Chapter Summaries

Su Ming reviewed the storybook, tested what Monark and Hamill knew about the Ancient One, and prepared to lure an enemy while eating dumplings with Ciri. The chapter then revealed Illyana Rasputin’s family history and ended with a demon abducting her from Xavier’s School into a space-time rift.

• Su Ming finished reading the storybook and learned that its account ended when he crawled into the bug’s belly.
• Su Ming sent Monark and Gin back through a portal, and Hamill arrived, cooked dumplings, and said the Ancient One had ordered him to follow Su Ming’s orders.
• Su Ming concluded that the Ancient One remained on his side, though she had concealed information about Black Hand.
• Illyana’s parents died from Rasputin’s Curse, and her brother Mikhail later vanished in space after joining the astronaut program.
• Piotr brought Illyana to the United States, joined the X-Men as Colossus, and enrolled her at Xavier’s School for help with her unstable X-Gene.
• A demon seized Illyana from Xavier’s School and dragged her through a rift in time and space.

Belasco tortured Illyana in Limbo, fused a Bloodstone with her, and tried to turn her into Banshee. Hamill rescued her by dropping Belasco through a Sling Ring portal, while Su Ming realized this was the moment he and Illyana had first met.

• Belasco brought Illyana a Bloodstone and began a ritual to corrupt her into his weapon, Banshee.
• Belasco implanted the Bloodstone in Illyana and tortured her, but her pain and the Old Gods' whispers kept her from responding as he wanted.
• Hamill opened a Sling Ring portal beneath Belasco, sending the Hell Lord falling into darkness.
• Su Ming explained that he had deduced Magik's absence from the storybook meant Ancient One had hidden her and Kamar-Taj from its record.
• Su Ming concluded that Belasco's abduction was the only time he could have first met Illyana, and arranged for himself, Hamill, and Ciri to reach her.

Su Ming and Hamill rescued Illyana from Belasco’s ritual, but Bloodstone continued transforming her, and she remained gravely injured. Professor X arrived with the original X-Men, awakened Illyana, and confirmed that the future had guided events; Su Ming then asked him to carve out a piece of Limbo so Illyana could be raised as its Sorcerer Supreme.

• Su Ming carried Illyana out of Belasco’s tentacle-filled maze while Hamill explained that her demonization could not be reversed without killing her.
• Hamill blocked the Elder Gods’ influence with dimensional protection, and Illyana passed out as Bloodstone’s transformation continued.
• Hamill’s attempts to wake Illyana failed, so Su Ming told Ciri to find Geralt and bring Maribor Forest Potion.
• Professor X arrived with Cyclops, Storm, and the other X-Men, then used his mind to awaken Illyana.
• Professor X told Su Ming that events had matched the future’s precise instructions, and Su Ming asked him to cut out ten years of Limbo so Illyana could be raised there.

Su Ming and his allies raised Magik in an independent Timeline, then brought her back to defeat Belasco and claim Limbo. With Magik able to travel through time and space, they prepared to head to Latveria to find their final allies.

• Belasco realized the Ancient One had manipulated him, then fell through a spatial loop into a cell where Magik and her allies awaited him.
• Su Ming explained that he, Hamill, and Ciri had raised Magik for ten years in an independent Timeline, training her in magic, swordsmanship, and combat.
• Magik, Su Ming, Ciri, and Hamill attacked Belasco until the Old Gods accidentally gave Magik the power to travel through time and space.
• Magik claimed Limbo after Belasco died, and Su Ming warned her that Belasco might be resurrected and that his daughter could seek revenge.
• Su Ming told Magik to learn Dark Magic at Kamar-Taj and prepare to rewrite the final story in 1992.
• Su Ming and the others set out for the End of Time in Latveria to find their final two allies.

At the End of Time, Doctor Doom prepared to stop the multiversal collapse and agreed to help Su Ming deal with a God of Stories in exchange for Su Ming helping him become Eternity. The story left them ready to teleport with Valeria as the last week before the universe’s end approached.

• Doctor Doom inspected the ruins of Latveria and ordered Valeria to begin his plan to prevent the universe’s ending.
• Su Ming revealed himself to Doom and explained that he had come from 1945, then offered to help Doom become Eternity if Doom helped him deal with a God of Stories.
• Doom accepted the deal but refused to shake Su Ming’s hand, then called for Valeria to begin their teleportation.
• Valeria Richards appeared at her computer and was introduced as Doom’s adopted daughter, a young genius who controlled Latveria’s technology.
• Valeria had discovered that worlds across the Omniverse were colliding and that everyone was in danger.

Doom prepared a plan to use science and magic against Loki, while Su Ming assembled allies to block the God of Stories’ possible counters. Su Ming revealed that he also intended to bring Franklin into the plan, using Franklin’s world-shaping powers to undermine Loki’s control over the story.

• Doom told Valeria that he had gone to the future for courage and intended to destroy the Beyonders, then introduced the old enemies of Reed Richards he had brought back.
• Valeria concluded that the newcomers were justified in defending their domain, while Su Ming said that he and his companions were warriors rather than wizards.
• Doom began calibrating his equipment and confirmed that he had a prepared plan to deal with Loki.
• Su Ming explained how Magik, Hamill, and Ciri could counter the threats Loki might recruit, while Deathstroke would cover the details Doom had missed.
• Su Ming revealed that he had come for Franklin as well as Doom, planning to use Franklin’s ability to shape worlds to counter Loki’s story-changing power.

Doom planned to use his time machine to bring Loki’s past self into the present and stop him, while Su Ming prepared to hold off Odin. End-of-Time Loki appeared and offered to join the plan, but Doom attacked and exposed him with Valeria’s help.

• Doom explained that time travel depended on space and revealed his plan to bring Loki’s past self to the present without drawing Odin’s attention.
• Su Ming said he would hold off Odin while Doom dealt with the past Loki.
• End-of-Time Loki appeared and offered to help, but Doom attacked him with lightning that his skull absorbed.
• Loki proposed a game and vanished with an invisibility spell, but Valeria detected his location and Doom struck him with a fireball.
• Doom explained that Loki’s space-time fluctuations gave him away and ordered him to leave while Doom showed mercy.

Loki claimed that his recovered memories came from a future in which Su Ming became Sorcerer Supreme and defeated Odin by threatening to resurrect billions of souls. Su Ming rejected Loki’s account as a lie and ordered Magik to act.

• Loki asked Su Ming to help him join their group and claimed he remembered a future history recovered through a contract with Hela.
• Su Ming questioned Loki’s story, and Loki said Su Ming had defeated Odin by threatening to resurrect heroic spirits and Underworld souls.
• Doctor Doom explained the historical threat and confirmed that Su Ming had once become Sorcerer Supreme.
• Loki described a later future in which Su Ming became a boneless Emperor on a golden throne after the Magic World’s defenses consumed him.
• Su Ming asked Doctor Doom whether he was still Sorcerer Supreme, then rejected Loki’s account and ordered Magik to act.

Su Ming saw through Loki and Doom’s fabricated story about the Earth Protection Spell Formation and ordered an attack. Doom escaped by detonating a Doombot, but Su Ming captured Valeria and planned to use her to negotiate for the time machine and with Reed.

• Su Ming deduced that Loki and Doom had lied about the formation’s cost, then assigned Illyana to fight Loki while he and Hamill confronted Doom.
• Su Ming attacked Doom, who escaped into the astral plane, while Hamill’s Space Anchor Spell prevented Doom from taking Valeria to another dimension.
• Su Ming revealed that Doom had overlooked Valeria’s capture and offered Doom the choice to surrender or leave her behind.
• Doom detonated an advanced Doombot and escaped, leaving Su Ming with Valeria as a possible way to obtain the time machine and negotiate with Reed.
• Su Ming told Valeria that Doom had treated her as an optional restraint on Franklin while pursuing another backup plan.

Su Ming captured and killed Loki, then killed Thor when Thor’s skull tried to protect his brother, and took apart Doom’s spacetime machine. He planned to wait for Franklin before traveling upstream through the Timeline to find an ally for the final battle, while Deadpool offered Cable a look at his hidden stash.

• Su Ming explained to Valeria that Reed had killed vast numbers of people and persuaded her that she had no choice but to help stop the multiversal collision.
• Strangle trapped Loki’s illusion, but the Cloak of Levitation caught the real Loki and prevented him from using magic.
• Su Ming tried to kill Loki, but Thor’s flaming skull blocked his blade; Su Ming then cut both brothers in half with the Nightfall Greatsword.
• Magik praised Su Ming’s use of soul-manipulating magic, while Hamill gathered Loki and Thor’s remains and cast them into the void.
• Su Ming dismantled Doom’s spacetime machine and said he would wait for Franklin before traveling back along the Timeline to find help for the final battle.
• Deadpool offered Cable dinner and showed him hidden bags of drugs and other supplies, prompting Cable to turn away in disgust.

Cable found Deadpool at home and tried to recruit him to fight Thanos, but Wade diverted the trip toward Xavier’s School to get Colossus. Su Ming and his companions appeared in Deadpool’s cab and told Wade to come with them.

• Cable found Deadpool at home and asked him to join the fight against Thanos.
• Deadpool hurried to A'Du’s cab after Cable warned him that his income had been cut in half.
• Wade chatted with A'Du about his relationship with Geeta and decided to recruit Colossus at Xavier’s School before heading to Captain America.
• A'Du changed course toward Xavier’s School, but Su Ming and his companions appeared in the back seat and ordered Wade to go with them.

Su Ming brought Deadpool and the others to Hela’s Underworld, where they fought off an undead horde as a golden sun rose. The sunrise left Magik questioning Hela’s strategy, while Deadpool discovered he had no signal to post about it.

• Deadpool bargained with Su Ming for payment to help keep Odin tied up, then joined Su Ming’s group as Magik transported them away.
• Dupinder found Deadpool’s abandoned weapons bag after the group vanished from the taxi.
• In Hela’s Underworld, Deadpool’s music attracted a crowd of monsters, and Su Ming shot him to stop his disruptive jokes.
• Deadpool recovered, and Su Ming led the group in fighting the undead around them.
• A golden sun rose over the Underworld, prompting Magik to question Hela’s plan while Deadpool tried to post a tweet.

Su Ming’s group traveled across the Underworld toward Loki and Hela as Loki’s transformation awakened the undead and a real Yggdrasil began to appear. By using Deadpool to draw Death’s attention, Su Ming hoped to expose Loki’s plans to her.

• The undead awakened under the rising sun, and Su Ming explained that Loki had given them living bodies to prevent their resurrection from attracting Death.
• Su Ming tricked Deadpool into eating a Death Spore Flower, killing him so he could meet Death, then carried his corpse toward the sunrise with the others.
• As they traveled, Su Ming told Ciri to pay attention if she hoped to resurrect Vesemir, while Hamill pointed out the Yggdrasil taking shape in the distance.
• Deadpool revived, thanked Su Ming for the experience, and described his encounter with Death as the ultimate pleasure.
• Su Ming reasoned that Deadpool’s connection to Death could draw her attention to Loki and interfere with Loki’s plans.

While flying over the Underworld, Su Ming persuaded Wade to retrieve the Plot Continuity Stone and use it against Loki, whose powers suggested he might wield the Reality Gem. Wade remembered where he had buried the stone, leaving Su Ming with a powerful weapon for the coming confrontation.

• Su Ming asked Wade to help retrieve an Infinity Stone, and Wade joked before agreeing to discuss where one could be found.
• Su Ming clarified that he meant a traditional stone, and Wade produced a treasure map leading to the stone he had buried.
• Wade identified the buried artifact as the Plot Continuity Stone, which could make any Marvel plot seem coherent and could affect the real world.
• Su Ming explained that Loki's immediate reality-altering feats suggested he was using the Reality Gem, possibly powered by the Destiny Stone.
• Su Ming chose to send Wade after the Plot Continuity Stone as a safeguard against Loki's potentially greater powers.

Su Ming and Deadpool retrieved the Story Continuity gem, which only Deadpool could use. Deadpool transformed the Living Dead below into helpless Teddy Bears, leaving the bizarre toy horde unable to fight.

• Wade repeatedly died and revived, then used his belt to retrieve the gem while a dinosaur that bit him died from Su Ming’s poison.
• Su Ming touched the gem, found its chaotic comedy-filled power incompatible with himself, and returned it to Deadpool.
• Deadpool used the gem to transform the Living Dead into Teddy Bears.
• Su Ming and Deadpool looked down at the Teddy Bears as they tore at themselves and scattered their stuffing.

Wade used the Story Continuity Gem to alter Yggdrasil and then transform Loki, while Loki retaliated by changing Wade. As their surreal battle escalated, Su Ming stayed back and began planning with Magik and Hamill while Wade kept Loki occupied.

• Wade turned Yggdrasil into a decorated Christmas tree, but Loki used the Aether to restore it and end the snowfall.
• Wade transformed Loki into Lady Loki, and Loki retaliated by turning Wade into Lady Deadpool.
• Wade enlarged Loki’s breasts and altered his voice and mannerisms, while Loki’s attempts to retaliate led to further changes in both of them.
• Loki turned Wade into Thor, but Wade continued the fight by transforming Loki into a drug addict suffering from rectal cancer.
• Su Ming left Wade to distract Loki and called Magik and Hamill over to discuss their plan.

Su Ming outlined a plan to target Tyr while Magik prepared to fight him, and the group set out to deal with Fenrir. As Wade kept Loki occupied, Su Ming worried that killing Hela and Loki would draw Odin’s attention.

• Wade fought Loki and kept him occupied while using the Story Continuity gem to disrupt Loki’s composure and disguise the change by turning him into a woman.
• Su Ming proposed attacking Tyr first, and Magik agreed that she would take him on while the others dealt with Fenrir.
• Su Ming explained Tyr’s strengths and weaknesses, then coached Magik through a plan to exploit his vulnerabilities and suppress his Healing Factor.
• Su Ming sent Wade, transformed into a giant spider, onto a mountain summit and recalled Cloak.
• Su Ming watched the upheaval in the Underworld and considered Odin’s likely response, while suspecting Loki wanted to escape the Marvel Universe and his destiny.

Su Ming resolved to preserve the Marvel Universe through Ragnarök while finding a way to keep Gin from being sacrificed, and he traveled with Magik to Hela’s palace. There, he prepared to confront Tyr and Fenris as the first step in dealing with Hela and Loki.

• Su Ming recalled that Those Who Sit Above In Shadow maintained Ragnarök and that Loki sought to escape the endless cycle with his family.
• Su Ming decided to make Loki accept Ragnarök while protecting Gin from the death awaiting Asgardians and Vanir.
• Su Ming entered the center of Hela’s palace through Magik’s Teleportation Portal, where Tyr stood guard and Fenris watched from beside the throne.
• Su Ming signaled Magik to confront Tyr while he focused on Fenris.

Su Ming captured Fenrir and defeated Tyr while preparing to draw Hela into a larger conflict between Limbo and Helheim. As the group planned their next move, Ciri asked how she could bring Vesemir back to life.

• Su Ming used Strangle and a hammer to knock Fenrir unconscious, then had Hamill use magic and injected the wolf with anesthetic before sending it to Limbo.
• Magik defeated Tyr, killed him, and imprisoned his soul in Limbo, while Su Ming advised her on fighting more ruthlessly.
• Su Ming planned to lure Hela to them, ordered Hamill to prepare to destroy the city, and told Magik to announce that Limbo and Helheim were at war.
• Ciri asked how to revive Vesemir, and Su Ming explained that she would need to retrieve his soul and could later use a clone for his body.

Hela answered Magik’s declaration of war by confronting her in the ruins of the royal palace, while Loki and Deadpool continued their fight. Hela’s attack revealed that Magik was actually Su Ming in disguise, and he captured her with Strangle and Hamill’s magic.

• Hela received a declaration of war from Magik and left Loki and Deadpool to inspect the destruction in the Underworld.
• Hela found Magik waiting amid Limbo’s monsters and attacked after Magik ignored her.
• Hela’s thorn pierced Su Ming, who had disguised himself as Magik, and Strangle seized her.
• Hamill used prepared spells to prevent Hela from casting magic while Su Ming revealed his identity and explained his trap.