaining Origin Power.