Chapter Summaries

Russell unleashed Koyata Stark’s immense Spiritual Pressure, overwhelmed Corvus Glaive’s forces, and destroyed the warship with his pack of soul-splitting wolves. With time left on the Character Card, Russell headed into outer space to pursue more targets.

• Russell’s Spiritual Pressure crushed the Vanguard monsters, incapacitated Natasha, and pinned Corvus Glaive in place.
• Russell fired a Cero at Corvus Glaive, who regenerated through his war blade and fled to the flagship while ordering a full assault.
• Russell used Infinite-Loading Cero to devastate the small ships and bring the flagship’s shields close to failure.
• Russell reached the flagship and unleashed Chase him down, pack of wolves, sending soul-fragment wolves through its armor to destroy it.
• Russell used Sonído to race into outer space, intent on continuing the fight while his Character Card remained active.

Russell defeated Corvus Glaive on planet CY-27 and recruited the Chitauri leader as his new subordinate. The leader accepted the name Zereel, and Russell prepared to mark him.

• Natasha woke up, shot Corvus Glaive, and drew his attention while he tried to seize her as a hostage.
• Russell repeatedly vaporized Corvus Glaive and destroyed his soul-bound war blade, ending his ability to revive.
• Jason killed Corvus Glaive, whose remains crumbled into sand after his final death.
• Russell had his giant wolves bring the Chitauri leader to him, and the leader surrendered and pledged his loyalty.
• Russell renamed the Chitauri leader Zereel, accepted him as a subordinate, and prepared to mark him.

After escaping Planet CY-27, Russell became a galactic fugitive when Thanos ordered the Black Order to find him and avenge Corvus Glaive. Russell gathered supplies on Kontraxia, eliminated Selovi to prevent a leak, and began the journey back to Earth with Natasha and the Chitauri.

• Russell fled Planet CY-27 aboard Zereel’s disguised transport ship after destroying eight Black Order warships, and the remaining forces found Corvus Glaive’s broken blade.
• Thanos watched footage of Russell’s battle, ordered his identity investigated, and commanded the destruction of the Chitauri homeworld.
• The Black Order placed Russell, Natasha, Zereel, and Jason on a huge bounty, making Russell’s victory famous across the galaxy.
• Russell took possession of Zereel’s treasury and accepted the supplies on Kontraxia after confirming the transport ships had been secured.
• Russell used his power to make Selovi detonate a bomb, then ordered Natasha to pilot the ship toward a spatial node and back to Earth.

Russell established Hydra’s expansion plans on Mars and in Wakanda, then returned to the real world while waiting for construction and plot progress. When the system offered a new node in the Main God Space, he decided to prepare and enter.

• Russell split the transport fleet, sending Zereel and the Chitauri to establish a Hydra branch on Mars and another group to develop the Wakanda base.
• Azzuri saw the cloaked spacecraft land in Wakanda and committed Wakanda to serving Russell.
• Russell returned the latest Star Map to the Sorcerer Supreme and spent a month in Kamar-Taj’s library, but the Sorcerer Supreme refused to reveal the future.
• Russell returned to the real world, continued recharging, and made several trips to the Marvel Universe to advance time while Hydra’s base construction continued.
• The system told Russell that a new plot world node had appeared in the Main God Space, and Russell said he would prepare to enter.

Russell found himself aboard the Aegean after a sea monster struck the luxury liner, and he escaped the food storage room with jewel thief Cui Lin. They reached the captain's quarters, where they heard a group approaching.

• A huge creature rose from beneath the Aegean and rammed it, throwing passengers and crew into chaos.
• Russell woke Cui Lin by wiping a shoeprint from her chest, and she slapped him before asking why he was locked in the food storage room.
• Cui Lin escaped through the security door, and Russell followed her toward the captain's quarters while learning about the Aegean.
• Russell found Cui Lin's Wanted poster in the captain's quarters and teased her about her criminal record and ex-boyfriend.
• Cui Lin told Russell she would never date him, and hurried footsteps approached them in the corridor.

Russell and Cui Lin encountered mercenaries searching the Argonautica, while Russell recognized the events of Deep Freeze and learned Shen Menghan was nearby. After Cui Lin became infatuated with a man she met in the elevator, Russell disguised himself in his black robe and prepared to recruit a little brother.

• Armed mercenaries entered the captain's quarters, and Cui Lin claimed she and Russell knew nothing about the ship's destruction.
• The mercenaries opened the vault, where a firefighter-clad figure killed the first man inside with an axe before the attackers were slaughtered.
• Russell recognized the scene from Deep Freeze and learned from the system that Shen Menghan was floating above the ship.
• Cui Lin led Russell toward the elevator, where she ran into a righteous-looking man and immediately became interested in him.
• Russell slipped away, put on his black robe, took the trident, and announced that it was time to take on a little brother.

Russell fought the Sea Monster aboard the Argo and killed it with the trident after it emerged through the ship’s deck. He then encountered Ying Yingying, who blamed him for ruining all her leads.

• Russell cut down the Sea Monster’s tentacles as he advanced through the Argo, though the trident initially failed to control them.
• The Sea Monster burst through the deck and attacked Russell in the flooded hall.
• Russell destroyed the Sea Monster’s eyes and wounded it with gunfire, then used the trident to trap it in a Great Maelstrom until it died.
• Russell received two lottery chances after coming into contact with Ying Yingying.
• Ying Yingying appeared in a black robe and accused Russell of ruining all her leads.

Russell and Ying Yingying fought across the stormy sea after Russell killed the Sea Monster and disrupted the route to Skull Island. Ying Yingying trapped Russell in a sealed pentagram domain and revealed her Blade Storm skill, leaving their battle poised to continue.

• Russell recognized that Ying Yingying wore the goddess's ring and confronted her after she accused him of cutting off the clue to Skull Island.
• Ying Yingying blasted Russell into the sea with fire and froze the water, but Russell escaped and attacked with Mana Bullets and elemental magic.
• Russell summoned sea tornadoes and a Great Tsunami to trap Ying Yingying in a massive cube of water.
• Russell cut Ying Yingying's robe and struck her, but she caught his Adamantium Blade and used Matrix Forging to turn it into paper.
• Ying Yingying activated a pentagram array that expelled the seawater and sealed Russell inside a domain, then announced Blade Storm.

Russell defeated Ying Yingying’s Blade Storm and discovered that she was immune to magic, but she trapped him under a barrage of lightning. Russell countered with lightning wolves that overwhelmed her defenses, leaving her surrounded and nearly out of Magic Power.

• Ying Yingying unleashed Blade Storm, but Russell answered with a stronger version and tore through her attack.
• Russell cut Ying Yingying’s staff, seized her Magic Scroll, and kicked her into the barrier before shooting her shoulders.
• Ying Yingying revealed that her body devoured Magic Power and claimed Russell could not defeat her with magic.
• Ying Yingying summoned dark clouds and unleashed lightning, but Russell revealed that lightning magic was also his specialty.
• Russell’s lightning wolves destroyed the pentagram barrier and forced Ying Yingying to expend her Magic Power on shields.
• Russell struck Ying Yingying’s next scroll from her hand as the wolves surrounded her and began to self-destruct.

Russell captured the shrunken Ying Yingying after the fight and learned how her unusual constitution worked while taking her toward Skull Island. The lifeboat entered the island’s fog, and Russell ordered Ying Yingying to carry the survival supplies when they landed.

• Russell caught Ying Yingying and his staff, confiscated her equipment, and wrapped her in a tarp after discovering she had shrunk and passed out.
• Russell salvaged supplies, left the cruise ship with Ying Yingying, and rescued Cui Lin, the male lead, and his lackey from the storm waters.
• Russell used the trident to clear a path through the fog as Ying Yingying woke and demanded to know why he had captured her.
• Ying Yingying explained that she absorbed and stored other people's Magic Power, which made her appear closer to her actual age.
• Russell gave Ying Yingying a Peppa Pig outfit, refused to return her Space Ring, and threatened her with a digital camera when she tried to trick him.
• As they approached Skull Island, Russell told Ying Yingying to carry the survival supplies, and she offered to store them in her ring.

Russell and Ying Yingying landed on an isolated island, where Russell summoned fifteen unruly Huskies to search the jungle for people. After the dogs fled at a gunshot, Russell secretly revived Jason and sent him to scout for survivors, leaving Ying Yingying unaware of his actions.

• Russell and Ying Yingying reached the island’s beach, and the waves erased their tracks and swept away their lifeboat.
• Russell used a Skill Card to summon fifteen Huskies, which ignored his orders until he fired his Desert Eagle and scared them into the jungle.
• Ying Yingying challenged Russell’s claim that the Huskies were wolves and demanded her Space Ring so she could ride her Flying Carpet.
• Russell went behind a boulder, revived Jason using a Wolverine-enhanced Reincarnator’s skeleton, and gave him a Repairman’s uniform, mask, and Dogleg Saber.
• Jason entered the jungle in stealth to search for living people and report back to Russell.

Russell and Ying Yingying explored an abandoned stockade on Skull Island, where they encountered a venomous python and four velociraptors. Four Huskies scared off the dinosaurs, then led Russell toward what Ying Yingying suspected were living people.

• Russell and Ying Yingying followed an ancient stone path to an abandoned stockade and entered it to investigate.
• Ying Yingying cut off a camouflaged python's tongue when it attacked, and Russell destroyed its head with his sword qi.
• Russell and Ying Yingying found the remains of humans and animals inside a stone house and decided to leave.
• Four velociraptors chased Russell and Ying Yingying out of the stockade, but a wolf's roar made the dinosaurs flee.
• Four Huskies arrived, tugged Russell toward the jungle, and led Ying Yingying to suspect they had found living people.

Russell and Ying Yingying followed the Huskies across Skull Island and spotted an expedition led by Nick Fury, with Captain Marvel and Loki among its members. After joking about taking embarrassing photos of the familiar-looking figures, Russell decided they would follow the group.

• Russell found Jason hiding in the brush and told him to keep searching for humans while the Huskies led them onward.
• Russell and Ying Yingying reached a hill overlooking a plain and used binoculars to observe an armed expedition crossing the grassland.
• Russell recognized Nick Fury, Captain Marvel, Loki, and several of his Huskies among the expedition party.
• Ying Yingying mistook Russell’s makeshift monocular for a Mangekyo and smashed it, then borrowed his binoculars instead.
• Russell and Ying Yingying joked about photographing Loki with the other expedition members, and Russell decided to follow them.

Russell and Ying Yingying discussed the dangers of Skull Island and the possibility that it connected to the wider MonsterVerse. As the expedition team fought its way across the island, two Tyrannosaurus Rexes appeared in response to the gunfire.

• Ying Yingying warned Russell that Kong could grow beyond thirty meters and that the Main God might introduce monsters such as Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, and Ghidorah.
• Ying Yingying explained the Sea Monster’s origins and proposed that something had controlled it and blocked Russell’s spell, possibly linking Skull Island to another scenario.
• Ying Yingying revealed that she had chosen Skull Island for the Team Battle to collect Tyrannosaurus Rex teeth, then avoided explaining what else she had been asked to find.
• The expedition team, warned by Husky, killed three giant pythons and continued avoiding the dangerous giant-tree forest.
• Gunfire attracted two enormous Tyrannosaurus Rexes, each nearly fifteen meters long.

Colonel Packard’s soldiers killed two Tyrannosaurus Rexes, but a Skull Crawler emerged and forced them to prepare for another fight. Russell then watched seven Huskies transform into giant Werewolves, leaving the Research Team stunned as he changed his plan for entering the battle.

• Colonel Packard ordered the soldiers to form up and open fire on the two charging Tyrannosaurus Rexes, killing them in less than half a minute.
• The soldiers celebrated their victory until the Huskies barked a warning, prompting Colonel Packard to ready them for another threat.
• A Skull Crawler burst out of the ground, and Colonel Packard ordered everyone to fire at it.
• Russell prepared to make his entrance, but seven Huskies transformed into four-meter-tall Werewolves, shocking Ying Yingying and changing Russell’s battle plan.

The Dog Pack transformed into fifteen Werewolves and killed the Skull Crawler that threatened Colonel Packard’s soldiers and the Research Team. After the Huskies ran off, the humans followed and found them crowding around a mysterious black-robed figure and an Asian girl, whom James suspected was the dogs’ owner.

• The Skull Crawler charged Colonel Packard’s defensive position, but a lightning strike from behind the soldiers blasted it down.
• James and the Research Team saw seven Werewolves arrive, then watched the eight Huskies transform and join them.
• The fifteen Werewolves surrounded and tore apart the Skull Crawler until it died.
• The Werewolves turned back into Huskies and ran off, prompting Colonel Packard and James to lead the others after them.
• The group found the Huskies jumping around a black-robed figure with glowing blue eyes and an Asian girl, and James guessed they had found the dogs’ owner.

Russell agreed to help Colonel Packard’s group reach the island’s center in exchange for staged photographs, while James and Weaver grew closer during the shoot. Afterward, Russell discovered Ying Yingying harvesting monster parts and became intensely interested when she explained their potential as ingredients for body-enhancing medicine.

• James introduced Russell to Colonel Packard, Weaver, and Shan, and Russell claimed he was Chinese with the name Jie Sen.
• Russell agreed to travel with the group if they posed for photographs, then directed them through elaborate character and couple shots.
• Russell promised to protect the group, and James and Weaver became a couple after their photo shoot.
• The soldiers prepared their equipment while all fifteen Huskies gathered around Shan for snacks.
• Russell found Ying Yingying collecting Tyrannosaurus Rex teeth, and she explained that Skull Crawler flesh and blood could be refined into body-enhancing medicine.
• Ying Yingying recoiled when Russell’s sudden interest and glowing eyes frightened her.

Russell learned that enhancement medicine was a basic newcomer benefit for Reincarnators, but realized his access to the Marvel Universe made its limited ingredients useful to him. As his group camped near the giant tree forest, Jason found island natives but no Reincarnators, and Russell prepared to investigate the island’s center while considering sneaking into Weaver’s tent to take photos.

• Russell pressured Ying Yingying to explain the enhancement medicine formula, and she said its effects were limited and its catalyst could only be used once.
• Russell concluded that he could exploit the Marvel Universe’s supply of powerful beasts, since he was not restricted by the Main God Space.
• The soldiers crossed the grasslands with the fifteen transforming Huskies and camped before the giant tree forest at dusk.
• Jason reported that natives lived beyond the forest but that he had found no Reincarnators, leaving Russell to suspect they were gathered near the island’s center.
• Russell heard someone enter Weaver’s tent and decided he would take photos of Captain Marvel and Loki.

Russell and the group crossed Skull Island’s dangerous jungle and reached a tribal settlement, where they met Mark, a World War II veteran stranded there for twenty-nine years. Mark warned them that the island’s center was a deadly region ruled by Skull Crawlers, but Colonel Packard and Professor Rand still prepared to press on, while Mark wondered who Russell was.

• Russell let his fifteen dogs charge through the jungle, where they defeated more than thirty Blade-backed Hyenas and terrorized the local wildlife.
• Russell refused to tell Professor Rand about his world and warned that humanity’s true enemy was the gods.
• The group reached the tribal settlement behind an enormous wooden wall and met Mark, who had survived on the island for nearly twenty-nine years.
• Mark warned Colonel Packard and Professor Rand that the island’s center was a forbidden land where Skull Crawlers were active, and he described Kong as the island’s guardian deity.
• Colonel Packard remained set on avenging his soldiers, and Professor Rand insisted on continuing the expedition, so Mark resigned himself to following them.
• Mark asked Colonel Packard and James who Russell was and why he looked dressed like a devil.

Russell and the research team traveled downriver by boat until they found Kong fighting two Skull Crawlers, and Russell’s fifteen Werewolves joined the battle. The Werewolves overwhelmed one Skull Crawler while Kong killed the other, leaving the fight’s outcome against the remaining creature unresolved.

• Russell cooked the Swamp Giant Squid after it attacked him while he summoned fish, then repaired the researchers’ boat so the group could travel downriver.
• Russell heard a battle ahead and rushed toward it, where Kong was fighting two Skull Crawlers; he declined the system’s lottery draw for meeting Kong.
• Russell’s fifteen Huskies transformed into larger Werewolves and charged the Skull Crawlers while Kong fought on despite his wounds.
• The Werewolves climbed onto one Skull Crawler, tore into its flesh, and swarmed it after one of them blinded it.
• Kong grabbed the second Skull Crawler by its tail, flung it into a cliff, and killed it by crushing its head with a boulder.