Chapter Summaries

Thanos broke the seal on Svartalfheim and claimed the Reality Stone, bringing his total to four Infinity Stones. Malekith pledged the Dark Elves to him as Thanos set course for Earth to seize the Space Stone and the Time Stone.

• Thanos used the Power Stone and Soul Stone to break the seal protecting the Reality Stone.
• Thanos placed the Reality Stone in the Infinity Gauntlet and sensed beings and matter across the universe, including Loren Morgan on Earth.
• Malekith knelt and pledged himself and the Dark Elves to Thanos, who declared that he sought universal balance.
• Thanos ordered the Dark Elves to bring their army as his fleet departed Svartalfheim for Earth.
• The Dark Elves cloaked Thanos's fleet, which was expected to reach Earth in thirty days with four stones and intelligence from Ebony Maw.

Thanos obtained the Space Stone from S.H.I.E.L.D. and confronted The Ancient One at Kamar-Taj for the Time Stone. The Ancient One sent a warning to Loren Morgan from another timeline before Thanos took the Time Stone.

• Thanos sent the Skrull operative Carl, disguised as Nick Fury, into S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters to steal the Space Stone.
• Thanos traveled alone to Kamar-Taj and attacked The Ancient One, who dispersed her avatar after seeing his intentions.
• The Ancient One used the Time Stone to examine the timelines and warned Loren Morgan from another timeline that Thanos had acted early and possessed five Stones.
• The Ancient One opened a passage that brought Loren Morgan’s consciousness into her timeline, then Thanos took the Time Stone from her.

Thanos used all six Infinity Stones to defeat the Ancient One and traveled to Earth, where Loren and his companions prepared for a new battle. Thanos emerged from a rift in the sky above Earth.

• Thanos defeated the Ancient One at Kamar-Taj, then raised the six stones as he stood before his spacecraft.
• Loren sensed that the energy of the Infinity Stones he had fused with had vanished, and Nymph identified a change to history caused by someone returning to the past.
• Loren concluded that an earlier Thanos had gathered all six stones, while Android 18 explained that the Thanos she had seen die was a different one.
• The Ancient One appeared in Loren’s study and warned that Thanos was heading for the space above Earth with all six stones.
• Loren ordered Alice to notify everyone and prepare for battle, as Thanos emerged from a golden rift in the sky above Earth.

Thanos returned from five years in the past with all six Infinity Stones and descended on New York with a vast fleet, intending to eliminate half of all life. Android 18 tried to seize his gauntlet, but Thanos overpowered her and hurled her into the East River.

• Thanos appeared in the sky with all six Infinity Stones, while Doctor Strange explained that he had come from the past using the Time Stone.
• The Avengers and Guardians watched as Thanos descended over New York with thousands of Dark Order ships.
• Thanos landed on Fifth Avenue and raised his gauntlet to begin his mission.
• Android 18 flew in from Morgan Manor and attacked Thanos before he could snap his fingers.
• Thanos caught Android 18's fist, declared that the six Stones made him far stronger than before, and threw her into the East River.

Android 18 continued fighting Thanos, but his full set of Infinity Stones overwhelmed her and left her trapped beneath the Atlantic Ocean. She sank into the darkness, unable to move as Thanos’s light receded above her.

• Android 18 recovered in the East River, but Thanos used the Space Stone to split the water and expose her on the riverbed.
• Thanos noticed that Android 18 had no soul, then faced her as she charged at him.
• Android 18 struck Thanos’s palm, but he caught her fist and declared that she was nothing.
• Thanos hurled Android 18 across the ocean and trapped her in a compression field as she sank into the Atlantic.

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.