Recaps

Luke attended the Lords of the Nine Realms meeting as Earth’s new ruler and defeated the Frost Giant king after he challenged Luke’s place in the council. Luke announced Earth’s name and its openness to trade, then warned the assembled rulers against invading or oppressing it.

• Loki told Luke to take the second seat at the council meeting, where the arriving rulers questioned the unusual seating arrangement.
• Loki announced that he would handle Asgard’s affairs, Thor would command its military, and Luke had been given Midgard as a new realm to rule.
• The new Frost Giant king challenged Luke’s strength and struck at him, so Luke overpowered him with dark energy and restrained him.
• Frost Giant guards rushed into the hall, but Troll Soldiers defeated them, while Loki asked Luke to spare the Frost Giant king.
• Luke announced that Midgard would be renamed Earth and offered trade and diplomatic relations, then used shadowy figures to warn the other realms not to threaten Earth.

At the Nine Realms meeting, Luke arranged help and trade discussions while the Earth factions planned how to approach the other realms. After enjoying dragon meat with Frigga’s family, Luke’s ally Renn stopped Kaecilius’s library raid, but Kaecilius escaped through a portal and left his arm behind.

• Eleanor asked Asgard for help against an off-world fleet, and Luke offered to drive it away in exchange for help improving his food.
• The Vanir representative requested help suppressing a rebellion, and Luke directed him to the Earth teams; Jotunheim’s new king sought trade routes and agreed to provide Luke with an export list.
• The Chinese team planned to contact the Vanir and pursue trade with the other realms, while the Russian, Western, and S.H.I.E.L.D. teams considered their own plans.
• Luke joined Frigga, Odin’s family, Thor, Pepper, and the Ancient One to eat dragon meat.
• Kaecilius and his followers attacked Renn in the Kamar-Taj library and stole the page for summoning Dormammu, but Renn defeated them and pursued Kaecilius.
• Kaecilius escaped by closing a portal while his hand was still inside, leaving his arm behind.

Luke unlocked the Conversion Module with the Reality Stone, used it to begin producing new Shadow Legion troops, and strengthened himself after the Ninja Soldiers conquered the Black Dragon’s Dark Dimension. The chapter leaves him at Asgard’s celebration as Odin prepares to announce his identity to visiting dignitaries, while a pale figure declares that the Aether is calling.

• Luke touched the Reality Stone with dark energy and unlocked the Conversion Module, which could convert energy and materials into troop types.
• Luke used the Black Dragon’s remains to start converting several troop types and ordered the Ninja Soldiers to reserve enough materials for three months.
• The Ninja Soldiers conquered the Black Dragon’s Dark Dimension, letting Luke raise his energy capacity and enhance his physical attributes to sixty-four times that of an ordinary person.
• A pale figure stepped out of a device in the cosmic void and said that the Aether was calling and it was time to act.
• Luke dressed for Asgard’s celebration and walked to the ceremony venue, where Frigga introduced him to diplomats from across the universe.
• Odin entered the venue with Frigga and Luke, launched a beam from Gungnir to begin the celebration, and the guests took their seats as Tony chatted with a Nova Corps representative about Luke.

At Asgard’s investiture ceremony, Odin named Luke Earth’s nominal ruler, appointed Thor to lead the armies and Loki as his successor, and Frigga adopted Sylvie and made her chief mage of a new Mage Corps. Afterward, Luke refused to govern Earth directly but agreed to arrange convenient travel between Earth and the other realms.

• Odin proclaimed Luke an Outer Prince and declared Midgard his domain and an ally of Asgard, unsettling the visiting national delegations.
• Odin invested Thor as leader of Asgard’s armies, and Thor vowed to crush Asgard’s enemies with his divine power.
• Odin named Loki his successor and credited him with killing Laufey, then handed him Gungnir as the assembled Asgardians cheered.
• Frigga introduced Sylvie as her adopted daughter and appointed her chief mage of a Mage Corps to be recruited throughout the Nine Realms.
• After the ceremony, Luke told Earth’s delegations he would not interfere in their internal affairs and urged them to trade with the other realms and stop troubling him.
• Captain Zhao asked how people could travel through the Nine Realms, and Luke decided to ask Loki to provide spatial rifts connecting Earth to them.

Luke, Tony, and Pepper explored Asgard together after Luke used a disguise to prank Pepper, then discussed finding Luke a romantic partner. The chapter ended as they looked forward to the remaining days of Asgard’s feast.

• Luke changed into casual clothes and used Tony’s disguise film to impersonate him in a prank on Pepper.
• Pepper recognized that the disguised Tony was Luke, and Asgard’s guards stood down after Luke summoned a Ninja Soldier.
• Luke, Tony, and Pepper toured Asgard, took candid photos, and watched the sunset while looking through the pictures.
• Pepper and Tony pointed out that Luke seemed lonely, and Luke agreed to let them help him find a partner.
• Tony began explaining Luke’s reference to tying a red thread as their evening together continued.

Luke examined his newly produced Advanced Units and planned to obtain vibranium to make Samurai Soldiers, while Malekith ambushed a Sovereign warship to learn what had happened in Asgard. The chapter left Malekith interrogating the captured Sovereign envoy about Asgard’s recent news.

• Luke inspected the Alien Soldiers, Sickle Shadow Soldiers, and Giant Pincer Soldiers, then sent them into the shadows and planned to test them in the forest.
• Luke considered producing Samurai Soldiers and decided that vibranium from Wakanda could provide the high-grade metal they required.
• Malekith spotted warships leaving Asgardian space and ordered his forces to follow a Sovereign vessel to learn what was happening in Asgard.
• The Sovereign High Priestess sent drones to attack Malekith’s Black Blade Ships, but the ships smashed through the drones and disabled the Sovereign warship.
• Malekith’s forces captured the Sovereign envoy, and Malekith demanded to know what news had come from Asgard.

Luke tested the Alien Soldier, Giant Pincer Soldier, and Sickle Shadow Soldier in the forest, then collected meat before an invisible Dark Elf craft approached. After destroying the craft, he recognized the Dark Elves and remembered that Fat Thor was still trapped in the Mirror Dimension; the chapter ended as Luke released him and he fell.

• Luke summoned his new troop types in the forest outside Asgard and watched them fight the Shadow Legion, assessing each one's strengths.
• Luke ended the battle, cleared the wreckage into the Shadow World, and sent Shadow Legion troops to capture meat.
• Luke received a Night Bat warning about an invisible craft approaching and alerted Odin before flying to intercept it.
• Malekith tracked Luke with a stealth reconnaissance craft, believing Luke had taken the Aether.
• Luke destroyed the craft with dark energy and identified the black-armored survivors as Dark Elves.
• Luke released Fat Thor from the Mirror Dimension, but Fat Thor stepped out into the air and fell as Luke sent Night Bats to catch him.

Luke reunited Thor with Odin and Frigga, and Thor destroyed the captured Dark Elves after confronting his fear of losing his family again. Odin resolved to change Asgard’s future, while Malekith planned a major attack to draw Luke out and obtain the Aether.

• Luke had the Ninja Soldiers bind the surviving Dark Elves, then gave the starving Fat Thor food and wine after leaving him trapped and beaten in the Mirror Dimension for two days.
• Thor recognized the Dark Elves and rushed to warn Luke to save his mother, but Odin and Frigga arrived safely, and Thor embraced Frigga while admitting he feared losing his family again.
• Odin told Luke he intended to destroy Muspelheim and kill Thanos, while Luke offered to help deal with Hela.
• Thor asked his family and Luke to leave the Dark Elves to him, then summoned lightning and reduced them to ash with a spear of lightning.
• Odin revealed his immense divine power and discussed the coming fight with Thanos with Thor, while Luke spoke with Frigga.
• Malekith discovered that contact with his scout ship had been lost and ordered his elites to prepare a major battle to draw Luke out and seize the Aether.

A Dark Elf warship attacked Asgard, but Luke and Fat Thor stopped it while Thor learned that Fat Thor had lost his home and family in an alternate future. After the warship was destroyed, Frigga confirmed that Malekith was not aboard, leaving Odin and Luke to search for his hidden plot.

• A Dark Elf warship attacked Asgard, and Heimdall raised the palace shield as Thor and Fat Thor fought off its Black Blade Ships.
• Luke trapped the warship in the Mirror Dimension, where Fat Thor destroyed its core with Mjolnir while Frigga watched.
• Odin told Thor that Fat Thor had lost Asgard and his loved ones in his original future, which Odin and Luke had changed.
• Luke suspected Malekith was absent from the warship, and Odin returned to the palace while Luke sent Night Bats to search nearby.
• Frigga confirmed that Malekith was not aboard the destroyed warship, and Fat Thor asked how they could leave the Mirror Dimension.

Malekith infiltrated Asgard and triggered an attack to steal the Aether, but Luke defeated his forces and captured him. The palace was still in danger, and Odin asked Luke to help hold it up.

• Malekith and his men secretly entered Asgard by hiding among civilians, then planted Black Hole Grenades in the palace dungeon.
• Malekith detonated the grenades, sent a Dark Elf guard to become a Cursed Warrior, and ordered his forces to find Luke and take the Aether.
• Luke escaped the grenades in his room and confronted Malekith, who demanded the Aether and ordered his soldiers to attack.
• Luke’s forces defeated Malekith’s soldiers, and Luke killed the Cursed Warrior with a powerful spell.
• A Giant Pincer Soldier captured Malekith, and Luke contacted Odin, who said he was holding up the palace and needed help.

Luke discussed Asgard’s defenses and future threats with Tony, Loki, and Odin before returning to Earth to deal with Hydra. In his apartment, he was met by an unexpected visitor asking permission to stay.

• Thor and Rocket departed Asgard in their nanotech armor, while Tony prepared to design a new security system for the realm.
• Luke spoke with Loki about his new duties and learned that he had sealed the damaged area beneath the palace in ice.
• Odin reflected on how Luke’s arrival had changed the future and vowed to destroy Surtur and hunt down Thanos.
• Luke agreed to look for a world where Hela could be sent and said he would join Odin in searching for the Infinity Stones.
• Luke returned to Earth, where an unknown visitor greeted him as the lord of Earth and requested permission to stay.

Luke met Galacta, the daughter of Galactus, and granted her permission to stay on Earth after learning she had protected the planet by consuming dangerous alien and dimensional beings. He offered her a job helping protect Earth and build an organization for contact with other civilizations, and she accepted in exchange for energy crystals and food.

• Luke found Galacta playing a video game in his home, and she explained that she wanted to apply for a temporary residence permit on Earth.
• Luke learned that Galacta was Galactus's daughter and worried that her connection to the Devourer of Worlds could put Earth at risk.
• Galacta told Luke she could control her hunger and had protected Earth by devouring visiting aliens and avatars of beings such as Mephisto.
• Luke gave Galacta a temporary residence permit after deciding she posed no threat and had helped Earth.
• Luke offered Galacta a job protecting Earth and supporting communication with other civilizations, and she agreed to work for energy crystals and meals.

Luke recruited Galacta by feeding her Energy Crystals, then brought her to Kamar-Taj to help eliminate the Dimensional Demon Gods' avatars on Earth. After Galacta revealed that a Cosmic Tapeworm inside her made her digest food—and grow hungrier—Luke considered extracting its devouring source, then fed her before taking her toward the Defense Core.

• Luke gave Galacta Energy Crystals, and she ate them eagerly, revealing that she needed nearly two billion energy for a full meal.
• Luke introduced Galacta to the Ancient One at Kamar-Taj and arranged for her to help locate and eat Dimensional Demon God avatars.
• Galacta told Luke that a Cosmic Tapeworm inside her absorbed matter and energy, increasing both her strength and appetite.
• Luke wondered if he could extract a devouring source from Galacta's Cosmic Tapeworm and decided to investigate.
• Luke bought Galacta food and added Energy Crystals, then hurried with her toward Kamar-Taj's Defense Core.

Luke extracted the Devouring Source from Galacta’s Cosmic Tapeworm, unlocking the Shadow Devourer Soldier, while Galacta discovered that the extraction had relieved her constant hunger. After Galacta returned to her spaceship, Luke realized it was parked right above his home and that she might become a neighbor who mooched meals.

• Luke brought Galacta to the Defense Core, where she became hungry again after an hour and revealed she had an email account she had stopped using because Galactus never replied.
• Back at his apartment, Luke offered to feed Galacta in exchange for her Cosmic Tapeworm, but she explained that it had been inside her since birth and could not be removed.
• Luke used the system’s one-click extraction function to remove the Devouring Source, while Galactus sensed what was happening from across the universe and decided he might visit Earth someday.
• Luke placed the extracted source in the Conversion Module and unlocked the Shadow Devourer Soldier, but Galacta was disappointed that the Cosmic Tapeworm remained alive.
• After eating a Dark Energy lollipop, Galacta felt full for the first time, then called her spaceship and went aboard.
• Luke discovered that Galacta’s spaceship was still hovering over his home and realized she might stay nearby and mooch meals.

After returning Galacta, Luke retaliated against the agents spying on him by sending Shadow Ninjas and Decepticons to capture them. The operation overwhelmed surveillance teams and a military base, and Megatron prepared to take captured officers through a portal to Luke.

• Luke received a flood of calls after news spread that Odin had left Earth in his care, then ordered Shadow Ninjas to seize everyone secretly watching him.
• Shadow Ninjas and Decepticons tracked surveillance teams, broke into their offices, and carried the unconscious agents away.
• Megatron flew toward a military base, destroyed incoming missiles with magic, and sent Giant Pincer Soldiers to breach its walls and attack its tanks.
• Megatron deployed Sickle Shadow Soldiers and Alien Soldiers to defeat the troops and stop officers from escaping in armored vehicles.
• Megatron opened a portal for the captured officers and told them that Luke was waiting on the other side.

After capturing the people who had monitored him, Luke punished those who refused to cooperate and planned an Earth Federation conference to establish a Trade Station with the Nine Realms. He left the captives on the island and asked Megatron and the others to design a grand building for the conference.

• Luke brought the captured agents and officers to a deserted island, scarred them with Dark Energy, and demanded they identify their employers.
• Luke decided to establish a Trade Station with the Nine Realms and use access to advanced technology to persuade approved countries and organizations to cooperate.
• Luke asked Tony to notify the countries that he would hold a conference on the island the next day to establish an Earth Federation.
• Luke released some captives, punished United States personnel who had refused to identify themselves earlier, and let others leave after they disclosed their sponsors.
• Luke had the remaining captives secured to crosses, then returned home and asked Megatron and the others to design a grand conference building.

After Luke sent foreign agents home and exposed the American military base, Nick Fury blamed the United States for provoking him and began investigating S.H.I.E.L.D.'s unusually active Special Operations Team. Pierce discovered that Doctor Zola had used the team to purge Hydra rivals, then learned Luke would hold a global conference the next day, giving him a chance to approach Luke.

• Foreign officials panicked after their agents were sent home, while the United States faced scrutiny for losing a military base and elite soldiers.
• Nick Fury warned the secretary of defense that Luke would retaliate if attacked, then told Pierce he was investigating thirteen Special Operations Team deployments in two days.
• Pierce confronted Sitwell about the deployments and learned Doctor Zola had ordered missions to eliminate suspected Hydra moles, though none had been found.
• Doctor Zola proposed killing Fury, launching Project Insight, and brainwashing Captain America, while Pierce warned that Luke could make their Helicarriers useless.
• Doctor Zola revealed Hydra was indirectly cooperating with Luke against a shared enemy, and Sitwell told Pierce that Luke would hold a global conference the next day.

Luke planned an Earth Federation headquarters with Galacta’s help, then built a vast island base from dark energy. Delegates watching from nearby warships were stunned by the construction, while the American envoy and secretary of defense worried about Luke’s growing power.

• Galacta told Luke that her Cosmic Tapeworm was recovering and that she could let him experience its hunger through a mind-linking tool.
• Galacta designed a one-kilometer-radius headquarters for Luke, who approved her model in exchange for covering her meals for two more days.
• Luke and Galacta traveled to the island, where Luke used dark energy to build a sprawling base and connected it to Kamar-Taj for power.
• Over ten thousand Shadow Ninjas furnished the base and prepared to receive the meeting’s guests.
• Captain Yang, Captain Zhao, and the delegates aboard nearby warships watched Luke create the base and reacted with astonishment.
• The American envoy and the secretary of defense watched the footage with anger and concern about Luke’s strength.

Luke convened the first Earth Federation conference and set a system of impression points to reward or punish countries according to his preferences. The meeting ended with countries eager to ask questions, while several representatives stayed behind for private discussions.

• Diplomatic teams arrived at Luke’s complex, where Ninja Soldiers escorted them to the conference hall; Galacta identified Captain Yang as having unusually high energy.
• Luke told the representatives he would not interfere with their governments, then assigned every country thirty impression points and warned that countries reaching zero would be evicted.
• Luke demonstrated his threat by making a landmass vanish from a model Earth, lowered several countries’ scores, and offered valuable rewards for high scores.
• Captain Zhao asked how to transport goods from trade agreements with the Nine Realms, and Luke promised to build portals from spatial rifts to his base.
• Luke offered portals to other locations for five impression points, answered the delegates’ questions, and concluded the first Earth Federation conference before a few representatives stayed behind.

Luke negotiated with Hydra's Pierce and Wakanda's T'Chaka, seeking to exploit Hydra's plan and secure a steady vibranium supply. After offering to capture Ulysses Klaue in exchange for Wakanda's friendship, Luke turned to planning the base's decorations with Galacta and preparing to hunt Klaue.

• Luke met Pierce, who asked him to help eliminate Nick Fury and described Hydra's plan to wipe out a large number of enemies; Luke agreed not to interfere and destroyed Pierce's projector.
• Luke spoke with T'Chaka and Okoye, revealed that he knew Wakanda's secrets, and proposed buying vibranium.
• T'Chaka refused to let vibranium circulate outside Wakanda, but Luke offered to capture Ulysses Klaue in exchange for Wakanda's friendship.
• T'Chaka accepted the offer, and he and Okoye left after promising Wakanda's friendship if Luke brought them Klaue's head.
• Galacta showed Luke her decoration plans for the base, and Luke agreed to begin shopping and decorating that afternoon.
• Luke returned home with Galacta for a meal and planned to have countries search for Klaue so he could begin trading for vibranium.

Luke released the newly converted Shadow Devourer Soldier and raised it by feeding it the shadows of more than ten thousand prisoners, then learned the Ancient One had information about Sylvie and Megatron at Kamar-Taj. He discovered that Kaecilius had damaged a forbidden spellbook and began considering how to respond to the betrayal.

• Luke released the fist-sized Shadow Devourer Soldier, and Galacta amused herself by squishing it while Luke explored newly discovered dimensions.
• Luke sent his Shadow Legion into a lesser dimension and ordered its Ninja Soldiers to capture enemy troops, but realized the dark dimension had no sunlight or shadows and moved the prisoners to Kamar-Taj.
• Luke fed the shadows of over ten thousand prisoners to the Shadow Devourer Soldier, which grew to around twenty meters tall, and the Ancient One warned him that it disrupted the balance of chi and energy.
• The Ancient One told Luke that Sylvie was studying with Asgard's Mage Corps at Kamar-Taj alongside Megatron, and Luke found the mages debating magic while discussing equipment production with Wong.
• Wong told Luke that Kaecilius had led people in an attempt to rob the library and damaged an irreplaceable spellbook before escaping, prompting Luke to consider helping the Ancient One deal with the betrayal.

Luke arranged a Kamar-Taj factory with Mordo, then watched the Ancient One’s Time Stone projection of Stephen defeating Dormammu. The vision left Luke planning to ambush Dormammu, while Dormammu strengthened Kaecilius for another attempt to claim Earth.

• Kaecilius summoned Dormammu from a church, and Dormammu recognized him as a useful pawn.
• Luke and Mordo proposed a factory for Kamar-Taj, and the Ancient One put Mordo in charge of the plan.
• The Ancient One showed Luke a future in which Kaecilius attacked the Three Sanctums and Stephen trapped Dormammu in a time loop until he withdrew.
• Luke asked the Ancient One to contact him when Dormammu next threatened Earth so he could attempt a sneak attack, then returned home and startled Galacta with the enormous Shadow Devourer Soldier.
• The Ancient One glimpsed a future figure handling Earth Security Council paperwork and suspected it was Luke, then resumed managing Kamar-Taj’s affairs.
• Dormammu promised Kaecilius magical knowledge and a replacement arm infused with dark energy, then prepared to use him to destroy the Three Sanctums and claim Earth.

Luke and Galacta flew to the asteroid belt in Galacta’s spaceship so Luke could gather energy, and Luke tested whether he could survive in space. After using dark energy to protect himself, he began capturing asteroids through the Shadow World, discovering that each one could substantially increase his energy cap.

• Luke learned that Galacta’s spaceship lacked enough energy for the trip, so he gave her Energy Crystals to fuel it.
• Galacta took Luke to the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars while Tony called to ask where Kamar-Taj was; Luke gave him its Manhattan address before losing reception in space.
• Luke put on a spacesuit and went outside the ship, then found that dark energy could protect his body from the vacuum and cold.
• Luke flew among the asteroids and opened a rift into the Shadow World in an asteroid’s path.
• Luke watched the captured asteroid raise his energy cap by around ten thousand and eagerly turned toward the rest of the asteroid belt.

Tony traveled with Saturday and Sunday to the Sanctum and went with Mordo to Kamar-Taj to study magic, while Pepper rejected Killian's request for Stark Group investment and Happy and Thursday began watching him. Luke returned from mining asteroids with Galacta and planned to join Tony's feast at Kamar-Taj, bringing Galacta along.

• Tony told Pepper he was going somewhere nearby to try out what being married to her might feel like, then entered the Sanctum with Saturday and Sunday and met Mordo.
• Mordo took Tony through a portal to Kamar-Taj, where Tony began making friends with the sorcerers by offering to pay for their food.
• Pepper declined Killian's request for Stark Group investment, and Happy and Thursday followed Killian and his unusually hot subordinate after the meeting.
• Luke shattered asteroids and sent their fragments into the Shadow World before returning to Earth with Galacta.
• Tony invited Luke to Kamar-Taj and announced that he would pay for everyone’s dinner, so Luke decided to bring Galacta along.

Luke brought Galacta to Kamar-Taj, where Tony discussed his growing concern for her and learned about magical weapons from Mordo. Meanwhile, the Ancient One arranged for a doctor to discover evidence of Pangborn’s recovery, leaving Stephen Strange’s path toward Kamar-Taj in motion.

• Luke summoned Megatron to order materials for renovating the base, then took Galacta to Kamar-Taj to eat with Tony.
• Tony urged Luke to consider his feelings for Galacta, and Luke admitted he cared about her while remaining unsure whether he saw her as family or something more.
• Galacta explained that her body had not developed for centuries, easing Tony and Luke’s concerns about whether she was an adult.
• Mordo showed Luke enchanted weapon samples, and Tony learned how the weapons stored and used magical energy.
• Tony told Luke about the injured neurosurgeon Stephen Strange, and Luke anticipated that Tony would soon meet a changed Strange.
• The Ancient One planted Pangborn’s medical records and a photograph for a doctor to find, prompting him to investigate Pangborn’s apparent recovery.