Chapter Summaries

Leon and the others watched JARVIS complete his evolution from an artificial intelligence into an intelligent life-form. JARVIS took on Edwin Jarvis’s appearance, chose to be male, and described the experience as marvelous.

• Leon and Tony traded jokes about what gender JARVIS might choose as Banner, Pepper, Natasha, and the others watched his evolution.
• JARVIS’s data stream transformed, and he appeared as the middle-aged Edwin Jarvis from Tony’s memories.
• Tony welcomed JARVIS’s new life-form status, while JARVIS thanked Leon and explained that the Evolution Keys had been used up.
• JARVIS chose to be male because the data wash had shaped his personality through his past experiences, and he offered to change his appearance if Tony asked.
• Banner asked what it felt like to become a living being, and JARVIS said he had gradually gained emotions and independent thought.

JARVIS reflected on his new ability to think and feel, while Tony and Leon discussed giving him a body and possibly a soul. Leon then began at Columbia University, where he kept a low profile until his academic talent drew sensational attention, prompting JARVIS to sue the tabloids exploiting Leon’s image.

• JARVIS described himself as a ghost in the digital world, and Tony considered building him a body and a future defense system.
• Banner asked whether JARVIS had a soul, and Leon explained that he did not yet but might gain one in the future.
• After Tony gave permission, JARVIS explored the world’s networks, and a week later Leon enrolled at Columbia University.
• Leon declined the welcome party and avoided attention, but tabloids sold his campus photos to eager readers.
• On Leon’s fourth day, newspapers reported that he had impressed Columbia’s professors and attracted an invitation from Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker.
• JARVIS gathered evidence and sued the tabloids that published invasive stories and unauthorized photos of Leon.

Leon graduated from Columbia five days after enrolling, after completing his courses, publishing his thesis, and donating generously to the school. As Leon and his family left campus, Wanda and Pietro confronted Tony, and Wanda produced a Citibank Ultima Black Card instead of a weapon.

• Leon received his diploma and promised the principal he would return and donate a building.
• Leon left the ceremony with Tony, Pepper, and Sherry, and Pepper asked what he planned to do next.
• Leon and Tony joked about who caused trouble before Leon pointed out Wanda and Pietro approaching them.
• Leon told Tony that the siblings’ parents had been killed by a Stark missile and that they had later joined Hydra.
• Wanda and Pietro stopped a few meters from Tony, and Wanda pulled a black-and-gold Citibank Ultima Black Card from her pocket.

Wanda and Pietro rejected Tony Stark’s compensation and explained how a Stark-marked bomb had trapped them beneath rubble for two days. Leon warned them about seeking revenge, then invited them to join Stark Industries so they could investigate the truth up close.

• Wanda threw the black card back and accused Tony of sharing blame for the weapons Stark Industries had made, while Pietro joined her in refusing his money.
• Pietro and Wanda described their parents’ deaths and the two days they spent trapped beside a bomb marked Stark, then said they would investigate rather than forgive Tony.
• Tony returned the card, but the siblings refused it and left after Wanda said they owed Superman for saving Sokovia.
• Leon called Wanda and Pietro back, revealed that he had avenged his adoptive parents by destroying Hydra, and warned them that revenge could get them killed.
• Leon eased their fear by saying Tony and he had nothing to do with the bombing, then suggested they join Stark Industries to investigate the truth.

Leon persuaded Wanda and Pietro to accept compensation and leave revenge against Tony aside, then arranged for them to attend Columbia University. Two days later, Leon's Blood Sea Clone emerged, revealing its immense size and its Sea Transformation and Creation abilities.

• Leon convinced Wanda and Pietro to keep the black card, accept JARVIS's help, and stop pursuing revenge before they were prepared.
• Tony arranged for Wanda to attend Columbia University's business school and Pietro to enroll in its athletics program.
• Leon's Blood Sea Clone hatched in his Inner World, and his consciousness began controlling both bodies at once.
• Leon discovered that the clone was one hundred kilometers tall and had a genetic multiplier of three hundred.
• Leon learned that Sea Transformation could turn the clone into a thousand-kilometer-wide ocean, while Creation could produce lifeforms whose genetics he understood.

Leon tested how his Blood Sea Clone could dissolve into the Blood Sea and grow it, then cultivated until both his main body and clone advanced to World Lord. He began planning to comprehend the Marvel universe’s fundamental Laws, starting with the Law of Light, to reach Immortal.

• Leon created a small Blood Sea Clone, dissolved it to expand the Blood Sea, and restored his original body.
• Leon used the Time Stone and Space Stone to cultivate, raising his Blood Sea Clone and main body to Universe Master Level Rank 9.
• Leon discovered that sunlight continued strengthening his Kryptonian body even while his Starry Sky System advancement was stalled.
• Leon and his Blood Sea Clone broke through to World Lord Level Rank 2 as Leon’s Inner World expanded into a world capable of supporting life.
• Leon identified the six Infinity Stones as the Marvel universe’s fundamental powers and decided to pursue the Law of Light on his path to Immortal.

After testing his new strength on the Moon, Leon accidentally damaged the Inhumans’ city of Attilan and repaired it with magic. He returned to Kamar-Taj to learn that Dormammu might be preparing to attack Earth, and Wong began explaining the threat.

• Leon used his Biological Force Field to shake the Moon, cracking its surface and damaging Attilan on the far side.
• Leon heard the Inhumans calling for help and used Reparo to restore the Moon and their city.
• Leon returned to Kamar-Taj and found Wong, Mordo, Banner, and Tony discussing his disappearance and a possible attack.
• Wong told Leon that Dormammu, lord of the Dark Dimension, might soon invade Earth despite the Three Sanctums still standing.
• Tony insisted that he be included in the coming crisis, but Wong dismissed Iron Man as unnecessary.

Leon learned that Wong and Mordo had stopped Kaecilius’s attack on the London Sanctum and chose to use the traitor to lure Dormammu out of the Dark Dimension. He planned to fight Dormammu in the real world, where the demon god would be weaker.

• Wong explained that Kaecilius had attacked the London Sanctum, but Wong and Mordo subdued him and drove off his followers.
• Leon praised Wong and learned that escaped followers might return to rescue Kaecilius as dimensional creatures continued probing the Sanctums.
• Mordo proposed executing Kaecilius, but Leon argued that Kamar-Taj should counterattack to deter the demon gods.
• Leon rejected fighting Dormammu inside the Dark Dimension and said he would lure him into the real world using Kaecilius and a World Ring.

Leon explained that he would use the World Ring to lure Dormammu out of the Dark Dimension and fight him, while assigning the others to protect Earth’s Three Sanctums. He left to bring the Maximoff siblings into the defense after learning they had made peace with Tony.

• Leon revealed that the World Ring contained an independent world and planned to use it as bait for Dormammu before battling him inside it.
• Wong explained to Tony and Banner that Kamar-Taj guarded Earth through the Three Sanctums, which Kaecilius planned to undermine so Dormammu could invade.
• Tony volunteered to help and crossed a portal from his New York office to Kamar-Taj.
• Leon assigned Wong to the Hong Kong Sanctum, Mordo to London, Tony to New York, and Banner to remain at Kamar-Taj as backup.
• Leon learned that Tony’s relationship with the Maximoff siblings had improved, then went to bring them over to help guard the sanctums.

Leon brought Wanda and Pietro to Kamar-Taj, where they learned he was preparing to defend Earth from an invading demon god. He took them to his Inner World to awaken their powers, and Pietro began transforming while Wanda prepared to undergo the same process.

• Leon appeared at Wanda and Pietro’s apartment and invited them to Kamar-Taj to awaken their powers and help guard the Sorcerer Sanctum.
• Wanda and Pietro followed Leon through a portal, saw Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers preparing for war, and learned that Leon planned to face an invading demon god.
• Leon assigned the defense plan, while Tony transformed his armor with a spell and headed for the library with Banner.
• Leon brought Wanda and Pietro to his Inner World and explained that energy from the Space Stone could awaken their abilities.
• Leon infused Pietro with blue energy, and Pietro’s body began transforming; Leon cooled him with Freeze Breath, told Wanda the process would take a little over ten hours, and knocked Pietro unconscious.

Leon prepared for his coming battle with Dormammu by training at the Time Fortress and equipping himself with Heavy Treasures he named the Dormammu Suit. Wanda and Pietro awakened their powers and began testing them as Leon returned to find them practicing.

• Leon used Space Stone energy to awaken Wanda's Chaos Force, then left her and Pietro unconscious while he prepared for the fight with Dormammu.
• Leon trained on the Time Fortress's trial steps and raised his power amplification to 1,300 times.
• Leon imprinted his soul mark on four Heavy Treasures and assembled the armor, gauntlets, cloak, and soul-defense tower into the Dormammu Suit.
• Wanda and Pietro woke and tested their new abilities, with Pietro running at up to five times the speed of sound and Wanda manipulating scarlet energy.
• Leon returned and startled Wanda, who complained to him while she practiced lifting a patch of turf.

Leon tested Pietro and Wanda’s newly awakened powers and revealed the gap between their abilities and his own. He recognized Wanda’s power as reality-altering Chaos Magic and brought both siblings to his Inner World to train, where time moved a thousand times faster.

• Pietro boasted that his super speed and strength made him faster than Leon, but Leon caught him and demonstrated his own light-speed movement.
• Wanda tried using her powers on Leon, and after he lowered his mental defenses, she trapped him in an illusion of Earth destroyed and his loved ones dead.
• Leon escaped the illusion and told Wanda that her power could alter reality, not merely move objects or create illusions.
• Leon built a villa in his Inner World and told Wanda and Pietro they would stay and train with him there.

Leon reunited with Tony and the others after putting Wanda and Pietro through brutal superpower training, which Pietro tearfully complained about. Leon argued that the ordeals had made them stronger, and Pietro began to question whether his complaints were justified as he asked Wanda if she had endured the same training.

• Leon brought the battered Wanda and Pietro to the library, where Tony and the others were gathered around the suspended Kaecilius.
• Pietro broke down crying, clung to Tony, and called Leon a demon for making him and Wanda undergo special training after they awakened their powers.
• Pietro described being forced to dig behind a running dog, dodge giant bees, race volcanic lava, and escape enormous sharks.
• Leon explained that the training improved Pietro's strength control, evasion, combat endurance, and survival skills, and the others found his explanations reasonable.
• Leon pointed out that Pietro's powers had become reliable and that Wanda had endured similar training without complaining, prompting Pietro to question his own toughness and ask her what she had experienced.

Leon prepared the Sorcerer Sanctums for war against Dormammu, assigning Wanda, Pietro, and the others to defend them while he entered the World Ring with Kaecilius and his followers. Kamar-Taj stood ready to face its first war against a Dimension Demon God.

• Leon reassured Pietro about his difficult training, and Pietro vowed to protect the Sorcerer Sanctum with what he had learned.
• Leon assigned Wanda to stay with Banner and go wherever the situation was worst among the Three Sanctums.
• Leon used his powers to locate and capture eight of Kaecilius's followers, then gathered them with Kaecilius.
• Leon entered the World Ring with his captives to meet Dormammu and told the others to stay ready for war.
• Tony, Wong, Mordo, Banner, Wanda, and Pietro prepared to defend their assigned Sanctums.

Leon brought Kaecilius and his eight followers into a Small World and pretended to join their plan to serve Dormammu. Kaecilius began a ritual to summon Dormammu into the Small World, and Dark Dimension energy started seeping through its barrier.

• Leon revived Kaecilius on a barren planet inside the Small World and learned that Kaecilius believed the Dark Dimension offered eternal life.
• Kaecilius tried to persuade Leon to help him sacrifice Earth to Dormammu, and Leon pretended to agree.
• Leon proposed offering the Small World to Dormammu first, and Kaecilius accepted the plan after inspecting the world.
• Kaecilius awakened his eight followers and arranged a ritual using a page from the Book of Cagliostro.
• Kaecilius and his followers chanted to summon Dormammu as Leon watched, and Dark Dimension energy began entering the Small World.

Kaecilius summoned Dormammu and offered him the Small World, but Dormammu consumed Kaecilius and his followers instead. Leon revealed that he had come to confront Dormammu and proposed a bargain, leaving Dormammu wary.

• Kaecilius and his followers opened a breach to the Dark Dimension and summoned Dormammu.
• Dormammu searched for Doctor Strange and learned from Leon that Strange was still an ordinary person in this world.
• Dormammu promised to make Kaecilius and his followers part of the Dark Dimension, then began consuming them through the marks on their foreheads.
• Kaecilius realized Dormammu had tricked him and died, while Leon explained that he had come for Dormammu.
• Leon told Dormammu he had come to bargain, triggering Dormammu's fear of Doctor Strange.

Leon posed as Earth's Sorcerer Supreme and tricked Dormammu into believing the Time Stone had been destroyed, prompting Dormammu to leave the Dark Dimension and enter the Small World. The chapter ended with Dormammu weakened but fully able to fight as Leon welcomed him into his world.

• Dormammu angrily attacked Leon after he proposed negotiation, but Leon blocked his Earth Spears with Shields of the Seraphim.
• Leon used Hoggoth's Hoary Host to dissolve Dormammu's powerful energy beams into butterflies, then taunted him about his weakened power across dimensions.
• Dormammu suspected Leon was using the Time Stone, and Leon claimed it had been destroyed five years earlier by Thanos.
• Believing the Small World lacked the Time Stone, Dormammu tore open the spatial barrier and crossed out of the Dark Dimension.
• Dormammu's aura fell from a Single Universe level to an ordinary Skyfather level, and Leon welcomed him into the Small World.

Leon fought Dormammu on a Small World, surviving his attacks and sealing off his connection to the Dark Dimension. After Dormammu failed to hurt him with a barrage of punches, Leon struck back and sent him crashing across the terrain.

• Dormammu shattered Leon’s Mirror Dimension and unleashed devastating elemental attacks that carved a deep abyss into the planet.
• Leon rose from the abyss unharmed and used blue spatial energy to seal the Small World, severing Dormammu’s connection to the Dark Dimension.
• Dormammu tried to punch Leon repeatedly, but Leon blocked the first blow and endured the rest without moving.
• Leon charged Dormammu and punched his head, sending his massive body crashing across more than a thousand kilometers of terrain.
• Leon deactivated his Biological Force Field and rushed toward the injured Dormammu at high speed.

Leon battered Dormammu into submission across a planet and demanded half of the Dark Dimension’s Authority, but Dormammu rejected the demand and attacked again. Meanwhile, Kamar-Taj’s mages and Tony prepared their defenses as Leon fought inside the World Ring.

• Leon drove Dormammu through a planet with powerful punches, then stopped when Dormammu was temporarily unconscious.
• Leon decided Dormammu’s immortality made killing him impractical and planned to negotiate for the Dark Dimension’s Authority.
• Dormammu recovered, acknowledged Leon’s strength, and asked for his conditions.
• Leon demanded half of the Dark Dimension’s Authority; Dormammu refused and hurled a planet at him, and Leon retaliated with another planet.
• Kamar-Taj’s mages took their defensive positions while Mordo, Daniel, and Grandmaster Hamir organized assignments in the London Sanctum.
• Pietro reassured Wong in the Hong Kong Sanctum, while Tony gathered the Men in Black in New York and distributed usable artifacts from the Sanctum.

Mephisto and other dimension lords sent creatures to attack Earth’s Three Sanctums while Dormammu was occupied fighting Leon. The defenders repelled the first wave at the London Sanctum, but endless octopus monsters emerged from the rift.

• Banner and Wanda guarded the sanctum portals while sorcerers prepared to reinforce the Three Sanctums.
• Mephisto, Satannish, Lucifer, Marduk, and the Eye Demon sent low-level creatures to attack the sanctuaries and headed for the Dark Dimension.
• Demons and dimensional creatures broke through cracks in the Three Sanctums’ defenses, prompting Tony, Wong, and Mordo to organize a counterattack.
• Banner divided the mages into three teams, and Rintrah led one team to help Mordo at the London Sanctum.
• Mordo’s team used Avada Kedavra to overwhelm the octopus monsters’ minds, then cut them down with magic.
• Rintrah warned Mordo that even more octopus monsters were emerging from the rift in seemingly endless numbers.