Chapter Summaries

Loki stole the Tesseract, assembled a faction of mind-controlled allies, and built a device atop the Empire State Building to bring the Chitauri to Earth. He activated it despite his growing unease, just as a blonde woman appeared beside the Space Wormhole.

• Loki entered S.H.I.E.L.D., controlled Hawkeye Barton and Dr. Eric, and escaped with the Tesseract.
• Nick Fury ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to hunt for Loki while Loren shut himself in his laboratory to create new wives.
• Over the next seven days, Loki controlled more superheroes and villains and completed a device to open a Space Wormhole above the Empire State Building.
• Loki hesitated because Loren had not appeared and the plan had gone too smoothly, but Dr. Eric persuaded him to proceed.
• Loki pressed the activation button, and a blonde woman appeared near the Space Wormhole.

Android 18 confronted the Chitauri invasion alone while Loren’s wives stayed behind, confident she could handle the fleet. As the Chitauri charged through the wormhole and New York descended into chaos, the Avengers assembled and looked to Loren and his wives as Earth’s backup.

• Loki watched Android 18 appear beside the wormhole and hoped the Chitauri would kill her.
• Loren’s wives discussed whether to help Android 18, then stayed at Morgan Manor to bathe.
• The Chitauri Leviathan Biological Ships charged through the wormhole, sending New York into chaos.
• Nick Fury’s Avengers, Spider-Man Gwen, and Venom Peter gathered near the Empire State Building to defend Earth.
• Tony Stark confronted Thor about Loki, and Thor identified the Chitauri and their connection to Thanos.
• The group recognized that Loren and his wives might still be able to protect Earth.

Android 18 annihilated the first Chitauri troops to emerge from the space wormhole, then faced a barrage of starship cannons. As the Avengers rushed to support her, she unleashed a Kamehameha toward the Chitauri army.

• Android 18 fired hundreds of Ki Blasts and wiped out thousands of Chitauri soldiers before they could pass through the space wormhole.
• Loki and the Chitauri commander watched in disbelief, but the commander ordered the Leviathan Ships to aim their cannons at Android 18.
• The Avengers feared the cannons would devastate New York, and Nick Fury sent S.H.I.E.L.D., Avengers, and military aircraft to support her.
• Android 18 moved to the center of the space wormhole and charged a Kamehameha as her energy shook the sky, earth, and sea.
• Android 18 launched the Kamehameha toward the Chitauri army.

Android 18 destroyed nearly the entire Chitauri fleet with a steadily strengthening Kamehameha, terrifying its commander. As the survivors prepared to retreat, she vanished from the wormhole and appeared inside their ship.

• The Chitauri commander ordered the fleet to raise its energy barrier against Android 18's Kamehameha.
• Android 18 increased her power, shattered the barrier, and pierced through hundreds of Leviathan Ships.
• The Chitauri commander realized hundreds of thousands of his troops had been wiped out and ordered the fleet to retreat.
• Android 18 disappeared from the Space Wormhole and asked the Chitauri aboard their ship, “Are you looking for me?”

Loren arrived aboard the Chitauri Leviathan Ship with Android 18, killed the commander, and took control of the surviving soldiers. After appointing the deputy commander to lead them, Loren left and shrank the Leviathan Ship into a capsule.

• Loren used his Space Stone power to bring Android 18 into the Leviathan Ship, terrifying the Chitauri commander.
• Loren ordered the Chitauri to kneel, then killed the commander when he refused.
• The surviving Chitauri soldiers immediately knelt, and Loren declared himself their new master.
• Loren promoted the deputy commander and ordered him and the soldiers to obey only Loren.
• Loren and Android 18 left through a Space Wormhole, and Loren shrank the Leviathan Ship into a capsule.

Loren demonstrated that he had developed Capsule Technology by shrinking the Chitauri mothership, a gigantic Leviathan Ship, into a capsule and restoring it. Android 18 and Loren’s other wives asked him for capsules, while the ship’s capture gave him a potential foundation for his future interstellar fleet.

• Loren showed Android 18 that he had shrunk the Leviathan Ship into a Capsule, revealing that he had developed the technology during his seven days of seclusion.
• Loren explained that he had captured the Chitauri mothership because it could breed more Leviathan Ships and might help him build an interstellar fleet.
• Android 18 pressed the Capsule’s button and threw it, restoring the Leviathan Ship to its original size.
• Loren gave Android 18 a remote control, and she used it to shrink the ship back into the Capsule and retrieve it.
• Android 18 asked Loren for more Capsules, and his other wives arrived through a golden magic portal and asked for some too.

Loren visited Loki to collect the Mind Stone and mocked him for repeatedly bringing valuable treasures. Loki tried to control Loren with the Mind Scepter, but Loren absorbed its energy and took the scepter for himself.

• Loren told his wives the Capsules were still experimental, then opened a Space Wormhole to visit Loki.
• Loki tried to flee by jumping from the Empire State Building, but Loren redirected him through a Space Wormhole, and A2 slapped him for insulting Loren.
• Loren teased Loki about repeatedly supplying him with treasures and urged him to keep opposing him.
• Loki attacked Loren with the Mind Scepter, but Loren absorbed the Mind Stone's energy without losing consciousness.
• Loren took the Mind Scepter from Loki and thanked him for giving it to him.

Loren took the Mind Scepter from Loki and threatened to use its power to control him. After Loki surrendered the scepter as compensation, Loren teleported him to the Avengers, where Hulk seized and battered him.

• Loki tried to pull the Mind Scepter back from Loren, but Loren let go and made him fall.
• Loren threatened to turn Loki into a puppet with the Mind Stone, and Loki begged him to stop.
• Loki agreed to give Loren the Mind Scepter as compensation after Loren threatened him.
• Loren teleported Loki to Thor, Captain America Rogers, and Hulk, then Loki tried to flee.
• Hulk grabbed Loki by the ankles, swung him around, and slammed him onto the icy floor.

After defeating the Chitauri and capturing Loki, Loren absorbed the Space Stone and closed the wormhole. He received a Saiyan Gene Sample from the system and headed to the laboratory, eager to use it to enhance his strength.

• Loren’s wives pitied Loki as Hulk repeatedly smashed him, but they recognized that Loki had brought the suffering on himself.
• Loren grabbed the Space Stone, absorbed its energy, and closed the Space Wormhole.
• Loren told his wives that the newly created Nano-Uru Metal Lifeform was nearly ready to wake, and he opened a Space Wormhole to return with them.
• The system rewarded Loren for defeating the Chitauri and capturing Loki with a Saiyan Gene Sample and 20 System Points.
• Loren realized he could use his Cross-Species Gene Fusion Technology to make Saiyan serum, then went to the laboratory without revealing the reward to his wives.

Loren used his Remote Object Control to overpower his wives until they turned the tables with their own attacks. A woman awakened inside a cultivation pod, and Loren recognized her as Tsunade.

• Loren used Remote Object Control on his wives, prompting them to surrender and Android 18 to demand help from her sisters.
• Android 18's sisters refused to intervene until she threatened to join Loren's side.
• Viper and Commander Sister teamed up to restrain Loren with their abilities.
• A woman inside a cultivation pod knocked on its glass door and tried to push it open.
• Loren recognized the awakened woman by the mark on her forehead as Tsunade.

Loren agreed to modify Marie Rose’s body after she compared herself unfavorably with her sisters, while Tsunade completed her growth in a cultivation pod. The sisters left to comfort Marie Rose, and Tsunade emerged and reported to Loren.

• Marie Rose asked Loren to modify her body so she could have a larger figure, and he agreed to do it that night.
• Marie Rose declared that she wanted to become number one, prompting Android 18 and the others to tease her about her height.
• Marie Rose became upset and ran out of the laboratory, and Tifa and the other sisters followed to comfort her.
• The cultivation fluid drained from Tsunade’s pod, and Loren watched as she stepped out after the cleaning procedure.
• Tsunade reported to Loren as a medical ninja, already carrying implanted memories of her identity and abilities.

Thor took Loki from S.H.I.E.L.D. despite Nick Fury’s objections, and Fury decided to let them go rather than risk a conflict. He then turned his attention to recruiting Daisy Johnson, the woman who could release shockwaves.

• Nick Fury confronted Loki over his attempted invasion of Earth and said he deserved severe punishment.
• Thor insisted that Asgard, not Earth, had the right to judge Loki, while Tony Stark mocked Loki’s lack of cunning.
• Thor shattered Loki’s glass cage and left the base with him despite the Avengers’ objections.
• Nick Fury declined to stop Thor and told Coulson to focus on cultivating Earth’s own people.
• Coulson gave Nick Fury a file identifying the shockwave-producing woman as Daisy Johnson.

Nick Fury learned that Daisy Johnson had awakened earthquake powers without Terrigen Mist and planned to train her for a possible confrontation with Loren. Natasha secretly sent Loren a recording about Daisy’s capture, and Loren decided he wanted to take her for himself.

• Coulson told Nick Fury that Daisy Johnson had recently awakened her abilities and accidentally caused an earthquake.
• Nick Fury considered recruiting Daisy and training her to help S.H.I.E.L.D. face Loren, then learned she was sedated in a base cell.
• Natasha secretly sent Loren an audio recording of the conversation through his communications system.
• Alice announced the message as coming from Loren’s “mistress,” prompting the women with him to tease him and leave to go shopping.
• Loren listened to Natasha’s recording and declared that he intended to take Daisy for himself.

Loren went to S.H.I.E.L.D. after learning Daisy was being held there, while Alice teased him about his plans to win Daisy over. He told Nick Fury he had two important matters to discuss and produced Loki’s Mind Scepter, alarming the agents and Avengers.

• Alice advised Loren to rescue Daisy from S.H.I.E.L.D. and make a good impression on her.
• Loren asked Alice to message Natasha, then opened a Space Wormhole to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s underground prison.
• Nick Fury and Coulson saw Loren arrive and nervously asked why he had come.
• Loren said he had two important matters to discuss and claimed he had come to reward S.H.I.E.L.D. with a divine artifact.
• Loren produced Loki’s Mind Scepter, causing the agents and Avengers to recoil in fear.

Loren visited S.H.I.E.L.D., claiming he had come to offer benefits, but Nick Fury distrusted him and was whipped for questioning his intentions. Loren left Nick with the Mind Scepter, warning that he would deliver a hundred lashes if Nick resisted him again.

• Loren sat down at S.H.I.E.L.D. and ordered Natasha to massage his shoulders, which she did after Nick Fury silently approved.
• Nick Fury asked Loren why he had come, and Loren claimed he wanted to give S.H.I.E.L.D. benefits.
• Nick Fury hesitated, so Loren threatened him and struck him several times with a magical whip.
• Loren tossed the Mind Scepter before Nick Fury and warned him that next time he would receive a hundred lashes.

Loren offered Nick Fury the Mind Scepter in exchange for something S.H.I.E.L.D. possessed, insisting he had no hidden malice. He revealed what he wanted by opening a Space Wormhole to Daisy S. Wilson, leaving Nick Fury to discover the purpose of the trade.

• Loren tossed the Mind Scepter to Nick Fury and said he intended to give it to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Nick Fury suspected a trap, while Coulson described how Alice had crippled S.H.I.E.L.D.'s communications and driven them to using carrier pigeons.
• Loren said he would trade the Mind Scepter only for something S.H.I.E.L.D. had that he valued.
• Nick Fury pointed out that S.H.I.E.L.D. had nothing equal to the Mind Stone, and Loren explained that usefulness mattered more to him than rarity or power.
• Loren opened a Space Wormhole, revealing Daisy S. Wilson on the other side.

Loren freed Daisy Johnson from S.H.I.E.L.D. and took her through a Space Wormhole, leaving Nick Fury furious and suffering another beating from Loren’s whip.

• Nick Fury and Coulson tried to convince Loren that Daisy was a new S.H.I.E.L.D. recruit, but Loren noticed the shackles on her ankles.
• Loren blasted Daisy’s shackles apart, and Daisy said she had refused to join S.H.I.E.L.D. and asked him to help her get home.
• Nick Fury claimed S.H.I.E.L.D. had only sedated Daisy for her safety, while Loren mocked him over the shackles.
• Loren declared that Daisy was coming with him and took her through a Space Wormhole before Nick Fury could react.
• Nick Fury cursed Loren, and a magical whip emerged from a Space Wormhole and lashed him as the agents watched.

Loren brought Daisy to his luxurious manor and recruited her by offering a million dollars up front and a five-million-dollar annual salary. As they shook hands, a mysterious man appeared at the entrance to the S.H.I.E.L.D. base.

• Loren whipped Nick Fury, shut down the Space Wormhole, and left the base with Daisy while Natasha resented his attention to another woman.
• Loren brought Daisy to his manor, where she was astonished by its luxury and explained how financial hardship had led her to hack S.H.I.E.L.D.'s network.
• Loren flirted with Daisy and offered her a million dollars and a five-million-dollar annual salary to join him.
• Daisy said she valued feelings more than money, admitted she felt pretty good about Loren, and shook his hand to accept his offer.
• A mysterious man appeared at the entrance to the S.H.I.E.L.D. base.

Maximus, an Inhuman royal, arrived at S.H.I.E.L.D. seeking Daisy Johnson, and Nick Fury realized she had been taken by Loren. Fury saw an opportunity to turn Maximus against Loren and possibly gain the Inhumans’ support.

• Nick Fury ordered guards to drive away the stranger approaching S.H.I.E.L.D., but they instead opened the gates and escorted him inside.
• Nick Fury recognized that the guards’ disobedience was abnormal and ordered the agents to prepare for battle.
• The stranger introduced himself as Maximus, Black Bolt’s younger brother, and asked whether S.H.I.E.L.D. had captured Daisy Johnson.
• Nick Fury realized Maximus did not know Daisy had been taken by Loren and decided to use that fact to redirect Maximus’s attention toward Loren.
• Nick Fury tried to smile at the prospect of gaining the Inhumans’ help, but his swollen face hurt from his earlier whipping.

Maximus approached Nick Fury and proposed joining forces against Loren, claiming he wanted to bring Daisy back under Inhuman protection. When Fury hesitated, Maximus used psychic power to control him and the Avengers, took the Mind Scepter, and revealed his ambition to subjugate the planet.

• Nick Fury told Maximus that Loren had injured him and abducted Daisy, and he described Loren as an enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Maximus proposed that he and S.H.I.E.L.D. cooperate against Loren, explaining that he supported the Inhumans returning to the world but could not speak for the whole community.
• Nick Fury questioned Maximus’s motives and asked for time to consider the alliance.
• Maximus invaded Nick Fury’s mind with psychic power and made him agree to cooperate.
• Maximus prevented the Avengers from intervening, took the Mind Scepter, and declared that he would use its power to make the planet submit to his will.
• Maximus unleashed a greater surge of psychic power, leaving everyone present with vacant eyes.