Chapter Summaries

Loren absorbed the energy from Knull’s self-destruction and destroyed him, then reunited with Android 18 and Eve at Morgan Manor. As they reflected on their fusion, Loren planned to have them fuse again that night.

• Loren devoured all the energy from Knull’s self-destruction, grew more powerful, and erased Knull.
• Loren found Lazuli Eve alive, and she separated into Android 18 and Eve after sheathed the Necrosword.
• Loren took Android 18 and Eve through a gateway to Morgan Manor, where Tifa confirmed that Knull was dead for good.
• Android 18 and Eve remembered their experience of fusion, and Loren planned for them to fuse again that night.

A dormant, enormous being in Earth's core began to stir, triggering catastrophic worldwide earthquakes. Tony Stark and Steve Rogers suspected it was a Celestial Embryo and headed toward the Pacific as an ancient Eternal ship lay hidden beneath an island.

• A movement from the creature in Earth's core caused devastating earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions around the world.
• Tony Stark questioned JARVIS about the anomalous quakes, and Steve Rogers arrived with S.H.I.E.L.D.'s analysis showing a huge shape waking between Earth's inner and outer core.
• Tony identified the possibility of a Celestial Embryo and warned Steve that it could consume Earth and all life on it.
• Tony sent Natasha Romanoff and Clint Barton to aid evacuations, then flew toward the Pacific while Steve boarded a Quinjet.
• The chapter revealed that a hidden ship beneath a Pacific island housed Eternals created to protect Earth's developing Celestial Embryo.

Ajak led the Eternals to stop Tony Stark and Steve Rogers from investigating the awakening Celestial Embryo beneath the Pacific. After the Eternals confronted them in the air, Ajak ordered Kingo and Makkari to send them away.

• Ajak told the Eternals that the Celestial Embryo was awakening millions of years early and that they had to protect it from interference.
• Sersi warned that Tony Stark and Steve Rogers were heading toward the site, and Ajak led the Eternals to intercept them.
• Tony scanned the seafloor and found an enormous circular depression with unfamiliar energy traces above the Embryo.
• Tony and Steve encountered the six Eternals, and Ajak told them the area was off-limits.
• Steve demanded to know what was beneath Earth’s crust, but Ajak refused to let them pass and ordered Kingo and Makkari to send them away.

Kingo and Makkari overwhelmed Steve and Tony during their fight, and Ajak warned the Avengers to stay out of the Eternals' conflict. Steve and Tony survived and sought classified information, while the Celestial Embryo continued waking faster.

• Makkari overpowered Steve and hurled him out of the Quinjet, while Kingo's swords cut through Tony's armor.
• Kingo damaged Tony's Arc Reactor, and Steve rescued him from the ocean before Ajak ordered the Avengers to leave the Eternals alone.
• Steve and Tony reached an island, where Tony said they needed information about the Eternals and Celestials.
• Tony asked JARVIS to search S.H.I.E.L.D. records, but JARVIS said only Nick Fury could access the classified files, so Tony suggested asking Director Natasha.
• Aboard the Eternals' ship, Ajak examined the Celestial Embryo's vital signs as it woke faster and its movements caused new disasters on Earth.

Tina discovered that the Celestial Embryo was waking early and decided to warn humanity, even if it meant betraying her mission as an Eternal. She explained the threat to the Avengers, and Natasha asked why Tina had turned against her own people.

• Tina sensed the Celestial Embryo's anger and learned it would awaken within days, destroying Earth.
• Tina told Ajak and the Eternals that she wanted to reveal the truth to humanity, and Ajak warned her that doing so would ruin their mission.
• Tina flew to Avengers headquarters and told Tony Stark, Steve, and Natasha that the Celestials had planted a seed in Earth that would consume the planet when it hatched.
• Tina explained that the Eternals had been sent to protect the embryo and that it would break free within a week.
• Natasha asked Tina why she had betrayed her own people.

Tina rejected the Celestials’ mission and joined the Avengers, believing Loren Morgan could stop the Celestial Embryo from awakening. Natasha brought Tina and the others to Morgan Manor, where Tina introduced herself to Loren as an Eternal.

• Tina explained that she would help humanity and urged the Avengers to seek Loren Morgan’s help against the Celestial Embryo.
• Tony welcomed Tina to the Avengers temporarily, and Natasha agreed to take her to Loren.
• At Morgan Manor, Loren considered the threat posed by the Celestials and the First Firmament as the visitors arrived.
• Tina entered Loren’s study and introduced herself as one of the Eternals.

Loren agreed to stop the Celestial Embryo after Tina explained why she had turned against the Eternals’ mission. Loren and Tina descended through Earth’s mantle and reached the embryo, whose immense body stretched between the mantle and the core.

• Tina told Loren that she had betrayed the Eternals because Earth was the only place she had truly lived and she did not want it destroyed.
• Loren opened a spatial rift to the central Pacific, and Tina chose to accompany him despite the danger from her people.
• Loren shielded himself and Tina as they descended through the mantle toward the boundary between the inner and outer cores.
• Loren and Tina reached the Celestial Embryo, and Tina recognized its real body from the Eternals’ records and memories.

Loren confronted the awakening Celestial embryo inside Earth and ordered it not to be born, warning that its emergence would kill billions. The embryo attacked him with a destructive energy beam, which Loren blocked with a shield before a singularity erupted at the point of impact.

• Loren faced the half-awake Celestial embryo and sensed its consciousness rising.
• The embryo's slight movement opened fissures in Earth and triggered earthquakes and other disasters around the world.
• Loren told the embryo it could not be born, provoking it to stretch open and unleash a violent mental attack.
• The embryo challenged Loren's authority and declared its purpose as a seed of the Celestials destined to devour planets.
• The embryo fired a massive energy beam at Loren, and he raised a shield to block it.
• A tiny singularity burst open on Loren's shield, absorbed everything around it, and exploded.

Loren fought the Celestial Embryo in Earth's core and destroyed it after withstanding its attacks. The embryo's death left the planet's ongoing destruction unresolved.

• Loren blocked the embryo's energy beam until it ran out of power, then faced its physical attack.
• Loren stopped the embryo's enormous palm and cracked its carapace with a punch, while the impact triggered new disasters across Earth.
• Loren appeared before the embryo's head and severed it, then continued attacking its body.
• The embryo's life source failed, and Loren tore a pulsing dark-red ball of light from its chest.
• The Celestial Embryo collapsed into fragments and dark-red mist, and Loren confirmed it was dead.

Loren killed the Celestial embryo beneath Earth and absorbed its energy, preventing Earth from being consumed. Back at Morgan Manor, he realized the Celestials would eventually come for him, but chose to enjoy tea with Tifa for now.

• Loren absorbed the energy of the dead Celestial embryo and stored its remains in Sumeru Space.
• Loren told Tina that Earth was safe, though people would still have to repair the damage from the disasters.
• Loren and Tina returned through a spatial rift to the study at Morgan Manor.
• Tifa served Loren tea and noticed that his presence had grown stronger.
• Loren warned Tifa that the Celestials would eventually come looking for him, and Tifa vowed to fight them.

After destroying the Celestial Embryo and absorbing its energy, Loren agreed to let Tina stay with him. Tony, Steve, and Natasha confronted him about what happened at Earth’s core, then left to handle the aftermath as Loren warned that the Celestials would eventually come for Earth.

• Tina told Loren she wanted to stay with him as herself, and Loren accepted her request.
• Tony, Steve, and Natasha arrived at Morgan Manor and asked Loren what he had done at Earth’s core.
• Loren explained that he killed the Celestial Embryo and absorbed its energy to prevent it from destroying Earth.
• Loren assured Natasha that he had erased the Embryo’s will and told Tony that the Celestials would eventually come to Earth.
• Tony, Steve, and Natasha left Morgan Manor to deal with post-disaster reconstruction.

While Loren digested the Celestial Embryo’s energy, a Celestial awakened and learned that Loren had killed it. Loren gathered Android 18, Eve, Wanda, and 2B to prepare for the Celestial’s arrival.

• Loren checked his system rewards, then told Tifa he needed three days of uninterrupted rest to absorb the energy he had devoured.
• On an asteroid, a Celestial destroyed Symbiote fragments marked by fear of Loren and opened a rift to a sleeping, fully grown Celestial.
• The awakened Celestial spoke Loren Morgan’s name across the universe and turned its attention toward Earth.
• Loren recognized the voice and summoned Android 18, Eve, Wanda, and 2B, explaining that a Celestial was coming to avenge the Celestial Embryo.
• Android 18, Eve, Wanda, and 2B agreed to fight, while Loren returned to absorbing the energy in the system.

With Judge, an adult Celestial, approaching Earth, Loren and the women at Morgan Manor prepared to confront it in Wanda's Chaos Space before it could endanger civilians. They had about twenty-four hours, and the chapter ended with the group assembled for battle.

• Loren told Tifa that a powerful Celestial named Judge was approaching Earth and would arrive in about twenty-four hours.
• Loren studied Judge's immense form and warned that more Celestials might follow.
• Commander Sister proposed fighting Judge in Wanda's Chaos Space to prevent civilian casualties.
• Nymph sensed Judge's strength, while A2 and Astraea prepared their weapons.
• Tsunade warned Hancock that her petrification might not penetrate Judge's shield, and Mei Terumi stopped their argument.
• Hinata joined the assembled fighters, ready to serve as a scout, support, and guardian.

With a Celestial expected to arrive within twenty-four hours seeking revenge, Loren assembled his wives and assigned their roles for the coming battle. He left the main force and reserves to prepare, confident they could protect Earth and promising them rewards if they returned victorious.

• Mai Shiranui, Marie Rose, Tifa, Viper, Sif, Wanda, Crystal, Daisy Johnson, Medusa, and Gwen discussed how they could fight or support the others against the Celestial.
• Loren told the assembled women that the Celestial would come for revenge and might destroy Earth, framing the fight as a trial for their strength.
• Loren named Android 18, Eve, 2B, and Mai Shiranui the main force, emphasizing that their abilities had to work together.
• Loren assigned Nymph to support Wanda in maintaining Chaos Space and containing the battle’s aftermath.
• Loren appointed Hancock, Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Hinata, Marie Rose, Viper, Sif, Crystal, Daisy Johnson, Medusa, and Gwen as reserves, then sent everyone to prepare and promised a reward for victory.

The Celestials' Judge emerged from a rift in the sky and approached Earth, leaving humanity and its defenders powerless. Wanda trapped it in Chaos Space, where it recognized her connection to Chaos Force, and she summoned Android 18, Eve, Miss 2B, and Mai Shiranui to fight.

• The Celestials' Judge tore through the sky and appeared above Earth, terrifying people across the Northern Hemisphere.
• Natasha learned the Judge's body was larger than Earth and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to contact Loren for help.
• Tony and Thor judged that the Avengers could not hurt the Judge, while Thor trusted Loren to handle it.
• Wanda created a vast magic circle and used Chaos Space to remove the Judge from Earth's sky.
• The Judge recognized Wanda's Chaos Magic and called her an inheritor of Chaos Force, but Wanda refused to back down.
• Wanda summoned Android 18, Eve, Miss 2B, and Mai Shiranui into Chaos Space.

Wanda struggled to contain the Celestial in her Chaos Space, but its attack cracked the prison and overwhelmed her magic. Android 18, Eve, 2B, and Mai Shiranui then joined forces and launched a coordinated assault, leaving the fight underway.

• The Celestial struck Wanda's Chaos Space with an energy beam, cracking its boundary and causing Wanda's magic to collapse.
• Android 18 punched the Celestial in its head opening, but it tried to trap her in a gravitational vortex.
• Eve slashed the Celestial's thumb with the Necrosword, breaking its hold on Android 18.
• 2B and Mai Shiranui arrived, joining Android 18 and Eve before the Celestial.
• Android 18, Eve, 2B, and Mai Shiranui attacked the Celestial from different directions with their powers and weapons.

Android 18, Eve, 2B, and Mai Shiranui fought the increasingly powerful Celestial but could not defeat it. Android 18 and Eve fused into Lazuli Eve, and 2B and Mai Shiranui began their own fusion.

• The Celestial attacked with four energy swords, forcing Android 18, Eve, 2B, and Mai Shiranui to defend themselves and counterattack.
• Mai Shiranui burned a crater into the Celestial with Hellfire, but the Celestial struck her and sent her tumbling through Chaos Space.
• Android 18 and Eve struck the Celestial's left wrist together, cracking its joint before its energy field blasted all four women away.
• 2B, Android 18, and Mai Shiranui acknowledged that they could not defeat the Celestial but refused to retreat.
• Android 18 and Eve used their Fusion Earrings to become Lazuli Eve.
• 2B and Mai Shiranui put on Fusion Earrings and shouted, "Fusion!"

2B and Mai Shiranui fused into Dual Flame Mai and joined Lazuli Eve in attacking the Celestial Judge in Chaos Space. They wounded it by severing its index finger, then Lazuli Eve halted its descending palm with her Devouring Power.

• 2B and Mai Shiranui fused into Dual Flame Mai, whose pale-blue flames combined their Eternal Flame and Hellfire.
• The Celestial Judge expressed surprise at the fusion, and Dual Flame Mai drew the Miao Saber and Iron Fans to challenge it.
• Lazuli Eve struck the crack in the Celestial's head with the Necrosword, widening the wound as it tried to catch her.
• Dual Flame Mai raced across the Celestial's arm and used both weapons to break off its index finger, while her flames slowed its regeneration.
• The Celestial brought its palm down on Lazuli Eve and Dual Flame Mai, but Lazuli Eve's beam and Devouring Power cut off the palm's energy and stopped it in midair.

Dual Flame Mai and Lazuli Eve fused with Fusion Earrings, combining the power of four people into a woman whose strength reached the peak of Universal Level. The new fighter challenged Judge but was immediately struck into the boundary of Chaos Space.

• Dual Flame Mai and Lazuli Eve attacked Judge's energy core, but its burst of energy blasted them backward and left them injured.
• Judge shrank to human size, grew even more powerful, and sent the two women crashing into the ground.
• Lazuli Eve and Dual Flame Mai decided to fuse again, and Lazuli Eve gave Dual Flame Mai one of the Fusion Earrings.
• The four-person fusion emerged as a silver-haired woman with a crimson Necrosword and power at the peak of Universal Level.
• The fused woman refused Judge's demand to surrender, but Judge struck her through space and hurled her into the boundary of Chaos Space.

The fused 2B and the other three women fought Judge in Chaos Space, proving their blade could wound it and forcing it to take a more powerful form. Their battle continued with the fused body landing several cuts and disarming Judge, while Judge remained dangerous.

• Wanda endured magical backlash as the fused body of the four recovered from Judge's punch and challenged its strength.
• The fused body cut through Judge's spatial concealment, and their clash created a brief singularity that blasted both sides away.
• The fused body's blade scarred Judge with the combined effects of Eternal Flame, Hellfire, Devouring Power, and Infinity Power.
• Judge transformed into a streamlined battle suit and formed two white light swords, revealing it had used the form to kill a fully developed Celestial traitor.
• The fused body attacked Judge with rapid slashes, dodged its counterattack, and cut its wrist, making it drop one of its swords.