Chapter Summaries

Su Ming and Monark met Ant-Man and Wasp after they escaped from the sewers, then recruited Janet to help investigate her father's death. They left together to pursue the sewer monster, while Pym was left behind, still trying to discuss his secret identity.

• Su Ming led Monark to a secluded alley in New York, where Ant-Man and Wasp emerged from the sewers in miniature form.
• Su Ming identified Ant-Man and Wasp and introduced Monark as a trustworthy World War II hero.
• Su Ming consoled Janet over her father's death and said he and Monark would avenge him by tracking the green, slimy creature that escaped into the sewers.
• Monark reluctantly agreed to help Janet, and Su Ming told her that he was the Sorcerer Supreme.
• Su Ming led Janet and Monark away to continue the investigation, leaving Pym behind as he tried to raise the issue of his secret identity.

Su Ming brought Monark, Hank Pym, and Janet to the Neva River region to investigate a sealed cave connected to an ancient conflict in which several Slavic gods had been killed. After opening the cave, Su Ming prepared to enter alone while the others guarded its entrance.

• Monark teleported the group from New York to the tundra near Lake Ladoga, where Su Ming explained the region's history and the ancient battle near the Neva River.
• Su Ming said that Thor had found Perun, Chernobog, and Han Kong dead, and warned Hank and Janet that gods were mortal beings who could be killed.
• The group teleported to a cave near the Neva River, and Su Ming used explosives to clear its blocked entrance.
• Monark killed a rabbit to fuel his magic, and Janet buried it after Su Ming explained that the rabbits contained Monark's flesh and blood.
• Su Ming discussed the costs of magic and technology with Hank, then drew Godslayer and entered the cave while the others guarded the entrance.

Su Ming explored the cave and had Strangle devour a Symbiote descended from Gorr the God Butcher’s Black Sword, learning that Gorr could sense the creature’s experiences. He then showed the remains to Pym and Janet, falsely claiming they matched the monster that killed Dr. Dean.

• Su Ming entered the dark cave and called out for Gorr while considering the implications of Ragnarök and the number seven.
• A spider-like Symbiote attacked Su Ming, but Strangle swallowed it and absorbed its memories and genes.
• Su Ming learned that the creature had split from Gorr’s Symbiote, shared its senses with Gorr, and had alerted him to Su Ming’s presence.
• Su Ming showed the creature’s remains to Pym and Janet and claimed they came from the monster that killed Dr. Dean.
• Pym questioned the remains’ color and smell, but Su Ming persuaded him they could still match the monster.

Su Ming recruited Pym and Janet to help find the Symbiote colony’s queen, while Monark privately doubted Deathstroke’s methods. On a distant planet, Gorr the God Butcher forced captive gods to work and explained that his hatred came from the neglect his people suffered from their gods.

• Su Ming compared the Symbiote killer to a soldier ant and said he would lead Pym and Janet to the colony’s queen.
• Su Ming asked Pym about his Pym Particle reserves and proposed using them to shrink a gigantic enemy or its weapons.
• Monark remembered Deathstroke’s past atrocities and worried that Pym and Janet would suffer under his leadership.
• Su Ming planned to return secretly to Triskelion Headquarters for Pym Particles before taking Pym and Janet into space.
• Gorr the God Butcher forced a captive frog-like god to work and threatened his believers, family, and planet.
• Gorr told the captive that his people had once sacrificed scarce food and water to gods who never answered their prayers.

Gorr told the Frog God how the deaths of his mother, wife, and son had driven him to curse the gods, and how a Symbiote weapon had given him the power to kill them. He forced the Frog God to make bombs capable of destroying all gods, then left him five minutes to begin.

• Gorr recounted how his mother died protecting him, his wife died in a landslide, and his son starved after their offerings went to the gods.
• After his people cast him out, Gorr survived by gaining the black-armored god’s weapon, which transformed into the Symbiote and helped him kill gods.
• The Symbiote promised to restore Gorr’s family, brought back his wife and son, and urged him to target stronger gods, including Asgard’s.
• Gorr explained that he had spared Thor after the Symbiote called him a god with potential, leaving an offspring to watch him in a cave beside the Vana River.
• Gorr revealed that the gods he once worshiped had eaten humans and souls, then threatened the Frog God’s family unless he made bombs to destroy all gods.
• The Frog God agreed to work, and Gorr gave him five minutes to use his divine power while the slave gods watched him weep.

Su Ming, Monark, Pym, and Janet teleported to Omnipotence City, hoping to investigate the gods’ realm. They arrived to find the city burning and overrun by Symbiotes, and Su Ming led the group toward a burning spire for shelter.

• Pym retrieved his Pym Particles, and Su Ming said they were heading to Beyond Heaven and Omnipotence City.
• Monark opened a portal while Su Ming reassured him that the city’s gods were disorganized and that they could reach the Heavenly Court if needed.
• Su Ming stopped Pym and Janet from entering until Monark recovered, then arranged the group in a formation to protect the Mage.
• The four arrived in Omnipotence City and found dead gods, burning buildings, and Symbiotes devouring the bodies.
• Su Ming threw incendiary bombs and grenades to hold back the Symbiotes, pointed out a burning spire, and Monark began drawing a door in the air.

Su Ming's group searched a burning tower for a way to locate the Knowledge Sanctum and learn where Gorr the God Butcher was hiding. Unable to access the building's terminal, Su Ming sent the Cloak of Levitation to seek out books, leaving the group sheltered in an indoor garden among the dead.

• Monark teleported Su Ming, Pym, Janet, and the Symbiotes into the burning spire, and Su Ming led them through the flames to a sealed garden room.
• Monark blocked the doorway with ice while Pym comforted Janet, and Su Ming examined a terminal but could not access the information they needed.
• Su Ming explained that the Knowledge Sanctum recorded the stories of every god and that they needed to find Gorr's lair.
• Su Ming ordered the Cloak of Levitation to find a place with books, then threatened it with Strangle when it refused to move.
• The Cloak fled through the door, and Su Ming laid the nearby family's bodies flat while Monark wondered about the Cloak's mysterious travels.

Su Ming and Monark discussed Gorr, the Black Sword, and the newcomers’ usefulness while the Cloak of Levitation searched the city. The cloak found a likely target among distant buildings, and Su Ming prepared to go there with Monark.

• Su Ming explained that Gorr did not deliberately kill mortals and that the Black Sword preferred devouring gods, while Symbiotes could keep thoughts and information from their hosts.
• Su Ming judged Wasp a promising superhero and said Ant-Man’s knowledge of Pym Particles made him useful against a cosmic-level threat.
• Monark questioned taking Ant-Man and Wasp into danger, but accepted Su Ming’s decision to use Pym’s research.
• The Cloak of Levitation returned after scouting and pointed out a row of distant low buildings near flames.
• Su Ming asked whether they could reach the buildings, and Monark agreed while preparing fireproof magic for another fight.

Su Ming reached the Knowledge Sanctum and helped Old Demon Spirit destroy a Symbiote attacking him. After the survivors regrouped, Su Ming pressed the Sanctum’s administrator for information on where to find Gorr the God Butcher.

• Su Ming explored the Knowledge Sanctum with Pym and the others while Strangle sensed fighting nearby.
• Su Ming found Old Demon Spirit fighting a Symbiote with a huge book and negotiated help in exchange for knowledge.
• Su Ming killed the Symbiote with the Nightfall Greatsword and introduced himself as Deathstroke, the Sorcerer Supreme from Earth.
• Su Ming and Monark cleared the nearby area as most Symbiotes fled the burning library.
• Old Demon Spirit complained about Gorr and the Symbiotes, and Su Ming asked where he could go to kill Gorr.

Su Ming and his companions followed Old Demon Spirit into Omnipotence City's underground Great Library, where they learned how gods treated mortal worlds and why the Godheads Council had not acted against Gorr. Old Demon Spirit questioned whether Su Ming could defeat Gorr, but Su Ming said he was not a god and that the librarian did not know his story or his Symbiote.

• Old Demon Spirit led Su Ming, Deathstroke, Monark, Pym, and Janet through a hidden passage into the Great Library, where completed stories were stored.
• Su Ming and Old Demon Spirit discussed how stories ended in death, while Old Demon Spirit explained that the universe held far more gods and planets than the group had seen.
• Pym objected to gods treating intelligent life as disposable, but Old Demon Spirit said Earth was protected by a true Demiurge and the Sorcerer Supreme.
• Old Demon Spirit recounted how mortals once killed a benevolent god who had granted their wishes, prompting gods to stop helping believers so freely.
• Old Demon Spirit revealed that the Godheads Council had delayed addressing Gorr's attack for centuries, then asked Su Ming about his plans and his chances against Gorr.
• Su Ming asked where Gorr's home planet and Symbiote came from, then said the librarian did not know his story or his Symbiote, Little Sprout.

Su Ming and the others learned the origin of Gorr’s All-Black the Necrosword and the Symbiote race from Old Demon Spirit’s records. Su Ming believed Gorr was only a tool of the sword and remained confident that he and Strangle could defeat him.

• Su Ming confirmed that Gorr’s story matched what he remembered, then discussed the gods’ mistreatment of believers with Monark.
• Old Demon Spirit explained that Knull forged All-Black from a Celestial’s corpse and blood, then used it to wage war on gods.
• Knull created the Symbiote Dragon, but after it consumed Thor’s blood, it rebelled, sealed Knull inside the Symbiote Planet, and became the ancestor of many Symbiotes.
• Old Demon Spirit’s account ended with Thor returning to Asgard and boasting for a thousand years about defeating the Dragon.
• Su Ming recalled that Strangle descended from the Dragon and that Venom had reached Earth, then decided Gorr could not defeat him and Strangle.

Su Ming traded Old Demon Spirit's escape from Omnipotence City for a massage chair and drink-serving arm, then led his group to Gorr's barren home planet. He sent Pym and Janet to shrink Gorr's enormous bomb for him while he and Monark stayed behind.

• Su Ming convinced Old Demon Spirit to trade the massage chair and drink-serving arm for a portal to the Heavenly Court, where he could watch Omnipotence City until it was reclaimed.
• Su Ming's group reached Gorr's home planet and spotted a gigantic bomb, enslaved gods, and Symbiotes working under Gorr's plan to feed gods to the Black Sword.
• Su Ming explained that the bomb was an unfinished prototype requiring special enchantments and that Gorr was still gathering gods.
• Su Ming assigned Pym and Janet to use Pym Particles to shrink the bomb and persuaded Pym that it should be brought to Earth for safekeeping.
• Pym and Janet departed toward the bomb, and Su Ming admitted to Monark that he had claimed to represent Earth only to encourage Pym.

Su Ming and Monark waited for Gorr by searching his home planet for Cave Fruit, hoping it might be useful to Kamar-Taj. After discovering the tasteless fruit had no food value, Su Ming decided to collect the vines for ornamental breeding and trade.

• Su Ming told Monark to use Faltine's Fire to keep Symbiotes away while they waited for Gorr.
• Su Ming and Monark teleported to a cave to look for Cave Fruit, finding it filled with brittle bones.
• Su Ming animated skeletons and ordered them to gather Cave Fruit while Monark tested whether the fruit was safe to eat.
• Su Ming and Monark tasted the fruit and found it bland, while Strangle confirmed it had no nutritional value.
• Su Ming collected the fruit and planned to send the vines to Sparta's laboratory as ornamental plants, prompting Monark to beg him to act human.

Gorr the God Butcher led his Symbiote army in slaughtering the Time Gods of Ak-Rannukh and forced their last survivor to activate the Pool of Eternity. Gorr vanished into the Blood Pool, traveling ten billion years into the past to pursue his plan to kill all gods.

• Gorr’s Symbiotes overran the Endless Palace, killed the Time Gods, and collected their blood while Gorr urged them not to waste it.
• The Black Sword secretly reflected on its plan to use Gorr to kill gods, evolve by consuming them, and eventually challenge Knull.
• Gorr entered the Great Hall and threatened Ak-Rannukh’s last surviving god until he agreed to activate the Pool of Eternity.
• The surviving Time God warned that the journey would take Gorr ten billion years into the past and might not send him where he wanted.
• Gorr declared that all gods would perish, then stepped into the Blood Pool and disappeared.

Gorr traveled fourteen billion years into the past and discovered that the myth of a merciful creator was false. After killing Ancient Gods and taking their hearts for the God Bomb, he returned to his era and prepared to build the weapon that would destroy the gods.

• Gorr found that the universe already existed in the distant past and saw malformed Ancient Gods feeding on the beings they had spawned.
• Gorr fought the Ancient Gods for years with the Black Sword and killed them, securing three Ancient God hearts for the God Bomb.
• Gorr emerged from the Pool of Eternity and told the surviving red-faced god that he had returned with the hearts.
• Gorr killed the red-faced god despite promising to spare him, then left with the Ancient God hearts and spoke of gathering god slaves.

Su Ming planned to lure Gorr back by impersonating him and using his Symbiote family as bait. He left the cave with Monark and a squad of skeletons, intending to stage a football game for Gorr’s son before killing the Symbiote offspring painlessly.

• Su Ming explained that the skeletons could sneak into Gorr’s home without being detected and revealed his plan to target Gorr’s family.
• Su Ming and Strangle transformed him into a convincing likeness of Gorr, correcting the disguise with help from the skeletons.
• Su Ming told Monark that Gorr’s wife and child were Symbiote offspring with false memories, and promised to spare them a painful death.
• Monark questioned why the skeletons were accompanying them, and Su Ming said they would help make the family’s deaths peaceful.
• Su Ming explained that he would bring Gorr’s son a football team and play with him to create a fond final memory before killing the Symbiotes.

Su Ming disguised himself as Gorr and entered Gorr’s palace, where he met Aya and their son Aggor. He played the part of a loving father while preparing to use the family’s illusion to carry out his plan.

• Su Ming used Gorr’s identity to reassure Aya that he would stay home with her and Aggor.
• Aya told Su Ming that Aggor was playing with stones in the backyard, then went to prepare food.
• Su Ming found Aggor and pretended to be his father, promising him a present and a game.
• Su Ming carried Aggor outside to watch skeletons play Cave Fruit ball and told him the skeletons had been his friends.
• Su Ming left Aggor beneath the eaves, promising that he and Aya would never suffer again.

Su Ming, disguised as Gorr, played the role of a loving husband and father while Monark watched in silence. Their family meal ended when the real Gorr arrived, leaving both men to fight over who was the true God Butcher.

• Su Ming played ball with Aggor and reassured him that they could keep playing together.
• Su Ming promised Aya he would stay home instead of slaughtering gods, then shared a meal with her and Aggor.
• The real Gorr entered the home carrying bloody god hearts and confronted Su Ming.
• Su Ming and Gorr accused each other of impersonation as their Symbiotes prepared to fight.
• A flame barrier cut Gorr off from his Symbiote army, while Aya and Aggor hid with Su Ming.
• Su Ming taunted Gorr to prove his identity, and Gorr screamed in frustration.

Su Ming tried to free Gorr from the Black Sword by turning him against the Symbiote and promising his wife and son’s safety. After Gorr began resisting, Su Ming seized the opening to confront the Black Sword and offer him a deal.

• Su Ming ordered Monark to take Gorr’s wife and son and the skeletal football team into the Mirror Dimension.
• Su Ming and Gorr fought inside a cocoon formed by Strangle and the Black Sword, and Su Ming used Cloak to break Gorr’s neck and briefly free him from the Symbiote’s control.
• Su Ming told Gorr that his real wish was to live peacefully with his family and urged him to resist the Black Sword.
• Gorr began questioning whether the Black Sword was a god and struggled to keep it from controlling him.
• The Black Sword tried to devour Gorr’s brain, but Su Ming embraced him and sent Strangle into his head before offering him a deal.

Su Ming and Strangle devoured the Black Sword while keeping Gorr alive, then Su Ming revealed he had never planned to kill Gorr’s family and arranged for them to start over under new identities. With the Black Sword dead and its Symbiote army fighting among itself, Su Ming went to negotiate with the rescued gods, while Monark hid Gorr.

• Su Ming and Strangle emerged from the cocoon after devouring the Black Sword, and Strangle confirmed that Gorr was alive.
• Su Ming explained that the Black Sword’s offspring abilities were useless to Strangle, though its strength and knowledge could be absorbed.
• Su Ming told Monark that Gorr’s family would fake their deaths and begin new lives, and that Gorr had been a victim of the Black Sword.
• Su Ming handed Gorr to Monark and explained that the Black Sword, not Gorr, had been the true God Butcher.
• The surviving Symbiotes began fighting among themselves, and Su Ming headed to negotiate with the captured gods while Monark prepared to hide Gorr.