Chapter Summaries

John learned from Lies that his arrival had shattered the Sacred Timeline and made him a variant targeted by Fate and the other Johns. After Ivan helped capture Lies, John turned to Peter, who was in danger beneath the Statue of Liberty.

• John challenged Lies’s story and learned that his dimensional experiments had made this world the Sacred Timeline, prompting Fate to reset heroes’ destinies and other Johns to oppose him.
• Lies trapped John in a vibranium cage and escaped through a door, but Ivan arrived in Fighter Five and captured him.
• Weapons sold by the Skrulls exploded or launched their users into space as John’s side dealt with the attackers.
• John learned Peter was at Liberty Island and went there with his allies.
• Basil sliced apart the Flying Soldier suit pursuing Peter beneath the Statue of Liberty, sending the Skrull pilot falling to his death.

John questioned Lies about the world he came from, but Lies escaped through a Dark Elf Bomb that opened a wormhole. In the aftermath of the New York crisis, Peter matured, and John prepared to leave on the journey the Vishanti had advised.

• John found Lies captured by Ivan in the Skrulls' tunnel and asked him what he had lost.
• Lies described a super heroic age where companies manufactured and marketed superheroes, then hinted that his younger sister had been lost.
• Lies detonated a Dark Elf Bomb and was pulled into a wormhole; John and Ivan escaped the collapsing tunnel.
• The authorities scrutinized the Avengers and former S.H.I.E.L.D., while the Wizarding Kingdom condemned S.H.I.E.L.D.'s weapons research and Nick Fury became the scapegoat for the Skrulls' presence.
• After Basil rescued Peter and uncovered the Skrulls' plot, Peter returned to his homemade Spider-Man suit and matured.
• John decided to follow the Vishanti's advice and set out, stopping in Queens to visit friends before he left.

Peter declined Tony's invitation to join the Avengers, and Tony turned the planned announcement into a proposal to Pepper. After visiting Peter and warning him to value his own life as well as others, John left New York, saying he might return soon.

• Peter told Tony he was not ready to join the Avengers, so Tony proposed to Pepper during the press conference instead.
• Peter returned home and found John visiting May; John revealed that Peter's Star Wars LEGO set had fallen apart.
• John told Peter that Sean's internship at Cross Technologies involved secret government research and military projects that could affect the presidential election.
• On the rooftop, John asked Peter how he felt about Cold Storage and warned him to think about himself and the people who loved him.
• John told Peter he might return soon and left.

The Wizarding Kingdom advanced its magical technology while Percy pressured the United States over weapons developed against wizards. John met Dreamwalker in the dream hall to discuss his coming journey into space, and Dreamwalker pointed him toward the Nine Realms and a mysterious region created by God.

• The Leaky Cauldron used a teleportation machine to deliver food, demonstrating how the Magic Technology Research Institute’s innovations were transforming the Wizarding Kingdom.
• Old Mark discussed the United States’ anti-wizard weapons with pub patrons, and Percy exerted diplomatic pressure as the revelations fueled wizarding anger.
• John met Dreamwalker in the dream hall and said he was heading into space, leaving the Wizarding Kingdom in Dreamwalker’s care.
• John and Dreamwalker discussed fate and the possibility that the world followed Harry Potter’s magical story.
• Dreamwalker showed John the Nine Realms and revealed a nearby collapsed star region created by God.

John used the Casket of Ancient Winters and the Cycle Lock Pin to seal the White Wolf, then set off through the barrier above Wizard City into the universe. His departure was witnessed by friends across the world, while a new suitor arrived at Delacour Manor.

• John opened the sky above Wizard City and used the Casket of Ancient Winters, the Cycle Lock Pin, and the Mobius Strip to seal the White Wolf inside the casket.
• John melted the ice surrounding himself and the Magic Tower, then stored the casket beside the Heart of Magic.
• John used the Space Stone to fly through the barrier and head into the universe.
• Draco and Astoria watched the rainbow from Malfoy Manor, while Daphne, Cedric, Cho Chang, and others also saw it and thought of John.
• A new suitor arrived at Delacour Manor, hoping to meet the younger Delacour daughter.

John arrived in Niflheim by Bifrost and crossed its frozen, mist-covered wilderness, where he encountered a carnivorous plant. He reached a sheltered town and found a pale-skinned, gray-eyed person caught by another man-eating flower.

• Heinrich and Kim watched the stars and vowed to await their king's summons as Neville kept watch over the campus.
• John followed the star chart through the Bifrost and discovered that he had landed in Niflheim.
• He used his wand to find north, reviewed what he knew about the Nine Realms, and continued across the frozen realm.
• A man-eating flower attacked John, and he burned it with Incendio.
• John used a wave of fire to clear the icy mist and followed a black mountain toward a sheltered town.
• John reached the town and saw a pale-skinned, gray-eyed person caught in a man-eating flower.

John rescued Tos from a Tiger Grass Dragon in Niflheim, learned about the Great Winter and the divide between the Noble Black and the Pale Children, and entered a Noble Black fortress. He discovered that a guest inside carried information about the legendary Hvergelmir's Spring Water.

• John saved Tos from the Tiger Grass Dragon, recovered dimmock gold ore, and revived the boy.
• Tos explained Niflheim's Great Winter, its Noble Black ruling class, its Goddesses, and the dangers surrounding the town.
• John used magic to get through the Icebreaking Wall and offered Tos a sandwich in exchange for showing him the way.
• Tos asked to become John's Battle Servant, and John told him to follow for now.
• John and Tos entered the fortress during the Noble Black's Great Winter celebration.
• John noticed that a guest inside carried information about Hvergelmir's Spring Water.

At Amyfield’s gathering, John learned about Hvergelmir’s Spring Water and the dangers of reaching it, then declined offers to join other expeditions. Amyfield proposed that he work with her and promised a greater reward if he brought back the water, but John chose to pursue it alone.

• Tos warned John that Amyfield was dangerous, while John mingled among her guests.
• Eda and Barker discussed crossing the deadly Twelve Rivers to retrieve Hvergelmir’s Spring Water, and Eda introduced his champion Ackerman, who had killed a giant.
• Barker invited John to join his campaign against the giants, but John instead bought a map of Niflheim with Dimmock Gold ore.
• Amyfield approached John, criticized Tos as a weak Battle Servant, and offered to work together to obtain the spring water.
• John refused to share the spoils, and Amyfield promised to show him something more interesting if he returned with the water.

John bought a large supply of fish oil and used Transfiguration to travel with Tos in a sleigh pulled by seven dogs. After a Dragon destroyed the sleigh, John spoke with it, removed its enslavement device, and asked it for help as they continued toward Hvergelmir.

• John bought all the fish oil in a shop and stored the barrels in his pocket with magic.
• John transformed Shield Mountain stone into a sleigh and conjured seven Huskies to pull it, then set out with Tos.
• After three days, the lords reached a snowfield while John traveled south and encountered a Swedish Short-Snout Dragon that wrecked the sleigh.
• Tos stood between John and the Dragon, and John told him he would need to train and become stronger.
• John spoke to the Dragon in its language, learned that the Goddess had driven the Dragons from the glaciers, and removed the Wooden Spike enslaving it.
• The grateful Dragon thanked John, and John asked it for help as they faced the Great River and the Goddess of Niflheim on the way to Hvergelmir.

John and Tos crossed a frozen river filled with Inferi, and John helped Tos survive the creatures’ pursuit. They reached a misty forest, where an old woman offered water from the Well of Wisdom in exchange for one eye.

• John formed an equal contract between Tos and Freeze-Evaporating Warhammer, granting Tos a ring that let him wield the dragon’s power in return for a century of battles.
• Freeze-Evaporating Warhammer carried John and Tos across a glacier before leaving them near the Goddess’s domain.
• Inferi beneath the frozen river awakened and pursued Tos, while John discovered they were drawn to Tos rather than himself.
• John directed Tos away from him and trapped the Inferi beneath the broken ice, then reminded Tos that his shield could breathe fire.
• After crossing the river, John and Tos met an old woman who offered them water from the Well of Wisdom for one eye.

John and Tos crossed the Mist Forest after John tricked the old woman into accepting an Inferius's eye, then reached the poisonous Vimur River and built a boat from an Inferi Giant's bones. As they rowed through the mist, the legendary Swaying Ymir appeared and headed straight for them.

• John gave the old woman an eye he had taken from an Inferius and received the bowl of spring water that guided them through the Mist Forest.
• Tos fought an Inferi Giant with dragon fire, while John collected its bones and later rescued Tos from a swamp with the Levitation Charm.
• John spread magical fire through the forest, and the old woman was left with burned woods and frightened Inferi.
• Eda and his Noble Black group reached the forest, where they found the old woman and the woods scorched by John's fire.
• John and Tos made a small boat from the Inferi Giant's bones and crossed the poisonous Vimur River, with Tos rowing for more than ten hours.
• Swaying Ymir emerged from the mist and bore down on their boat.

John and Tos escaped Ymir and reached an unknown shore near Hvergelmir, where giant footprints warned of new dangers. On Earth, Pepper Potts recovered memories of her sister Shirley, while Percy prepared to restore the memories of families whose loved ones had used Obliviate.

• John magically sped up and shielded Tos's boat, then bounced it past Ymir until they reached shore and the boat broke apart.
• John pointed out that he and Tos stood in a giant's footprint and warned Tos that giants might be nearby.
• Tony refused the military's request to develop a weapon against the World-Ending Dragon, citing his ties to John and the Wizarding Kingdom.
• Pepper received a package from New Haven containing wizarding items and a moving photograph of herself with a woman who resembled her.
• Pepper opened a Locket, recovered memories of her sister Gwyneth Shirley Potts, and broke down in tears as Tony comforted her.
• Percy supported a policy to restore the memories of families whose Muggle-born wizard relatives had used Obliviate, and Neville agreed with the plan.

Pepper traveled toward Wizard City to visit her fallen younger sister after the families of dead Wizards had their memories restored, while Tony watched her depart aboard the Magic Train. In Niflheim, John and Tos reached Hvergelmir's Spring Water, and John prepared to test its mysterious effects.

• Minister for Magic Weasley restored the families' memories of Wizards who had died in the war and sent them tickets to Wizard City.
• Pepper said goodbye to Tony and boarded the Magic Train, where she saw another grieving woman dressed in black.
• John and Tos struggled across Niflheim as Tos ate their provisions, repeatedly fought a Horned Beast, and eventually ate raw meat.
• John trained Tos during their journey, and they finally reached Hvergelmir's Spring Water.
• John found the spring unnaturally pure and poisonous, recalled Odin's sacrifice for wisdom, and told Tos he had a task for him.

John discovered magic in the Primordial Spring and emerged just as Eda arrived, transformed by the River Goddess’s curse. After Eda attacked and John killed him, Amyfield revealed herself by shedding the old woman’s disguise.

• John used ancient Elvish to commune with the Primordial Spring, then endured nine days standing on a bone spear before falling into its depths and witnessing visions of the cosmos and magic.
• John emerged from the spring at dawn, reunited with Tos, and refused Eda’s demand to search him for spring water.
• Eda’s body changed under the River Goddess’s curse, and he killed Ackerman before demanding the spring water to prove his love for Amyfield.
• Eda attacked John, who killed him by driving his Wand into Eda’s eye.
• John blasted the mist with Confringo, and Amyfield emerged from her old-woman disguise as Ackerman’s body shed its skin.

John rejected Amyfield’s offer to father her child of magic and continued toward Ginnungagap after parting ways with Tos. Tos returned home determined to become a warrior, while John found himself in the Land of the Dead.

• Amyfield revealed she wanted John to father her child of magic, but John refused her and gave her poisonous water from Vimur in exchange for her cup of water.
• Amyfield disappeared, and John recognized her as a goddess whose journey had been a search for a suitable father for her child of magic.
• John ended Tos’s service as his Battle Servant, forged him a sword, and told him to become stronger before they met again.
• Tos returned to town and reunited with his sister, then swore to become a powerful warrior and carry Wick’s glory.
• John continued past Hvergelmir toward Ginnungagap, but an old cowboy told him he had taken the wrong way and was in the Land of the Dead.

John explored Helheim, met Paul, and used a dead wizard’s soul to hide from the restless dead, but a hair-thin bridge blocked his way into the deeper Land of the Dead. Meanwhile, Pepper Potts arrived at Wizard City and found her sister’s name on the memorial to those killed on Magic Crystal Island, while learning of her country’s past greed.

• John met Paul, a cowboy who had once made a contract with a devil, and heard his warnings about a dangerous goddess and the souls wandering Helheim.
• John traveled through Helheim for ten days, encountered restless dead, and found that his magic could not guide him through the misty wasteland.
• A dead wizard tried to take John’s place among the living and seize the Elder Wand, so John captured his soul and used it to conceal himself from other souls.
• John reached a bridge made from a strand of hair but did not cross it, realizing that it led to the true Land of the Dead and could not bear his living weight.
• Pepper Potts rode the Albatross through the mist and arrived at Wizard City, where Penelope Weasley welcomed her and the other heroes.
• Pepper saw her younger sister’s name on the Magic Crystal Island memorial and learned what her country had done out of greed.

Tony investigated the Wizarding Kingdom’s teleportation magic as the Second Alliance hunted Skrulls and the U.S. pursued a weapon based on Gravik’s Super-Skrull machine. In Helheim, Paul confronted Amyfield while John encountered the Grim Reaper and heard an army approaching.

• Tony studied the Wizarding Kingdom’s spatial teleportation and gathered information about magic from Gilderoy Lockhart’s books and social media.
• Wanda joined the Secret Avengers’ investigation of the Skrulls, while the Second Alliance prepared to hunt them with help from MOSS and Ivan’s weapons.
• Fury discovered the Super-Skrull machine, and Darren Cross began researching Gravik’s body for the military under Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross.
• Amyfield demanded that Paul reveal where someone had gone, but Paul refused and ignited the flames of Hell as her hair turned golden.
• John met the Grim Reaper in Helheim, learned the Swaying Ymir carried giants’ souls, and heard an army approaching the realm of the dead.

John visited Hela in Helheim and offered to help her escape, but she refused the portal and chose to leave only by conquering her way out. After John was expelled, Amyfield arrived looking for him and fought Hela, while the weakening prison left Hela sensing that Odin was nearing his end.

• John met Hela and offered her a portal out of Helheim, but she refused to escape and said she would reclaim Asgard by defeating Odin.
• John gave Hela Stars and poisonous water from the Great River Vimur, and Hela promised to spare Midgard when she conquered the Nine Realms.
• A force expelled John from Helheim, and the Grim Reaper redirected Amyfield toward Hela while she searched for the wizard.
• Hela and Amyfield fought, and Amyfield did not appear again for a long time after the battle.
• Hela saw that the starry sky remained visible and sensed that Helheim's prison was weakening as Odin neared his end.

Odin confronted Hela after sensing that her seal had been breached, then collapsed in Norway as his life neared its end. Meanwhile, John reached Ginnungagap, hired the space pirate Rambo to fly him toward Muspelheim, and began learning how to pilot the ship.

• Odin found Hela and demanded to know what disturbance she had caused, but she vowed to reclaim Asgard after his death and accused him of hypocrisy.
• Odin left Helheim, collapsed in Norway, and passed out; Stan and his wife found him and called for an ambulance.
• John reached Ginnungagap and considered how to cross the star-filled abyss before deciding he needed a spaceship.
• John met Rambo, claimed to be an adventurer named Arnold Schwarzenegger, and offered him a magical crystal in exchange for a ride.
• Rambo accepted John's offer and steered the ship toward an outpost, intending to rob him and leave him behind, while John began figuring out how the ship worked.

John learned to pilot Rambo’s ship, bought a fire dragon egg, and escaped the pirates’ attempt to rob him by stealing their vessel. As he traveled through space, he nearly collided with the Guardians, who were responding to a distress signal.

• Rambo brought John to a pirate outpost, where he and an alien woman plotted to rob him.
• John used the Confundus Charm to question a Blue People man, then knocked him out and covered him with a blanket.
• John bought a fire dragon egg for a hundred Magic Crystals, drawing Rambo’s attention to his wealth.
• John secretly boarded Rambo’s ship and took off before Rambo and his accomplice could rob him; Rambo was tied up and left at the outpost.
• John repaired the old ship, found an oddly shaped badge, and narrowly avoided colliding with the Guardians’ vessel.
• The Guardians, including Peter, Gamora, Rocket, Groot, Mantis, and Drax, headed toward a distress signal and crossed paths with John.