Chapter Summaries

Three months after the Order Law stabilized, Chu Hang prepared to leave for other universes to confront threats to the Multiverse. Starlight discovered she was pregnant but chose not to tell him before his departure, and he planned to leave the next morning.

• Chu Hang told Starlight that he had to leave to prepare for the Anti-Monitor and Kang, and she agreed to stay as his anchor despite their painful farewell.
• Starlight began vomiting, took a pregnancy test with Maeve's help, and learned she was pregnant with Chu Hang's child.
• Starlight decided to keep the pregnancy secret until Chu Hang was ready to leave, fearing the news would make him reconsider his mission.
• Chu Hang returned after leaving Benjamin insights into Alchemical Law and explained how Maeve, Butcher, and Starlight would run the bureau after he left.
• Starlight thanked Chu Hang and concealed her pregnancy as he said he would leave early the next morning.

Chu Hang returned from the Black-Robed Universe with the alchemical law and learned that the Council of Kangs was eroding timelines and targeting his Main Universe. After Nathaniel Richards arrived claiming he could stop the catastrophe, Chu Hang chose to investigate before trusting him.

• Chu Hang left a protective rune for Starlight and their unborn child before his avatar departed for the Main Universe.
• Chu Hang fused the avatar with his original body, integrated the alchemical law, and gained a faith-energy sphere that could serve as a coordinate.
• Wanda told Chu Hang that Loki urgently needed him at the Time Variance Authority, where Loki showed him timelines being eroded by the Council of Kangs.
• Loki revealed that the Council's next target was Earth-199999 and that a boy named Nathaniel Richards had arrived at the Avengers Compound after his timeline was erased.
• Chu Hang learned that Nathaniel proposed gathering Kang variants into the Young Avengers and decided to offer limited aid while withholding his trust.
• Chu Hang told Loki he would meet Nathaniel later and asked how many members the Council of Kangs had.

Chu Hang exposed Nathaniel’s scar as a hidden beacon that summoned three Council of Kangs executioners to the Avengers Compound. He defeated them and began tracing the beacon back to a Council outpost.

• Nathaniel told War Machine, Falcon, and Wanda that the Council of Kangs was purging timelines and that he had come from the thirty-first century to stop it.
• Chu Hang arrived, analyzed Nathaniel, and discovered that the scar on his wrist concealed a Dimension Beacon planted by the Council of Kangs.
• The beacon activated in Chu Hang’s Law Domain, and three Council executioners emerged through a spacetime fissure and attacked.
• Chu Hang protected Nathaniel, dismantled the executioners’ energy beams and armor with the Alchemical Law, and captured the three men.
• Chu Hang used the beacon’s lingering spacetime fluctuations to trace the executioners’ path back to a Council of Kangs outpost.

Chu Hang learned that the Council of Kangs was pruning realities and that a multiverse war had begun, so he brought Thor to the Avengers Compound and restored the six destroyed Infinity Stones. Thor mastered their power through Stormbreaker, leaving him stronger than ever and the weapon complete.

• Chu Hang sealed the minds of the three executioners and warned the Avengers that the Council of Kangs treated realities like gardens to prune.
• Chu Hang summoned Thor from New Asgard and told him that Kang’s executioners had tried to erase him and that the multiverse war had begun.
• Chu Hang used alchemy, time, and Reality Warp to find and reassemble the six Infinity Stones from their scattered particles.
• Chu Hang set the six Stones into Stormbreaker, and Thor endured their destructive backlash by overpowering it with his divine lightning.
• Thor mastered the Stones’ power, rose beyond Low Skyfather-level, and wielded Stormbreaker in its completed form.

Wanda asked Chu Hang to help her master her Chaos Magic, and he guided her into her mind to confront Chthon while Pietro held her hand. She resisted Chthon’s attempts to exploit her fears, awakened reality-defining power at Skyfather-level, and Chthon’s true body took notice of Chu Hang.

• Thor told Chu Hang that Stormbreaker had helped him stabilize his power at High Skyfather-level, then left to find Valkyrie.
• Wanda asked Chu Hang to help her grow stronger, and he explained that she needed to confront Chthon’s projection to take control of her Chaos Magic.
• Pietro held Wanda’s hand as Chu Hang used Reality Warp and the Law of Soul to guide her into the depths of her mind.
• Chthon tried to corrupt Wanda by exploiting her fears of loss and loneliness, but Pietro’s presence reminded her that she was not alone.
• Wanda resisted Chthon’s attack, and Chu Hang brought her back to the training ground, where she demonstrated that she could restore matter and create a real rose.
• Chu Hang confirmed that Wanda had reached Skyfather-level, while Chthon’s true body sensed Chu Hang’s Greed and vowed to remember him.

Chu Hang sent a powerful clone to Universe-838 to retrieve the Book of the Vishanti and the Darkhold, hoping to strengthen Strange and Wanda before the Council of Kangs attacked. After arriving in New York, the clone destroyed six Ultron Sentinels and drew the Illuminati’s attention, then headed toward a café while they discussed how to handle him.

• Chu Hang decided Strange needed stronger magic and formed a Low Skyfather-level clone, giving it magical knowledge and orders to retrieve the Book of the Vishanti and the Darkhold.
• The clone crossed into Universe-838, saw the memorial statue honoring Stephen Strange, and learned the city’s Ultron Sentinels had detected him.
• The clone crushed six Ultron Sentinels with a gesture and sensed Wanda’s faint Chaos Magic, but chose not to approach her.
• Charles Xavier failed to probe the clone’s mind, while Reed Richards identified him as a Skyfather-level intruder and the Illuminati debated their response.
• The clone left the Sanctum, planned to visit Kamar-Taj and Mount Wundagore, and sat down at a café as the Illuminati prepared to confront him.

Chu Hang's double confronted the Illuminati after they demanded that he surrender and submit to examination, then overwhelmed them with reality-warping power. He discovered the Book of the Vishanti's location and left through a portal, warning the defeated heroes not to interfere again.

• Professor X led the Illuminati in surrounding Chu Hang's double and demanding he surrender dangerous items for examination.
• Chu Hang's double accused the Illuminati of secretly killing Doctor Strange, and Black Bolt's reaction confirmed his guilt.
• Chu Hang's double turned Reed's energy-field generator into a grenade, silenced Black Bolt, and immobilized Captain Carter and Captain Marvel.
• Professor X glimpsed the greater being behind Chu Hang's double and recognized him as only one finger it had extended.
• Chu Hang's double searched Mordo's memories, found the Book of the Vishanti in Kamar-Taj's Forbidden Library, and warned the Illuminati before leaving through a portal.

Chu Hang's clone broke into Kamar-Taj, subdued Baron Mordo, and plundered the Book of the Vishanti's white-magic knowledge. He then sensed Wanda's dormant Chaos Magic in Westview and opened a portal to Mount Wundagore to seek the Darkhold.

• Chu Hang's clone suppressed Kamar-Taj's guards and shattered the Vishanti Defensive Array despite Mordo's efforts to stop him.
• The clone overcame the Book of the Vishanti's rejection with his Greed Concept and copied its white-magic knowledge, leaving the tome powerless.
• The clone returned the drained book to Mordo and left Kamar-Taj, declaring Mount Wundagore his next destination.
• The clone sensed Wanda Maximoff's dormant Chaos Magic in Westview and concluded that the book's plundering may have stirred it.
• The clone opened a portal to Mount Wundagore and stepped through, while Wanda briefly sensed a distant call before returning to her dinner.

Chu Hang's double climbed Mount Wundagore and destroyed its corrupted wardens with the Alchemical Law and the Law of Death. At the summit, he found the Darkhold and discovered that its Chaos Magic was part of Chthon's plan to corrupt the destined Scarlet Witch and use her as a vessel.

• Chu Hang's double climbed Mount Wundagore as the dark magical substance recoiled from his power.
• More than fifty corrupted wardens surrounded Chu Hang's double and attacked him with dark magic.
• Chu Hang's double dismantled one warden with the Alchemical Law, then erased the rest with the Law of Death.
• Chu Hang's double continued to the summit as the black mist and magical substance withdrew from his path.
• Chu Hang's double found the Darkhold floating above a black stone altar and sensed Chaos Magic within it.
• Chu Hang's double read the altar's runes and learned that Chthon had created the Darkhold to corrupt the destined Scarlet Witch and make her his vessel.

Chu Hang's double purified the Darkhold at Mount Wundagore, severing its connection to Chthon and absorbing its dark knowledge and Chaos Magic. His actions awakened the Chaos Magic within this universe's Wanda Maximoff and alerted Chthon in the Main Universe, before Chu Hang's double returned through a portal to Meteorite Base.

• Chu Hang's double climbed the altar steps, overcoming the Darkhold's attacks by using the Law of Death and Alchemical Law to dissolve its defenses.
• He showed the Darkhold the Chaos Magic he had copied from Wanda, then used the Mental Law, Law of Death, and Alchemical Law to absorb its knowledge and sever its connection to Chthon.
• Chu Hang's double sensed that his actions had disturbed the magical balance and awakened dormant Chaos Magic in Wanda Maximoff in Westview, but chose not to intervene.
• He sensed Chthon stirring in the Main Universe and decided the disturbance might reveal a weakness he could exploit later.
• Chu Hang's double opened a portal to Meteorite Base and left Mount Wundagore as its dark magic began to dissipate.
• Wanda emerged from her daze and saw scarlet light dancing at her fingertips as her power began to awaken.

Chu Hang stripped the consciousness and corruption from the Book of the Vishanti and Darkhold’s source essences, completing his twelfth law and driving Chthon away. He sealed Chthon’s connection to Wanda just as Loki warned that the Council of Kangs’ vanguard would reach the Main Universe in six hours.

• Chu Hang’s clone merged the Book of the Vishanti’s light and the Darkhold’s darkness into his original body, and Chu Hang used his greed concept to strip away their wills and complete the dark law.
• Chthon tore open a fissure from the Dark Dimension and attacked Chu Hang, who combined light and darkness to strike Chthon and force him back.
• Chu Hang sealed the channels connecting Wanda’s Chaos Magic to Chthon, freeing her from his influence.
• Loki told Chu Hang that the Council of Kangs’ vanguard had entered the Main Universe’s boundary and its main force would arrive in six hours.
• Chu Hang told Loki to prepare Thor and Stormbreaker, and Wanda joined him as her Chaos Magic began to grow stronger.

Chu Hang transferred Vishanti’s Essence to Strange, transforming him into an independent source of white magic and strengthening the Avengers’ sorcerers. The Council of Kangs’ vanguard fleet arrived in Earth’s orbit, and the story left the heroes facing an imminent invasion.

• Strange told Chu Hang that his attempt to use the Time Stone to predict the Council of Kangs’ plans had revealed their power to alter causality and erase existence.
• Chu Hang returned the Time Stone to Stormbreaker and offered Strange the Vishanti’s Essence he had brought from Universe-838.
• Strange absorbed the Essence over three hours, gained a golden Third Eye, and became a source of Order Law and white magic.
• Wanda’s Chaos Law Magic settled in response to Strange’s new power, while Thor and Chu Hang recognized the transformation.
• The sky split open, and tens of thousands of ships bearing the Council of Kangs’ symbol emerged from timeline rifts into Earth’s orbit.

The Council of Kangs invaded Earth and sent a Kang variant to test Strange, who defeated him but learned that the encounter had transmitted his combat data to the Council. As five stronger Kangs surrounded the Avengers and the fleet prepared to fire on Earth, Chu Hang and his allies readied themselves for battle.

• Thousands of Council of Kangs warships arrived in Earth's orbit, and a Kang variant declared the Avengers' timeline would be pruned.
• Chu Hang stopped Thor from attacking and sent Strange to face the Kang variant as a test of his new power.
• Strange repelled the variant's temporal and causality weapons, broke his shield, and restrained him.
• The Kang variant revealed that he had transmitted Strange's combat data to the Council before being recalled.
• The fleet charged its main cannon as five more Kangs appeared around the base, and Chu Hang, Thor, Strange, and Wanda prepared to fight.

Chu Hang and the Avengers defeated Kang’s vanguard, and Chu Hang absorbed the Timeline Erasure Cannon before destroying its flagship. As the Council of Kangs retreated after collecting their data, Nathaniel Richards warned that Chu Hang was right about the threat ahead.

• The five Kangs attacked the Avengers, but Thor, Wanda, and Strange quickly defeated Heavy Armor Kang, Speed Kang, Tech Rune Kang, and Time Kang.
• Kang-2099 ordered the flagship to fire its Timeline Erasure Cannon at North America, and Chu Hang absorbed the timeline-erasing beam with his greed domain.
• Chu Hang converted the cannon’s energy into power and destroyed the flagship with a punch combining twelve kinds of law power.
• Kang-2099 called for retreat, warned Chu Hang that stronger forces would come next, and vanished as the remaining fleet escaped through spacetime rifts.
• Chu Hang told the Avengers that the Council of Kangs had gathered their data, and Nathaniel Richards agreed that the danger was real.

Chu Hang absorbed the Kangs’ attack, then learned that Gorr the God Butcher had invaded Asgard and gravely wounded Hela. He and Thor reached the ruined palace, where Gorr confronted them with the Necrosword.

• Chu Hang absorbed the Timeline Erasure Cannon’s blast, and Tony and Strange began examining the fallen Kangs.
• Chu Hang sensed Hela’s law mark burning and learned that Gorr had wounded her and was consuming Asgard with the Necrosword.
• Chu Hang told Tony to continue guarding the Compound, then opened a rift to Asgard with Thor.
• Chu Hang and Thor found the Bifrost and much of Asgard covered in a darkness that erased buildings and harvested souls.
• Chu Hang and Thor entered the ruined palace, where Gorr identified himself and vowed that every god deserved to die.

Thor fought Gorr and the Necrosword while Chu Hang discovered that the weapon had permanently severed Hela’s connection to Asgard. Chu Hang countered Gorr’s attacks and learned that the Necrosword was tied to the ancient darkness Knull, leaving him eager to consume the blade.

• Thor attacked Gorr with Stormbreaker and its Infinity Stones, but the Necrosword absorbed some of the energy and blocked Thor’s lightning.
• Chu Hang examined Hela’s erased left arm and determined that the Necrosword had permanently severed her connection to Asgard; he could not restore it.
• Gorr wore Thor down with shadow weapons that repeatedly reformed, while Chu Hang absorbed the shadows using the Dark Law and Devouring Law.
• Chu Hang caught the Necrosword between two fingers and explained that he was not a god, so its god-slaying power could not target him as it did divine beings.
• Chu Hang sensed the Necrosword’s will and identified the ancient entity behind it as Knull, then absorbed Gorr’s sword energies and threatened to eat the weapon.
• Hela watched Chu Hang face Gorr and recognized that his power had always been beyond her reach.

Chu Hang defeated Gorr, took the Necrosword, and restored Gorr’s daughter Love in exchange. He returned to Asgard, where Thor and Hela recognized the crisis was over and Hela pledged him a debt of gratitude.

• Chu Hang overwhelmed Gorr’s attacks and began devouring the Necrosword, whose dark will feared his Greed Concept.
• Gorr revealed that he had slaughtered gods to reach Eternity and resurrect his daughter, Love, and Chu Hang offered to bring her back in exchange for the sword.
• Gorr surrendered the Necrosword, and Chu Hang absorbed its power, drawing the attention of its creator, Knull, who sensed Greed and planted a seed of vengeance.
• Chu Hang restored Love at her grave, and Gorr reunited with his daughter before Chu Hang claimed the deal was complete.
• Chu Hang returned to Asgard and told Thor and Hela that Gorr would not return; Hela thanked him and acknowledged that she owed him her life before he departed through a spatial rift.

Chu Hang and the Avengers prepared for the Council of Kangs’ arrival, then faced its overwhelming fleet and countless variants as they attacked Earth. Chu Hang challenged the Kangs, but the chapter ended before the battle with their three hidden trump cards began.

• Chu Hang returned from Asgard with Thor and revealed he had gained the abyss as his thirteenth law from the Necrosword.
• The Avengers reviewed their defenses as the seventy-two-hour deadline for the Council of Kangs’ arrival approached, and Strange announced that they had arrived.
• Chronopolis appeared above Earth, and the Council of Kangs declared the timeline marked for pruning; Chu Hang repelled their pressure with his Law Domain.
• The Kangs’ ships attacked, and Tony, Strange, Wanda, Thor, and the others used Earth’s defenses to hold them back.
• Black-Armored Kang fired a beam of death at Thor, while Chu Hang noticed that Nathaniel’s Dimension Beacon scar had begun glowing again.
• Pharaoh Kang offered Chu Hang three choices, and Chu Hang rejected him, declaring that the Kangs were ants before a Cosmic Overlord.

Chu Hang erased Pharaoh Kang and his fleet, then copied Young Kang’s Spacetime Sovereignty and used dimensional backlash to trap the three remaining Kangs. He realized Nathaniel was their living conduit and left the Avengers to hold the line while he went to save the boy.

• Chu Hang devoured Pharaoh Kang and disintegrated his vanguard fleet.
• Black-Armored Kang attacked the Avengers with the concept of death, but Chu Hang resisted and exposed the dimensional backlash weakening the three Kangs.
• Young Kang used Nathaniel as an anchor to stabilize the Kangs, and Chu Hang copied Young Kang’s Spacetime Sovereignty.
• Chu Hang redirected dimensional backlash against the three Kangs, forcing them to rely on Nathaniel as their living conduit while Chronopolis descended toward Earth.
• Chu Hang told Tony to help sever Nathaniel’s connection rather than kill him, then trapped the Kangs in a backlash cage and teleported to Nathaniel to save him.

Chu Hang removed the Dimension Beacon from Nathaniel and expelled the Council of Kangs, devouring Black-Armored Kang and erasing Data Kang while Young Kang escaped into the Multiversal Rift. The invasion ended, but Chu Hang warned that the Anti-Monitor might pose a greater threat.

• Chu Hang used the Alchemical Law to separate the Dimension Beacon from Nathaniel without killing him, then destroyed it.
• Chu Hang invoked Spacetime Sovereignty to expel the three Kangs and the collapsing Chronopolis from the universe.
• Black-Armored Kang attacked with the Death Concept, but Chu Hang absorbed his power and devoured him; Chu Hang erased Data Kang with the Reality Warp Law.
• Young Kang detonated remnants of the other Kangs to open a rift and escaped into the Multiversal Rift.
• Chu Hang regrouped with Tony, Steve, Natasha, and Wanda, learned Nathaniel was stable, and said remnants of the Alchemical Law might give him abilities.
• Chu Hang privately identified the Anti-Monitor as a greater looming threat, but declined to explain further to Tony.