Chapter Summaries

Odin confronted The Ancient One over Zhang Yang’s accidental Reality Alteration, which had made Asgardians believe Loki was king and Odin was his son. The Ancient One restored Asgard, while Malekith sensed the Aether in multiple places and prepared to seek it.

• Odin accused The Ancient One and Zhang Yang of magically changing Asgard after its people mistook Loki for the God King and Odin for Loki’s son.
• The Ancient One explained that Zhang Yang had lost control while practicing Reality Alteration, then used the threat of summoning Hela to persuade Odin to speak with her privately.
• Odin asked whether the Aether was in Kamar-Taj, and The Ancient One said she knew it was missing but denied that Zhang Yang had used it.
• The Ancient One took Odin to Svartalfheim, where Malekith awakened and sensed the Aether in the universe, Asgard, and Earth.
• The Ancient One restored Asgard, and Odin returned to his throne still angry.

The Ancient One gave Zhang Yang the Eye of Agamotto and the Book of Vishanti, then taught him to control the Time Stone. When Zhang Yang used Energy Plunder to gather more power, The Ancient One sensed Black Magic, and Dormammu realized Zhang Yang was draining his energy.

• The Ancient One restored Valhalla, settled matters with Odin, and Odin prepared to hold Loki's long-delayed tribunal.
• The Ancient One gave Zhang Yang the Eye of Agamotto and the Book of Vishanti and began teaching him Time Control.
• Zhang Yang used the Time Stone to accelerate and reverse time around a tree.
• After studying the Book of Vishanti, Zhang Yang used Energy Plunder to gather enough power for a larger area of Time Control.
• The Ancient One sensed Black Magic around Zhang Yang, while Dormammu realized that Zhang Yang was forcefully plundering his energy.

Zhang Yang drained the Dark Power from Dormammu’s followers after Dormammu blocked him from drawing energy directly from the Dark Dimension, then practiced Time Control at Kamar-Taj. His unstable spell caused time to behave erratically across the Sanctum, disrupting Thor and Wong’s combat training.

• Dormammu stopped Zhang Yang from plundering the Dark Dimension, but discovered Zhang Yang was draining the power from his followers instead.
• Zhang Yang absorbed the energy of Dormammu’s followers, prompting The Ancient One to warn him to guard his mind against the Dark Dimension’s influence.
• The Ancient One had Zhang Yang practice Time Control, and his unstable magic caused artifacts and mages across Kamar-Taj to repeatedly revert to earlier moments.
• Thor attacked Wong during combat training, but Zhang Yang’s time distortion made Mjolnir vanish from Thor’s hand as it struck the Living Tribunal’s Staff.

Thor struggled against Wong’s baguette and Zhang Yang’s uncontrolled Time Magic while practicing at Kamar-Taj. When an alarm announced an interdimensional invasion near Kathmandu, The Ancient One sent Zhang Yang to deal with it.

• Thor’s punch struck Wong’s baguette and hurt Thor, so he summoned Mjolnir and threw it at Wong.
• Mjolnir reversed course and struck Thor, while scattered weapons floated around him and Time Control repeatedly reset his movements.
• Wong watched Thor’s repeated movements, and Thor later asked whether Mjolnir’s strange behavior had been real.
• The Ancient One returned to Zhang Yang and told him to keep practicing Time Magic.
• Kamar-Taj’s alarm sounded, and Mordo told The Ancient One that creatures from another dimension were heading toward Kathmandu.
• After checking with Cosmic Awareness, The Ancient One said it was nothing and ordered Zhang Yang to deal with the invasion.

The Ancient One sent Zhang Yang, Wong, and Mordo to confront Malekith in Kathmandu, where Malekith demanded the Reality Stone. The chapter ended with Malekith stealing one red stone from Zhang Yang, only for Zhang Yang to reveal he had another identical stone.

• The Ancient One transported Zhang Yang, Wong, and Mordo to deserted Kathmandu to face the approaching alien threat.
• Malekith arrived from his spaceship and introduced himself as ruler of the Dark World, while Zhang Yang and the others confused his name and discussed him among themselves.
• Malekith revealed he had come seeking the Aether, identified Zhang Yang as its host, and demanded the Reality Stone.
• Zhang Yang showed Malekith the red stone he had refined, and Malekith used telekinesis to take it from him.
• Malekith failed to awaken the stone, and Zhang Yang revealed a second identical red stone from his robes.

Zhang Yang revealed that he had several Reality Stones and summoned the Eternal Flame from Asgard, causing Malekith’s Dark Elf Army to halt in fear. The chapter then shifted to Asgard, where Frigga questioned Odin about exiling Loki.

• Zhang Yang displayed multiple Reality Stones, leaving Malekith and Mordo stunned.
• Malekith demanded the Stones and sent his Dark Elf Army to attack, while Wong and Mordo prepared to defend themselves.
• Zhang Yang summoned a large brazier, which Wong recognized as the Eternal Flame from Asgard.
• Frigga asked Odin whether he could bear to exile Loki, and Odin insisted Loki was guilty and had no right to aspire to Asgard’s throne.
• Frigga asked whether Odin was angry because Loki had been deceived into disrespecting him.

Odin learned that Zhang Yang had stolen Asgard’s Eternal Flame and feared he would use it to resurrect Hela’s Undead Army. In Kathmandu, Zhang Yang proposed raising the army to help fight the Dark Elves, while Wong warned that doing so could plunge Earth into chaos.

• Odin heard that the Eternal Flame had vanished and realized Zhang Yang had taken it from Asgard’s vault.
• Odin used Cosmic Consciousness to find Zhang Yang in Kathmandu, where he saw Malekith’s Dark Elf Army and rushed to Earth.
• Wong and Mordo questioned Zhang Yang about why he had taken the Eternal Flame.
• Zhang Yang explained that he wanted to use the flame to resurrect Asgard’s Undead Army to fight the Dark Elves.
• Wong objected that resurrecting the army would cause a disaster, but Zhang Yang insisted they could send the soldiers back to Asgard afterward.

Zhang Yang used the Eternal Flame and the threat of unleashing Asgard’s undead to pressure Odin into stopping the Dark Elves’ invasion of Earth. Odin forced Malekith to withdraw and return the Reality Stone, though Malekith vowed to come back.

• Odin appeared and angrily demanded that Zhang Yang return the Eternal Flame to Asgard.
• Zhang Yang refused, opened a Portal to Asgard’s Realm of the Dead, and surrounded himself with ten Reality Stones as he threatened to call on Hela and his master.
• Odin turned his anger on Malekith and ordered the Dark Elves to leave Earth or face judgment.
• Malekith withdrew his army and, unable to activate the Aether, reluctantly returned Zhang Yang’s red stone.
• Malekith vowed to return, and Zhang Yang answered with a pointed warning.

After Zhang Yang expelled Malekith, he and The Ancient One left with the Eternal Flame, leaving Odin furious over their plans to borrow Asgard’s treasures. Malekith then appeared in S.H.I.E.L.D.’s New York headquarters and attacked Nick Fury and Hill.

• Zhang Yang teleported Malekith away, then bid Odin farewell after using the Eternal Flame and the threat of the Undead Army to make Odin drive Malekith out.
• Odin demanded the Eternal Flame back and protested that Zhang Yang had borrowed too many Asgardian treasures.
• The Ancient One arrived and told Wong and Mordo to take the Eternal Flame to Kamar-Taj, then left with Zhang Yang as Odin watched in fury.
• Nick Fury returned to S.H.I.E.L.D. before fully recovering, and Hill briefed him about the alien invasion in Kathmandu.
• Malekith fell through a yellow portal into S.H.I.E.L.D.’s headquarters, identified himself, and detonated an explosive that blasted Nick Fury away.
• Hill called for agents to engage Malekith.

After capturing Malekith, Hydra began dissecting him while Zhang Yang returned to Kamar-Taj with the Eternal Flame and discussed his latest trouble with Odin with the Ancient One. Zhang Yang then experimented with combining magic and technology and created a new spell that astonished the Ancient One.

• Hill reported that Nick Fury had been badly injured in an explosion, and Hydra captured Malekith using Loki's abandoned scepter.
• Pierce ordered Crossbones to have Malekith dissected, and Malekith's screams echoed through Hydra's base.
• The Ancient One told Zhang Yang to show Odin more respect, though she also acknowledged that the Eternal Flame would be useful in Kamar-Taj's artifact chamber.
• Zhang Yang decided to explore combining magic and technology to reduce the strain caused by limited magical energy, then practiced his spells for an entire day.
• Zhang Yang combined Astral Body Clones with the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth Magic to create a new spell, and the Ancient One watched in surprise.

Zhang Yang tested a new illusion spell that briefly affected The Ancient One, then discussed combining magic and technology with her. The Ancient One warned that Doctor Doom had pursued the same idea before, and Wong wondered whether Zhang Yang was trying to become Doom's successor.

• Zhang Yang's new spell created thousands of handsome illusions that captivated The Ancient One, though she denied being affected when Zhang Yang asked.
• The Ancient One named the spell Illusion Magic and advised Zhang Yang to keep improving his magic.
• Zhang Yang told The Ancient One he wanted to combine magic and technology to create artifacts that used less magical energy.
• The Ancient One warned Zhang Yang that Doctor Doom had once combined magic and technology before falling to darkness, and said Zhang Yang might face him.
• Wong told The Ancient One that Stark had arrived seeking an exchange, so she left and suggested Stark might help Zhang Yang.
• After Zhang Yang explained his plan to Wong, Wong asked whether he intended to become the second Doctor Doom.

Zhang Yang tested his new Illusion Magic on Wong, who saw countless beautiful women and wondered whether the Ancient One had seen handsome men. The Ancient One introduced Zhang Yang to Tony Stark to discuss combining magic and technology, and Zhang Yang proposed several upgrades to Stark’s armor, leaving Stark stunned.

• Zhang Yang cast Illusion Magic on Wong, who became dazed and suffered a nosebleed after seeing many beautiful women.
• Wong speculated that the Ancient One might have seen three thousand handsome men when she witnessed Zhang Yang’s spell.
• The Ancient One brought Zhang Yang, Thor, Wong, and Mordo to meet Stark and explained that Stark could help Zhang Yang explore combining magic with technology.
• Stark grew annoyed when Zhang Yang initially ignored him, but Zhang Yang apologized and explained that he had been studying Stark’s armor.
• Zhang Yang suggested using magical energy and spatial magic to power and upgrade Stark’s armor, including making it invisible, and Stark was stunned by the proposal.

Zhang Yang experimented with combining magic and technology, then secretly opened a Portal to Wakanda and took trainloads of Vibranium for armor crafting. The chapter ended with Black Panther and Shuri watching the Vibranium trains disappear and realizing the theft was real.

• Stark doubted Zhang Yang's ideas about magic-powered technology, while The Ancient One told Zhang Yang to keep researching privately and prioritize magic practice.
• Zhang Yang asked Wong about tough metals, learned that Wakanda had Vibranium, and began planning to make armor.
• Zhang Yang's Time Magic repeatedly sent Wong back to the start of his warning until he could report that maglev trains were filling Kamar-Taj's training ground.
• The Ancient One and Wong found more than ten train cars of Vibranium at Kamar-Taj, and Zhang Yang admitted he had forgotten to close his Portal to Wakanda.
• Stark saw the Vibranium and grew excited, prompting The Ancient One to set aside her objection to Zhang Yang's actions and ask whether he needed more.
• Black Panther and Shuri watched Vibranium transport trains vanish from the tracks and struggled to believe what they had seen.

After stealing Vibranium from Wakanda, Zhang Yang used it to build a prototype suit combining nanotechnology, magic, and Reality Stone energy. When Thor tried the armor, he accidentally activated one of Zhang Yang’s spells and created over three thousand clones.

• Black Panther and Shuri discovered that Wakanda’s Vibranium transport had vanished, and Black Panther ordered an immediate investigation.
• Zhang Yang told The Ancient One he had taken Vibranium for practice, then left Stark staring longingly at the remaining supply.
• Zhang Yang showed The Ancient One, Stark, Wong, Mordo, and Thor his new armor, which could turn invisible, provide strong defense, and let non-magic users cast spells.
• Thor insisted on testing the unfinished armor, and Zhang Yang unlocked it for him despite warning that its functions might be unstable.
• Thor shouted for the armor to activate all its magical energy, accidentally casting Three Thousand Gods and Demons Magic and creating over three thousand clones.

Zhang Yang’s experimental armor sent Thor and the others to Asgard, where its copied magic caused Thor to unleash devastating attacks. Odin confronted Thor, but the armor’s enhanced Negativity Magic humiliated the God-King before Thor’s power gathered for another strike.

• The armor teleported Thor to Asgard, and Zhang Yang, the Ancient One, Stark, Wong, and Mordo followed him through the portal.
• Thor’s armor produced more than a dozen Swords in the Stone, splitting the sea and sending golden light toward Asgard Palace.
• Odin charged out to confront the attackers, then realized Thor was responsible and found that Gungnir and his horse were gone.
• Odin punched Thor but hurt his own hand, then fell under Thor’s enhanced Negativity Magic and cried that he wanted to die in front of the Asgardian Army.
• The magic wore off, Odin grew furious, and Thor raised Mjolnir as the armor gathered its remaining energy into a powerful strike.

Zhang Yang’s magical armor caused Thor to attack Odin, and Odin exiled Thor to the Savage Land. Back at Kamar-Taj, Zhang Yang asked about Galactic Glaze, leaving The Ancient One alarmed because it was Silver Surfer’s armor and acquiring it could provoke a powerful enemy.

• Zhang Yang recalled his armor, and he and the others escaped Asgard after its clash with Odin shattered The Ancient One’s Mirror Dimension.
• Odin exiled Thor to the Savage Land for attacking Asgard, while Thor blamed Zhang Yang’s armor for the incident.
• At Kamar-Taj, The Ancient One praised Zhang Yang’s armor and told him to improve it, and Zhang Yang asked where he could find Galactic Glaze.
• The Ancient One told Wong and Mordo that Galactic Glaze was Silver Surfer’s armor, made by Galactus, and feared Zhang Yang might try to take it.

Zhang Yang learned that Galactic Glaze could draw the Silver Surfer to Earth, then planned to combine Time Power and technology in his armor. When Hulk attacked Kamar-Taj, Zhang Yang stopped him with summoned weapons, including Thanos's broken blade, and sent the blade away before the story shifted to a starship in the Milky Way.

• The Ancient One dismissed Wong and Mordo after warning them that Galactic Glaze was connected to the Silver Surfer.
• Stark praised Zhang Yang's armor, and Zhang Yang said he planned to add Time Power and study the Quantum Realm with Stark's help.
• Hulk attacked Zhang Yang and Stark, but Zhang Yang blocked him with the Shield of the Seraphim and summoned three weapons that pierced Hulk.
• Wong and Mordo recognized two weapons as the Sword in the Stone and Gungnir, then identified the third as Thanos's blade.
• Zhang Yang noticed Thanos's blade had broken and teleported it away as Wong and Mordo prepared to deal with Hulk.

Zhang Yang tested his time-traveling armor and landed in an unfamiliar hospital, where he confronted aliens abducting a young boy. He trapped them in the Mirror Dimension and turned their attack back on their leader, Yondu.

• Thanos ordered the Black Order to limit their activities after Kamar-Taj returned his great blade broken.
• Zhang Yang and Stark finished modifying Zhang Yang’s armor with Time Magic, and Zhang Yang used it to travel through time and space.
• Zhang Yang arrived near a hospital and saw aliens dragging a crying boy away.
• Zhang Yang trapped the aliens in the Mirror Dimension after the boy pleaded for help.
• Yondu threatened Zhang Yang and fired a needle at him, but Zhang Yang sent it through a Portal and made it stab Yondu in the backside.

Zhang Yang rescued a boy from Yondu’s crew while traveling through time, then accidentally brought him back to the Sorcerer Sanctum. The Ancient One identified the boy as Peter Jason Quill, the future Star-Lord, and told Zhang Yang to return him to his original timeline.

• Zhang Yang cut Yondu’s spaceship in half with the Sword in the Stone, forcing Yondu and his crew to flee.
• After his armor warned that its energy was low, Zhang Yang used the Eye of Agamotto to return to the Sorcerer Sanctum, with the rescued boy clinging to his leg.
• Stark, the Ancient One, Wong, and Mordo questioned Zhang Yang about the child and learned that he had rescued him from aliens in the past.
• The boy told Zhang Yang that his name was Peter Jason Quill, and the Ancient One recognized him as Star-Lord, Ego’s son.
• The Ancient One warned Zhang Yang that bringing the boy from the past could alter his timeline and told him to send the child back.

Zhang Yang took the young Star-Lord as his apprentice and began teaching him magic, while preparing for another trip through time. A week after learning Object Retrieval Magic, Star-Lord stole half the Kamar-Taj library’s books and brought Thanos’s Floating Throne to Kamar-Taj as a gift for Zhang Yang.

• Star-Lord refused to leave with the Ancient One, so she assigned him to Zhang Yang to learn magic.
• Two weeks later, Zhang Yang told the Ancient One he had nearly finished designing his suit with Stark and planned another trip through time.
• Wong confronted Zhang Yang after Star-Lord used Object Retrieval Magic to take half the Kamar-Taj Library’s books.
• Mordo brought Zhang Yang and the Ancient One to find Star-Lord with Thanos’s Floating Throne, which he had retrieved as a present for his master.
• The Ancient One learned Zhang Yang had taught Star-Lord Object Retrieval Magic only about a week earlier, astonishing Wong and Mordo.