Chapter Summaries

Su Ming questioned Tiger God about the missing White Tiger representative and the ancient demons, learning that countless First Generation Demons had once escaped Earth. He returned to Kamar-Taj with a long list of threats and decided to find God Eater instead of attempting a decapitation strike.

• Tiger God told Su Ming that White Tiger representatives were chosen through jade amulets and were expendable to him, and he did not know what had happened to the current one.
• Tiger God said Chthon was weakened by light and Set was overly obsessed with schemes, but he was unsure whether God Eater had killed all the demons that fled Earth.
• Tiger God described tens of thousands of First Generation Demons and supplied Su Ming with a huge list of their names and drawings.
• At Kamar-Taj, Su Ming showed Monark the list and explained that Oshtur had been less powerful when those demons escaped.
• Su Ming abandoned his planned decapitation strike and proposed finding God Eater, the weapon Gaea and Oshtur had created to kill demons.

Valto emerged from its hidden bunker in the sealed dimension and angrily accused Oshtur of violating the Octessence's neutral territory. Oshtur appeared and confronted Valto over the death of her blue bird, leaving the two ancient powers face to face.

• A blue bird watched a bunker in the dark forest and flew toward it to investigate.
• Valto struck the bird with lightning, killing it, then emerged from the bunker and warned Oshtur to control her followers.
• The narration described Valto's human representative, Yoshiro Oyama, and his bleak life as an office worker in Japan.
• Oshtur descended into the dimension, looked at the dead bird, and told Valto that it had killed one of her favorite followers.

Oshtur confronted Valto over the death of her follower and demanded that he gather the Octessence after warning that Chthon had returned. Meanwhile, Loki dragged a drunken Thor through the Amazon rainforest until she sensed energy fluctuations nearby.

• Valto blocked Oshtur and argued that her follower had violated the agreement by entering the Dyzakk Dimension.
• Oshtur repeatedly accused Valto of killing her follower until he asked what she wanted.
• Oshtur summoned the hidden Agamotto and Hoggoth, then told Valto to gather the Octessence because Chthon had returned.
• Loki dragged Thor through the Amazon after their group was accidentally teleported there from Deadpool's wedding.
• Loki stopped to prepare a prank on Thor, but sensed energy fluctuations deeper in the jungle.

Deathstroke and Monark discovered that Earth was facing a widespread invasion, and Deathstroke went to the Amazon to investigate Dark Elf attackers. After defeating them, he told Loki that Chthon and a host of Ancient Demons had returned, and Loki found something on a Dark Elf corpse that might explain how the invaders bypassed Earth's defenses.

• Adjutant reported spatial fluctuations across the globe, and Monark learned that Ancient One was away from her body on a spiritual journey.
• Deathstroke sent Adjutant to deploy garrison troops and traveled to the Amazon, where Loki and an intoxicated Thor faced Dark Elf attackers.
• Deathstroke ordered Strangle to kill the Dark Elves, while Loki revealed that she and Thor had been watching the fight and Thor had a turtle drawn on his face.
• Deathstroke told Loki that Chthon and a huge group of Ancient Demons had invaded Earth as a test, and he asked her and Thor to help him look for something.
• Loki questioned how the invaders had bypassed Earth's protective spell formation, then found something inside the first Dark Elf to emerge from the passage.

Su Ming and the Adjutant investigated a teleportation device found inside a Dark Elf and considered who might have brought it to them. Su Ming suspected the Watchers could be involved and asked Ancient One to contact them.

• Su Ming questioned whether the Adjutant’s system had malfunctioned, but she said the device resembled a primitive teleporter rather than a Dark Elf invention.
• The Adjutant suggested a demon might have received the device from a technological civilization in another universe and given it to the Dark Elves.
• Su Ming realized Ancient One had left passages open for certain beings to enter the Main Dimension and asked where she was.
• Ancient One confirmed she had left passages open but could not explain why their users would aid the ancient evil gods.
• Su Ming proposed that the Watchers might have been overwhelmed despite their ability to travel between dimensions, and Ancient One agreed to contact them.

Su Ming recalled how the Watchers chose to guide younger civilizations, then described their disastrous first attempt to uplift the Prosilicians. The Watchers returned to Prosilicus to find it destroyed by nuclear war, and the cause of the conflict was revealed.

• Su Ming reflected on the Watchers’ debate between Ikor’s proposal to help other races and Erm’s opposition to interfering with them.
• The Watchers chose Prosilicus as a test case and taught its Stone Age inhabitants portable Cold Nuclear Fusion technology.
• The Prosilicians rapidly gained comfort and abundance, and the Watchers decided to prepare further technologies for them.
• The Watchers returned to Prosilicus weeks later and found the planet burned into a radioactive glass sphere.
• The Prosilicians had turned nuclear technology into weapons and started a civil war, driven by a desire to take resources from one another.

After the cosmic collision, Su Ming learned that the Watchers could not be contacted and planned to search for them by other means. He urged Ancient One to reassure Earth’s Mages while he returned to Deadpool’s wedding, where he spotted an old man eating noodles.

• The Watchers disbanded to observe and record civilizations, while Uatu remained unusually protective of Earth-616.
• Ancient One told Su Ming that she could not contact any Watchers, and Su Ming dismissed the idea of asking Death for their souls because Watchers had none.
• Su Ming arranged for Ancient One to appear relaxed in public to calm Earth’s Mages and keep them from turning to evil gods.
• Su Ming returned to Deadpool and Shakara’s wedding feast and struck Deadpool in the forehead with the Owl Dagger after Deadpool called to him.
• Su Ming ignored Deadpool’s complaint and walked toward an old man in a cashier’s uniform who was eating clear-broth beef noodles.

Deathstroke learned that the Watchers might be in the multiverse’s coldest place and searched Axeron’s frozen dimension for them. After failing to find Axeron, he followed Strangle toward a sweet-smelling trace of someone’s presence.

• Deathstroke asked Mr. Li where the Watchers had relocated, and Mr. Li pointed him toward the coldest place in the multiverse.
• Deathstroke traveled to Axeron’s dimension, where countless debtors were frozen inside the ice walls.
• Deathstroke called for Axeron and triggered an avalanche that shattered many frozen figures, but Axeron did not appear.
• Deathstroke searched the dimension for the Watchers, and Strangle sensed a sweet smell and led him toward traces of visitors.

Su Ming found thousands of Watcher corpses with their eyes torn out, suggesting someone had stolen their memories and helped the Dark Elves invade Earth. Meanwhile, the Dark Elves attacked Utopia, where Magneto and the Mutants fought to defend the island; Su Ming arrived and asked Professor X where Wanda was.

• Su Ming and Strangle searched the Watcher corpses and found that every one had its eyes ripped out.
• Su Ming concluded that someone had used the Watchers’ technology to help the Dark Elves invade Earth, and he left to investigate further.
• Wolverine fought the Dark Elves attacking Utopia while Cyclops helped Jean Grey control Phoenix and Professor X tried to suppress her.
• Magneto arrived and crushed the metal-armored Dark Elf troops before flying off to defend another part of the island.
• Su Ming appeared beside Professor X, reassured him, and asked where Wanda was.

Deathstroke took Polaris and Wanda from Earth-40K to the Deep Chill Dimension, where he asked Wanda to use Chaos Magic to turn potatoes into replacement Watcher eyes. He intended to use the magic as a backup plan while keeping Wanda close as Chthon’s return put her in danger.

• Polaris appeared on a talk show, where the audience cheered wildly until Deathstroke and Wanda arrived to take her away.
• After returning to Kamar-Taj, Polaris told Wanda that Deathstroke had helped her discover a way for Mutants and humans to live like family.
• Wanda asked Deathstroke why he had abruptly taken her from her fight with the Dark Elves, and he said old matters from Earth’s past had resurfaced.
• Deathstroke teleported Wanda and Polaris to the Deep Chill Dimension, where they found a pile of Watcher corpses.
• Deathstroke placed potatoes in a Watcher’s empty eye sockets and asked Wanda to transform them into replacement eyes with Chaos Magic.

Su Ming brought Wanda and Polaris to Axeron’s frozen dimension to restore the eyes of dead Watchers and recover their memories. As Wanda’s magic repaired another corpse, Su Ming warned her about Chthon and explained that Earth was publicly facing a Dark Elf invasion.

• Su Ming had Wanda use her enhanced Chaos Magic to turn potatoes in a dead Watcher’s eye sockets into its original eyes.
• Strangle removed and devoured the Watcher’s fused eyeballs to read their memories, while Su Ming explained the Watchers’ role to Polaris.
• Wanda and the others recognized the frozen realm as Axeron’s dimension and discussed his anti-harassment magic and possible fate.
• Su Ming warned Wanda that Chthon’s return could make their enemies more dangerous and promised to protect her.
• Wanda restored a second Watcher’s eyes, and Su Ming said the Avengers knew about the Dark Elf invasion but not the demon god’s return.

Hela, Daisy, Gwenpool, and Loki investigated attacks by Dark Elves and Trolls and considered whether they signaled a larger invasion. Gwenpool’s theory about Hevenheim’s alliance was undermined by the others, who decided to contact Deathstroke with what they knew.

• Hela, Daisy, and Gwenpool found Troll corpses outside Daisy and Caroline’s apartment after fighting Dark Elves and Trolls.
• Gwenpool identified the Trolls and proposed that the attacks marked the beginning of the War of the Realms, with Hevenheim leading an alliance against them.
• Hela suspected someone had secretly moved the Trolls, while Daisy found no record of Roxxon Oil Company through the Wilson Search Engine.
• Hela and Loki corrected Gwenpool’s claims, explaining that the Frost Giants were allies, Amora had been handed to Mephisto, and neither knew of a daughter of Surtur.
• Hela told Daisy to contact Deathstroke with their information, then returned inside to play Rune Factory.

Su Ming and Wanda investigated the slaughter of the Watchers and suspected that Beast had used a Chaos Magic-created body as a vessel. They set out to find something that could counter Chaos Magic, leaving Su Ming to search for a hidden collectible in his universe.

• Deathstroke advised Daisy to leave New York and ended their call after discussing Loki and the Watchers.
• Su Ming showed Lorna and Wanda memories proving that an unseen attacker had killed the Watchers in sudden darkness.
• Wanda suggested Chaos Magic could create a vessel for Beast, and Su Ming agreed that Beast's Shadow Magic might explain the ambush.
• Su Ming initiated backup plan P-3 and explained that they needed something that could turn something into nothing to counter Chaos Magic.
• Su Ming flew off with Wanda and Lorna to search for a collectible he had hidden somewhere in his universe, which Wanda said he planned to borrow.

Su Ming brought Lorna and Wanda to Knowhere to meet Collector Tivan and seek a deal. Tivan introduced his daughter Carina, and Su Ming asked about the tense discussion he had interrupted.

• Su Ming and the sisters explored Knowhere, where he bought Lorna a translation implant and joked about traveling through space.
• Wanda encouraged Lorna to go on a spaceship trip another time, and Su Ming offered to lend them one.
• Su Ming entered Tivan's shop, where the Collector welcomed him and asked what he wanted to trade.
• Tivan introduced his daughter Carina, and Su Ming complimented her before asking what she and Tivan had been discussing.

The Collector told Su Ming how Klvak had turned against the Solar System and asked his daughter to infiltrate him. Su Ming agreed to deal with Klvak in exchange for the Collector using the Cosmic Viewer to find the Ultimate Nullifier, then sent Jean Grey to handle Klvak while he pursued the Nullifier.

• The Collector explained that Klvak, a former Earthling driven insane after aliens mutilated him, now sought revenge on the Milky Way.
• The Collector confirmed that he had planned to send his daughter to infiltrate Klvak and find his weakness.
• Su Ming offered to stop Klvak if the Collector used the Cosmic Viewer to locate the Ultimate Nullifier.
• The Collector proposed trading his daughter for the Ultimate Nullifier, and Su Ming rejected the deal and teleported away.
• Su Ming gave Jean Grey Klvak's coordinates and told her to let Phoenix consume him.

Su Ming, disguised as Galactus's herald Yin Tama, entered Taa II with Lorna and Wanda to find the Ultimate Nullifier, but discovered Galacta alone and hungry on the bridge. He proposed using Wanda's newly learned magic to summon a huge cancerous monster for her to eat.

• Su Ming took the form of Yin Tama and brought Lorna and Wanda aboard Galactus's ship to ask for the Ultimate Nullifier.
• The group reached the bridge and found Galacta instead of Galactus.
• Galacta said she was starving but did not want to kill intelligent beings for food.
• Su Ming gave Wanda the Magic Book from the Old Ones, and she learned its magic despite the painful whispers and mental strain.
• Su Ming told Wanda to summon an Earth-sized cancerous Meatball monster for Galacta to eat.

Su Ming and his companions lured Galacta into revealing where the Ultimate Nullifier was stored by offering her a planet-sized meatball. They entered the storage room to retrieve it while Wanda avoided using Chaos Magic that might lead them to Chthon.

• Wanda and Magik summoned a planet-sized meatball from the Old Ones, and Galacta eagerly agreed to give Su Ming permission to borrow the Ultimate Nullifier in exchange for food.
• Galacta went into space to eat the meatball while Su Ming, Wanda, and Lorna traveled to the storage room she had described.
• Su Ming opened the spacecraft's sensor-operated blast door and warned Wanda not to use Chaos Magic teleportation in case it led them to Chthon.
• Su Ming and Strangle began pushing aside the crate that concealed the Secret Door where the Ultimate Nullifier was stored.

Dark Elves and Trolls attacked Times Square, where Spider-Man intervened to save two tourists mistaken for Wolverine and Deadpool. The Trolls recovered and decided the rescue meant they could claim two bounties.

• Dark Elves and Trolls overran Times Square while Deathstroke and the Adjutant held back their forces to observe the invasion.
• Two Trolls found tourists cosplaying as Wolverine and Deadpool hiding in a shop and prepared to kill them for a bounty.
• Spider-Man arrived with Silk and kicked both Trolls away from the tourists.
• Spider-Man warned the tourists about visiting Times Square as the Trolls recovered and declared they would collect two shares of gold.

Peter and Supaidaman fought Trolls during the alien invasion while Deathstroke monitored New York’s casualties and continued searching Hell for Beast. The chapter ended with Satana confronting Deathstroke as he demanded she reveal Beast’s whereabouts.

• Peter fought two Trolls and questioned Trevor and Greg about their Wolverine and Deadpool costumes and relationship.
• Peter became sick at the thought of Logan and Wade as a couple, leaving him unable to dodge the Trolls’ clubs.
• Supaidaman arrived, shot the Trolls in the hands, and joined Peter in the fight.
• Deathstroke told the Adjutant to let New York’s casualties continue and wait for Malekith or Ulik to enter the battlefield.
• Deathstroke asked Satana to help him find Beast and demanded an immediate answer.

Deathstroke sought Beast's soul in Satana's Hell, where Satana warned him it was trapped in Darkless Prison. After learning that Chthon and the Ancient Demons had returned, Deathstroke urged her to prepare for war and set off with Wanda and Polaris to confront Black Sky.

• Satana told Deathstroke that Beast's soul was in Darkless Prison and invited him to her palace instead.
• Deathstroke explained that Chthon and the Ancient Demons had returned, possibly with a new body for Beast, and urged Satana to cooperate with the other Hell Lords.
• Satana agreed to warn the other Hell Lords, and Deathstroke cautioned her that some might have secretly sworn allegiance to Set.
• Satana gave Deathstroke a Little Demon guide and left to arrange a meeting, while Deathstroke kept a boiled hot spring egg as poison.
• Deathstroke, Wanda, and Polaris followed the guide and prepared to battle Black Sky.