Chapter Summaries

Eve fused with the Necrosword and accepted it as her weapon, then shared a kiss and a quiet night with Loren. The next morning, Loren and Eve joined the household as everyone gathered in the kitchen for breakfast.

• Eve fused with the Necrosword, and Loren told her the weapon was hers and that he trusted her.
• Eve kissed Loren in the laboratory, and they spent the night together.
• Tifa prepared breakfast while Android 18, Alice, Nymph, and Hela gathered in the kitchen.
• Loren came downstairs with Eve, who wore the Necrosword at her waist.

Knull awakened after the Necrosword was taken and ordered Tyrant and the Symbiotes of Klyntar to find Loren Morgan and conquer Earth. As people in Manhattan watched an enormous Symbiote-covered object descend from space, New York’s air-raid sirens sounded.

• Knull woke when the consciousness bound to the Necrosword was erased and learned that Loren Morgan had taken the weapon.
• Knull sent a command to Klyntar, ordering its Symbiotes to find and kill Loren Morgan and turn Earth’s inhabitants into hosts.
• Tyrant received Knull’s command and pledged to carry it out.
• An enormous black, living mass entered Earth’s atmosphere and headed toward Manhattan.
• New York’s air-raid sirens blared as the object descended toward the city.

The Avengers confronted a symbiote living ship that spread across Manhattan and took control of thousands of people. Hela explained how the symbiotes could be separated from their hosts, and the Avengers began rescuing them with carefully chosen attacks.

• Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Thor, and Hela assembled at Avengers Headquarters as a black object approached Manhattan, and Hela identified it as a living ship made of symbiotes created by Knull.
• The symbiote ship struck Manhattan and spread across the city, turning thousands of people into controlled hosts.
• Hela told the Avengers that powerful energy could separate symbiotes from their hosts but warned that excessive force would kill the people.
• Steve Rogers freed a host with his shield and urged the Avengers to use physical attacks to sever the symbiotes' connections.
• Tony Stark used low-frequency sound waves, Natasha Romanoff used electrical shocks, Thor struck hosts with lightning, and Hela killed symbiotes with her deathly power.

The Avengers struggled against the growing Symbiote army until Tyrant overpowered and captured them. Eve descended and freed them with the Necrosword, then faced Tyrant.

• Tony's armor, Steve, Natasha, Thor, and Hela weakened as the Symbiotes overwhelmed the battlefield.
• Tyrant emerged, identified himself as the Symbiote leader, and attacked the Avengers with black tendrils.
• Tyrant restrained the Avengers and declared that he would turn them into Symbiote hosts.
• Eve descended from the sky and severed the tendrils holding Tony, vaporizing nearby Symbiotes.
• Eve drew the Necrosword and faced Tyrant, who asked who she was.

Eve used the Necrosword to wound Tyrant and demand that he withdraw the Symbiotes from Earth, but he gathered every Symbiote in Manhattan into a gigantic monster and claimed the sword could no longer hurt him. The chapter ended with the Symbiote Monster attacking Eve with all four arms.

• Tyrant recognized the Necrosword and released Steve, Natasha, Thor, and Hela as Eve approached him.
• Eve slashed Tyrant with the Necrosword, causing the Symbiotes in his body to flee and disintegrate.
• Eve ordered Tyrant to release his human hosts and leave Earth, but Tyrant threatened that Knull would come for her and reclaim the sword.
• The Necrosword began devouring Tyrant's power, and every Symbiote in Manhattan returned to his body.
• Tyrant transformed into the gigantic Symbiote Monster, declared that the Necrosword could no longer harm him, and swung all four arms at Eve.

Eve found Tyrant’s true body at the center of the fused Symbiotes and used the Necrosword to destroy the core. The monster collapsed, leaving Tyrant weakened and exposed.

• Eve dodged the Symbiote monster’s attacks and slashed its weakest connection point at the heel.
• The monster trapped Eve inside an energy sphere, but she found Tyrant’s glowing core at its chest.
• Eve burst through the cage with wings of black light and pinned the monster’s four arms with spears.
• Eve pierced Tyrant’s core with the Necrosword, causing the fused Symbiote monster to disintegrate.
• Tyrant emerged from the collapsing mass, reduced in size and badly weakened.

Eve defeated Tyrant and ended the Symbiote invasion of Manhattan, then returned to Loren after he received a system reward for her victory. The chapter left Loren with 150 saved system points.

• Eve used the Necrosword to absorb Tyrant's power and cut him down, and the Symbiotes across Manhattan vanished.
• The freed people of Manhattan recovered as Eve met the Avengers, identified herself as one of Loren's wives, and flew away.
• Tony and Natasha joked about Loren, while Hela reflected on Eve's control of Knull's weapon.
• Loren saw that the system rated Eve's victory S and awarded him 50 points, bringing his total to 150.
• Eve entered Loren's study after he had put the points aside for later.

After Eve completed her mission, Loren promised to find a way to make her strong enough to face Knull, then gave her the reward she requested. Meanwhile, Natasha’s team reviewed the Symbiote invasion and unveiled new defenses for Earth, ending as Strange arrived at the S.H.I.E.L.D. conference.

• Eve reported that she had completed the mission and said she and the Necrosword had become one.
• Loren warned Eve that Knull would eventually come to Earth and promised to find a way to strengthen her.
• Eve asked for her mission reward, and Loren embraced her as the sunset fell outside.
• Natasha reviewed the Symbiote invasion’s casualties with Tony, Steve, Bruce, Thor, and Carol.
• Tony presented the Mark LIII Anti-Symbiote Armor and the Eye of the Firmament, a magical and technological defense network for Earth.
• Strange entered the conference room and said he had named the Eye of the Firmament.

Tony described the operational Eye of the Firmament and said Mark LIII needed two more days, while Knull awakened and headed for Earth to reclaim the Necrosword and punish Loren Morgan. The Eye detected Knull distorting space, but its defenses failed against him, and Tony flew to intercept him in Mark LIII Anti-Symbiote Armor.

• Tony explained that the Eye of the Firmament could detect extraterrestrial life and defend Earth, then left to work on Mark LIII.
• Knull awakened, learned that Loren Morgan had erased his consciousness from the Necrosword, and opened a rift to Earth.
• The Eye of the Firmament detected Knull near Earth, activated its defenses, and locked down low-Earth orbit.
• Knull absorbed the energy cannon fire and destroyed the Eye's nodes with dark crimson beams.
• Tony donned Mark LIII Anti-Symbiote Armor and flew toward the edge of the atmosphere to confront Knull.

Knull destroyed the final node and went to Earth, where Thor and Stephen Strange tried to stop him. After Knull effortlessly defeated their attacks, Thor realized the gulf between them as Knull prepared to strike back.

• Knull sensed Loren Morgan at Morgan Manor and headed toward Earth, but Thor and Stephen Strange confronted him in orbit.
• Thor hurled Stormbreaker at Knull, who caught it, absorbed its energy, and threw it into the Atlantic Ocean.
• Stephen Strange surrounded Knull with golden restraints, but Knull shattered them and blasted Strange away.
• Thor recalled Stormbreaker and poured his lightning into it before launching it at Knull, who endured the attack without injury.
• Thor released Stormbreaker and despaired at the difference in their power as Knull said it was his turn.

Strange gathered the Avengers to confront Knull, who descended to Earth and demonstrated that their attacks could not harm him. Knull remained standing after defeating Hulk and Hela, while the assembled team faced the overwhelming threat.

• Strange rescued Thor from Knull’s attack and brought him back above the ocean, where they agreed they needed more help.
• Strange opened portals for Tony, Steve, Natasha, Bruce, and Carol, while Hela arrived on her own to join the others.
• Knull landed before the Avengers and challenged them as Tony’s scan failed to find a usable Symbiote frequency.
• Hulk charged Knull, but Knull absorbed the blow, pinned Hulk into a crater, and left him unable to move.
• Hela stabbed at Knull, but he explained that his skin devoured approaching energy and shattered her spear, hurling her away.

Knull effortlessly subdued the Avengers and unleashed a shockwave that left them battered across the ruins. He then found Loren Morgan at Morgan Manor, but an invisible spatial wall stopped him from entering.

• Carol attacked Knull, but he bound her with dark red tendrils and suppressed her energy.
• Natasha missed her strike, Tony’s pulses proved ineffective, and Thor continued to face Knull as the Avengers struggled against him.
• Knull released a shockwave that scattered and injured the Avengers, leaving them unable to fight back.
• Knull declared the Avengers unworthy of dying by his hand and turned toward Morgan Manor.
• Knull appeared above the manor, sensed Loren Morgan in the study, and struck an invisible wall of space when he tried to enter.

Knull arrived at Morgan Manor but found it sealed inside a dimensional pocket, so Wanda transported him to Chaos Space to keep him from harming anyone else. There, Eve resisted his attempt to reclaim the Necrosword, and Knull realized Loren had modified it.

• Knull failed to breach the dimensional barrier around Morgan Manor and sensed powerful presences inside, though Loren's energy signature was concealed.
• Loren told Wanda, Eve, and Android 18 to take Knull somewhere he could not hurt anyone, warning Eve that Knull would try to reclaim the Necrosword.
• Wanda opened a portal to Chaos Space and drew Knull inside, followed by Eve and Android 18.
• Wanda confronted Knull in Chaos Space, and Eve joined her with the Necrosword.
• Knull summoned dark red tentacles to seize the Necrosword, but Eve's sword repelled them, prompting him to realize it had been modified.

Knull attacked Eve, Wanda, and Android 18 in Chaos Space, but the Necrosword rejected him and empowered Eve against him. As Eve’s strength grew, Knull’s energy was drained by the sword and suppressed by Wanda’s Chaos Magic.

• Knull launched a shifting energy sphere at Eve, and Wanda intercepted it with a beam of Chaos Magic.
• Knull appeared behind Wanda to attack, but Android 18 blocked his strike and knocked him back.
• Android 18 forced Knull to break her grip with a burst of energy, and Eve wounded his neck with the Necrosword.
• Knull tried to summon and command the Necrosword, but the sword rejected his energy and remained with Eve.
• Eve charged Knull with the Necrosword, and he blocked her rising attacks with shields made of Symbiote energy.
• The clash between Eve and Knull intensified as the Necrosword strengthened Eve while Wanda’s Chaos Magic suppressed Knull’s energy recovery.

Eve, Wanda, and Android 18 battled Knull in the Chaos Space, using their combined powers to damage and restrain him. Knull transformed into a colossal monster and overwhelmed the three before gathering four enormous energy spheres for another attack.

• Eve, Wanda, and Android 18 coordinated their attacks, breaking Knull’s defenses and wounding his arm.
• Knull revealed his true form, expanding into a colossal monster with four additional arms and Symbiote faces covering his body.
• Knull injured Eve with bone-spike needles, deformed Android 18’s abdomen, and snapped Wanda’s Chaos Magic chains.
• The three women attacked Knull from different directions, while Eve’s Necrosword absorbed some of his energy and slowed his healing.
• Knull attacked all three at once, knocking Eve, Android 18, and Wanda off balance.
• Knull gathered enormous dark crimson energy spheres in all four hands, absorbing Chaos Magic as Wanda felt her magic grow unstable.

Eve and Android 18 fused using Loren’s Fusion Earrings, creating Lazuli Eve, whose power reached Knull’s level. She faced Knull in the Chaos Space and recognized his fear.

• Eve, Android 18, and Wanda stood together against Knull, but they realized they could not defeat him separately.
• Eve took out Loren’s Fusion Earrings, and she and Android 18 put them on.
• Knull attacked the fusion cocoon with four energy spheres, but it absorbed his energy.
• Eve and Android 18 emerged as Lazuli Eve, a new being combining their abilities and appearance.
• Lazuli Eve told Knull that he was afraid, as her energy rose to his tier.

Lazuli Eve overwhelmed Knull with the Necrosword, but he destroyed his own shield to unleash an explosion and revealed a more concentrated form. He forged a second sword and charged at her.

• Knull attacked Lazuli Eve with all four arms, but she cut apart his attacks with the Necrosword and left him trembling in fear.
• Lazuli Eve drove the Necrosword into Knull's shield, and he admitted that her strength was still growing as the sword devoured him.
• Knull detonated the shield, blasting Lazuli Eve away and shrinking into a more humanoid form with concentrated energy.
• Knull forged a dark crimson sword like the Necrosword, claimed it was stronger, and charged at Lazuli Eve.

Lazuli Eve and Knull fought evenly in Chaos Space, and she cut off two of his fingers and made him lose his sword. Knull regenerated, assumed a humanoid battle form, and prepared to face her at full strength.

• Lazuli Eve advanced through Knull's attacks, blocking his beams and energy spheres with a shield that continually healed.
• Lazuli Eve and Knull locked swords, and Knull warned that her fused form could not last forever.
• Lazuli Eve slid her Necrosword along Knull's blade and severed two fingers from his right hand, causing his sword to dissolve.
• Knull laughed, regenerated slowly through the Necrosword's lingering energy, and reshaped himself into a humanoid battle form.
• Knull declared that he had used the form to fight the Celestials and challenged Lazuli Eve to die, while she told him to come on.

Lazuli Eve fought Knull in a physical sword battle, using the Necrosword to consume the energy in his blade. When Knull created a stronger Symbiote-infused sword, she replicated the Necrosword into two blades and gained the advantage, leaving Knull wounded and weakening.

• Lazuli Eve and Knull exchanged rapid sword strikes in Chaos Space as the Necrosword devoured energy from Knull’s dark red blade.
• Knull’s sword cracked and shrank until he discarded it, then created a larger sword infused with Symbiote energy.
• Lazuli Eve plunged the Necrosword into the void and drew out two replicated blades, a longsword and a short sword.
• Lazuli Eve attacked with alternating twin-sword strikes, cutting Knull repeatedly and confirming that the Necrosword could devour the energy from his wounds.
• Knull’s regeneration slowed and his strength and speed faded as despair appeared in his eyes.

Lazuli Eve defeated Knull, but his self-destruction threatened to destroy Chaos Space and kill her and Wanda. Loren sensed the danger and entered the expanding energy sphere; a figure emerged from his black light beside Lazuli Eve.

• Lazuli Eve pinned Knull with her twin swords and used the Necrosword's Final Command to drain his energy.
• Knull began a self-destruction that consumed Chaos Space and cracked Wanda's barriers.
• Lazuli Eve pulled Wanda through a spatial gate to Morgan Manor, then tried and failed to devour Knull's expanding energy sphere.
• Loren sensed that Knull's death would take Lazuli Eve with him and transformed himself into black light.
• Loren's black light pierced the dark red sun, devoured and purified its energy, and a figure stepped out before Lazuli Eve.