Recaps

Mercer agreed to take over the work on Ultron’s consciousness core and searched the universe for Thanos, finding him slaughtering a planet in devotion to the Goddess of Death. Mercer confronted Thanos and struck at him with a massive black palm.

• Stark explained that he wanted to create a powerful protector for Earth, and Mercer agreed to handle Ultron’s consciousness core by the next day.
• After the party, Mercer spread his Spatial Power across the universe and located Thanos on a planet far from Earth.
• Mercer discovered that Thanos was massacring the planet’s inhabitants to offer their deaths to the Goddess of Death.
• Mercer vanished from Earth while Liang Bing stayed behind with Lockdown to explore the city.
• Mercer appeared before Thanos and launched a gigantic black palm at him.

Mercer confronted Thanos after discovering that Thanos had slaughtered every living creature on the planet. He defeated Thanos’s commanders, then learned the Mind Stone was implanted in Thanos’s brain and discovered how Thanos had obtained it.

• Mercer struck Thanos across the battlefield and challenged him over the planet’s slaughter.
• Corvus Glaive, Proxima Midnight, Ebony Maw, and Cull Obsidian attacked Mercer together, but his aura blasted them away.
• Mercer used an illusion spell on Thanos, whose implanted Mind Stone blocked the attack.
• Mercer sensed the Mind Stone inside Thanos and used Cloud Heaven to read how Thanos had destroyed No. 195 Life Planet and forced Eitri to forge a prosthesis for the Stone.

Mercer destroyed Thanos’s corpse-covered planet with a barrage from Cloud Heaven, then confronted him using the Space and Reality Stones. He left Thanos facing two powerful energy constructs called Phantoms, whose spatial attack nearly killed him.

• Mercer used Cloud Heaven’s Fierce Tide weapons to blast the planet apart, but Thanos survived and escaped to a nearby asteroid.
• Mercer appeared beside Thanos and revealed that he had used spatial power to avoid the explosion’s blasts.
• Mercer transformed their surroundings into a meadow, and Thanos recognized the Reality Stone and revealed that he had helped Malekith abduct Odin.
• Mercer created two energy figures, one made of azure energy and the other silver-white, and named them Phantoms.
• Mercer sent the spatial Phantom at Thanos, and its punch shattered the space around him.
• Thanos used the Mind Stone’s power to escape the shattered void and watched the Phantom in horror.

Mercer used the Spatial Avatar to defeat Thanos, trap him, and extract the Mind Stone. He healed Thanos with the Blacklight Virus and kept him alive, leaving the Titan shocked by his restored body.

• Thanos attacked the Spatial Avatar with an energy blast, which it redirected through space and used to grievously wound him.
• Mercer recalled the Thunder-Light Avatar and ordered the Spatial Avatar to capture Thanos alive.
• Mercer approached Thanos, explained that he wanted the Mind Stone, and tightened the spatial cage until Thanos could no longer resist.
• Mercer used spatial power to extract the Mind Stone from Thanos's brain and then released his restraints.
• Mercer enveloped Thanos in the Blacklight Virus, which restored the half of his body that had been destroyed.

Mercer used the blacklight virus to make Thanos his subordinate, and Thanos devoured Sanctuary II’s soldiers to gain immense strength. Mercer transformed the warship into a guardian island named Mount Buzhou and put Thanos in charge of it.

• Mercer explained that the blacklight virus could devour other beings to evolve, and Thanos realized Mercer had used it to control him.
• Mercer claimed Sanctuary II and ordered Thanos to deal with its crew, while Thanos entered the ship through a spatial gateway.
• Thanos devoured every soldier aboard Sanctuary II and emerged much larger and stronger, accepting that he had been utterly defeated by Mercer.
• Mercer brought Thanos to Cloud Heaven, where Thanos discovered its beautiful island surface above its advanced weapons.
• Mercer used Spatial Power to turn Sanctuary II into a smaller island, reshaped it with the Reality Stone, named it Mount Buzhou, and appointed Thanos its governor.

Mercer discovered a way to travel through the Multiverse and left Thanos on Mount Buzhou to reshape it. Back on Earth, he gave Stark the Mind Stone to study, then returned home and told Liang Bing, Mysterio, and Lockdown that he planned to visit another universe to find more bodies to possess.

• Mercer gave Thanos a trace of reality power and assigned him to develop Mount Buzhou, then learned that Gamora and Nebula had died.
• Mercer found Doran's Art in the Book of the Vishanti, which could open gateways to other universes, and left Thanos behind.
• Mercer gave Stark the Mind Stone to analyze and warned him that its intelligence could influence the creation of Ultron.
• Mercer returned home and found Liang Bing, Mysterio, and Lockdown watching television together.
• Mercer told them he planned to travel to another universe and look for bodies he could possess.

Mercer planned to travel to other universes to find people to possess and sent Liang Bing and Mysterio to build an information network. He brought them to Mount Buzhou, where they met the imprisoned Thanos, and then began studying Doran's Art to learn how to travel across the multiverse.

• Mercer explained the multiverse to Liang Bing and said he would seek suitable targets in other universes, while she would build an information network with Mysterio's help.
• Mercer brought Liang Bing, Mysterio, and Lockdown to Mount Buzhou and gave them Reality Stone energy so they could build there.
• Mercer explained that the Space Stone concealed Mount Buzhou and Cloud Heaven from people outside.
• Thanos arrived, and Mysterio recognized his name but learned that this Thanos was a criminal Mercer had imprisoned after killings on a planetary scale.
• Mercer went to Cloud Heaven to study Doran's Art, while Mysterio and Liang Bing left Thanos to attend to their own work.

Mercer created a Universe Search program in the Southern Heavenly Gate to find the Marvel Cinematic Universe without exhausting himself by probing universes with magic. As the program began searching, distant stars started going out and civilizations across the affected regions died with them.

• Mercer exhausted himself probing the multiverse and realized the search would take too long if he searched each universe manually.
• Liang Bing brought Mercer food and explained how to use the Southern Heavenly Gate to create a program that searched for a universe by its identifying features.
• Liang Bing warned Mercer not to draw energy from stars in the Milky Way, and Mercer connected the program to a star system a hundred thousand light-years away.
• Mercer started the Universe Search program, which sent invisible ripples through successive layers of the universe.
• Distant stars began going dark at a rate of nearly one per hour, and the civilizations in those regions died as their stars dimmed.

A search energy swept across Earths in countless universes, prompting a zombie version of the Avengers to sense new food and a powerful young man to investigate the scan. Mercer received the young man's business card and invitation, opening a possible connection between the two transmigrators.

• Search energy scanned Earth in many universes, including a ruined New York where zombie Avengers discussed their hunger.
• Zombie Thor sensed the scan, and a scarlet-energy figure appeared and announced that they had found food.
• In another universe, a young man at a general store sensed the scan and created a business card carrying a message for whoever had sent it.
• Mercer watched Liang Bing, Lockdown, and Mysterio build on Cloud Heaven when the business card appeared before him.
• The card's message invited Mercer to visit Some General Store and revealed that its owner was another transmigrator.

Mercer absorbed the Reality Stone and received an Item Card from the Hero Card System. He summoned Zoro’s Shusui and tested its strength, destroying his spatial barrier with a single strike.

• Mercer examined Han Yu’s business card, then continued searching for the Marvel Cinematic Universe and regretted not getting a way to contact Galacta.
• Mercer decided to grow stronger and transformed the Reality Stone into its Aether form before absorbing it.
• Mercer erased Malekith’s remaining energy from the Reality Stone and successfully absorbed the stone.
• The Hero Card System rewarded Mercer with an Item Card for Black Blade: Shusui.
• Mercer summoned Shusui and used One Sword Style, slicing through his spatial barrier and flattening the surrounding grass.

Mercer absorbed the Mind Stone and awakened the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan, then trained with its powers while waiting for the Universe-Finding Program to locate a destination. After the program found a universe, he left Thanos in charge of training the Dark Elves as the War God Army and prepared to travel to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

• Mercer absorbed the Mind Stone into his brain, and his Sharingan evolved into the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Mercer tested Almighty Push by destroying a mountain peak, alarming the others before he reassured them that he was not under attack.
• Mercer trained in a separate realm for several days until the Universe-Finding Program located a universe and enabled spacetime travel.
• Mercer gave Thanos the surviving Dark Elves, including the disarmed Malekith, and ordered him to train them as the War God Army.
• Mercer left his base and set out for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Mercer arrived at the Morocco Racetrack during the events of Iron Man 2 and found Whiplash attacking Tony Stark. He approached Stark and offered to kill Whiplash for a price.

• Mercer accelerated his journey through the multiverse and arrived at the Morocco Racetrack.
• Mercer recognized the exploding cars and the man with electric whips as Whiplash, also known as Ivan Vanko.
• Whiplash advanced on Tony Stark, who realized the attacker had built a working Arc Reactor and worried that Happy had not brought his armor.
• Mercer walked up beside Stark despite his warning to stay back and asked how much Stark would offer for Whiplash's life.

Mercer drew his sword and killed Whiplash after Stark tried to protect him. Stark realized Mercer could handle the fight, while the chapter ended with Mercer reflecting on his superhuman strength.

• Stark stepped between Mercer and Whiplash, warning Mercer to flee.
• Mercer offered Whiplash a chance to kneel and sing before he struck, but Whiplash attacked with his electrified whip.
• Mercer drew the Black Blade, Shusui, and severed Whiplash’s forearm before warning him that the next cut would kill him.
• Mercer used a draw slash to cut Whiplash down, then flicked a coin at his body, causing it to burst apart.
• Stark watched in shock as Mercer remained unmoved by the carnage and reflected that his strength exceeded ordinary human limits.

Mercer defeated Whiplash, met the Ancient One in the New York Sanctum Sanctorum, and learned that zombie superheroes led by Wanda were pursuing him across universes. He deployed his organization’s Eye of Surveillance to monitor Earth as he prepared for their arrival.

• Mercer took the Arc Reactor from Whiplash, gave it to Stark, and left him a way to contact him before departing.
• Mercer arrived at the New York Sanctum Sanctorum, where the Ancient One welcomed him and said something had followed him.
• The Ancient One showed Mercer images of zombie superheroes and revealed that Wanda was jumping between universes to pursue him.
• Mercer used the Southern Heavenly Gate’s shared database to summon an Eye of Surveillance and sent it through a spatial ripple to monitor Earth.

Mercer learned that the Zombie Heroes would reach Manhattan in 48 hours and chose to infect the borough with the blacklight virus before they arrived. He spread the virus through the rain as the first people began to mutate.

• Mercer used the Eyes of Surveillance to monitor Earth and learned from the Ancient One that the Zombie Heroes could arrive within seven days.
• Mercer's quest system warned that the Zombie Heroes would reach Manhattan in 48 hours and offered him a choice between infecting Manhattan with the blacklight virus or letting the Zombie Heroes infect it.
• Mercer chose to spread the blacklight virus, while warning the Ancient One that she would face another threat and promising only not to use magic to cause trouble.
• Mercer traveled to Manhattan and released the blacklight virus source into the clouds above the borough.
• Rain carrying the virus fell on pedestrians, whose limbs began to tremble as the mutation started.

A brief summer rain turned hundreds of thousands of Manhattan residents into Blacklight zombies, prompting Nick Fury to order the island sealed and search for Mercer. As the crisis worsened, Fury went to recruit Steve Rogers and ordered Natasha to find the Hulk.

• Rain-triggered itching led victims across Manhattan to become Blacklight zombies, and the infection spread to more than five hundred thousand people in ten hours.
• Nick Fury ordered infected neighborhoods sealed and infected people shot if they could not be contained, then prioritized closing Manhattan Island and finding Mercer.
• Natasha reported that investigators had found no infection source and that no one could verify the people claiming to know Mercer.
• Nick Fury decided to leave Stark aside and seek help from Steve Rogers, whose recovery from seventy years frozen had left him in peak condition.
• Steve Rogers continued punching bags in the S.H.I.E.L.D. basement as Nick Fury arrived and asked, "What's wrong? Can't sleep?"

Nick Fury recruited Captain America and Tony Stark to help contain a rapidly spreading zombie outbreak in Manhattan, while Stark investigated Mercer’s extraordinary speed. The chapter left Stark weighing Fury’s request as his palladium poisoning worsened and he learned Captain America was ready to fight.

• Nick Fury showed Captain America reports of a zombie infection that had overwhelmed more than half of Manhattan in ten hours, and Captain America agreed to help contain it.
• Stark reviewed footage of Mercer killing Whiplash and realized Mercer had moved too fast to track, making Stark wary of ever becoming his enemy.
• Nick Fury called Stark about the Manhattan outbreak, and Stark saw the horrifying reports after learning he had missed the news.
• Nick Fury asked Stark to deploy his Iron Man Armor despite his palladium poisoning and to make a protective suit for Captain America.
• Stark was surprised to hear that Captain America, the super soldier frozen for seventy years, was ready to fight.

Banner determined that rain had spread the Blacklight virus, and the Avengers deployed to eliminate the infected after learning they could not be cured. As the cleanup continued, Mercer saw that only 36% of Manhattan was infected and decided he had to spread the infection himself.

• Banner concluded that the Blacklight infections began with the rain, and Stark confirmed that infected areas matched the rainfall map.
• Hawkeye reported that the infected could not be cured, so Nick Fury ordered the Avengers to eliminate them.
• The Avengers and the military began clearing infected blocks on Roosevelt Road, First Avenue, and Second Avenue.
• Mercer watched the city’s cleanup from a high-rise and checked the system’s mission progress, which showed Manhattan was 36% infected.
• Mercer decided to spread the infection himself because the mission required all of Manhattan to be infected.

Mercer unleashed his Blacklight Armor and began spreading the infection through the city, overwhelming the streets with more infected. Captain America confronted him and, with Stark’s help, blasted him back, but Mercer’s armor rapidly regenerated as the fight continued.

• Mercer formed his Blacklight Armor, moved through the city, and infected people as he went.
• Hawkeye and Stark noticed that the number of infected was growing rapidly, while Natasha reported that a survivor shelter had been infected all at once.
• Captain America encountered Mercer and attacked after Mercer struck him, suspecting him of causing the outbreak.
• Captain America called for backup, and Stark used his lasers against Mercer after having Captain America reflect the beams with his shield.
• Mercer regenerated the blasted-away sections of his armor, prompting Stark to recognize that the fight would be difficult.

Stark and Captain America faced a mysterious figure in Black Armor as zombie hordes converged and zombies from the Zombie Marvel Universe arrived through a rift. Mercer revealed that the armored figure was his puppet, then moved to fight the Zombie Heroes himself.

• Stark attacked the figure in Black Armor, but the figure cracked his armor with a single punch.
• Stark carried Captain America away from an approaching horde, while the zombies left a clear space around the figure in Black Armor.
• A rift opened in the sky, releasing ordinary zombies and a zombified Stark and Captain America; the Blacklight Zombies turned on the newly arrived zombies.
• The figure in Black Armor said the newcomers had finally arrived, while Mercer revealed the figure was his puppet and sent it to infect the survivors.
• Mercer approached the Zombie Heroes and used Shusui to cut down zombies, then kicked a group of them apart.

Mercer fought Zombie Wanda’s forces and discovered that zombified Stark carried nanobots spreading the zombie virus. Wanda revealed she had come seeking the Mind Stone and asked Mercer to save her husband, Vision.

• Mercer killed the zombified Lizard by crushing his skull after cutting off his limbs.
• Mercer approached Zombie Wanda in the air, while the force of his steps tore apart nearby zombies.
• Mercer caught zombified Stark with spatial power and stopped the nanobots emerging from his body.
• Mercer recognized the nanobots as carriers of the zombie virus and tossed Stark toward the figure in Black Armor, who absorbed him.
• Wanda recognized the Space Stone’s power in Mercer and said she had sensed the Mind Stone on him.
• Wanda asked Mercer to save her husband, Vision, saying she believed only Mercer could do it.

Mercer revealed that Manhattan’s zombie outbreak was an illusion created with the Reality Stone, while his real goal was to infect everyone with the blacklight virus. After completing the mission and receiving the Infinite Realm, he left Stark and Captain America stunned by the truth.

• Zombie Wanda told Mercer she could control her hunger and explained that Stark’s nanobots had infected Vision after the Mind Stone was removed.
• Zombie Wanda admitted she had first wanted to eat Mercer but then asked him to save Vision, offering to serve him in return.
• Mercer challenged Wanda’s belief that he would help her, and she recognized that the destruction around them was only a prank.
• Mercer released the blacklight virus across Manhattan, completed his mission, and received the Infinite Realm as a reward.
• Wanda explained that Mercer had used the Reality Stone to make the city experience an illusion, and Stark reacted in disbelief as he listened nearby.

Mercer agreed to try to save Zombie Wanda’s Vision, while Wanda destroyed the zombies she had brought with her. Zombie Void then emerged from the rift with a massive horde, attacked Mercer, and exposed Zombie Wanda’s pretense of protecting him.

• Mercer agreed to help Zombie Wanda save Vision but warned that he could not guarantee success.
• Zombie Wanda used Chaos Magic to annihilate the roughly two hundred thousand zombies that had followed her.
• Zombie Wanda sensed someone approaching through the rift, and Sentry descended as the zombified, bloodthirsty Void.
• Zombie Void unleashed a blast that destroyed nearby buildings, then more than three hundred thousand zombies poured from the rift as Blacklight Zombies attacked them.
• Zombie Void charged at Mercer, and Zombie Wanda appeared to intervene before being struck aside.
• Mercer realized Zombie Wanda had only pretended to protect him to test whether he could save someone.

Mercer summoned four phantoms made from his abilities to capture Zombie Sentry alive, and they repeatedly turned the Void-controlled hero’s attacks against him. Zombie Sentry struggled against their powers as the battle continued.

• Zombie Sentry broke free of Mercer’s spatial restraint and erupted with stellar energy, but Mercer became excited at the prospect of capturing him for his energy.
• Mercer formed four phantoms using his Space, Reality, mind-control, and lightning abilities, then ordered them to capture Zombie Sentry alive.
• The Spatial Avatar returned Zombie Sentry’s punch with overwhelming force, sending him through more than twenty buildings.
• Zombie Sentry hurled a mass of golden energy at the phantoms, but the Spatial Avatar redirected it back into him, blasting away much of his body.
• Zombie Sentry attacked the other phantoms, but the Reality Phantom transformed his energy into petals while the mind-controlling phantom assaulted him psychically.

Mercer used four Infinity Stone avatars to overwhelm zombie Sentry, then captured him with an imprisonment cage created by the Southern Heavenly Gate system. He also trapped zombie Wanda after deciding to make both zombies energy sources.

• Mercer's four avatars forced zombie Sentry to retreat by combining their attacks and abilities.
• Zombie Sentry tried to flee Earth, but the Southern Heavenly Gate system analyzed his abilities and imprisoned him in an invisible cage.
• Mercer summoned zombie Sentry's cage and taunted him as he bounced helplessly inside it.
• Zombie Wanda praised Mercer, then discovered that he had trapped her too.
• Mercer accused zombie Wanda of testing him and declared that she would become one of his energy sources.