Chapter Summaries

Tony and the defenders struggled to hold back the Hell creatures attacking the New York Sanctum until Tony discovered that the Ten Rings could let his fungi consume them. He and JARVIS spread the fungal filaments across the Mirror Dimension, killing every creature that had emerged from the rift and enlarging Mark 10.

• The mages, Men in Black, and Tony fought the magic-resistant Hell creatures, but the shields began to crack under their endless assault.
• Tony's fungus-made armor consumed a Two-Headed Red Dragon after the creature tore off its arm, revealing a way to overcome the monsters.
• Tony ordered the defenders to retreat behind their shields while he used the Ten Rings to power his fungal filaments.
• Tony and JARVIS spread the filaments across the Mirror Dimension, where they consumed every Hell creature and absorbed their energy into Mark 10.

Tony held the New York Sanctum while Pietro and Wong efficiently stopped the demons at the Hong Kong Sanctum. Mordo called for help at the London Sanctum, and Hulk jumped through the portal to assist him.

• Tony used Mark 10 to devour the demons emerging at the New York Sanctum and told Banner the sorcerers could support the other temples.
• Pietro used an enchanted dagger to slash the demons’ throats, letting Wong and the sorcerers finish them off.
• Pietro asked everyone to call him Quicksilver, and Wong assured Banner that Hong Kong needed no support.
• Mordo told Banner that the London Sanctum needed help because giant octopuses were mentally corrupting the sorcerers.
• Wanda volunteered to help, but Banner transformed into Hulk, who leaped through the portal to London.

Banner projected his soul beside Hulk in the Mirror Dimension, where Hulk and Wanda helped the sorcerers fight off dimensional creatures. Meanwhile, Leon and Dormammu’s battle in the World Ring escalated into a destructive close-quarters clash, with Leon still in peak condition as Dormammu suffered severe injuries.

• Banner watched Hulk fight in the Mirror Dimension and tried to direct him toward the giant octopus holding Mordo.
• Hulk hurled one giant octopus into another, freeing Mordo despite ignoring Banner’s instructions.
• Wanda immobilized the giant octopuses with Chaos Magic, destroyed them, and guarded the passage as more creatures emerged.
• Leon and Dormammu traded planetary attacks and blasts of energy, devastating the continent inside the World Ring.
• Dormammu switched to close combat, but Leon’s Dormammu Suit weakened his attacks, and Dormammu lost an arm while Leon remained unharmed.

Leon wore Dormammu down by repeatedly detonating giant Blood Sea Lesser Clones, then negotiated with him over the Dark Dimension. Dormammu revealed that Strange and Clea were trying to resolve a World Collision Crisis, leaving Leon demanding to know how they planned to stop it.

• Leon sealed off the Small World from the Dark Dimension, then used a giant clone's self-destruction to devastate Dormammu.
• Leon repeatedly detonated Blood Sea Lesser Clones against Dormammu until the continent broke into five landmasses and Dormammu begged to talk.
• Dormammu refused to surrender his Dimensional Authority but offered Leon and Kamar-Taj mages free access to the Dark Dimension's power.
• Dormammu warned Leon that Strange and Clea were working in the Dark Dimension to resolve a World Collision Crisis caused by Strange's reckless travel between Parallel Universes.
• Dormammu said destroying one universe was the simplest solution, while Strange and Clea were secretly pursuing another plan; Leon demanded an explanation.

Leon worried that Doctor Strange’s World Collision Crisis might threaten the entire Multiverse, but chose to focus on growing stronger rather than intervening. He released Dormammu under a binding contract and returned from the ruined Small World.

• Leon considered the possibility that Doctor Strange’s World Collision Crisis could destroy the Multiverse and decided to prepare by increasing his own strength.
• Leon required Dormammu to report information about Unclaimed Dimensions and help Doctor Strange’s group resolve the crisis, in addition to letting Leon borrow his energy without limit.
• Leon and Dormammu established a magical contract witnessed by Vishanti, with Dormammu risking ninety percent of his Dimensional Authority if he broke it.
• Leon withdrew the Space Stone energy surrounding the Small World, and Dormammu returned to the Dark Dimension after warning Leon that they would meet again.
• Leon called after Dormammu with the universe’s designation, then left the ruined continent and returned from the World Ring.

Leon returned to Kamar-Taj after defeating Dormammu and ended the attacks on Earth by destroying the dimensional passages. He celebrated with the sorcerers and Avengers, then prepared to show them a memory of his battle with Dormammu.

• Leon sensed the battles at the Three Sanctums, then used the Space Stone's energy to destroy the passages and kill creatures on the other side.
• Leon announced that the war was over, and the sorcerers ended their Mirror Dimensions and returned to Kamar-Taj.
• Leon gathered everyone in the training yard and started a barbecue feast instead of recounting his fight with Dormammu.
• Tony, Wanda, Pietro, Wong, Hulk, and Mordo claimed credit for their work, and Leon praised them before warning that stronger threats awaited.
• Tony asked how powerful Dormammu was and how Leon had driven him away, so Leon began projecting a memory of the battle onto a screen.

The sorcerers watched Leon’s memories of joining Kaecilius, confronting Dormammu, and fighting the ruler of the Dark Dimension. The chapter ended with them stunned by Dormammu’s overwhelming assault, unable to imagine how Leon could survive.

• Leon’s memory drew the sorcerers into a vision where they could watch but not affect events, and Pietro made everyone quiet so they could hear.
• The sorcerers watched Leon join Kaecilius, then saw Kaecilius and his followers summon Dormammu and get swallowed by the Dark Dimension.
• Leon confronted Dormammu, blocked his attacks with the Shield of the Seraphim and Hoggoth's Hoary Host, and provoked him into crossing dimensions.
• Wanda asked Tony, Wong, and Mordo about the Time Stone, Thanos, and the Blip, but they knew little about what Leon had said.
• Dormammu punched Leon away and unleashed earth, wind, water, fire, and energy tides, leaving the watching sorcerers fearing that Leon had died.

Leon’s memories showed the mages how he defeated Dormammu, leaving them awed by his strength. After the gathering, Leon sent Mordo to use memory potions to warn invading Hells, while cautioning him not to provoke the Eye Demon.

• Leon’s memories showed him enduring Dormammu’s attacks, knocking him down, and destroying a planet during their battle.
• The mages and Tony’s group watched Leon defeat Dormammu and returned to reality stunned by what they had seen.
• Leon’s admirers crowded around him, and he knocked on the heads of mages who secretly touched him before answering questions about magic.
• Leon spent two hours explaining magical knowledge, and the mages departed after the gathering, ready to spread stories of his achievements.
• Leon gave Mordo memory potions to send into the invading Hells to intimidate them, but told him not to send one to the Eye Demon’s dimension.

Leon left Kamar-Taj after reminding its mages to use Dormammu’s power cautiously and sending the Maximoff siblings home. After several peaceful days, he began a new morning with Sherry while Natasha and Yelena were still unable to go to work.

• Leon told Wong and Mordo to warn the mages that Dormammu’s power could corrode their minds, and he explained that The Ancient One had gone to find Eternity.
• Banner chose to remain at Kamar-Taj to continue learning and oversee the Fantastic Beasts breeding base, and he asked whether Betty could join him.
• Leon knocked Pietro unconscious, sent him and Wanda through a portal, and reminded them to attend school.
• Leon sent the Men in Black back to New York, took Tony with him, and told Mordo to protect the Sanctum and report to JARVIS.
• After peaceful days passed, Leon joined Sherry for breakfast and said JARVIS would handle the company while Natasha and Yelena stayed home.

A month after the battle with Dormammu, Leon heard about Sherry’s school exploits and welcomed Wanda for another consultation about her recurring nightmares. Wanda began describing a dream of another version of herself, leaving Leon to help her understand it.

• JARVIS appeared at Leon’s request, and Sherry said Peter Parker’s aunt wanted to visit and thank them.
• The chapter recounted how Sherry had defended Peter, beaten up bullies at school, and earned the nickname “School Kingpin,” prompting Kingpin to investigate her before the Men in Black warned him off.
• After breakfast, Sherry left for school, and Leon trained while Natasha and her sister slept.
• Wanda arrived alone and asked Leon for help with her recurring dreams of alternate versions of herself.
• Wanda began describing the woman in her latest dream as Leon started another consultation.

Wanda told Leon about her recurring dreams of other versions of herself, including one who used Darkhold magic and died destroying the Darkholds. Leon stopped her from using that dangerous magic, explained that the Space Stone might let her learn from her counterparts through dreams, and sent her home to practice controlling Chaos Magic.

• Wanda explained that her dreams showed a counterpart who destroyed the Darkholds across the Multiverse and died at Mount Wundagore, and that she had learned some of that Wanda's spells.
• Leon halted Wanda when black energy appeared in her magic and used Genetic Energy to drive it from her fingers.
• Leon noticed a faint crimson crown above Wanda, suggesting she was approaching her transformation into the Scarlet Witch.
• Leon used Mind Stone magic to ease Wanda's mental strain and theorized that the Space Stone let her communicate and learn through dreams from other Wandas.
• Leon told Wanda to practice controlling Chaos Magic, avoid Darkhold spells, and return in a week to report her progress.

Leon trained after Wanda left, while Tony arrived to discuss Wakanda, Captain America, and Skrull infiltrators. Tony revealed that a Skrull had infiltrated the Avengers and tried to steal Leon’s information, then confronted Leon about secretly investigating S.W.O.R.D.

• Leon resumed training and reflected on Wanda’s potential and her longing for a peaceful life.
• Tony visited Leon, who learned that Hawkeye had been found in Wakanda and detained after discovering the Vibranium Mountain beneath it.
• Tony mentioned that Captain America had been found beneath Arctic ice, but Leon asked him to continue with his real reason for visiting.
• Tony told Leon that Skrulls had reappeared and infiltrated the Avengers, and that one had tried to hack JARVIS to steal Leon’s information.
• Tony questioned Leon about having the Men in Black gather evidence against Skrulls and planning to dismantle S.W.O.R.D.

Leon discovered that Nick Fury was using Skrulls to investigate him and planned to recruit him into a New Avengers initiative, so Leon set out with the Natasha sisters to move against Fury and S.W.O.R.D. Five days later, a Men in Black member publicly revealed that Earth had suffered a secret extraterrestrial invasion.

• Tony told Leon that Skrulls had been gathering information about him, and Leon used his enhanced vision to uncover Fury’s hidden files on the Divine Blade space station.
• Leon learned that Fury’s New Avengers Initiative involved recruiting him and having Skrulls assess his combat strength.
• Leon explained S.W.O.R.D.’s ties to Fury and the Divine Blade station, then left with the armed Natasha sisters to plan their next move.
• Tony remained stuck in the couch and wondered how many backup plans Fury had.
• Five days later, a black-armored Men in Black member released a video announcing an alien invasion and presenting evidence.

The Men in Black revealed that Earth had been infiltrated by Skrulls, showing evidence that green-skinned aliens had impersonated people within both S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra. They identified the Skrulls as hostile invaders whom Nick Fury had secretly settled on Earth.

• The Men in Black became active worldwide again, and their film made the group famous and explained their mission to protect Earth from hostile aliens.
• A Men in Black video presented footage of a green-skinned figure transforming after dying aboard a Hydra Helicarrier.
• The Men in Black showed intercepted footage in which Hydra's leader killed six people who transformed into green-skinned aliens.
• The Men in Black said they had traced evidence of the aliens across the world and identified them as Skrulls.
• The Men in Black accused Nick Fury of settling the Skrull refugees on Earth and declared them invaders.

The Men in Black released evidence that Skrulls had secretly replaced hundreds of people and that up to one million were on Earth, accusing Nick Fury of helping them infiltrate humanity. Governments worldwide accepted the evidence, began arresting Skrulls, and called for the Skrulls’ expulsion and Nick Fury’s arrest.

• The Man in Black showed surveillance footage of Skrulls killing and impersonating humans, including MI6 officer Rowan.
• The video presented dozens of recordings showing Skrulls replacing people across the world, including terrorists and government officials.
• The girl in black accused Nick Fury of using Skrulls to advance his career and revealed that one million Skrulls were on Earth, with more traveling there from space.
• The Man in Black warned the Skrulls to leave Earth within three days and promised identification equipment to countries around the world.
• The video spread worldwide, intelligence agencies confirmed its evidence, and governments began arresting exposed Skrulls.
• The Permanent Five and Security Council issued statements calling for the Skrulls’ expulsion and Nick Fury’s arrest.

Nick Fury learned from the Men in Black video that the Skrull threat was far larger than he had believed, while Talos's people debated what to do from their refuge at New Skrullos. Nick confronted Talos about the destruction of Skrull Planet, leaving Talos unable to deny that he had kept information from him.

• Nick Fury watched the Men in Black video and realized that its evidence exposed the Skrulls and implicated him in their infiltration.
• Nick Fury was shocked by the claim that one million Skrulls were on Earth and began to doubt what he had been told.
• At New Skrullos, Talos urged the gathered Skrull leaders to wait for news from Nick, while Gravik called for war against Earth.
• Talos shut down Gravik's proposal and dismissed the meeting, then reassured Soren that Nick would not abandon them.
• Nick called Talos and demanded to know what he had hidden about the destruction of Skrull Planet, and Talos admitted that Nick did not know everything.

Nick Fury learned that millions of Skrulls had come to Earth and summoned Carol, while Leon and Tony watched Captain America thaw at Avengers headquarters and discussed recruiting him. The chapter ended with Leon questioning Tony’s plan to bring Steve Rogers into the Avengers.

• Nick Fury confronted Talos over secretly bringing millions of Skrulls to Earth, and Talos said he had hoped Fury would help them integrate.
• Nick Fury refused to help Talos, told him to leave Earth, and cut off their communication.
• Nick Fury pressed his pager to summon Carol and worried that the Skrulls’ arrival would lead to war and S.W.O.R.D.’s dissolution.
• Leon and Tony watched Steve Rogers thaw in an examination room, while Tony explained that mystical intruders had been investigating Avengers headquarters.
• Tony said the Avengers were recruiting Steve Rogers, and Leon questioned whether Tony intended to bring Captain America into the team.

Tony, Leon, and Coulson waited for Captain America to awaken, joking about Tony’s supposed jealousy and discussing the Avengers’ wariness of the Skrulls. Steve Rogers woke in 2008, learned he had been frozen for nearly seventy years, and wondered whether he had missed his promised dance with Peggy Carter.

• Tony denied being jealous of Steve and claimed he had helped arrange Steve’s rescue out of compassion and curiosity.
• JARVIS revealed that Tony, not Coulson, had pushed the rescue plan forward, and Tony admitted he was curious about Steve.
• Tony said Coulson would leave for Wakanda after Steve woke, while Leon assured Tony that Steve’s neural activity was increasing.
• Steve woke in the medical room, sprang into a defensive crouch, and demanded to know where he was.
• Coulson told Steve it was 2008 and that he had been frozen for nearly seventy years.
• Steve studied the displays of the world’s changes and wondered whether Peggy had faded into the past and whether he had missed their dance.

Leon and Tony discussed Captain America’s grief, the Avengers, and how Tony would tell Rogers the truth about Bucky, while Leon gave Tony Zhou Divine Spring Water. Men in Black detection equipment exposed Skrulls across Earth, and nearly a million of them fled into space as the Avengers and authorities began hunting those who remained.

• Leon told Tony that Rogers was grieving over Peggy Carter, then asked whether Tony would recruit him and how he would handle Bucky’s death.
• Tony decided to tell Rogers the truth about Bucky, and Leon handed him Zhou Divine Spring Water before leaving.
• Tony invited Rogers to an appointment, while Leon’s discovery about Carter led him to suspect that another Steve Rogers had married her.
• Men in Black identification towers exposed Skrulls hiding among people around the world, including government and royal staff.
• The Men in Black and the Avengers, led by the awakened Captain America, began searching for Skrulls as countries went into lockdown.
• Nearly a million Skrulls evacuated Earth in spacecraft during the night.

Captain Marvel returned to Earth’s orbit and learned that Talos had brought a million Skrulls there, prompting her to confront him over the breach of trust. After Talos appealed to their history and her promise to find the Skrulls a home, Carol agreed to vouch for them on Earth while arranging for some to relocate.

• Captain Marvel arrived near Mars and reunited with Talos, Soren, and G'iah.
• Talos explained that he had brought a million Skrulls to Earth, and Carol condemned his decision.
• Talos reminded Carol of her promise to find the Skrulls a home and described the dangers they faced while wandering through space.
• Carol softened, acknowledged her own failure to find a suitable planet, and proposed vouching for the Skrulls so they could remain on Earth temporarily.
• Carol told Talos that he would need to relocate some Skrulls elsewhere to reduce their numbers while she searched for another habitat.