Recaps

Ryan encountered General Zod after a Kryptonian spaceship appeared over the city and emptied its streets. Zod claimed his ship had accidentally brought him to Earth while searching for Kal, but Ryan prepared to confront him.

• Ryan drank Dr. Baum's new Compound V, found that it had changed nothing, and continued studying the drug in the laboratory.
• A spaceship appeared beyond Earth, prompting authorities to ask Vought International and Homelander to help monitor it.
• Starlight invited Ryan out, but when the ship covered the city, Ryan left to help protect people while she organized an evacuation.
• Ryan flew to the deserted city center and found General Zod calmly drinking coffee beside a murdered waiter.
• Zod introduced himself as a Kryptonian general and said his ship had malfunctioned during a space jump, while Ryan told him that Kal was not on Earth.

General Zod declared his plan to remake Earth as Krypton and fought Ryan, overwhelming Homelander before battling Ryan across New York. After Zod swallowed Compound V and recovered his sight, Ryan escaped with the Time-Space Instrument, leaving Zod furious and ready to fight again.

• Zod announced he would turn Earth into a new Krypton, and Homelander attacked him but was knocked unconscious by one punch.
• Ryan fought Zod, endured his attacks, blinded him with his Laser Eyes, and battered him until Zod collapsed.
• A-Train brought Compound V, which Zod swallowed, restoring his eyes and unleashing new strength.
• Ryan used the Time-Space Instrument to disappear, and Zod shouted in frustration when he could no longer find him.

Ryan arrived in a primitive town in search of Kamar-Taj, with his abilities from the main world set to return in three months. After defeating two robbers and taking their money, he met Mordo, who offered to lead him to Kamar-Taj.

• The panel gave Ryan the quest to find Kamar-Taj and promised him magical talent as a reward.
• Ryan discovered that Steel Body still protected him, but he had no money and could not use his lost vision powers to search easily.
• Two robbers tried to steal Ryan's clothes, but he beat them and took their money instead.
• Mordo approached Ryan and offered to take him to Kamar-Taj.

Ryan arrived at Kamar-Taj with Kaecilius and began studying magic under Mordo, where his newly granted Magic Talent let him form a Magic Circle on his first try. Mordo planned to report Ryan’s extraordinary ability to The Ancient One, while Kaecilius saw him as a potential ally.

• Kaecilius brought Ryan through a magical portal to Kamar-Taj and arranged a room for him.
• Mordo introduced Ryan to the students and taught them the basics of magic and its three steps.
• Ryan received Magic Talent from his completed quest and formed a Magic Circle during his first lesson.
• Mordo dismissed the other students, marveled at Ryan’s talent, and decided to report it to The Ancient One.
• Mordo told Kaecilius about Ryan’s achievement, and Kaecilius was pleased by Ryan’s potential.

Kaecilius tested Ryan’s magical talent and began training him, hoping to guide the gifted newcomer toward becoming a powerful Sorcerer. He took Ryan on a long run around Kamar-Taj, but by midday Kaecilius himself had to call for a stop.

• Kaecilius and Mordo visited Ryan’s room after seeing students practice at dawn, and Kaecilius took Ryan to breakfast.
• Kaecilius brought Ryan to the Training Ground, where Ryan demonstrated that he could weave red magical threads on his first try.
• Kaecilius told Ryan that talent was only potential and said he would teach him more magic as he grew stronger.
• Kaecilius said physical fitness was essential for a Sorcerer and took Ryan running around Kamar-Taj.
• Kaecilius planned to wear Ryan down and establish himself as his senior, but after running lap after lap until noon, Kaecilius sat down and called for a stop.

Ryan learned to open Portals from Kaecilius, then studied Magic at Kamar-Taj with Mordo and the library keeper. Despite the keeper claiming he lacked the talent, Ryan mastered the Sword of the Vishanti and left the keeper eager to learn how he had done it.

• Ryan learned the Portal spell from Kaecilius and opened one to the Training Ground on his first try.
• Mordo took Ryan to Kamar-Taj’s library, where the keeper warned him not to remove any pages and tried to teach him how to study.
• The keeper taught Ryan about the Book of the Vishanti and the Sword of the Vishanti, then falsely told him the spell was easy and that he lacked the talent to learn it.
• Ryan studied the Book of the Vishanti with his Super Brain and later summoned a flame-colored Sword of the Vishanti.
• Ryan demonstrated the sword to the keeper, who asked how he had learned to use it.

Ryan continued learning magic at Kamar-Taj, quickly mastering the Sword of the Vishanti and beginning to learn the Crimson Bands of Raggadorr. As the Guard encouraged him to explore new ways to shape magical energy, Mordo and Kaecilius agreed to report Ryan to the Ancient One.

• Ryan dismissed the Sword of the Vishanti, and the Guard welcomed him back to the Spell House the next day.
• The Guard reported Ryan's rapid progress to Mordo and Kaecilius, who agreed to tell the Ancient One about him.
• The Guard taught Ryan the Crimson Bands of Raggadorr and showed him how to form magical shields.
• Ryan tested his Sword of the Vishanti against the Guard's shield, shattering it with a single strike.
• Ryan learned to make a yellow Energy Shield after watching the Guard's demonstration.
• Ryan asked whether magic could be shaped into guns or missiles, and the Guard encouraged him to try.

Ryan studied magic at Kamar-Taj, uncovered the truth behind Kaecilius’s plan to seek immortality, and developed a destructive use for Portal. He left the chapter with a newly mutated Portal spell and a collapsed corridor roof.

• Ryan followed Kaecilius through a Portal to the Himalayas, where Kaecilius revealed his plan to steal a forbidden book and use Dormammu’s power to live forever.
• Ryan read The Book of Cagliostro and learned that its immortality spell would make its caster part of Dormammu.
• Ryan studied Portal and practiced using it as a weapon by opening and closing it around a support column.
• Ryan’s Magic Talent activated, and his Portal cut through the column, bringing down the corridor roof.
• Ryan checked his status panel and saw that Portal had become a mutated power requiring a Sling Ring.

Ryan’s rapid mastery of the Sword of the Vishanti persuaded Hachir to teach him, and Hachir was impressed by Ryan’s talent and modesty. Hachir left convinced Ryan could become a leading Sorcerer at Kamar-Taj.

• The Guard reassured Ryan that friends could support one another and said he would help Ryan find more teachers.
• The Guard contacted Hachir and told him Ryan had learned the Sword of the Vishanti after only a few days of studying Magic.
• Hachir doubted the Guard’s claim, then crossed a Portal to see Ryan wielding the flaming Sword of the Vishanti for himself.
• Hachir agreed that Ryan was more than qualified to be his student and introduced himself after Ryan dismissed the sword.
• Ryan thanked Kamar-Taj for sharing its knowledge, and Hachir was struck by his courtesy and modesty.

Ryan impressed Hachir and the Guard with his ability to use the Sword of the Vishanti without tiring, so they decided Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers should teach him together and encouraged him to become the Sorcerer Supreme. During combat training, Ryan outmaneuvered Mordo by sending him through a Portal into the sea, leaving Mordo to realize he could not beat him.

• Hachir discovered that Ryan could use the Sword of the Vishanti repeatedly without becoming exhausted and agreed with the Guard that Ryan’s talent was extraordinary.
• Hachir proposed that Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers teach Ryan their respective strengths, and the Guard said they hoped Ryan would become the Sorcerer Supreme; Ryan accepted.
• Ryan studied with the Guard and Hachir, improving his magic, while Mordo devoted himself to teaching Ryan combat.
• Mordo demonstrated how sorcerers could channel energy into weapons and warned Ryan that real fights could involve ambushes, poison, traps, and other unfair tactics.
• Mordo began sparring with Ryan and attacked from behind using Magic Artifact shoes, but Ryan opened a Portal that sent him into the sea.
• Mordo escaped through another Portal, returned soaked and exhausted, and realized Ryan was already someone he could not defeat.

Ryan trained with Mordo to fight without relying on the Portal, learning to use a magic wand and studying Mordo’s combat techniques. After several days of practice, he sought another sparring match, but Mordo made an excuse to avoid fighting him.

• Mordo explained that his black rod was a magic wand and his shoes were Jumping Shoes, then warned Ryan not to depend on the Portal alone.
• Ryan channeled energy from various dimensions into the wand, making it shine brightly, and fought Mordo with magic wands.
• Mordo used his combat experience and Jumping Shoes to gain the upper hand, but Ryan’s durability let him endure the blows until Mordo tired.
• Ryan struck Mordo with the wand and a punch, then helped him up; Mordo ended the training session and left to recover.
• Ryan spent the afternoon using his Super Brain to study Mordo’s techniques and build muscle memory through solo practice.
• Several days later, Ryan asked Mordo to spar again, but Mordo claimed his Magic Artifact needed maintenance and tried to avoid the fight.

Ryan trained with the Spell House Guard and learned how quickly his fighting skills could improve, then Hachir urged him to focus on magic and demonstrated the power of creative spell use. The chapter left Ryan contemplating the path toward godhood while Hachir advised him to balance training with rest.

• Ryan sparred with the Guard, quickly adapted to his techniques, and disarmed him, after which the Guard shared his history as a Kamar-Taj fighter.
• Ryan returned to his room, watched television over Wi-Fi, and went to sleep.
• Ryan asked Hachir for fighting advice, and Hachir urged him to rely on magic rather than focus on weapon techniques.
• Ryan used a Portal to surprise Hachir and knock him down, winning their match.
• Hachir told Ryan that he could catch up to the Sorcerer Supreme and suggested that the Sorcerer Supreme might be pursuing gods such as Dormammu or the Vishanti.
• Hachir advised Ryan to balance work and rest, leaving Ryan unsure whether he should train hard or relax.

Hachir sought Wong’s help because he believed Ryan had outgrown his ability to teach him, then brought Wong to meet Ryan. Ryan proposed a sparring match to demonstrate his skill, and Wong prepared to teach him a lesson as the confrontation began.

• Hachir reflected that Ryan had surpassed what he could teach and left to search for a magical artifact, spells, and a mentor for him.
• Hachir visited Wong at a Sanctum Sanctorum and described Ryan’s extraordinary magical talent and combat ability.
• Wong doubted Hachir’s claims but opened a Portal and traveled with him to meet Ryan.
• Ryan eyed Wong warily, then suggested a sparring match when Wong said he wanted to assess his talent.
• Wong, offended by Ryan’s challenge, raised a red energy shield and prepared to fight while Ryan braced himself.

Ryan defeated Wong in a brief spar, then amazed him by rapidly mastering and improving spells during training. The chapter ended with Ryan summoning a powerful tornado with the Winds of Watoomb before abruptly stopping it.

• Ryan tripped Wong through a Portal and held an Energy Shield to his neck, winning their spar.
• Wong accepted Ryan as a student after realizing his potential, and Ryan impressed him by quickly understanding and advancing the spells Wong taught.
• Wong offered to teach Ryan the Winds of Watoomb and demonstrated the spell by blowing leaves from distant trees.
• Ryan cast his improved version of the Winds of Watoomb, creating a tornado that threatened Kamar-Taj.
• Wong shouted for Ryan to stop, and Ryan ended the spell, letting the storm’s debris fall back to the ground.

Ryan impressed Wong and Hachir with a powerful variant of a spell, then Kaecilius took him to the Himalayas to teach him an advanced offensive spell. Kaecilius demonstrated Magic Spear, leaving Ryan ready to learn it.

• Ryan cast a powerful variant of the Winds of Watoomb, astonishing Hachir and Wong.
• Wong praised Ryan’s talent, and he and Hachir agreed that Ryan could become Sorcerer Supreme.
• Ryan reviewed his spells, then met Kaecilius, who offered to teach him a new attack.
• Kaecilius brought Ryan through a Portal to the Himalayas and demonstrated Magic Spear by piercing solid rock.

Ryan learned Kaecilius's Magic Spear almost instantly, then demonstrated a vastly more powerful version that left Kaecilius awestruck. Their lessons continued until Kaecilius announced he would teach Ryan the Aspect of Ikonn, only to admit he did not know how to use it and hand him a book to study.

• Kaecilius taught Ryan how to form a Magic Spear, and Ryan immediately created and threw one more skillfully than Kaecilius could.
• Ryan strengthened a Magic Spear with immense energy and blasted a vast crater into a mountain peak, leaving Kaecilius frightened and unable to imitate the feat.
• Kaecilius asked Ryan about eternal life, and Ryan promised to show him how if he became Sorcerer Supreme.
• Kaecilius continued visiting Ryan to discuss Magic and was amazed when Ryan mastered the Magic Spear, cast it one-handed, and surpassed him.
• Kaecilius offered to teach Ryan the Aspect of Ikonn, then admitted he could not use the spell and gave Ryan a Magic book to study.

Ryan learned the Walk of Ikonn in minutes and demonstrated its destructive power to Kaecilius, who failed to understand Ryan’s attempt to teach him. After returning to Kamar-Taj, Kaecilius confirmed that Ryan had also defeated Mordo.

• Ryan read the Walk of Ikonn and conjured duplicates that wielded Magic Spears, destroying a snow-covered cliff.
• Kaecilius asked Ryan to teach him the spell, but Ryan’s explanations proved too complicated for him to follow.
• Kaecilius gave up on learning the Walk of Ikonn and opened a Portal to leave the mountain.
• Ryan practiced the spell before returning to Kamar-Taj and resuming his studies.
• Kaecilius questioned Mordo about Ryan, then learned from Mordo’s surprised reaction that Ryan had defeated him.

Kaecilius arranged a rematch between Ryan and Mordo, offering a Magic Artifact to the winner, while Hachir recognized his scheme and supported Ryan. Ryan defeated Mordo at the Training Ground and received the Cloak of Levitation, leaving him more widely known at Kamar-Taj.

• Kaecilius pressured Mordo into challenging Ryan again and offered the winner a Magic Artifact, with the Cloak of Levitation set as the prize.
• Hachir confronted Kaecilius about his plan to secure a Magic Artifact for Ryan and expressed confidence that Ryan would beat Mordo.
• At the Training Ground, Ryan agreed to fight Mordo and held back from using a powerful Magic Spear after Mordo warned it could endanger the watching students.
• Ryan used the Walk of Ikonn and Sword of the Vishanti to overwhelm Mordo, who lost after only a few blows.
• Mordo gave Ryan the Cloak of Levitation, and Ryan became better known among the Kamar-Taj Sorcerers.

Ryan reflected on his homesickness as Kaecilius revealed his plan to steal a spellbook and asked him to join. Ryan continued studying magic at the Spell House, where Hachir warned him to stay away from Kaecilius.

• Ryan found that the Cloak of Levitation did not suit him and left it on a coat rack.
• Kaecilius told Ryan he planned to defy The Ancient One by stealing a spellbook and asked Ryan to help.
• Ryan learned that Kaecilius wanted the secret of eternal life, while Ryan believed the promise in the spellbook was false.
• Kaecilius spoke with Ryan about homesickness and gave him a few days to decide whether to join the theft.
• Ryan studied Astral Form magic at the Spell House until Hachir interrupted him and warned him not to get close to Kaecilius.

Ryan learned Hoggoth's Ancient Body from Hachir with extraordinary speed, but remained caught between Kaecilius and Kamar-Taj. When Kaecilius attacked the Spell House, Ryan rescued its Guard and confronted him as Kaecilius revealed his pact with Dormammu.

• Hachir urged Ryan to stay away from Kaecilius, and Ryan chose to focus on learning magic while he considered what side to take.
• Hachir taught Ryan Hoggoth's Ancient Body, which Ryan memorized and mastered quickly enough to turn Hachir's fireball into butterflies.
• Kaecilius and his followers broke into the Spell House, where Kaecilius attacked the Guard with an Axe.
• Ryan opened a Portal that redirected Kaecilius's Axe into one of his followers, then used another Portal to carry the Guard to safety.
• Ryan confronted Kaecilius, who revealed the red marks of his pact with Dormammu and declared that Dormammu had promised him eternity.

Ryan fought Kaecilius, who used the Mirror Dimension to gain the advantage, but Ryan’s newly completed superpower inheritance unlocked flight and Laser Eyes. The chapter ended with Ryan unleashing the blazing power of his eyes across the Mirror Dimension.

• Kaecilius and his followers surrounded Ryan in the Spell House, but Ryan redirected Kaecilius’s Magic Spear through a Portal and kicked him outside.
• Kaecilius escaped through a Portal, but Ryan pursued him and confronted him in a city street.
• Kaecilius pulled Ryan into the Mirror Dimension and reshaped its buildings, while Ryan summoned copies of himself with Walk of Ikonn.
• Kaecilius crushed many of Ryan’s copies between the buildings, but Ryan escaped and learned Kaecilius had studied magic for far longer than he had.
• Ryan’s inheritance completed, unlocking Laser Eyes, Long-Distance Vision, X-Ray Vision, and other superpowers, and he began to fly.
• Ryan declared himself godlike and fired Laser Eyes, flooding the Mirror Dimension with white light.

Ryan returned to Kamar-Taj after driving Kaecilius away and began studying the Mirror Dimension while the sorcerers prepared to defend the sanctums. Kaecilius remained missing, leaving Mordo uneasy as Ryan continued his studies.

• Ryan dismissed his duplicates, confirmed Kaecilius had escaped, and returned to Kamar-Taj.
• Ryan told the sorcerers that Kaecilius had betrayed them and driven him off, astonishing Wong and Mordo.
• Ryan asked to learn the Mirror Dimension, and Wong said The Ancient One should teach him when she returned.
• Hachir explained that Kaecilius would need to destroy the three Sanctum Sanctorums to bring Dormammu to the Blue Planet, so the sorcerers arranged defenses.
• Ryan studied the Mirror Dimension in the Spell House while Kamar-Taj searched for Kaecilius without finding him.
• Mordo visited Ryan to complain about Kaecilius, but Ryan ignored him and continued reading.

The Ancient One met Ryan after Wong, Hachir, and Mordo urged her to guide him. She remained undecided about teaching him, but her conversation with Ryan ended on a teasing note.

• Wong reported Kaecilius's betrayal to The Ancient One and recommended that she teach Ryan.
• The Ancient One refused at first, saying she did not want to teach another Kaecilius, but agreed to meet Ryan after Mordo and the other sorcerers defended him.
• An unfamiliar sorcerer brought Ryan to The Ancient One, who served him tea and said she could not see his past or future even with the Eye of Agamotto.
• Ryan confessed to beating up Kaecilius and looking at a Forbidden Book, then insisted he was a good sorcerer.
• The Ancient One told Ryan she would decide whether he was good and explained that Wong, Hachir, and Mordo had asked her to teach him.

The Ancient One showed Ryan the dangers beyond the material universe and then trained him in the Mirror Dimension, where he quickly became highly skilled. She left him with a new duty: to guide Stephen Strange when he arrived at Kamar-Taj.

• The Ancient One tested Ryan by showing him visions of the Mirror Dimension, infinite universes, and Dormammu, then urged him to save the world from Kaecilius and Dormammu.
• After Ryan apologized, the Ancient One taught him magic in earnest, and his quick understanding impressed her and Mordo.
• A few days later, Ryan learned to enter and control the Mirror Dimension, while his status panel unlocked a quest to kill Kaecilius.
• Ryan resisted the idea of killing someone merely to fulfill a quest, and the Ancient One warned him to keep his Sling Ring close in the Mirror Dimension.
• The Ancient One told Ryan that Stephen Strange would soon arrive at Kamar-Taj and asked him to guide the doctor into the order.

Ryan brought Stephen Strange toward Kamar-Taj after the Ancient One asked him to find Strange. Strange followed Ryan, hoping to heal his damaged fingers, and they stopped at a wooden house that seemed poised to change his life.

• The Ancient One asked Wong about Ryan’s standing among Kamar-Taj’s Sorcerers, and Wong said Ryan was widely respected and could become Sorcerer Supreme without much opposition.
• Ryan found Strange in the town and intervened when three thugs tried to rob him; the thugs recognized Ryan and fled.
• Ryan told Strange he was a Sorcerer from Kamar-Taj and led him toward the house, triggering a quest to earn Strange’s trust.
• Strange grew suspicious when Ryan identified his reason for seeking Kamar-Taj as healing his fingers, and Ryan stopped outside an ordinary wooden house.