Chapter Summaries

After Erik took the throne, Wakanda's elders assigned him dangerous missions outside the country, while T'Chaka's family planned how to stop his ambitions and reclaim power. The chapter ended with T'Chaka staying behind to speak with Erik as T'Challa, Ramonda, and Shuri set out to seek the Ape Tribe's help.

• Erik learned that Wakanda's military forces could not be sent on operations abroad, so the Black Panther had to handle the missions himself.
• Erik chose to go alone in a Black Panther Suit and distrusted Okoye, while the elders and officials remained a source of political constraint.
• Okoye told W'Kabi that T'Chaka and his family were safe in Shuri's laboratory, and she hoped Luke's influence could restrain Erik and the elders.
• T'Chaka explained to his family that he had killed N'Jobu and warned that Erik might declare war on the world despite learning the truth.
• T'Challa proposed that one group persuade Erik while another sought help from the Ape Tribe.
• T'Chaka decided to remain behind to explain the past to Erik, while T'Challa, Ramonda, and Shuri went to the Ape Tribe.

Erik killed a convoy of several hundred men, then sought Hydra agents from Zola in exchange for Vibranium. Back in Wakanda, T'Chaka explained that N'Jobu had tried to shoot Zuri, leaving Erik shaken and heading to the Heart-Shaped Herb garden to question Zuri himself.

• Erik ambushed and wiped out a convoy, then agreed to trade Zola a hundred kilograms of Vibranium for obedient Hydra agents.
• Erik returned to Wakanda and went to Shuri's laboratory, where guards told him T'Chaka and the others were still inside.
• Erik confronted T'Chaka about killing N'Jobu, but guards stopped him from harming Shuri because of her connection to Galacta and Luke, the lord of Earth.
• T'Chaka said he had meant to bring N'Jobu and Erik back to Wakanda for trial, but N'Jobu drew a gun on Zuri, and T'Chaka accidentally killed him while intervening.
• Erik recalled the gunshot and, shaken by T'Chaka's account, ran to the Heart-Shaped Herb garden to question Zuri.

Erik learned from Zuri and N'Jobu that his father had tried to kill Zuri before T'Chaka killed him, and he abandoned his plan to drag Wakanda into war. He gave Zola thirty kilograms of vibranium and ended their agreement, but Zola secretly used it to replace his outer armor and still intended to get more from Wakanda.

• Erik demanded the truth about N'Jobu's death, and Zuri confirmed T'Chaka's account and explained why he had concealed it.
• Erik entered the Ancestral Plane and spoke with N'Jobu, who admitted his role and apologized for taking Erik away from Wakanda.
• Erik returned from the Ancestral Plane, released T'Chaka and the others from confinement, and decided not to start a war or destabilize Wakanda.
• Erik met Zola and gave him thirty kilograms of vibranium, then refused to provide more or use Zola's operatives.
• After Erik left, Zola activated the restaurant patrons, followed him with a dog, and replaced his outer armor with the vibranium.

Zola captured Erik, impersonated him, and used his identity and ship to enter Wakanda. After Okoye summoned him to answer for taking Vibranium, she noticed something was wrong inside the ship and went to investigate.

• Zola’s mechanical spider attacked Erik, and Zola’s robots disabled his bracelet’s signal and captured him.
• Zola took Erik’s bracelet, transformed it and the ship with his machine-controlling power, and copied Erik’s appearance and identity.
• Zola imprisoned Erik aboard the ship and used his identity to pass Wakanda’s border checks.
• Okoye told Zola that the Elder Council wanted an explanation for the thirty kilograms of Vibranium he had taken, then summoned him to the palace landing pad.
• Zola arrived at the palace and headed toward the council hall, while Okoye noticed that the ship’s interior looked wrong and went inside to inspect it.

Zola seized control of Wakanda’s council and turned its ships into a mechanical army, devastating the city. Okoye and Erik headed for Shuri’s lab to stop him, while T’Challa and M’Baku arrived with Ape Tribe reinforcements and sought weapons from the Border Tribe.

• Zola revealed himself in the council hall, killed the guards, and forced the tribal elders to wear bracelets that could kill them.
• Okoye escaped Zola’s trap, destroyed the giant robot holding Erik, and learned that Zola had infiltrated Wakanda with Erik’s help.
• Zola transformed the arriving fighters into mechanical life-forms, then flew to the hangar and used the AllSpark to turn Wakanda’s parked ships into an attacking army.
• Okoye led Erik toward Shuri’s lab as the transformed ships bombarded the city and Zola carried the elders southwest toward the hangar.
• T’Challa returned with M’Baku and the Ape Tribe, and M’Baku led the warriors toward the Border Tribe to obtain weapons.

Erik and T'Challa led Wakanda's forces in a counterattack against Zola's Mechanical Legion, while T'Chaka prepared to reclaim the Black Panther mantle. The robots withdrew from the battlefields, then regrouped and flew toward T'Challa's troops.

• T'Chaka ordered Wakanda's civilians into vibranium safe houses, and Erik joined Shuri and Okoye in the laboratory to assess the battle.
• Erik left to fight and urged T'Chaka to seek outside help, while T'Chaka prepared to go to the plantation; Zuri arrived with heart-shaped herbs after escaping its destruction.
• T'Challa rallied M'Baku, W'Kabi, and their troops with a speech, and Shuri directed them toward the fiercest fighting.
• Erik freed the pinned Wakandan warriors by attacking the robots, but the Mechanical Legion buried him beneath a building.
• T'Challa's Rhino Cavalry and Ape Tribe reinforcements destroyed dozens of robots, rescued Erik, and forced the survivors to flee.
• Shuri warned T'Challa that the robots had regrouped and were flying toward his forces.

Shuri escaped Zola’s takeover of Wakanda’s network and led Okoye through a portal to seek help from the Defenders. As Zola’s fighters devastated Wakanda’s forces, Tony and the Defenders arrived, and their Ultron Legion engaged the enemy above the city while the heroes prepared to confront Zola.

• Zola contacted Shuri, revealed that a treasure had restored his ability to perceive the world, and tried to recruit her as a mechanical life-form; Shuri realized he had stolen it from Luke.
• Shuri destroyed the laboratory cameras, escaped with Okoye and Zuri, and used a portal in the Vibranium mining pit to seek help from the Defenders.
• Zola told T’Challa that he intended to capture Shuri, then ordered a bombardment that killed many Wakandan warriors and destroyed the surrounding buildings.
• Erik, M’Baku, W’Kabi, and T’Challa survived beneath Vibranium armor as Zola’s robots searched for them, and T’Challa hoped Shuri had found reinforcements.
• The Ultron Legion emerged from the mining pit and fought Zola’s fighters in the sky while Tony asked Shuri where Zola was hiding.
• Shuri directed Tony toward Wakanda’s Vibranium storage warehouse, and Captain America, Hawkeye, Natasha, Scarlet Witch, Hulk, Quicksilver, Bucky, and Tony’s Armor Squad joined him.

Zola stole Wakandan vibranium and tried to escape after combining his mechanical forces into a giant robot, but Tony called Megatron for help. Megatron killed Zola and recovered the AllSpark, and Luke decided to return after hearing what had happened.

• Zola took Wakandan vibranium and threatened the elders, but Tony, Quicksilver, Hulk, Banner, and Scarlet Witch attacked and forced him to flee.
• Shuri trapped Zola inside Wakanda’s shield, but he combined his ships and mechanical forces into a giant robot and blasted through the shield to escape.
• Tony pursued Zola toward space and called Megatron, who arrived with mechanical giants and surrounded Zola’s giant robot.
• Megatron cut Zola apart, retrieved the AllSpark, and took his forces to the moon while Tony returned to Earth.
• Luke heard Tony’s account, decided to return, and Galacta went to check out of the room.

Luke and Tony discovered that Inhumans lived in a hidden city on the moon, where Megatron’s Starship Giants had been investigating. The Inhuman rulers arrived to ask Luke to spare their city after the giants’ curious pokes nearly overwhelmed its shield.

• Megatron returned the AllSpark to Luke after recovering it from Zola, and Tony said he no longer needed it for his research.
• Megatron reported that he had defeated the slaver groups in Alfheim and converted their starships into Transformers stationed on the moon.
• Megatron showed Luke and Tony footage of a concealed lunar city, and Luke identified its inhabitants as Inhumans created through Kree experiments.
• Luke reassured Tony that the Inhumans were no match for them, just as several Inhumans teleported in and asked for peace.
• Medusa explained that the Starship Giants’ pokes had pushed the city’s shield near its limit, and Luke ordered Megatron’s forces to stop touching it.

Luke explained the Inhumans’ origins and social hierarchy to Tony, who realized T’Challa’s vibranium made him richer than Tony and began considering armor to counter Black Bolt. Luke arranged cross-world trade and a Trading Station expansion, while the Inhumans prepared to meet him and argued over whether to abandon their powerless citizens.

• Luke agreed to meet the Inhumans the next day and explained their history, Terrigen-based powers, and social hierarchy to Tony.
• Tony learned Black Bolt could unleash destructive energy through his voice and considered building vibranium armor to defend against him.
• Luke told Megatron to watch the Inhumans from a distance, then informed the Trading Station’s representatives about trade with the Tiga World and an upcoming expansion.
• Black Bolt learned that one of Luke’s mechanical giants was watching New Attilan and agreed to meet Luke rather than risk provoking him.
• An Inhuman proposed moving only the powered upper classes, but Maximus objected and refused to help build a new base if the powerless were abandoned.
• Medusa confirmed that the Inhumans would not abandon anyone and said they would meet Luke the next day.

Luke visited Kamar-Taj and weighed in on Stephen and the Ancient One’s disagreement over whether to reveal the order to world governments. Meanwhile, a mole planted by Zola secretly copied magic books, setting events in motion that would fulfill a vision the Ancient One had seen.

• Luke collected a large shipment of enchanted weapons from Mordo’s factory, where Tony’s machines had accelerated production.
• Stephen proposed making Kamar-Taj known to other countries, but the Ancient One warned that outsiders might steal and abuse magic; Luke suggested easing their fears, and they agreed to revisit the problem later.
• Luke learned that new demon god incursions had increased Kamar-Taj’s workload and that Wong was overwhelmed managing the library’s books and novice sorcerers.
• Wong questioned a frequent borrower, who had returned his books, then allowed him to borrow more after warning him to master what he studied.
• The borrower secretly translated the magic books into code and emailed them to Zola, then began studying on his own when no reply arrived.
• Luke and the Ancient One remained unaware that Zola’s mole was operating inside Kamar-Taj and would trigger events connected to the Ancient One’s vision.

Luke expanded the Trading Station and met with Black Bolt and the Inhumans to settle their conflict over the moon. Black Bolt proposed that the Inhumans pledge allegiance to Luke so they could remain there and let him use New Attilan as a fleet base.

• Luke expanded the Trading Station by pouring in dark energy and added ten buildings for future members.
• Black Bolt arrived at the Trading Station with Medusa and other Inhumans to discuss whether they could stay on the moon.
• Luke explained that the moon was part of his territory and that he planned to build a base there to dock his growing fleet.
• Black Bolt offered to return the Inhumans to Earth and described how humans had persecuted them in the past.
• Black Bolt offered New Attilan as Luke's fleet base and suggested that the Inhumans pledge allegiance to him so they could remain on the moon.

Luke agreed to shelter the Inhumans after Medusa offered their lunar base-building technology to help humanity explore space. He planned to turn the Moon so New Attilan faced Earth, while Maximus went to compile the technology and his thoughts on the bargain remained unclear.

• Medusa proposed that the Inhumans help humanity establish a lunar transit station and share their technology in exchange for Luke’s protection.
• Luke accepted the Inhumans’ offer, kept New Attilan for them, and proposed turning the Moon so their city faced Earth.
• Luke told Black Bolt that the Trading Station would soon connect to a world with more advanced space exploration technology and considered preparing for a possible conflict with the Kree.
• Black Bolt informed the Inhumans’ senior leaders of the agreement, and they accepted it and began preparing for the Moon’s rotation.
• Black Bolt asked Maximus to compile New Attilan’s base-building technology for Luke, and Maximus agreed.

Luke opened a portal between the Marvel World and the Tiga World, establishing a trading foothold on the island containing the R'lyeh Ruins. After bringing Director Sawai’s delegation to the Marvel World, Luke heard that Earth faced growing threats from monsters and Sawai asked for a way to help humanity become stronger.

• Luke raised the R'lyeh Ruins above the sea, flattened the island, and opened a portal there for trade between the worlds.
• Director Sawai arrived with his delegation and chose a site for the portal, while Daigo sensed something awakening in the ruins.
• Luke escorted Sawai’s group through the portal to the Marvel World, where they met representatives from other civilizations and toured the Trading Station.
• Sawai told Luke that Tiga had recently faced two monsters in different locations and that teleporting between them had quickly drained his energy.
• Sawai showed Luke photographs of intelligent monsters roaming space near the Solar System and asked for a way to make humanity stronger.

Luke advised Sawai on ways the Tiga World could grow stronger, then revealed that the Inhumans lived on the moon and announced a race to reach their city. The first five nations or factions to arrive would receive the Inhumans’ space base construction technology.

• Sawai asked Luke how the Tiga World could become stronger, and Luke recommended pursuing technology and building relations with the Dwarves and Asgard.
• Sawai and the Tiga World representatives traded space exploration technology at the Trading Station and gathered information about its factions.
• Luke told the representatives that the Kree had experimented on ancient humans, creating a small number of superpowered descendants who became the Inhumans.
• Luke revealed that the Inhumans lived in a city on the moon and had offered him their space base construction technology.
• Luke announced a race to the moon, promising the technology to the first five nations or factions to reach the Inhumans’ city.

Luke moved New Attilan to the moon’s near side, then turned the moon so its far side faced Earth and built a base there for Megatron and the Starship Giants. As a familiar voice reached him, the chapter left the identity of the returning acquaintance unrevealed.

• Luke announced that competitors had to use spacecraft they built themselves and said the first five countries to reach the moon would gain access to space-base construction technology.
• Luke flew to the moon, met Black Bolt and Medusa at New Attilan, and began spreading Dark Energy across the moon to prepare to turn it.
• With Galacta’s calculations, Luke adjusted the moon’s interior and turned it so its far side faced Earth, confirming that the change caused no harm to Earth.
• Luke built Far Moon Base on the newly exposed side of the moon and assigned Megatron and the Starship Giants to guard it.
• A familiar voice spoke to Luke telepathically, commenting that his strength had grown quickly and that the choice made back then had been right.

Odin returned from hunting Thanos and told Luke that rumors about Luke defeating Celestial squads had spread across the universe, while news of the Orb had surfaced on Morag. Luke punished Thor for helping spread the rumors, then prepared to travel with Odin to find the Orb before anyone else could claim it.

• Odin told Luke that he had failed to find Thanos and had only destroyed some of his fleets, then warned him that stories of Luke defeating Celestial squads were circulating among cosmic empires.
• Luke blamed Thor for the rumors and tried to head to Earth to punish him, but Odin revealed that the Orb had been located on Morag and that bounty hunters were already searching for it.
• Odin secretly had Heimdall bring Thor from Earth to Asgard, but Luke followed through a portal and seized Thor in the Bifrost hall.
• Luke took Thor's Meow Meow Hammer and had Troll Soldiers use him as a volleyball until Loki arrived, while Odin praised Loki for strengthening Asgard through trade.
• After Odin and Loki acknowledged Thor's contribution to Asgard, Luke stopped the punishment and agreed to leave for Morag with Odin to pursue the Orb.

Luke and Odin traveled to Morag, where Luke took the Power Stone and discovered it let his Shadow Ninjas train independently. After Odin left to search for Thanos, Luke planted a Dark Crystal in the empty Orb as a prank, then confronted Rhodey and Nebula, who realized he knew about parallel worlds.

• Odin and Luke arrived on Morag, and Luke sent Shadow Ninjas to search while he and Odin barbecued.
• The Shadow Ninjas found the Orb, and Luke used Dark Energy to take the Power Stone from its shield and absorb its energy.
• The Power Stone upgraded Luke’s system, allowing Shadow Ninjas to train beyond their base stats and live in his Shadow World.
• Odin left Morag to look for Thanos, and Luke placed a Dark Crystal inside the empty Orb before departing.
• Rhodey and Nebula encountered Shadow Ninjas in the abandoned hall, then Luke appeared and showed them a photograph that convinced Rhodey they had met in another timeline.
• Luke claimed to be Earth’s lord and said Rhodey and Nebula were from another world, leaving them stunned that he knew about parallel worlds.

Luke refused to hand the Infinity Stones to Rhodey and Nebula, defeated them when they tried to take the Stones by force, and learned that Thanos had been watching through the Nebulas’ shared memories. After sending Rhodey and Nebula away, Luke returned his attention to the Guardians’ plot and sent a Shadow Ninja to follow Star-Lord while he searched for directions.

• Rhodey and Nebula demanded Luke’s five Infinity Stones, but he refused, warning that removing them could endanger his universe.
• Nebula ordered Rhodey to attack Luke, but the Giant Pincer Soldier and Shadow Ninjas subdued them, and Luke pinned Rhodey while disarming Nebula.
• Luke revealed that he had planned to help their world, then noticed Nebula had become vacant and realized Thanos was watching through her shared memories.
• Thanos rejected Ebony Maw’s suggestion to attack Luke for the Stones and ordered his operatives to find the visitors’ ship and investigate travel between parallel worlds.
• Luke sent Rhodey and Nebula away, assigned a Shadow Ninja to follow Star-Lord and broadcast what happened, then flew off to look for someone who could give him directions.

Luke traveled toward Vormir aboard an alien spaceship while watching a Shadow Ninja protect Star-Lord, whom the Ninja mistakenly led to believe he was a woman. After reaching Vormir, Luke threatened the ship’s crew with a remotely triggered Dark Crystal bomb as he prepared to leave for the planet.

• Luke boarded a spaceship near Morag after its crew agreed to take him to Vormir, then watched Star-Lord through the Shadow Ninja following him.
• The Shadow Ninja saved Star-Lord from a Kree ambush, and Star-Lord mistook the Ninja for a woman and recruited him as a partner.
• The Shadow Ninja and Star-Lord defeated more Kree near Star-Lord’s ship, then set course for Xandar with the Orb.
• Luke laughed as Star-Lord brought the Shadow Ninja into his ship and the Ninja encountered a woman in the cabin below.
• Luke reached Vormir and warned the alien crew that a Dark Crystal in the captain’s hand could destroy their ship if he triggered it remotely.