Recaps

Richard captured Mephisto’s Clone and Blackheart, used their Death Law fragments to build Valhalla, and drew hostile forces into the New Mexico desert. The mist became a battlefield where resurrected warriors and sorcerers faced the Fear Legion as it breached the War Fortress.

• Thor battled the Destroyer in Hockum, where Sif and the Warriors Three regained their powers but were killed alongside Phil Coulson and the townspeople before a mysterious caster reversed the destruction.
• Richard captured Mephisto’s Clone while Thor and Sif were brought to the Mjolnir base, and the Warriors Three awoke in Helheim under Hela’s care.
• Blackheart led demons through a gap in Earth’s magical defenses, but Johnny Blaze defeated Wind Demon and Rain Demon and sealed Blackheart in a cocoon with Richard’s help.
• Richard extracted Death Law fragments from Blackheart and Mephisto’s Clone, built Valhalla, and dropped it into the New Mexico fog.
• Tony Stark warned President Ellis to withdraw from the fog, then entered the hidden world with Rhodes while Richard assigned Thor to clear dimensional minions.
• Richard resurrected fallen tribal leaders, and Tiamut changed the rules within the mist as Strucker and the New York Sanctum prepared a trap.
• Figo Muller and the Arbiters fought Fear Lord Bethus and his Beetle Legion at the War Fortress, while Kaecilius strengthened their resolve before Bethus split the city wall and the minions surged inside.

Richard and his allies turned the tide across the White Mist sectors while Lucy evolved beyond the mirror dimension and passed her knowledge to Richard. As Richard prepared to confront the invading dimensional powers, a warship attacked Asgard and Algrim broke into Loki’s prison.

• Kaecilius died defeating Fear Lord Bethus, and the Arbiters emerged to clear the surviving Fear Legion minions as Thor and Cass fell to the Bone Dragon and Soul Hunter Chloes.
• Richard froze and shattered White Mist Sector 23, revived the dead fighters, and changed the sector’s rules so they could return after death.
• Loki revealed his suspicions about Odin and Hela to Frigga, then broke a golden Sphere and released dark-red liquid from a mysterious sealed place.
• Reynolds reunited with Lucy in Hong Kong, where she explained how CPH4 was transforming her, and Richard transferred the substance into a new Lucy for an accelerated experiment.
• Lucy completed her evolution, passed her knowledge into Richard, and tore open the Mirror Dimension before her Q-version companion faded away.
• The Ancient One fought Mephisto after he demanded Blackheart’s release, and Richard revived Mephisto’s envoy Asmodeus and prepared truce negotiations with the Dimensional Deities.
• Tony and the Magitech Troop defeated Lord Dusthowl Manuel, captured its Hurricane Core, and accepted the surviving hurricane monsters’ surrender.
• A cross-shaped warship shattered Asgard’s defenses, while Algrim broke into Loki’s prison and demanded that Loki step back from the cell barrier.

Loki’s betrayal, death, and return through the multiverse led him to the Time Variance Authority, while Odin and Earth faced Mephisto’s invasion. Richard entered Hell to rescue the Incubi and uncovered Mephisto’s imprisoned Archdemons, draining them in pursuit of the Heart of the Hell Dimension.

• Loki led Algrim and the Dark Elves into the Golden Palace, where Frigga defeated them and stripped Loki of his prince status.
• Malekith rammed the Golden Palace, but Odin awoke, killed him, and discovered that the real Eternal Flame was missing.
• Odin banished Loki, and Algrim attacked Frigga, and Loki traded places with her and was thrown from the Bifrost, though he survived in another universe.
• Sylvie rescued Loki from the Time Variance Authority, but he returned to Asgard, discovered the Reality Stone inside him, and surrendered to the TVA.
• Hela rejected Odin’s offer to take over Asgard before Mephisto invaded Earth, where Tiamut sealed the dimensional rift and Mephisto killed Thor and broke Gungnir.
• Richard entered Hell with Asmodeus, learned Mephisto had exploited the Incubi, and reached the Abyss Throne, where they encountered Serafina Crown of Flame.
• Richard discovered Mephisto had connected Hell’s Dimension Heart to the realm and found eight gates holding imprisoned Archdemons.
• Richard purified a hidden Death Rule fragment, created an absorption array, and drained the eight Archdemons until their bodies turned to ash.

Richard secured the Hell Dimension Heart for Natasha, who seized control of Hell, while Hela claimed her place as Asgard’s heir and confronted Thor. The arc ended with Richard reviving Tony’s parents and revealing a plan to expand the Crimson Church’s star exploration effort.

• Richard failed to contract the Hell Dimension Heart with Hela because she was already bound to Helheim, so Hela suggested Natasha as a candidate.
• Natasha bonded with the Hell Dimension Heart and became Hell’s new ruler, then defeated and subdued the Greater Demons who challenged her authority.
• Hela revealed that she was Odin’s first child and heir to Asgard, then defeated Thor in the Soul Stone’s Colosseum and shattered Mjolnir.
• Richard persuaded Hela to reconcile with Thor and restored the souls of Fandral, Volstagg, and Hogun before returning with her to the Sky Fortress.
• Richard and Tony investigated Victoria’s growing independence, and Tony shut down her system after she condemned her creators’ crimes.
• Richard told Tony that the Glory would sail with Simmons as captain and proposed expanding the fleet for Strucker’s Starry Sea Study Tour Plan.
• Richard revealed that Natasha had helped him return Howard and Maria Stark’s souls from Hell, and Tony eagerly reunited with his parents.