Chapter Summaries

Xu Mo captured Venom and used Hellfire to force it to explain how it reached Earth. He went to the Life Foundation to learn the Symbiotes’ origin, where he confronted Dr. Drake about the creatures in the laboratory.

• Xu Mo used sound to weaken Venom, captured it in a glass container, and took Pietro back to safety.
• Xu Mo returned home, restrained Venom with the Ten Rings, and tortured it with Hellfire until it agreed to talk.
• Venom told Xu Mo that the Symbiotes had come to Earth aboard a Life Foundation spacecraft.
• At the Life Foundation, Dr. Drake learned from Dr. Dora that test hosts died from organ failure, with survival linked to compatibility.
• Xu Mo entered the laboratory, dismissed Dr. Drake’s attempt to summon security, and asked where the Symbiotes had come from.

Xu Mo forced Drake to reveal Klyntar’s location, captured two Symbiotes, and traveled to their homeworld with Venom. Venom led him to a canyon filled with over a million Symbiotes, where Xu Mo spotted a black longsword embedded in an altar.

• Xu Mo used telekinesis and the Soul-Stealing Technique to make Drake give him a star map to the Symbiotes’ planet.
• Xu Mo captured two Symbiotes in containers and sent them back to his villa.
• Xu Mo traveled to Klyntar and released Venom to guide him to the Symbiotes’ gathering place.
• Venom resisted at first, but agreed to guide Xu Mo after he threatened to use Hellfire.
• Xu Mo rode a horse possessed by Venom to the Symbiotes’ ancestral land and found a canyon crowded with over a million Symbiotes.
• Xu Mo noticed a black longsword embedded in an altar at the canyon’s center.

Xu Mo collected more than a million Symbiotes and the Necrosword into the Astral Tower, drawing Knull to the canyon. Knull attacked Xu Mo, who switched to his Beast God avatar to face the vastly stronger foe.

• Xu Mo returned to the canyon in his true body and collected its Symbiotes into the Astral Tower, then stored the Necrosword without touching it.
• Knull sensed the Necrosword's disappearance and arrived in the canyon as Xu Mo finished collecting the remaining Symbiotes.
• Knull demanded his Necrosword and accused Xu Mo of killing his Symbiotes.
• Knull struck Xu Mo through the Star Shield, sending him flying and leaving him bleeding beneath the Feather God Armor.
• Xu Mo transformed into his Beast God avatar, and Knull demanded that he hand over the Necrosword.

Xu Mo’s Beast God clone wounded Knull but retreated from his powerful counterattack, and Xu Mo then bonded with the Necrosword. The weapon increased his physical strength tenfold, leaving him better prepared to face stronger opponents.

• Xu Mo’s Beast God clone struck Knull with Heaven-Rending Claw, destroying his right arm and preventing it from regenerating.
• Knull unleashed black energy, so Xu Mo returned to the original universe rather than confront the attack head-on.
• Xu Mo went to the Forbidden Land Space and took hold of the Necrosword, whose negative energy was erased by the Astral Tower.
• The Necrosword fused with Xu Mo and increased his physical strength at least tenfold.
• Xu Mo learned that the Necrosword’s power depended on its host and reshaped it into a war blade.

Xu Mo brought captured Symbiotes to Death Island for study, oversaw preparations for the island’s fighters, and reached the peak of the Stellar Level while attempting to cultivate the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual. A year later, a huge Divine Dragon emerged from the lake and addressed him.

• Xu Mo explained the Symbiotes’ abilities to Strucker and the researchers, then warned Emma that even tiny fragments could split off into independent Symbiotes.
• Emma showed Xu Mo the improved Goblin Glider, which could reach Mach 1 and run for thirty hours, and told him that Yelena had arrived and begun cultivating.
• Xu Mo returned to the Astral Tower and entered the Nutrient Chamber to raise his strength, since Dreamwalking no longer took him to Spider-Man’s world.
• After reaching the peak of the Stellar Level, Xu Mo spent nearly two months in Taro Village trying to complete the first level of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual.
• A massive red-and-white Divine Dragon flew from the lake, hovered over Xu Mo’s bamboo house, and spoke to him.

Xu Mo agreed to help the Divine Dragon eliminate the Soul-Eating Beasts before it weakened after giving birth, with one of its offspring promised as his companion. Wanda and the people of Taro Village joined the effort, and the Divine Dragon carried Xu Mo and Wanda toward the sealed gateway to attack that day.

• The Divine Dragon told Xu Mo that the Soul-Eating Beast was growing stronger and that it would be weakened for about a decade after giving birth in six months.
• The Divine Dragon offered Xu Mo one of its offspring as a companion if he helped defeat the Soul-Eating Beasts, and Xu Mo agreed.
• Wanda arrived through a Spatial Gate, learned about the danger, and volunteered to help protect Taro Village.
• Uncle Guang gathered the villagers and began organizing them for a battle, but Xu Mo said he, Wanda, and the Divine Dragon could handle it.
• Xu Mo took Wanda onto the Divine Dragon's head, and the Divine Dragon flew toward the sealed gateway.

Xu Mo broke the seal containing the Soul-Eating Beasts and stopped the Soul-Eating Beast King from escaping. He left the King unconscious but alive in his Enslavement Space while his swords attacked the swarm pouring from the cave.

• Xu Mo told Wanda and the Divine Dragon to stay behind and deal with stragglers while he approached the portal.
• Xu Mo shattered the stone seal with a tap of his finger, astonishing the Divine Dragon.
• The Soul-Eating Beast King burst out of the cave and tried to flee, but Xu Mo grabbed its tail and smashed it into the mountain.
• Xu Mo sent flaming swords into the swarm of smaller Soul-Eating Beasts and struck the King unconscious with a hammer.
• Xu Mo confirmed the King was still breathing and stored it in his Enslavement Space.

Xu Mo wiped out the Soul-Eating Beasts pouring from the cave, then made the Soul-Eating Beast King his mount and rode in with Wanda to inspect the depths. The cave’s deepest chamber came into view under his Illumination Spell, and Xu Mo gasped at what he saw.

• Uncle Guang and the villagers watched Xu Mo defeat the Soul-Eating Beast King and cheered when it vanished.
• Xu Mo spent half an hour killing the Soul-Eating Beasts emerging from the cave, gaining more than fifty million points.
• Xu Mo summoned the Soul-Eating Beast King and revealed that it had become his mount, shocking the Divine Dragon.
• Xu Mo and Wanda rode the Soul-Eating Beast King into the cave to check for any remaining Soul-Eating Beasts.
• Xu Mo lit the cave’s deepest chamber with an Illumination Spell and gasped at the sight.

Xu Mo freed the Soul-Eating Beast King's original body, allowing it to regain much of its strength, and destroyed the smaller Soul-Eating Beasts in the cave. After returning to Taro Village, he gave the Divine Dragon Beast God's Blood, and by morning she had grown stronger and larger.

• Xu Mo learned that the Soul-Eating Beast King had transferred its consciousness into a new body while its original body remained chained in the cave.
• Xu Mo cut apart the nearly unbreakable chains and stored them in the Astral Tower, then the Soul-Eating Beast King merged back into its original body and regained nearly half its peak strength.
• The Soul-Eating Beast King called out several smaller Soul-Eating Beasts, and Xu Mo destroyed them to prevent them from growing stronger.
• Xu Mo returned to Taro Village and told the villagers that the Soul-Eating Beasts had been dealt with, freeing the young people from their restrictions on leaving the village.
• Xu Mo gave the Divine Dragon a drop of Beast God's Blood, which she absorbed overnight.
• The Divine Dragon apologized for waking Xu Mo early and said the transformation had nearly doubled her strength and increased her length to around one hundred and fifty meters.

Xu Mo learned that Loki had stolen the Space Stone and went to Stark Tower, where Loki’s Mind Scepter failed to control Tony. Loki threw Tony from the tower, and Xu Mo appeared below him as he neared the ground.

• Shirley showed Xu Mo footage of Loki breaking into a S.H.I.E.L.D. base with Hawkeye Barton and Dr. Selvig, while Hill pursued them before the base collapsed.
• Xu Mo recognized Loki’s return as the start of the coming Chitauri invasion and told Shirley to track unusual events and search for Loki’s location.
• Xu Mo went to Stark Tower, where he sensed that Loki was about to activate the Space Stone.
• Loki tried to control Tony with the Mind Scepter, but it had no effect; he then silenced Tony and threw him off Stark Tower.
• Tony failed to activate his Powered Armor as he fell, but spotted Xu Mo waiting below him.

Tony showed Xu Mo the Evil Spirit Armor, which let him become intangible and fight Loki. As the Spatial Gate began opening, Xu Mo confronted Loki and demanded the Mind Scepter.

• Tony landed safely after Xu Mo slowed his fall, then showed him the Evil Spirit Armor he had developed.
• Tony used the armor’s ghostly state to beat Loki, but Loki blasted him with an energy attack before Tony retaliated with missiles.
• Dr. Selvig opened the Spatial Gate, and Xu Mo told Tony to stop the machine while he dealt with Loki.
• Xu Mo saw through Loki’s illusion, called him his nephew, and resisted the Mind Scepter’s control attempt.
• Xu Mo slammed Loki into a wall, pulled him free, and demanded that he hand over the scepter and call him Uncle.

Xu Mo returned to Earth as the Chitauri invasion began and offered to stop it in exchange for two Helicarriers. The Spatial Gate opened over New York, releasing the Chitauri Army.

• Xu Mo visited the hollowed-out planet, recalled the evolved Star Devouring Vine into his body, and caused the planet to collapse.
• Nick Fury learned that Tony and Natasha could not shut down the device and ordered Hill to contact Xu Mo for help.
• Xu Mo met The Ancient One, who said she had seen what would happen and no longer needed to intervene.
• Xu Mo told Hill he would resolve the invasion alone if S.H.I.E.L.D. gave him two Helicarriers.
• The Spatial Gate expanded above New York, and the Chitauri Army poured through on flying craft.

Nick Fury agreed to trade two Helicarriers if Xu Mo stopped the alien invasion, and Xu Mo joined the battle above New York. As Chitauri poured through the Spatial Gate, Xu Mo destroyed a Leviathan and unleashed his Star Devouring Vine.

• Nick Fury agreed to Xu Mo’s terms after seeing the invasion, and Xu Mo flew toward the Spatial Gate.
• Natasha formed the Black God Suit and went to intercept the aliens while Steve and Barton helped evacuate civilians.
• Tony and Thor attacked the Chitauri until Xu Mo stopped Thor and ordered them to leave the fight to him.
• Tony and Thor returned to the rooftop, where Thor spotted Loki and flew off to confront him.
• Xu Mo smashed a charging Leviathan with a warhammer, then summoned countless black vines as Chitauri continued pouring through the Spatial Gate.

The Star Devouring Vine cleared the Chitauri from Los Angeles and pursued them through the Spatial Gate, while the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. discussed the battle and Loki. Xu Mo reached the Chitauri fleet and ordered the Star Devouring Vine to avoid damaging the enemy’s ships and aircraft.

• The Star Devouring Vine absorbed the Chitauri Soldiers over Los Angeles, and Xu Mo’s Soul-Eating Beast consumed their souls before the vine surged through the Spatial Gate.
• Thor told the Avengers that Loki had escaped, and they decided to find him while Hawkeye contacted Hill for help.
• Nick Fury asked Hill whether Xu Mo could be recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D. and offered her the director position, but she rejected the offer and threatened to resign if he mixed personal relationships with work.
• The X-Men arrived and argued with Tony and Thor about closing the Spatial Gate, with Ororo stepping in after Logan spoke against Xu Mo.
• Xu Mo confronted the Chitauri fleet beyond the Spatial Gate and told the Star Devouring Vine not to damage his warships and aircraft.

Xu Mo annihilated the Chitauri fleet by trapping it with the Star Devouring Vine and storing it in the Astral Tower. He returned to Earth, took the Tesseract, and closed the Spatial Gate.

• Xu Mo used the Star Devouring Vine to ensnare the Chitauri mothership, its weapons, and the Chitauri and Leviathan beasts, then fed the captives to the Soul-Eating Beast King.
• Xu Mo stored the Star Devouring Vine, the Soul-Eating Beast, the Chitauri, and the mothership inside the Astral Tower, then questioned several high-ranking Chitauri but found none he could understand.
• Xu Mo returned through the Spatial Gate, and Thor confirmed to Natasha and the others that Xu Mo was his uncle and Odin's sworn brother.
• Xu Mo told Steve that the Chitauri had been dealt with, then reached through the device's protective shield and pulled out the Tesseract.
• The Spatial Gate closed after the device lost its energy, and Natasha announced that the danger had passed and civilians could stop evacuating.

The Avengers celebrated their victory over lunch while Natasha told Xu Mo that Nick Fury needed time to secure two Helicarriers, and Xu Mo gave him one week. Xu Mo returned to Asgard with Thor and Loki, where Odin welcomed him as a brother and asked how Loki should be punished.

• Natasha announced that S.H.I.E.L.D. would return the Tesseract to Asgard and hand Loki over to Thor for judgment.
• Xu Mo told Natasha to give Nick Fury one week to deliver two Helicarriers, warning that the consequences of failure would be worse than an alien invasion.
• Xu Mo opened a portal to Asgard with Thor and Loki, and Thor struck Loki for insulting Xu Mo.
• Loki appealed to Odin at the palace, but Odin greeted Xu Mo as his brother and struck Loki for insulting his uncle.
• Odin asked Xu Mo how Loki should be punished, and Xu Mo suggested more beatings or handing Loki over to Hela.

Xu Mo convinced Odin to release Hela from Helheim, and the group opened her prison on Earth. Hela emerged furious and attacked Odin, while Thor was quickly knocked aside.

• Odin told Thor and Loki that Hela was their older sister and that he had sealed her in Helheim.
• Loki begged Odin and Xu Mo not to send him to Helheim, and Xu Mo clarified that he wanted to release Hela instead.
• Xu Mo persuaded Odin to free Hela, and they traveled with Thor and Loki to Norway, where Odin opened the passage to Helheim.
• Hela emerged from the passage, saw Odin, and charged at him with two short blades.
• Thor rushed to intervene, but Hela kicked him away as Xu Mo stepped back and let her vent her anger at Odin.

Xu Mo subdued Hela with the Star Devouring Vine and made her his soul slave, then returned with her to Asgard. He allowed her to spar with Odin and assigned her to discipline Loki, who protested that he had been adopted.

• As Odin and Hela fought for over an hour, Xu Mo restrained Hela with the Star Devouring Vine and took her through a portal.
• Xu Mo brought Hela into the Astral Tower's Enslavement Space, where she became his soul slave and called him Master.
• Xu Mo told Hela she could spar with Odin as long as neither damaged the other's foundation, and Hela eagerly accepted.
• Xu Mo returned Hela to Asgard, where Thor asked if he had calmed her with an injection.
• Xu Mo asked Hela to take Loki in hand, and after learning Loki was Odin's son, Hela examined him as he protested, "I was adopted!"

Xu Mo explored the Infinity Stones in the Asgard Vault and tested their powers, then discovered that the Necrosword had absorbed the Infinity Gauntlet and transformed into a black glove that could hold the stones. He named the new form Thousand Illusions.

• Xu Mo shattered the Tesseract, took the Space Stone, and used it to control space throughout the vault.
• Xu Mo examined the Mind Stone and reasoned about the origins and uses of the six Infinity Stones.
• Xu Mo put on the Infinity Gauntlet, but the Necrosword absorbed it and reshaped itself into a black glove with six grooves.
• Xu Mo placed the Mind Stone in the glove and found that he could control it far more effectively without losing his ability to transform weapons.
• Xu Mo decided the Necrosword was no longer an apt name and renamed it Thousand Illusions.

Xu Mo copied Asgard’s complete star map and considered the locations of the remaining Infinity Stones. On Death Island, he inspected Chitauri and Leviathan specimens before a disturbance revealed an unexpected visitor.

• Xu Mo copied Asgard’s complete star map and found locations including Knowhere, Xandar, Sakaar, the Kree homeworld, and Titan.
• Xu Mo considered the Infinity Stones he still lacked and concluded that he could not obtain them for now.
• Nick Fury argued with government officials over handing the Helicarrier to Xu Mo, then began considering what to do after they refused.
• Xu Mo showed Emma Chitauri corpses and Leviathan beasts on Death Island and considered recruiting more researchers.
• A loud boom sounded on the island, and Xu Mo used his spiritual power to see who was causing the disturbance.