Chapter Summaries

Loren used the Space Stone to activate Wanda, A2, Commander, and Marie Rose’s genes, awakening Wanda’s Chaos Magic and greatly strengthening the others’ existing abilities. The women offered to protect him, but Loren insisted that he also needed to grow stronger.

• Loren used the Tesseract’s energy on Wanda, A2, Commander, and Marie Rose in the experimental chamber.
• Wanda awakened scarlet Chaos Magic, while A2, Commander, and Marie Rose found that their existing abilities had become stronger.
• A2’s speed increased, Commander gained greater control over water, and Marie Rose’s body hardened to a level comparable to Proto-Adamantium.
• Loren explained that the Space Stone’s energy had reinforced the women’s cells and boosted their abilities, bringing them to Sub-Skyfather Level.
• Commander and the others offered to protect Loren from future experiments, but he said his own strength needed to keep pace.

Loren entered an experiment powered by the Tesseract to strengthen himself and awakened a superpower that gave every cell a storage space. He consumed the chamber’s energy, demanded more from Alice, and then ripped down the Tesseract to devour it directly.

• Loren injected a specialized gene activation potion and entered the experimental chamber despite his wives’ worries.
• As Alice activated the Tesseract, Loren absorbed its energy until a sensation in his genes unlocked a 100-cubic-meter storage space in every cell.
• Loren realized his cells held a combined storage capacity of at least 4,000 trillion cubic meters and began devouring the Tesseract’s energy.
• Loren told Alice not to stop the experiment and ordered her to stimulate the Tesseract at maximum power.
• After consuming the energy released at full power, Loren declared it was not enough, ripped the Tesseract from its mount, and began devouring it.

After absorbing the Space Stone’s energy, Loren awakened Energy Devouring and reached Skyfather-level strength, gaining immense power and spatial abilities. He demonstrated that he could absorb Android 18’s Ki Blast, while preparing to test his ability against Tifa’s freezing energy.

• Loren absorbed the Space Stone’s energy, strengthening his body until he reached Skyfather-level strength and could produce powerful blue energy.
• Loren left the experimental chamber, then used spatial energy to create a wormhole and return to where he had been standing.
• Loren explained that his energy ball and spatial teleportation were byproducts of his true ability, then asked Tifa and Android 18 to attack him.
• Android 18 fired a Ki Blast at Loren, and he caught and completely absorbed it with his palm.

Loren demonstrated that he could absorb and reuse energy, then warned his wives that forces far beyond them existed. As Dormammu’s dark power approached Earth, Loren opened a Space Wormhole to join The Ancient One.

• Loren absorbed a ki blast and condensed it back out, explaining that his cellular spaces let him store and use energy.
• Tifa attacked Loren with piercing cold, which he absorbed and then reproduced as the group of wives marveled at his ability.
• Loren cautioned his wives not to underestimate the universe and identified Dormammu and other threats that could surpass them.
• Loren sensed Dormammu’s dark energy approaching Earth alongside The Ancient One’s magic, and his wives also felt the threat.
• Loren called Dormammu’s arrival a chance to devour dark magic, put on his Nano Suit, and opened a Space Wormhole to The Ancient One.

Loren arrived with his six wives as Dormammu attacked Earth, but Loren devoured the dark energy pouring from a tear in space. The Ancient One welcomed his power as a potential defense against Dormammu, who recognized Loren as the one stealing his energy and faced his challenge.

• The Ancient One was surprised to see Loren arrive with Android 18, A2, Tifa, Commander, Marie Rose, and Wanda, and noticed his strength rivaled her own.
• Dormammu opened a tear into the universe and unleashed a tide of dark energy, which Loren devoured while his stored energy compressed from gas into liquid.
• Dormammu emerged and accused The Ancient One of stealing his energy, while she denied taking it and felt relieved that Loren could consume it.
• The Ancient One warned Dormammu that Loren and his companions could match her strength and urged him to return to the Dark Dimension.
• Loren taunted Dormammu and asked him to release more dark energy, prompting Dormammu to threaten him.

Loren absorbed Dormammu’s dark energy attack without harm, then mocked and attacked him with energy from the Space Stone. When Dormammu escalated his assault, Loren opened a Space Wormhole to swallow the blast, leaving Dormammu’s next move unresolved.

• Dormammu fired a devastating dark energy ray at Loren, but Loren absorbed it and grew stronger while The Ancient One watched in shock.
• Loren mocked Dormammu for ending his attack too soon, and Dormammu threatened him instead of immediately attacking again.
• Loren refused to retreat because Dormammu threatened Earth, then struck him with a beam of spatial energy that made him howl.
• Dormammu launched a stronger energy ray, but Loren opened a Space Wormhole that swallowed it before it reached him.

Loren taunted Dormammu while absorbing his energy attacks, and Android 18 revealed that she could overpower Dormammu’s beam with her Kamehameha. Dormammu grew apprehensive about Loren and the other women, while Loren mocked him for stopping.

• Dormammu fired repeated energy beams at Loren, who absorbed them and taunted him.
• Dormammu redirected a massive energy beam toward Loren’s wives, but Android 18 stepped forward to protect them.
• Android 18’s Kamehameha overwhelmed Dormammu’s beam and struck his head, forcing him to stumble backward.
• Dormammu realized Android 18 might be as powerful as Loren and began considering retreat as he wondered about the other women.
• Loren noticed Dormammu had stopped attacking and mocked him for it.

Loren drove Dormammu to retreat from Earth, though he privately admitted he had been gambling that Dormammu would not change tactics. After The Ancient One thanked him, Loren asked to touch the Time Stone she wore.

• Loren provoked Dormammu, who refused to fall for his bait and threatened The Ancient One before opening a portal and leaving.
• Once Dormammu had gone, Loren dropped his confident act and admitted he had feared Dormammu’s dark magic and had relied on a risky gamble.
• The Ancient One praised Loren for saving Earth and addressed him as Mr. Loren, acknowledging his strength.
• Loren asked The Ancient One for a reward and pointed to the Time Stone, saying she should let him keep it.
• The Ancient One refused to hand over the Time Stone, and Loren settled for asking to touch it.

Loren absorbed some of the Time Stone’s energy, then brought Wanda to The Ancient One to claim her promise to train her. The Ancient One recognized Wanda as someone who had appeared earlier than expected and warned that Loren’s changes had already set the timeline shifting, but agreed to take Wanda as her disciple.

• The Ancient One lent Loren the Eye of Agamotto, and Loren removed the Time Stone and handled it without harm; The Ancient One’s attempt to touch it was repelled.
• Android 18 also handled the Time Stone safely, and Loren used his devouring ability to absorb some of its temporal energy before returning it to The Ancient One.
• Loren reminded The Ancient One that she had promised to train someone with magical talent and presented Wanda as her disciple.
• The Ancient One recognized Wanda and said she should not have appeared so early, then asked Loren whether he understood the consequences of changing the timeline.
• Loren said the butterfly effect had already begun, and The Ancient One agreed to train Wanda until she became Loren’s strongest trump card.

After helping repel Dormammu, Loren received Capsule Technology from the system and planned to use Uru Metal to create new wives. Wanda agreed to study under The Ancient One starting the next day, and the chapter ended with Loren stopping time when his wives pulled him toward the bedroom.

• Wanda initially refused to leave Loren to study with The Ancient One, but agreed after he promised she could return whenever she wanted.
• The Ancient One left, and Loren returned to his secret laboratory through a Space Wormhole.
• The system rewarded Loren for helping repel Dormammu with Capsule Technology and 30 system points.
• Loren decided to begin creating new wives with Uru Metal and planned for Wanda to teach them magic after her studies.
• Loren's wives demanded a reward for the restored peace, and he snapped his fingers to stop time.

Laufey confronted Loki over his betrayal and demanded the Casket of Ancient Winters. Loki claimed that Loren had taken it to Earth and urged Laufey to either send a large force there or release him to help recover it.

• Laufey accused Loki of breaking their agreement and trying to destroy Jotunheim with the Bifrost.
• Loki blamed Laufey’s failed attack on Odin and said Laufey’s Frost Giants had disrupted the plan by entering the treasury.
• Laufey accused Loki of hiding the Casket of Ancient Winters and demanded that he hand it over.
• Loki claimed the Casket was with an Earthling named Loren and offered to guide Laufey to him if Laufey released him.
• Laufey doubted Loki’s story, while Loki insisted that Loren had powerful helpers and that Laufey should bring more warriors to Earth.

Laufey believed Loki’s claim that the Casket of Ancient Winters was on Earth and prepared an expedition to retrieve it. Meanwhile, Loren learned that an unknown force was approaching Morgan Manor.

• Loki offered to help Laufey kill Loren, but Laufey had him taken back to the dungeon and ordered him to stay there.
• Laufey concluded that Odin’s visit to Earth and the Destroyer Armor’s presence there supported Loki’s claim that the Casket of Ancient Winters was on Earth.
• Laufey ordered several dozen elite Frost Giant warriors to accompany him to Earth and recover the Casket.
• Loki celebrated his plan in the dungeon, then choked after a flying bug went into his stomach.
• At Morgan Manor, Alice alerted Loren to abnormal energy fluctuations approaching, and Loren prepared to face the intruder.

After Frost Giants led by Laufey arrived at Morgan Manor demanding the Casket of Ancient Winters, Loren revealed that it had fused with Tifa. He offered Laufey a choice: submit to him, or lose any hope of reclaiming the treasure.

• Alice warned Loren and his wives that abnormal energy was rapidly approaching, so they prepared for an attack.
• Laufey and several dozen Frost Giants arrived at Morgan Manor through the Bifrost and froze the courtyard.
• Loren identified the visitors as Frost Giants and learned they had come because of Loki.
• Laufey demanded the Casket of Ancient Winters and threatened to spare Loren if he returned it.
• Tifa revealed that the Casket of Ancient Winters had fused with her and formed a small model of it in her hand.
• Loren refused to return the Casket and told Laufey to submit, declaring that Jotunheim would be ruled by him.

Loren forced the Frost Giants to choose between submission and death after Tifa used the Casket of Ancient Winters to overwhelm them. Laufey and the Frost Giants submitted to Loren, who declared his ambitions extended beyond the Nine Realms to the entire universe.

• A Frost Giant guard angrily rebuked Loren for demanding the clan's submission.
• Loren signaled A2, who killed the guard, and Tifa froze the Frost Giants and sealed their Ice Power.
• Tifa revealed that she had fused with the Casket of Ancient Winters and offered the Frost Giants submission in exchange for survival and greater power.
• Laufey knelt before Tifa and agreed to submit, and the other Frost Giants knelt before Loren.
• Loren promised to restore the Frost Giants' glory and said he sought to rule beyond the Nine Realms, across the universe.

Loren won the Frost Giants’ loyalty by increasing their Ice Power and learned that Loki had manipulated Laufey into attacking him. He opened a portal to Jotunheim to visit Loki’s dungeon and explore the realm’s resources, while learning that the Mountain Giants controlled half the planet.

• Laufey and the Frost Giants praised Loren, and Loren had Tifa boost their Ice Power, increasing Laufey’s strength by at least thirty percent.
• Laufey pledged the Frost Giants’ loyalty, then told Loren how Loki had sent him to Earth and was now imprisoned in his dungeon.
• Loren opened a Space Wormhole and invited Laufey to visit the dungeon and assess Jotunheim’s potential for development.
• Laufey explained that Mountain Giants controlled half of Jotunheim’s resources and that he had sought the Casket of Ancient Winters to conquer them.
• Loren declared that he would eliminate anyone who stood in the way of his plans to claim Jotunheim’s resources.

Loren visited Jotunheim with Laufey and the others, then discovered Loki had escaped with a scepter holding the Mind Stone. Realizing the Battle of New York depended on the Tesseract, Loren went alone to return it to S.H.I.E.L.D. and arrived in Natasha's office.

• Loren took the group through a Space Wormhole to Jotunheim, where they reacted to its bitter cold and faint light.
• Loren opened a portal to the Frost Giants' dungeon and found Loki missing while the guards slept.
• A guard told Laufey that Loki had escaped using a scepter whose yellow gem could turn people into puppets.
• Loren identified the scepter as likely containing the Mind Stone and decided to return the Tesseract to S.H.I.E.L.D. so the Battle of New York could still happen.
• Loren traveled alone through a Space Wormhole and appeared in Natasha's office at S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secret base.

Loren accidentally arrived in Natasha’s office and caught her watching secret videos of him and Viper. After Natasha believed his explanation, Loren offered to help her, leaving her confused about what he meant.

• Loren unexpectedly appeared in Natasha’s locked office and saw her watching videos of him and Viper.
• Natasha panicked, turned off her phone, and asked Loren how he had entered.
• Loren explained that he could travel through space and had not come to embarrass her, but Natasha believed he had arrived by accident.
• Natasha said she had principles and did not have many partners, prompting Loren to apologize for judging her.
• Loren offered to compensate Natasha by helping her, then raised his hand and used telekinesis through the Magic Ring.

Loren overpowered Natasha, then returned the Tesseract to her without explaining his reasons. He left through a Space Wormhole to rejoin his wives, who suspected he had cheated on them.

• Natasha demanded more from Loren, and she charged at him when he agreed to grant her wish.
• After their battle ended, Loren emerged victorious and placed the Tesseract on Natasha's desk.
• Natasha questioned why Loren was returning the Tesseract, but he told her to keep it or throw it away and warned her to consult Black Boiled Egg.
• Loren teased Natasha about meeting again and departed through a Space Wormhole.
• Loren's wives questioned his long absence and noticed perfume on him, accusing him of cheating.

Loren sent his wives back to Earth, then claimed Jotunheim’s mineral veins as Tifa’s dowry and promised Laufey authority over the realm. After Laufey pledged to attack the Mountain Giants, Loren handed him Odin’s Eternity to aid the conquest.

• Loren sent his eight wives through a Space Wormhole back to the secret base on Earth.
• Loren told Laufey that he would develop Jotunheim and claim its mineral veins as Tifa’s dowry, declaring Tifa the Frost Giants’ saintess.
• Laufey agreed to Loren’s demands after Loren promised to make him Jotunheim’s representative and restore the Frost Giants’ glory.
• Laufey pledged to lead his troops against the Mountain Giants, and Loren gave him Odin’s Eternity.
• Laufey recognized the treasure and was stunned that Loren had it.

Loren lent Laufey Gungnir and sent him to subdue the Mountain Giants. Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. began an experiment with the Tesseract, which brought a mysterious man in green into its underground base.

• Laufey was shocked to learn that Loren possessed Odin's Gungnir and asked how he had obtained it.
• Loren joked that Odin had given him the weapon as a father-in-law, then told Laufey Gungnir would grant him three uses before returning through the Bifrost.
• Laufey vowed to make the Mountain Giants submit, gathered his army, and set out for their territory.
• Loren returned to his secret laboratory at Morgan Manor through a Space Wormhole.
• Coulson warned Nick Fury that returning the Tesseract could be a trap, but Nick ordered Eric to proceed with the experiment.
• Eric activated the device, and a green-robed man wearing a horned crown appeared in the S.H.I.E.L.D. base.