Chapter Summaries

Magus secured his group's approval to buy ten thousand sets of Dark Elf equipment from Jerry, hoping to build a lasting partnership with him. Jerry summoned all the equipment from his Ring World into a warehouse on Xandar, where Magus was left amazed by the scale of his magic.

• Magus reported Jerry's offer to his superior, and the group's leaders approved buying all ten thousand sets and promised to raise Magus's position if he handled the deal well.
• Magus found Maria outside the VIP room and learned that Jerry had not needed her services, then assured her she would still receive her commission.
• Magus told Jerry that the group was eager to cooperate with him in future and could also help with his needs on Xandar.
• Jerry agreed to bring the equipment to a warehouse, and Magus asked whether he needed to retrieve it from his spaceship.
• Jerry used magic to summon ten thousand sets of Dark Elf equipment from his Ring World into the warehouse, astonishing Magus.

Jerry explored Xandar after completing a four-billion-unit sale, using a new wristband and its AI to learn about the planet and the wider universe. He watched reports on galactic conflicts and ignored a robbery happening nearby.

• Magus gave Jerry a wristband and translator, then transferred four billion to his account.
• Jerry toured Xandar’s Imperial Capital and used the wristband, which he named Silly Girl, to learn about alien races.
• Jerry encountered a Flora Colossus drinking from a fountain and a raccoon-like alien scolding it; the tree person repeatedly said, “I am Groot.”
• Jerry watched Xandar news reports about the Kree-Xandar peace agreement, Ronan’s attacks, the Sovereign Empire’s new batteries, and Thanos’s wars.
• A commotion broke out above Jerry that appeared to be a robbery, but he chose not to intervene.

Jerry recognized Thanos in a news article and wondered whether Marvel stories existed in other Small Worlds, then unexpectedly caught the Power Stone sealed inside an iron ball. After its owner and another pursuer arrived, Jerry offered to buy the Orb from the leather-clad youth.

• Jerry read an article about Thanos and questioned how he could have obtained the Space Stone and Time Stone from Odin and Ancient One.
• Jerry speculated that Marvel stories might exist in the Small Worlds he had visited and decided to investigate them.
• Jerry caught an iron ball falling from an overpass and sensed that it contained the Power Stone.
• A green-skinned woman demanded the Orb, but a leather-clad youth knocked her away with a flight device and claimed it.
• Jerry offered to buy the Orb, and the leather-clad youth asked how much Jerry would pay.

Jerry acquired the Orb from Star-Lord and was briefly caught up in the Nova Corps arrest of Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket, and Groot. After clearing up the misunderstanding, he offered Star-Lord a reward if they met again and checked into Xandar’s luxurious Gegeli Hotel, where a receptionist found something unexpected in his information.

• Jerry took the Orb from Star-Lord, while Rocket shocked Star-Lord and Groot tried to stuff him into a sack.
• Gamora returned to reclaim the Orb, but a Nova Corps patrol arrested the group and briefly detained Jerry as well.
• Jerry contacted Magus, and the Nova Corps confirmed he was not involved in the group’s crimes before releasing him.
• Jerry told Star-Lord he would pay him an appropriate reward for the Orb if he came to the Gegeli Hotel after being released.
• Jerry booked a month at the Gegeli Hotel, and the receptionist froze when a notification appeared in his information.

Jerry checked into the Gegeli Hotel as a Platinum Client, then analyzed the Power Stone and its connection to power-based magic. He traveled to the Cardcaptor World to test whether it contained Marvel-related stories, but found none.

• The Kalu Kalu Group receptionist recognized Jerry as a Platinum Client, and he checked into an ultra-luxurious suite at the Gegeli Hotel.
• Jerry opened the Orb in the Ring World with Alohomora and revealed the Power Stone inside.
• Jerry analyzed the Power Stone, noting similarities to the Power Card and considering how its cosmic laws might advance his magic.
• Jerry restored the Orb, then entered the Cardcaptor World to test whether it contained Marvel-related movies or comics.
• Jerry returned to the Marvel Main World three days later and concluded that the Cardcaptor World had no Marvel-related movies or comics.

After finding no Marvel-related clues in the Cardcaptor World, Jerry returned to the Marvel Main World and searched Xandar’s records for a suitable planet, but found none. He decided to seek help from the Ravagers, only for Star-Lord, Gamora, and Rocket Raccoon to break into his room and demand the Orb.

• Jerry returned to the Marvel Main World after searching the Cardcaptor World for three days without finding clues about Marvel stories.
• Jerry searched Xandar’s planetary records for a civilization that had not joined interstellar society, but found only Earth, which was protected by Nine Realms Asgard.
• Jerry decided to seek the Ravagers’ help on Contraxia to find a suitable planet through unofficial channels.
• Star-Lord, Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax escaped from Kyln, then the group decided to retrieve the Orb from Jerry after hearing a buyer would pay four billion for it.
• Gamora threatened Jerry with a blade while Rocket aimed his energy gun, and Star-Lord demanded that Jerry return the Orb.

Jerry confronted Star-Lord, Gamora, and Rocket Raccoon over the Orb, offering them five billion if they helped him with a favor. After effortlessly restraining them with magic, he released them and heard about their backgrounds and plans, leaving the group to negotiate while the Orb remained in his hands.

• Jerry brushed aside Gamora’s knife and offered Rocket Raccoon a bottle of Poochie Poochie Wine, which Rocket smashed after taking offense at Jerry’s remark.
• Gamora told Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon that their buyer, Tivan, would pay four billion for the Orb, and Rocket insisted the money be split four ways to include Groot.
• Jerry offered the group five billion to help him with a favor, then used Shadow Bind to restrain Star-Lord, Gamora, and Rocket Raccoon when Gamora questioned whether he could pay.
• After Jerry released them, Star-Lord explained that Groot and Drax were hiding outside Xandar and described how the group had become wanted criminals.
• Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Gamora told Jerry about their pasts, including Gamora’s hatred of Thanos and her desire to leave him and Ronan behind.

Ronan the Accuser attacked Kyln while searching for Gamora and the Orb, ordering Nebula to destroy the prison and kill its occupants. On Xandar, Jerry learned about the danger and offered Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Gamora a billion to find a medieval-level inhabited planet, and Gamora named a possible world she had seen three years earlier.

• Ronan's forces overwhelmed Kyln, and Ronan ordered Nebula to kill the prisoners and destroy the prison before the Nova Corps could discover their mission.
• Ronan revealed that he intended to use the Power Stone to destroy Xandar and later turn against Thanos.
• Gamora warned Jerry that Thanos and Ronan were both seeking the Orb and urged him to stay on Xandar.
• Star-Lord asked about Jerry's promised favor, and Jerry offered a billion for help finding a medieval-level planet inhabited by beings resembling humans.
• Gamora said she remembered a planet that might fit Jerry's requirements, though she had last seen it three years earlier.

Jerry finalized plans with Star-Lord, Gamora, and Rocket Raccoon to investigate a planet that might meet his requirements, then brought them to sell Dark Elf spacecraft to Magus. Magus was stunned when Jerry offered three thousand Combat Spaceships and a super warship, and the deal remained to be negotiated.

• Gamora explained the possible fates of undeveloped planets discovered by the Nova Corps, the Kree Empire, Thanos, or the Ravagers.
• Jerry agreed to visit the planet Gamora had mentioned and promised Star-Lord another billion if he gathered accurate information, with Contraxia as their fallback destination.
• Jerry brought Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Gamora to the All-Races Trading Market to exchange spacecraft for funds and strengthen Xandar's defenses.
• Magus offered to keep buying Jerry's Dark Elf weapons at 400,000 per set, but Jerry said he had only a few dozen left.
• Jerry offered Magus three thousand Dark Elf Combat Spaceships and one super warship, leaving Magus astonished.

Jerry offered the Kalu Kalu Group three thousand Dark Elf combat spaceships and a super cosmic battleship, shocking Magus and forcing him to consult his superiors. The group’s chairman and Nova Corps commander Dannasar then arranged to meet Jerry at a base large enough to hold the fleet.

• Jerry explained that his fleet and super battleship were spoils from the Dark Elf Clan, then claimed the Asgardians had given them to him after wiping out the clan.
• Magus reported Jerry’s offer to the Kalu Kalu Group’s higher-ups because the group could not afford the deal on its own.
• Magus returned and invited Jerry to meet the group’s chairman, and Jerry agreed to go with Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Gamora.
• Magus brought Jerry and his companions by private aircraft to a Nova Corps base where the Kalu Kalu Group’s chairman and Dannasar would meet them.

Jerry met with Kalu Kalu Group chairman Ant and Nova Corps commander Dannasar to discuss selling three thousand Dark Elf Combat Spaceships and a Cosmic Battleship. He brought the vessels out for inspection, leaving the assembled officials stunned by the battleship’s size.

• Jerry left Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, and Gamora aboard his aircraft while he and Magus went to meet Ant and Dannasar.
• Ant explained that the Kalu Kalu Group could not buy the entire fleet alone, so he had invited Dannasar to represent the Nova Corps.
• Dannasar asked Jerry to present the vessels for appraisal, and Jerry said he hoped to complete the deal that day.
• Jerry opened the Ring World and brought the Cosmic Dark Elf Battleship and three thousand Combat Spaceships into the base plaza.
• The assembled officials recognized the battleship as a cosmic-class vessel comparable in size to Ronan the Accuser’s Dark Aster.

Jerry sold three thousand Combat Spaceships and one Cosmic Battleship to the Nova Empire for 1.15 trillion. Nova Prime approved the purchase to prepare for a confrontation with Ronan, and the payment reached Jerry’s account.

• Dannasar arranged for Nova Corps scientists and Kalu Kalu Group appraisers to examine Jerry’s ships.
• The experts confirmed the vessels were combat-ready and valued them at 150 billion for the Combat Spaceships and one trillion for the Cosmic Battleship.
• Jerry accepted the 1.15-trillion price without haggling, and Dannasar went to seek Nova Prime’s approval.
• Nova Prime approved the transaction after Dannasar explained Ronan’s recent attacks and the need to stop him.
• Dannasar told Jerry that the full payment had arrived in his account.

Jerry left Xandar with Star-Lord, Gamora, and Rocket aboard Divine Realm, intending to collect the rest of their group and travel to a planet attacked by Thanos. Aboard the ship, he offered their four-billion reward and learned that they needed it paid in physical cash.

• Star-Lord mocked Divine Realm, which struck him with an oar, and Jerry explained that the ship had a mind of its own.
• Jerry ordered Divine Realm to take Gamora’s coordinates for the black-market gathering place, and the ship shielded itself and departed Xandar.
• Jerry invited Star-Lord, Gamora, and Rocket into the ship’s house, where they were amazed by its vast gardens and villa.
• Jerry asked how to pay their four-billion reward, and Rocket explained that their accounts were frozen and they needed cash.
• Gamora showed Jerry a black metal cash block, and Jerry asked whether he should transfer the reward into it.

Jerry agreed to exchange his cash at Contraxia after reaching a black market on the Dead Star Lakar. The Divine Realm arrived at Lakar, where Gamora guided it toward the market in a barren canyon.

• Gamora explained that the small black market could not exchange Jerry's cash and recommended Contraxia, while Jerry agreed to her plan.
• Jerry returned to his room to study Nova Empire biology, while Rocket Raccoon remarked on his mysterious nature and Gamora nearly drew her knife at Star-Lord's dancing.
• Star-Lord danced toward Gamora, who kicked him between the legs and went inside.
• Gamora identified Lakar as a Dead Star destroyed in the war between the Kree Empire and the Nova Empire, and Star-Lord explained what Dead Stars were.
• The Divine Realm entered Lakar's atmosphere and reached the brightly lit black market in a barren canyon.

Jerry and the Guardians arrived at Lakar’s black market, where the unusual Divine Realm drew the bounty hunters’ attention. They reached Star-Lord’s Milano and found Groot and Drax, but a huge fleet surrounded the ship, leaving them in immediate trouble.

• Jerry and Star-Lord’s group landed the Divine Realm at Lakar’s black market, where bounty hunters eyed their valuable ship.
• Gamora and Rocket Raccoon urged Jerry to avoid the black market and leave quickly, and Jerry agreed.
• The group reached the Milano, where Groot complained about being left behind and Drax slept in a chair.
• A furious voice called for Star-Lord from outside, and he showed the others a massive spacecraft surrounded by more than a hundred ships.
• Star-Lord recognized the fleet as trouble and swore as he watched it on the cockpit screen.

Jerry summoned Divine Realm to protect Star-Lord and the others from Yondu and the Ravagers, and the enchanted ship destroyed every Ravager ship in the air. Jerry then told Yondu he could not kill his crew until they completed Jerry’s task.

• Yondu accused Star-Lord of betraying him and said he had saved him, while Star-Lord denounced him for taking him from Earth.
• Yondu summoned his Yaka Arrow and threatened to kill Star-Lord, prompting Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, and Drax to charge forward.
• Yondu ordered the Ravager ships to fire warning blasts in front of Gamora and the others, and Star-Lord tried to stop the confrontation.
• Jerry called for Divine Realm, which arrived in a golden Viking warship and began destroying the Ravager ships.
• Divine Realm used its energy shield and the Space Gap to destroy the remaining Ravager ships in less than twenty seconds.
• Jerry stepped forward and told Yondu he could not kill the Ravagers before they finished Jerry’s task.

Jerry subdued Yondu and the Ravagers with improved magic, then agreed to spare them and pay for their help finding a suitable planet. The chapter left Yondu and his crew joining the group after Jerry repaired their ships.

• Yondu confronted Jerry, demanded his spaceship as compensation, and tried to control him with the Yaka Arrow.
• Jerry silenced Yondu, disarmed him, and stunned the Ravagers with an improved multi-target spell.
• Star-Lord persuaded Jerry to spare Yondu because he could help them gather information, and Yondu agreed to cooperate for a share of the payment.
• Jerry restored the Ravagers' destroyed ships with Reparo, impressing Rocket Raccoon.

Jerry led Yondu and the Ravagers toward Gamora’s coordinates, shrinking the conspicuous Divine Realm and setting out aboard their ship. The chapter revealed why the crew feared Jerry: after Taserface tried to seize control and attack the group, Jerry tortured and transformed the mutineers, then continued toward the destination.

• Jerry shrank the Divine Realm and boarded Yondu’s base ship with the others to travel toward Gamora’s coordinates.
• Two weeks and ten space jumps later, Kraglin informed Jerry they were nearing their destination, while the Ravagers treated him with fear and respect.
• Thirteen days earlier, Taserface confronted Gamora and Star-Lord, then urged the Ravagers to rob Jerry and kill the others.
• Jerry used the Cruciatus Curse on Taserface and the mutineers, transformed them into maggots, and tossed them into the restroom for two days.
• Jerry left the ship’s control room with Kraglin as the vessel prepared to make its final space jump.

Jerry accompanied Yondu’s Ravagers through a space jump to inspect a planet where Thanos had slaughtered half the population. They found a Kree Empire fleet claiming the planet as a colony, and the chapter ended with the Kree ordering them to leave.

• Yondu welcomed Jerry aboard, and Jerry promised the Ravagers a million if the planet met his requirements.
• Quill told Jerry that Rocket and Groot were working together while Drax was unhappy about not pursuing Ronan.
• Jerry studied the space jump point and erased its spatial turbulence as the ship crossed into the Large Magellanic Cloud.
• The Ravagers spotted the reddish planet and detected a large number of approaching ships.
• Yondu stopped the ship, and Jerry allowed the pilot to connect with the Kree fleet, whose officer demanded that the Ravagers leave.

Jerry decided not to fight the Kree fleet and turned the ship around, but he chose to investigate the planet himself to see whether its native inhabitants were still there. He opened a portal to the Red Planet and told the others to wait for him near the jump point.

• Yondu offered to attack the Kree fleet for extra payment, but Jerry refused and ordered the ship back toward the jump point.
• Gamora explained that the Kree usually enslaved the surviving natives of conquered planets and transported them to Hala.
• Rocket suggested the natives might still be on the planet, and Jerry decided to check.
• Jerry told the crew he would investigate alone, despite their objections, and opened a portal to the Red Planet.
• Jerry stepped through the portal and instructed the crew to wait near the jump point until he returned.