Chapter Summaries

Su Ming exposed Ord’s apparent capture as a bomb-laden robotic decoy, foiling a trap that nearly killed Zheng Xian’s agents. He deduced Ord was trying to provoke a war against Mutants and left with Wanda to help her and her father.

• Su Ming discovered the fallen Ord was a brainless robot packed with a Dirty Bomb and hurled it into space before it exploded.
• Zheng Xian blamed the failed ambush on their exposed plan, while the Monkey King thanked Su Ming for saving them.
• Su Ming explained that Ord had anticipated their third attempt and outlined how he planned to turn humans against Mutants and keep superheroes occupied.
• Wanda arrived through a portal and asked the Sorcerer Supreme for help on behalf of herself and her father.
• Su Ming agreed to go with Wanda to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, taking Deadpool and Daisy along.

Su Ming arranged a batch of decoy Synthezoids and prepared a media campaign while explaining to Wanda how he planned to prevent a conflict between humans and Mutants from triggering Phoenix. He met Charles and Lilandra at Xavier’s School and asked what they planned to do next.

• Su Ming ordered Lorraine to produce fifty Synthezoids designed to resemble decoys and told Spider Web to prepare a media story and arrange transfers.
• Su Ming explained to Wanda that the United States would target Mutants, and that a clash with the X-Men could cause Phoenix to lose control and destroy life on Earth.
• Charles and Lilandra welcomed Su Ming and his companions at Xavier’s School, while Deadpool interrupted with a joke before Su Ming kicked him away.
• Su Ming asked Charles and Lilandra what they and their people planned to do next.

Deathstroke proposed that the X-Men establish a Mutant nation on unclaimed land in the Pacific to avoid war with the United States and counter the military’s accusations. He planned to secure Chinese recognition and use the Shi'ar Empire’s presence and his own fleet as protection.

• Charles said Hank was still trying to resolve the crisis and that the accused being did not appear to be a Mutant.
• Wolverine called for confronting the President, but Charles ordered him and Cyclops to stop arguing.
• Deathstroke offered to send the Mutants to sea and asked Charles whether he and Erik would establish a Mutant nation.
• Charles agreed to try, while Storm warned that the Mutants lacked resources and international support.
• Deathstroke proposed Chinese recognition and a Shi'ar embassy, then said his fleet could pose as Shi'ar warships in low Earth orbit.
• Deathstroke asked Wanda to open a portal as he began moving Charles's wheelchair.

Su Ming evacuated Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters by sending its students and staff through portals to a remote island south of Hawaii. Lorna recognized him as the person who had removed her inhibitor collar, thanked him, and left through Magik’s portal.

• Wanda opened a portal to coordinates Su Ming provided, and Su Ming pushed Charles through first on a platform made from his cloak.
• Su Ming sent the teachers and students through Wanda’s portal, while Deadpool followed after joking about interviewing Wolverine.
• Magik opened a tentacle-filled portal, but Rogue, Kitty, Blink, and the other students chose Wanda’s portal instead.
• Lorna stayed behind and recognized Su Ming as the person who had removed her inhibitor collar.
• Su Ming admitted he had saved Lorna and arranged for Magik to bring her to the school, and Lorna thanked him before leaping into Magik’s portal.

Su Ming used the Cosmic Cube to begin relocating Xavier’s entire estate before the Sentinel Robots could surround it. The mansion, grounds, and everything beneath them rose into the air, but the relocation was not yet complete.

• Su Ming confirmed that everyone had passed through Magik’s portal, while Wanda wondered why Polaris felt familiar to her.
• Su Ming told Wanda what he knew about Polaris, and Wanda mistakenly speculated that she might be a female version of her father from another Timeline.
• Su Ming warned Wanda about the danger of Chthon and told her to report any nightmares of the Abyss or endless darkness.
• Su Ming activated the Cosmic Cube and used its power to lift Xavier’s mansion, grounds, and underground structures into the air.

Deathstroke used the Cosmic Cube to move Xavier's School from its original location to a newly raised island in the Pacific. After building and furnishing the island, he faced questions from the Phoenix personality about how he had done it.

• Su Ming carried Xavier's School away with Wanda, leaving a vast crater that confused the arriving Sentinel Robots.
• Su Ming raised a fifty-square-kilometer section of seabed and reshaped it into a platform for the school.
• Su Ming used the Cosmic Cube to add soil, plants, a freshwater pond, pineapple fields, and a ramp connecting the island to the sea.
• Su Ming brought the teachers and students to the relocated school, where the Phoenix personality asked how he had reshaped the land.
• Su Ming hid the Cosmic Cube and dismissed the Phoenix personality's question by calling himself an ordinary human.

Su Ming established a new home for Mutants on an elevated island, and Charles agreed to found a free Mutant nation there. The chapter ended with Magneto and Charles reconciling as Su Ming prepared to move on to the next stage of his plan.

• Su Ming revealed the island as a new home for Mutants, and Charles agreed to establish a free nation there.
• Charles sent Storm to watch the students and asked the remaining teachers to go inside while he spoke privately with Su Ming.
• Su Ming told Charles that Magneto and Raven should join the new nation, and Charles agreed to discuss an exclusive Wilson Enterprises supply deal with Erik.
• Charles contacted Raven, and Wanda brought the Brotherhood to the island, where Charles and Magneto embraced.
• Su Ming and Daisy hauled up Deadpool's remains, and Su Ming asked Wanda to reassemble him so they could proceed with the plan.

Su Ming used the Cosmic Cube and a sandstorm in Texas to stage footage meant to implicate aliens and disrupt Ord’s campaign against Mutants. The chapter ended as a hidden cameraman recorded the staged aliens discussing humanity’s destruction.

• Su Ming explained that he planned to counter Ord’s accusations by muddying public opinion with fabricated evidence.
• Deathstroke contacted Adjutant, who delivered fifty Ord Synthezoids and props for the staged video.
• Deadpool tried to claim the lead role but was quieted with a chicken drumstick and a promise of pay.
• Su Ming staged footage of a spaceship landing and crocodile-like aliens emerging in a desert wasteland.
• The hidden cameraman crawled closer and recorded the aliens speaking English about destroying humanity.

Su Ming staged and distributed a video showing Aliens plotting to provoke a war between humans and Mutants, then arranged a fake attack on a British nuclear power station to make the conspiracy seem real. Meanwhile, Ned woke Peter to show him the footage, and Peter realized a major crisis had emerged while he was asleep.

• Su Ming reviewed footage of Aliens confessing to sabotaging nuclear power stations and planning to incite conflict, then ordered Strangle to spread it worldwide.
• Su Ming sent a Synthezoid to stage an attack outside Oldbury Nuclear Power Station and put forty-nine Suicide Soldiers aboard a ship to support the deception.
• Deadpool criticized the staged cameraman's death, while Daisy and Wanda accepted Su Ming's plan as a way to prevent war.
• Peter fell asleep after a tiring day dissecting Alien corpses, but Ned called him at two in the morning and sent him the video.
• Peter secretly watched the footage on his computer and realized that a major event had unfolded while he was away.

After a video exposed aliens plotting attacks on Earth, Peter learned that another alien attack had struck the United Kingdom and went to investigate an account Ned had traced. He found an alien in Queens and attacked it, leaving the confrontation underway.

• Peter and Ned discussed the viral video showing aliens plotting to attack Earth and the public debate about the United States and Mutants.
• Peter read that aliens had detonated themselves near a United Kingdom nuclear power plant, causing casualties and damage.
• Peter suited up to seek the Avengers, but Ned asked him to investigate a nearby account calling for war against Mutants.
• Peter briefly visited Gwen’s window, then traveled to the address Ned had sent.
• Peter spotted a green-skinned alien arguing online with Ned and crashed through its window.
• The alien fired a high-tech pistol at Peter, who dodged and charged at it.

Spider-Man captured an alien gunman in Queens and contacted Tony Stark to hand him over to the Avengers. Tony flew to meet Peter while Fury left to prepare S.H.I.E.L.D. for the alien threat.

• Peter dodged the alien's gunfire while taunting him, then kicked him into the ceiling and cocooned him in silk.
• Peter called Ned, who explained that he had suspected the online stranger was an alien because he praised green skin.
• Peter called Tony and said he had captured an alien in Forest Hills, Queens.
• Tony told Peter to check the alien for a nuclear bomb, then flew from Avengers Mansion toward Queens.
• Tony taunted Steve before leaving, and Bucky complained about his behavior while Steve urged him not to take their disagreements seriously.
• Fury left Avengers Mansion to prepare a response at S.H.I.E.L.D. and warned Banner to control his emotions.

S.H.I.E.L.D. agents led by Agent Coulson took the unconscious aliens before Iron Man arrived, leaving Peter to wonder whether the agents had been monitoring him. Tony explained his conflict with Nick Fury over control of the Avengers and searched the alien’s computer for traces of its contacts.

• Agent Coulson distracted Peter while Cavalry and the other agents removed the unconscious aliens.
• Coulson claimed S.H.I.E.L.D. had a protection program for Peter, then left him to guard the scene.
• Iron Man arrived and learned that Coulson had taken the aliens away.
• Tony explained his disagreement with Nick Fury over whether the Avengers should be subordinate to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Tony searched the alien’s computer for evidence of contact with its people while Peter questioned the way adults wielded power.

Su Ming prepared to stop Ord’s suspected plan to poison humanity and sought China’s support for recognizing the Mutant nation. Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. detained a Skrull and planned to ask Dr. Maya Hansen to study its shapeshifting.

• Su Ming asked Zheng Xian to help persuade China’s leaders to recognize the Mutant nation, and Zheng agreed to put in a good word.
• Su Ming realized Deadpool had mistaken Dr. Quinzel’s medication for candy, then took it back after warning him about its side effects.
• Deadpool suggested that Ord might poison people, and Su Ming decided to head to the far side of the moon to block Ord’s plan.
• Coulson brought a captured Skrull to the Raft, where Fury worried that Skrulls might be hiding throughout human society and inside S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Fury decided to have Dr. Maya Hansen examine the Skrull and told Coulson to prepare confidentiality agreements.

Su Ming arranged with Black Bolt to use Attilan as a trap for Ord, offering the Inhumans a Terrigen Crystal in exchange. As the plan took shape, a Rising Tide hacker tried to uncover a government secret involving Aliens.

• Su Ming offered Black Bolt a Terrigen Crystal to raise Attilan’s covert security and use its territory to ambush Ord.
• Black Bolt agreed after Su Ming assured him that Ord was weak and the battle would not endanger Attilan’s people.
• Su Ming said they would lure Ord by exploiting his attachment to his dead wife, and Wade volunteered to help stage the bait for a share of the proceeds.
• Su Ming ordered Lorraine to build a synthezoid using an alien evil god model and a provocative program, while Daisy and Wanda left with Crystal for a tour of Attilan.
• At a subway station in New York, a Rising Tide hacker celebrated filming government agents arresting Aliens and began tracing their computer connection for a possible world-destruction plan.

After Peter told Tony that the Alien they had captured differed from the attackers, he led Iron Man to the location of the Alien corpse near New Jersey. Skye failed to hack the computer and resolved to expose the truth about the Alien incident.

• Tony learned that Peter had seen an Alien corpse near New Jersey and that the captive Alien was a different kind from the attackers.
• Peter admitted that the Spider Alliance had investigated the corpse and the spaceship without telling Tony.
• Tony took Peter to the corpse's location and warned him to report future discoveries immediately.
• Skye's hacking attempt was stopped by Tony's firewall, and she watched Iron Man and Spider-Man fly away.
• Skye reflected on Wilson Enterprises' influence, then decided to pursue the Alien incident to advance her cause and Rising Tide.

Skye broke into the Aliens’ residence to steal Iron Man’s computer, but the Avengers caught her and revealed they knew she was a Rising Tide hacker. Steve tried to win her cooperation after Natasha frightened her into thinking she was facing Hydra.

• Skye picked the lock and sneaked into the Aliens’ house to take the computer tower.
• Natasha held Skye at gunpoint, but Skye refused to open her eyes because she feared the intruders would silence her.
• Steve identified himself as Captain America and introduced Skye to the Avengers waiting inside.
• Natasha identified Skye as the Rising Tide hacker codenamed “sky” and called her organization digital terrorists.
• Steve offered Skye a drink and Bucky joked with her until the Avengers saw her begin to smile.

Thor celebrated another arena victory on Sakaar while Loki tried to tell him that Odin was dying and had summoned them. Thor assumed Loki was repeating an old prank and refused to leave, even after Grandmaster granted them permission to go.

• Thor defeated a powerful killer robot in the arena and celebrated as the crowd cheered for him.
• Loki told Thor that Odin was dying and had contacted him, but Thor repeatedly failed to take the news seriously.
• Loki led Thor to Grandmaster and said their father had summoned them, and Grandmaster allowed the brothers to leave.
• Thor decided Loki was playing an old trick again and tried to give him eye drops instead of leaving.

Loki got Thor out of Sakaar and summoned Heimdall, while Dr. Maya Hansen investigated Skrull biology in S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. Her research suggested a new experiment, but she demanded that Fury come in person before she explained it.

• The Grandmaster asked Loki to deliver a message to Deathstroke and offered the brothers a spacecraft, but Loki chose to take Thor somewhere open and deserted.
• Loki swore he was telling the truth, threatened to kill himself to make Thor cooperate, and led him to a garbage mountain, where they summoned Heimdall.
• Coulson questioned Maya Hansen about her Skrull research and her Extremis project, which aimed to use bioelectric stimulation to keep people young.
• Coulson asked Maya about the Super Soldier Serum and other immortality treatments, and she explained that her knowledge of the serum came from the scientific community.
• Maya connected Skrull blood to failed second-generation serums and asked Coulson about rejection reactions and allergies, then demanded that Fury come pay for her explanation.

Tony and Peter investigated an alien corpse and inferred that the remaining aliens might be hiding in space, while Tony arranged for the body to be examined. On the Moon, Su Ming sent Wade’s unsettling videotape to Sepulk for Adjutant to handle.

• Tony scanned the corpse and concluded that it had died from the flu, while Peter explained the symptoms and defended his autopsy.
• Tony proposed that the aliens were hiding underground, and Peter guessed they might seek food in outer space because they feared illness and needed dirt.
• Tony called Rhodey to ask for surveillance of space, but a drunken warehouse owner confronted him and Peter with a shotgun.
• Tony offered to buy the warehouse, quickly calming the owner and ending the confrontation.
• Su Ming decided not to watch Wade’s videotape and sent it to Sepulk for Adjutant to handle.

Su Ming arranged to spread a disturbing video to lure Ord while asking Gin to search the universe for the Broken Land. He ignored rumors that Odin was near death and left both plans to unfold as Deadpool joked about Karnak’s tattoos.

• The Adjutant uploaded the edited video and prepared headlines and an information campaign to make sure Ord saw it.
• Su Ming told Gin to contact their alien trade partners and search for the Broken Land’s coordinates.
• Gin reported a rumor that Odin was dying and summoning Thor and Loki, but Su Ming dismissed it as another possible ruse.
• Deadpool called Karnak a gang member because of his facial tattoos, and Su Ming explained that Karnak had gotten them after misunderstanding a tattoo artist in China.