Arc 5Chapters 101–125
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Mercer announced his intention to create a Battle Engine for every soldier in Great Xia, then used the Space Stone to hide his room from Yan’s scans. After Yan recovered, she remembered Liang Bing was the demon queen Morgana and tried to kill her, but backed down to protect the city’s civilians.
Mercer considered the energy source and restrictions needed for Great Xia’s Battle Engine before returning to the Marvel Universe after Mysterio searched for him. He found the world transformed by the Dark Elves, who had used the Reality Stone to unleash monsters, and Mysterio began explaining the invasion.
Mercer learned the Dark Elves had transformed New York with a red mist that turned people into monsters, then used the Space Stone to remove it. Meanwhile, the Avengers fought the monsters downtown, and Stark battled beside Rogers after Rogers confessed to killing Stark’s parents and Stark forgave him.
Stark forgave Rogers for killing his parents while under Hydra’s control, and the Avengers watched the red mist gather toward Mercer’s house. Mercer returned with Mysterio, halted Hulk’s challenge, and prepared to confront whoever had caused the disaster.
Mercer learned that the Dark Elves had used the Reality Stone to cause the crisis and began tracking them with a bead that had absorbed their red mist. While he searched, Mysterio trapped Hawkeye in an illusion that seemed to last twenty hours and left him physically exhausted.
Mercer prepared the Avengers to face a powerful enemy and brought them to another world after they chose to go. They arrived as Thor and Loki battled Malekith in a ruined Asgard, just as Mercer intervened to protect Thor.
Mercer arrived in Asgard with Iron Man, Hulk, and Mysterio and fought Malekith, combining the Space Stone, Sharingan, and lightning to counter the Reality Stone. Mercer spread a vast illusion across Asgard, leaving Malekith and everyone else caught in it.
Mercer took the Reality Stone from Malekith and defeated him, then stopped Thor from killing him because he wanted the Dark Elves as a ready-made army. Malekith revealed that Odin had sealed away Hela, leaving Thor and Loki shaken by Heimdall’s silence.
Mercer left Earth’s conflict with Asgard behind and returned to the Super God World, where Rose invited him to a bonfire party in Huangshi City. Seeing that the soldiers had barely enough to eat, Mercer shielded the city and used dimensional travel to provide a feast for everyone.
Mercer investigated a demon-energy spike, rescued Ge Xiaolun from a mutated demon, and brought him and the soldiers to Huangshi City, where he reunited with Rose and Yan. He then revealed that he had devised a battle engine for Great Xia’s soldiers and named it the Southern Heavenly Gate.
Mercer tested the Southern Heavenly Gate system and shared its data with Rose, Ge Xiaolun, and Angel Yan. When Liang Bing asked for a copy, Mercer told her she could not request it under her current identity.
Mercer revealed that he knew Liang Bing was Morgana and proposed friendship and peace between her demons and Great Xia, while agreeing not to interfere in the angels’ conflict with the demons. He also disclosed that he came from another universe and invited the others to join his faction, then planned to distribute the Southern Heavenly Gate system through the Black Great Wall the next day.
Mercer considered leaving the world after completing the Southern Heavenly Gate system, but Liang Bing visited and asked to travel to his world. They agreed to exchange knowledge, and Liang Bing demonstrated how a fully developed space-time gene could destroy Earth by moving the Sun through a wormhole.
Mercer agreed to take Liang Bing to his world if she followed his arrangements, then began absorbing the Space Stone with the Blacklight Virus. Meanwhile, the demons aboard the Demon Wings watched Liang Bing’s conversation with Mercer and teased A'To about his feelings for the queen.
Liang Bing left A'To in command of the Demon Wings while she traveled to another world, and Mercer absorbed the Space Stone and tested his newfound control over space. His experiment destroyed a distant planetary cluster and put a nearby Taotie fleet in danger, leaving the fleet unable to escape an approaching stellar explosion.
Mercer discovered the Taotie fleet near the stellar explosion he had caused and used Cloud Heaven to defeat its leader, Xihou. After the explosion wiped out the Taotie aboard, Mercer transformed their fleet into a floating island and named it Cloud Heaven, leaving it as his future home and Sacred Realm.
Mercer transformed the Cloud Heaven into a scenic island fortress and positioned it outside Earth, prompting the Black Great Wall to treat it as a potential threat. Ge Xiaolun and Rose joined Commander Lianfeng to assess the silent island, whose identity remained unknown.
Rose and Angel Yan suspected Mercer was behind the enormous island that had appeared near Earth, and Mercer confirmed it was his creation. After explaining that he had destroyed a star while experimenting, Mercer reunited with Liang Bing and learned that his island shared its name with the Lieyang court, Cloud Heaven.
Mercer reassured Rose that he would not trouble the Lieyang Civilization and gave Lianfeng access to the Southern Heavenly Gate system, restricted to Great Xia’s soldiers. As Mercer prepared to leave with Liang Bing, Rose considered joining him but stayed silent because of her mission to help Great Xia stand on its own.
Mercer explained Liang Bing’s history and agreed to take her to his world in exchange for having the Demon Legion protect Earth. When Lianfeng recognized Liang Bing as Morgana and attacked, Mercer stopped her, then confronted Ge Xiaolun for opposing the deal without the strength to protect Earth.
Mercer confronted Ge Xiaolun over his despair and fixation on Rose, then left the Super God World with Liang Bing after arranging continued cooperation with Lianfeng. Back in Mercer's world, Liang Bing revealed she could revive using a backup save.
Mercer learned how to create a Genetic Backup from Liang Bing and received Stark’s invitation to a party at Stark Tower. He arrived with Liang Bing in Lockdown, whose self-parking stunt astonished the guests.
Mercer and Liang Bing attended Stark’s banquet, where Stark demonstrated a self-powered building using a reactor named after Mercer. Stark revealed that he worked for Mercer, drawing the guests’ attention to Mercer and leaving them speculating about his identity.
Mercer and Liang Bing attended Stark’s banquet, where S.H.I.E.L.D. agents stopped Hydra infiltrators. Mercer then offered to help Stark and Hill reach Hydra’s hidden locations by summoning fifteen masked figures from the shadows, leaving the Avengers startled.
Mercer assigned fifteen Shadow Assassins to help Hill wipe out Hydra, stunning the assembled heroes with their skills and history. Stark then showed Mercer the unfinished Ultron project he had developed with Banner and looked to Mercer for help completing its consciousness core.