Recaps

Richard sealed the former Lord of Evil Spirits, sent it to Tiamut, and entered the Evil Spirit Dimension to investigate its harsh society and hidden Dimension Heart. He discovered the Heart could move freely, then returned a six-armed city lord to its city, where a crimson speck secretly broke away toward the surface.

• Richard extracted a fragment of the Lord of Evil Spirits’ power, sent the sealed deity through a portal to Tiamut, and chose to explore the Evil Spirit Dimension instead of rescuing Loki first.
• Loki appeared at the TVA headquarters and surrendered to its agents, who took him to Dr. Fernandez.
• Richard explored the Evil Spirit Dimension, learned how its multi-armed inhabitants fought and evolved, and suspected the former Lord of Evil Spirits had deliberately shaped their harsh society.
• Richard spotted the dimension’s mobile Dimension Heart hiding in the sky and realized the former Lord of Evil Spirits had concealed it in plain sight.
• Richard erased a six-armed city lord’s recent memories and returned it to its city, where it crushed a subordinate and restored order as a crimson speck slipped away toward the surface.

Richard captured the Dimension Heart of the Evil Spirits and discovered that it was linked to the Lord of Evil Spirits, who had parasitically merged with it. Seeing a chance to turn it into a master-bound, evolving dharmic treasure, Richard began merging his True Spirit with the Dimension Heart and designing its structure.

• Richard trapped the Dimension Heart of the Evil Spirits and forced it to reveal that it had chosen Vesis as its master and arranged the space to preserve its freedom.
• Richard recognized the Lord of Evil Spirits in the Dimension Heart, explaining that its concern for the clay sculpture and inconsistencies in the dimension had exposed it.
• Richard hypothesized that the Dimension Heart could become a Dharmic Treasure Primordial Spirit, then sent a wisp of his True Spirit inside to investigate.
• Richard discovered that the Lord of Evil Spirits had parasitically merged with the Dimension Heart, extracted its remnant soul, and stabilized the damaged core with crimson energy.
• Richard gained a brief connection to the dimension but found he could not control it reliably, so he began designing secret runes to deepen his True Spirit's fusion with the Dimension Heart.

Richard absorbed a stellar vortex dimension and turned it into a necklace. Three months later, Tony discovered residual Crimson Mana at the site of an attack on President Matthew Ellis, while Rhodes warned him that the Iron Armor information had leaked.

• Richard shrank a stellar vortex dimension into a marble and wore it as a necklace.
• Tony caught Wanda secretly chatting about Richard, then coaxed Pietro into apologizing to her by offering him a holographic virtual game.
• Rhodes told Tony that President Matthew Ellis had been seriously injured in an attack and showed him Crimson Mana found at the scene.
• Tony and Rhodes contacted Strucker, who denied that the Order had authorized the attack and ordered them to contain any information about the Red Order.
• Rhodes warned Tony that military brass would soon investigate the leaked Iron Armor information, leaving Tony wondering whether the leak and the attack were connected.

Maya Hansen came to Stark Tower seeking Tony Stark, prompting staff to mistake her for a pregnant former lover and alert Pepper Potts. After Tony recognized Maya from a 1999 New Year's Eve party, she told him her Extremis research had succeeded and that she had met Aldrich Killian after Tony stood him up.

• Maya Hansen arrived at Stark Tower and insisted she needed to see Tony, while security guard Perry asked receptionist Windsor to alert the CEO's office.
• Windsor exaggerated Maya's visit into a story about a pregnant former lover trying to take Pepper's place, and Assistant Michelle informed Pepper.
• Pepper called Tony and told him Maya might be carrying his child, so Tony agreed to meet her in the basement lounge.
• Tony initially failed to recognize Maya, but remembered her and her Extremis project when she named the 1999 Bern New Year's Eve party.
• Maya told Tony that she had met Aldrich Killian after the party, and Tony realized he had been the one who stood Killian up.

Tony learned that Aldrich Killian had sent attackers to the Stark Seaside Villa, where Wanda stopped their missiles and destroyed their helicopters. Tony captured one surviving attacker, discovered Aldrich Killian’s location, and headed for A.I.M. Headquarters while Aldrich accused Maya Hansen of betraying him.

• Maya Hansen warned Tony that Aldrich Killian’s people were attacking his villa in Malibu, and Tony opened a Spatial Portal to get there.
• Wanda stopped three missiles with her Chaotic Mana and turned them back, destroying the attacking helicopters as Pietro evacuated Howard and Maria.
• Tony arrived at the villa, learned the attackers had gone down with their helicopters, and flew out in his Gold-Red Armor to investigate.
• Tony captured the Bald Man, used Crimson Mana to extract the location of A.I.M. and Aldrich Killian, and left him to explode over the sea.
• Aldrich Killian searched for Maya Hansen at A.I.M. Headquarters and vowed to show her no mercy for betraying him.

Aldrich Killian learned that Maya Hansen had left and, after ordering Powell to capture Matthew Ellis, was confronted by Tony Stark in the rehabilitation room. Tony’s Mark 99 defeated Killian’s Extremis soldiers with ease, and Killian realized Tony had deliberately misled him about his armor’s capabilities before Tony snapped his fingers.

• Killian demanded news about Fleet, berated Savin and a researcher, then learned Maya Hansen had left and warned his men to avoid provoking him.
• Killian ordered Powell to bring Matthew Ellis back alive, but Powell was hurled back into the rehabilitation room by an unseen attacker.
• Tony Stark entered in gold-red armor, and Killian ordered his Extremis soldiers to attack; Tony crushed Savin’s hand and battered the surrounding men.
• Tony used energy blasts to kill the fallen Extremis soldiers, then withstood Killian’s fiery charge and revealed that his armor was Mark 99, not the weaker model Killian had studied.
• Killian realized Tony had planted misleading armor data and asked about the approaching reinforcements before snapping his fingers.

Tony Stark captured Killian, uncovered the Dark Wizard Alliance’s involvement, and helped expose the organization’s hidden base in the Sahara. Kenneth Vila and the Adjudication Legion attacked the Alliance, but the battle was still underway when the chapter ended.

• Tony Stark bound Killian, searched his memories, and learned that the Dark Wizard Alliance was behind the attacks and abductions.
• Tony found Saxon Powell missing from the Switzerland branch and took him to the Red Order’s Sokovia headquarters, while the energy ropes killed Killian.
• Maya Hansen sold Future Pharmaceuticals to Stark Industries, and Pepper Potts secured the executives’ support by retaining their positions and increasing employees’ salaries.
• Strucker sent the Adjudication Legion to investigate the abandoned Switzerland branch, and Kenneth Vila led a team toward the Dark Wizard Alliance’s desert headquarters.
• Kenneth and the Arbiters broke the Alliance’s magical barrier and fought its members, killing a giant wolf and burning a treant as the battle continued.

Kenneth and his companions attacked a Dark Wizard Alliance town, where Oscar tried to reach the underground prison while Hurricane Fury devastated the town. Kenneth captured Dawson and searched his memories for information about Ernie Polk and the Alliance’s hidden leader, but a protective trap destroyed Dawson before Kenneth could learn more; Sebastian then led a crowd toward the hurricane.

• Kenneth’s group sealed the town inside a Four Symbols Barrier while Oscar unleashed Hurricane Fury and went to find the underground prison.
• Dawson ordered the Alliance members to destroy Hurricane Fury, but Oscar was exposed at the Black Building and overwhelmed by attacks until Kenneth’s Crimson Flame killed the Black Wizards.
• Kenneth forced Dawson out of hiding and used Spirit Vision Retrospection to search his memories for information about Ernie Polk and the person behind the Dark Wizard Alliance.
• A golden defense in Dawson’s memory blasted Kenneth’s Spiritual Consciousness and caused Dawson’s head to explode before Kenneth could uncover the information.
• Kenneth sensed Sebastian leading Alliance members toward Hurricane Fury, and Sebastian challenged Lyle for questioning his orders.

Kenneth used the Hurricane Fury to draw Sebastian’s group into a confrontation, where Sebastian forced the apprentices and mentors to cast the Abyssal Black Tide before fleeing. The uncontrolled tide destroyed the casters, clashed with Kenneth’s hurricane, and then pursued Sebastian as Kenneth moved to capture him.

• Kenneth took control of the wind pillar and redirected it toward Sebastian and his entourage.
• Sebastian killed a Shadowfang Apprentice to force the apprentices to form a Group Mana Pool, then ordered Lyle and the other Black Erosion Mentors to cast the Abyssal Black Tide.
• Sebastian secretly fled while the Black Erosion Mentors summoned the tide, which corroded and killed them and caused the Group Mana Pool to make most of the apprentices explode.
• The uncontrolled Abyssal Black Tide collided with Kenneth’s hurricane, and Kenneth withdrew his control after sensing the tide’s corrosive power.
• The Black Tide gathered again, spoke with Lyle’s vengeful voice, and surged after Sebastian as Kenneth teleported to the town’s edge to capture him.
• Sebastian reached the barrier and questioned a group of survivors who had gathered beneath it.

Sebastian tried to use a disguise potion to pass through the barrier, but Tobias ambushed him and accused him of causing the deaths of Mentor Lyle and the others. As the crowd attacked Sebastian, he kept crawling toward the barrier, leaving his escape uncertain.

• Sebastian forced Peter to test Foster's disguise potion and learned it let Peter pass through the barrier, then drank the two remaining bottles himself.
• Sebastian approached the barrier, but Tobias pierced his foot with a thorn and confronted him over forcing the release of the Circle of Damballah and the Abyss Black Tide.
• Sebastian tore his foot free and crawled toward the barrier while Tobias pursued him.
• The crowd learned Sebastian had drunk the last disguise potions and launched Black Magic attacks to stop him.
• Sebastian endured the attacks and continued crawling toward the Cyan Barrier Wall.

Sebastian's attempt to enter the Four Symbols Barrier failed, and the survivors fought over the Disguise Potion before the Abyssal Black Tide swallowed them. Kenneth learned Sebastian's memories had been tampered with, while Oscar rescued Lena and other prisoners, but Polk remained missing; Kenneth then ordered the town cleared of everyone.

• Kenneth stripped Sebastian's memories and sent him to Tobias and the other survivors, who extracted the Disguise Potion from his belly.
• The survivors fought over the potion, killing one another as the Black Tide approached; Tobias stabbed Sebastian before the tide swallowed them all.
• Julian and three other Arbiters held the Four Symbols Barrier against the Black Tide until it dwindled away, while Kenneth discovered Sebastian's memories had been artificially altered.
• Oscar rescued Lena and eleven Crimson Cult members from the Black Building's underground prison, but learned that Polk had been taken away three days earlier.
• Kenneth sent Oscar and the rescued prisoners to headquarters, dispatched Magic Clones to search the building for intelligence, and ordered Julian to kill everyone in the town.

Kenneth and the Red Order traced Ernie Polk to a suspected Dark Wizard Alliance base in the Amazon, where Strucker believed the hidden Black Sovereign might be waiting. Strucker ordered a Helicarrier reconnaissance before sending an Arbiter Legion to attack, while Shay joined Kenneth’s planned rescue; meanwhile, Jemma Simmons arrived aboard Phil Coulson’s Helicarrier and asked to join its search mission.

• Kenneth reported that he had found no clues to Ernie Polk in the Dark Wizard Alliance headquarters, but White Queen traced the alliance’s monthly gatherings to a secret base in the Amazon.
• Strucker suspected the base was also the hiding place of the Black Sovereign, ordered Phil Coulson to send a Helicarrier and Quinjet to reconnoiter the region, and assigned Kenneth an Arbiter Legion for a follow-up attack.
• Kenneth visited the rescued Switzerland Branch members, where Shay joined him after learning that Ernie might be at the Amazon base and could be in danger from mind control.
• Phil Coulson launched a Helicarrier toward South America, and Jemma Simmons arrived through a portal, learned about the search mission, and asked Phil to let her join.

After a mind-controlled Quinjet crew was rescued, Shay helped Phil Coulson arrange treatment for Fitz, Simmons, and the pilot while S.H.I.E.L.D. prepared to assault the Amazon base. Meanwhile, Melinda May discussed her faltering Crimson faith with Andrew, and Richard left Natasha to resume his journey through time and space.

• Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons discovered a suspicious settlement in the Amazon, but a mind-controlled pilot diverted their Quinjet before Coulson remotely regained control and brought it back to the Helicarrier.
• A golden-eyed man emerged from the settlement's church, identified Phil Coulson, S.H.I.E.L.D., and the Red Order Arbiter Legion, then returned inside as the townspeople recovered.
• Shay examined Fitz, Simmons, and the pilot, found severe mental injuries, and helped Coulson arrange their transfer to Dr. Christine Palmer through Hawkeye Clint Barton.
• Fox warned Coulson about May's likely reaction, and headquarters ordered the Helicarrier to stand by as Shay and Kenneth headed for the Amazon base.
• Melinda May told Andrew Garner that her Crimson Mana quickly faded because her faith remained uncertain, and Andrew reassured her that doubt could pass with time.
• Richard left Natasha after their intimate encounter, put on his Kamar-Taj Battle Mage Set, and entered a spacetime portal to continue his journey.

Kenneth and Shay rescued Ernie Polk from the settlement, then led the Arbiter Legion in an assault against its mysterious master. The master knocked most of the Arbiters unconscious with the Will of God, but Shay and Kenneth resisted and began a combined spear attack.

• Kenneth and Shay infiltrated the settlement, found Ernie Polk under the Black Sovereign's control, and knocked him unconscious before escaping through armed blockers.
• After the pair returned to the Arbiter Legion with Ernie, Kenneth ordered the Arbiters to attack the settlement.
• The Mysterious Man used his golden-eyed power to knock most of the invading Arbiters unconscious, including the Berserkers after they resisted briefly.
• Shay and Kenneth descended from the sky and fused their Crimson Mana Flames into a spear, resisting the Mysterious Man's assault on their minds.
• Shay and Kenneth stabilized the spear and shouted that they were unleashing the Spear of Death.

Shay and Kenneth defeated the Mysterious Man’s golden attack, then helped the Crimson Arbiters break free of his brainwashing and wipe out his followers. The Mysterious Man was left surrounded and revealed that he attacked the Red Order only out of curiosity, leaving Kenneth to dismiss him as an idiot rather than an important enemy.

• Shay and Kenneth shattered the Mysterious Man’s golden beam with the Crimson Weapon, but found him still alive as an armed squad closed in on them.
• Kenneth raised a Crimson Veil against the squad’s gunfire, while Shay replenished his mana and Kenneth activated Oswald’s Tower of Consciousness to free the Crimson Arbiters.
• The Arbiters and Berserkers counterattacked, slaughtering the Mysterious Man’s followers and breaking his renewed brainwashing attempt, which left him badly weakened.
• The Mysterious Man’s final golden ripple shattered after a panicked follower crashed into him, and the Arbiters killed the remaining followers as he watched.
• Kenneth and Shay emerged from a Portal and confronted the Mysterious Man, who said he had attacked the Red Order out of curiosity about how it had replaced and annexed Kamar-Taj.
• Kenneth concluded that the Mysterious Man was a brain-damaged idiot rather than the big fish they had expected.

After Kenneth sent the injured Gilgamesh to Kental Maximum Security Prison, Makkari and Sprite secretly rescued him and took him aboard the Eternals’ Starship. Kenneth discovered the escape and investigated the swap while Gilgamesh’s companions brought him to Ajak in Canada.

• Kenneth ordered the Arbiters to imprison Black Sovereign, but Makkari and Sprite secretly replaced him with an illusion and carried the injured Gilgamesh away.
• Sprite agreed to let Makkari summon the Starship, and they transported Gilgamesh aboard it.
• Kenneth watched footage of Gilgamesh vanishing from his prison cell and concluded that someone had rescued him in the Amazon settlement.
• Kenneth and Shay ruled out Loki as the rescuer after Kenneth explained that Loki was dead, then Shay teased Kenneth about his relationship with Fox.
• Makkari arrived at Ajak’s cabin in Quebec carrying the unconscious Gilgamesh.

Ajak healed the badly injured Gilgamesh and learned that the Red Order had defeated Kamar-Taj and that Gilgamesh had been wounded by its cultists. Ikaris arrived with Sprite, then took Ajak to the ship to discuss a private matter, leaving Makkari and Sprite behind.

• Makkari brought unconscious Gilgamesh to Ajak, who treated his severe injuries and told Makkari he needed to rest.
• Makkari explained that Gilgamesh had investigated the Red Order, discovered it had conquered Kamar-Taj, and was injured in an encounter with its Crimson Cultists.
• Ajak realized Sprite had accompanied Makkari to her cabin, and Ikaris arrived soon after with Sprite.
• Sprite admitted that Makkari had asked her to help bring the ship, while Makkari took responsibility for starting it to get Gilgamesh to Ajak quickly.
• Ikaris assured Ajak that no satellite had detected the ship, then took her aboard to speak privately; Makkari apologized to Sprite, who forgave her.

Ajak and Ikaris argued over the coming Emergence and the Celestials’ mission before Ikaris revealed he had discovered Deviants in Alaska. While they flew there, Rhodes led a Magitech Legion detachment to the cabin, and Sprite and Makkari escaped into the forest with the unconscious Gilgamesh as Rhodes knocked on the door.

• Ajak urged Ikaris to protect humanity from the Emergence, but Ikaris insisted the Celestials’ mission mattered more and criticized the Eternals for living among humans.
• Ikaris revealed he had found Deviants in Alaska, and Ajak ordered him to take her there and gather their partners if needed.
• Ajak and Ikaris flew their spaceship toward Alaska, leaving Sprite and Makkari behind in the cabin.
• The Red Order and Tony Stark detected an unknown spaceship energy signal in Quebec, and Rhodes led fifteen enchanted Iron Armors to investigate.
• Sprite and Makkari saw Rhodes’s forces outside, created illusions to conceal their escape, and fled into the forest carrying the unconscious Gilgamesh.
• Rhodes approached the cabin and knocked, asking whether anyone was home.

Rhodes’s team arrived too late to capture the Black Sovereign, then received orders to retrieve an unknown spaceship in Alaska. There, Ikaris attacked Ajak for opposing the Eternals’ mission, and Ajak found a shotgun after falling onto the ice as a howl came from a nearby cave.

• Rhodes found that the Black Sovereign and Makkari were illusions and reported that they had escaped.
• Tony reprimanded Rhodes, then ordered his division to retrieve the spaceship and its master in Alaska, eliminating anyone who resisted.
• Ikaris led Ajak to an Alaskan ice field and accused her of betraying the Eternals’ mission.
• Ikaris shattered Ajak’s energy shield and blasted her off a cliff onto the ice below.
• Ajak found a Remington M870 shotgun in the snow and heard a wolf-like howl from a cave.

Ajak was killed by Deviants, and their leader absorbed her Cosmic Energy and evolved. Ikaris fought the Red Order’s Magitech Warriors, then pursued the Eternals’ spaceship until Tony Stark intercepted him in the MX-79 armor.

• Ajak shot several Deviants before they overwhelmed her, and their leader drained her Cosmic Energy and evolved into a more humanlike form.
• Ikaris left Ajak’s body behind, then was ambushed by four Magitech Warriors in black Iron Armor near the spaceship.
• Ikaris broke free of the Crimson Energy Chains and destroyed all four Magitech Warriors before flying after the spaceship.
• At Red Order headquarters, Tony Stark ignored High Priestess Strucker’s warning, ordered Edgar and three warriors to the glacial valley, and left to confront Ikaris.
• Tony intercepted Ikaris in the MX-79 armor, and Ikaris warned him to move or die.

Tony’s Iron Armor defeated Ikaris, disrupted his Cosmic Energy, and sealed him, while the Red Order captured a wounded Deviant leader and recovered Ajak’s corpse. After learning from Kaecilius that the Eternals might be an ancient and powerful race, Strucker asked him to read Ikaris’s memories.

• Tony fought Ikaris with Iron Armor, wounded him, then stripped away his control of Cosmic Energy and sealed him in a Sealing Spirit Orb.
• Tony stopped the ten black armors from killing the wounded Deviant leader, offered it a choice, and sealed it after it chose to live.
• Tony ordered the Magitech Warriors to collect the Deviant corpses and took Ajak’s corpse from the ice plain.
• At Red Order headquarters, Tony told High Priestess Strucker that Ikaris was far stronger than him without the MX-79 armor.
• Kaecilius arrived from Kamar-Taj and reported that Master Wong had found ancient accounts resembling the Eternals’ abilities.
• Strucker asked Kaecilius to read Ikaris’s memories.

Strucker sent Grant Ward to capture the Eternals hiding in Quebec, and Grant used crimson lightning to overwhelm Sprite and locate her companions. Grant captured Sprite, Gilgamesh, and Makkari and prepared to return to headquarters.

• Strucker ordered Grant Ward to find and capture the Eternals in Quebec, while Kaecilius left to extract memories.
• Grant Ward and his subordinates surrounded the forest as Sprite watched over the unconscious Gilgamesh and Makkari in a tree hollow.
• Grant struck Makkari with lightning when she left the hollow, and Sprite tested the enemy with illusions before realizing he had found their hiding place.
• Sprite created tens of thousands of illusions and fled among them, but Grant unleashed a vast thunder net that destroyed the illusions and devastated the forest.
• Grant bound the unconscious Gilgamesh and Makkari, while his subordinate caught Sprite in a crimson net and brought her back.
• Grant confirmed that all three targets were captured and ordered his subordinates to return to headquarters.

Kaecilius’s attempt to search Ikaris’s soul revealed a warning about the Celestials and the Emergence, but Arishem struck back and left Kaecilius gravely injured and unconscious. As Tony and Strucker discussed the Eternals and their ship, the captive Deviant leader’s healed arm stump began to bleed and writhe again.

• Kaecilius entered Ikaris’s memories and discovered information about the Eternals, the Emergence, and Arishem the Judge.
• Arishem sensed Kaecilius and destroyed his spiritual fragment, leaving Kaecilius badly injured and unconscious after he warned Tony about a Celestial conspiracy.
• Christine Palmer treated Kaecilius but said the healing device could not assess his skull or soul injuries, and only Richard might be able to wake him.
• Tony learned that Grant Ward had captured three Eternals alive, then told Strucker that Kaecilius’s soul might be severely damaged.
• Strucker ruled that Rhodes would lose his squad-leader position but be demoted only to ordinary soldier before becoming acting squad leader in recognition of capturing the Eternals’ ship.
• The captive Deviant leader’s previously healed arm stump split open, began bleeding, and started to writhe.

Strucker ordered Judy Essex, Lena Walker, and Andrew Garner to use the Soul-Searching Secret Art on the imprisoned Deviant leader after its regeneration revealed a possible connection between Deviants and Eternals. After the first two searches were disrupted by the creature’s violent reactions, Andrew sealed its memories in a blue-stone stele covered with strange script.

• White Queen showed Strucker surveillance footage of the Deviant leader regenerating its severed arms, prompting him to summon Judy Essex, Lena Walker, and Andrew Garner.
• Judy Essex searched the Deviant leader’s memories, but it erupted with Cosmic Energy and threw her across the cell before Strucker stopped her fall.
• Lena Walker tried reading the creature’s memories, uncovered its belief that its kind was the perfect race, and was repelled by a violent surge of energy.
• Andrew Garner used a Hexagram Array to imprison the Deviant leader in amber and began copying its memories onto the seal.
• As strange script appeared across the amber, Andrew Garner transformed it into a mountain-shaped blue-stone stele covered in rows of black characters.

Strucker learned from the memory stele that the Celestials created the Deviants and that the Eternals fought them, then narrowly contained a Deviant leader’s catastrophic transformation. She ordered the Red Order to watch the Eternals, while Tina suffered a violent episode and Gilgamesh stayed by her side.

• Andrew Garner completed copying part of the Deviant leader’s memories, and Strucker released Melinda May while warning Garner that she should join the Order.
• Strucker viewed memories showing the Celestials creating the Deviants and the Eternals, including Tina and Gilgamesh, fighting them on Earth.
• The Deviant leader began swelling toward an explosion, so Strucker stripped the cell into a separate spatial sphere; it shattered, and she returned to her office.
• Strucker warned the Red Order to report the Eternals and ordered surveillance of Kingo, Sersi, and Phastos after they were found, while Tina and Gilgamesh remained unlocated.
• Tina fell into a murderous frenzy and struck Gilgamesh repeatedly, but he held and comforted her until she collapsed, then carried her to bed.