Chapter Summaries

Wang Yang tracked Quagos to a region of space and sealed it off, preventing the beast from jumping away. Trapped, Quagos formed a massive cocoon of soul strands, and Wang Yang attacked it with thousands of Dark Spears.

• Wang Yang followed Quagos's traces as Quagos healed himself by absorbing souls near fleets and repeatedly jumped away.
• Wang Yang reached Quagos and sealed off a vast region of space, stopping his escape ability.
• Quagos tried to jump several times, then gave up fleeing and wrapped himself in dense soul strands.
• Wang Yang attacked the forming cocoon with Dark Spears, but its strands regenerated faster than they could be corroded.
• Wang Yang summoned thousands of Dark Spears and sent them sweeping toward the cocoon.

Wang Yang tore open Quagos's cocoon and fought him after Quagos compressed his body to increase his strength. Wang Yang defeated Quagos's final Star Source Power attack and struck him between the brows, leaving Quagos staggering in disbelief.

• Wang Yang bombarded Quagos's enormous cocoon with Dark Spears, then combined them into one spear that ripped it open.
• Quagos emerged much smaller and stronger, then attacked Wang Yang, but Wang Yang's Magic Shield stopped his tail and shattered his teeth.
• Wang Yang struck Quagos with the Vishanti Holy Sword, breaking through his defenses as Quagos's markings failed.
• Quagos unleashed his remaining power in a starry assault, while Wang Yang fused with more Star Source Power.
• Wang Yang's sword beam shattered Quagos's attack and struck him between the brows, leaving him staggering in disbelief.

Wang Yang killed Quagos with a soul attack, restored the damaged space, and returned to Earth. The Kree Supreme Intelligence then showed its officials footage of Wang Yang overpowering Quagos, leaving them stunned by the power of a human.

• Quagos begged Wang Yang to spare him and offered to reveal Eye-Monster's ancient treasures, but Wang Yang refused.
• Wang Yang pierced Quagos with Psychic Ice Spikes, destroying his soul and leaving his body dead.
• Wang Yang stored Quagos's body, repaired the damaged space, erased the traces, and returned to Earth.
• The Kree Supreme Intelligence ordered reconnaissance of the creature that had destroyed their fleets and discussed the empire's recent losses.
• The Supreme Intelligence showed Kree officials footage of Wang Yang suppressing Quagos, and the officials wondered how a human could become so powerful.

After defeating Quagos, Wang Yang returned to Kamar-Taj and told the Ancient One he planned to revive those killed in San Francisco by turning back time. When she warned that altering the timeline could endanger the Multiverse, Wang Yang revealed that he had already reset the universe’s timeline, leaving the Ancient One shocked.

• The Supreme Intelligence ordered the Kree Empire to recall its fleets, abandon settlements, and withdraw from the Solar System after seeing Wang Yang defeat Quagos.
• Wang Yang returned to Kamar-Taj and found that the Ancient One had recovered; he explained that Quagos was an ancient creature created by Eye-Monster.
• The Ancient One mourned the millions killed in San Francisco, including sorcerers who had sacrificed themselves to stop Eye-Monster.
• Wang Yang told the Ancient One he intended to bring the dead back to life, but she warned that changing the timeline could cause a Multiversal disaster.
• Wang Yang said Eternity had altered the timeline before and revealed that he had already reset the universe’s timeline, which the Ancient One insisted was impossible.

Wang Yang reversed time in San Francisco, restoring the city and its dead residents while erasing their memories of the disaster. The Time Variance Authority detected the altered timeline and sent Mobius and B-15 to prune it, though San Francisco appeared ordinary when they arrived.

• The Ancient One questioned Wang Yang about changing the timeline, and he explained the risks of altering events far in the past.
• Wang Yang traveled to devastated San Francisco and reversed time, restoring the city and returning the dead to life.
• Wang Yang erased the residents’ memories of the disaster, and they resumed their lives unaware of what had happened.
• Mobius and his team detected the timeline change and reported it to Ravonna, who ordered them to prune the altered area for the sake of the Sacred Timeline.
• Mobius and B-15 took pruning equipment and personnel to San Francisco, where B-15 found the city looked ordinary.
• Mobius told B-15 to check her device to see the timeline disturbance.

The Time Variance Authority began pruning San Francisco after discovering that its timeline had been changed, but Wang Yang stopped the erasure and investigated their involvement. He confirmed that the TVA had erased the city’s people and found them entering a black hole, though he still did not know why they had ignored his earlier changes to the universe’s timeline.

• Mobius and B-15 discovered that San Francisco’s timeline had been reset and ordered their team to prune the city.
• The TVA’s devices spread yellow light across San Francisco, erasing its people, buildings, and timeline.
• Wang Yang sensed the disturbance, went to San Francisco, stopped the yellow light, and destroyed one of the TVA’s devices.
• Wang Yang realized that the city’s information had been erased, then used the Mirror Dimension to search the area’s past for clues.
• Wang Yang found indistinct figures entering a black hole and concluded that the TVA had pruned San Francisco.

Wang Yang entered the Time Variance Authority using a clone after his true form proved too powerful to pass through its Portal. When Ravonna and Mobius finally noticed him, he calmly revealed that he was the intruder they had been searching for.

• Wang Yang located the Time Variance Authority’s time-and-space Portal, but his true form was too powerful to enter without collapsing it.
• Wang Yang created a Divine Power Clone and sent it through the Portal, then used cognitive interference to go unnoticed inside the Authority.
• Mobius told Ravonna he feared the person who had altered a timeline might come after them, and alarms soon reported an intruder.
• B-15 sent guards to search the Authority and ordered them to prune the intruder, but they found no trace of Wang Yang.
• Mobius returned to Ravonna’s office with Wang Yang beside him, and Ravonna noticed the stranger.
• Mobius raised a baton and demanded to know who Wang Yang was, and Wang Yang replied that they had been looking for him.

Wang Yang discovered that the Time Variance Authority’s pruning weapon could not harm him, then used it on Ravonna and learned that the pruned were sent to the Void at the End of Time. He prepared to find a way there and rescue them, but was interrupted by an unknown voice.

• Mobius and Ravonna threatened Wang Yang with Pruning Batons, but Ravonna’s weapon had no effect on him.
• Wang Yang took Ravonna’s baton and pruned her, then tried to learn from Mobius where the pruned went.
• Wang Yang used his Mental Power to control Mobius, who claimed the pruned were dead and said Ravonna had sufficient clearance.
• Wang Yang searched Ravonna’s tablet and learned that the pruned were sent to the Void at the End of Time, reachable by Time-Space Transfer or a Void Spaceship.
• An unknown voice ordered Wang Yang not to move and demanded to know what he had done.

Wang Yang teamed up with an unfamiliar Loki at the Time Variance Authority and entered its records room to search for information about the End of Time and the TVA’s founding. The chapter ended with an old woman leading Wang Yang to a cabinet of yellowed files while Loki watched him with fear and awe.

• Wang Yang recognized Loki as a version from another universe and offered to take him along while exploring the Time Variance Authority.
• Loki led Wang Yang toward the records room, and Wang Yang revealed that he could use magic inside the TVA despite its restrictions.
• Wang Yang told Loki that his own world’s Asgard and parents survived, then said he was an Earth sorcerer who could travel the multiverse.
• Wang Yang asked the records clerk for files about the End of Time and the TVA’s founding, and the clerk unexpectedly accepted his clearance.
• The clerk led Wang Yang into the archives and opened a cabinet of yellowed documents while Loki wondered at Wang Yang’s power.

Wang Yang read the TVA records, then took Loki through a portal to the end of time, where they encountered several other Lokis. Loki learned that the crocodile among them was also a Loki.

• Wang Yang read the TVA records and discovered that the end of time was where timelines converged and pruned people and things were sent to be devoured.
• Wang Yang opened a portal to the end of time, and Loki followed him through despite being told to stay behind.
• Wang Yang and Loki arrived in a vast wasteland filled with decayed buildings, wreckage, and a ruined S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.
• Wang Yang told Loki that the place was known as the end of time and that people who entered could not leave, then flew with him to meet Loki's brothers.
• Wang Yang and Loki met an old man, a child, a black man, and a Nile crocodile, who revealed that they were all Lokis from different timelines.

Wang Yang and Loki confronted Alioth, the TVA’s enormous devourer, while the other Lokis fled toward shelter. Wang Yang demanded the information Alioth had consumed, then realized the creature had no consciousness of its own.

• The elderly Loki warned Wang Yang and Loki that Alioth was devouring the ruins and led the other Lokis toward shelter.
• Wang Yang refused to flee and approached Alioth, believing the monster might hold information about the people taken from San Francisco.
• Loki followed Wang Yang as the other Lokis left in the opposite direction.
• Wang Yang and Loki reached Alioth and saw that the creature was even larger than it had appeared from afar.
• Wang Yang commanded Alioth to return everything it had devoured, provoking an enraged roar.
• Wang Yang recognized that Alioth had no consciousness of its own.

Wang Yang bound and destroyed Alioth, then found a castle hidden in the purple mist and went to meet the true master of the Time Variance Authority. Loki was left outside as Wang Yang entered to talk with Kang the Conqueror.

• Wang Yang bound Alioth with the Crimson Bands despite Loki urging him to flee.
• Wang Yang destroyed Alioth and collected the information it had devoured.
• Wang Yang told Loki that returning would only create a parallel timeline, then prepared to send him back.
• Wang Yang sensed an invitation in the purple mist and spotted a castle that he identified as the true master's domain.
• Loki followed Wang Yang but was stopped by a transparent barrier, while Wang Yang approached the castle and was greeted by a Black man who invited him to talk in the office.

Wang Yang negotiated with Kang the Conqueror to end the Time Variance Authority’s interference in San Francisco, then restored the city and resurrected Kamar-Taj’s fallen sorcerers. After returning to ordinary life at Kamar-Taj, he was approached by Strange.

• Wang Yang met Kang the Conqueror, warned him not to prune San Francisco’s timeline again, and learned that Kang was waiting for both Lokis to bring change.
• Kang the Conqueror agreed to stop the Time Variance Authority from harassing Wang Yang’s world and promised to restore Loki’s situation.
• Wang Yang used information about San Francisco to restore it and resurrect the Kamar-Taj sorcerers who had died there.
• Wang Yang escorted the resurrected sorcerers to Kamar-Taj, where the Ancient One thanked him for saving them.
• Wang Yang returned to his usual routine, and Strange came to speak with him.

Wang Yang agreed to Strange’s request for a spar and brought him to a Mirror Dimension in space, where he created a barren world for their fight. Wang Yang invited Mordo and the other Masters of the Mystic Arts to watch, and they prepared to join the viewing.

• Strange asked Wang Yang to spar with him, and Wang Yang agreed to match Strange’s strength with a clone.
• Wang Yang opened a Portal to the Mirror Dimension in space and created a barren planet beneath them.
• Strange marveled at Wang Yang’s control of the Mirror Dimension and learned that the planet was Ego the Living Planet.
• Wang Yang invited Mordo and the other Masters of the Mystic Arts to watch their battle.
• Mordo told the assembled sorcerers that Wang Yang was about to fight Strange, and they eagerly asked to see it.

Mordo gathered Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers to watch Wang Yang spar with Strange in a magically formed image. After Strange’s Bolts of Balthakk failed against Wang Yang’s shield, Wang Yang demonstrated precise control of the spell’s destructive power, leaving Strange to study how he did it.

• Mordo quieted the assembled sorcerers and claimed the best seat while Hamir protested.
• Mordo conjured an image showing Wang Yang and Strange on a planet inside the Mirror Dimension, astonishing the gathered sorcerers.
• Wang Yang told Strange to attack first and sent out a clone matched to Strange’s strength.
• Strange struck Wang Yang’s clone with Bolts of Balthakk, but its Magic Shield blocked the spell without wavering.
• Wang Yang explained that Strange’s spell was too slow and dispersed, then restrained golden Thunder between his fingers with precise mental control.
• Strange recognized that Wang Yang’s technique showed how magic could be controlled, accelerated, and shaped through mental strength.

Strange asked Wang Yang to demonstrate how to improve his magic, then tested his Vishanti Holy Sword against Wang Yang's Clone. Wang Yang stopped the sword with one finger and caught Strange's next spell, leaving Strange humbled but eager to continue learning.

• Wang Yang invited Strange to try to force his Clone back one step, and Strange summoned the Vishanti Holy Sword.
• Strange struck Wang Yang with the sword, but Wang Yang blocked it with one finger and cracked the blade.
• Wang Yang explained that precise control could concentrate magic into a point and strengthen the body, while Strange reevaluated the gap between them.
• Strange summoned a chain spell that scorched the ground and whipped it at Wang Yang.
• Wang Yang caught the chain without moving, then began to comment on the spell.

Wang Yang tested Strange’s magic and showed him that his spells could not penetrate Wang Yang’s defenses. Strange left the sparring determined to gain combat experience, despite doubting he would ever be able to make Wang Yang use magic against him.

• Wang Yang tore apart Strange’s Crimson Bands, healed his injuries, and explained that his magic needed greater focus and power.
• Strange said he would seek more combat experience by guarding the dimensional spaces, then accepted Wang Yang’s challenge to make him move.
• Strange attacked with a conjured blade, a contracting Portal, Crimson Bands, and spatial fractures, but Wang Yang stopped every spell without moving.
• Strange teleported behind Wang Yang and struck with a Vishanti Holy Sword, but Wang Yang caught and shattered it.
• Strange admitted that he felt unable to fight Wang Yang, who encouraged him to keep training; Strange reflected that his progress had slowed at a bottleneck.

After advising Strange to keep studying magic and gain experience through battle, Wang Yang welcomed Eternity to Kamar-Taj and learned that a serious conflict between cosmic forces was troubling him. Wang Yang suspected Eternity had come to discuss Oblivion, but Eternity had not yet revealed his request.

• Strange asked Wang Yang how to overcome bottlenecks, and Wang Yang advised him to focus on studying magic and building experience.
• Strange abandoned secluded training at Kamar-Taj and began joining battles across dimensions to protect Earth.
• Wang Yang continued cultivating his laws while Kamar-Taj’s disciples trained harder after watching his fight with Strange.
• Eternity visited Wang Yang at Kamar-Taj, explaining that cosmic entities represented opposing forces of order and chaos.
• Eternity enclosed them in a light barrier before explaining his concern, and Wang Yang asked whether he meant Oblivion.

Eternity asked Wang Yang to stop an out-of-control clone of Oblivion that was devouring universes, and Wang Yang agreed to confront it in the Multiverse. Wang Yang crossed the universe’s boundary and arrived in the Multiverse, while Eternity stayed behind to protect Earth.

• Eternity told Wang Yang that an out-of-control clone of Oblivion, a symbol of chaos, had begun devouring universes and could eventually threaten Wang Yang’s universe.
• Eternity asked Wang Yang to eliminate the clone and offered him access to his treasury; Wang Yang agreed because the threat endangered his universe and he owed Eternity a favor.
• Eternity explained that the Multiverse had more complete laws than a single universe and warned that Wang Yang might not be able to wield his full power there.
• Wang Yang said he would first settle matters at Kamar-Taj, and Eternity promised to protect Earth while he was away.
• Wang Yang opened a portal through the universe’s membrane and entered the Multiverse; Eternity praised his magic and remained to watch over Earth.

Wang Yang traveled into the multiverse with Eternity to confront the King of Chaos, an independent clone of Oblivion that was devouring universes. After learning that the King of Chaos might have no known weaknesses, Wang Yang followed Eternity through the chaotic expanse until they reached their destination.

• Wang Yang entered the multiverse and met Eternity, who praised his ability to travel there from a single universe.
• Eternity told Wang Yang that the King of Chaos had awakened as an independent being, broken away from Oblivion, and begun devouring universes.
• Wang Yang asked about the King of Chaos's weaknesses, but Eternity admitted he knew none and suggested Oblivion might know more.
• Eternity explained that he navigated the multiverse by sensing his clones and warned Wang Yang to leave markers if he traveled there again.
• Wang Yang followed Eternity past many strange and varied universes, and Eternity announced that they had arrived.