Chapter Summaries

Thor returned to Jane’s workshop unable to lift Mjolnir and struggled to sleep, consumed by regret over his exile. Loki appeared and told him Odin had died, that Loki would inherit the throne, and that Thor could not return to Asgard.

• Coulson offered Jane and Thor a place to stay at the S.H.I.E.L.D. camp, but Jane chose to drive them back to town.
• Jane returned to the workshop with Thor, who silently went to bed but could not sleep.
• Loki appeared before Thor and told him Odin had died after Thor’s exile and the threat of war.
• Loki told Thor that he would inherit Asgard’s throne and that Thor could never lift Mjolnir again.
• Thor begged Loki to let him return home, but Loki said their mother would not permit it and then vanished.

Thor struggled with the loss of his powers and his mistakes, so Eric took him out for drinks and offered advice while warning him not to hurt Jane. Thor and Eric drank until Eric was drunk, and Thor carried him back to the workshop, where Jane helped put him to bed.

• Thor apologized to Eric for keeping him awake and admitted he had not gotten back what belonged to him.
• Eric took Thor to a bar, where Thor confessed he had ruined everything and did not know what to do.
• Eric told Thor to admit he was lost and warned him that Jane cared for him, and Thor promised not to hurt her.
• Thor and Eric challenged each other to drink, and Thor eventually carried the drunken Eric back to the workshop.
• Jane helped Thor put Eric to bed, where Eric slurred that he believed Thor was really Thor.

Thor learned that Odin had exiled him to Earth to teach him the qualities of a king, though he still did not know what he needed to learn. After Coulson warned of a powerful energy surge, Lin Hai prepared his group for battle and opened a Portal as Eric, Jane, and Daisy witnessed magic firsthand.

• Lin Hai asked Peter to explain that Thor's impulsive, glory-seeking nature made him unfit to rule, and Thor wondered what qualities he needed to learn.
• Coulson called Lin Hai about a powerful energy surge, and Lin Hai warned him to evacuate the town and stay away because a dangerous threat was coming.
• Lin Hai opened a Portal to his living room and told everyone to prepare for battle.
• Peter retrieved Lin Hai's Plum Blossom Spear, while Gwen and Harry equipped themselves in mage robes and Nova Armor.
• Eric, Jane, and Daisy watched in amazement as the Portal opened and the group returned through it before it closed.

Thor and his companions reunited with Sif and the Three Warriors after Lin Hai prepared his group for their arrival. The Asgardians met Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry, while Daisy struggled to believe what she was seeing.

• Eric and Jane recovered from their surprise at the Portal, and Daisy examined Harry's Nova Armor while Thor wondered why Lin Hai had prepared for battle.
• Lin Hai told Thor that their visitors had arrived, and Thor saw Sif, Fandral, Volstagg, and Hogun approaching through the workshop door.
• Thor embraced Sif and the Three Warriors, then introduced them to Eric, Jane, and Daisy.
• Thor introduced Gwen, Peter, Harry, and Lin Hai to the Asgardians, who studied Lin Hai after Thor described him as mysterious and likely powerful.
• Daisy asked Harry whether she was dreaming, and Harry told her she was not.

Thor learned from Sif that Odin was still alive and that Loki had lied to him, while Lin Hai warned Coulson that the Destroyer had arrived. Coulson’s team fled the Destroyer’s attack, leaving them alive as the construct remained in the town.

• Thor told his friends he could not return to Asgard because he believed Odin had died and he had been exiled forever.
• Sif told Thor that Odin was alive, making Thor realize Loki had lied about his father’s death and his mother forbidding his return.
• A swirling cloud appeared above the Bifrost site, and the Destroyer descended from it as S.H.I.E.L.D. evacuated the town’s residents.
• Lin Hai warned Coulson that the Destroyer was a magical weapon from beyond Earth and urged him to flee.
• Coulson ordered his agents into their vehicles and escaped as the Destroyer fired a beam that destroyed one of their cars.

Thor and Lin Hai’s group prepared to face the Destroyer while Thor helped evacuate the town’s residents. Sif’s team launched a coordinated attack, but the Destroyer easily knocked Volstagg aside, leaving Peter to reconsider his enthusiasm for a combo move.

• Thor told Sif, the other Asgardians, and Lin Hai’s group that he would help evacuate residents while they bought time against the Destroyer.
• Sif, Fandral, Volstagg, and Hogun armed themselves, while Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry prepared to fight the Destroyer.
• Thor joined Eric, Jane, Daisy, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in directing residents away from the destruction.
• Sif ordered her team to divide the Destroyer’s attention, and Fandral and Hogun launched Volstagg toward it with a coordinated move.
• The Destroyer swatted Volstagg into a car, where he landed without serious injuries, and Peter abandoned his idea of trying a similar combo move.

Sif’s surprise spear strike briefly disabled the Destroyer, but it recovered and attacked the group. With Lin Hai, Peter, and Gwen holding it back, Harry took up Sif’s spear and prepared to strike from above.

• Volstagg drew the Destroyer’s attention while Sif climbed onto a nearby roof and pierced the back of its neck with her spear.
• The Destroyer recovered, escaped the spear, and blasted at Sif, whose fall was protected by Gwen’s magical shield.
• Peter wrapped the Destroyer’s legs in webbing, but it kicked Harry into a ruined house as Lin Hai restrained it with vines.
• Harry recovered, seized Sif’s spear, and flew skyward while Lin Hai’s vines and Peter’s punch held the Destroyer in place.
• Harry aimed the spear at the Destroyer and dived toward it with his thrusters at full power.

Harry and Peter attacked the Destroyer with Sif’s spear and Silk, but its armor regenerated and it grew to nearly two stories tall. The group regrouped to face the transformed Destroyer while Lin Hai worried about how many of its comic-book abilities it possessed.

• Harry’s spear cut a deep gash across the Destroyer, but he dodged its counterattack rather than risk serious injury.
• Peter pulled the Destroyer’s head aside with Silk, then retreated with Harry after Harry warned that it could regenerate.
• The Destroyer healed its wound and began glowing as its body expanded.
• Sif and the others regrouped beside Lin Hai while Thor watched from a nearby doorway with Eric, Jane, and Daisy.
• The Destroyer stopped growing at roughly four or five meters tall, and Lin Hai feared it might possess more of its comic-book abilities.

Lin Hai summoned a Wood Dragon and fought Odin’s Destroyer Armor with it and the Plum Blossom Spear. He gained a slight advantage, but the Destroyer continued to heal, leaving the battle in a stalemate.

• Lin Hai created a nearly twenty-meter Wood Dragon and mounted its head with the Plum Blossom Spear.
• The Wood Dragon charged the Destroyer, whose beam burned a hole in its body before Life Force rapidly repaired it.
• The Destroyer caught the Wood Dragon’s jaws, but its momentum drove the metal giant backward.
• Lin Hai leaped down and struck the Destroyer’s neck with the Plum Blossom Spear, leaving a wound that healed unusually slowly.
• Lin Hai and the Wood Dragon continued attacking, but the Destroyer’s wounds still healed over time, and the fight remained a grinding stalemate.

Lin Hai and Thor’s friends fought the Destroyer while Thor confronted Loki’s weapon and offered his life to protect them. After the Destroyer struck Thor down, Odin’s test recognized Thor as worthy, and Mjolnir flew toward him.

• Sif, Fandral, Volstagg, Hogun, Peter, Harry, and Gwen joined Lin Hai’s attack, but the Destroyer evaded their blows with its shapeshifting.
• Thor left his hiding place and pleaded with Loki to spare the innocent, offering himself instead.
• The Destroyer appeared to stop, then kicked Thor across the street, and Jane rushed to his side as the others resumed fighting.
• Odin’s test recognized Thor’s willingness to sacrifice himself, and Mjolnir began trembling at its distant location.
• Mjolnir launched toward the injured Thor as Lin Hai realized Thor was about to return to the fight.

Thor regained his power and defeated the Destroyer with help from Lin Hai and the others. While Thor returned to his companions, Lin Hai secretly took the Destroyer through a Portal.

• Thor caught Mjolnir, healed beneath a pillar of lightning, and reappeared in his armor.
• Loki fired the Destroyer's beam at Thor, but Mjolnir deflected it as Lin Hai, Volstagg, Hogun, Peter, and Harry helped knock the Destroyer down.
• Thor summoned a massive tornado and destroyed the Destroyer by diving through its beams with Mjolnir.
• Lin Hai used the Wood Dragon to shield his actions, then opened a Portal and secretly removed the Destroyer piece by piece.

Thor left with Jane to show her the Bifrost, while Sif was left heartbroken and Loki brought Laufey and the Frost Giants into Asgard. Heimdall broke free from the Casket of Ancient Winters and activated the Bifrost toward Earth.

• Thor carried Jane into the sky, and Sif watched them leave in pain while Fandral, Volstagg, and Hogun avoided her gaze.
• Loki freed Gungnir, brought Laufey and the Frost Giants across the Bifrost, and left Heimdall frozen with the Casket of Ancient Winters.
• Thor and Jane landed at the Bifrost mark on Earth, but Heimdall did not answer Thor's call.
• Lin Hai brought the others to the mark through a Portal, and Thor told them they were trapped until Heimdall arrived.
• Heimdall shattered the ice, killed two Frost Giants, and reached the Bifrost activation point.
• Heimdall inserted his sword into the slot, sending a rainbow pillar of light from Asgard down to Earth.

Thor said goodbye to Jane and returned to Asgard with Sif and the Warriors Three, leaving Jane behind on Earth. On the Bifrost, he found Heimdall unconscious and flew alone to confront Loki at the palace.

• Thor and Jane kissed and agreed that he would return for her.
• Thor thanked Lin Hai and said farewell to Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, Harry, and Jane before leaving with Sif, Volstagg, Fandral, and Hogun.
• The group’s Bifrost carried them from Earth to Asgard, where they found Heimdall unconscious beside the activation mechanism.
• Thor ordered Fandral and Hogun to take Heimdall for treatment while Volstagg retrieved Heimdall’s sword.
• Thor told Sif he was going to find Loki and flew toward the palace alone.

After the Thor incident ended, Lin Hai warned Coulson to treat Eric’s group politely and return their confiscated equipment. Lin Hai and his companions returned to Brooklyn Heights, while Jane, Eric, and Daisy prepared to go home and wait for Thor’s eventual return.

• Coulson arrived after the battle and Lin Hai warned him that mistreating Eric’s group or keeping their equipment could cause an interstellar conflict.
• Jane left the magic circle and accepted comfort from Eric and Daisy after Thor departed.
• Lin Hai told Jane, Eric, and Daisy that Thor would return to Earth eventually and invited them to visit New York.
• Coulson ordered his agents to return everything taken from the group’s lab, including Daisy’s tablet.
• Lin Hai opened a Portal to Brooklyn Heights, and Gwen, Peter, Harry, and Lin Hai went through before it closed.
• Eric invited Jane to go home, and Daisy followed them while keeping a photo of Harry on her phone.

Lin Hai brought the Destroyer Armor back to his basement and explained that its Uru Metal could not be melted or forged with ordinary technology. After Peter and Harry failed to heat a sample, Lin Hai said he would seek help from Master Hamil or The Ancient One.

• Lin Hai showed Peter, Harry, and Gwen the Destroyer Armor he had secretly brought home.
• Lin Hai explained that the Destroyer was made of Uru Metal, which could store and amplify magical energy but required stellar-core or neutron-star heat to melt.
• Peter and Harry tried basement tools and Harry’s industrial furnace on a piece of the metal, but it did not even turn red.
• Lin Hai said Master Hamil or The Ancient One could use magic to solve the problem of melting and forging the Uru Metal.

After discovering that the enlarged Destroyer Armor contained enough Uru Metal for all four of them, Lin Hai, Gwen, Peter, and Harry planned their protective gear. They settled on designs for Peter and Harry, while Lin Hai and Gwen described what they wanted for theirs.

• Lin Hai, Harry, and Peter realized the Destroyer Armor had enough Uru Metal to make protective gear for all four of them.
• Peter proposed designing his Spider-Suit first and requested a lightweight, red-and-blue metal suit with environmental protection, limited midair propulsion, and a gold web pattern.
• Harry decided to keep the Nova Armor's blue-and-silver design while replacing its outer plating and arm blades with Uru Metal.
• Lin Hai said he had no particular armor needs, so Gwen suggested a lightweight, flexible suit like Peter's for him.
• Gwen requested soft Uru Metal armor beneath her mage robes to protect her vital parts when she could not cast a spell in time.

After a battle and a long night planning their suits, Lin Hai, Gwen, Harry, and Peter went out for a hearty barbecue breakfast before heading to Kamar-Taj. Peter accepted the restaurant owner's invitation to compete in an upcoming eating contest.

• Lin Hai, Gwen, Harry, and Peter finished discussing suit designs and production plans, then went to bed without eating dinner.
• The next morning, the hungry friends agreed to eat at a nearby American barbecue restaurant before going to Kamar-Taj.
• Peter ordered one of everything on the menu, and the four ate all the food they were served.
• The restaurant owner invited the four to a future eating contest, and Lin Hai, Gwen, and Harry declined.
• Peter eagerly accepted the invitation, and the owner gave the group a discount and escorted them to the entrance.

Lin Hai and Gwen, Peter, and Harry brought the Destroyer Armor to Kamar-Taj and asked Master Hamil to help them make an item from Uru Metal. Master Hamil agreed to study the armor first, leaving Lin Hai and the others to begin designing what they wanted made.

• Lin Hai opened a Portal to Kamar-Taj and found Master Hamil in the library.
• Lin Hai told Master Hamil how the group had encountered Thor and the Destroyer, and that the Destroyer Armor was stored in his basement.
• Master Hamil agreed to study the Destroyer Armor and said he would help with their design if he could, or contact The Ancient One if he could not.
• Lin Hai brought the Destroyer Armor through a Portal and placed it in Master Hamil's courtyard.
• Master Hamil became absorbed in examining the armor's Asgardian runes, while Lin Hai and the others left to begin their design work.

Lin Hai, Peter, Harry, and Gwen discussed upgrading Peter’s Spider-Suit, settling on plant-based lining and a set of six mechanical spider legs. Peter and Harry began drafting the design, while Gwen asked Lin Hai about his reference to Eight Spider Spears and a god-king.

• Lin Hai agreed to provide the plant-based materials for the suit’s non-metal components, while Peter lamented that Lin Hai had to cultivate them himself.
• Peter and Harry discussed the suit’s structure as Lin Hai considered ways to tire them out once the upgrade was complete.
• Lin Hai suggested adding spider legs to Peter’s back, and Peter and Harry agreed on six instead of eight.
• Peter sketched three spider legs on each side of the suit, while Harry measured their spacing and angles.
• Gwen asked Lin Hai what Eight Spider Spears and the god-king meant, and Lin Hai explained that they came from a Huaxia novel.

Harry asked whether Uru Metal and magic could make armor change size or equip itself, and Lin Hai said resizing was likely possible. The group finalized designs for Lin Hai’s emerald-green armor and the others’ suits, leaving Gwen’s lightweight soft armor to Hamil.

• Harry asked Lin Hai whether magic could make Uru Metal armor shrink, grow, and put itself on, and Lin Hai said resizing should be possible.
• Peter jumped up in excitement, hit his head on the basement ceiling, and left a small dent.
• Lin Hai and Gwen designed Lin Hai’s emerald-green, gold-trimmed scale armor, while Harry created a computer model.
• Lin Hai considered using the Plum Blossom Spear to equip his armor and planned to ask The Ancient One for help.
• Gwen chose lightweight, close-fitting soft armor made by Hamil, prioritizing mobility over appearance and maximum defense.