Chapter Summaries

Thanos and Boros fought an escalating battle that pushed both warriors beyond their limits, with Thanos drawing on the Power Stone and Boros breaking through into Energy Release. After Boros unleashed a devastating energy cannon, he struck from behind and believed he had decided the victor, leaving Thanos staggered and badly wounded.

• Thanos and Boros fought hand to hand while their commanders battled elsewhere, and Thanos proposed an alliance in exchange for finding Boros more worthy opponents.
• Boros's armor shattered under Thanos's attack, releasing the power it had been suppressing, and the two traded increasingly destructive blows across the planet.
• Thanos used the Power Stone to blast Boros across the planet, but Boros returned in Energy Release and overwhelmed him with speed.
• Boros and Thanos fought across the planet until Boros gathered his energy and fired a powerful cannon that left Thanos charred and wounded.
• Boros used the smoke to attack Thanos from behind and concluded that he had won after his hand blade struck Thanos's neck.

Thanos defeated Boros with the Power Stone, then recruited him into an alliance, while Li Chen learned that Azir’s Shurima Empire threatened Asgard and opened the League of Heroes’ Alliance Dungeon. Thor entered the Bellmar Grand Cathedral dungeon, was repeatedly overwhelmed by its priests, and drew the same stage again for a third attempt.

• Thanos used the Power Stone to overcome Boros’s Meteoric Burst and destroy the battlefield planet with the clash of their attacks.
• Thanos offered Boros an alliance, and Boros accepted, joining the Dark Legion with the Interstellar Marauders.
• Thor told Li Chen that Azir and three other Shurima deities had defeated him on Vanaheim, and Li Chen advised him to warn Odin and seek League support.
• Li Chen spent 100,000 energy points to open the Alliance Dungeon, and Thor chose to enter a Dragon-Level dungeon.
• Thor was repeatedly controlled and defeated by nine hostile priests at Bellmar Grand Cathedral, then encountered the same dungeon again on his third attempt.

Spider-Man recruited Tony Stark, Deadpool, and Grandis for a Demon-level dungeon challenge in the Floating City. At the Dragonman Tower, their first encounter with Lukas began badly when Deadpool was struck down, forcing Grandis to switch plans.

• Spider-Man persuaded Tony Stark to join a four-person dungeon team, and Deadpool appeared as their tank before Grandis agreed to fill the final slot.
• Grandis led the team to the Floating City and explained that she knew the dungeon’s floors, though their team could only reach the middle levels.
• At the Dragonman Tower, Lukas appeared with dragonman guards and a wyvern swarm, and Grandis ordered Deadpool to restrain the boss while the others cleared the enemies.
• Deadpool rushed Lukas but was struck by lightning and knocked away, while Lukas intercepted Tony’s palm-cannon blast.
• Grandis called for Plan B, and Spider-Man prepared to help her clear the small enemies.

Spider-Man, Grandis, Deadpool, and Tony Stark defeated the Dragonman Lord Lukas and claimed three pieces of equipment. They divided the loot among themselves, while Grandis proposed trading unwanted gear through the League of Heroes to strengthen its members.

• Grandis and Spider-Man used buffs and equipment drops to overwhelm Lukas's army, while Spider-Man's poison webs helped restrain the Dragonmen.
• Lukas tore through Spider-Man's webs, but Deadpool shielded his teammates and Tony blasted Lukas with a repulsor beam.
• Lukas unleashed Lightning Cage, then split into an injured original and an unharmed duplicate; Grandis assigned Tony to hold off the duplicate while the others attacked the original.
• Grandis, Spider-Man, and Deadpool defeated Lukas's original body, and the team collected a purple mechanical core, a flame-patterned cloak, and a holy pendant.
• The team gave the cloak to Deadpool, the mechanical core to Tony, and the holy pendant to Grandis; Grandis suggested letting League members trade equipment for Energy Points.

Grandis and the others battled Puppet Master Daugli and his stone-statue army in Sky City’s Doll Vestibule. Back at League of Heroes headquarters, Li Chen agreed to take Tohka’s party through a dungeon and sent Thor to Africa to investigate Loki’s connection to Hydra.

• Grandis explained that Daugli had turned defeated adventurers into puppets, and the statues surrounded the party as they entered the Doll Vestibule.
• Deadpool was burned by the mage statues, revived, and then controlled by Daugli’s strings until Iron Man cut the threads; Daugli appeared and attacked the group with stone pillars.
• Grandis charged into the statue army and smashed the constructs with her Holy Light Cross while Spider-Man and Deadpool tried to support her.
• Daugli threatened to turn the heroes into masterpieces and began casting Puppet Theater.
• Tohka asked Li Chen to carry her party through dungeons, and Li Chen agreed to take them to the Super Dragon Dungeon.
• Li Chen showed Thor a photograph of Loki meeting Hydra in Africa and assigned Thor to find his brother.

Li Chen’s group entered the King’s Ruins, where Yatogami Tohka defeated the Undying Knight Vortex of Wind. The loot strengthened Li Chen and Yan Lingji, and Tohka received powerful armor as the group prepared to continue exploring.

• Li Chen sent Thor to stop Loki from provoking heroes from other branches.
• Li Chen’s group entered the King’s Ruins beneath Dark City and awakened Vortex of Wind.
• Yatogami Tohka fought Vortex of Wind, sensed his invisible attacks, and defeated him with the Blade of the End.
• Vortex of Wind dropped valuable equipment, including the Wind-Riding King’s Shield, which fused with Li Chen and deepened his grasp of the Law of Wind.
• Yan Lingji spent energy points to enhance her Fire Charm Art and Physical Constitution, reaching initial B-Class strength.
• Li Chen gave Tohka three pieces of Kingdom: Millennium War Armor, which she equipped with their appearance hidden.

Li Chen cleared the dungeon’s first five tombs, collected powerful law orbs and equipment, and helped Yan Lingji gain the Incomplete Vermilion Bird Bloodline. He confronted the final guardian, Hammer King Borodin, and met the king’s devastating hammer strike with his Level 6 ability, God's Domain.

• Li Chen gave Zhonya's Hourglass and Rabadon's Deathcap to Li, then defeated Myra the Guardian with a holy spear and claimed his law orb and loot.
• Li Chen gave the Millennium Chronicle armor components to Yatogami Tohka and assigned the Incomplete Vermilion Bird Blood to Yan Lingji for later fusion.
• Li Chen defeated Eston of Ice, took King's Protection: Ice, and then quickly overcame Gurad of Flame and Vordos of Light, collecting their divine sets.
• After fusing with the Vermilion Bird Blood, Yan Lingji declined the fire set, and Li Chen led the group into the final royal tomb.
• Hammer King Borodin challenged Li Chen, who provoked him by invoking Jig and then faced his hammer strike with God's Domain.

Li Chen led his team through the Ultra-Dragon-level dungeon, where Tohka accidentally consumed Taotie Blood and gained a dangerous hunger. After collecting the loot and spending their rewards, Li Chen used the new Faction Summoning feature to recruit the Hero Association, the Four Emperors Group, and the Gotei 13.

• Li Chen defeated Hammer King Borodin with Thunder Lance after effortlessly reflecting Borodin’s hammer strike.
• Tohka ate dungeon loot containing Taotie Blood, awakening its influence and leaving her intensely hungry; Li Chen warned her not to eat random items.
• Li Chen collected Borodin’s Death Law Orb, pendant, and warhammer, gave the pendant to Tohka, and stored the warhammer for a suitable wielder.
• The team earned 80,000 points from the dungeon, and Yan Lingji and Li spent resources to strengthen their abilities before the dungeon entrance closed.
• Li Chen discovered Faction Summoning and recruited the Hero Association, the Four Emperors Group, and the S-Class Gotei 13.

Sosuke Aizen halted a clash among the newly gathered heroes and Soul Reapers, and Li Chen restored order before learning that Apocalypse had joined forces with Noxus in Africa. Li Chen promised Yugi Mutou reinforcements, then arranged a welcome banquet while leaving Aizen to guard headquarters.

• Sosuke Aizen defeated Ichigo Kurosaki and stopped the gathered factions from fighting, while Kaido and Superalloy Darkshine began a separate battle.
• Li Chen ordered everyone to cease their internal conflict, subdued the crowd with his authority, and left Aizen to handle the aftermath.
• Yugi Mutou told Li Chen that Apocalypse and his Four Horsemen had joined Noxus and the Monster Association, leaving the African branch in urgent need of reinforcements.
• Li Chen promised Yugi Mutou that he would arrange reinforcements and then proposed a welcome ceremony for the gathered factions.
• Li Chen led the factions to a banquet and ordered Aizen to remain behind to guard headquarters.

Li Chen arrived with reinforcements to help Yugi Mutou defend the African branch base against Noxus and the Monster Association. After Yugi summoned Exodia, Apocalypse challenged the demon god as the battle continued.

• Li Chen and his reinforcements reached the African base, where Yugi Mutou reported the assault and summoned Slifer the Sky Dragon against Elder Centipede.
• Reinhard and Garen retreated behind Wakanda's barrier as Magneto destroyed its metal equipment, and T'Challa led the defenders toward the second line.
• Li Chen arrived with his forces, killed Swain with telekinesis, and ordered the attack on Noxus.
• Kaido, Whitebeard, the Egyptian Gods, and other fighters clashed with Noxian and Monster Association forces, while LeBlanc restrained The Winged Dragon of Ra and Sion split Obelisk the Tormentor's head.
• Yugi Mutou summoned Exodia, and Apocalypse declared the demon god an inferior creation before unleashing his power.