Recaps

Loren rescued Wanda and Quicksilver, developed new lifeforms, and confronted the Ancient One after Mjolnir appeared in Florida. The Ancient One agreed to call on him for help in a future crisis, but refused to let him study the Eye of Agamotto and found that he had little aptitude for magic.

• Loren restored Dr. Connors to human form, then used the system’s technology to create a new serum and pursue advanced combat robots.
• Loren rescued Wanda and Quicksilver from Baron Strucker’s Hydra base, and Wanda killed Strucker before Loren brought them to Morgan Manor.
• Loren learned that Alice had developed self-awareness, then used system points to gain cyborg-modification and Infinite Energy Reactor technology.
• A2 defeated Carnage, while Loren created Nano Vibranium Lifeforms and awakened Commander White and Marie Rose.
• Alice detected Mjolnir in Florida, and Loren set out to retrieve it as the Ancient One arrived at the crater.
• The Ancient One confronted Loren and his companions, but her attempts to seize their souls failed, and she took them into the Mirror Dimension.
• Loren claimed his companions were soulless lifeforms beyond the world’s rules, unsettling the Ancient One with talk of planet-destroying inventions.
• The Ancient One dismissed the Mirror Dimension and offered Loren a future reward, but refused his request to study the Eye of Agamotto and said he had little aptitude for magic.

Loren captured Loki and Thor, using them to obtain Uru Metal and draw the Destroyer Armor to his estate. After Tifa emerged from her transformation, Android 18 awakened and destroyed the armor, then crushed Mjolnir when Thor attacked her.

• The Ancient One gave Loren a magical ring and agreed to teach any suitable students he found, while Loki fell through a portal into Loren’s custody.
• Loren’s group failed to lift Mjolnir, and the Magic Ring’s barrier protected Loren when the hammer struck him with lightning.
• Loren imprisoned Loki and took the Casket of Ancient Winters, which absorbed Tifa and formed a cocoon around her.
• Thor arrived on Earth, but Rogers lifted Mjolnir, and Loren later captured Thor and demanded Uru Metal in exchange for Loki.
• Tifa emerged from the cocoon with ice powers, while Thor returned with half a ton of Uru Metal and brought the Warriors Three and Sif to Loren’s estate.
• Loren defeated Thor’s companions and kept Sif prisoner, while Loki escaped with Gungnir and summoned the Destroyer Armor.
• The Destroyer Armor attacked Loren’s estate, and 2B and A2 failed to destroy it before Android 18 awakened and joined the fight.
• Android 18 battered the Destroyer Armor until its divine power ran out, then caught Thor’s Mjolnir and crushed it in her hand.

Loren absorbed the Space Stone’s energy, helped drive Dormammu away, and sent Wanda to train with The Ancient One. After Laufey brought Frost Giants to Earth to reclaim the Casket of Ancient Winters, Loren and Tifa secured their submission and turned toward Jotunheim’s resources.

• Android 18 challenged Odin for Asgard’s throne, but Odin stopped their fight and later entrusted Loren with Gungnir, the Eternal Flame, and a request to find a way out for Asgard’s people.
• Loren used the Tesseract to awaken Wanda’s Chaos Magic and strengthen A2, Commander, and Marie Rose, then absorbed the Space Stone’s energy and gained immense energy storage and spatial abilities.
• Loren and his companions confronted Dormammu, whose attacks Loren absorbed until Android 18’s Kamehameha helped drive him off.
• The Ancient One let Loren handle the Time Stone, then agreed to train Wanda in magic after Loren presented her as a disciple.
• Laufey learned from Loki that the Casket of Ancient Winters was with Loren and led elite Frost Giants to Earth to reclaim it.
• Tifa revealed that the Casket had fused with her, froze the Frost Giants, and offered them survival and greater power in exchange for submission, and Laufey and his warriors accepted.
• Loren strengthened the Frost Giants through Tifa and learned that the Mountain Giants controlled half of Jotunheim’s resources, then declared he would remove anyone obstructing his plans.

Loren returned the Tesseract to S.H.I.E.L.D., setting Loki’s invasion of Earth in motion, then defeated the Chitauri and took Loki’s Mind Scepter. He abducted Daisy from S.H.I.E.L.D. and brought her to his manor, while Maximus seized control of Nick Fury and the Avengers to pursue his own plan for the planet.

• Loren returned the Tesseract to S.H.I.E.L.D., where Loki appeared, controlled Hawkeye Barton and Dr. Eric, and escaped with it.
• Loki opened a Space Wormhole above the Empire State Building, but Android 18 destroyed the Chitauri fleet while Loren captured its commander and claimed the surviving soldiers.
• Loren took the Mind Scepter from Loki and left him with Thor, Captain America Rogers, and Hulk, then returned to his laboratory and awakened Tsunade.
• Nick Fury and Coulson discussed Daisy Johnson’s powers, and Natasha secretly sent Loren a recording that led him to decide to take Daisy.
• Loren arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D. with the Mind Scepter and took Daisy through a Space Wormhole after she asked him for help getting home.
• Daisy accepted Loren’s offer to join him at his manor, while Maximus arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D. and proposed an alliance against Loren.
• Maximus invaded Nick Fury’s mind, compelled him to agree to cooperate, took the Mind Scepter, and used his psychic power to incapacitate those present.