Chapter Summaries

Tony helped Spider-Man recognize his shortcomings and began teaching him how to use settlements to restore order after the Zombie Virus outbreak. Lin Feng left to test whether this world's The Ancient One could predict his actions, and she appeared before him.

• Spider-Man excitedly reunited with Tony and Lin Feng, then explained the difficulties he faced after the outbreak.
• Tony discovered Spider-Man had overlooked the eastern settlements and had never asked Friday to devise a recovery plan.
• Tony instructed Friday to assess the survivors and create a settlement-based plan, then began explaining how settlements could restore order.
• Lin Feng left the safe house and waited in the sky to test whether The Ancient One could foresee his actions.
• The Ancient One appeared and asked whether Lin Feng had been looking for her, and he praised her predictive ability.

Lin Feng tested whether The Ancient One could be summoned and met her in her soul form, where she showed him a mysterious wall that seemed to record images of every universe. The chapter ended with The Ancient One drawing a set of images from the wall and floating them before Lin Feng.

• Lin Feng set a one-hour limit for The Ancient One to appear, and she arrived in her soul form before the time was up.
• The Ancient One took Lin Feng to Kamar-Taj and restored its ruined buildings as they walked to her cottage.
• The Ancient One served Lin Feng tea, and drinking it sent him through visions of countless universes and stars.
• The Ancient One brought Lin Feng to an endless ivory-white wall and explained that no one knew what lay beyond it.
• The Ancient One said the wall recorded images of all universes and pulled a set of images from its surface for Lin Feng to see.

Lin Feng and the Ancient One discovered that a mysterious wall recorded Lin Feng’s past and predicted his future, prompting Lin Feng to try to destroy it. After his attacks failed, Lin Feng learned how to control the wall and realized he had absorbed it into his mind.

• The Ancient One showed Lin Feng that the wall recorded his experiences and predicted his future actions.
• Lin Feng learned that only he and the Zombie Universe Ancient One could currently see the wall, but worried that others might find it and decided it was too dangerous to keep intact.
• The Ancient One explained that she had been mysteriously drawn to the wall after separating from her body.
• Lin Feng attacked the wall with Heat Vision and the Heart of the Universe Fragment, but his attacks passed through it without effect.
• Lin Feng touched the wall, received information about how to use it, and made it vanish into his mind before summoning it again.
• Lin Feng realized the wall was now his, while the Ancient One watched in shock.

Lin Feng asked the Ancient One whether he could resurrect Tony and Pepper from the Zombie Universe without causing disastrous consequences. The wall showed that their resurrection would bring repeated disasters and endanger their loved ones, leaving Lin Feng wondering why his own universe seemed exempt from such backlash.

• Lin Feng claimed the mysterious wall as his own, while the Ancient One warned him to use it wisely.
• Lin Feng told the Ancient One he feared that resurrecting Tony and Pepper would unleash consequences he could not control.
• The Ancient One urged Lin Feng to use the wall to investigate the outcome himself.
• Lin Feng searched branching paths on the wall and found none where Tony and Pepper's resurrection ended well.
• The wall showed that disasters would threaten Little Morgan, Spider-Man, and others if Tony returned.
• Lin Feng accepted that helping the Zombie Universe could bring endless backlash, but wondered why altering his own universe seemed different.

The Ancient One explained that Lin Feng’s weak soul and the tangled Timeline in his universe had let him revive Howard and his wife without major consequences, and urged him to learn magic. Back in Kamar-Taj, Lin Feng summoned Tony and Pepper’s souls from the Zombie Universe and told them the Zombie Virus was gone, leaving Tony worried that something had happened to Little Morgan.

• Lin Feng asked The Ancient One why he could not prevent Timeline backlash, and she explained that his soul lagged behind his body and his interference had already disrupted his universe’s Timeline.
• The Ancient One advised Lin Feng to learn magic from the version of her in his universe, then vanished and returned him to Kamar-Taj.
• Lin Feng decided to seek out his universe’s Ancient One after returning, then used the Soul Stone to summon Tony and Pepper from the Zombie Universe.
• Lin Feng awakened Tony and Pepper, and Pepper thanked him for helping Little Morgan.
• Lin Feng told them Tony’s research had eradicated the Zombie Virus, and Tony asked whether Little Morgan was in trouble.

Lin Feng brought Tony and Pepper’s souls from the Zombie Universe to meet Little Morgan, hoping their goodbye would help her let go of her former home. Pepper reunited with Morgan, while Tony questioned why the other Tony looked far younger than expected.

• Lin Feng reassured Tony and Pepper that Little Morgan was safe, then explained that she had realized the other Tony was not her biological father and missed her old home.
• Lin Feng asked Tony and Pepper to give Little Morgan a proper farewell, and they agreed before heading to the Safe House.
• At the Safe House, Pepper rushed to embrace Morgan, but her soul passed through her until Lin Feng temporarily gave her and Tony physical bodies.
• Pepper embraced Morgan as mother and daughter wept together, while Tony's soul questioned why the other Tony looked more than ten years younger than expected.

The two Tonys argued over Little Morgan and then clashed over their Iron Armor designs, while the two Peppers bonded over caring for her. The Tonys finally headed outside to settle their rivalry with a fight.

• Soul Tony and Tony argued over whether Tony was capable of caring for Little Morgan, and Little Morgan tried to stop them.
• Both Peppers pulled Little Morgan away when the Tonys competed for her attention, then chatted warmly about her well-being.
• Lin Feng got the Tonys talking about their lives, inventions, and fatherhood, but their conversation turned into an argument over the MK85 Nanotech Suit.
• Tony challenged Soul Tony to a fight, and Soul Tony followed him outside to accept.

Tony (the soul) and Tony fought over whose armor was better, then struggled through an awkward conversation about Little Morgan. Tony (the soul) learned that Morgan was safe and cared for, and appeared ready to say what he had come to say.

• Tony (the soul) took a spare MK85 suit and fought Tony, but returned defeated by the Symbiote Armor.
• Stinger frightened Little Morgan, and Tony upset Pepper when he let slip that Stinger was intelligent.
• The two Peppers took Little Morgan away, leaving the two Tonys alone with Lin Feng and Spider-Man.
• Tony (the soul) acknowledged that Tony could protect Morgan, and Tony reassured him that she was safe and well cared for.
• Tony praised Lin Feng's role in protecting Morgan, and Tony (the soul) said he felt relieved that Morgan had a safe home.
• Tony (the soul) clenched his hand nervously as he prepared to say what he needed to say.

Tony’s soul entrusted Morgan to another Tony and gave Spider-Man a final piece of guidance and a new suit. The chapter ended with Tony arranging a last embrace between his soul and Morgan.

• Tony’s soul entrusted Morgan to Lin Feng, and Tony promised she would remain Tony Stark’s daughter in every universe.
• Tony’s soul warned Tony about Japan’s Wastewater Plan, and Tony said he had already stopped it.
• Tony’s soul asked Spider-Man about his life, encouraged him to carry on, and gave him a new Nanotech Spider Suit with an advanced assistant.
• Tony brought Morgan to his soul, and she embraced him and softly called him Daddy.

Little Morgan said goodbye to Tony and Pepper’s souls from the Zombies Universe, who gave her a bracelet of birthday recordings before disappearing. Lin Feng promised she could see them again and sent Morgan, Tony, and Pepper home, while he stayed behind to say goodbye to Spider-Man.

• Tony’s soul and Pepper’s soul comforted Little Morgan and gave her a bracelet containing recordings for her birthdays through age twenty.
• When Tony’s soul and Pepper’s soul faded back into the Safe House, Little Morgan went to Tony and Pepper from the other world.
• Lin Feng promised Little Morgan she would see the souls again and reminded her to grow up healthy and tell her parents if anything happened.
• Little Morgan apologized to Tony and Pepper, then asked to go home because she was tired.
• Lin Feng sent Tony, Pepper, and Little Morgan back to their universe, then remained behind to say goodbye to Spider-Man.

Lin Feng took Spider-Man to visit the ailing Aunt May and gave him a life-restoring medicine for her. The chapter ended with Spider-Man preparing to give it to her.

• Lin Feng invited Spider-Man for a walk before leaving the Zombie Universe.
• Lin Feng changed course and led Spider-Man to the hospital where Aunt May was staying.
• Spider-Man described Aunt May's worsening condition as he visited her bedside.
• Lin Feng gave Spider-Man a bottle of medicine and said it could restore Aunt May to health.
• Spider-Man opened the bottle, sensed its life-giving aura, and asked how to administer it to unconscious Aunt May.

Spider-Man watched Aunt May recover completely after she drank Lin Feng’s potion, while Lin Feng returned to the Marvel Universe and Tony finished putting Morgan to bed. The chapter left Tony joining Pepper in the living room.

• Aunt May woke up, discovered her pain and wounds were gone, and confirmed that she had recovered by tugging Spider-Man’s cheeks and pinching herself.
• Spider-Man told Aunt May that Lin Feng had cured her, but Lin Feng had already left; Aunt May asked Spider-Man to find her something to eat.
• Lin Feng returned to the Marvel Universe, checked the wall analysis progress at 0.00134%, and headed back to the hotel.
• Tony used the Mind Stone to keep living creatures away from his house, put Morgan to bed, and joined Pepper in the living room.

After Morgan fell asleep, Lin Feng went to Kamar-Taj to learn magic and found Strange studying there later than he had in the movies. Lin Feng told the Ancient One that another universe’s version of her had urged him to learn magic, and she prepared to hear why.

• Tony and Pepper talked about Morgan’s happiness and went to the bedroom to try for a younger daughter.
• Lin Feng went to Kamar-Taj intending to learn magic after the Zombie Universe had revealed his shortcomings.
• Lin Feng encountered Strange among the apprentices and learned he had arrived at Kamar-Taj about half a year later than in the movies.
• The Ancient One explained that Lin Feng’s interference had tangled the universe’s Timeline and delayed Strange while causing Tony to marry early.
• Lin Feng told the Ancient One that her version from another universe had become a soul and suggested he learn magic from her.

Lin Feng asked The Ancient One to teach him magic to strengthen his soul, but despite understanding her explanations, he failed to perform any magic. As Lin Feng sat frustrated at Kamar-Taj, Strange approached and asked whether he had come to learn magic too.

• Lin Feng asked The Ancient One to teach him magic so he could strengthen his soul, and she agreed to instruct him.
• The Ancient One joked by showing Lin Feng a diagram of human acupoints, then offered to draw his soul out of his body.
• Lin Feng projected his soul from his body himself, surprising The Ancient One, and she began teaching him magic.
• After a full day of lessons, Lin Feng could not use magic or activate the Sling Ring The Ancient One had given him.
• Strange approached Lin Feng at Kamar-Taj and asked whether he was there to learn magic.

Lin Feng struggled to learn magic, repeatedly opening portals with his own teleportation ability instead of a spell. The Ancient One suspected his familiar power was interrupting his focus, and Lin Feng left considering how to concentrate on the magical process.

• Lin Feng and Strange discussed how difficult it was to learn magic, and Strange said he was keeping his hair messy to commemorate his old life until he mastered it.
• Lin Feng offered to heal Strange’s trembling hands, but the Ancient One sent Strange away and told Lin Feng not to interfere with his future.
• The Ancient One asked Lin Feng to open a Portal, and his attempt produced a chaotic portal through which a horned donkey tried to enter before Lin Feng slapped it back and closed the portal.
• The Ancient One guessed that Lin Feng’s teleportation ability instinctively replaced the magic because he focused on the result rather than the casting process.
• Lin Feng understood the Ancient One’s explanation and considered focusing on how the spell worked rather than simply trying to open a Portal.

Lin Feng overcame his difficulty learning magic and rapidly mastered many spells under the Ancient One’s guidance. After a week, she said she had nothing left to teach him, and Lin Feng began considering how to ask about the danger he believed awaited her.

• Lin Feng opened a Portal to a dark, unknown place, and the Ancient One warned him not to go there.
• Lin Feng practiced magic through the night and continued learning at Kamar-Taj over the following days.
• The Ancient One taught Lin Feng spells, and he learned them so quickly that she believed no other sorcerer on Blue Star could match him.
• After a week, the Ancient One told Lin Feng he had graduated and suggested he might become the next Sorcerer Supreme, but Lin Feng refused.
• Lin Feng asked why magic had not strengthened his soul, and the Ancient One advised him to rely on magic in future battles and let practice temper him.
• Lin Feng recalled that Dormammu’s followers would soon mortally wound the Ancient One, and he began preparing to ask her about it.

Lin Feng asked The Ancient One about her weariness with endless life and disasters, then promised not to interfere with her choices or Strange’s conflict with Dormammu. He borrowed permission to search Kamar-Taj’s library for soul-related magic and headed there to read.

• Lin Feng asked The Ancient One whether she had grown tired of living forever and confronting endless disasters.
• The Ancient One admitted she was hesitant about her future, but asked Lin Feng not to interfere with her choice or the matter between Strange and Dormammu.
• Lin Feng promised to respect her wishes and asked to borrow books from the library.
• The Ancient One approved his request and warned him to be cautious with magic, while Lin Feng gave her two packets of enhanced Tree of Life Tea.
• Lin Feng went to the library, where Wong welcomed him and let him browse without restrictions.

Lin Feng rapidly read through Kamar-Taj’s library and practiced magic while seeking a way to strengthen his soul. After The Ancient One advised him to keep practicing and warned him against Dark Magic, Lin Feng said goodbye and prepared to leave.

• Lin Feng used magic and his Superman brain to rapidly absorb books in the Kamar-Taj library, astonishing Wong.
• Lin Feng studied during the day and tested spells in the Mirror Dimension at night, discovering magic could unleash immense destructive power.
• After several days, Lin Feng finished reading the entire library but found no guidance on how to strengthen his soul.
• Lin Feng visited The Ancient One, who advised him to practice patiently and seek his own path to strengthening his soul.
• Lin Feng told The Ancient One he was leaving, and she warned him not to use Dark Magic too much.

Lin Feng left Kamar-Taj after giving The Ancient One two vials of potent life energy, then searched for a way to strengthen his soul. Remembering the Lost Book City and Dark Doctor Strange, he decided to visit him, though the chapter ended with Lin Feng reopening a Portal after dismissing his first attempt.

• Lin Feng gave The Ancient One two glowing green vials before leaving Kamar-Taj, and she discovered their life energy made shoots grow from her table.
• Lin Feng let the Magic Cloak carry him through the sky and asked whether it knew how to strengthen his soul, but it did not.
• The Magic Cloak suggested Lin Feng look for another library, prompting him to remember the Lost Book City and Dark Doctor Strange.
• Lin Feng decided to seek Dark Doctor Strange in his universe, opened a Portal, dismissed it, then put on his Sling Ring and opened another.

Lin Feng returned to the peaceful Blue Star and ran into Morgan outside her school while she waited for Tony to pick her up. Tony arrived as Morgan eagerly reminded him about buying her a huge bear.

• Lin Feng reflected on Blue Star's years of peace and how the Avengers had settled into handling smaller threats.
• Lin Feng wandered through New York and recognized Morgan among the students leaving school.
• Morgan remembered Lin Feng from the statues and school visits, and told him Tony was coming to pick her up.
• Lin Feng chatted with Morgan about school while they waited for Tony.
• Tony arrived and scolded Morgan for talking to strangers, but Morgan ran to him and asked about buying a huge bear.