Chapter Summaries

With Silver Surfer threatening Zhang Yang and the women protecting him, Zhang Yang cast the Summoning Art in a desperate gamble. He summoned Galacta, forcing Silver Surfer to stop and reconsider attacking because she was Galactus’s daughter.

• Silver Surfer increased his power, putting Wanda, Qing, and Aili under immense pressure as they defended Zhang Yang.
• Zhang Yang cast a Summoning Array, hoping to bring forth someone who could restrain Silver Surfer.
• A young woman emerged from the array, and Silver Surfer’s energy subsided as he stared at her.
• Qing identified the summoned woman as Galacta, Galactus’s daughter.
• Silver Surfer called Zhang Yang shameless and hesitated, caught between attacking him and risking harm to Galacta.

Galacta sided with Zhang Yang and ordered Silver Surfer to leave Earth, despite his claim that he was following Galactus’s orders. Silver Surfer abandoned his mission and flew away after the Ancient One and Galacta warned him not to return.

• Galacta interrupted Silver Surfer’s attempt to justify his mission and challenged him to make his move.
• Silver Surfer decided not to fight Galacta and said he would let Zhang Yang off this time.
• The Ancient One questioned Silver Surfer about whether he planned to return to Earth.
• Galacta warned Silver Surfer not to come back, and he flew away on his surfboard.

The Silver Surfer returned to Galactus and confessed that he had failed to deal with Zhang Yang because Galacta had signed a contract with him. Galactus realized he could not break the contract himself and feared that another Creator God would attack Zhang Yang if he abandoned the plan.

• The Silver Surfer arrived in Galactus's Domain and admitted that he had failed his mission, prompting Galactus to strike him in anger.
• Galactus demanded an explanation, and the Silver Surfer told him that Galacta had signed a contract with Zhang Yang.
• Galactus learned that Galacta had made the contract because he and the other Creator Gods were invading Earth.
• Galactus resolved to break the contract, but the Silver Surfer explained that only the summoner could end it unless the Living Tribunal intervened.
• Galactus considered abandoning his plan against Zhang Yang, then realized another Creator God would attack Zhang Yang if he did.

Galactus learned that Galacta’s contract with Zhang Yang meant he had to keep Zhang Yang safe, so he called a Creator Gods Council meeting to warn the others not to harm him. The chapter ended with Eternity asking the other Creator Gods what they should do.

• The Silver Surfer reminded Galactus that he could not dissolve the contract by going to the Living Tribunal or asking Zhang Yang, and Galactus realized he had to protect Zhang Yang until it ended.
• Galactus refused to punish Zhang Yang and decided to warn Eternity and the other Creator Gods not to touch him.
• Galactus called a Creator Gods Council meeting, and the other Creator Gods were shocked when he arrived before Eternity.
• Galactus told the gathering that Galacta had signed a contract with Zhang Yang, meaning that attacking Zhang Yang would put her in danger too.
• Eternity asked Galactus how the contract had happened, and Galactus explained that the Silver Surfer had returned from Earth with the news.
• Eternity asked the other Creator Gods what they should do, but the gathering had no answer.

At Kamar-Taj, Galacta relaxed after Silver Surfer left and immediately complained of hunger. Odin expressed astonishment to The Ancient One that Zhang Yang had summoned Galactus's daughter.

• Galacta relaxed after Silver Surfer left Kamar-Taj.
• Galacta said she was hungry.
• Odin remarked to The Ancient One that he had never expected Zhang Yang to summon Galactus's daughter.

Zhang Yang learned that Galacta, the daughter and future successor of Galactus, had been summoned to protect Earth-616 and was immensely powerful. The chapter ended with Galacta still hungry after eating all of Kamar-Taj’s food, leaving The Ancient One unsure how much more Wong should buy.

• Galacta introduced herself to Zhang Yang and explained that she had come from a parallel Earth to protect Earth-616 under their contract.
• The Ancient One and Odin welcomed Galacta, and The Ancient One took her to get food when she complained of hunger.
• Qing explained that Galactus was a divine office passed down through generations, and that Galacta would inherit it and draw power by devouring planets.
• Galacta ate all the food in Kamar-Taj, including provisions meant for forty sorcerers, but remained hungry.
• The Ancient One told Wong to buy more food, then froze when he asked how much to get.

Galacta remained hungry because she needed energy rather than ordinary food, so Zhang Yang gave her a Tesseract he controlled. She swallowed it, and Zhang Yang said he would search for uninhabited planets while improving his abilities.

• Qing told the Ancient One that Galacta needed energy and that even Earth might not satisfy her hunger.
• Galacta explained that she had stopped eating planets and was still searching for other energy sources.
• Zhang Yang gave Galacta a Tesseract and said he would look for uninhabited planets for her.
• Wong identified the stone as the Tesseract, and Zhang Yang explained that it was under his control.
• Galacta asked what the Tesseract was, and Zhang Yang called it food.
• Galacta swallowed the Tesseract in one gulp.

Zhang Yang let Galacta consume the Tesseract and focused on training to prepare for the Creator Gods. After Strange returned to Kamar-Taj, Zhang Yang refused to meet him, while Mordo warned that the Creator Gods had noticed Zhang Yang and Zhang Yang promised to protect Kamar-Taj.

• Galacta swallowed the Tesseract, and Zhang Yang agreed to supply her with enough energy to keep her from starving.
• Qing insisted on accompanying Zhang Yang as his guardian, and he left to return to his quarters and train.
• Mordo told Zhang Yang that Strange had returned, but Zhang Yang refused to see him and said Strange needed to be humbled.
• Mordo warned Zhang Yang that the Creator Gods had begun paying attention to him and that their rules could bring trouble.
• Zhang Yang told Mordo he would handle the Creator Gods and would not let Kamar-Taj be dragged into danger.

After the Silver Surfer came to Earth to target Zhang Yang, Odin left Kamar-Taj while The Ancient One considered the danger the gods posed. In space, Thanos learned of the Silver Surfer's arrival but postponed an attack on Earth, ordering the Black Order and Nebula to keep searching for real Infinity Stones.

• Mordo accepted that Zhang Yang had grown up, bowed to him, and left as Zhang Yang returned to the dormitory.
• Odin told The Ancient One that Galacta would keep Kamar-Taj safe and asked what she planned to do now that the gods had noticed it.
• Thanos berated the Black Order and Nebula for failing to find the real Infinity Stones after a week of searching.
• Ebony Maw told Thanos that the Silver Surfer had come to Earth to deal with Zhang Yang, leaving Kamar-Taj vulnerable.
• Thanos decided to visit Death in the Death Realm before choosing what to do about Earth.
• Thanos ordered Ebony Maw and the others to continue searching for the real Infinity Stones until he returned.

Nick Fury rejected Hill’s warning and revealed that he planned to expose Kamar-Taj to public condemnation, following Pierce’s suggestion to manufacture an incident. Hill challenged the plan as despicable, but Nick Fury defended it as a way to address a threat he feared; the chapter ended with his resolve unchanged.

• Hill urged Nick Fury to stop focusing on Kamar-Taj, arguing that S.H.I.E.L.D. could not control it and that it had not endangered Earth.
• Nick Fury argued that Kamar-Taj was connected to Earth’s strange events and insisted that they could not simply ignore such a powerful organization.
• Nick Fury told Hill he intended to expose Kamar-Taj to the public after discussing the plan with Pierce.
• Nick Fury explained that Pierce had proposed creating an incident to turn public opinion against Kamar-Taj.
• Hill called the plan despicable and asked why Nick Fury had accepted Pierce’s advice.
• Nick Fury defended the plan, saying Kamar-Taj was too dangerous to leave unchecked and recalling its power and the near destruction of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Nick Fury approved Pierce’s plan to turn the world against Kamar-Taj and force it under S.H.I.E.L.D.’s control, despite Hill’s warning. In the Death Realm, Thanos visited Death and asked her about Zhang Yang.

• Nick Fury told Hill that his decisions were meant to protect Earth and refused to reconsider his plan against Kamar-Taj.
• Hill left Fury’s office uneasy and considered speaking with Stark.
• Thanos appeared before Death in the Death Realm and professed his devotion to her.
• Death grew irritated with Thanos’s flattery and demanded to know why he had come.
• Thanos asked Death about the Earth sorcerer Zhang Yang.

Thanos visited Death to ask about Zhang Yang and learned that Eternity had called a meeting of the Creator Gods to deal with the Earth sorcerer. After Thanos described how Zhang Yang had turned him into a pet snake, Death declared that she wanted Zhang Yang, leaving Thanos alarmed and powerless to object.

• Thanos asked Death why the Silver Surfer had gone to Earth, and Death said Eternity had urged the Creator Gods to deal with Zhang Yang.
• Death wondered what made Zhang Yang so unusual, noting that he seemed beyond the Multiverse’s laws and had magic unrelated to the Vishanti.
• Thanos complained that Zhang Yang had used Reality Magic to turn him into a snake and keep him as a pet at Kamar-Taj.
• Death laughed at Thanos’s story and declared that she wanted Zhang Yang.
• Thanos objected that Zhang Yang was unworthy of Death, but she angrily demanded to know who he was to oppose her.

The Death Goddess had allowed Thanos to pursue the Snap because the deaths would send countless souls to her realm and increase her power. When Thanos objected to her interest in Zhang Yang, she stopped him from killing Zhang Yang and insisted on meeting the mage herself.

• The Death Goddess's need for souls explained why she had supported Thanos's plan to kill half the Universe's population.
• Thanos told the Death Goddess that Zhang Yang was unworthy of her and asked her to forget the mage.
• Thanos said he would spare Zhang Yang and hoped he would never enter the Death Realm, angering the Death Goddess.
• The Death Goddess bound Thanos with spirits, but released him when he welcomed dying in her realm so he could stay near her.
• Thanos asked her to promise that she would meet Zhang Yang only once, and she agreed dismissively.

The Ancient One reluctantly decided that Zhang Yang should leave Kamar-Taj, even though she would rather keep him there. Zhang Yang misunderstood her reason, and the chapter ended before she explained Odin’s warning that Kamar-Taj could not keep him.

• Death remembered Deadpool’s lesson and planned to lure Zhang Yang into the Death Realm before sealing it off.
• The Ancient One talked with Zhang Yang about Kamar-Taj’s mages, including Quicksilver’s sudden dedication to studying magic.
• Zhang Yang told the Ancient One he had been practicing magic because the Silver Surfer and the Five Creator Gods threatened him.
• The Ancient One told Zhang Yang to leave, and he wondered whether he had brought danger to Kamar-Taj.
• The Ancient One recalled Odin’s warning that Kamar-Taj could not keep Zhang Yang, though she wished he could stay.

The Ancient One decided to send Zhang Yang away from Kamar-Taj so he could hide from the Creator Gods, though she concealed her real reasons by telling him the temple could not protect him. Zhang Yang accepted her apparent rejection and left, while The Ancient One watched him go in silence.

• The Ancient One concluded that Zhang Yang could conceal his mental power and would be safer away from Kamar-Taj, which the Creator Gods could easily monitor.
• The Ancient One told Zhang Yang that Kamar-Taj could not protect him and that she had to consider the other mages.
• Zhang Yang asked whether his presence would bring disaster upon Kamar-Taj, then accepted the Ancient One's explanation and agreed to leave.
• Zhang Yang thanked the Ancient One for her teachings, said goodbye, and walked out of the Sanctum.
• The Ancient One watched Zhang Yang leave, regretting that she could not explain the danger or keep him safe.

After Zhang Yang left Kamar-Taj, The Ancient One ordered every mage recalled and warned that they would face a battle that might cost their lives. Outside the Sanctum, Zhang Yang struggled with resentment and fear as he accepted that the Five Creator Gods were hunting him and that his weakness put Kamar-Taj at risk.

• The Ancient One hid her distress after Zhang Yang left, then Wong and Mordo rushed in to report his departure.
• The Ancient One ordered every mage of Kamar-Taj recalled, including those on missions, training, or guarding the Sanctums.
• The Ancient One told Wong and Mordo that the mages were being summoned for a battle in which they might die, and ordered them to tell everyone the truth.
• The Ancient One waited for the Creator Gods, knowing that letting Zhang Yang leave had betrayed the Eternal Emperor and endangered Kamar-Taj.
• Outside the Kathmandu Sanctum, Zhang Yang reflected on how close he had come to becoming Sorcerer Supreme and resented The Ancient One for sending him away.
• Zhang Yang acknowledged that the Five Creator Gods threatened Kamar-Taj and hated both them and his own inability to fight them.

Zhang Yang refused to give up his ambition to fight the creator gods, but Thanos abducted him to the Death Realm, where its ruler, Death, introduced herself. The chapter ended with Zhang Yang realizing Thanos had brought him to meet Death.

• Zhang Yang encountered Thanos, who pretended not to know him despite their past, and Zhang Yang teased him about an old pet snake.
• Thanos demanded that Zhang Yang come with him, struck him with Death Transmission, and took him to the Death Realm.
• Zhang Yang awoke in pain in a dark, candlelit place and met Death, the realm’s skeleton ruler.
• Death complained to Thanos that Zhang Yang was not reacting to her, and Zhang Yang recognized Thanos as the one who had abducted him.

Zhang Yang learned that he had entered Death’s Realm and confronted Death about why she had brought him there. Death said she had used Thanos to invite him because she was interested in him, while Thanos protested her attention to Zhang Yang.

• Zhang Yang realized the skeleton before him was Death, one of the Five Creator Gods, and asked whether he was dead.
• Death confirmed Zhang Yang was dead, and Thanos angrily insisted Zhang Yang thought too highly of himself.
• Death explained that she had invited Zhang Yang and used her power through Thanos to bring him to the Death Realm.
• Zhang Yang accused Death of trying to erase him, but she said she had no plans to erase him and was merely interested in him.
• Thanos objected to Death taking an interest in Zhang Yang, calling him an insignificant ant from Earth.

Zhang Yang learned that Death had summoned him because she was interested in him and had no intention of sending him back to the human world. Thanos, jealous and furious, attacked Zhang Yang, but Death protected him and knocked Thanos down.

• Thanos told Zhang Yang to leave the Death Realm, but Death angrily asserted her authority over it.
• Thanos reminded Death that she had promised she only wanted to see Zhang Yang once, and Death said she had never promised to send him back to Earth.
• Zhang Yang realized Death might desire him, while Thanos grew jealous and accused Death of lying to him.
• Thanos turned his anger on Zhang Yang and raised his fist, but Death's power struck Thanos down before he could hit him.
• Thanos accused Death of hitting him for Zhang Yang, leaving Zhang Yang caught in their jealous confrontation.

Death sent Thanos away and cornered Zhang Yang, teasing him with a choice between dating her and becoming her toy. When she suggested his Vishanti spells might help, Zhang Yang began chanting, while Death watched with amusement.

• Death sent Thanos out of the Death Realm and moved closer to Zhang Yang.
• Zhang Yang tried to retreat as Death pursued him and asked whether he was rejecting her.
• Death touched Zhang Yang and demanded that he choose between dating her and becoming her toy.
• Zhang Yang called on Eastern gods and pleaded for help, but Death laughed and continued teasing him.
• Death suggested Zhang Yang try a Vishanti spell, and he began chanting in the name of the Vishanti.