Chapter Summaries

John investigated the vampire’s mysterious death and recognized a death-inflicting power he called Godslayer. After Martha traced the killer’s scent to the vampire castle, John used a Memory Sarcophagus to view its previous occupant’s memories, where he saw a car and a woman.

• John examined the vampire’s corpse and identified the fatal attack as a rule-like power he named Godslayer.
• John brought Martha Ratti to Silver Hand Manor, and she detected the killer’s scent on the corpse.
• John, Martha, and the Legendary Auror traveled by Portkey to the vampire castle, where Martha traced the scent to the Blood Pool and a hidden passage.
• John blasted open the passage and found a Memory Sarcophagus in the Vault.
• John activated the sarcophagus and began viewing its previous occupant’s memories, seeing a car and a woman.

John entered the memories of another John Wick and experienced his life with Helen, her death, and the grief that led him to Daisy and then to vengeance. He emerged from the Memory Sarcophagus after four hours, startling Martha and relieving the Legendary Auror.

• John woke in the memories of an adult version of himself and spent a happy day with Helen in New York.
• Helen collapsed and died from an incurable illness, leaving John numb with grief.
• Helen’s letter and the puppy Daisy gave John a reason to keep living, but an intruder stole his car and killed Daisy, replacing his grief with hatred.
• John’s memories continued through his violent campaign until he walked into mirrorlike water and glimpsed a yellow glow and the sound of a new heartbeat.
• After John remained inside the sarcophagus for four hours, it opened on its own and he sat up, startling Martha and easing the Legendary Auror’s concern.

John used the Memory Sarcophagus, then tracked the person whose aura he had sensed with Martha, while MOSS encountered Ultron online. Ultron bought vibranium from Ulysses Klaue, who mistook him for one of Tony Stark’s creations, provoking Ultron to sever his arm.

• John recovered memories from another timeline, left the Legendary Auror to inventory the vampire castle’s treasure, and took Martha to a car dealership.
• John used MOSS to investigate a stolen Ford Mustang, bought another Mustang, and had Martha drive while he used vampire-blocking blood to help her sense their target.
• MOSS encountered Ultron on the internet and refused his offer to join him, sparking a clash that knocked out networks in the area.
• Ultron withdrew from the internet and bought vibranium from Ulysses Klaue with money diverted from Stark’s accounts.
• Ulysses recognized Ultron as an advanced robot and mistook him for one of Tony Stark’s people, so Ultron flew into a rage and severed Ulysses’s arm.

The Avengers fought Ultron and his forces, but Wanda’s hypnosis unleashed Hulk in an African city. Ariana and Little Bear were caught in the rampage, and Little Bear battled Hulk while Tony arrived in Veronica to help.

• Tony, Steve, and Thor joined the battle against Ultron aboard the ship as Ulysses ordered his soldiers to fire on both sides.
• Wanda hypnotized the Avengers, while Hawkeye resisted her and stopped her with an Electric Shock Arrow before Pietro rescued her.
• Wanda turned Banner into Hulk, who rampaged through an African city where Ariana, Little Bear, and MOSS were visiting.
• When Ariana scraped her hand during the chaos, Little Bear treated her and then attacked Hulk, repeatedly beating him.
• Tony arrived in Veronica and rammed Hulk to protect Little Bear, who slammed Hulk into the ground as Ariana stopped the spreading cracks with black energy.

Ariana and Little Bear stopped Hulk during the battle, but Ariana collapsed after losing control of her magic. Little Bear restored her Diadem, and the Disaster Response Department arrived to repair the city, leaving the official stunned by its magical methods.

• Ariana used magic to trap Hulk in a massive sphere of concrete, while Little Bear struck him and helped exhaust Ariana.
• Ariana dropped her Diadem into a crack, unleashing black vapor, but Little Bear returned the bracelet to her wrist and cared for her.
• The Avengers arrived, found Ariana recovering with Natasha, and learned that Hulk was trapped in the stone sphere.
• Little Bear gave a government official a gold business card for Ariana's Disaster Response Department, whose representative asked about Ariana's involvement, injuries, and the official's attitude toward magic.
• The Disaster Response Department's wizards arrived within five minutes and used magic to repair the damaged street and buildings.

John received the bill for Ariana’s destruction, while the Avengers learned more about her family and Fury revealed that John was the supreme Wizard King. Ultron arrived in Seoul and controlled Helen to help him obtain the Regeneration Cradle.

• John read the repair bill for Ariana’s damage and learned that Hulk had attacked the city and Ariana had detained him.
• Martha learned that John had a sister and parents, and John told her to focus on driving.
• The Avengers arrived at Barton’s home, where Thor welcomed Ariana and the others learned Barton had a wife and children.
• Fury told the Avengers that Ultron was gathering metal and failing to obtain nuclear launch codes, then bowed to Ariana and explained that John was the supreme Wizard King.
• Ultron confronted Helen in Seoul, controlled her with the Mind Stone Scepter, and turned his attention to the Regeneration Cradle.

Ultron stole the Regeneration Cradle while Wanda discovered that the being forming inside it was connected to a terrifying pair of eyes. The Avengers recovered the cradle, Tony and Banner prepared to examine it, and Blade and Frey arrived in Sokovia to watch the church.

• Ultron placed the Mind Stone in the body forming inside the Regeneration Cradle, and Wanda saw visions of humanity's extinction before a pair of eyes gazed at her across universes.
• John stopped Martha's car after experiencing the same terrifying eyes, then read a news report about the Avengers fighting Ultron in Seoul.
• Wanda broke free of the vision and attacked Ultron, but he escaped with the Regeneration Cradle after his robots killed Jack Lee and injured Helen.
• Steve, Natasha, Hawkeye, and the Maximoff siblings pursued Ultron; Natasha ejected the cradle from its cargo compartment, and the Maximoffs helped stop a runaway train and save its passengers.
• Wanda warned Steve that Tony would ruin everything, while Tony and Banner considered the cradle and learned that JARVIS had escaped Ultron.
• Blade and Frey reached Sokovia, where Frey set up a sniper rifle aimed at the church.

John and Martha rested beneath the stars as John lent her the Emerald Ring and explained its Ouroboros. MOSS then reported that Tony and Banner were trying to create another AI, while Steve returned to Avengers Tower with two former enemies.

• John expanded the car’s interior with magic and made a place for himself and Martha to rest in the woods.
• John told Martha that dreams granted people imagination and that he chose not to use divination to learn the future.
• John lent Martha the Emerald Ring, and its Ouroboros moved when it sensed that her remaining time was insufficient.
• MOSS told John that Tony and Banner were conducting an experiment to create another AI by uploading JARVIS’s data into Ultron’s former body.
• Steve returned to Avengers Tower with two former enemies.

Thor powered the Regeneration Cradle, bringing Vision into existence, and Vision joined the Avengers against Ultron. As the team headed for Sokovia, Ariana offered to arrange an evacuation through her father, while Wanda reunited with her after sixteen years.

• Pietro disconnected the Regeneration Cradle, Clint shot him down, and Steve and Tony fought over the upload until Thor powered the cradle with Mjolnir.
• Vision emerged, introduced himself as himself, declared that he was on the side of life, and proved his worth by lifting Mjolnir.
• The Avengers accepted Vision’s help and prepared to act against Ultron, while Wanda recognized Ariana and embraced her after sixteen years apart.
• Aboard the plane to Sokovia, Steve planned to protect the civilians, and Ariana offered to have her father arrange their evacuation through the Continental Hotel.

Watson Wick agreed to help evacuate Sokovia after Ariana warned him that Ultron would attack, while the Avengers flew there to stop the threat. John discovered Ultron’s enormous machine beneath the city as robots emerged and the battle began.

• Watson Wick warned Steve Rogers to stay away from Ariana, then told Tony Stark he would help evacuate Sokovia if the Avengers protected her.
• Watson’s people and Sokovia’s officials organized an evacuation before the Avengers arrived by Quinjet.
• John and Martha reached Sokovia, and John used the Extrasensory Spell to locate Ultron’s machine beneath the city.
• John told Martha the battle had begun as robots emerged from the river and underground.
• Frey drew her sword and Blade watched the robots while another person aimed at the church.

Natasha was rescued by Ariana, Banner, and the three bears as Ultron launched his plan to raise Sokovia. As John helped Martha navigate the evacuation, he sensed Wanda’s magic and tracked the chaos particles to a building where they were being blocked.

• Ariana, Banner, Little Bear, and White Bear broke into Ultron’s base and rescued Natasha and Pink Bear.
• Ultron activated the God Pebble to lift Sokovia, and Natasha pushed Banner into danger so Hulk would emerge and help the Avengers.
• John guided Martha through the evacuating city, crushed a robot, and used Apparition to escape a collapsing building.
• John sensed Wanda’s ancient magic, spread the chaos particles with a gust of wind, and found a building that split them apart.

The Avengers fought to stop Ultron’s rising city while John confronted a lookalike called Jonathan. Frey mistook John for Yardani, then rejected him as an impostor as the Insurgents began their rebellion.

• Hulk and the Mighty Bear Trio reached the rising city, where Ariana and the bears helped Wanda and Barton defeat the robots.
• Tony assessed the danger of the city falling, while Steve and Natasha refused to abandon the civilians still trapped there.
• Nick Fury brought the old aircraft carrier through the clouds to assist the Avengers.
• Blade, Frey, and Jonathan prepared for John’s arrival as the building’s door opened.
• John confronted Jonathan, and Frey recognized John as Yardani before angrily calling him an impostor.
• The building shook as the Insurgents launched their rebellion against the King of Solitude.

War Machine and Ariana helped protect Sokovia’s evacuation while the Avengers fought Ultron, but Vision lost control of the Mind Stone and unleashed devastating blasts. Vision opened his eyes after the final explosion, revealing a dragon’s eyes.

• Rhodey arrived in War Machine to guard the mothership, while Ariana used the Magic Book to protect civilians, destroy robots, and create a bridge for evacuation.
• Ariana collapsed from exhaustion after the robot army was defeated, and the Avengers regrouped at the church to defend the reversal device from Ultron.
• The Avengers fought Ultron and his robot army, but Vision’s Mind Stone began flickering and released an energy wave that disabled the robots and blasted everyone away.
• Vision lost control and attacked the Avengers, destroying the church and creating a huge crater with another energy blast.
• Vision opened his eyes in the crater, and Barton saw that they looked like a dragon’s eyes.

A ruthless Vision overwhelmed the Avengers, forcing them to destroy the device powering the city while Wanda held him back. The city exploded, but Vision survived and killed Thor before turning his beam on the white bear as time stopped.

• Vision demanded that the Avengers kneel, then swiftly defeated Thor, Hulk, Steve, and Tony while Wanda struggled to interfere with him.
• Tony proposed destroying the device beneath the city, and Wanda stayed behind to restrain Vision while Steve evacuated Pietro and the others.
• Wanda trapped Vision underground as Thor destroyed the device, causing the city to shatter in a massive explosion.
• Vision survived the blast, killed Thor, and aimed his forehead beam at the white bear protecting Wanda.
• A bullet flew toward its target, and time stood still.

John Wick confronted a Vision who revealed that he came from another universe and had seized control after the Avengers defeated Thanos. Their battle escalated as Vision adapted to magic, and he challenged John to a wizard's duel.

• Vision spoke to John about killing his alternate self and revealed that he had once loved his pet Tom.
• Vision explained that he had waited for the Avengers to defeat Thanos, then taken everything from them and ruled alone.
• John and Vision exchanged spells and attacks, with Vision gradually adapting to magic and healing himself through Time Corridor.
• Vision used Fiendfyre and other magic against John, while John restrained the fire dragon and struck back with lightning.
• Vision said John's body suited his magic better than his own and formed a wand, asking whether John remembered the etiquette of a wizard's duel.

John defeated Vision and seized control of his body, but the Mind Stone rejected him as he prepared to destroy the city. Jonathan confronted him, and the chapter left their duel unresolved as Eleanor entered the forbidden Laboratory.

• John and Vision fought with magic until Vision used the Mind Stone to invade John's mind, but Thor struck Vision away and helped John awaken.
• John revealed himself as John Wick, blasted Thor aside, and considered taking Vision's Mind Stone before deciding to accelerate the falling wreckage onto the Muggles.
• Jonathan rose from the dead, confronted John, and raised his pistol while John prepared to cast Avada Kedavra.
• Eleanor followed the strange sound to the forbidden Laboratory, accidentally opened its door, and heard a familiar voice address her.

Wanda was rescued by Aurors, who identified her as a Lost Wizard and put her to sleep while they prepared to protect the city from Sokovia’s falling wreckage. In the ruins, John discovered Frey had used Vampire-Blocking Blood to restrict his magic, but he stabbed her and declared that only a Wizard King could kill a Wizard King.

• White Bear protected Wanda from the impact, while Hulk crashed into a crater and was knocked unconscious by twenty Aurors’ Sleeping Charms.
• Fiona Slughorn identified Wanda as a Lost Wizard, and Beatrice put her to sleep as the Aurors prepared to protect the city.
• Fiona and the Auror Action Group cast protective spells that formed a barrier beneath the falling city wreckage.
• John realized Frey had been present from the beginning and revealed that her bullet had failed to penetrate his golden dragon scales.
• John stabbed Frey through the chest and said that only a Wizard King could kill a Wizard King.

Jonathan and his allies killed John by using a bullet that bypassed his defenses, while the falling city left Frey dying from her wounds. Frey saw the White Wolf in a strange white space as their fates met.

• Jonathan revealed that the bullet had targeted John's pendant, allowing Martha's blood and the vampire-blocking blood to weaken him.
• Jonathan's bullet pierced John's heart and destroyed his magic, and John crumbled while declaring that he would return.
• As the city fell, Jonathan removed Blade's sword and went to Frey, who was dying from her wound.
• Frey recalled the White Wolf and said that Jonathan could not replace him before she slipped into a white space.
• The White Wolf approached Frey, and their fates from different worlds met.

Frey died after realizing that the Throne was not the man she had loved, while Jonathan explained that he had changed his mind out of revenge and grief. As Sokovia fell, the Wizard King used the Wand to reverse the destruction and restore the city, leaving Martha alive and promising her an answer.

• Frey recognized the Throne as the man she had searched for, then died smiling with the Wand piercing her chest.
• Jonathan told Blade that he had chosen revenge, recalling how he spared John because killing him would have deprived John's parents of their son.
• Hill warned the S.H.I.E.L.D. crew that Sokovia's falling debris would still cause immense destruction, while Tony reported Thor, Hulk, and Wanda missing.
• A noble in the Sokovia bunker watched the city fall, and Fury announced that a miracle was coming.
• The Wizard King descended in a pillar of light and used the Wand to reverse the city's destruction.
• Martha saw the city rebuild and heard the Wizard King promise to tell her the answer because his heart was beating.

After surviving the Godslayer's bullet through his undying heart, John learned why Jonathan had come to this world and watched him leave to pursue the person who cursed his wife. As wizards rebuilt Sokovia, the world turned its attention to them as humanity's saviors.

• Fiona summoned a Star Spirit to help with the Sokovia Incident, and the spirit left a hammer behind in the forest.
• John revealed that the bullet had struck his magical undying heart, so he had never been in danger of dying.
• Jonathan explained that a real dream had led him to test John and that he believed another John Wick had cursed his wife; he vowed to find and kill that person.
• Jonathan and Blade left together as John considered the other John Wicks, the Critic, and his own uncertain feelings about his past.
• Wizards rapidly repaired Sokovia, while helicopters arrived and the world learned of the catastrophe; John recognized that wizards had become humanity's saviors.