Chapter Summaries

Chu Hang killed Kang the Conqueror-31, used Kang’s research to locate Wanda in the Quantum Realm, and rescued her. He returned with Wanda to the normal universe, where B-15 sent him coordinates to a safe place and said Loki was waiting.

• Kang failed to reverse his injury and used a Quantum Annihilation Bomb against Chu Hang, but Chu Hang destroyed it and defeated him.
• Kang tried to trap Chu Hang with the fortress’s self-destruction and escape, but Chu Hang stopped him and killed him with the Dark Trident.
• Chu Hang examined Kang’s research, discovered that emotional bonds could guide someone through quantum resonance, and sensed Wanda’s Chaos Magic.
• Chu Hang stabilized Wanda’s consciousness, reunited with her, and took her through a spatial rift back to the normal universe.
• After Wanda described the visions she had seen in the Quantum Realm, Chu Hang contacted B-15, who sent safe coordinates and said Loki was waiting.

Chu Hang broke through to the conceptual layer by defining greed as his essence and acquiring the devouring law from an awakening Celestial. He devoured the Celestial to save Earth, then returned to Meteorite Base to suppress the power surging inside him.

• Loki brought Chu Hang and Wanda to the TVA's energy core so Chu Hang could safely attempt his breakthrough.
• Chu Hang unified his nine laws around the concept of greed, then sensed an awakening Celestial beneath Earth's Indian Ocean.
• Chu Hang copied the Celestial's devouring law and used it to shatter the Skyfather barrier, becoming a Cosmic Overlord; Eternity warned him to maintain balance.
• Chu Hang and Wanda returned to Earth, where Chu Hang drained and devoured the Celestial while Wanda stabilized the planet.
• Sersi acknowledged that Chu Hang had saved Earth, and Chu Hang took Wanda to Meteorite Base to suppress the Celestial's unruly energy.

Chu Hang sent a Low Skyfather-level clone to Universe X-7 to study its power system as part of Loki’s plan to fight Anti-Monitor. After the clone’s departure destabilized the devouring law, Chu Hang redefined it and survived; the clone remained alive in X-7.

• Loki told Chu Hang that Kang’s research pointed to three universes whose energy systems could help build a barrier against Anti-Monitor, and Chu Hang agreed to investigate Universe X-7.
• Chu Hang used Dimension Invasion to create an independent Low Skyfather-level clone, gave it part of his understanding of the greed concept, and sent it through Loki’s time portal.
• The clone’s departure caused the devouring law inside Chu Hang to run wild, and Wanda used Chaos Magic and a rune to halt its spread.
• Chu Hang turned the devouring law against itself, redefined it before it collapsed, and recovered with the law now obeying his permission.
• Chu Hang thanked Wanda and sensed that his clone had arrived in Universe X-7 alive and stable.

A clone arrived in the Marvel universe in 1995 and joined Xavier's School as Chu Hang, concealing his true power behind a false story. He settled in at the school, where Charles and Erik recognized his unusual abilities, and planned to save his copying opportunity for the Phoenix Force.

• The clone arrived in 1995, sensed Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr nearby, and traveled to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
• Chu Hang told Charles he was a mutant seeking help and used a fabricated memory barrier to conceal his origins.
• Charles assessed Chu Hang's golden energy and welcomed him to the school as a possible Omega-level mutant.
• Erik tested Chu Hang's energy barrier with metal objects, then warned him that his powers and mental barrier were unusual.
• Chu Hang settled into the dormitory and decided to reserve his copying opportunity for the Phoenix Force.

Chu Hang began studying at Charles’s school and demonstrated precise energy control during a Danger Room exercise, but his solitary approach made Jean wary. That night, he sensed the Phoenix Force stirring inside Jean and realized it might soon become possible to approach it.

• Chu Hang met John, Kitty, Scott, and Jean at breakfast, and recognized the Phoenix Force suppressed within Jean.
• Jean showed Chu Hang the Danger Room and warned him after sensing him scan the Brainwave Amplifier.
• John challenged Chu Hang to prove his strength, but Chu Hang deferred the contest to the afternoon training session.
• During the Danger Room exercise, Chu Hang destroyed every mechanical arm with golden energy threads, earning a pass while Charles reminded him to work with his team.
• Erik warned Chu Hang that he had alienated Jean by acting alone and told him not to scan the Brainwave Amplifier again.
• That night, Chu Hang sensed Jean’s Phoenix Force flare up, watched Charles calm her, and concluded that an opportunity to approach the force was near.

Chu Hang copied Charles's Telepathy and integrated it with his Mental Law, but his rapid progress and probing of Charles's mind made Charles suspicious. After Jean lost control again, Chu Hang planned to copy Mind Control and Magnetic Field Manipulation before making contact with the Phoenix Force.

• Chu Hang persuaded Charles to teach him mental connections, then copied Charles's Telepathy and suppressed the memories that flooded into his mind.
• Chu Hang used Telepathy to read and observe people across the school and beyond, then integrated it with his Mental Law.
• Charles noticed the disturbance caused by Chu Hang's integration and ordered him to train privately under stricter supervision.
• During training, Chu Hang resisted Charles's mental attacks, hid his real memories, and traced an attack back to Charles's Core Node, deepening Charles's suspicion.
• Jean lost control again, and Charles and Erik discussed keeping Chu Hang at the school to discover his motives.
• Chu Hang planned to copy Charles's Mind Control in six days, Magneto's Magnetic Field Manipulation a week later, and the Phoenix Force the next time Jean lost control.

Erik left the school after clashing with Charles over peace and violence, while Chu Hang learned and copied Charles’s Mind Control ability. After integrating it with his other psychic powers, Chu Hang decided to leave the school and pursue other targets, planning to return when Jean fully awakened.

• Erik argued with Charles about whether peace or violence could protect mutants, then left the school.
• Charles taught Chu Hang Mind Control, and Chu Hang copied the ability and absorbed its techniques and memories.
• Charles discovered Chu Hang was not a mutant and agreed to let him stay under conditions; Chu Hang refused to help stop Erik unless the school was threatened.
• Jean confided her fear of losing control of the Phoenix Force, and Chu Hang told her she could leave if she became dangerous.
• Chu Hang integrated Mental Law, Telepathy, and Mind Control, then saw Erik drive away and decided to leave in search of other abilities.

Chu Hang left Xavier’s school to seek out Mutants and copied Darwin’s adaptive ability in Las Vegas after confronting the Hellfire Club. He sensed Sebastian Shaw nearby but postponed approaching him while his copying ability was on cooldown, and continued toward the airport to pursue other Mutants.

• Chu Hang left Xavier’s school after Charles warned him about the Hellfire Club and gave him leads on several Mutants; Jean also shared her psychic notes and asked whether he would return.
• Chu Hang reached Las Vegas, located Armando Muñoz in an underground casino, and offered to help him rather than let the Hellfire Club take him.
• Emma Frost and the Hellfire Club confronted Chu Hang, but he resisted Emma’s telepathy, sent their companions away, and compelled Emma to leave.
• Chu Hang copied Armando’s Survival of the Fittest ability and directed him to seek refuge at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.
• Red Devil returned with armed men, but Chu Hang stopped his attack with telepathy and ordered him and his men to leave.
• Chu Hang sensed Sebastian Shaw absorbing energy in a hotel, decided not to confront him during his copying cooldown, and continued toward the airport.

Chu Hang found Angel Salvadore in San Francisco and rescued her from her nightclub boss and the Hellfire Club. After battling Sebastian Shaw and demonstrating his growing powers, Chu Hang left with Angel to seek a mutant with sonic abilities.

• Chu Hang tracked down Angel Salvadore and tried to persuade her to go to Charles Xavier’s school, but she refused.
• Chu Hang used his psychic powers to drive off Angel’s boss and erase the man’s memories of her debt and wings.
• Azazel, Riptide, and Havok attacked the nightclub, and Chu Hang defeated them before Sebastian Shaw arrived.
• Chu Hang copied Sebastian Shaw’s energy-absorption ability, resisted his lightning, and trapped him by manipulating the concrete beneath him.
• Chu Hang offered Angel a choice between Xavier’s School and joining his search for stronger mutants, and Angel chose to travel with him.

Chu Hang found Sean Cassidy in Dublin and persuaded him to join after warning him about threats to Mutants and demonstrating his psychic power. After seeing Sean’s abilities, Chu Hang decided not to copy them and planned to take him to the United States before pursuing Apocalypse.

• Chu Hang used his psychic power to locate Sean Cassidy at a bar near the Liffey River.
• Chu Hang warned Sean that the Hellfire Club and human authorities threatened Mutants, then offered to train him; Sean agreed to go with him after seeing Professor Charles first.
• At an abandoned dock, Sean demonstrated his destructive sonic waves and his unstable ability to fly.
• Chu Hang examined Sean’s power, judged its control poor, and decided against copying the B-rank ability.
• Chu Hang offered to teach Sean to control his power and planned to take him to the United States before pursuing Apocalypse.

Chu Hang traveled to Egypt, found Apocalypse sleeping beneath the desert, and copied his Molecular Manipulation ability. He left Apocalypse sealed in his tomb and forced his consciousness back to sleep, planning to return after the replication cooldown and use Apocalypse to trigger Jean’s Phoenix Force.

• Chu Hang returned to Charles’s estate, trained Sean and Angel for three days, and then left for Egypt despite Jean’s warning.
• After searching the Egyptian desert, Chu Hang found Apocalypse’s underground tomb and copied his Molecular Manipulation ability.
• Chu Hang added spatial, time, and psychic locks to the tomb to prevent Apocalypse from awakening before he could copy more abilities.
• When Apocalypse’s consciousness sensed the intrusion and began to stir, Chu Hang entered his mental world and defeated him with the power of his ten laws.
• Chu Hang forced Apocalypse back into a deep slumber and left the tomb, intending to extract more value from him before using him to trigger Jean’s Phoenix Force.

After returning from Egypt, Chu Hang demonstrated his newly acquired Molecular Manipulation and explained that he had sealed the threat he encountered. Jean confessed her feelings for him, while her powerful, sleeping Phoenix Force stirred in response to her emotions.

• Chu Hang returned to Xavier's School, where Charles sensed that his power had reached a new realm, and Chu Hang said he had contained a threat using safeguards involving space, time, and the mind.
• Chu Hang demonstrated his ability to create and decompose matter, then formed a stone chair from the hall floor and said the threat would remain dormant unless an equal power intervened.
• Charles warned that greater threats could come and suggested Jean's inner power might change everything; Chu Hang went to the training grounds to learn to control Molecular Manipulation.
• Chu Hang manipulated molecules to create solid oxygen, strengthen steel, and form a blade that cut through an alloy target, while Jean watched and asked when he would leave.
• Jean kissed Chu Hang and said she did not want to be just a passerby in his life, and he gently touched her hair.
• In his guest room, Chu Hang sensed Jean's emotions stirring the Phoenix Force and realized that her feelings had become an unforeseen variable in his plan.

Chu Hang copied Mutant Ability Amplification from Apocalypse so he could safely guide Jean Grey toward controlling the Phoenix Force. He weakened the seals around Apocalypse’s coffin to bring him back in nine to twelve months, then returned to Xavier’s School and sensed Jean’s psychic shackles continuing to crack.

• Chu Hang traveled to Apocalypse’s tomb and copied Mutant Ability Amplification from the sleeping mutant.
• Chu Hang used the Life Law to stabilize the copied ability and planned to remove its genetic and psychic dangers before using it to help Jean.
• Chu Hang weakened the Space Lock, Time Lock, and Psychic Lock around Apocalypse’s coffin, setting his awakening for nine to twelve months later.
• Apocalypse’s lingering consciousness stirred and warned Chu Hang that the seals could not hold him.
• Chu Hang returned to Xavier’s School and sensed the Phoenix Force battering the shackles within Jean’s Soul Law.

Chu Hang refined Apocalypse’s Ability Amplification and tested it on himself, greatly increasing his power while learning how dangerous the process would be for Jean. Jean discovered his plan to help her control the Phoenix Force, but Chu Hang told her he needed more time to perfect it.

• Chu Hang examined Apocalypse’s Ability Amplification and used the Life Law and Mental Law to remove its Psychic Imprint, which could enslave anyone whose abilities it amplified.
• Scott Summers warned Chu Hang that Jean’s power was dangerous, and Charles later refused to approve Chu Hang’s plan to help Jean face the Phoenix Force.
• Chu Hang amplified himself in the training room, endured a violent restructuring of his body, and reached High Skyfather-level power while discovering that the state could last only seventy-two hours.
• Chu Hang realized that the amplification would be too dangerous for Jean in its current form and decided to make the process gentler and more gradual.
• Jean entered the damaged training room, sensed Chu Hang’s new strength, and realized he intended to use Ability Amplification to help her control the power inside her.
• Chu Hang told Jean he needed more time to perfect the method, and Jean nodded despite her fear that it might fail.

Chu Hang awakened Apocalypse to force Jean Grey to confront the Phoenix Force in a controlled battle and develop a self-sustaining way to wield it. Charles agreed to prepare the X-Men, and the chapter ended with Chu Hang reassuring Jean as the team learned of the coming threat.

• Chu Hang decided that Jean needed a dangerous opponent to help her control the Phoenix Force, so he awakened Apocalypse.
• Chu Hang told Charles that Apocalypse would serve as a catalyst for Jean and explained his plan for a “perfect cycle.”
• Charles agreed to trust Chu Hang, assemble the core X-Men, and evacuate the other students before Apocalypse fully awakened in three days.
• Charles gathered Scott, Hank, Ororo, and Jean and warned them that Apocalypse would wage war on their civilization.
• Chu Hang joined the meeting and told Jean to believe in herself.

Apocalypse awakened in Egypt, recruited Ororo Munroe and Psylocke as two of his Four Horsemen, and strengthened their powers. At Xavier's School, Charles tracked him as Chu Hang warned that the coming conflict would test Jean's unstable Phoenix Force.

• Abdul and his assistants opened the ancient sarcophagus, awakening Apocalypse, who killed them and absorbed their knowledge.
• Apocalypse found Ororo Munroe in Cairo, enhanced her weather powers, and persuaded her to join him.
• Apocalypse entered a Warsaw fighting arena, killed six bodyguards, and recruited Psylocke after enhancing her psychic abilities.
• Charles used Cerebro to locate Apocalypse in Egypt, Warsaw, and Berlin while Chu Hang assessed the threat as Skyfather-level.
• Chu Hang told the X-Men their chances were even if Jean could endure the strain, and Jean said she could.

Apocalypse took over global broadcasts and gave humanity seven days to surrender to mutant rule. After Charles failed to reach Erik and was injured by Apocalypse’s psychic attack, Chu Hang promised to weaken the Horsemen and prepared to have Jean face Apocalypse.

• Apocalypse broadcast a seven-day ultimatum worldwide, declaring that mutants would rule and the old order would be destroyed.
• Charles used the Brainwave Amplifier to contact Erik, who rejected his appeal and insisted humanity owed mutants a debt.
• Apocalypse attacked Charles through their psychic connection, but Chu Hang’s Mental Law shield protected him until the attack ended.
• Jean Grey, Scott, and McCoy arrived as Charles collapsed, and Chu Hang sent them to take him to the medical room.
• Chu Hang assessed Apocalypse and the Horsemen as a near Mid Skyfather-level team, then said he would divide and weaken them before Jean faced Apocalypse.

Apocalypse summoned mutants worldwide to join his new order, while Chu Hang prepared to challenge him and helped Jean begin controlling the Phoenix Force. The chapter ended with Apocalypse anticipating their first confrontation in three days as storms gathered over the Cairo pyramid.

• Apocalypse sent a worldwide summons to mutants, promising power to those who joined him and death to those who refused.
• Jean and the X-Men learned that Apocalypse was gathering an army, and Jean went to Chu Hang for help.
• Chu Hang explained that he planned to draw out the Horsemen so Jean could fight them and learn to control the Phoenix Force.
• With Chu Hang's guidance, Jean reached out to the Phoenix, which calmed and formed a bond with her.
• Chu Hang planned to release a false law source in the Sahara in three days, using Ororo as Jean's first opponent.
• Apocalypse anticipated the challenge and ordered Ororo, Psylocke, and Angel to prepare as storms gathered over the pyramid.

Chu Hang guided Jean as she fought Ororo Munroe in the Sahara and awakened a powerful manifestation of the Phoenix Force. After protecting Jean from Ororo’s final storm, Chu Hang removed Apocalypse’s control brand from Ororo and sent her to Xavier’s School.

• Chu Hang disrupted the Laws to draw Apocalypse’s attention, and Ororo arrived to investigate the energy fluctuations.
• Jean fought Ororo with the Phoenix Force, destroying her tornadoes and surviving a massive lightning strike as a fire phoenix emerged from her.
• Jean struggled to control the Phoenix Force, and Chu Hang shielded her from Ororo’s enormous storm while advising her to practice delicate control.
• Chu Hang evaded Ororo’s lightning and used the Laws of Life, Time, and Mind to remove Apocalypse’s brand from her without destroying her mind.
• Ororo remembered the people she had harmed, and Chu Hang opened a spatial rift to send her to Xavier’s School.

Jean Grey used the Phoenix Force to protect the students at Xavier's School and free Angel from Apocalypse's control. Chu Hang arrived during the fight, removed the brands from Angel and Psylocke, and found Jean exhausted but still maintaining her protective phoenix phantom.

• Ororo told Scott and Hank that Apocalypse controlled Psylocke, Angel, and Magneto Erik, just before Psylocke and Angel attacked Xavier's School.
• Psylocke overwhelmed Scott and Hank while Angel attacked the students, but Jean Grey protected them with a Phoenix-powered barrier.
• Jean guided the Fire Phoenix toward protecting others and used precise flames to restrain Angel without destroying his mind.
• Chu Hang removed Apocalypse's brand from Psylocke and Angel, who collapsed and wept after regaining consciousness.
• Chu Hang saw Jean exhausted but still holding the phoenix phantom in place to protect the students.