Chapter Summaries

Wang Yang confronted Chthon in his true form and fought back against the god’s attack on Earth. After Wang Yang’s annihilating power began destroying Chthon’s body, Chthon acknowledged his strength but prepared to restore himself, insisting Wang Yang was no god.

• Chthon stopped attacking Earth after countless runes enveloped the planet, and Wang Yang confronted him about trying to destroy his former home.
• Chthon explained that his original Earth had collapsed long ago and declared that Wang Yang would fail to protect the present Earth.
• Chthon struck at Wang Yang with an enormous palm that locked down the surrounding space, but Wang Yang formed a golden fist from magic runes and met the attack.
• Their clash shook the S.W.O.R.D. base and distorted space, while Earth’s barrier shielded the planet from their power.
• Wang Yang’s divine and magical power overwhelmed Chthon’s palm, and his annihilating force began disintegrating Chthon’s body and arm.
• Chthon acknowledged Wang Yang’s extraordinary strength, declared that he was no god, and released black energy to repair himself.

Chthon drew on the Multiverse’s dark magic, driving civilizations into chaos and slaughter while growing stronger. Earth remained protected by Wang Yang, who faced Chthon as Nick Fury and Captain Marvel realized the danger.

• Chthon summoned dark magic from across the Multiverse, killing many sorcerers and empowering himself as his influence drove living beings into violence.
• The Kree homeworld descended into civil war after the Supreme Intelligence was paralyzed, while Xandar and other civilizations also suffered widespread slaughter.
• Captain Marvel contacted Nick Fury from a ruined city and reported that beings across the Universe had gone mad, but Fury assured her Earth was safe.
• Nick Fury realized Wang Yang was shielding Earth from Chthon’s dark power and told Captain Marvel that Wang Yang had stopped the god from affecting the planet.
• Captain Marvel recognized Wang Yang from the Skrulls’ Secret Invasion, while Nick Fury worried that Wang Yang might not be able to hold Chthon back.

Wang Yang faced Chthon after the dark god absorbed immense power from across the universe and attacked him with Black Death Light. Wang Yang’s shield gained resistance through repeated exposure and a successful fusion, leaving Chthon stunned when his strongest attack failed to harm him.

• Chthon gathered dark divine power from across the universe, increasing the pressure on Wang Yang as the universal wars subsided.
• Chthon struck Wang Yang’s Seraphim Shield with Black Death Light, but Wang Yang’s fusion attempt failed and gave his magic some resistance to death’s power.
• Chthon’s second Black Death Light attack also failed to break the shield, leaving him questioning how a mortal could withstand his soul-destroying magic.
• Chthon gathered a much larger Black Death Light attack and engulfed Wang Yang’s shield in its force.
• Wang Yang successfully fused a Black Death Light talent fragment, greatly increasing his magic’s resistance and his defensive magic’s strength.
• Chthon’s attack faded without breaking Wang Yang’s shield, and Chthon was left unable to believe his spell had failed.

Wang Yang endured Chthon’s attacks, including a sneak attack, then countered with a hidden lightning trap that damaged Chthon before the god recovered. Chthon survived and warned that ordinary spells could not destroy him.

• Nick Fury and the S.W.O.R.D. agents watched Wang Yang withstand Chthon’s powerful Black Death Ray attacks.
• Chthon punctured Wang Yang’s Seraphim Shield with a sneak attack, but Wang Yang dodged the nearly invisible strike.
• Chthon attacked again, and Wang Yang realized he needed to go on the offensive.
• Wang Yang’s magical fist collided with Chthon’s punch, and the shock waves shook S.W.O.R.D. as the magical fist shattered.
• Wang Yang linked the scattered golden magic with lightning, forming a trap that struck Chthon with black-and-gold magic and caused his body to disintegrate.
• Chthon recovered using his divine power and told Wang Yang that simple spells could not destroy him.

Wang Yang fought Chthon with Oblivion-powered magic, then escaped Chthon’s dark law by revealing that the captive was a clone. As Chthon moved to attack Earth, Wang Yang appeared on its protective array and assimilated a Dark Magic essence talent.

• Wang Yang’s golden fist and lightning struck Chthon, and he followed up by slicing through Chthon’s body with an Oblivion-powered chainsaw.
• Chthon trapped Wang Yang in his Dark World, where he intended to imprison and torment him forever.
• Chthon formed Wang Yang’s captive into a black sphere and turned toward Earth, preparing to destroy its protective magic array.
• Wang Yang appeared on Earth’s array, and Chthon discovered that the prisoner was only a clone that was now disappearing.
• Wang Yang explained that he had prepared several clones, then accepted the prompt to assimilate the Dark Magic essence talent.

Wang Yang survived Chthon’s attempt to destroy him, but the Universe’s power erased the battle and both fighters vanished. After Wang Yang returned, he realized he could not permanently kill Chthon and began using Dark Devour to absorb Chthon’s power, leaving Chthon fearing that Wang Yang would seize the source of Black Magic.

• Chthon unleashed his full power against Wang Yang, and their attacks collided in an explosion that formed a vast black hole.
• A ripple swallowed the black hole and erased the battle’s effects, while Wang Yang and Chthon disappeared and meteorites across the Solar System were destroyed.
• Nick Fury and the S.W.O.R.D. agents concluded that both fighters were dead until Wang Yang reappeared among butterflies.
• Chthon reformed and attacked Wang Yang, boasting that his power was inexhaustible, while Wang Yang decided to absorb all of Chthon’s power instead of trying to kill him.
• Wang Yang struck Chthon from behind and used an altered Dark Devour to drain him, leaving Chthon unable to resist as he feared losing the source of Black Magic.

Wang Yang absorbed most of Chthon’s Dark Magic Origin and defeated him after resisting his final attack, then returned to Earth with Chthon’s hoarded wealth. Chthon secretly survived in a distant region of the multiverse and vowed to grow stronger and return.

• Wang Yang absorbed seventy percent of Chthon’s Dark Magic Origin, becoming the future source of Dark Magic.
• Wang Yang rejected Chthon’s offers of wealth and mercy, then accelerated his absorption to prevent Chthon from threatening Earth again.
• Chthon unleashed Dark Extinction, but Wang Yang fused with a detected talent fragment, resisted its effects, and devoured the attack’s power.
• Wang Yang found Chthon’s stored wealth, confirmed that Chthon’s aura had vanished, and returned to Earth.
• After Wang Yang left, Chthon re-formed far away in the multiverse and vowed to use what he had learned to grow stronger and return.

The Ancient One destroyed the weakened Chthon without knowing Wang Yang had already defeated him, while Wang Yang claimed Chthon’s essence and became the source of dark magic. Chthon’s influence ended, but the universe and Asgard were left devastated by the slaughter he had caused.

• The Ancient One found the weakened Chthon and erased him with the Bolts of Balthakk.
• Wang Yang told Wong, Mordo, and Strange that Chthon was dead, then returned to his quarters to recover and examine his gains.
• The Ancient One returned to Kamar-Taj, learned that Wang Yang had killed Chthon, and visited him to check on his condition.
• Wang Yang realized Chthon’s essence made him the source of dark magic, allowing him to draw on other dark sorcerers’ magical experience.
• Across the universe, Chthon’s influence drove countless beings to slaughter one another, causing mass casualties and the extinction of some races.
• Thor and the surviving Asgardians, including Loki, mourned Asgard’s devastating losses after Thor failed to stop the corrupted population from attacking one another.

After Asgard lost two-thirds of its people in a universe-wide disaster, Thor went to Earth to learn what had happened and discovered that Chthon, the God of the Underworld, was responsible. Wang Yang revealed that he had already killed Chthon, leaving Thor stunned.

• Thor asked Loki about Asgard's losses, and Loki reported that two-thirds of the population had died and disasters had struck civilizations throughout the universe.
• Loki suggested Thor consult Earth's sorcerers, so Thor traveled to New York and found the Sanctum.
• Thor asked Wang Yang about recent events on Earth, and Wang Yang identified Chthon, the God of the Underworld, as the attacker.
• Thor said Asgard and the rest of the universe had suffered catastrophic losses and vowed to avenge them.
• Wang Yang told Thor that he had already killed Chthon, and Thor was astonished.

After learning that Chthon’s power had killed countless people across the universe, Thor begged Wang Yang to save Asgard’s dead. Wang Yang agreed to seek a way by reshaping the timeline, and Thor returned with Asgard’s magic as Wang Yang began to connect with the universe.

• Thor told Wang Yang that Asgard had lost two-thirds of its people and other realms had suffered even greater losses.
• Thor asked Wang Yang to reverse time and then knelt, offering Asgard’s treasures in exchange for saving his people.
• Wang Yang said changing time carried a great price but agreed to think of a solution.
• Wang Yang decided to reshape the timeline using the power he had gained from the God of the Underworld, rather than the Time Stone.
• Thor agreed to bring Asgard’s magic so Wang Yang could study and corroborate it.
• Wang Yang sensed a connection with the universe, and Thor returned with Asgard’s magic and saw a universe in Wang Yang’s eyes.

Wang Yang used Asgard’s magic to rewind every timeline in the universe except Earth’s, restoring the worlds and lives lost to the God of the Underworld. After returning to Kamar-Taj with Thor, he drew the attention of a Celestial Judge, who traced the timeline alteration to Earth and suspected someone had prevented a Celestial’s birth.

• Thor brought Asgard’s magic to Wang Yang, who explained that people restored by the timeline reset might lose some memories.
• Wang Yang took Thor into space and rewound the universe’s timelines to before the God of the Underworld appeared, restoring the dead and returning the universe to normal.
• After confirming the timelines were stable, Wang Yang returned to Earth with Thor, who thanked him at Kamar-Taj.
• The timeline changes caught the attention of a Celestial Judge, who traced their source to Earth.
• The Judge questioned why Earth remained alive and flourishing, and suspected that someone had stopped its Celestial from being born.

The Celestials Judge learned that someone on Earth had altered the universe’s timeline and sent the Eradicator to destroy Earth and retrieve the supposed weapon. When the Eradicator’s attacks struck Earth’s magical barrier, Wang Yang went to confront him.

• The Celestials Judge summoned the Eradicator and ordered him to destroy Earth’s civilization and recover anything capable of changing the timeline.
• Arishem told the Judge that the Eternals and a sorcerer had stopped the Celestial Seed on Earth, and that Galactus had also visited the planet.
• The Eradicator attacked Earth with his hammer, but a golden magical formation blocked his strikes and shielded S.W.O.R.D.’s Space Base.
• Nick Fury saw the Eradicator appear outside Earth and questioned his agents about the attack.
• Wang Yang sensed the assault while speaking with Thor, refused Thor’s offer to join him, and stepped through a portal toward the danger.
• Thor watched Wang Yang leave and resolved to train harder in Asgard.

Wang Yang confronted the Eradicator, who was attacking Earth's protective magic array and planned to destroy its civilization. After their first clash revealed Wang Yang's power, the Eradicator demanded to know who he really was.

• The Eradicator battered Earth's magic array, and Wang Yang arrived in space to stop him.
• The Eradicator said Wang Yang's timeline tampering violated the universe's laws, while Wang Yang challenged his selective judgment by asking why he spared Galactus.
• Wang Yang refused to abandon Earth and formed a Dark Spear as the Eradicator prepared to attack.
• The Eradicator's golden energy beam failed to stop the Dark Spear, but the spear could not pierce his armor.
• The Eradicator attacked again, and Wang Yang's powerful force sent him flying, making him ask, "Kid, who exactly are you?"

Wang Yang's Dark Spear pierced the Eradicator's golden shield, prompting the Celestial to summon reinforcements and defend himself. Wang Yang launched another volley to drive the spears embedded in the shield deeper, and the barrier collapsed as dark energy surged toward the Eradicator.

• Wang Yang formed a stronger Dark Spear and pierced the Eradicator's golden shield, shocking the Celestial.
• The Eradicator sent a signal to summon other Celestials, then reinforced his defenses and declared that they would not let Wang Yang go.
• Wang Yang attacked with many Dark Spears, which lodged in the Eradicator's shield without passing through it.
• Wang Yang fired another volley at the embedded spears, driving them deeper until the shield shattered and dark energy engulfed the Eradicator.

Wang Yang overwhelmed the Eradicator with corrosive dark power while Nick Fury watched helplessly from S.W.O.R.D. More than a dozen Celestials arrived to demand the Eradicator’s release, leaving Wang Yang facing the gathered beings in the Solar System.

• Wang Yang’s dark spears shattered the Eradicator’s shield and corroded his golden divine power, trapping him in darkness.
• Nick Fury learned that more than a dozen powerful energy signatures were approaching and worried that Wang Yang could not withstand them.
• Wang Yang concealed Earth behind magical light, then intensified the dark aura consuming the Eradicator.
• The Celestials sensed the Eradicator’s danger, rushed to the Solar System, and the Judge ordered Wang Yang to release him.
• Wang Yang rejected the Judge’s demand and challenged the Celestials’ claim to power as more of them arrived and saw the Eradicator engulfed in darkness.

Wang Yang confronted the Celestials as they tried to make him release the Eradicator, but he exposed their secret plan to attack Earth with powerful weapons. The Celestials’ deception was revealed, and the Eradicator learned that the Judge had prepared Necro-Oblivion Cannons.

• The arriving Celestials restored the Eradicator’s strength, and Arishem demanded that Wang Yang become their servant while insisting Earth would still be destroyed.
• The Eradicator urged Arishem and the Judge to attack, but the Celestials hesitated after sensing the godlike power of Wang Yang’s dark aura.
• The Judge offered an apology and asked Wang Yang to release the Eradicator, while Wang Yang questioned whether the Celestials were sincere.
• Wang Yang showed the Celestials projections of their weapons aimed at Earth, exposing their preparations to attack after rescuing the Eradicator.
• Arishem recognized the weapons as Necro-Oblivion Cannons, and the Eradicator welcomed the Judge’s hidden plan to use them against Wang Yang.

Wang Yang destroyed the Celestials’ Necrotic Annihilation Cannon by crushing it with spatial pressure, then refused the Judge’s promise to leave Earth alone. He separated the Celestials into different dimensions to face them individually.

• The Celestials threatened Wang Yang with the Necrotic Annihilation Cannon and demanded that he release the Eradicator.
• Wang Yang expanded his Mirror Dimension to encompass the universe and drew the Celestials into it.
• Wang Yang crushed the distant Necrotic Annihilation Cannon with spatial pressure, causing it to explode and consume the nearby Celestials.
• The Judge offered to leave Earth in peace if Wang Yang released the Eradicator, but Wang Yang refused because he did not trust them.
• Wang Yang acknowledged the Celestials’ strength together, then sent each one into a different dimension.

Wang Yang trapped the Celestials in separate spaces and defied the Judge’s attempts to restrain him with universal law and judgment. He then unleashed Chthon’s dark power against the Judge, with the attack sweeping across the universe.

• Wang Yang used his Mirror Dimension to isolate the Celestials and foiled the Judge’s attempt to break through the space.
• Wang Yang revealed that the Dimension Crosser was wandering through the same space without finding an exit, leaving the Judge alarmed by his mastery of magic.
• The Judge made the universe reject Wang Yang and tried to restrict him with universal law, but Wang Yang broke free of the restraints.
• The Judge pronounced Wang Yang guilty and inflicted negative effects on him, but Wang Yang shrugged off the punishment.
• Wang Yang summoned spears of Chthon’s black mist and sent them against the Judge, whose golden light was devoured as the darkness surged across the universe.

Wang Yang fused the Judge’s God Shield talent and used what he learned to shatter the shield and pierce the Judge with a Dark Spear. When Wang Yang tried to finish him, the Judge stopped the spear with mental power, then an explosion blasted the dark aura from his body and revealed a growing, godlike power.

• The Judge summoned a golden God Shield while Wang Yang’s dark aura and Dark Spears failed to penetrate it.
• Wang Yang fused the God Shield talent and learned how to destroy the shield.
• Wang Yang formed a rune-covered Dark Spear that pierced the Judge’s shield, armor, and body, spreading darkness through him.
• Wang Yang sent a second Dark Spear toward the Judge’s forehead, but the Judge halted it with mental power.
• Wang Yang made the spear explode, blasting the dark aura from the Judge and restoring his body as his power grew stronger and took on a god’s aura.

The Celestials fused into a colossal godlike being led by the Judge and attacked Wang Yang. Wang Yang used his control over the space to shrink the Judge, then drew the Vishanti Holy Sword as the Judge and the other Celestial consciousnesses charged at him.

• The Judge summoned the Celestials, whose members turned into light and fused into an enormous being.
• The fused Celestials declared themselves true gods and threatened to destroy Wang Yang and Earth.
• The Judge struck at Wang Yang, but Wang Yang used his control over the space to halt the attack and compress the Judge to his own size.
• Wang Yang drew the Vishanti Holy Sword and charged it with purple radiance.
• The Judge and the other consciousnesses believed Wang Yang's magic had drained him, so they charged at him.