Chapter Summaries

The Dark Elves learned that the Aether had appeared in Asgard and decided to create one final Kurse warrior to attack it from within. Meanwhile, Thor and Jane toured Asgard while waiting for Odin to wake and help address the damage the Aether had caused Jane.

• Almus and Fisherman told the Elder that the Aether had emerged in Asgard, but the Convergence had not appeared in the Nine Realms.
• The Elder encouraged Almus and Fisherman by pointing out that Asgard had weakened, though he knew the Dark Elves had declined even more.
• The Elder placed the last Dark Red Shard of the Aether on himself, intending to use his remaining life force to create one final Kurse warrior and give the Dark Elves a chance to challenge Asgard.
• Thor took Jane sightseeing through Asgard, where they shared a quiet moment while worrying about her condition.
• Jane asked Thor whether they needed Odin’s help, and Thor explained that they had to wait because Odin had fallen back into Odinsleep.

A Dark Elf elder became a cursed warrior and led an attack on Asgard, causing heavy casualties as Thor and Loki rushed to defend the city. Frigga encountered a white-haired Thor from a destroyed world, while Stormbreaker devastated the Dark Elves’ fleet.

• The elder sent Almus, Fisherman, and dozens of Dark Elves to Asgard before becoming a cursed warrior himself.
• The cursed warrior shattered Asgard’s inner-city barrier and killed guards and young warriors as civilians fled.
• Heimdall ordered troops stationed elsewhere to return, while Sylvie organized Asgard’s defense and Thor and Loki went to confront the attacker.
• Sylvie warned Frigga that the Dark Elves might be targeting Jane and advised her to hide.
• Frigga recognized a white-haired Thor, who embraced her and wept that their world had been destroyed.
• Stormbreaker destroyed ship after ship in the Dark Elves’ fleet.

Future Thor told Frigga how the cost of reviving those erased by the snap triggered wars, drained surviving planets, and left the universe vulnerable to the Oblivion Insectoids. As Dark Elves invaded Asgard, he resolved to save Frigga, but she said she and Odin might already have a solution.

• Rune Thor attacked the Dark Elf ships while Frigga brought the disheveled future Thor to the rear hall.
• Future Thor explained that Captain Marvel distributed the Dragon Ball's revival cost across planets, but wars broke out and many worlds destroyed themselves.
• Future Thor said the Dragon Ball kept collecting its price from surviving planets, creating a cycle that weakened and eventually devastated the universe.
• Future Thor described the Oblivion Insectoids devouring the remaining matter after the Avengers failed to stop them with the Mind Stone and Soul Stone.
• Future Thor learned that the Dark Elves were invading Asgard and vowed to change Frigga's fate, but Frigga said she and Odin might already have found a solution.

Thor, Loki, and two other Thors defeated the Dark Elf assault on Asgard, with future Thor killing Kurse in a devastating attack. Almus and Fisherman reached the hall where Frigga and Jane Foster were hiding, leaving Frigga weakened and waiting for help.

• Future Thor joined the battle, and Heimdall attacked the Dark Elf ships as the fighting reached Asgard's palace.
• Three Thors and Loki surrounded Kurse, while Loki froze the surviving Dark Elf squads.
• Future Thor struck Kurse with Stormbreaker and killed him, leaving Almus and Fisherman stunned by his power.
• Almus and Fisherman found Frigga and Jane Foster in the rear hall, hoping to seize the Aether.
• Frigga felt her borrowed powers fade and tried to stall until Thor, Loki, or Sylvie returned.

The future Thor feared Frigga had been killed, but she was alive, while Almus escaped with the Aether to Svartalfheim and met Yhwach. Yhwach announced that they would launch a war.

• Rune Thor reminded Thor and the future Thor that many Asgardians had died, prompting the future Thor to realize another Kurse might be in the rear palace.
• Jiang Xiang drew the Aether from Jane Foster, and the future Thor attacked the two fleeing Dark Elves as he feared Frigga was dead.
• Frigga called to the future Thor from the rear palace, and Thor and Rune Thor found her alive.
• Almus returned to Svartalfheim with the Aether and waited on the Dark Elves' ruined throne for the helper foretold in the elder's prophecy.
• Yhwach appeared, told Almus to address him as Your Majesty, and declared that they would launch a war.

Almus used the Aether to summon more than a hundred Kurse and vowed to bring the Nine Realms and universe back into darkness. In Asgard, the three Thors reunited with Frigga, whose survival appeared to be connected to Rune Thor’s magic.

• Yhwach told Almus that Thor would soon leave, Odin was weakened and distracted by the beings he had sealed away, and Yhwach intended to rule Midgard after Asgard fell.
• Almus awakened the Aether and summoned over a hundred Kurse, then declared that the Nine Realms and universe would return to darkness.
• After the attack devastated Asgard’s palace, the future Thor calmed down when he saw Frigga alive.
• Thor, the future Thor, and Rune Thor met Frigga, who concluded that Rune Thor’s magic had helped change her fate.

After Tyr’s funeral, Sylvie learned that Odin had remained in the Odinsleep and faced the burden of governing Asgard after the Dark Elves’ attack. With the future Thor and Rune Thor offering their support, the group decided to seek more information from Odin and Frigga before choosing their next move.

• Sylvie sent Tyr’s body down the River of Burial, and Thor watched his soul rise toward Valhalla as Asgard’s people mourned him and their fallen kin.
• After the funeral, the future Thor asked Sylvie why Odin had not attended, and she explained that he had been in the Odinsleep for a long time and could not safely be awakened.
• Sylvie ordered Loki and Thor to stay in Asgard and admitted she felt overwhelmed by the responsibilities of leading it.
• The future Thor and Rune Thor pledged to help Sylvie, while Loki asked whether they should attack the Dark Elves’ lair.
• Sylvie said the Dark Elves might not have a proper base, and the future Thor suggested they ask Odin and Frigga for information.
• The group agreed to go to the great hall where Odin slept.

The group visited Odin in his hall, where he revealed how he had tried to change fate and warned Sylvie, Loki, and Thor against borrowing power from the World Tree. After leaving him, they reached Asgard’s War Command Hall, where Heimdall, Mimir, and Sif awaited Sylvie.

• Sylvie led Future Thor, Rune Thor, and the others to Odin’s Hall, where Frigga watched over the sleeping Odin.
• Odin woke, recognized Future Thor and Rune Thor as visitors from parallel worlds, and reflected that his gamble to change fate had succeeded.
• Odin told Sylvie that the Dark Elves were not the main threat and encouraged her to inherit and surpass the King of the Gods’ Power.
• Odin explained that he had given the Reality Stone to an anomaly in hopes of saving Frigga, then warned Sylvie, Loki, and Thor not to accept the World Tree’s power unless necessary.
• The group left Odin’s Hall and arrived at the War Command Hall, where Heimdall, Mimir, and Sif were waiting for Sylvie.

Sylvie organized Asgard’s defenses after the Dark Elf invasion and considered how to prepare for another attack. She sent Thor to Blue Star to seek help from its Sorcerer Supreme, while learning how differently the Dark Elves had threatened the other Thors’ worlds.

• Mimir reported that the invasion had destroyed 461 buildings, killed 97 soldiers, and caused thousands of civilian casualties, so Sylvie put Asgard on full alert and banned unauthorized travel and drinking.
• Sylvie assigned Heimdall to guard the Bifrost, Mimir to prepare war plans, and Sif to protect the lands behind the front lines.
• Loki reasoned that the Dark Elves would probably need time to build their strength before attacking, but Thor insisted Asgard must prepare immediately; Sylvie ordered Mimir to assess the territories and abandon less important ones.
• The future Thor explained that Kurse had killed his mother, while Rune Thor described his vastly different world and said he had not come seeking help.
• Sylvie told Thor to take Jane Foster to Blue Star and find its Sorcerer Supreme for assistance.

Thor arrived on Blue Star seeking the Sorcerer Supreme, but Lei Gong and Dian Mu detained him for speeding. At Kamar-Taj, Jiang Xiang trapped a mysterious Doctor Strange who had demanded that the Ancient One stay out of Asgard’s affairs.

• Thor crashed into the Arctic after the weakened Bifrost sent him off course, then followed Sylvie’s Runes toward Kamar-Taj.
• Lei Gong and Dian Mu stopped Thor for speeding and took him away to register his information.
• Jiang Xiang and the Ancient One watched Thor’s arrest in a mirror and discussed letting events unfold.
• A mysterious man arrived at Kamar-Taj, warned the Ancient One not to interfere in Asgard’s affairs, and threatened to kill his teacher if she did.
• Jiang Xiang identified the intruder as a version of Doctor Strange, blocked his escape, and hurled him through a portal into free fall.

Jiang Xiang learned that Asgard’s Ragnarok and Black Dragon Hogg might begin the Third God War, then found an address connected to the gods’ council. Odin prepared to die and passed warnings, advice, and Runes to Sylvie, leaving Asgard’s future in her hands.

• The Ancient One told Jiang Xiang that Asgard’s Ragnarok and Black Dragon Hogg might mark the start of the Third God War, then left him an address to the gods’ assembly.
• Jiang Xiang traced the address with the six gems and discovered that the gods’ council held secrets, while several gazes turned toward him.
• Odin decided to die and summoned Sylvie so he could explain Asgard’s unresolved problems and the threat of Ragnarok and Black Dragon Hogg.
• Odin advised Sylvie to let Ragnarok take its course, prioritize Asgard’s people over its homeland, and seek help on Blue Star if necessary.
• Odin gave Sylvie several Runes and began transferring part of his power and Asgard’s future to her.

After Odin died and passed his power to Sylvie, she became Asgard’s new God King amid signs of upheaval across the Nine Realms. Sylvie invited the Sorcerer Supreme to Odin’s funeral and her inauguration as other realms watched anxiously for her policies.

• Odin gave Sylvie the last of his power, then died, triggering supernatural signs across the Nine Realms.
• Sylvie accepted the responsibility of ruling Asgard while Future Thor and Loki mourned Odin.
• Sylvie sent a letter with Gungnir inviting the Sorcerer Supreme to Odin’s funeral and her inauguration as God King.
• Jiang Xiang received the letter at Kamar-Taj and questioned whether Odin had truly died so easily.
• The Dwarf King worried about Nidavellir’s dependence on Asgard, a Fire Giant awakened in the realm of the Fire Giants, and the Vanir made no statement.

Asgard prepared for Odin’s funeral while the Nine Realms’ factions waited for a chance to strike after his death. At the chapter’s end, Jiang Xiang met Odin in secret and learned that Odin had faked his death to release power, but his fate remained uncertain.

• The Nine Realms’ factions held back from war, waiting for the nine-star alignment and for Sylvie to use up Odin’s remaining protections.
• Asgard prepared Odin’s funeral and strengthened its defenses as envoys from across the realms arrived.
• Future Thor and Rune Thor helped bring guests into Asgard, while Sylvie organized the ceremony with Loki’s help and Thor remained missing.
• Jiang Xiang met Odin atop a tower and challenged him about appearing at his own funeral.
• Odin told Jiang Xiang that he had faked his death to release power and avert a greater crisis, but had not escaped his destined death.

Jiang Xiang discovered that Doctor Strange had helped the Nine Realms’ factions test Blue Star’s defenses, then let Strange send one of his avatars into a trial while he probed the doctor’s intentions. The invading vanguard was wiped out without the Sorcerer Supreme intervening, emboldening the factions.

• Odin admitted that returning his power to the World Tree would advance the Nine-Star Alignment, but believed the Nine Realms would develop better as a result.
• After the funeral, Sylvie noticed hostile envoys in Asgard and restrained herself from confronting them.
• Doctor Strange told Almus that the Sorcerer Supreme would not interfere in the struggle over Blue Star as long as the gods stayed out of it, and Almus gathered support from other realms.
• Jiang Xiang sensed the vanguard entering Blue Star, released Doctor Strange from the Shadow Dimension, and questioned him about the invasion.
• Doctor Strange used a King's Trial Stone to send one of Jiang Xiang's system-created avatars into a trial, and Jiang Xiang decided to let him continue for now.
• The Nine Realms' joint vanguard was wiped out without the Sorcerer Supreme intervening, and the factions took that as proof that Blue Star would not stop them.

Blue Star’s factions braced for the coming Nine-Star Alignment as leaders across the Nine Realms prepared to invade Midgard, while hidden forces watched Doctor Strange and Nick Fury gathered the Avengers and government agencies to discuss the alien attack. The conference ended with the Foundation identifying the invaders as beings from the Nine Realms.

• Jiang Xiang secretly emptied the supply warehouses of factions that had sent vanguard forces to Blue Star and concealed his actions with illusions.
• After believing Almus’s claims that the Sorcerer Supreme had not intervened, leaders across the Nine Realms mobilized their armies for the Nine-Star Alignment, while Doctor Strange made secret preparations under the watch of more than a dozen Skyfather-level figures.
• The United States restored S.H.I.E.L.D., established S.W.O.R.D. and H.A.M.M.E.R., and brought Nick Fury back as Blue Star faced renewed turmoil.
• Nick Fury convened the administrators of the Avengers and Superhuman Registration Act teams, including Ah Xing, Doctor Zola, Coulson, James, Brown Malick, and Maeve.
• At Ah Xing’s signal, a Foundation representative told the conference that Fire Giants, Light Elves, Dark Elves, and other beings from the Nine Realms had taken part in the invasion.

After news outlets publicized the Nine-Star Alignment, Tony Stark learned that politicians were not preparing the military for the coming danger and revealed his backup plan to Rhodey. He left Rhodey the key to the Ultron Initiative, warning him to activate it only if humanity faced an existential crisis.

• Tony Stark and Rhodey discussed the public announcement of the Nine-Star Alignment and condemned the Authorities for allowing it to be publicized.
• Rhodey told Tony that political leaders had put military expansion on hold because they expected supernatural agencies to handle threats.
• Tony led Rhodey to a warehouse full of armed robots and revealed the Ultron Initiative, which combined artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and safety technology.
• Tony gave Rhodey a security key that would work only after Tony's death and told him to activate the initiative only as a last resort.
• Rhodey reassured Tony that powerful superhumans would protect Blue Star, but Tony worried that humanity's population would still dwindle.

Tony proceeded with the risky Nano-Ultron Project as a last resort against the coming crisis. Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. teams searched for the nine-star alignment’s spatial nodes, and Doctor Amon’s team found an eerily lifeless forest near a river that could connect Blue Star to Asgard.

• Tony accepted the danger of developing artificial intelligence and relied on Doctor Zola, Ivan Vanko’s Cult, and powerful Superhumans as additional safeguards.
• Doctor Amon and S.H.I.E.L.D. squads searched a European riverbank believed to be an Asgardian spatial node but found no settlement or sign of the expected fluctuations.
• As the predicted fluctuation drew near, Captain John led the team into a misty forest to continue the search.
• The team noticed strange hills and unusually dense trees appearing around them as they advanced.
• A scout and Doctor Amon reported that the lush forest had no insects, animal calls, tracks, or signs of insect life.

Captain John’s S.H.I.E.L.D. team fought off a swarm of strange forest monsters, suffering heavy casualties before driving them back. After suspecting the creatures had been created by technology, John ordered a retreat, but the team discovered that all communications had failed.

• A hidden creature seized and killed an agent, then more monsters emerged from the mist and attacked the team.
• John’s agents used heavier weapons and coordinated fire to drive the monsters back, but lost nearly a third of their team.
• John examined a monster’s corpse and suspected it had been produced by technology rather than evolving naturally.
• John ordered Johnny to contact the temporary base and decided the team should head back.
• An agent reported that the mist had cut off every communications signal.

Captain John’s team found a strange building in the fog, where Doctor Strange from another world killed them after Amon opened its doors. Bor’s power was sealed there and its fading accelerated the Nine-Star Alignment; Doctor Strange discovered a mysterious pit and prepared to enter it himself.

• John led his team along a strange stone path through thickening fog until they found a modern building, which Amon recognized from ancient records as a shape-changing phenomenon.
• Amon knelt before the building, and its doors opened onto a room resembling both a mourning hall and a church, sending a beam of light into the sky.
• Doctor Strange from another world appeared and killed John’s team; as Amon died, he realized he had only been an astronomy doctor, not a special S.H.I.E.L.D. adviser.
• Wooden boards revealed that God King Bor had sealed something in the area, and the fading of Bor’s power rapidly accelerated the Nine-Star Alignment.
• Doctor Strange sent avatars, clones, or pets into the building and discovered a large pit with intricate patterns around it.
• Doctor Strange pushed open the doors and prepared to enter the pit himself.

As the nine planets aligned, the barriers between Blue Star and the other realms disappeared, allowing invaders to descend on the planet. Sylvie led Asgard’s army through a portal to attack the Dark Elves, leaving Future Thor to defend Asgard.

• Doctor Strange stared at a strange, one-eyed creature behind a crystal wall while Pain and Captain Marvel watched him.
• The nine planets aligned, removing the barriers between Blue Star and the other eight realms and triggering invasions across the planet.
• Orcs, Winged People, and other invaders attacked Europe, while the Avengers, Guardians, and Superhumans launched counterattacks.
• Loki reported that the time tunnel had appeared, and Sylvie decided to lead Asgard’s forces against the Dark Elves without waiting for Thor.
• Sylvie armed herself and joined Loki, the Warriors Three, and tens of thousands of Asgardian veterans as Rune Thor opened a portal.
• Sylvie left Asgard in Future Thor’s care and marched with her army through the portal.