Chapter Summaries

After destroying Titan, Wang Yang's actions helped bring Galactus out of slumber, while Nick Fury persuaded world leaders to fund S.W.O.R.D. The chapter ended with the nations agreeing to establish the space-defense organization.

• Captain America led the allied troops through the portal, and Wang Yang used the Bolts of Balthakk to destroy Titan and every living creature on it.
• Galactus awakened in a barren region of space, sensed powerful energy, and flew toward it to feed his hunger.
• Peace returned to Earth, and Wang Yang earned greater admiration at Kamar-Taj while studying the Book of the Vishanti to avoid attention.
• Nick Fury convened a world conference and showed officials footage of Thanos's fleet and Titan's destruction to argue that Earth needed defenses in space.
• The world leaders approved funding for S.W.O.R.D., and Nick Fury promised the organization would protect Earth.

S.W.O.R.D. detected Galactus approaching Earth, while Heimdall warned Thor that the cosmic entity was also heading toward the Nine Realms. Both leaders realized they had no way to stop him, as something deep inside Earth continued to grow.

• Nick Fury learned that S.W.O.R.D.'s highest-level alert had detected an enormous object devouring planets and approaching Earth, with only a month before it arrived.
• Nick Fury learned that Earth's nuclear weapons could not hurt the object and reached for his pager as a last resort.
• Heimdall warned Thor that Galactus was on his way and that the Nine Realms faced destruction if he arrived.
• Thor considered confronting Galactus and using the Bifrost, but Heimdall told him neither could stop the cosmic entity.
• Deep inside Earth, something stirred and grew stronger as it began to break out of its shell.

Wang Yang used Thanos’s corpse to locate the Eternals on Earth while Ajak decided to oppose the Emergence. Ikaris attacked Ajak to protect the plan, but Wang Yang appeared as Deviants began draining her energy.

• Thor stayed in Asgard and ordered Heimdall to warn Earth that Galactus was coming.
• Wang Yang used magic and Thanos’s corpse to locate the Eternals hidden on Earth.
• Ajak told Ikaris she wanted to stop the Emergence, and Ikaris agreed to gather the other Eternals with her.
• Ikaris led Ajak to Deviants freed by the Emergence, then pushed her off a cliff and left her to be attacked.
• As a Deviant drained Ajak’s energy, Wang Yang appeared beside her, and the other Deviants charged at him.

Wang Yang rescued Ajak from the Deviants, restrained Ikaris, and learned where the Celestial Seed was preparing to emerge. After Ajak located it beneath a Pacific island volcano, Wang Yang prepared to stop the birth himself.

• Wang Yang arrived as the Deviants attacked Ajak, cut the tendrils draining her power, and killed the Deviants, including their leader.
• Ikaris confronted Wang Yang, but Wang Yang bound him with Crimson Bands and asked Ajak to locate the Emergence.
• Ajak explained that she wanted to protect Earth's innocent people despite the Celestials' likely retaliation, then used her connection to Arishem to search for the Celestial Seed.
• Ajak located the Celestial Seed beneath a Pacific island and said only a few days remained before the Emergence.
• Wang Yang and Ajak reached the island's erupting volcano, where blue energy gathered, and Ajak asked what Wang Yang planned to do.

Wang Yang stopped the premature Celestial Seed from destroying Earth, then returned to Kamar-Taj. The Ancient One warned him that Galactus was approaching Earth to consume its energy, leaving Wang Yang facing a new cosmic threat.

• Wang Yang fused with the Celestial's divine power and used an enhanced Mirror Dimension to cut off the Celestial Seed from Earth's energy.
• The premature Celestial emerged, but its power failed and its body turned to stone and crumbled.
• Wang Yang warned Ajak that Arishem might take the Eternals, then returned to Kamar-Taj and studied the Book of the Vishanti.
• The Ancient One sensed Galactus approaching Earth and returned to warn Wang Yang, while Tony Stark also called with news of a terrible threat.
• The Ancient One explained that Galactus sought Earth's Infinity Stones and the gathered energy of the Celestial Seed, and Wang Yang was stunned by the news.

As Galactus approached Earth, Nick Fury and S.W.O.R.D. prepared every weapon they could gather, but the Silver Surfer destroyed their space base with ease. A golden light then halted the base's collapse, leaving a mysterious cloaked figure to face the crisis.

• Wang Yang considered Galactus's approach and believed he and the Ancient One could hold him back with the Infinity Stones.
• Earth's leaders sent hidden weapons and alien technology to S.W.O.R.D. as Galactus advanced, devouring planets along his path.
• A S.W.O.R.D. agent detected a silver streak heading for Earth, and Nick Fury ordered the base to intercept it and open fire.
• The Silver Surfer emerged unharmed from the nuclear blast and unleashed a destructive force that tore apart S.W.O.R.D.'s base.
• As Nick Fury urged the agents toward the escape pods, a golden light stopped the base from disintegrating and a figure in a silvery-white cloak appeared.

Wang Yang confronted Galactus’s herald, Silver Shadow, and protected the S.W.O.R.D. base from his attacks. Silver Shadow’s second assault shattered the Seraphim Shield and surged toward the base, leaving its defenders in immediate danger.

• Wang Yang arrived at the S.W.O.R.D. base and told Silver Shadow that Earth would not welcome Galactus.
• Silver Shadow attacked, but Wang Yang’s Seraphim Shield stopped his first strike without visibly wavering.
• Wang Yang urged Silver Shadow to leave, but Silver Shadow insisted that he had come to remove obstacles to Galactus’s arrival.
• Silver Shadow unleashed a concentrated beam, and Wang Yang reinforced the Seraphim Shield with a second safeguard.
• Silver Shadow’s beam cracked and crushed the Seraphim Shield, then surged toward the S.W.O.R.D. base.

Wang Yang defeated Silver Shadow by letting Ego absorb his energy, then restored the S.W.O.R.D. base and sent Silver Shadow away. Later, Arishem summoned the Eternals and began judging Earth, leaving Sersi and the others facing the Celestial’s verdict.

• Silver Shadow pierced the Seraphim Shield and destroyed the S.W.O.R.D. base, but Nick Fury and the agents survived as Ego absorbed Silver Shadow’s power.
• Wang Yang revealed that he had deliberately let Silver Shadow break through, then used lightning and magic to weaken him and hurl him into space.
• Wang Yang restored the base and disappeared, while Nick Fury concealed his involvement when reporting the incident to world leaders.
• Sersi spoke with Dane about her family history before Arishem appeared and summoned her and the other Eternals.
• Arishem accused the Eternals of choosing to sacrifice a Celestial for humanity and declared that he would judge Earth.

Wang Yang confronted Arishem the Celestial, who tried to send a Celestial Seed toward Earth and destroy him. Wang Yang blocked the seed and Arishem’s attack, but Arishem withdrew after sensing that Galactus was coming, promising to judge Earth another time.

• Wang Yang identified the presence near Earth as Arishem the Celestial and went to confront him above the S.W.O.R.D. Space Base.
• Arishem revealed that he was holding the Eternals and declared that he would judge whether Earth’s inhabitants deserved to live.
• Wang Yang fused a Divine Power Talent Fragment and warned Arishem that his Celestial offspring could not remain on Earth.
• Arishem launched a Celestial Seed toward Earth, but Wang Yang blocked it with a Magic Shield.
• Arishem attacked Wang Yang with his enormous palm, but the strike stopped against Wang Yang’s shield.
• After sensing that Galactus had taken an interest in Earth, Arishem withdrew with the Eternals and promised to return to judge Earth.

Wang Yang fought Galactus as the cosmic entity began drawing Earth and nearby planets into himself. His Spatial Blade struck Galactus’s inner core and triggered a violent reaction, leaving Galactus on the verge of fully awakening as the Ancient One urged Wang Yang to flee.

• Nick Fury and the S.W.O.R.D. agents saw Galactus arrive near the sun after the Celestial-like being vanished.
• Wang Yang recognized Galactus and tried to make him leave, but Galactus ignored him and began pulling Earth and surrounding planets toward himself.
• Wang Yang fused a Spatial Fluctuation Talent Fragment, strengthening his spatial magic and Spatial Blade.
• Wang Yang’s Spatial Blade was drawn into Galactus and struck the core of the universe within him, unleashing a spatial storm that disrupted Galactus’s divine power.
• Galactus roared as his power contracted into a sphere, and Wang Yang realized he was about to awaken completely.
• The Ancient One appeared and told Wang Yang to leave while she held Galactus off.

Wang Yang battled Galactus after the cosmic entity woke and attacked him, protecting himself with the Seraphim Shield and trapping Galactus in the Mirror Dimension. Wang Yang struck Galactus with the reborn Ego the Living Planet, then revealed he could summon another Celestial Planet as Galactus vowed to keep fighting.

• Galactus woke in a fury, and Wang Yang stopped the Ancient One from approaching and told her to leave the fight to him.
• Galactus seized Wang Yang with a hand of divine power, but Wang Yang's Seraphim Shield held as he enveloped Galactus in the Mirror Dimension.
• Wang Yang dropped Ego the Living Planet onto Galactus, and its power blasted apart much of Galactus's divine energy.
• Galactus demanded to know how Wang Yang had obtained a Celestial Planet, while Wang Yang warned him to leave Earth alone.
• Galactus refused to retreat, and Wang Yang threatened to unleash Ego's power again, prompting Galactus to realize another Celestial Planet had appeared.

Wang Yang used Ego the Living Planet to injure Galactus, then attacked the cosmic entity as he condensed into a black sphere. After thrusting a Spatial Blade into a crack in Galactus’s defenses, Wang Yang received a system prompt offering to fuse with pure divine power.

• Wang Yang restored Ego the Living Planet and watched as Galactus absorbed power from the Mirror Dimension.
• Galactus offered to spare Earth if Wang Yang became his servant, but Wang Yang refused and pulled Ego the Living Planet down toward him.
• As Galactus began devouring Ego, Wang Yang made it self-destruct, causing Galactus’s power and body to dissipate before condensing into a black sphere.
• Wang Yang flew toward the sphere and slashed it with a Spatial Blade, then thrust the blade into the fissure he had made.
• A system prompt asked Wang Yang whether he wanted to fuse with the pure divine power, and he accepted.

Wang Yang unleashed Cyttorak’s source power against Galactus, but Galactus broke free and attacked with a miniature black hole. Wang Yang escaped by transforming into butterflies with Hoggoth's Hoary Hosts, which then exploded around Galactus as the Mirror Dimension began to collapse.

• Wang Yang manifested the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak and bound Galactus, shocking the Ancient One with his access to Cyttorak’s source power.
• Galactus shattered the Crimson Bands, compressed himself into a humanoid form, and declared that he would kill Wang Yang before devouring Earth.
• Galactus created a black speck like a black hole that shattered Wang Yang’s Seraphim Shield and appeared to tear him apart.
• Wang Yang transformed into countless butterflies with Hoggoth's Hoary Hosts, escaping the black hole’s pull and spreading through the Mirror Dimension.
• The butterflies converged on Galactus and exploded in a chain reaction, damaging the weakened Mirror Dimension and sending tremors across Earth.

Wang Yang overwhelmed Galactus with Images of Ikonn and the Crimson Bands, forcing the cosmic entity to flee. He returned to Earth with the Ancient One, while Nick Fury watched the battle’s aftermath at S.W.O.R.D.

• Galactus grew stronger by suppressing the dead universe within him and fired a beam at Wang Yang, who blocked it with a Magic Shield.
• Wang Yang cast Images of Ikonn, filling the universe with indistinguishable versions of himself and surrounding Galactus.
• Wang Yang’s figures bound Galactus with Crimson Bands until his armor cracked and his body burst into wisps of divine power.
• Wang Yang sensed Galactus had survived and reappeared at planetary size, but Galactus praised his strength and fled the Milky Way.
• Wang Yang and the Ancient One returned through a Portal, while Nick Fury watched the Mirror Dimension return to normal at S.W.O.R.D.

After Galactus left, Nick Fury secured more support for S.W.O.R.D., while a Skrull warned him of a presence calling to their people. A month later, Mordo brought Wang Yang to see the weakened Ancient One, and Beleya prepared to demonstrate her healing magic.

• Nick Fury used the aftermath of Galactus's departure to win more support and equipment for S.W.O.R.D., then ordered repairs and new defenses.
• A Skrull told Nick Fury that the Skrulls sensed a presence from their supreme god, and Nick Fury asked them to watch for Skrulls arriving on Earth.
• Wang Yang continued studying magic at Kamar-Taj while Earth's heroes settled into their lives, and a month passed.
• Mordo told Wang Yang that the Ancient One had grown seriously weak and that Kamar-Taj's healing sorcerers could not help her.
• Wang Yang examined the Ancient One and sensed that much of her vitality had vanished, after which Mordo asked Beleya to demonstrate her healing magic.

Wang Yang absorbed Beleya’s healing magic talent and used a newly learned spell to repair the Ancient One’s injuries and damaged foundation. The Ancient One recovered substantially, while Beleya was left astonished that Wang Yang’s healing magic surpassed her own.

• Beleya tried to heal the Ancient One, but the Ancient One’s body rejected her magic.
• Wang Yang fused a healing magic talent fragment and learned the spell as Beleya cast it.
• Wang Yang used powerful green healing magic on the Ancient One, restoring her vitality and beginning to repair her foundation.
• The Ancient One and Beleya were shocked by the spell’s strength, while Wang Yang called it an ordinary healing spell.
• Mordo welcomed the Ancient One’s improvement, and Beleya felt dejected beside Wang Yang’s talent.

Wang Yang discovered Tony Stark’s messages about a Skrull invasion, while Vision uncovered that the Wanda living with him in Westview was an impostor. Vision escaped the Skrulls and went to find Tony Stark, but someone approached him at Tony’s cabin before he could knock.

• Mordo urged Wang Yang to balance his magic studies with rest, and Wang Yang left the library to recover.
• Wang Yang turned on his phone and found messages from Tony Stark about a plan to counter the Skrull Secret Invasion.
• In Westview, Vision suspected that Wanda had been replaced and confronted the Skrull impersonator.
• The Skrull used Wanda’s Chaos Magic to restrain Vision, but Vision broke free and escaped into the sky.
• Vision flew to Tony Stark’s cabin in Atlanta to find someone he could trust, but a voice behind him made him turn and scan the person approaching.

Vision told Tony Stark that Wanda had been replaced, leading Tony and Nick Fury to suspect the Skrulls and learn that the Skrulls' god, Kly'bn, had targeted Earth. Tony Stark and Vision researched a way to identify Skrulls, and Tony created a device after several days.

• Vision visited Tony Stark and showed him footage that convinced Tony Wanda had been replaced.
• Tony Stark contacted Nick Fury, who questioned Talos about whether Skrulls had gone to Earth without permission.
• Talos recognized the threat as Kly'bn, the Skrulls' god, and said his branch could not help Earth.
• Nick Fury asked Tony Stark to develop a device that could identify Skrulls and told him, Vision, and Tony not to inform anyone else.
• Tony Stark and Vision studied the Skrull corpse Nick Fury sent, and Tony created a Skrull-identification device after several days.

Tony Stark and his allies used a Skrull detector to expose the replacements among the superheroes and launched a surprise attack, but a Skrull impersonating Thor intervened. Tony and Vision fought the false God of Thunder, and Tony’s charged armor blasted him before the battle continued.

• Tony Stark tested his Skrull detector and discovered that most of the superheroes, including Spider-Man, had been replaced, then contacted Nick Fury for help.
• Nick Fury summoned Captain Marvel, and the group lured the Skrull impostors to a gathering, where Tony killed Winter Soldier, Falcon, Black Widow, and Hawkeye.
• Tony and Vision attacked the Skrull impersonating Spider-Man, and Tony injured him and demanded to know where the real superheroes were being held.
• A Skrull impersonating the God of Thunder arrived, blasted Tony and Vision, and damaged Vision with Stormbreaker.
• Tony absorbed the false Thor’s lightning with his armor, fired a powerful laser that sent him flying, and charged back in with heavy hammer-like fists.

The Skrulls overwhelmed Tony Stark, Captain Marvel, Vision, and Hulk, then prepared to kill them and target Kamar-Taj. Wang Yang arrived through a Portal and stopped Stormbreaker, but the Skrulls were excited to see him rather than afraid.

• The Skrull posing as the God of Thunder called in Ant-Man, Wasp, Black Panther, Captain America, and the others, who joined the assault on Tony Stark's group.
• Wanda's Chaos Magic immobilized Vision, while the Skrulls' forces overwhelmed Tony Stark, Rescue, and Captain Marvel.
• Banner transformed into Hulk and attacked the God of Thunder, but lightning weakened Hulk until he collapsed and reverted to Banner.
• The Skrull leader declared that the Skrulls would rule Earth and the universe, and he revealed that they planned to target Kamar-Taj after killing the Avengers.
• As the Skrull swung Stormbreaker at Tony Stark, Wang Yang arrived through a Portal and knocked the weapon away.
• The Skrulls recognized Wang Yang as a sorcerer from Kamar-Taj and greeted his arrival with excitement.