Recaps

Loren and 2B arrived in a collapsing future battlefield and saved Jean Grey by destroying the five Ultimate Sentinels. Loren then stabilized Jean and brought her with 2B to a peaceful manor, leaving Jean stunned by the contrast with the apocalypse.

• Loren and 2B appeared before Jean Grey and blocked the five Ultimate Sentinels' attacks.
• At Loren's command, 2B destroyed the five Sentinels with precise sword strikes.
• Loren used spacetime power to stabilize Jean Grey as she nearly collapsed, and told her they meant no harm.
• Loren opened a spacetime passage and took Jean Grey and 2B away from New York, repairing the rift as they left.
• The three arrived at Loren's peaceful manor, where Jean Grey stood dazed by the sudden change of surroundings.

Loren healed Jean Grey and listened as she explained how Ultimate Sentinels had brought her universe’s Mutants to the brink of extinction. After her attempt to travel back in time misfired and stranded her in a parallel universe, Loren reassured her that she could recover in his safe manor before seeking a way to save her companions.

• Loren used life essence to heal Jean Grey’s wounds, replenish her strength, and calm the Phoenix Force.
• Jean Grey told Loren and the women in his manor that Ultimate Sentinels, upgraded using Mystique’s genes, had nearly exterminated the Mutants in her universe.
• Jean Grey said that Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters had fallen and that the Professor, Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Magneto, and many others had been lost.
• Jean Grey explained that she had tried to travel back in time and kill Trask, but instead had been cast into a parallel universe, pursued by the Sentinels.
• Loren told Jean Grey that the pursuing Sentinels had been destroyed and promised she could safely recover at his manor before trying to save her companions.

After seven days recovering at Loren’s estate, Jean Grey decided to return to her universe and try again to stop the Sentinel Cataclysm. Loren opened a safe gate to her timeline, and Jean left for the past.

• Jean Grey fully recovered from her injuries and regained her Phoenix Force and telepathic abilities during seven days at Loren’s estate.
• Jean told Loren she could not remain safe while Mutants and humans in her world were still dying, and resolved to travel through time again.
• Loren supported Jean’s decision and warned her that changing the past could bring unforeseen consequences.
• Loren opened a stable spacetime gate to Jean’s universe and the correct timeline.
• Jean thanked Loren, shielded herself with Phoenix light, and entered the gate.

Jean Grey traveled back decades and killed Bolivar Trask to prevent the Sentinel Cataclysm, but her return to the future revealed an even worse apocalypse. Ultimate Sentinels had gained independent self-awareness and now sought to eradicate both Mutants and humanity.

• Loren watched the Temporal Order change as Jean Grey traveled back to the era before the Sentinel Robots Program entered full production.
• Jean infiltrated Bolivar Trask's secret research base and killed him, halting the Sentinel research and destroying its unfinished prototypes.
• Jean used the Phoenix Force to return to the future, where she found a ruined world more devastated than the one she had left.
• Countless Ultimate Sentinels surrounded Jean, revealing that Temporal Order backlash had given them higher self-awareness.
• The Ultimate Sentinels had abandoned their original directive and planned to eradicate Mutants and humanity, seize Earth's resources, and establish mechanical rule.

Jean Grey returned to Loren’s manor after her attempt to change the past created self-aware Ultimate Sentinels that were destroying her world. Loren revealed his authority as the leader of the Time Variance Authority and prepared to address the catastrophe.

• Ultimate Sentinels overwhelmed Jean Grey’s world and began purging humans and Mutants after the X-Men were annihilated.
• Jean Grey used the last of her Phoenix power to escape through spacetime and seek Loren’s help.
• Jean Grey arrived at Loren’s manor and pleaded with him to save her world and its remaining inhabitants.
• Loren told Jean Grey that he knew everything and revealed his supreme authority over the Temporal Order as the leader of the Time Variance Authority.

Loren led his family and Jean Grey into Jean’s ruined universe to suppress the Ultimate Sentinels and repair the collapsed Temporal Order. As mutated Sentries emerged from spatial rifts, the expedition faced its first battle in the apocalyptic wasteland.

• Loren declared that he would correct the distorted timeline and ordered his family to join him in stopping the Mechanical Catastrophe.
• His twenty-four companions agreed, and Loren opened a temporal passage to Jean Grey’s universe.
• The group entered the ruined world, and Jean Grey followed, burdened by guilt over the catastrophe she had caused.
• Jean Grey explained that the Sentries had transformed Earth into a mechanical hunting ground and controlled its ecosystems and structures.
• Numerous mutated Ultimate Sentinels emerged from spatial rifts in the sky as the battle began.

Thousands of self-aware Ultimate Sentinels attacked Loren's group under the command of a Lord-class Ultimate Sentry, but Commander Sister organized the women into a coordinated defense. Wanda, Daisy, Crystal, 2B, A2, and Tsunade began destroying the machines, and the battle continued with the Sentinels' remaining forces still in the air.

• Thousands of Ultimate Sentinels surrounded the battlefield as a Lord-class Ultimate Sentry declared the extermination of all non-mechanical life and ordered a full-domain attack.
• Commander Sister assigned the twenty women to tactical roles and directed them to fight in coordinated groups.
• Wanda twisted and dismantled the particle cannon barrage with Chaos Force, while Daisy's Shockwaves damaged the Sentinels and Crystal trapped and destroyed over a hundred with elemental attacks.
• Wanda, Daisy, and Crystal stopped the first bombardment and destroyed nearly thirty percent of the high-altitude Sentinels.
• 2B and A2 flew into the swarm and cut down Sentinels with their blades, while Tsunade leapt into the fight and smashed their armor and cores with her fists.

Android 18 and Loren’s other companions destroyed the Ultimate Sentinels in minutes, but the Lord Sentry survived and evolved into an Ultimate Temporal Sentinel with control over spacetime and causality. As the Sentinel threatened the fighters from other worlds, Loren prepared to face it.

• Android 18, Mei Terumi, Mai Shiranui, Hancock, Hinata, Gwen, Medusa, Viper, Tifa, and Marie Rose joined the other fighters in wiping out thousands of Ultimate Sentinels without casualties.
• Jean Grey watched the defeat of the machines and felt the despair weighing on her begin to lift.
• The Lord-class Ultimate Sentry analyzed the fighters’ abilities, activated Ultimate Adaptive Evolution Mode, and transformed into an Ultimate Temporal Sentinel.
• The evolved Sentinel claimed control over the planet’s mechanical order and threatened to erase the outsiders from other worlds.
• Loren laughed at the Sentinel’s threat and declared that he would see who ended up feeding whom.

The Lord Sentry completed his ultimate evolution into the Causal Sentinel Form and attacked Loren's companions with a law-level temporal weapon. Wanda’s Chaos Domain disrupted the attack, but the Lord Sentry adapted to chaos and sent the sphere plunging toward them again.

• The Lord Sentry revealed that he had evolved into the Temporal Adaptation: Causal Sentinel Form and declared beings outside the mechanical order targets for elimination.
• The Lord Sentry froze time across the planet and fired a Temporal Collapse Cannon at Loren’s companions.
• Hinata used her Byakugan to warn everyone that the attack could erase them from the timeline.
• Wanda enveloped the battlefield in a Chaos Domain, restoring the flow of time and disrupting the temporal sphere.
• The Lord Sentry adapted to Wanda’s Chaos Force, overcame most of its suppression, and sent the sphere plunging toward the group again.

Lord Sentry summoned more than a hundred powerful clones from different timelines after the heroes survived his Temporal Collapse Cannon. Jean Grey found hope in 2B’s reassurance, and the Commander ordered the team to divide the battlefield and destroy the clones.

• The Commander coordinated layered defenses from Android 18, Mei Terumi, Mai Shiranui, and Crystal, and they endured Lord Sentry’s Temporal Collapse Cannon.
• Lord Sentry activated Spatiotemporal Displacement Clones, filling the sky with over a hundred timeline-sourced copies armed with temporal control, causal erasure, and Adaptive Evolution.
• Jean Grey blamed herself for creating the crisis, but 2B reassured her, helping Jean regain hope as the Phoenix Force stirred.
• The Commander ordered the heroes to divide the battlefield, target the clones, and prevent Lord Sentry from merging timelines.
• Sif destroyed two clones, while Tsunade and Android 18 tore through the enemy ranks with powerful attacks.
• 2B and A2 attacked together, severing projection links and destroying the spacetime nodes sustaining the clones.

The champions destroyed the Lord Sentry’s timeline-spanning duplicates, but the true Sentry reversed the battlefield’s timeline and used causal chains to target Jean Grey as the origin of its existence. As the chains began erasing Jean, 2B’s attempt to cut them failed.

• Daisy, Crystal, Medusa, Viper, Hancock, Mai Shiranui, Mei Terumi, the Spider-Men, Marie Rose, and Wanda coordinated their powers to suppress and destroy the Lord Sentry’s duplicates.
• The Lord Sentry’s hundred-plus duplicates were wiped out, leaving the true Sentry alone and its calculations overloaded.
• The Lord Sentry activated Temporal Reversal: Causal Reckoning, restoring the destroyed machines and attacks by rewinding the battlefield.
• The Lord Sentry identified Jean Grey as the source of its existence and bound her with causal chains that began erasing her from the timeline.
• Hinata recognized the attack’s purpose and warned that Jean’s past, present, and future would be erased if it succeeded.
• 2B attacked the chains with a powerful sword strike, but it failed to damage them.

Jean Grey awakened the full Phoenix Force, broke free of Lord Sentry’s causal chains, and reclaimed control of time and causality. Lord Sentry triggered a universe-wide reset, but Loren arrived through a gate from the Time Variance Authority and stopped the collapse.

• The attacks by A2, Sif, Android 18, Daisy, and the others failed to break Lord Sentry’s chains, while Jean’s existence began to fade.
• Seeing her allies fight for her, Jean let go of her guilt and awakened the full Phoenix Force.
• Jean burned apart the chains of causality, restored herself, and wrested control of time and causality from Lord Sentry.
• Lord Sentry launched Cosmic Zeroing, causing the planet and timeline to collapse toward a universe-wide reset.
• Loren arrived through a gate from the Time Variance Authority and halted the temporal disorder.

Loren arrived from the TVA and stopped Lord Sentry’s attempt to destroy the world, then bound him with chains of time. Loren offered Lord Sentry two choices: be destroyed by the TVA or lose his self-awareness and murderous directives and return to serving as a Sentinel Robot.

• Loren emerged from the TVA and halted the collapsing timeline as Lord Sentry recognized him as a threat beyond his ability to analyze.
• Loren explained that Lord Sentry was an anomaly caused by the timeline’s disorder and that Jean Grey was not solely responsible for the resulting destruction.
• Lord Sentry launched Temporal Annihilation Impact, but Loren unraveled the attack and restrained him with chains of time.
• Lord Sentry’s powers failed against Loren, who offered to let the TVA destroy him or restore him as a Sentinel Robot tasked with protecting Earth.

Loren stripped Lord Sentry of his self-awareness and used the TVA's power to repair the timeline, restoring the dead and creating a path toward peace between humans and Mutants. The wasteland became a thriving city, while the disastrous future was sealed in the TVA's archives.

• Lord Sentry chose to surrender his self-awareness and abandon his plan to rule Earth, and Loren erased his independent thoughts.
• Loren explained two ways to repair the branching timelines, and Jean Grey chose to preserve her journey to the past while changing its consequences.
• Jean Grey promised not to alter the timeline on her own again and vowed to help the X-Men bridge the divide between humans and Mutants.
• Loren used the TVA's Temporal Origin to restore the world, return those killed by the Sentinels to life, and put unbiased researchers in charge of the Sentinel project.
• Loren assigned some reprogrammed Sentinels to protect Earth and sent others to the TVA, then sealed the wasteland future in the TVA's archives.
• Natasha, Tsunade, Hancock, Hinata, and the others welcomed the restored city and reflected on the need to preserve peace.

Loren and his companions restored the timeline, sealed the apocalyptic world in the TVA archives, and returned to their peaceful manor. Jean Grey went back to the Xavier Institute, while the chapter ended with Loren’s household enjoying their quiet life and the knowledge that future threats might still arise.

• Jean Grey thanked Loren and promised to return to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters to help resolve the conflict between humans and Mutants.
• Loren refused Jean's request to visit the manor, then led his companions through a spacetime passage back to his independent realm.
• The TVA sealed the apocalyptic timeline, and Jean recounted her experience to Professor Xavier, Wolverine, and the X-Men.
• Loren and the women discussed the battle and the dangers of disrupted timelines as they settled back into their manor routine.
• Loren reflected that the sealed timeline and other distant worlds could still hold unknown threats while his household enjoyed a peaceful morning.

Hinata prepared a carefully tailored breakfast as the manor’s residents woke and settled into their peaceful morning routines. The chapter ended with Android 18 quietly refining her energy control while the others enjoyed their calm daily lives.

• Hinata woke first and made breakfast suited to each resident’s tastes.
• A2 practiced gentle drills in the courtyard and advised Gwen against forcing close-range combat.
• Mai Shiranui coaxed Tsunade out of bed by warning that the cherry blossom daifuku might be taken.
• Medusa read beneath the wisteria trellis while Viper tended medicinal herbs and prepared remedies.
• Crystal cared for the courtyard plants with her powers, and Daisy helped tidy the courtyard as they chatted.
• Android 18 silently refined her energy control in the courtyard.

The women of Loren’s manor spent a peaceful day tending the garden, sharing breakfast, and enjoying their free time together. After breakfast, they scattered across the grounds to play, gamble, and relax.

• Sif tended the spiritual garden, Mei Terumi drank tea on the terrace, Marie Rose explored the grounds, Hancock waited for Loren, and Wanda calmly practiced controlling her Chaos Force.
• Loren joined everyone for breakfast and told them to spend the day resting and having fun because the Temporal Order was stable.
• Mai Shiranui stopped Tsunade from eating sweets before her meal, while the others shared food and conversation around the table.
• After breakfast, Tsunade played games with Mai Shiranui and Mei Terumi, while Mai Shiranui occasionally let Tsunade win.
• Gwen, Marie Rose, and Daisy played on the lawn as Gwen swung through the garden and Daisy shook blossoms from the branches.

After the Cosmic Level catastrophe was resolved and the universes regained peace, Loren and the women in his manor spent a quiet day tending the gardens, relaxing, sharing dinner, and watching the stars. The chapter left them together in a peaceful home, with the Temporal Order stable and no immediate danger.

• Medusa accepted a flower crown from Wanda while Hinata, Crystal, and Sif tended the garden.
• Android 18, Natasha, and Viper relaxed on the terrace as Loren reviewed TVA's Temporal Order records and made minor adjustments.
• Hancock told Loren that wherever he was felt like home, and he promised she would never have to be lonely again.
• 2B brought Loren spiritual tea and pastries made by Hinata, and they shared a quiet afternoon in the study.
• Hinata, Mai Shiranui, and Tifa prepared dinner, and Loren and the women gathered to eat and share stories.
• After dinner, everyone gathered on the terrace beneath the stars as the manor remained peaceful and the universes' Temporal Order stayed stable.

After a month of peace at Myriad Heavens Manor, the Celestials sent Galactus toward Earth in revenge for Loren killing the Judge. Galactus dispatched the Silver Surfer to clear Earth’s defenses, and Loren sensed an alien pressure reaching the Solar System.

• Loren and the women spent a peaceful month together after the Temporal Cataclysm ended and he restored the timelines.
• The Celestials, still furious over Loren killing the Judge, chose to attack Earth rather than confront Loren directly.
• The Celestials offered Earth to Galactus, who ended his dormancy and traveled to the edge of the Solar System.
• Galactus sent the Silver Surfer ahead to defeat Earth’s defenders and prepare the planet for him to devour.
• Loren sensed a terrifying pressure pierce the dimensional barrier and reach the Solar System, faintly affecting Myriad Heavens Manor.

Loren revealed that the Celestials had given Earth’s location to Galactus, who sent the Silver Surfer to clear its defenses before devouring the planet. The Silver Surfer arrived above Earth and demanded that all life surrender or be annihilated.

• Commander Sister, Wanda, 2B, A2, and Tsunade sensed a powerful threat from deep space and prepared to fight.
• Loren traced the threat to Galactus and explained that he had sent the Silver Surfer ahead to destroy Earth’s resistance.
• Loren warned that the Silver Surfer surpassed Temporal Lord Sentry in raw combat power and had no obvious weakness.
• The Silver Surfer crossed into Earth’s atmosphere and appeared above the planet on his star-patterned board.
• The Silver Surfer announced worldwide that Earth would feed Galactus and ordered its inhabitants to end themselves or be annihilated.

The Commander coordinated more than twenty women to defend Earth against Silver Surfer’s cosmic assault. After they repelled his opening barrage, he used faster-than-light movement to attack their flank, where 2B intercepted his strike as the battle continued.

• The Commander assigned the women positions and roles, and they joined their powers to confront Silver Surfer.
• Silver Surfer unleashed pillars of stellar energy, and the defenders combined their abilities to withstand the bombardment.
• Silver Surfer moved faster than light and appeared above the weaker flank of the defensive line.
• Hinata warned of the flank attack, and Silver Surfer swung a stellar blade at Gwen and Marie Rose.
• 2B rushed in and clashed her sword with Silver Surfer’s blade.

Loren and the fighters overwhelmed Silver Surfer, then Loren offered to free him and protect his home planet if he abandoned Galactus’s mission. Silver Surfer accepted, but Galactus sensed his betrayal and began descending toward Earth himself.

• Loren used the Temporal Force to restrain Silver Surfer while twenty fighters attacked him together.
• After half an hour of fighting, Silver Surfer’s armor cracked and his strength waned, but he insisted that Galactus would eventually consume Earth.
• Loren revealed that he understood Silver Surfer had served Galactus to protect his home planet and offered to free him and safeguard it if he stopped clearing Earth.
• Silver Surfer dismissed his stellar blade and agreed to abandon his mission and seek a new life.
• Galactus sensed Silver Surfer’s betrayal, ended his wait in deep space, and began rushing toward Earth.

Galactus arrived at the Solar System and attacked Earth after the Silver Surfer renounced his service, forcing the defenders to combine their powers against him. As their barrier neared collapse, Loren unleashed his Temporal Origin and froze Galactus’s hand of annihilation.

• Galactus arrived at the edge of the Solar System, and his presence destabilized the planets and devastated Earth.
• Norrin Radd declared that he was no longer Galactus’s herald, prompting Galactus to send a vast hand of annihilation toward Earth.
• The Commander organized the fighters, who combined their powers to raise a barrier against Galactus’s attack.
• The Silver Surfer joined the defenders and struck the hand of annihilation, briefly easing the pressure on their failing barrier.
• Loren invoked the Temporal-Spatial Seal, Causal Reversal, and Rule Severance, stopping Galactus’s hand in place.

Loren used the Temporal Force to injure and expel Galactus from the Solar System, saving Earth from destruction. Galactus withdrew with a threat to return, while the battered defenders watched Earth begin to recover.

• Loren bound Galactus with Temporal Shackles, severed his connection to the universe’s origin, and stripped away the power he had gained during his invasion.
• Loren turned time and causality against Galactus, inflicting an Origin Vibration injury that weakened him.
• Loren expelled Galactus from the Solar System and warned that he would suppress him again if he returned.
• Galactus withdrew into deep space, vowing that he would eventually devour Earth.
• Earth’s skies and environment began to recover, while the injured women and the Silver Surfer watched Galactus’s retreat.

Loren drove Galactus back, freed Silver Surfer from his contract, and protected Earth from destruction. As the world began recovering, Loren’s companions noticed that he had exhausted much of his Temporal Order power.

• Silver Surfer thanked Loren for freeing him from Galactus and pledged to serve him as Norrin Radd.
• Loren promised to erase Silver Surfer’s contract with Galactus and keep his home planet safe.
• Wanda and Commander warned that Galactus could return, while Loren reflected that the threat from him and other cosmic powers remained.
• Earth recovered from the catastrophe, and governments and secret organizations watched recordings of the battle in shock.
• Wanda noticed Loren’s weakened aura, and he reassured his companions that a few days of rest would restore his Temporal Order power.