Chapter Summaries

Tifa emerged from the cocoon after fusing with the Casket of Ancient Winters, transformed in appearance and power. She froze her sisters in ice and claimed time alone with Loren.

• The cocoon pulsed with azure light, and Tifa tore her way out of it.
• Tifa emerged with blue eyes and hair, increased height, and an enhanced figure.
• Tifa's sisters teased Loren about his affection for the women around him.
• Tifa froze her four sisters inside ice cages and assured Loren that they were unharmed.
• Tifa nestled into Loren's arms, and they told each other they had missed one another.

Thor returned to Asgard and learned that Loki had seized power, then gathered Uru Metal and allies to confront Loren. He arrived at Loren’s estate with the Warriors Three and Sif, where Loren prepared to meet them.

• Heimdall told Thor that Loki had frozen him, stolen Gungnir, declared himself king, and imprisoned Thor’s friends.
• Thor discovered that Heimdall could not detect Loki or Loren and explained that Loren had captured Loki and taken the Casket of Ancient Winters.
• Thor gathered half a ton of Uru Metal and asked Heimdall to release the Warriors Three and Sif so they could accompany him to Earth.
• The Warriors Three and Sif learned of Loren’s demand and insisted on confronting him, while Thor brought the Uru Metal as a precaution.
• Thor and his companions arrived at Loren’s estate, where Loren was having breakfast with Wanda and ordered his people to let them in.

Thor brought Uru Metal to Loren in exchange for Loki’s release, but the Warriors Three and Sif attacked Loren before the deal was completed. Loren defeated them, imprisoned Sif, and demanded her as an extra concubine-maid in addition to the metal.

• Thor delivered a chest of Uru Metal to Loren, and Loren had Tifa bring the unharmed Loki into the hall.
• Volstagg and the other Warriors Three challenged Loren and refused to let him take the chest, while Thor tried to respond.
• Volstagg attacked Loren, who used the Magic Ring to knock him away; Thor and the others then charged Loren.
• Loren blasted the attackers with fireballs and ice cones, severely injuring the male warriors and pinning them outside.
• Sif attacked Loren, but he used Remote Object Control to disable her and ordered Tifa to take her to the dungeon as an additional ransom.

Loren drove Thor, Loki, and their companions out of his estate while keeping Sif behind, and Loki revealed his anger over learning he was adopted. Loki escaped to Asgard with Gungnir, but his return brought the Destroyer Armor to Loren’s estate.

• Loren blasted Thor and Loki out of the hall and said Sif would remain his prisoner while Thor took the wounded back to Asgard.
• Loki blamed Thor for Sif’s plight, and Thor confronted Loki over his own punishment and the truth about their parentage.
• Loki confessed his resentment toward Odin and Thor, then raised Gungnir to attack Thor.
• Loki heard Loren call out about the hidden weapon, used Gungnir to open the Bifrost, and escaped after threatening to return.
• Loren explained that he had let Loki keep Gungnir so Loki could bring back the Destroyer Armor, which appeared at the estate.
• Thor recognized the giant armor and declared that they were doomed.

Loki sent the Destroyer Armor to Morgan Manor, where Thor tried to talk him down and was struck unconscious. Loren ordered his forces to prepare the Flying Armor as the Destroyer Armor turned its attention toward the villa.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. tracked Thor and saw the Destroyer Armor appear, but Nick Fury ordered the Avengers to wait and let Loren deal with it.
• Loren welcomed the Destroyer Armor as the big fish, while 2B and A2 assessed its immense power.
• Thor approached the Destroyer Armor and pleaded with Loki to stop, but Loki struck him with one punch, leaving him motionless.
• The Destroyer Armor turned toward Loren's villa, so Loren ordered Alice to activate the Plasma Shield and told 2B and A2 to prepare the Flying Armor.

Loren deployed his energy barrier and Flying Armor as Loki’s Destroyer Armor devastated Morgan Manor and overwhelmed Thor. As 2B and A2 fought back, the incubation pod holding Android 18 burst, and her fingers moved.

• Loren raised an energy barrier around his secret base and launched the Flying Armor piloted by 2B and A2.
• Thor recovered his divine power, summoned Mjolnir, and regained his combat form, but Loki’s Destroyer Armor blasted him into the ruins.
• Loki’s Destroyer Armor attacked Loren’s villa, and its high-energy ray made the energy barrier show signs of breaking.
• 2B and A2 charged the Destroyer Armor, and 2B kicked it flying before continuing the assault.
• The incubation pod cultivating Android 18 burst, and Android 18’s fingers moved.

Android 18 emerged from her cultivation chamber, revealing her immense Ki and extraordinary speed. After dressing, she flew out of the laboratory to confront whoever had interrupted her sleep, while observers across the universe sensed her power.

• Android 18 crushed open the cultivation chamber hatch and used her Ki to clean the amniotic fluid from her body.
• The Ancient One and Odin sensed Android 18’s energy and reacted with astonishment.
• Android 18 retrieved her denim outfit with a burst of speed, impressing Loren’s companions.
• Android 18 praised Loren, dressed, and flew out of the laboratory to deal with the person who had disturbed her.
• The Commander, Marie Rose, and Tifa teased Loren, who threatened to give them work.

2B and A2 struggled against Loki’s Uru Metal Destroyer Armor until 2B transformed into a giant Miao Saber that let A2 dismember it. The armor reassembled and attacked again, but Android 18 appeared and stopped its high-energy ray with her bare hand.

• 2B and A2 found their Titanium Alloy Flying Armors unable to damage Loki’s enchanted Destroyer Armor, so 2B proposed becoming a giant Miao Saber for A2.
• 2B drew the Destroyer Armor’s fire, escaped her Flying Armor before it was crushed, and transformed into the giant blade.
• A2 used 2B’s blade to sever the Destroyer Armor’s arm and hack it into eight pieces.
• The Destroyer Armor reassembled and fired at A2, who escaped her damaged Flying Armor as Loki taunted them.
• Android 18 appeared, blocked the Destroyer Armor’s high-energy ray with her bare hand, and called it too weak.

Android 18 effortlessly blocked the Destroyer Armor’s attacks and overwhelmed it with her strength and speed. She left the armor battered in a crater and prepared to finish it with a Ki Blast.

• Android 18 blocked the Destroyer Armor’s high-energy ray bare-handed and told A2 and 2B to return to the villa.
• A2 took 2B back after 2B hurried off, worried that Loren and the others would finish the food.
• Loki angrily sent the Destroyer Armor charging at Android 18, who blocked its punch and traded blows with it without moving.
• Android 18 declared that she would show Loki what destruction meant, then used Aerial Dance and High Speed Movement to batter the Destroyer Armor with punches.
• Android 18 knocked the Destroyer Armor into a huge crater with a sweeping kick and began forming a Ki Blast.

Android 18 obliterated the Destroyer Armor after exhausting its divine power, then attacked Thor when he tried to escape. She caught and crushed Mjolnir, leaving Thor stunned and the manor’s grounds devastated.

• Android 18 repeatedly blasted the Destroyer Armor until its divine power ran out and it remained shattered Uru Metal fragments.
• Loren and the women watched the battle, discussed the damage to the manor, and Loren decided he would not let future fights happen there.
• Loki watched in disbelief as the Destroyer Armor was destroyed, while Thor regained consciousness and sensed Android 18’s danger.
• Thor tried to summon the Bifrost, but Android 18 reached him first and kicked him into a hill.
• Thor threw Mjolnir at Android 18, who caught it and crushed the divine weapon in her hand.

Android 18 destroyed Mjolnir and seized its star-core metal before Odin intervened to protect Thor. After Odin’s Gungnir knocked her into a crater, Android 18 challenged him and demanded the throne of Asgard for Loren.

• Android 18 crushed Mjolnir, took its mysterious star-core metal, and blasted Thor away when he tried to reclaim it.
• As Android 18 prepared to kill Thor, Odin attacked her with a burst of Bifrost energy.
• Android 18 fought through the spatial energy, but Odin’s Gungnir struck her arms and sent her crashing into the ground.
• Odin emerged from the Bifrost and praised Android 18’s strength after she blocked his spear with her bare hands.
• Android 18 challenged Odin to surrender the throne of Asgard so Loren could become queen.

Android 18 fought Odin and demanded compensation after overpowering him, while Loren asked for several of Asgard’s treasures. Odin had come to discuss an important matter with Loren, but the chapter ended with Thor angrily rejecting Loren’s demand.

• Android 18 challenged Odin outside Loren’s villa and said she would take the throne by killing him.
• Android 18 punched Odin’s Gungnir, then struck his eye and kicked him into the ruins.
• Thor was hit by Odin as Odin flew backward, and the two crashed into the ruins together.
• Android 18 blasted the ruins with a Kamehameha, but Odin protected himself and Thor with an energy shield.
• Odin called off the fight and put Gungnir away, but Android 18 demanded compensation.
• Loren demanded Gungnir, the Eternal Flame, the Infinity Gauntlet, and other treasures, prompting Thor to angrily protest.

Odin sent Thor back to Asgard and stayed behind to discuss compensation with Loren. He gave Loren a powerful Seven-Colored Pill, then asked him not to refuse his upcoming request.

• Android 18 attacked Thor for insulting Loren, but Odin intercepted her gust and apologized for his son's behavior.
• Odin ordered Thor to return to Asgard, warning that Loki was already imprisoned, and the Bifrost transported Thor away.
• Loren sent Android 18 and the other women with Tifa to bathe and change while he spoke privately with Odin.
• Odin teased Loren about his many partners and offered him a Seven-Colored Pill that he claimed would enhance his strength and grant Delay Magic.
• Loren accepted the pill, and Odin asked him to hear out his next request without refusing.

Odin told Loren that Asgard faced Ragnarok and asked him to secure a future for its people and royal family. He gave Loren Gungnir and the Eternal Flame, then entrusted Asgard and his sons to him before disappearing.

• Odin explained that Asgard’s prophecy foretold its destruction and said Loren might be its hope.
• Loren recognized the prophecy as Ragnarok and asked Odin what he wanted from him.
• Odin requested that Loren find a way out for Asgard’s people and offered him Gungnir, the Eternal Flame, and a replica Infinity Gauntlet.
• Odin brought out Gungnir and the Eternal Flame but kept the Flame Crown in Asgard, hoping to prevent Surtur from appearing.
• Odin explained how Loren could control Gungnir, handed him the treasures, and entrusted Asgard and his sons to him before vanishing.

After making a deal with Odin, Loren returned with Gungnir and the Eternal Flame and received a system reward for defeating the Destroyer Armor. He told Commander and Marie Rose that Odin needed his help, then sent them to relax while 2B bathed with the others.

• Loren accepted that he would have to help Odin and resolved to win Hela over as a powerful commander.
• Loren received Destroyer Armor Manufacturing Technology and 20 system points for defeating the Destroyer Armor and trading with Odin.
• Loren returned to his laboratory carrying valuable treasures, including Uru Metal, the Destroyer wreckage, Gungnir, and the Eternal Flame.
• Commander and Marie Rose asked Loren whether Odin had harmed him, and he showed them Gungnir and the Eternal Flame.
• Loren explained that Odin had given him the treasures as bargaining chips for a deal, but kept the details secret.
• Loren learned that 2B was bathing with A2 and Tifa, then told Commander and Marie Rose they could go relax as well.

Loren took Odin’s Seven-Colored Pill and underwent a powerful secondary development while spending time with Commander and Marie Rose. When 2B and the others returned, they confronted the pair, while Nick Fury decided to restart Project Pegasus.

• Loren remembered Odin’s Seven-Colored Pill and took it to strengthen his body.
• The pill’s energy surged through Loren and triggered a dramatic secondary development.
• Commander and Marie Rose reacted with shock as Loren grew stronger, and he explained that Odin had made the pill.
• 2B and the others returned from bathing, and 2B shattered Commander’s water barrier before approaching Loren and Commander.
• Nick Fury examined the cosmic cube in S.H.I.E.L.D.’s secret base and decided to restart Project Pegasus.

Nick Fury restarted Project Pegasus and recruited Tony Stark to use the Tesseract to create a force capable of challenging Loren. Before Tony could begin, A2 arrived to confiscate the Tesseract on Loren’s orders.

• After seeing Android 18 defeat Thor and destroy the Destroyer Armor, Nick Fury decided to restart Project Pegasus.
• Nick Fury brought Tony Stark to S.H.I.E.L.D.’s secret base and asked him to create a superweapon using the Tesseract.
• Nick Fury explained the Tesseract’s history and its connection to Howard Stark, the Arc Reactor, and Captain Marvel.
• Alice revealed that Nick Fury wanted Tony to create superhumans who could contend with Loren’s group.
• A2 burst into the secret base and announced that she would take the Tesseract for Loren.

A2 defeated Nick Fury and the others at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secret base, confiscated the Tesseract, and warned Fury that Loren was in charge. After she left, Alice and Tony Stark humiliated Fury further, leaving him raging helplessly in the base.

• Nick Fury lunged for the Tesseract, but A2 took it and kicked him aside.
• A2 explained that Fury had restarted Project Pegasus to develop weapons against Loren, then beat back Tony Stark, Hawkeye, and the others when they tried to fight her.
• A2 flew away with the Tesseract after warning Fury to heed Loren's message.
• Alice played Sunshine Rainbow White Pony at the base, prompting Fury to curse Loren, A2, and the AI.
• Tony Stark's Iron Man suit whipped Fury while Alice's voice threatened to make him pick cotton if he cursed Loren again.

Loren became intimate with Android 18, then invited Wanda to his laboratory to discuss awakening the hidden power in her and Quicksilver. Wanda was surprised to learn that Loren intended to undergo the experiment himself as well.

• Android 18 waited for Loren in the bedroom, and the two became intimate after he returned from the bathroom.
• Loren went to his secret laboratory to work on new wives and Magitech Armor using Uru Metal and metal forged by the Stellar Core.
• Loren called Wanda to the laboratory and told her he wanted to use the Tesseract and Human Superpower Awakening Technology to awaken the power within her and Quicksilver.
• Wanda agreed to listen as Loren explained that he would not proceed without her consent and would participate in the experiment himself.
• Wanda reacted with surprise when Loren said he would undergo the human experiment too.

Wanda agreed to undergo Loren’s human superpower experiment, asking him to spare her brother, Quicksilver, and confessing her feelings to Loren. A month later, Loren’s technology was ready, and his wives entered the experimental chamber for the first test.

• Wanda asked Loren to let her participate in the experiment alone and send Quicksilver back to Sokovia.
• Loren agreed to provide Quicksilver with a villa and money so he could live safely in Sokovia.
• Wanda told Loren she wanted to be with him before the experiment, and Loren accepted her choice.
• Over the next month, Loren combined the Space Stone with his technology and completed the experimental chamber.
• Loren injected his specially made potion into his wives, excluding 2B and Tifa, and they entered the chamber to begin the experiment.