Chapter Summaries

Lin Ze and the others fought Ebony Maw while Tony, Hulk, and Venom incapacitated Cull Obsidian with Stone Steles. Neuvillette rescued Strange with a powerful blast of water, and the group reacted to his rare smile.

• Ebony Maw hurled a car at Lin Ze, but Master Wong redirected it through a portal and Strange destroyed it with magic.
• Peter arrived and saw Tony, Hulk, and Venom using Stone Steles to pound Cull Obsidian into the ground.
• Ebony Maw collapsed buildings and launched stone spikes, then grabbed Strange and bound him to reach for the Eye of Agamotto.
• The Eye of Agamotto burned Ebony Maw's hand, and Neuvillette blasted him off the rooftop with a torrent of water.
• Strange freed himself and thanked Neuvillette, while Paimon noticed his smile and Lin Ze joked about the happiness of boys.

Vision and Wanda found comfort in each other while the Avengers prepared to defend the Mind Stone from Thanos's forces. The Wanderer exposed Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight, and Pietro charged at Corvus as the fight began.

• Vision asked Wanda what she felt as she touched the Mind Stone, and she told him she felt only him.
• Pietro and Clint interrupted the couple and explained that the Traveler had warned them Thanos's lackeys might come for the Mind Stone.
• The Wanderer attacked, forcing Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight out of hiding, and Wanda pushed Pietro out of the way.
• Natasha identified the two aliens, and the Avengers attacked them.
• Pietro raced toward Corvus Glaive and swung a forceful punch.

Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight fought the heroes while Lin Ze focused on Ebony Maw. Lin Ze trapped Ebony Maw with a green rune and glowing eggs, then activated Violet Veil, leaving the battle poised to turn against the general.

• Pietro attacked Corvus Glaive, and Wanderer’s Wind Blades broke the barrier Corvus raised around himself.
• Wanda, Natasha, and Clint coordinated their attacks against Proxima Midnight, while Wanda told Vision to stay back.
• Lin Ze judged that the heroes could handle Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight and focused on Ebony Maw instead.
• Ebony Maw staggered out of a shattered wall and prepared to fight again, but a green rune appeared on his robe and glowing eggs surrounded his feet.
• Lin Ze confronted Ebony Maw and activated Violet Veil.

Lin Ze and his allies defeated Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian, while Venom tried and failed to eat them. After Wanderer delivered Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive, Paimon proposed using Zhongli’s Heavenly Star against the remaining alien monsters in New York City.

• Ebony Maw died after Dendro cores struck him with homing Sprawling Projectiles, and Venom tried to eat his body but vomited it up.
• Venom and Eddie argued about Venom’s alleged habit of collecting Eddie’s socks, while Deadpool joked about calling the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
• Steve thanked Lin Ze for helping defeat Ebony Maw, and the group found that Venom had already eaten Cull Obsidian.
• Wanderer dropped Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive before flying away, and Lin Ze celebrated that all of Thanos’s lackeys who had appeared were defeated.
• Paimon worried about the many alien monsters still attacking New York City and suggested that Zhongli drop a Heavenly Star on them.

Tony praised Kaveh’s architectural talent and offered him a high-paying job at Stark Industries while Lin Ze and Paimon redirected the conversation. As monsters continued to overrun the battlefield, Steve revealed three approaching Helicarriers, and Kaveh briefly wondered what souvenir to bring Alhaitham.

• Tony admired Kaveh’s recreation of New York and offered him a position with Stark Industries’ construction team for eight million dollars a year.
• Paimon explained Kaveh’s reputation as an architectural designer, and Lin Ze persuaded Tony that generous pay would help recruit him.
• Lin Ze asked where Kaveh was, and Paimon said he was fighting the monsters alongside Tighnari and Cyno.
• Steve pointed out three approaching Helicarriers, and Nick Fury declared that they would come in handy.
• Kaveh sneezed during the battle and thought about bringing Alhaitham a souvenir, while Alhaitham wondered why his ear felt warm.

Thanos’s children returned with the Tesseract and three other Infinity Stones, and Thanos claimed the Space Stone for his gauntlet. The chapter left him preparing to place it beside the Power Stone.

• Thanos recognized his returning troops as Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive arrived on the ruined planet.
• Ebony Maw presented Thanos with the Tesseract while the others offered three more Infinity Stones.
• Thanos accepted the Tesseract and crushed it, freeing the Space Stone.
• Thanos picked up the Space Stone and raised his Infinity Gauntlet, where the Power Stone glowed in response.

Thanos was betrayed during his attempt to place the Space Stone in his gauntlet, only to discover the stone was fake and the attacker was Gamora. The confrontation ended with Gamora rejecting him and the disguised Corvus Glaive realizing his Cosmic Power Element Gun was missing.

• Ebony Maw stabbed at Thanos, and Thanos struck him away as Cull Obsidian, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive attacked.
• Thanos used the Power Stone to blast his attackers aside, then discovered that the Space Stone had cracked and shattered because it was fake.
• A disguised Gamora attacked Thanos, but he caught her wrist and recognized her after hearing her cry out.
• Thanos uncovered Gamora's red double-ended dagger and asked her to talk, but she refused and revealed her true appearance.
• The disguised Corvus Glaive warned Thanos to stay away from Gamora, then discovered his Cosmic Power Element Gun was missing.

Lin Ze revealed that the apparent alien invasion on Titan was an illusion, leaving Thanos surrounded by Earth's resistance force. Loki complained that his assassination attempt had nearly worked, while Peter's explanation of Deadpool's teasing only deepened the group's misunderstanding.

• Star-Lord regained his handsome face, challenged Thanos, and tried to stop Drax from attacking him.
• Drax charged at Thanos but was saved by a golden shield, then joked that he was unharmed while Star-Lord mocked him.
• Groot gave Zhongli a flower, and Lin Ze recognized what kind of flower it was.
• Star-Lord threatened Thanos, then Loki revealed himself and complained that Lin Ze had ended his nearly successful assassination attempt.
• Lin Ze removed the Reality Stone's disguises, revealing that the alien ships and forces were fake and Thanos was surrounded by Earth's resistance force.
• Deadpool teased Peter about the previous night, and Peter's attempt to explain how he had webbed Deadpool up left everyone more shocked.

The Avengers and their allies confronted Thanos on Titan, refusing to let him erase half the universe. Steve rallied the assembled forces into a charge, and Lin Ze joined the rush while wondering who had shouted his slogans.

• Cyno confused Thanos's insult for a joke, and Lin Ze interrupted his explanation before he could finish it.
• Gamora told Thanos they had come to stop his plan, while Tony and the Avengers stepped forward to oppose him.
• Star-Lord pulled Gamora toward safety, and Yondu emerged from the crowd to defend his son during their argument with Thanos.
• Thanos sensed the genuine Time Stone on Strange and declared that his forces had brought it to him.
• Steve shouted, "Avengers! Assemble!!!", and T'Challa led the Wakandans in answering with "Wakanda! Forever!!"
• The crowd charged Thanos, and Lin Ze wondered who had shouted his slogans.

Thanos used the Power Stone to shatter the battlefield, sending several people into deep chasms as the heroes struggled to survive. Deadpool and Spider-Man fell toward a space monster, but a familiar voice announced that the wind was rising.

• Thanos raised the Power Stone and slammed his fist into the ground, unleashing a blast that split the battlefield apart.
• Steve threw his shield at Thanos's wrist, but it bounced off, and Steve caught it as the ground broke open.
• Several people fell into the chasms, protected from immediate harm by their Jade Shields.
• Spider-Man tried to pull Deadpool to safety, but Deadpool refused to let go while a space monster hooked his ankle with its tongue.
• Deadpool and Spider-Man plunged into the chasm, and a familiar voice said, "The wind is rising~"

Lin Ze created a vast supply of Klee’s Jumpy Dumpties, and the airborne forces used them to attack the monsters emerging from the rift. The battle continued as Captain Frans realized that the Jumpy Dumpty “dolls” he had given his partner were actually dangerous bombs.

• Lin Ze used the Reality Stone to turn one Jumpy Dumpty into a mountain of them, delighting Klee and alarming Venom.
• Shuri revealed herself among the fighters, and T'Challa confronted her before letting her remain until the battle ended.
• Lin Ze urged everyone to throw Jumpy Dumpties at the monsters, and Klee blew one up by tossing it into a beast’s mouth.
• The heroes, the helicarrier, and fighter jets attacked the monsters with bombs and weapons fire.
• Captain Frans’s partner recognized the bombs as matching the dolls Frans had given him, and Frans realized what they really were.

Thanos attacked the assembled heroes with the Power Stone, but Strange redirected his own warship wreckage into him. The heroes launched an all-out assault while fighting off the Alien Monsters, and Lin Ze moved through the battle toward the Infinity Gauntlet.

• Thanos hurled warship wreckage at the group, but Strange sent it through a portal behind him, and it drove Thanos across the battlefield.
• Venti brought everyone down from the air, and the heroes spread out and charged Thanos together.
• Tony and Thor combined their attacks, Peter blinded and webbed Thanos, and Strange teleported Peter away when Thanos tried to grab him.
• Steve, Natasha, Clint, and Hulk attacked Thanos while Wakandan warriors and Master Wong's mages held off the Alien Monsters.
• Lin Ze and Paimon advanced toward Thanos, briefly greeting Georgia as they passed through the battlefield.
• Kaeya, Klee, and Diluc joined the fighting, with Klee excited to use her remaining Jumpy Dumpties.

Zhongli, Venti, Raiden Shogun, and Nahida empowered the defenders battling the Alien Monsters, while Neuvillette judged the invaders and summoned a punishing rainstorm. As the battlefield descended into elemental chaos, Nick Fury complained that the dazzling spectacle was overwhelming his remaining eye.

• Zhongli shielded the defenders with Jade Shields and raised Stone Steles that protected them from the Alien Monsters.
• Venti summoned tornadoes that tore through the monsters, while Raiden Shogun granted the defenders lightning strikes with each attack.
• Nahida surrounded the battlefield with the Maya Palace and strengthened the defenders’ elemental powers.
• Neuvillette declared the Alien Monsters guilty and drenched them with heavy rain that spared the defenders.
• Paimon called for everyone to spread out, while Lin Ze privately joked that Kaeya kept repeating the same line like a comedy routine.
• Nick Fury told Agent Hill that the bright, colorful battle was making him sick and asked which of four things she was.

Nick Fury's helicarrier ran out of power while defending against the space behemoths, but Raiden Ei appeared and destroyed the swarm. On the main battlefield, the heroes restrained Thanos as Nahida approached him, while Lin Ze knocked Star-Lord unconscious with a baseball bat.

• Nick Fury used the helicarrier's ultimate weapon to kill behemoths until its energy reserves ran out.
• Raiden Ei appeared above the helicarrier and cut through the attacking behemoths with Musou Isshin.
• Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Destroyer, Doctor Strange, and Mantis restrained Thanos and put him to sleep.
• Nahida placed her hand on Thanos's forehead as a yellow glow appeared in her other hand.
• Lin Ze called Star-Lord over and knocked him unconscious with a baseball bat.

Thanos snapped his fingers on Titan, erasing the Black Order and many of his forces before restoring the planet and destroying the Infinity Stones at great cost to himself. In the present, the Avengers removed the Gauntlet while Nahida revealed his peaceful dream, and Lin Ze prepared to finish Thanos as Thor misunderstood their plan.

• Thanos used the Infinity Gauntlet to erase Ebony Maw, the Black Order, and many alien monsters, then restored Titan to life.
• Thanos snapped again to destroy the Infinity Stones, scorching his body and fusing the ruined Gauntlet to his hand.
• Iron Man and Peter pulled the Gauntlet from Thanos while Mantis credited Nahida with making him dream of a peaceful life growing vegetables.
• Lin Ze took the Gauntlet and the Time Stone, then reminded Thor that their plan was to strike Thanos's head first.
• Thor raised Stormbreaker and repeated that the hair and moves had to look cool and badass, prompting Paimon to accuse him and Itto of goofing off during the meeting.

Lin Ze assembled the complete Infinity Gauntlet by placing the remaining five Infinity Stones into it. As the stones’ power surged through him, he endured the overwhelming energy.

• Thor assured Steve and Lin Ze that he would be ready to strike Thanos’s neck in one blow.
• Lin Ze placed the Reality Stone and Time Stone into the gauntlet.
• Ei gave Lin Ze the Space Stone, and Wanda and Vision joined him after Strange had helped free Vision from the Mind Stone’s influence.
• Nahida sent the Mind Stone to Lin Ze while Thanos remained asleep, and Oz delivered the Soul Stone on behalf of his lady.
• Lin Ze fitted the Soul Stone into the gauntlet, completing it alongside the Power Stone Thanos had already installed.
• The six stones’ energy enveloped Lin Ze’s left arm, and he cried out as it surged through him.

Lin Ze used the Infinity Stones to erase Thanos’s forces, and Thor beheaded Thanos as he turned to dust. After the battle, Lin Ze found himself unharmed but with six golden wings on his back, and Paimon realized he could fly again.

• Lin Ze snapped his fingers with the Infinity Gauntlet as Thor swung his axe at Thanos’s neck.
• Thanos’s forces turned to dust, and Thor severed Thanos’s head before Thanos also disintegrated.
• The fighters celebrated their victory while Lin Ze’s companions gathered around him and Tony removed the gauntlet.
• Lin Ze stood up with a numb hand and an unbearably itchy back, but his friends stared at him without answering.
• Paimon pointed out that Lin Ze had grown six golden wings and could fly again.

After Thanos’s defeat, Lin Ze and the others planned a flying race, but a Stone Gate appeared at their chosen finish line, signaling that Lin Ze and Paimon might have to leave. Lin Ze called Minister Wu before departing, and Wu angrily demanded to know whether he had broken the Space-Time Gate again.

• Lin Ze tested his new golden energy wings, and Paimon challenged him to a flying race.
• Tony invited Rhodey and Thor to join the race, while Steve recruited Sam to fly with him.
• Paimon chose the hill where the group had first appeared as the finish line, and a Stone Gate suddenly appeared there.
• Lin Ze realized the gate could mean he had to leave without saying goodbye, so he called the Transmigration Management Bureau.
• Minister Wu answered Lin Ze’s call and accused him of breaking the Space-Time Gate again.

Lin Ze and his companions raced toward the finish as their friends celebrated their farewell, and Zhongli offered a parting blessing. Deadpool interrupted the ending to complain about the missing reunion, before Lin Ze prepared to take everyone back to Earth.

• Lin Ze explained his phone call to Paimon and hurried everyone into a race after the Stone Gate vanished.
• Lin Ze and the others launched into the sky, and Paimon chased after them when they started without her.
• Hu Tao recited a farewell poem while Xiangling, Yun Jin, Xingqiu, Chongyun, and the others applauded.
• Zhongli reflected on parting and wished that the friends would reunite to share their memories.
• Deadpool interrupted the ending to protest the missing farewell reunion, and Lin Ze said he would use the Space Stone to take everyone back to Earth.

With New York’s superheroes mysteriously absent, thugs attacked a woman in Hell’s Kitchen. A masked man heard her cries and rushed toward the alley to intervene.

• Superheroes vanished worldwide, and officials reassured the public that they were conducting secret joint exercises.
• Three thugs, led by James, surrounded a woman walking home in Hell’s Kitchen and demanded her money.
• James struck and kicked the woman, while the thugs threatened to traffic her and ordered one of them to gag her.
• A masked man high above heard the woman’s cries and the thugs’ threats, then raced toward the alley.