Chapter Summaries

Loren entered the Temporal Sanctuary and killed more than a hundred Kang Variants by sealing them with the Spatial Origin. Immortus then unleashed the Time Origin’s ultimate attacks against him, beginning a clash between time and space.

• The Kang Variants confronted Loren, who admitted killing the Scarlet Centurion and declared he would end the Kang Dynasty.
• The Kang Variants attacked Loren with their spacetime powers, but he froze time and trapped them with the Spatial Origin.
• Loren crushed the trapped Kang Variants, destroying the Council of Kangs and leaving only Immortus alive.
• Immortus became the Time Origin and launched ultimate temporal attacks intended to erase Loren from existence.

Loren defeated Immortus by severing the Time Origin, but Immortus tore open the river of time and plunged the Multiverse into chaos. Loren left for Earth to gather help and confront the catastrophe.

• Loren countered Immortus's time powers with Absolute Spatial Domain and fought him across the Temporal Sanctuary and the river of time.
• Loren formed a blade of space and severed Immortus's Time Origin, killing him.
• Immortus used his remaining power to rip open the river of time and warned that the Multiverse would collapse without the Kang Dynasty.
• Timelines and parallel universes collided as their barriers disappeared, throwing worlds into chaos.
• Loren repaired some tangled timelines, then headed through the passage to Earth to gather forces against the Multiverse-wide catastrophe.

After stabilizing the Multiverse, Loren took control of the leaderless Time Variance Authority and rebuilt its systems to locate and repair spacetime rifts. He assigned his followers to contain the anomalies, then received an SS-class alert connecting the main Marvel universe to the Marvel Zombies Universe.

• Loren separated colliding worlds and steadied the Multiverse, but hundreds of thousands of spacetime rifts remained open.
• The TVA director asked Loren to take charge after Immortus's death and the collapse of the Sacred Timeline.
• Loren took over the TVA, rewrote its operating programs, and made its staff and devices answer to him.
• Loren spent two days building the Omnidirectional Spacetime Anomaly Tracing Detector, which mapped rifts, tracked otherworldly beings, and generated repair anchors.
• Loren divided his 22 followers into two teams and ordered them to eliminate threats, seal rifts, and protect civilians.
• The detector reported an SS-class anomaly above New York connected to the Marvel Zombies Universe.

A Quantum Zombie Virus spread from a rift above New York, infecting civilians and overwhelming the city before defeating the Avengers’ attempts to contain it. The chapter ended with Peter Parker transformed into Zombie Venom and attacking his teammates.

• Loren led twenty-two figures through a TVA portal to confront the threat and seal the rift above New York.
• The Quantum Zombie Virus drifted from the rift and infected civilians, turning Manhattan into a zombie-infested disaster zone within minutes.
• The Avengers rushed to New York, but Iron Man’s air-purification system could not stop the virus.
• A zombie grazed Peter Parker’s wrist, infecting him despite his Venom-enhanced physiology.
• Peter transformed into Zombie Venom, bound the Avengers with symbiote webbing, and attacked them.

The Avengers’ battle against the zombie outbreak collapsed as Thor, Hulk, and Spider-Man were infected, but Loren and his women arrived to contain the crisis. They divided into five teams to seal the rift, purify New York, fight the infected heroes, clear zombies, and rescue civilians, while Tsunade stopped Zombie Hulk from reaching a shelter.

• Thor and Hulk were infected by the Law Zombie Virus and turned against the Avengers, joining Zombie Spider-Man.
• Iron Man warned the Avengers that the virus could overcome superhuman constitutions and spread through both the air and wounds.
• Loren arrived above New York and ordered the Avengers to protect evacuation routes while his forces sealed the rift, purified the virus, and fought the infected heroes.
• Loren’s women split into five teams to tackle the rift, citywide contamination, infected superheroes, zombie hordes, and battlefield reconnaissance and rescue.
• Tsunade blocked Zombie Hulk’s charge toward a civilian shelter and punched him into a ruined building.

Loren and his retainers contained New York’s zombie outbreak, sealed the temporal rift, and purified the remaining virus. As they prepared to return to the Time Variance Authority, Wanda reported that 732 more temporal rifts were activating.

• Sif and Android 18 suppressed Zombie Thor, while Hinata, Gwen, and Natasha helped restrain Zombie Spider-Man as the retainers fought back the zombie hordes.
• Wanda, Crystal, and Daisy combined their powers to close the temporal rift and block the remaining zombies and viral mist from entering the Main Universe.
• Mei Terumi and Viper purified the city’s air, soil, and water, and the Avengers bound the three infected superheroes in isolated prison cages.
• Tony thanked Loren for saving New York and asked about Thor, Hulk, and Peter; Loren said he had developed an antidote and warned that the damaged spacetime could split open again.
• Wanda reported that 732 secondary temporal rifts had begun activating, and Loren led his retainers through a portal back to the Time Variance Authority to prepare for the next repair mission.

Loren used Dark Magic to cleanse the Zombie Law Virus from New York and restore the infected civilians and heroes to normal. Thor, Doctor Banner, and Venom Peter Parker recovered, though Peter did not know what had happened.

• The Avengers confirmed that the rift was sealed but the Zombie Law Virus still infected New York and could not be removed by conventional means.
• Loren arrived above the city and ordered everyone to retreat before casting a spell.
• Loren spread Dark Magic across New York, stripping the virus from the air, environment, and infected people.
• The infected civilians regained their health and sanity, and hundreds of thousands of zombies returned to normal.
• Thor, Doctor Banner, and Venom Peter Parker recovered from their infections, and Peter asked what had happened.

After Loren ended the zombie crisis, he and his companions spent seven quiet days recovering at the estate. A precisely controlled rift then appeared near Gwen Stacy’s home, and Loren rushed to find her already fighting an unknown attacker.

• Loren purified the Zombie Virus Law, cured the infected heroes, and ended the crisis in New York.
• S.H.I.E.L.D., the Avengers, and local authorities began rebuilding the city while Loren and his companions returned to their hidden estate to rest.
• For seven days, Loren monitored temporal-spatial data as his companions recovered and trained, while residual rifts from Immortus’s damage remained a threat.
• The Global Temporal-Space Detector registered an artificial rift that opened and closed near Gwen Stacy’s residence in Brooklyn.
• Loren concluded that Gwen was the target and rushed to Brooklyn, where he saw her fighting a tall stranger in a dark combat suit and losing ground.

Gwen fought an interdimensional hunter who overwhelmed her until Silk and Spider-Woman arrived from parallel universes. The three Spider-people coordinated their attacks and trapped the hunter, leaving him battered and unable to escape.

• The hunter blocked Gwen's attacks, restrained her, and declared that capturing her would complete half his mission.
• Loren watched the fight and assessed the man as a professionally trained interdimensional hunter.
• A spacetime rift opened, and Silk and Spider-Woman arrived, identifying the hunter as an Inheritor and joining the fight.
• Gwen, Silk, and Spider-Woman formed a coordinated encirclement, using webbing and complementary attacks to control and strike the hunter.
• The three Spider-people dismantled the hunter's advantages, leaving his suit cracked and his body bruised as he retreated under their pressure.

Loren intervened just as the hunter overwhelmed Silk and stopped the battle with Space Power. He annihilated the hunter despite his threats that he served Morlun and the Inheritors.

• The hunter unleashed Limit Break · Global Amplification, overpowering Gwen, Spider-Woman, and Silk.
• The hunter broke through the women's defenses and nearly seized Silk before Loren froze the battlefield.
• Loren restrained the hunter with Space Power and effortlessly stopped his strongest punch.
• The hunter threatened Loren with retaliation from Morlun and the Inheritors, but Loren dismissed the threat.
• Loren compressed space around the hunter and annihilated him, leaving no trace behind.

Loren rescued Silk, Spider-Woman, and Gwen from an Inheritors hunter, then brought them to his protected manor to learn about the threat spreading through the Spider-Verse. Spider-Woman began explaining the Inheritors as Loren prepared to assess their reach and defend against them.

• Loren erased the Inheritors hunter before he could fight back.
• Silk and Spider-Woman explained that the Inheritors, led by Morlun, hunted and sacrificed people with Spider Lineage mutations across universes.
• Loren opened a portal and brought the three Spider-Women to his manor, where he sealed the grounds from outside disturbances.
• Silk and Spider-Woman thanked Loren, who revealed that he headed the Time Variance Authority and intended to stop the Inheritors.
• Loren asked the visitors to explain the Inheritors' origins, motives, and secrets, and Spider-Woman began recounting the crisis.

Spider-Woman explained that the Inheritors hunted Spider Totem bearers to evade a prophecy and gather power for a ritual that would erase Spider-Man from the Multiverse. Silk began revealing who held the three essential totems, including why the battlefield hunter had switched targets to capture her.

• Spider-Woman told Loren that the Inheritors escaped their confinement after the Multiverse collapsed and used Master Weaver to hunt Spider Totem bearers across worlds.
• Silk explained that a prophecy foretold a Spider-Man would destroy the Inheritors, prompting them to kill every spider and absorb their totem power.
• Spider-Woman revealed that the Inheritors sought The Other, the Bride, and the Scion to perform a three-cut ritual and eliminate Spider Totems across the Multiverse.
• Spider-Woman described how the ritual would strip existing Spider-Men of their power, prevent new Spider Totems from appearing, and erase their future.
• Loren asked who held the three totems, and Silk began revealing their identities and why a battlefield hunter had tried to capture her.

Silk revealed that she was the Spider-Bride and the key sacrifice in the Inheritors’ ritual, prompting Loren to pledge protection for every spider totem bearer. Silk and Spider-Woman rested safely at Loren’s manor while he and Gwen shared a quiet evening together.

• Silk explained that Kaine Parker, Benjamin Richard Parker, and she were the three essential totems for the Inheritors’ ritual.
• Loren realized the Inheritors would target Gwen and vowed to protect spider totem bearers across every universe and destroy the Inheritors.
• Silk and Spider-Woman offered to share their intelligence and help Loren oppose the Inheritors.
• Loren reassured Silk and Spider-Woman that the manor was safe and told them to rest while he made plans.
• Silk and Spider-Woman spent a peaceful afternoon exploring the manor, then settled in for the night.
• Loren and Gwen relaxed together in his bedroom after the day’s battle.

Silk and Spider-Woman felt Gwen's emotions through their shared Spider Totem bond as they rested in the manor. In the Dark Temple, Morlun learned that his advance team had been killed on Earth-616 and vowed retribution against the unknown fighter who had interfered with the Inheritors.

• Silk and Spider-Woman sensed Gwen's tender excitement through their shared Spider Origin and gradually relaxed into its warmth.
• Morlun sat on the Dark Temple's throne as a report confirmed the advance team's destruction and loss of contact.
• The clan announcement identified Earth-616, Cindy Moon, and an unknown fighter who had killed an Inheritor.
• Morlun reacted with fury to the unknown fighter's interference and declared that no one who harmed the clan would escape punishment.

Morlun led the Inheritors in a full-scale invasion of New York, demanding Silk’s Totem origin and threatening to destroy the city. Loren arrived to face the fifteen Inheritors alone, joining Gwen, Silk, and Spider-Woman as battle loomed.

• Morlun ordered the Inheritors to seal off the universe, capture the Spider Bride, and kill anyone who stood in their way.
• The Master Weaver opened a massive cross-dimensional rift above New York, plunging the city into chaos and triggering an Avengers-wide alert.
• Fifteen Inheritors emerged above New York, and Morlun demanded that Spider-Man surrender his Totem origin or the city would be slaughtered.
• Gwen, Silk, and Spider-Woman confronted the Inheritors, with Gwen reassuring them that Loren was there.
• Loren detected the invasion, vowed to destroy the Inheritors, and appeared above New York to face their army alone.

Loren confronted Morlun and the Inheritors, then used his control of spatial power to destroy their invading force. The chapter left Morlun alone on his throne as the survivors watched in shock.

• Morlun asked Loren whether he had killed his kin and obstructed the family's undertaking, and Loren challenged the Inheritors' right to live after their invasion and slaughter.
• Salom attacked Loren, but Loren froze him with Space Power and crushed him into Oblivion.
• Terra tried to bind Loren with crimson chains, but he reversed her sealing power and destroyed her.
• Dairo and the remaining Inheritors attacked together, but Loren froze them in a spatial domain and annihilated them.
• Morlun remained alone amid the crimson mist as the people, superheroes, and three Spider-Girls stared at Loren in disbelief.

Loren defeated Morlun and erased the Inheritors, ending their threat to the Multiverse and freeing the Spider-Verse from its prophesied extinction. After the heroes thanked him, Loren returned to the manor with Gwen, Silk, and Spider-Woman.

• Morlun unleashed his full Devouring Power and charged at Loren, but Loren destroyed his attack and obliterated Morlun's body, soul, and essence.
• Loren destroyed the Inheritors' Ancestral Court, freed the Master Weaver, and restored the Multiversal Web.
• Thor, Tony Stark, and Captain America praised Loren as the heroes realized the Inheritors' threat had ended.
• Spider-Woman thanked Loren, who assured her, Silk, and Gwen that the Inheritors would never threaten them again.
• Loren led Gwen, Silk, and Spider-Woman through a spacetime portal back to the manor.

After Loren defeated Morlun and the Inheritors, he returned to the manor with Gwen, Silk, and Spider-Woman as the threat to the Spider Totems ended. Spider-Woman and Silk thanked him and revealed their growing affection, while Loren said he had acted for Gwen and that they could now live freely.

• The rift closed, the danger over New York City faded, and Loren returned to the manor courtyard with Gwen, Silk, and Spider-Woman.
• Spider-Woman and Silk reflected on how Loren had ended the Inheritors' hunt and freed them from their fated roles.
• Spider-Woman and Silk stepped forward to thank Loren for saving them and the Spider lineage.
• Loren told them he had acted for Gwen and assured them that no one would hunt them again.
• Spider-Woman and Silk were moved by Loren's gentleness and began to openly acknowledge their feelings for him.

Spider-Woman, Silk, and Gwen told Loren they would soon return to their universes and asked to spend their remaining time with him. He welcomed them into a peaceful night together, leaving them with a cherished memory as their parting approached.

• Spider-Woman told Loren that the passage between universes had stabilized and that they would soon need to return home.
• Silk said they wanted to stay with Loren before parting and repay him for saving them.
• Gwen encouraged Silk and Spider-Woman to join her in spending a peaceful evening with Loren, and he agreed.
• Gwen, Silk, and Spider-Woman drew close to Loren and found comfort in their shared Spider-Senses and his tenderness.
• The three women treasured the night as a lasting memory while their return to their separate universes drew near.

After a tender farewell, Silk and Spider-Woman returned to their universes, while Loren stayed at the manor with Gwen. The Inheritors’ hidden rebirth technique stirred in secret, and the next day Spider-Woman returned gravely wounded, fleeing an overwhelming danger.

• Spider-Woman and Silk thanked Loren for saving them and returned through the stabilized passages to their universes.
• Loren took Gwen’s hand and went back into the manor, believing the multiversal crisis had ended.
• Beneath the ruins of the Inheritors’ Ancestral Court, a hidden nest began stirring around the Primordial Cloning Rebirth Technique.
• The next day, Spider-Woman tore through the manor’s spacetime barrier and collapsed in the courtyard, injured and terrified by a fatal threat.