Chapter Summaries

Faltaris, the Black Dragon King, decided to ally with Denak and become a mercenary so he could build an army and retaliate against Dormammu. After Dormammu attacked his dimension, Faltaris flew toward Denak’s realm to form an alliance.

• Deathstroke returned to challenge Dormammu, drawing his attention while Umar fought to buy him time.
• Faltaris considered how to recruit followers and chose Denak, the King of a Thousand Mirrors, as a potential ally.
• Dormammu’s purple energy attack struck toward Faltaris’s dimension, and Faltaris met it with a blast of his own.
• A collision sent something crashing into Faltaris’s realm, and Faltaris flew toward Denak’s dimension to form an alliance against Dormammu.

Su Ming used the Time Stone to connect separate timelines, drawing the Demon Gods he had provoked into a coordinated assault on Dormammu. As their army arrived to attack the Dark Dimension and claim it, Su Ming assured Faltine that he had planned for this outcome.

• Su Ming let Strangle consume the beasts gathering around his crater while he recovered from his injuries.
• Su Ming provoked several Demon Gods, including the King of Hell, Magali, and Sloryos, and used the Time Stone to link his encounters across different timelines.
• Su Ming returned to the Dark Dimension and rested in Faltine's domain, telling her that victory depended on her.
• Faltine watched as an enormous army of Dimensional Demon Gods arrived to attack Dormammu and divide up the Dark Dimension.
• Su Ming told Faltine the attackers were not allies and said he had prepared insurance against their assault.

Deathstroke’s deception drew a coalition of demon gods to attack the Dark Dimension, forcing Dormammu and Umar to unite and defend it. With the siblings occupied, Deathstroke prepared Faltine to challenge Dormammu while he revealed that the crisis followed his plan.

• Faltaris charged the Dark Dimension, and Dormammu and Umar realized that Deathstroke had brought an army of demon gods against them.
• Su Ming watched the coalition gather and told Faltine to prepare to deal with Dormammu once the siblings were distracted.
• Dormammu and Umar joined forces, summoned the Mindless Ones, and compressed the Dark Dimension into a sphere protected by layers of magic.
• As Faltaris and the other demon gods struck the sphere, Su Ming confronted the siblings and explained that they could not spare strength to attack him.
• Su Ming claimed he had intended to negotiate and said Dormammu’s refusal had forced him to use his backup plan.

Su Ming helped Faltine take the Regent’s Fire from Dormammu and place it on Umar, making her ruler of the Dark Dimension. With the demon gods closing in, he revealed that his next move involved exploiting his contracts with Vishanti and disappeared to carry it out.

• Su Ming saw the demon gods’ assault faltering because many were conserving their strength, while Dormammu kept the Dark Dimension stable.
• Su Ming instructed Faltine to remove the Regent’s Fire from Dormammu and crown Umar, while he distracted Dormammu by provoking him.
• Faltine took the Regent’s Fire from Dormammu and placed it on Umar, who accepted the crown and asked Su Ming whether they had a way out.
• Umar recognized that Su Ming had kept their contracts hidden from Vishanti, and Su Ming revealed his plan to use the contracts and his value as Sorcerer Supreme against Vishanti.
• Su Ming transformed into The Suspect and teleported away, leaving Dormammu to face the approaching demon gods.

Su Ming instructed Magik and Satana to summon the Anti-Trinity while he summoned the Vishanti, intending to provoke a clash that would preserve the Dark Dimension. Magik began the sacrificial ritual as Su Ming flew toward the battlefield.

• Su Ming returned to Magik and Satana, warned Satana not to disrupt his plans, and asked how many minions they had brought.
• Su Ming ordered Magik to sacrifice her Tentacle Creatures and summon the Anti-Trinity on his signal while he summoned the Vishanti.
• Su Ming explained the ancient trinity groups and why the Anti-Trinity were the best opponents to draw into a fight with the Vishanti.
• Magik agreed to the plan, and Su Ming flew toward the distant battlefield, telling the women to hide once the summoning was complete.
• Magik ordered the Tentacle Creatures to kill themselves, and the creatures began exploding in the sacrificial ritual.

Su Ming summoned the Vishanti to stop Faltaris and learned they had foreseen his plan and the future. As three enormous enemies arrived to face the Vishanti, Su Ming stayed behind, prepared for the difficult battle ahead.

• Su Ming used the contracts to summon Oshtur, Agamotto, and Hoggoth, whose domain repelled Faltaris.
• Oshtur told Su Ming that the Vishanti knew his plan and had seen the future, while Agamotto argued with him before attacking Faltaris.
• Su Ming spoke with Hoggoth, who confirmed the Vishanti had chosen this future and hinted that Su Ming would face greater difficulty afterward.
• Oshtur sensed the Anti-Trinity approaching, and Hoggoth opened a portal to Kamar-Taj for Su Ming to leave.
• Su Ming refused to leave as three enormous figures appeared and clashed with Oshtur's domain, and the Vishanti prepared to fight them.

Su Ming watched the Vishanti and Anti-Trinity clash in the Splitting Domain, where both sides created disposable dimensions and hurled them at each other. As the battle escalated, Hoggoth told Su Ming to retreat because the opening exchange was over.

• Su Ming observed the Vishanti and Anti-Trinity face off while the demon gods watched from a distance, and Umar, Magik, and the others escaped.
• Agamotto, Oshtur, and Hoggoth combined their powers to create a rapidly decaying dimension, which they sent toward Anti-Trinity.
• Anti-Trinity created a black-red dimension and sent it toward the Vishanti, and the two newborn dimensions collided, tearing open the void.
• The vortex dragged in demon gods and forced others to reveal their hidden powers as they fled, while Su Ming remained largely unaffected.
• Hoggoth explained that Su Ming had not been pulled in because his body and soul did not belong to their universe, then told him to fall back.
• The Vishanti and Anti-Trinity charged at each other across the white and black-red halves of the magical plane.

Su Ming learned that the Vishanti’s battle had lasted thousands of years on the level of time and that their plan had unintentionally summoned the Living Tribunal. He explained to Hoggoth that he meant to bind demon gods to Earth through their hatred, then left to return to Earth and continue as Sorcerer Supreme.

• Su Ming asked Hoggoth about the battle, and Hoggoth explained that it had lasted more than three thousand Earth years and shattered several Timelines.
• Hoggoth realized that Su Ming had intended to lure Eternity, not summon the Living Tribunal, and the two recognized that their plans had been misunderstood.
• Su Ming considered the Living Tribunal’s nature and flaws, then reasoned that it had no grounds to judge Deathstroke, who had not participated in the battle.
• Su Ming told Hoggoth that he wanted demon gods to hate him and attack Earth so sorcerers could store the resulting energy and connect the third level with the Main Dimension.
• Su Ming dismissed Hoggoth’s warning to lie low and said he was returning to Earth to continue being the Sorcerer Supreme.

Su Ming left the Living Tribunal’s court and later struck a deal with imprisoned Dormammu, securing his help in enforcing Umar’s peace agreement. He left Dormammu with five Mindless Ones as entertainers, hoping to revive his ambition while keeping him occupied.

• The Living Tribunal began the trial, and Su Ming teleported away after saying goodbye to Hoggoth, Oshtur, and Agamotto.
• Several days later, Su Ming visited the imprisoned Dormammu and proposed that he help replace Umar if she broke their peace agreement.
• Su Ming threatened to reveal Umar’s past grievances, and Dormammu agreed to sign a contract that also forbade him from attacking Earth.
• Su Ming brought five Mindless Ones to Dormammu, saying he had gathered them after fighting Ash Supreme over them.
• Su Ming revealed that he had turned the five followers into the Demon Sisters Group, whose performance delighted Dormammu, then departed.

Su Ming convened Kamar-Taj’s Great Mages to discuss using the Cosmic Cube to reinforce the protective formation against future Dimension Invasions. After assigning Merlin to explain the process to Hamill, Su Ming addressed Kamar-Taj’s expenses and offered the mages a way to earn money in Vanaheim.

• Su Ming gathered Kamar-Taj’s available Great Mages and proposed channeling energy from Dimensional Demon Gods into the Cosmic Cube to strengthen the protective formation.
• Merlin explained that the Cosmic Cube could power the formation and that the procedure depended on a sorcerer’s imagination, so Su Ming assigned Hamill to carry it out and promised to handle any mishaps.
• Merlin requested more funding for the London Sanctum, prompting Su Ming to describe Kamar-Taj’s growing expenses and encourage the mages to find ways to earn income.
• Merlin and Monark refused to search the universe for mineral deposits, so Su Ming offered the mages a chance to sell their handmade Magic Items in his Vanaheim mall.
• Su Ming told the mages to keep the resulting gold out of Earth’s market, avoid interfering in Asgardian affairs, and report any problems to him.

Su Ming burned offerings for Hoggoth before traveling to Vanaheim to recover and check on Gin. He arrived at Gullveig’s palace and found Gin playing mahjong with Gullveig, Thor, and Loki.

• Su Ming brought Wong to a crossroads outside the academy and burned offerings and incense for Hoggoth.
• Su Ming told Wong he was going to Vanaheim to find Gin and asked him to let Hamill handle matters at the Sanctum.
• Su Ming arrived in Vanaheim, where its people celebrated the prosperity and changes he had helped bring about.
• Su Ming headed to Gullveig’s palace with a Purple Gem intended as a gift for Gin.
• Su Ming found Gin and Gullveig playing mahjong with Thor and Loki, while Thor’s face was covered in paper slips.

Su Ming met with Gullveig and the Asgardian princes in Vanaheim, discussed Thor’s future and the approaching Ragnarök, and secured space at a Vanaheim port for his nearly completed experimental spaceship. Gullveig agreed to help, then left Su Ming and Gin alone.

• Su Ming greeted Gullveig, Loki, and Thor, while Loki apologized for their past encounter and Thor flew off with Loki to find him a helmet.
• After the princes left, Gullveig asked Su Ming about Thor’s prospects and Ragnarök, and Su Ming said Thor valued family and Ragnarök was about sixty Earth years away.
• Su Ming asked Gullveig to reserve a sealed area at the City of a Thousand Sails port for his experimental spaceship’s maiden voyage from Earth, and she agreed.
• Gullveig left Su Ming and Gin at the side palace after teasing Gin about having time alone with him.

After spending a long time together, Gin asked Su Ming about Diana, the other goddess whose traces she had sensed. Su Ming explained his complicated memories and compared the two warriors, while Gin decided she wanted to meet Diana and fight her.

• After the rain stopped, Gin rested in Su Ming's arms and said she was glad she had followed the scent of liquor to find him.
• Gin asked Su Ming who the other woman was, and he told her about Diana, their life together in a reality-twisting half-dimension, and his memories of her.
• Gin discussed the dead warriors in Valhalla and asked whether she or Diana was stronger.
• Su Ming said Diana had superior physical abilities and divine power, but Gin's calmness and Illusion Magic could make them evenly matched.
• Gin said she wanted to fight Diana when they could travel between worlds, then fell asleep before Su Ming could dissuade her.

Su Ming and Gin named their new spaceship Pegasus and spent several years exploring the universe together. They reached Spartacus, where Kree and Shi'ar fleets faced off, and decided to investigate the planet below.

• Su Ming showed Gin Adjutant’s finished spaceship, and Gin agreed to take it on a journey through the universe.
• Gin named no ship herself, so Su Ming called the vessel Pegasus in honor of her former mount.
• Su Ming and Gin spent several years traveling, trading for equipment, visiting planets, and avoiding the Kree-Skrull war.
• Su Ming and Gin arrived near Spartacus and spotted Kree and Shi'ar fleets in orbit around the planet.
• Gin identified Spartacus as a Galactic Council member state, and Su Ming suggested they go down to see how its inhabitants responded to the standoff.

Su Ming and Gin landed on Spartacus, where the Kree and Shi'ar supported rival factions in a proxy war, and decided to interfere. They encountered the fleeing royalists and robbed them at gunpoint.

• Su Ming and Gin slipped through the Kree and Shi'ar fleets and landed on Spartacus, realizing the empires were fighting through local proxies.
• Su Ming and Gin picnicked in the forest and decided to make trouble for the Galactic Council by joining the conflict.
• The Kree backed Spartacus's military faction, while the Shi'ar supported its civilian faction, as the royalists fled with the young Prince after the emperor's assassination.
• Su Ming and Gin confronted the exhausted royalists in the forest, and Su Ming ordered them to take off their shoes.

Su Ming and Gin ambushed Prince Jason Spartacus and his escape party, pretending to be space marauders while demanding to inspect their feet. Su Ming revealed he wanted to negotiate with Jason, then invited the prince and his people aboard his ship to see the wider situation.

• Su Ming and Gin waited in the forest for Jason’s group after learning the prince had fled the capital through the sewers.
• Su Ming and Gin captured Jason’s party and made them lift their feet for inspection, confusing and frightening the Old Steward and the guards.
• The Old Steward tried to protect Jason, but Su Ming restrained the guards with black tentacles.
• Jason offered himself in exchange for the others’ release, and Su Ming said he had not come to hand the prince over to the Shi'ar or Kree.
• Su Ming claimed he was from Earth and wanted to negotiate, using a fabricated Earth saying about judging people by their soles to explain the inspection.
• Su Ming opened a hatch to his ship and invited Jason and his party aboard to see the situation in space.

With Spartacus abandoned by the Galactic Council and under attack, Su Ming offered Prince Jason an alliance with Earth, Asgard, and Vanaheim in exchange for political support and trade access. Jason signed Su Ming’s contract, leaving Spartacus tied to a new alliance.

• Old Steward lamented that the Galactic Council had abandoned Spartacus and tried to kill himself, but Su Ming held him back.
• Jason revealed his identity as Prince Jason and thanked the Earthlings for helping Spartacus.
• Su Ming introduced himself as Deathstroke, the Sorcerer Supreme, and presented Gin as a Valkyrie from Asgard; Gin claimed their alliance included Earth, Asgard, and Vanaheim.
• Su Ming offered Jason a contract requiring an alliance with Earth, freedom of belief, and trade agreements, while insisting the terms were fair.
• Jason signed the contract, which vanished in flames as a vast consciousness flickered past, and he thanked Su Ming.

Su Ming persuaded Prince Jason to reject a plan that could kill civilians and instead agreed to deploy an undead army in the Spartan Empire’s civil war. He led Jason and the Old Steward to a vast cemetery, preparing to raise the buried dead.

• Su Ming offered Jason several ways to crush the rebellion, but Jason refused a moon-wide illusion that could kill civilians.
• Jason approved Su Ming’s plan to send an undead army into the war, and the Old Steward marked military-uniform stores on the planetary map.
• Su Ming reflected on the Black Lantern Ring and Death’s motives as the fighting continued across the capital.
• Su Ming, Gin, Jason, and the Old Steward traveled under Gin’s illusion to the cemetery outside the capital.
• Su Ming removed his gauntlet and focused on the Black Lantern Ring, preparing to use the cemetery’s buried dead.

Deathstroke raised an undead army from the cemetery and convinced Jason that the dead supported his claim to the throne. He prepared to send the army into the capital through the sewers, leaving Jason with a Wilson 47 rifle and an offer to buy weapons.

• Deathstroke used his black ring to raise corpses from the cemetery as Jason and the Old Steward watched.
• Deathstroke told Jason that the undead had returned to support him, and Jason embraced them as loyal subjects.
• The undead army knelt before Jason, who eagerly welcomed them and wanted to give them a speech.
• Deathstroke urged Jason to send the army through the sewers toward the capital, and the Old Steward warned that the armory was heavily defended.
• Gin brought Wong, who opened a portal to a Wilson Enterprises warehouse, and Deathstroke returned with crates of weapons.
• Deathstroke loaded a Wilson 47 and offered it to Jason, proposing payment in materials, energy, or organs.

Su Ming watched Prince’s undead army seize a warehouse while Wong briefed him on Earth’s shifting powers and the history of Charles and Erik. Learning that Magneto’s Brotherhood had moved into Xiancong, Su Ming ordered Spider Web to begin the Ava plan and chose to keep Kamar-Taj neutral.

• Prince led the undead army through the city and captured the guarded warehouse as Su Ming and Gin watched over coffee.
• Wong warned Su Ming that the Goddess of Death was channeling power through the black ring and reported that the year was 1970.
• Wong recounted how Charles and Erik stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis, how Magneto accidentally crippled Charles, and how the two founded rival Mutant movements.
• Wong reported that Magneto’s Brotherhood had appeared in Vietnam and Xiancong, and Su Ming ordered Spider Web to begin the Ava plan.
• Wong listed Earth’s growing teams and organizations, and Su Ming decided that Kamar-Taj would remain neutral while Fury played rival factions against one another.