Recaps

Thanos stood amid the ruins of Times Square and snapped his fingers, using the Infinity Stones to erase half of all life at random. Tony Stark tried to stop him but was frozen in place, and he became the first to fade away as his armor fell onto his ashes.

• Thanos returned from the East River to the ruins of Times Square and explained his belief that randomly erasing half of all life would restore balance.
• Thanos prepared to snap his fingers and carry out his plan.
• Tony Stark flew at Thanos in his damaged Mark LII Armor, hoping to delay him, but Thanos froze him with the Space Stone.
• Tony reached toward Thanos and silently promised, "I will find you."
• Thanos snapped his fingers, and Tony's body turned to ashes while his armor fell to the ground.

After Thanos's snap, half of all life vanished across the universe, including many of Earth's heroes and Wakandan defenders. The chapter ended with the destruction spreading everywhere, leaving the survivors amid ashes and loss.

• Steve Rogers watched Tony turn to ashes, then began to vanish himself.
• Natasha Romanoff and the weakened Carol Danvers witnessed people around them disappear into ashes.
• Quill vanished while thinking of Gamora, and Rocket turned to ashes while embracing Groot; Groot vanished moments later.
• T'Challa ran to help people in Wakanda but turned to ashes, and Shuri watched his Black Panther Suit disappear.
• Half of all life vanished simultaneously across the universe.

After Thanos erased half of all life, he sensed that Loren Morgan and his women had survived and set out for Morgan Manor. In the underground laboratory, Loren anxiously awaited the outcome of his Silver Superman Serum experiment, which had failed in 3,700 attempts.

• Thanos reflected on Gamora and concluded that his mission to restore balance was complete.
• Thanos saw that none of Loren Morgan's people had vanished in the snap and suspected Loren's existence lay beyond its rules.
• Thanos turned toward Morgan Manor and announced that he was coming for Loren Morgan.
• In Morgan Manor's underground laboratory, Loren watched the serum data while recalling how he had tried 3,700 fusion methods without success.

Loren drank the Silver Superman Serum and transformed into Silver Superman. He discovered he could wield the Space Stone’s power without the stone and stepped through a spatial rift toward Thanos.

• Alice told Loren that Android 18 had been shot down into the Atlantic and trapped by the Space Stone, while Nymph could not breach the Infinity Gauntlet’s defenses.
• Loren ordered Nymph to stop hacking and protect herself, then completed the serum’s final instructions.
• Loren drank the serum and endured a transformation that rebuilt his body with Kryptonian genetics and expanded his consciousness across timelines and dimensions.
• Loren awakened as Silver Superman and saw Thanos standing among the ruins of Manhattan.
• Loren opened a spatial rift with his own power and stepped through it.

Loren Morgan confronted Thanos after the snap and explained that he had survived because the Infinity Stones could not overcome his body and energy. Thanos’s combined attack failed, leaving Loren unharmed and advancing toward him.

• Loren emerged from a spatial rift and found the remains of the Avengers and their allies among the ruins.
• Loren acknowledged that Thanos had erased half of all life and understood that Thanos intended to kill him as an exception to the snap.
• Thanos attacked Loren with the combined power of all six Infinity Stones, creating a massive explosion and chasm.
• Loren remained unharmed and explained why each Stone had failed to affect him.
• Loren walked out of the crater and declared that the six Infinity Stones were powerful but not more powerful than him.

Loren defeated Thanos, took the Infinity Gauntlet, and agreed that the universe needed balance while insisting Earth should have been spared. He used the Stones to reach the lives erased by Thanos’s snap and began bringing them back.

• Thanos overloaded the six Infinity Stones and charged Loren, but Loren stopped him with one hand.
• Loren struck Thanos and forced him to his knees, then pulled the Infinity Gauntlet from his hand.
• Loren put on the Gauntlet and said he agreed with Thanos’s goal but believed Earth should have been excluded from the snap.
• Loren sensed the lives erased by the snap, including Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and Natasha Romanoff, and called for them to return.

Loren used the Infinity Stones to restore the half of life that had vanished on Earth, while leaving the rest of the universe unchanged. Thanos accepted that his mission remained intact and died, and Loren burned his body to ashes.

• Loren restored the people who had vanished across Earth, including Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Carol Danvers, Quill, Rocket, and Groot.
• Loren removed the drained Infinity Gauntlet and told Thanos that he had restored only life on Earth, not the people lost elsewhere in the universe.
• Thanos accepted that restoring life on one planet did not meaningfully disrupt the universal balance and died in the ruins.
• Loren burned Thanos's body to ashes, ending the cosmic overlord's fall.

Loren destroyed the six Infinity Stones by crushing them into silver-white dust, removing them from his timeline. He returned to Morgan Manor, where he told Tifa that other timelines no longer mattered to him.

• Loren decided to destroy the Infinity Stones, and Natasha, now S.H.I.E.L.D.'s director, and Tony questioned whether they could truly be erased.
• Loren removed the six stones from the Infinity Gauntlet and crushed them in his palm as their light and resonance spread across the universe.
• The stones turned to silver-white dust and scattered into the ruins, vanishing completely from Loren's timeline.
• Loren entered a spatial rift and returned to Morgan Manor, leaving Tony and Steve among the survivors in Manhattan.
• Loren told Tifa that he had destroyed the stones in his timeline, and Tifa offered to serve him.

Loren received 100 system points, a discounted dimensional-world draw, and the Fate Rewriter title for his decisive role in stopping Thanos's Snap. He chose to save his points, then called Tifa over as she served tea in the study.

• The system awarded Loren 100 points, half-price permission for his next dimensional-world draw, and the Fate Rewriter title after he changed the outcome of Thanos's Snap.
• Loren considered drawing another world but decided to save his points for future, more costly exchanges.
• Loren equipped the Fate Rewriter title and reviewed his system status, including his 100 points and acquired technologies.
• Tifa brought Loren tea and cookies, then straightened books in the study.
• Loren called Tifa over, and she walked to his desk and stood before him.

Loren shared a quiet moment with Tifa, then joined her, Android 18, Nymph, and Alice for dinner at Morgan Manor. The others had gone shopping, and the women planned to go after dinner, leaving Loren to enjoy a peaceful evening at home.

• Loren held Tifa’s hand and asked if she was tired from caring for everyone through the recent events, and she said seeing him return safely made the exhaustion unimportant.
• Tifa prepared dinner while Android 18 watched the sunset on the terrace, and she and Loren named the first star after her.
• Tifa brought out the last dish, Nymph proudly served her homemade lemonade, and Alice put away her book when Loren reminded her not to read while eating.
• Loren asked where 2B, A2, Tsuna de, Mei Terumi, and Hancock were, and Alice explained that they had gone shopping and planned to eat out.
• Alice said she, Tifa, Android 18, and Nymph would go shopping after dinner so someone could keep Loren company at home.

Loren and Tifa shared a peaceful dinner with Alice, Android 18, and Nymph, then watched as the others settled down for the night. Tifa and Loren went upstairs together, ending the evening alone in their bedroom.

• Tifa served Loren, Alice, Android 18, and Nymph a carefully prepared dinner, and the group talked about Alice’s book, Pride and Prejudice.
• Loren and Tifa held hands under the table while Nymph later fell asleep on the sofa after breaking a plate while trying to help clear it.
• Android 18 pointed out a star she named after herself and agreed with Loren to look at it together every night.
• Alice fell asleep in her armchair, and Tifa covered Nymph and set Alice’s book aside.
• Loren held out his hand to Tifa, and they went upstairs to their bedroom together.

After a month of peace, Loren chose to rest at Morgan Manor with Tifa and the others. He sensed an ancient seal break near Asgard and realized Hela, the Goddess of Death, had awakened.

• Loren spent a quiet day at Morgan Manor, drinking tea and eating cookies with Tifa while Nymph, Android 18, and Alice occupied themselves nearby.
• Tifa asked whether Loren planned to keep doing nothing, and he said that resting was his choice.
• Loren sensed a disturbance across dimensions and recognized it as the shattering of a seal near Asgard.
• Loren told Tifa they might need to go out, but he did not know when.
• Beneath Odin's vault in Asgard, Hela, the Goddess of Death, awakened after thousands of years in confinement.

After Odin's death and Thanos's battle with Loren weakened Hela's prison, Hela escaped Hel and returned to Asgard to claim her throne. She confronted Thor and Loki in the Golden Palace and recognized Thor as the brother she had never met.

• Odin's death and the shock wave from Thanos's battle with Loren weakened the seal imprisoning Hela.
• Hela escaped the rift between Hel and Asgard and crossed the void to her home.
• Thor sat on Asgard's throne while he and Loki discussed the terrifying presence approaching them.
• Hela blasted open the Golden Palace doors and entered the throne room.
• Hela called Thor the brother she had never met, and Thor recognized his family's features in her face.

Hela revealed herself as Odin’s first child and rightful heir to Asgard, then crushed Mjolnir in her hand. Thor awakened his own lightning and faced her without the hammer.

• Hela told Thor and Loki that she was their sister and Asgard’s rightful heir, and revealed that Loki was descended from Frost Giants.
• Thor rejected Hela’s claim to the throne and hurled Mjolnir at her.
• Hela caught Mjolnir and crushed it despite Thor’s attempts to summon it back.
• Thor picked up a fragment of Mjolnir and unleashed the lightning within himself.
• Hela watched Thor’s power emerge and called it not bad.

Thor and Loki confronted Hela in the Golden Palace, but she defeated them and demanded Thor swear loyalty to her. As Hela’s spear neared Thor’s throat, a rainbow beam enveloped him.

• Thor attacked Hela with uncontrolled lightning, but she endured it and struck him into Odin’s shattered throne.
• Hela taunted Thor and forced him down, while Loki attacked her from behind and she caught his dagger, broke it, and hurled him into a wall.
• Hela told Thor she had conquered the Nine Realms and offered to spare him if he swore loyalty to her.
• Thor refused to submit, picked up a broken sword, and pointed it at Hela.
• Hela sent a black spear toward Thor’s throat, but a rainbow beam descended and enveloped him.

Hela took control of Asgard after the Bifrost carried Thor to Earth, where the wounded god sought Loren Morgan’s help. Loren agreed to step in, honoring a promise he had made to Odin.

• Heimdall activated the Bifrost and rescued Thor from Hela’s spear, sending him to Earth.
• Hela sat among the ruins of Odin’s throne and vowed to build a greater one before pursuing Thor on Earth.
• Thor arrived in the New Mexico desert badly wounded, clutching a fragment of Mjolnir and wondering whether Loki had survived.
• Thor set out to walk to New York and ask Loren Morgan for help, but Loren appeared in the desert.
• Loren explained that Hela drew strength from Asgard and would grow more powerful there, then promised to step in as he had vowed to Odin.

Thor told Loren that Hela had returned, destroyed Mjolnir, and defeated him and Loki. Loren revealed Odin’s letter and his agreement to protect Asgard from Ragnarok, then ordered 2B and Wanda to capture Hela alive.

• Thor described Hela’s return and admitted he could not defeat her.
• Loren showed Thor Odin’s letter, which asked him to help Thor stop Hela.
• Loren explained that Odin had entrusted him with Asgard’s treasures so he could help Asgard survive Ragnarok, and that Odin had expected Hela’s return.
• Loren told Thor he intended to capture Hela alive.
• Loren summoned 2B and Wanda and ordered them to go to Asgard and bring Hela back alive.

2B and Wanda traveled to Asgard to capture Hela alive, then confronted her in the ruined Golden Palace. The chapter ended as 2B leapt over Hela’s spear cage and struck toward her crown.

• Thor questioned whether 2B and Wanda could capture Hela, and Loren sent them through a portal to Asgard.
• 2B and Wanda arrived in the ruined Golden Palace, where Hela waited among the fallen warriors and destroyed murals.
• Wanda told Hela they intended to capture her alive, and Hela threatened them with black spears.
• 2B attacked Hela’s crown, and Hela launched spears to predict her path and cage her.
• 2B used one spear as a foothold, vaulted over the cage, and dove toward Hela’s crown.

2B and Wanda fought Hela in the Golden Palace, with 2B damaging Hela’s horned crown before Hela broke free and launched a three-pronged spear attack. 2B narrowly evaded the strike, but Hela remained powerful and the battle continued.

• 2B wounded Hela with a dagger and escaped her grip, exposing the mechanical framework beneath her damaged artificial skin.
• Wanda restrained Hela with Chaos Magic while 2B struck her horned crown with Eternity’s Flame, leaving a crack in it.
• Hela shattered Wanda’s chains with an explosion of black energy, throwing Wanda against a pillar and injuring her.
• Hela formed a spear and thrust at 2B from three directions at once, and 2B arched backward to evade the strike, though the spear tips scorched her.

2B and Wanda defeated Hela in the Golden Palace by overwhelming her defenses and disrupting her connection to Asgard. Hela accepted her capture and agreed to meet Loren Morgan.

• 2B attacked Hela with increasingly fast strikes, wounding her while Hela claimed her will kept her alive in Asgard.
• Wanda used Chaos Magic to obstruct the energy flowing from Asgard and weaken Hela’s regeneration.
• 2B used Hela’s momentary loss of power to slash her chest and force her onto one knee.
• 2B told Hela that Loren Morgan wanted to see her, and Hela recognized him as the Earthling who killed Thanos.
• 2B restrained Hela with energy-suppressing handcuffs, and Hela agreed to go meet Loren.

Loren offered Hela a chance to attack him in an unrestricted separate dimension, promising to free her if she could hurt him and make her serve him if she failed. Hela accepted as Loren began opening the dimension.

• Loren met Hela in Morgan Manor's laboratory and said he wanted her to join them for her strength, experience, and leadership.
• Loren unlocked Hela's handcuffs, and she challenged him while her power and battle suit recovered.
• Loren acknowledged Hela's anger over her imprisonment and betrayal, then proposed a trial in a separate dimension.
• Loren promised to let Hela return to Asgard if she could touch his skin, but said she would have to serve him if she could not.
• Hela agreed, and Loren began creating a ring of light to open the separate dimension.

Loren brought Hela into a pocket dimension and let her unleash the power she had accumulated over thousands of years. After her attacks and a devastating strike prepared for Odin failed to harm him, Hela stood stunned, unable to believe it.

• Loren entered his pocket dimension, and Hela followed him inside.
• Hela transformed and unleashed rapid attacks with her black blades, but Loren's energy field stopped every strike.
• Hela formed and hurled her thousand-year strike at Loren, but he absorbed its full force without harm.
• Hela's blades dissolved as she stared at Loren and whispered that his survival was impossible.

Hela submitted to Loren after he proved she could not overcome his power, and he promised she would never be imprisoned again. Back at Morgan Manor, the others welcomed her, while Commander Sister and Wanda teased her about the household’s suggestively named Joint Grand Battle.

• Hela admitted defeat, pledged to fight for Loren, and asked him not to send her back into darkness.
• Loren promised Hela she would not be imprisoned again, and they returned to the underground laboratory with the pocket dimension.
• Loren declared Hela one of them and told the others to treat her like a sister.
• Commander Sister asked whether Hela would join the rotating service roster and the Joint Grand Battle, confusing Hela and embarrassing her when she understood the implication.
• Hela rejected the idea and argued with Loren over being called old, while Commander Sister jokingly suggested a one-on-one match.
• Loren stopped the teasing and asked Commander Sister to take Hela to her room to rest.

Loren sensed that powerful beings were being erased from existence, and Thor arrived at Morgan Manor badly injured with news of gods disappearing across the universe. Thor revealed that Heimdall saw a gaunt figure harvesting gods’ power, and Hela concluded that the figure had detected Heimdall.

• Loren sensed that powerful beings, including Sovereign's Peak, had vanished completely from existence.
• Thor fell through Stormbreaker's Space Gate onto Morgan Manor's lawn, badly wounded and carrying a corrupted Stormbreaker.
• Tifa treated Thor's broken arm, but he refused further care and told Loren that gods across the universe had sent distress calls before disappearing.
• Thor said Heimdall had seen a gaunt figure drain the power from countless dead gods into a black sword.
• Thor revealed that the figure had looked back through Heimdall's gaze, and Hela concluded that Heimdall had been exposed.

Thor told Loren how Gorr had killed Heimdall and defeated him before disappearing, then asked for help stopping the God Butcher. Loren identified Gorr from an ancient record about the Indigo and began recounting the story of a man who searched the galaxy for the gods.

• Thor recounted how Gorr emerged from a black fissure over Asgard and killed Heimdall at the Bifrost.
• Thor described how Gorr caught Stormbreaker, resisted his attacks, and then vanished through another fissure.
• Thor asked Loren to help avenge Heimdall and protect the remaining gods from Gorr.
• Loren found an ancient record describing the Indigo, whose Supreme God vanished and left their people to suffer famine.
• Loren explained that one Indigo man abandoned prayer and searched the Milky Way for the gods to demand why they had abandoned his people.