Chapter Summaries

Bruce Banner became a Beast Tamer, allowing him to separate Hulk from his body and bind him with an absolute contract. The chapter ended with Banner learning that their strongest form came from fusion, though it was not what he had expected.

• Bruce Banner opened his final blind box and received the Beast Tamer class, which Su Yu said could separate Hulk from Banner and bind Hulk to him.
• Su Yu explained that Hulk would grow stronger through Banner’s exclusive blind boxes and that their strongest state would be fusion.
• Banner touched the formation and split apart from Hulk, while Su Yu’s power restrained the newly separated Hulk.
• Banner formed a contract with Hulk, binding him to obey Banner absolutely.
• Thor asked how the class felt, and Banner said it was powerful and realized that fusion was their strongest state.

Banner demonstrated his Beast Tamer class by merging with Hulk into powerful green-and-gold armor, then Thor changed class into an undying lightning elemental witch spirit. The chapter ended with Thor completing the dangerous transformation, while Banner’s ability to tame nonhuman beings left open the possibility that he might someday merge with Thor.

• Banner merged with Hulk, who became sleek green-and-gold armor with hovering crystal pyramids, and said his strength came from taming beasts.
• Banner explained that the armor made him a little stronger than Hulk and that he could tame other nonhuman creatures.
• Thor opened his blind box and received the powerful lightning elemental witch spirit class, which Su Yu said could make him a target for Banner’s taming.
• Su Yu teased Thor about merging with Banner, and Thor considered the idea before deciding to accept the class.
• Thor endured the dangerous transformation as lightning remade his body, then completed his class change.

Thor became a lightning elemental witch spirit, while Hawkeye and Natasha gained new classes from Su Yu. After the group’s power increased, Nick Fury urged them to avoid causing public panic as he prepared to purge S.H.I.E.L.D.

• Thor thanked Su Yu for transforming him into a lightning elemental witch spirit and explained that his new body could regenerate from lightning.
• Thor revealed his enormous elemental true form, and Tony watched enviously while hoping to strengthen his own Elemental Mage class.
• Hawkeye became an Elemental Arrow Spirit who could create elemental arrows, while Natasha became a Shadow Dancer with shadow travel and a chance to kill with backstabs.
• The newly empowered group talked about steamrolling their enemies, but Nick Fury told them to calm down and avoid alarming the public.
• Nick Fury obtained an item capable of resolving the S.H.I.E.L.D. crisis after opening a thousand blind boxes, and Tony financed a thousand boxes for each of the others.

At his staged funeral, Nick Fury used Friend-Foe Conversion to turn Hydra infiltrators inside S.H.I.E.L.D. into loyal agents and exposed the organization’s presence. He launched a purge that led to Pierce’s arrest and Project Insight’s suspension, then learned how deadly the project had really been.

• Nick Fury used Friend-Foe Conversion from inside his coffin, converting the Hydra infiltrators at the funeral into genuine S.H.I.E.L.D. members.
• Nick Fury revealed that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., and the former infiltrators exposed themselves while Coulson and Hill realized how many there were.
• Nick Fury credited the conversion power to Su Yu and declared that S.H.I.E.L.D. would eliminate Hydra using the infiltrators’ knowledge.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents arrested Pierce, who was stunned when his former Hydra contacts turned against him.
• The purge halted Project Insight, and Nick Fury realized its true purpose had been to kill everyone who threatened Hydra.

The Avengers hunted Hydra bases while adjusting to their new powers, then prepared to confront an approaching alien ship. The Black Order arrived demanding the Tesseract for Thanos and attacked when the Avengers refused.

• Nick Fury used information from former Hydra infiltrators to identify Hydra bases, and the Avengers destroyed them while learning to control their powers.
• Tony learned from JARVIS that a spaceship was approaching Earth and told Steve and the other Avengers.
• Nick Fury warned the Avengers to treat the unknown visitors as enemies until they knew their intentions, and Steve decided only the Avengers would face them.
• The Black Order landed and Ebony Maw demanded that the Avengers surrender the Tesseract for Thanos.
• Ebony Maw threatened Earth, and Cull Obsidian charged at the Avengers with his axe.

The Avengers confronted Ebony Maw’s group, who had come to Earth in Thanos’s service. Hulk and Steve fought Cull Obsidian while Tony battled Ebony Maw, and the conflict continued as Ebony Maw dodged Thor’s lightning.

• Hulk suddenly appeared and punched Cull Obsidian into the ship’s hull, then stayed in place under Banner’s orders.
• Ebony Maw acknowledged the Avengers’ strength and threatened them, but Steve led his team into battle against Cull Obsidian.
• Steve was driven back by Cull Obsidian before Holy Light surged through him and let him push the attacker away.
• Tony blasted Ebony Maw with a fireball, blocked his earthen spikes with a Whirlwind Shield, and was launched into the air by a burst of earth.
• Ebony Maw dodged Thor’s lightning strike, and Tony taunted him as the fight continued.

Banner fought Corvus Glaive in his armor until Proxima Midnight joined the battle with a sneak attack, which Thor blocked in his lightning form. Thor then attacked Proxima Midnight, but two wind arrows forced him back.

• Banner fought Corvus Glaive, whose spear left a mark on Banner’s armor but could not pierce it.
• Proxima Midnight fired three tracking death rays at Banner while Corvus Glaive kept him occupied.
• Thor appeared in a lightning form and blocked the rays, returning Proxima Midnight’s spear to her.
• Thor accidentally shocked Banner with lightning spreading across the ground, then charged at Proxima Midnight.
• Two arrows of wind struck the ground in front of Proxima Midnight and sent Thor flying backward.

Hawkeye and Natasha attacked Thor under Supergiant’s mind control, while Steve recognized the threat and tried to intervene. Supergiant then immobilized Steve with psychic blasts as the controlled Avengers and Proxima Midnight turned their combined attack on Banner.

• Thor dodged Hawkeye’s wind arrows and Natasha’s shadow Backstab, then dispersed into lightning to escape Natasha’s skill.
• Steve warned the Avengers that Supergiant was controlling Hawkeye and Natasha.
• Steve told Thor to hold off Cull Obsidian and charged toward Hawkeye, but Supergiant stopped him with Psychic Blasts.
• Supergiant intensified her psychic attack until Steve’s expression went blank and praised him as a good boy.
• Hawkeye, Natasha, and Proxima Midnight concentrated their attacks on Banner, putting him in grave danger.

Banner struggled against Corvus Glaive and the other attackers while Supergiant tried to control Steve. Banner wounded Supergiant with his combat wing, freeing Steve, who killed her and turned toward Hawkeye and Natasha as they continued attacking.

• Banner charged toward Supergiant, but shadowy hands tripped him and Hawkeye pinned him to the ground with freezing arrows.
• Banner launched his armor's combat wing at Supergiant, piercing her back and breaking her control over Steve.
• Steve recovered, thanked Banner, and killed Supergiant with a spear of Holy Light.
• Steve turned toward Hawkeye and Natasha, but Wind Arrows flew at him before he could see whether they had recovered.

Steve freed Hawkeye from Supergiant’s control and used Holy Light to reach Natasha while his allies struggled against the other Black Order fighters. The wave swept across the battlefield, leaving Steve nearly drained as Hawkeye prepared to protect him.

• Steve grabbed Hawkeye and used Holy Light to break Supergiant’s control over him.
• Natasha kept to the shadows and threatened Tony, who was running low on mana while fighting Ebony Maw.
• Steve and Hawkeye saw Banner struggling against Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight, while Thor kept his opponent occupied with lightning.
• Steve warned Hawkeye that he would use a draining move to bring Natasha back, and Hawkeye promised to guard him.
• Steve unleashed a vast ring of Holy Light that swept across the battlefield.

After Steve’s Holy Light restored the Avengers and weakened the Black Order, the Avengers badly injured several of its generals. A group of people with abilities from the blind box shop arrived to help, while Nick Fury learned that news of the alien invasion had spread online.

• Steve’s Holy Light restored Natasha and strengthened the Avengers while weakening the Black Order.
• Hawkeye slowed Ebony Maw with Freezing Arrows, allowing Tony to strike him with Chain Lightning.
• Natasha tripped Proxima Midnight, giving Banner a chance to beat her, and Corvus Glaive fell into Banner’s fist when he charged.
• Thor badly injured Cull Obsidian with Thunder’s Embrace as the Black Order considered escaping.
• A group of more than a dozen people arrived and offered to help fight the aliens, surprising the Avengers and the Black Order.
• Tony told Nick Fury that the invasion was public online, and Hill suggested the Rising Tide hacker organization was responsible.

The Avengers confronted the Black Order while Steve allowed a group of newly empowered people to watch. Natasha killed Corvus Glaive with her Instant Death ability, and Steve urged the remaining aliens to surrender so he could learn about Thanos.

• Steve warned the newly empowered people that strength alone did not make someone a superhero, then agreed to let them watch the battle.
• A refined young man spoke on behalf of the group, and the others fell silent as if they obeyed him.
• Tony taunted Corvus Glaive, distracting him long enough for Natasha to stab him from behind.
• Corvus Glaive died from Natasha's Instant Death ability, and Proxima Midnight and Ebony Maw realized she was dangerous.
• Steve asked Proxima Midnight, Ebony Maw, and Cull Obsidian to surrender so he could question them about Thanos.

Supergiant appeared in a soul-like form and used her psychic powers to take control of the Avengers, leaving only Steve and Natasha lucid. As Steve struggled to protect them both, Supergiant ordered the mind-controlled heroes to attack.

• Ebony Maw and Proxima Midnight warned the Avengers that Thanos would destroy Earth if they refused to hand over the Tesseract.
• Supergiant suddenly appeared above the Black Order, and her psychic attack left nearly everyone mentally controlled.
• Steve used the Holy Light to protect himself and Natasha, while Natasha noted that they only had to hold out until Nick Fury arrived.
• Supergiant realized she could not control Steve and ordered the mind-controlled heroes to tear him and Natasha to pieces.

Steve and Natasha used the Lesser Invincibility Shield to withstand the Black Order’s relentless attacks while waiting for Nick Fury. After four minutes, Steve’s energy ran out and the shield shattered, leaving them exposed.

• Natasha transferred her energy to Steve, who raised a Lesser Invincibility Shield around them.
• The Black Order’s attacks and a powerful young man’s magma abilities struck the shield without damaging it.
• Supergiant and the other members of the Black Order fixated on destroying the shield and bombarded it continuously.
• Steve grew exhausted as Natasha kept supplying him energy, but Nick Fury still did not arrive.
• After four minutes, the shield’s energy ran out and it shattered.

Steve’s plan to have Natasha kill Supergiant failed when Supergiant controlled her again, and Steve was left to withstand the attacks alone until Nick Fury rescued him. After learning that Supergiant controlled the others, Nick Fury faced her and made Thor’s lightning disperse with a command.

• Natasha transferred most of her energy to Steve, but Supergiant controlled her before she could attack.
• Steve’s shield shattered, and he endured several waves of attacks until Nick Fury arrived and moved him to safety.
• Steve told Nick Fury that Supergiant controlled Tony and the others, then pointed out the man bearing the Shadow of the Flame Demon.
• Supergiant controlled Thor to attack Nick Fury with lightning, but Nick Fury shouted, “I said, disperse!” and the lightning vanished.

Nick Fury used his psychic power to subdue the Black Order, then learned they had come for the Tesseract and considered taking them into custody to question them about Thanos. When Proxima Midnight charged and Supergiant tried to protect her, Fury's golden domain stopped Proxima and dissolved Supergiant's attack.

• Nick Fury dispersed the lightning and restored everyone’s clarity with his psychic power.
• Supergiant and the other Black Order members warned that Thanos would bring Earth destruction, while Cull Obsidian charged at Tony and Banner punched him away.
• Steve told Nick Fury that the Black Order was after the Tesseract, and Fury considered capturing them to learn about Thanos.
• Nick Fury taunted the Black Order as they began to retreat, provoking Proxima Midnight into charging him.
• Nick Fury declared, “I call the shots here,” and his golden domain froze Proxima Midnight and melted away Supergiant’s psychic attack.

Nick Fury questioned Proxima Midnight, but her invocation of Thanos summoned a powerful apparition that overwhelmed those nearby with his presence. Thanos questioned Thor about his transformed nature, then turned to Nick Fury, who demanded to know why the Black Order had invaded Earth.

• Nick Fury used his psychic power to question Proxima Midnight about the Black Order and its pursuit of the Tesseract.
• Proxima Midnight invoked Thanos, whose apparition emerged and projected an overwhelming presence over everyone nearby.
• Thanos observed the Avengers and acknowledged that they had defeated his subordinates and tried to control them for information.
• Thanos studied Thor’s lightning-based form and wondered who had changed him while leaving his soul intact.
• Nick Fury asked Thanos why he had sent the Black Order to invade Earth, and Thanos praised Fury’s courage.

Thanos confronted Nick Fury and the Avengers, declaring that strength determined who could claim the Tesseract and act without resistance. Nick Fury warned him about Su Yu, but Thanos suspected the Earthlings’ connection to Su Yu was weaker than Fury implied.

• Thanos praised Nick Fury’s courage and considered why Earth had surprised him, suspecting that Su Yu was behind the Avengers’ strength and Thor’s transformation.
• Nick Fury called the Tesseract Earth’s property, but Thanos and Thor disputed his claim, with Thor saying it belonged to Asgard.
• Thanos argued that strength was the rule of the cosmos and that weaker civilizations had to endure the actions of stronger ones; Nick Fury insisted Earth would still resist.
• Thanos revealed that he knew the Tesseract was no longer on Earth and asked whether Su Yu remained there and had given the Avengers their powers.
• Thanos read Thor’s shocked reaction, and Nick Fury admitted Su Yu had helped them and held the Tesseract, then urged Thanos to leave before Su Yu became angry.
• Thanos dismissed Proxima Midnight’s outrage and questioned whether Nick Fury and the Avengers were truly friends with Su Yu.

Thanos explained that he had learned about Earth by hacking into its network and discovered the shop Where Are the Magical Blind Boxes, which made him eager to meet its owner. He demanded that the Earthlings take him there or let him search for it himself, leaving Nick Fury resigned to cooperating because the aliens were too powerful to fight.

• Thanos told Tony that technology and knowledge were sources of power, though Tony’s interest in magic left Thanos with little interest in him.
• Thanos explained that the Black Order’s ship and his mental avatar had connected to Earth’s network and found posts about people gaining supernatural powers from Where Are the Magical Blind Boxes.
• Nick Fury realized Earth’s internet had exposed information about the aliens and passed the technical problem off to Tony.
• Thanos demanded that the Earthlings take him to the shop or let him search for it himself.
• Nick Fury abandoned thoughts of fighting and accepted that he had to deal with Thanos’s demand.

Nick Fury brought Thanos and the Black Order to Su Yu’s blind box shop, keeping them under control while his class side effects made him bite Corvus Glaive’s weapon. He revealed the hidden shop to Thanos and led him inside, where Thanos found that he could not see what the blind boxes contained.

• Nick Fury agreed to take Thanos to the shop on the condition that the Black Order surrendered their weapons, and Thanos ordered them to comply.
• Nick Fury accidentally bit Corvus Glaive’s glaive because his class side effects had given him an enormous appetite and powerful teeth.
• Nick Fury led Thanos and the Black Order to an ordinary flower shop, then used the phrase “Where Are the Magical Blind Boxes” to reveal the hidden shop.
• Thanos followed Nick Fury inside and tried unsuccessfully to see what was inside the blind boxes.
• A voice told Thanos that he would not know what a blind box contained until he opened it.