Chapter Summaries

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 told Rose, Yan, and Liang Bing that he wanted to create a Battle Engine for every soldier in Great Xia, though he had no plan yet.
• After the women left, Mercer used the Space Stone to conceal his room, preventing Yan from detecting him.
• Yan told Liang Bing and Rose that her scans could find nothing in Mercer’s room, and Rose left to shower.
• Yan attacked Liang Bing with her Flame Sword after Liang Bing remembered Yan’s true identity as the former angel guard who could become the Angel Queen.
• Yan lowered her sword rather than risk killing civilians and warned Liang Bing that she would not spare her next time.

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.

• Yan told Rose that she could find no information about Mercer, and Liang Bing reassured Rose that he had no reason to harm her.
• Cloud Heaven told Mercer that the Battle Engine lacked a stable energy source and needed clear rules on who could use it; Mercer ruled out the Sun and wished for the Mind Stone and Reality Stone.
• After learning he could travel between worlds freely, Mercer returned to the Marvel Universe, where Yan and Liang Bing were shocked by his disappearance.
• Mercer found the sky blood-red and streets littered with blood and flesh, then landed beside Mysterio and killed nearby monsters with lightning.
• Mysterio told Mercer that the Dark Elves had altered the world with the Reality Stone and created the monsters.

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.

• Mercer learned that the Dark Elves had released calamity miasma in New York and that Asgard had apparently failed to stop them.
• Mysterio told Mercer that S.H.I.E.L.D. had contained the mist within the city using a shield powered by the sword Mercer gave Stark.
• Mercer realized the Dark Elves were clearing Earth for themselves and drew all the red mist into an orb with the Space Stone.
• Mercer and Mysterio flew toward downtown to find the Avengers and discuss what to do next.
• Stark, Carter, Rogers, Hawkeye, and Black Widow fought the monsters together as Rogers thanked Stark for forgiving him after confessing that he had killed Stark’s parents.

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.

• Stark lowered his armored hand and told Rogers he blamed Hydra, not him, for his parents’ deaths.
• JARVIS reported that the red mist was flowing toward Mercer’s house, and Stark and the other Avengers celebrated its disappearance.
• Mercer and Mysterio arrived, and Mercer told the Avengers he had briefly visited another universe.
• Hulk charged at Mercer, who stopped him with spatial power and said they would fight another time.
• Mercer told the Avengers to contact Fury and handle the cleanup while he went to confront whoever was responsible.

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 told Stark that aliens had caused the crisis using the Reality Stone, and Stark revealed his MK6 armor and thanked Mercer for saving his life from palladium poisoning.
• Banner urged the group to find the Dark Elves, and Mercer used mental and spatial power to search for them through the bead.
• Hawkeye insulted Mysterio, who trapped him in an illusion of a narrow pillar above a vast abyss.
• Hawkeye fell in the illusion and came to beside the Avengers, where Black Widow found that his legs had given out.
• Mysterio told Hawkeye that ordinary tricks could not break his illusions and warned him to show more respect.

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 warned the Avengers that their next battle would be difficult and explained they would need to handle future threats themselves.
• Stark, Hulk, Banner, Hawkeye, and Black Widow agreed to join the mission, and Stark revealed he had met Peter Parker in Queens.
• Mercer transported the Avengers away with his spatial power.
• In ruined Asgard, Thor and Loki stood against Malekith and his Dark Elves while wounded Asgardian Warriors held their ground.
• Malekith sent swords flying at Thor, but they vanished into a spatial opening as Mercer's voice rang out.

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 arrived with Iron Man, Hulk, and Mysterio, and Thor warned him that Malekith's Reality Stone was dangerous.
• Mercer used the Space Stone to distort space, but Malekith restored it with the Reality Stone and turned ruined walls into beasts.
• Mercer awakened his mangekyo Sharingan and summoned Susanoo, whose blade struck Malekith's shield and sent Dark Elves flying.
• Iron Man, Hulk, and Mysterio attacked the Dark Elves while Mercer enhanced Susanoo's blade with lightning and pressed Malekith.
• Malekith transformed Asgard's surroundings into a dark illusion, but Mercer countered with Vishanti's Technique and the Space Stone.
• Mercer unleashed an illusion across Asgard, and a Sharingan-like crimson appeared in everyone's eyes as the fighting stopped.

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 used his amplified Sharingan to control everyone present, then drew the Reality Stone from Malekith and condensed it into a gem.
• Mercer released his illusion over the others and destroyed both of Malekith’s arms with an attack of azure energy.
• Malekith taunted Thor and Loki by revealing that Odin had sealed away their sister Hela, and Heimdall’s silence left the brothers fearing the claim was true.
• Thor charged at Malekith, but Mercer stopped him and said he wanted to keep the Dark Elves for his own force.

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 took the Dark Elves and absorbed the fallen Asgardian and Dark Elf bodies, then gave Stark two captured warships to help Earth develop its defenses.
• Mercer left Mysterio to watch over Earth and used the Dimensional Travel Card to return to the Super God World.
• Rose and the other women invited Mercer to the bonfire party, where civilians and soldiers welcomed him warmly.
• Mercer learned that the soldiers were surviving on meager rations and ordered them to take a break while he raised a powerful barrier over Huangshi City.
• Mercer used spatial power and dimensional travel to send steaming meals from Great Xia to the people of Huangshi City, making the party livelier.

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.

• Rose reported a demon-energy spike east of the party, and Mercer set out alone, flying toward it with lightning trailing behind him.
• Mercer killed the mutated demon attacking Ge Xiaolun and introduced himself while Ge Xiaolun and the soldiers remained wary.
• Ge Xiaolun called Rose, confirmed Mercer’s identity, and learned that Rose wanted Mercer to bring him and the soldiers to Huangshi City.
• Mercer teleported Ge Xiaolun and the soldiers to Huangshi City, where Ge Xiaolun reunited with Rose and discovered that Yan was alive.
• Mercer told Rose he had found a way to create a battle engine for Great Xia’s soldiers, then used Cloud Heaven to begin designing it around the Reality Stone.
• Mercer named the battle engine 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 tested the Southern Heavenly Gate system by altering his physical capabilities and firing a laser weapon it materialized.
• Rose and the others came to the rooftop, and Mercer gave Rose access to the system and told her to inform the higher-ups.
• Ge Xiaolun received the system data, praised its abilities, and demonstrated that he could materialize a Flame Sword.
• Mercer offered Angel Yan a copy, and Yan said the angels would welcome the system as they supported Earth.
• Liang Bing asked Mercer for a copy, but he told her she could not ask for 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 identified Liang Bing as Morgana and offered friendship in exchange for her demons not invading Earth again.
• Liang Bing agreed to protect Earth from alien forces but said her conflict with the angels would continue, and Mercer accepted that condition.
• Mercer shared the Southern Heavenly Gate data with Earth, the angels, and the demons, then invited them to join his faction.
• Mercer revealed that he came from another universe and explained that his faction would grow stronger to face beings more powerful than himself.
• Mercer and Rose agreed to distribute the system from the Black Great Wall the next morning, and everyone returned to their rooms thinking about what came next.

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 told Liang Bing that he had known she was Morgana since they first met, and said her world existed from that moment onward.
• Liang Bing asked to visit Mercer's world, explaining that she would send the Southern Heavenly Gate data to the Demon Wings and leave her unfinished work to others.
• Liang Bing admitted she wanted to study Mercer's space-time abilities, and Mercer asked to learn from her research on the space-time gene.
• Liang Bing used a simulation to show how a Spacetime God could move the Sun to Earth and destroy the planet.
• Mercer recognized the Space Stone's destructive potential and considered using it to transfer a small amount of the Sun's heat directly into someone's body.

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 told Mercer that Rose could master the Space-Time Gene faster by mating with someone who had it, and Mercer explained that his spatial power came from the Space Stone ring.
• Mercer agreed to take Liang Bing to his world on the condition that she follow his arrangements, and Liang Bing left after teasing him.
• Mercer assessed how the Asgardians and Dark Elves he had absorbed had strengthened the Blacklight Virus and found that its abilities had all been unlocked.
• Mercer used the Blacklight Virus to envelop the Space Stone and began drawing its energy into his body.
• Black Wind teased A'To for his devotion to Liang Bing and called him a simp.

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.

• Liang Bing told A'To about Mercer and the Southern Heavenly Gate, assigned him to study it, and ordered the demons to protect Earth and find a habitable planet in the Sun System.
• Mercer absorbed the Space Stone into the Blacklight Virus and discovered that he could perceive and manipulate objects across vast distances.
• Mercer traveled three light-years into space and dragged a star into a planet, destroying the surrounding planetary cluster.
• A Taotie Warrior reported to Xihou that an unknown Earthling had destroyed several Taotie fleets near Huangshi City.
• The Taotie fleet detected a stellar explosion one hundred kilometers away, but Xihou learned they had no nearby Wormhole Bridge Station for escape.

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 appeared in the Taotie control room and confirmed to Xihou that he had destroyed their fleet and caused the stellar explosion.
• Xihou activated his Void Engine against Mercer, but Cloud Heaven reduced Xihou's abilities to zero and disabled his body.
• Mercer erased Xihou's consciousness and stored his empty body as the countdown reached zero and the stellar storm swept through the fleet.
• Mercer protected the Taotie warships from the storm while it annihilated the Taotie aboard, then collected the scattered white armor.
• Mercer combined the Taotie warships into a vast floating island, used the Reality Stone to create a clear sky, and named the island Cloud Heaven.

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.

• Mercer used the Reality Stone to reshape the Cloud Heaven into a mountain-and-river island, outfitted its Taotie weapons, and transported it to Earth's vicinity.
• Earth detected the floating island, and Commander Lianfeng summoned Rose to the Black Great Wall while the island remained motionless within striking range.
• Rose gathered Ge Xiaolun, Angel Yan, and Liang Bing and hurried to the Black Great Wall; Liang Bing's provocative advice to Rose sparked an argument with Angel Yan.
• Ge Xiaolun and Angel Yan entered the main control room, where Lianfeng explained that the island had ignored their requests for identification.
• Ge Xiaolun admired the island's appearance as he and Lianfeng considered the unexplained arrival.

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.

• Angel Yan and Lianfeng compared the island's technology to angel platforms and Taotie warships, while Rose suspected Mercer had made it appear suddenly.
• Rose told Lianfeng about Mercer, and Mercer appeared in the control room and confirmed that the island belonged to him.
• Mercer asked Lianfeng to release Liang Bing, saying they had made a deal and she was now his partner on Earth; Lianfeng agreed.
• Mercer explained that Liang Bing had inspired his space-time experiments and that he had destroyed a star, wiping out the Taotie in the blast.
• Liang Bing kissed Mercer excitedly, and he pushed her away as Lianfeng redirected the conversation to the island.
• Mercer said Cloud Heaven was the island's name, and Lianfeng noted that the chief god of Lieyang also called her 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.

• Liang Bing told Mercer that Lieyang had once tried to colonize Earth, but Sun Wukong defeated its guards and challenged Pan Zhen; Rose urged Mercer not to retaliate, and he promised he would not.
• After the alert was lifted, Rose explained the Southern Heavenly Gate system to Lianfeng and gave her its data, astonishing her with its potential to advance Great Xia.
• Mercer clarified that only Great Xia’s soldiers could activate the system, said he would take Cloud Heaven with him, and offered Lianfeng a teleportation point for contacting him.
• Mercer warned Rose and the others to protect Great Xia’s borders before preparing to leave with Liang Bing.
• Liang Bing invited Rose to come along, but Rose remained behind because of her duty and privately reflected that Mercer was more her type than Ge Xiaolun.

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.

• Angel Yan said she wanted to go with Mercer but could not because of the conflict between male and female angels.
• Liang Bing explained that female angels had overthrown the abusive male angels and described how new angels were chosen.
• Lianfeng recognized Liang Bing as Morgana, the Apocalypse King, and swung her God-Striking Whip at her.
• Mercer caught the whip and told Lianfeng he had made a deal to take Liang Bing to his world in exchange for the Demon Legion protecting Earth.
• Ge Xiaolun objected to trusting Liang Bing, so Mercer seized him by the throat and challenged him to prove he could protect Earth.