Recaps

Luke learned from Sylvie about the Time Variance Authority and its claim to preserve a single Sacred Timeline, then waited for its agents to arrive. When they tried to arrest Sylvie and dismissed Luke, he summoned over ten thousand Shadow Ninjas and prepared to fight them.

• Sylvie told Luke and the Ancient One that the TVA arrested people who created branches from the Sacred Timeline and erased those timelines.
• Luke gagged Sylvie and chose to wait for the TVA, while Natasha, Tony, Thor, Hulk, and Luke beat Loki until he passed out.
• Luke discovered that one of Loki’s hands had become mechanical, and Thor took Loki and the Tesseract back to Asgard through Luke’s portal.
• TVA agents arrived and tried to collar Sylvie, but Luke’s Night Bats pulled her away.
• The TVA leader refused to cooperate with Luke, so he summoned more than ten thousand Shadow Ninjas and declared they would fight first.

Luke and the Ancient One captured members of the Time Variance Authority and learned how they pruned branching timelines. After interrogating B-15 and meeting Mobius and a captured Loki, Luke discovered that the TVA treated the Infinity Stones as ordinary objects outside their universe.

• Luke ordered the Shadow Army to attack the Time Variance Authority agents, and the Ancient One examined B-15's time-adjusting device after the Shadow Legion captured her.
• The Ancient One explained that the TVA used Time Bombs to sever branching timelines, then made B-15 answer Luke's questions about the organization and its Time-Keepers.
• More TVA agents arrived through portals, and Luke captured them along with a parallel-world Loki, whom he knocked unconscious and later fed barbecue.
• Luke questioned Mobius about the Time-Keepers and learned that only the TVA director or a mysterious alarm clock might know about them.
• Loki described his treatment by the TVA and said they considered Infinity Stones little better than ordinary stones, while the Ancient One explained that the Stones needed their universe's material world to wield their full power.

Luke, the Ancient One, Sylvie, Loki, and Tony entered the Time Variance Authority to confront its rulers, while the Ancient One reset the timeline to keep Earth from learning about the TVA. As Luke led his forces through the TVA, he invited Sylvie to return to his world and meet Odin.

• Luke agreed with the Ancient One to investigate the Time Variance Authority, and Sylvie revealed that she was another Loki who had been hunted by it since childhood.
• The Ancient One warned that leaving the timeline unchanged could provoke a catastrophic conflict, so Luke had B-15 prepare a reset while Tony joined him and the Avengers were left behind.
• B-15 activated the Reset Device, erasing the timeline and the others' memories of the TVA as Luke and Tony entered a portal with the TVA personnel.
• Luke summoned his Shadow Legion inside the TVA, where Sylvie explained that its employees were ordinary people brainwashed into serving the Time-Keepers.
• Luke asked Sylvie to stay in his world and offered to take her to Asgard to meet Odin.

Luke and his allies fought their way through the Time Variance Authority to confront the Time-Keepers, only to discover that the figures were robots. After learning that the real Time-Keeper could be reached through the Time Graveyard, Luke prepared to use the Pruning Shears and devised an unusual way to use Tony to learn about his future.

• Luke summoned Shadow Ninjas to attack Ravonna and the guards, then had the ninjas pin Ravonna with their blades and kill the other guards.
• Mobius used Ravonna’s temporal device to heal her wounds, and Luke’s group rode the elevator to the Time-Keepers’ chamber.
• Ravonna revealed that the Time-Keepers were the ornaments on the platform, and Luke destroyed their robot bodies as they tried to direct him to the Time Graveyard.
• The remaining robot told Luke to use the Pruning Shears to reach the Time Graveyard and defeat its pet to reach the end of time, but Luke cut it down before it finished speaking.
• The Ancient One said she could no longer see Luke’s future because his Dark Energy surpassed temporal energy, so Luke suggested she could track him indirectly through notes Tony wrote about his condition.

Luke tested the Pruning Shears and entered the Time Graveyard, where his search for his missing Ninja Soldiers was interrupted by a Darkness Wave. Loki met several other Lokis while trying to reach Luke, but an unexpected energy pulse made the Shadow Ninjas vanish, leaving the Lokis fleeing from Alioth.

• Luke pruned Mobius, Ravonna, a Ninja Soldier, and himself, then arrived on an empty plain with the Ancient One.
• Luke found Tony and Sylvie, then sent a Darkness Wave outward while searching for the missing Ninja Soldiers.
• Loki woke in the Time Graveyard and met several other Lokis, who told him Alioth was approaching.
• The child Loki revealed that he had killed Thor, and the older Loki conjured an illusion of Asgard to distract Alioth.
• Loki tried to lead the Shadow Ninjas to Luke, but an energy pulse made them emerge from the shadows and stab one another before vanishing.
• Alioth devoured the older Loki's illusion and attacked him, while Loki and the other Lokis ran away.

Luke and the Ancient One confronted He Who Remains after crossing into the castle beyond the void. Luke challenged his claim that there was only one timeline, leaving He Who Remains shocked and questioning what he knew.

• Alioth pursued the Lokis until Luke arrived, subdued it, and compressed it into a black crystal ball.
• The Ancient One uncovered a portal rune and dismantled the castle, revealing He Who Remains inside.
• He Who Remains explained that he had created the Time Variance Authority to prevent another Timeline War, while Sylvie tried to attack him and Luke stopped her.
• Luke argued that every universe had its own timeline and that timelines could affect one another, contradicting He Who Remains's belief in a single timeline.
• When He Who Remains asked why Luke was certain, Luke credited an Old Master who traveled between universes.

Luke and the Ancient One returned to the Time Variance Authority, defeated its new He Who Remains, and destroyed the headquarters before sending their companions back through time. Back home, Luke celebrated with Tony and considered changing the events behind the Avengers and Civil War, while Sylvie began studying magic at Kamar-Taj.

• Luke and the Ancient One found that a new He Who Remains had taken control of the Time Variance Authority and attacked them with guards.
• Luke restrained He Who Remains, destroyed him with Bolts of Balthakk, and sent the other Lokis back to their worlds with time tablets.
• The Ancient One adjusted a portal to return Tony, Sylvie, and Luke to their proper places, and the uncontrolled energy engulfed the Time Variance Authority.
• Luke reunited with Tony at a barbecue, then decided to keep the future Avengers apart from the present team and celebrated his victory.
• Tony told Luke he would not join the Avengers, prompting Luke to consider rescuing Tony's parents from the past.
• At Kamar-Taj, the Ancient One sent Banner to the future group and searched for Stephen while Sylvie began studying the library's spellbooks.

Luke took Banner to Stark Tower, where Tony worried that the AllSpark could create dangerous independent mechanical beings, and Luke encouraged him to study and control it. Luke then visited the Ancient One, who warned him against tampering with time as he sought Sylvie in the library.

• Luke let Banner take over from Hulk, and Tony offered Banner a room at Stark Tower after saying Ross was no longer interested in pursuing him.
• Tony questioned whether he could safely use the AllSpark, and Luke reassured him that the robots could be controlled and the cube studied.
• Tony began examining the AllSpark at his workbench while Luke left for Kamar-Taj.
• The Ancient One warned Luke that time would retaliate if he tampered with it, and Luke said he wanted to send a couple decades into the future to witness their child's wedding.
• The Ancient One voiced concern that Luke's growing influence could alter the timeline and hoped he would not pull Earth into the Dark Dimension.
• Luke received the Ancient One's warning through a Ninja Soldier and continued to the library to find Sylvie.

Luke brought Sylvie to meet Odin and Frigga, explaining that the Time Variance Authority had taken her from her timeline as a child. Frigga welcomed Sylvie as her daughter and contacted Thor to tell him he might have a little sister.

• Luke found Sylvie struggling to read ancient Chinese spellbooks and learned that the Ancient One had made her a personal disciple.
• Sylvie asked to see her mother, so Luke contacted Odin, who agreed to meet them privately with Frigga.
• Luke told Sylvie to bring drinks and snacks, and she returned with a huge pile before they traveled to Asgard.
• Odin mistook Sylvie for Luke's attendant, but Frigga recognized that something was unusual and asked her name.
• Luke explained the Time Variance Authority's role in Sylvie's past, and Frigga offered to let Sylvie think of her as her mother.
• Frigga opened a communication link to the infirmary and asked Thor whether he wanted a little sister.

Thor and Loki learned that Sylvie was their sister from a parallel universe, while Loki struggled with jealousy and Luke’s leverage over his embarrassing memories. Luke then encouraged Odin to relax and connect with his family, and took him to get ready for a conversation.

• Thor carried the injured Loki to Frigga after she announced that they had a little sister, and Loki’s reattached hand was hurt again along the way.
• Frigga introduced Sylvie, explaining that she was Loki from a parallel universe and that Luke had rescued her from an organization that traveled between timelines.
• Thor warmly welcomed Sylvie, while Loki initially suspected her of replacing him and then tried to win Luke’s favor to protect his embarrassing memories.
• Sylvie drew the withdrawn Loki into the conversation, and the family chatted while Odin pulled Luke aside to ask why he had brought Sylvie to Asgard.
• Luke urged Odin to set aside his stern image, change into casual clothes, and talk openly with his family, then offered to help him get ready.

Luke helped Odin change into nightclothes and practice smiling before joining the family, where they planned a feast to celebrate Sylvie, Thor, and Loki. Frigga thanked Luke for improving Asgard’s future, then revealed a power that made him question her strength.

• Luke dressed Odin in his nightrobe, took a photo of him smiling, and brought him to join Thor, Loki, Frigga, and Sylvie.
• Loki suggested preparing for threats like the Time Variance Authority, and Odin said Asgard’s defenses needed repairs after Thanos’s attack.
• Frigga proposed announcing Sylvie as Asgard’s new princess, and Odin planned a grand feast celebrating the family’s recent changes.
• Odin announced Thor’s return as supreme general and assigned Loki to handle the king’s duties; Luke offered the Shadow Legion to help prepare the feast.
• Luke arranged to bring friends, including Tony, and asked for Asgardian healers, while Odin agreed to both requests.
• Frigga told Luke she could no longer see Asgard’s future after his arrival, then revealed immense power that made Luke wonder whether she could defeat the Dark Elves’ Cursed Warrior.

Luke visited S.H.I.E.L.D. to restore Bus and found Tony upgrading the ship’s weapons; he also invited Tony to an Aesir banquet where Luke would become a prince. The chapter left Bus transformed into a heavily armed miniature spaceship in an emptied hangar, ready for Luke to restore him.

• Luke stayed in bed after a sleepless night, sent Ninja Soldiers to buy computers and write novels, and had JARVIS arrange to buy the apartment building.
• Luke traveled to S.H.I.E.L.D. on a lounge chair carried through a portal by Ninja Soldiers and met Coulson outside headquarters.
• Luke found Tony working on Bus’s weapons in a secret hangar, and Tony explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. had offered him shares in his company.
• Luke offered Tony a chance to upgrade the Aesir’s defenses in exchange for removing his shrapnel, and Tony explained how he could use the AllSpark to repair machines without bringing them to life.
• Luke invited Tony and Pepper to Odin’s banquet, where Luke would officially become an Aesir prince.
• Luke had Coulson clear the hangar as Bus transformed into a miniature spaceship lined with gun ports, then prepared to restore him.

Tony became physically ill after watching Luke use magic to enlarge Bus, and decided to learn about magic at Kamar-Taj. Luke then briefed Fury on the dangers tied to Thanos and the Tesseract, leaving Fury to use the information in a meeting with the Security Council while Pierce considered recruiting Luke.

• Luke used dark energy and magic arrays to enlarge Bus, and Tony felt overwhelmed by its gradual growth.
• Tony flew home vomiting, and Saturday found his adrenaline and heart rate dangerously elevated; Tony blamed his reaction on megalophobia and magic challenging his worldview.
• Fury told Luke that the World Security Council wanted explanations for the Chitauri equipment, the Tesseract, and the destruction and deaths caused by Loki and his allies.
• Luke warned Fury that the attackers served Thanos, who slaughtered half the people on planets, and explained that the Tesseract was an Infinity Stone that could draw fleets to Earth.
• Luke refused to face the Security Council himself and vanished, so Fury went to brief them while Pierce considered recruiting Luke.

Luke tricked Doctor Zola into believing that rival factions had planted spies throughout Hydra, prompting Zola to call an emergency meeting. As Hydra’s leaders turned against one another under Luke’s watch, a message from Thor interrupted Luke’s amusement.

• Luke answered Doctor Zola’s call and used fabricated claims about moles and advanced technology to frighten him.
• Luke used dark energy to move objects and manipulate lights around Zola, making him believe an unseen enemy was watching him.
• Luke claimed Hydra’s spies belonged to a rival faction and urged Zola to find them, while secretly monitoring him.
• Zola summoned Hydra’s leaders and presented Luke’s conversation and old footage as evidence of spies within the organization.
• Hydra’s leaders split into factions as Luke watched and recorded their confrontations.
• Luke received a message from Thor asking why he was on Earth and whether the Bifrost had been repaired.

Luke joined Loki and Sylvie as Earth prepared for Odin’s invitation to Asgard, while governments assembled diplomatic delegations. At the gathering point, Luke met Clairvoyant and Clairaudient from S.P.E.A.R., whose organization had been developing a project to awaken superpowers in ordinary people.

• Luke met Loki at Erik’s hospital room and learned that Odin had invited representatives from Earth to a banquet in Asgard.
• Luke brought Loki to Kamar-Taj, where they reunited with Sylvie and the Ancient One, who had also received an invitation.
• Earth’s leaders prepared delegations, while S.P.E.A.R. director Zheng Xian considered how the nearly completed God-Making Project could strengthen his country.
• Luke gathered Sylvie, Loki, Thor, Jane, Erik, and the Ancient One, then opened a portal to the international island where the delegations awaited Asgard’s arrival.
• Luke left Loki to greet the diplomats and met Clairvoyant and Clairaudient from S.P.E.A.R.

Captain Zhao and Captain Yang built contact with Luke while the international delegations competed to speak with Asgard’s representatives. As Loki prepared to take everyone to Asgard, Luke noticed Fury had brought Pierce and chose not to expose him yet.

• Captain Zhao joined Luke’s conversation after Captain Yang cleared a path, while a Russian delegation approached Thor with vodka and won his favor.
• Clairvoyant invited Luke to visit China, and Luke agreed before Tony and Pepper arrived in their Iron Man suits.
• Luke introduced Clairaudient to Tony, who discussed S.P.E.A.R.’s abilities and planned to visit Kamar-Taj; Luke then asked whether Tony had brought the AllSpark.
• Loki spoke with Captain Zhao and the Russians, then announced that everyone was going to Asgard.
• Fury arrived with Coulson, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Captain America, and Pierce; Luke greeted Pierce but kept his knowledge of Hydra secret.
• Loki called Heimdall, and a pillar of light descended as the group gathered to leave for Asgard.

Luke and the Ancient One arrived in Asgard with several diplomatic delegations, while their companions explored the realm and Tony went to have his chest device removed. Odin gave Luke the Space Stone and effectively handed him Earth, then Luke offered to help bring Hela back, leaving the Ancient One considering whether to bring Stephen in and step down.

• Luke and the diplomatic delegations arrived in Asgard, where Captain Yang's group and Fury's team began examining the guards and the Bifrost.
• Loki took Tony and Pepper to the palace infirmary, Thor flew off with Jane, and Luke and the Ancient One went to meet Odin and Frigga.
• Odin and Frigga told Luke about Sylvie and Jotunheim's new leader, and Odin gave Luke the Space Stone, saying Earth would belong to him.
• Luke asked whether Odin wanted him to help bring Hela back, and Odin reacted with surprise while Frigga stopped him from asking Luke for another favor.
• The Ancient One realized Luke was the figure Hela followed in the future she had glimpsed, then considered bringing Stephen to Asgard and making her exit.

Tony recovered from his chest injury and began inspecting Asgard’s broken defenses while Luke revealed that Odin had made him ruler of Earth. Luke then found a powerful dark dimension and led the Shadow Legion and Kamar-Taj sorcerers into battle, where disciplined enemy formations made him realize his forces needed commanders.

• An Asgardian physician removed Tony’s shrapnel and regenerated his chest, after which Tony joined Loki to repair a damaged turret.
• Luke told Tony that Odin had made him ruler of Earth in exchange for the Reality Stone, though he planned to leave humanity to govern itself.
• Luke discovered a dark dimension with 1.78 million combat power and brought Kamar-Taj sorcerers, including Mordo, to help attack it.
• Luke recruited the sorcerers to make enchanted weapons for the Shadow Legion and opened a connection to the enemy dimension.
• The Shadow Legion fought through a tide of contaminated creatures before nearly a hundred thousand evolved dark species assembled into battle formations.
• Luke watched the enemy formations take shape and concluded that the Shadow Legion needed army-level commanders.

Luke led the Shadow Legion and Kamar-Taj’s Mage Corps against the Dimension Lord’s forces, gaining the upper hand despite heavy fighting and friendly fire. When a massive armored dragon joined the battle and threatened the rift, Luke transformed and charged toward it with the Shadow Legion.

• Luke ordered the Shadow Ninjas to attack while Mordo’s Mage Corps bombarded the enemy with spells from the mana pool.
• The enemy’s aerial troops engaged the Night Bats, but Mordo’s Meteoric Fire Rain destroyed enemies and accidentally sent the Night Bats back as well.
• The front lines became a brutal melee as Troll Soldiers, Ninja Soldiers, and Night Bats fought off swarming enemies and ranged attacks.
• A massive black-armored dragon emerged, attacked Luke’s forces, and directed the enemy to assault the dimensional rift and Mage Corps.
• Luke regrouped the Shadow Legion at the rift, praised Mordo’s forces, and transformed into his dimensional demon god form.
• Luke charged through the dimensional rift with the Shadow Legion toward the dragon.

Luke defeated a black dragon, brought its corpse to Asgard, and received the Reality Stone from Odin. He then arranged for Mordo and the other sorcerers to visit Asgard, while the Ancient One anticipated Stephen's arrival at Kamar-Taj.

• Luke pierced the black dragon's wound with dark-energy spears and Energy Crystals, then bound it and destroyed its internal organs.
• Luke ordered the Shadow Legion to attack the disorganized monster army and returned to Asgard with Mordo and the others and the dragon's corpse.
• Luke brought the dragon to Asgard's kitchens, where the cooks prepared to consult old texts about cooking it.
• Odin gave Luke the Reality Stone, bringing the number of Infinity Stones in Luke's possession to three.
• Luke teased Tony about the dragon's anatomy, then asked the Ancient One for permission for Mordo and the other sorcerers to visit Asgard.
• The Ancient One and Odin agreed to the visit, and the Ancient One considered that Stephen would soon come to Kamar-Taj.

Luke arranged a sightseeing vacation in Asgard for Kamar-Taj’s High-Level Mages while Kaecilius led a group of mages toward summoning Dormammu. The Ancient One allowed events to unfold because she foresaw that Dormammu had to learn of Luke for Earth to reach a safer future, and the chapter ends when Jane tells Luke that Thor’s hammer flew away.

• Luke arranged for roughly three hundred Kamar-Taj mages and their friends to travel to Asgard, while Renn stayed behind to guard the library.
• Kaecilius persuaded several mages to help him steal the summoning ritual and pledge Earth to Dormammu, and the Ancient One let them proceed after seeing a future where Dormammu was defeated.
• Luke brought the mages through a portal to Asgard, where Odin recognized the potential of the contracted mages and considered having Sylvie sign a contract.
• Luke found Tony and Pepper watching the sunset, then watched alone before Jane arrived looking for Thor.
• Jane told Luke that Thor had chased after Mjolnir when the hammer suddenly flew away, leading Luke to wonder whether Hela had returned.

Frigga discovered that a grieving, overweight Thor had arrived from another universe and comforted him as he mourned his lost family and Asgard. Rocket’s attempt to steal the Reality Stone failed, and Frigga offered to contact Luke, who had the Stone.

• Frigga sensed a presence resembling Thor’s, found him hiding, and recognized that he was her son from another world.
• Thor broke down in Frigga’s arms as he described losing her, Odin, Loki, Heimdall, and Asgard to Thanos.
• Rocket sneaked into the lounge intending to extract the Stone from the Ancient One and Sylvie, but Sylvie bound and gagged him.
• The guards brought Rocket to Frigga and Thor, and Frigga explained that he and Thor had arrived in a parallel universe where Luke was their uncle.
• Thor agreed to let Frigga contact Luke, while Rocket complained that Thor’s information had been wrong.

Thor abandoned Jane at the Bifrost when Mjolnir flew away, then confronted Fat Thor, his counterpart from a parallel world, in Asgard. Luke stopped their fight, learned about Fat Thor’s mission to restore the vanished people, and offered to arrange a new hammer and help if he fought one of Luke’s subordinates; Odin arrived and agreed to watch his strength.

• Thor left Jane at the Bifrost to chase Mjolnir, while Luke went to Asgard after Frigga contacted him about another Thor.
• Fat Thor summoned Mjolnir, and Thor stormed into Frigga’s room and attacked him for taking his hammer.
• Luke restrained both Thors, returned Mjolnir to Thor, and explained to Fat Thor that he knew about his parallel world and his mission to restore the vanished people.
• Luke told Rocket and Fat Thor that he had Infinity Stones and would help bring the vanished back after collecting them; Thor then flew back to Jane.
• Luke offered Fat Thor a new hammer and help restoring everyone if he fought one of Luke’s subordinates, and Fat Thor agreed.
• Odin and Loki arrived, and Odin said he wanted to see Fat Thor’s strength.

Luke tested Fat Thor’s fighting strength against the Shadow Legion in the Mirror Dimension, then used his specialized troops to batter him in a brutal workout. Before leaving, Frigga asked Luke to bring back the people lost in Thor’s world once he collected all six stones, and he promised he would.

• Luke moved Odin, Frigga, Loki, Rocket, and Thor into the Mirror Dimension, then summoned over ten thousand Shadow Ninjas to fight Thor.
• Thor charged into the Shadow Legion with his lightning, impressing Odin and Frigga as he fought until he became exhausted.
• Odin left with Loki and Rocket, while Frigga asked Luke to help Thor restore the people lost in his world after collecting the six stones; Luke promised to help.
• Luke recalled the Shadow Ninjas, then sent Blade Soldiers, Night Bats, and Troll Soldiers to batter Thor as a fat-reduction workout.
• Luke left Thor being tossed around by the Troll Soldiers and Night Bats and went back for the dragon meat.

Luke joined Loki as he prepared to receive the rulers of the Nine Realms, reassuring him that Asgard’s power would command respect. The visiting realms arrived for a meeting, where Luke met Eitri and considered asking him to forge a hammer.

• Loki ordered Heimdall to direct the Bifrost at Jotunheim, then stopped the attack after mentioning Odin’s fondness for ice grass wine.
• Luke arrived and questioned Loki and Heimdall about wasting Bifrost energy on a warning to the Frost Giants.
• Loki admitted he was nervous about receiving the other rulers, and Luke reminded him that Asgard’s strength would protect his authority.
• Heimdall used the Bifrost to bring Vanaheim’s delegation and the other attending rulers to Asgard, where Loki welcomed them and introduced Luke as Midgard’s king and Asgard’s Outer Prince.
• Luke met Eitri, the dwarf king and renowned blacksmith, and considered asking him to forge a hammer.