Chapter Summaries

After leaving seclusion, Wang Yang learned that the energy surge across Earth had followed his breakthrough and a small leak of his power. Mordo explained that the excess energy could burden ordinary Sorcerers, leaving Wang Yang apologetic and Mordo resigned to the gap between them.

• Mordo visited Wang Yang's room and was delighted when Wang Yang emerged from seclusion.
• Mordo told Wang Yang that energy had surged across Earth and gathered densely at Kamar-Taj.
• Wang Yang examined the changes and discovered they had been caused by energy leaking from his breakthrough.
• Wang Yang admitted what had happened, leaving Mordo stunned that such a vast effect came from only a little energy.
• Mordo explained that excessive energy could hinder ordinary Sorcerers, and Wang Yang apologized for overlooking their limitations.

Wang Yang removed the excess energy that had made it impossible for Kamar-Taj’s ordinary sorcerers to practice, turning much of it into crystals. After restoring conditions to normal, he left his true form for the Multiverse and remained at Kamar-Taj as a clone.

• Mordo worried that the excess energy surrounding Kamar-Taj was preventing apprentices and ordinary sorcerers from practicing, and Wang Yang opened a vortex to divert it.
• Wang Yang compressed the diverted energy into crystals, and Mordo helped collect the growing pile.
• Wang Yang agreed to stop cultivating in Kamar-Taj and said he would leave a clone there, while he gathered and compressed energy from across the globe.
• Wang Yang finished stabilizing the world’s energy, allowing Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers to cultivate again, and Mordo went to inform the others.
• Wang Yang created an identical clone, sent his true form with energy into the Multiverse, and left the clone behind as the universe’s strain eased.
• Mordo entered the Main Hall, where the Masters of the Mystic Arts had been discussing the energy change.

Mordo reported that Wang Yang had restored Kamar-Taj’s energy and provided energy crystals for its sorcerers to use. Wong then warned Wang Yang that the upcoming Sorcerers’ Assembly would involve White Magic sorcerers who might be hostile to the Ancient One.

• Wong and the other sorcerers prepared to summon the Ancient One because the overwhelming energy threatened Kamar-Taj and prevented practice.
• Mordo returned and revealed that Wang Yang had restored the energy to normal after Mordo visited him.
• Mordo showed Wong and Kamar-Taj the energy crystals Wang Yang had made and offered for sorcerers to use in training.
• After Kamar-Taj resumed practice, Wong told Wang Yang that he would likely need to attend the approaching Sorcerers’ Assembly.
• Wong warned Wang Yang that some visiting White Magic sorcerers might be hostile toward the Ancient One.

Wang Yang learned that the Church of Eternity was using the Sorcerer Assembly to target Kamar-Taj because the Ancient One was close to Eternity, and he agreed to attend. As visitors arrived for the unusually grand assembly, Sorcerer Nika admired Kamar-Taj’s lavish preparations.

• Wong explained that followers of Eternity resented the Ancient One’s relationship with him and planned to use the Sorcerer Assembly to embarrass Kamar-Taj.
• Wang Yang assured Wong that he knew Eternity well and agreed to take part in the assembly.
• Kamar-Taj prepared an enormous arena, spectator stands, magical arrays, and energy crystals for the influx of visitors.
• Mordo welcomed Sorcerer Nika, who praised Kamar-Taj for its extravagant use of magic arrays and energy crystals.

Nika admired Kamar-Taj’s energy crystals and accepted Mordo’s offer to trade for some. When the Church of Eternity’s representatives arrived and tried to intimidate the sorcerers, Wang Yang confronted them and forced their leader Michael to rein in his people, leaving the dispute tense.

• Nika praised Kamar-Taj’s use of energy crystals, and Mordo offered to trade him some before guiding him inside.
• A powerful presence from the Church of Eternity disrupted the welcome, and its blue-haired representative Jeremy demanded that Kamar-Taj kneel to receive them.
• Wang Yang drove back Jeremy’s pressure and forced the Church’s group to the ground when Jeremy attacked Mordo.
• Michael arrived, blocked Wang Yang’s attack, and slapped Jeremy for his behavior before ordering the others inside.
• Wang Yang warned Michael that Kamar-Taj would not tolerate trouble, while Mordo explained that Michael was the Church’s real decision-maker.
• Michael accused Wang Yang of arrogance, but Wang Yang challenged the Church’s motives, and Michael recognized that they had come because the Ancient One was absent.

Wang Yang confronted Michael, who tried to seal him for a year with the Church of Eternity’s Sealing Secret Art. Wang Yang broke free, rewound the spell, and seized it, leaving the visiting sorcerers astonished by the Ancient One’s powerful young disciple.

• Michael accused Wang Yang of arrogance and declared he would punish him on the Ancient One’s behalf.
• Michael cast the Church of Eternity’s Sealing Secret Art, trapping Wang Yang in a circle of light.
• Wang Yang moved freely inside the seal and walked out, causing Michael’s spell to collapse.
• Wang Yang rewound time to restore the shattered secret art and caught its power in his hand.
• The watching sorcerers reacted with shock and envy as they recognized Wang Yang as the Ancient One’s exceptionally powerful disciple.

Wang Yang returned Michael’s sealing formation and sealed away his power, then allowed him into Kamar-Taj’s Sorcerers’ Assembly. After the formalities, the disciple contests began, and Kamar-Taj’s extravagant use of energy crystals astonished the visiting sorcerers.

• Wang Yang used Michael’s own sealing formation to suppress his power, then let him enter the assembly.
• Michael acknowledged Wang Yang’s strength, while the assembled sorcerers were dismayed by the gap between Wang Yang and their own disciples.
• Mordo gave the opening remarks, and the Sorcerers’ Assembly moved on to its disciple contests.
• A Kamar-Taj genius gained the upper hand against a disciple who worshipped Infinite Space.
• The watching sorcerers grew envious when they saw the Kamar-Taj apprentice use an energy crystal to recover power.

After Michael challenged Kamar-Taj to prove it had another genius, Wang Yang accepted and named Strange, whom he had taught, as its contender. Jeremy of the Church of Eternity took the platform, and the chapter ended as Strange was set to face him.

• Michael disparaged Kamar-Taj and Wang Yang answered with sarcastic remarks about the Church of Eternity’s wealth and magic.
• Michael proposed that his sixty-year-old disciple Jeremy compete, confident that Kamar-Taj had no other genius besides Wang Yang.
• Wang Yang revealed that Kamar-Taj had Strange, who was in his thirties and had cultivated for only a few years.
• Michael sent Jeremy to the platform, and Wang Yang asked Mordo to have Strange compete against him.
• When Michael asked who had taught Strange, Wang Yang said that he had.

Wang Yang and Mordo mocked Michael as the Church of Eternity’s challenge moved to the arena, where Strange faced Jeremy. Strange blocked Jeremy’s attacks with the Rings of Raggadorr, leaving Jeremy taunting him to see how strong his defenses were.

• Wang Yang and Mordo mocked Michael for the Church of Eternity’s hypocrisy, and Michael insisted that the arena match decide the matter.
• Jeremy challenged Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers, and Strange stepped into the arena to face him.
• Jeremy summoned the Eternity Spear and attacked, but Strange blocked his strikes with the Rings of Raggadorr.
• Strange merged the rings into a massive shield and withstood Jeremy’s spear, prompting Jeremy to call his defense a turtle shell and challenge him to endure more.

Strange endured Jeremy’s attacks before striking back with the Bolts of Balthakk, leaving Jeremy near death. When the Church of Eternity threatened Kamar-Taj, Wang Yang confronted Michael and demanded to know whether he truly wanted a fight.

• Jeremy summoned divine power from Eternity and charged at Strange, who eventually answered with the Bolts of Balthakk.
• Strange’s spell struck Jeremy and left his body cracked and close to breaking.
• Michael and the Church of Eternity’s followers rose to intervene, and Michael accused Kamar-Taj of provoking a fight.
• Wang Yang defended Strange’s actions and unleashed a terrifying aura that made Michael fear him.
• Michael invoked Eternity and asked Wang Yang whether he really wanted to fight the Church.

Wang Yang protected Kamar-Taj from the Church of Eternity after Strange defeated its sorcerer, then explained to Strange that magic's power came with a cost. The assembly ended with the Church bearing a grudge, while Wang Yang promised to help Strange address the toll on his senses.

• Wang Yang intimidated Michael, the Church of Eternity's former bishop, and warned him that anyone who provoked Kamar-Taj would pay.
• Strange defeated the Church of Eternity's sorcerer, and Wang Yang praised him before secretly placing a precautionary spell on Michael.
• Wang Yang noticed that Strange was losing some of his five senses and said he would take him to visit the Vishanti for help.
• The Sorcerers' Assembly ended, and Mordo worried that the Church of Eternity might retaliate; Wang Yang reassured him that he could detect its plans.
• Strange asked why magic had exacted a price from him but not Wang Yang, who explained that he avoided the cost because of his strength.

Wang Yang brought Strange to the Vishanti’s realm and asked Agamotto, Oshtur, and Hoggoth to stop collecting the price for Strange’s white magic. They refused unless Wang Yang defeated them, and as the Vishanti combined their power into Agamotto, Wang Yang began fusing white magic talent.

• Wang Yang reassured Strange about the price of using divine power and opened a portal to the Dimensional Ocean.
• Agamotto, Oshtur, and Hoggoth sensed Wang Yang and Strange approaching and went to meet them.
• Wang Yang asked the Vishanti to stop collecting the price for Strange’s white magic, but they refused because it would set a precedent for other practitioners.
• Wang Yang insisted that the Vishanti stop collecting Strange’s price, and Agamotto agreed to a fight whose outcome would decide the matter.
• Oshtur and Hoggoth merged their power into Agamotto, and Wang Yang accepted the system’s prompt to fuse white magic talent.

Wang Yang fought Agamotto in the Vishanti’s domain to prove he could withstand their magic and negotiate Strange’s freedom from the price owed to the gods. After Wang Yang broke Agamotto’s spell, the Vishanti agreed to restore Strange, and they led him and Wang Yang to a rune-covered altar.

• Agamotto appeared in his empowered form and warned Wang Yang and Strange that mortals who borrowed divine power had to pay a price.
• Agamotto attacked Wang Yang with the Vishanti Holy Sword, but Wang Yang blocked the blow and countered, severing Agamotto’s sword and wounding his shoulder.
• Agamotto healed himself and offered to stop collecting the price from Strange if Wang Yang could withstand his next spell.
• Agamotto trapped Wang Yang in tightening Magic Chains, but Wang Yang shattered them with the Bolts of Balthakk.
• Agamotto agreed to restore Strange, and Oshtur and Hoggoth confirmed they would honor the agreement.
• Agamotto led Strange and Wang Yang to a rune-covered altar filled with powerful magical energy.

Wang Yang helped Strange recover from the price exacted by the Vishanti, who recognized Wang Yang as a godlike sorcerer possibly connected to Eternity. Meanwhile, Lostor learned that Jeremy had died at Kamar-Taj and ordered the Church Council to prepare Eternity’s Afterimage to destroy Kamar-Taj.

• Agamotto, Oshtur, and Hoggoth joined their energies to restore Strange and free him from the Vishanti’s price while Wang Yang kept watch.
• Agamotto, Oshtur, and Hoggoth discussed Wang Yang’s immense power and his possible connection to Eternity after Wang Yang and Strange departed.
• Michael returned to the Church of Eternity and told Lostor that Jeremy had died at Kamar-Taj; Lostor also freed Michael from the Eternity Sealing Secret Art.
• Lostor convened the Church Council and announced that a Kamar-Taj sorcerer had killed Jeremy.
• Lostor ordered the Church Council to awaken Eternity’s Afterimage and use it against Kamar-Taj.

The Church of Eternity summoned Eternity’s Afterimage and resolved to attack Kamar-Taj in revenge for its fallen genius. Wang Yang sensed the threat and warned Wong, but Lostor arrived with his followers and began assaulting Kamar-Taj’s defenses.

• Lostor and the Church Council performed a blood ritual to summon Eternity’s Afterimage, then told the followers that Eternity had approved an attack on Kamar-Taj.
• Wang Yang sensed the Church of Eternity’s plans and warned Wong that it would attack in the coming days.
• Wong informed Mordo, who reinforced Kamar-Taj’s defenses and prepared its sorcerers for battle.
• Lostor arrived with the Church Council and the Church of Eternity’s followers, demanded that Kamar-Taj hand over two people, and threatened to destroy it.
• Lostor ordered his followers to strike Kamar-Taj’s formation with beams of Eternity Divine Power, then launched a destructive ball of light at it.

The Church of Eternity attacked Kamar-Taj with a Magic Array-breaking blast and an Afterimage they claimed was Eternity, but Strange stepped forward to defend the sorcerers. Wang Yang watched with Eternity himself, who agreed not to interfere, as Strange survived the Afterimage’s opening attacks.

• The Church of Eternity shattered Kamar-Taj’s Magic Array, and Mordo ordered the sorcerers to form a defensive line.
• Lostor revealed Eternity’s Afterimage and claimed it had come to destroy Kamar-Taj, while its aura suppressed the sorcerers’ magical energy.
• Strange emerged and released enough power to resist the Afterimage, saying Wang Yang had sent him to hold off the attackers.
• Wang Yang watched from a rooftop with the real Eternity, who agreed not to intervene and shared a powerful liquor with him.
• Eternity’s Afterimage attacked Strange with a beam, but Strange survived by using Hoggoth’s Hoary Hosts and reappeared as blue butterflies scattered.
• The Afterimage struck Strange from behind, but the Seraphim Shield held; Strange then thrust out his hands and called, “Crimson Bands!”

Strange and the sorcerers of Kamar-Taj briefly sealed Eternity's Afterimage, but he broke free and devastated the temple. As Eternity's Afterimage sent a planet hurtling toward Earth, Wang Yang appeared and reversed the timeline, restoring Kamar-Taj and its injured sorcerers.

• Strange bound Eternity's Afterimage with Crimson Bands, and Mordo and the other sorcerers joined him to restrain the entity.
• Strange used a six-array Sealing Spell to suppress Eternity's Afterimage, but the seal soon collapsed.
• Eternity's Afterimage unleashed divine power, wrecking Kamar-Taj and severely injuring Strange, Mordo, and the other sorcerers.
• Eternity's Afterimage summoned a planet and sent it plunging toward Earth, alarming Nick Fury and S.W.O.R.D. as the Church of Eternity celebrated.
• Wang Yang appeared above Kamar-Taj and reversed time, restoring the ruined temple and healing the injured sorcerers.

Wang Yang defeated Eternity's phantom and pursued the Church of Eternity after its followers fled Kamar-Taj. He broke through their defenses and attacked their sanctum, leaving the Church in ruins as its members cried out.

• Wang Yang destroyed Eternity's phantom's black hole, protected Kamar-Taj, and absorbed the scattered energy while Lostor led the Church of Eternity through a portal to escape.
• Wang Yang told Strange to help the injured sorcerers, then received Eternity's approval to deal with the Church of Eternity's followers.
• The Ancient One arrived at Kamar-Taj after Wang Yang had left, and Eternity told her that Wang Yang had handled the attack.
• Lostor ordered the Church of Eternity to activate its defenses and seal itself away for a hundred years, warning that Wang Yang was comparable to a god.
• Wang Yang reached the Church of Eternity's hidden sanctum and battered its Light Barriers with dark spears until the defenses failed and the structure collapsed.

Wang Yang fell into a past timeline after Kang the Conqueror’s attack and woke in Magneto’s home with his powers weakened. He showed Magneto a possible future in which Magneto’s family died, he joined Apocalypse, and the Mutants’ apparent victory ultimately failed.

• Wang Yang watched Lostor and Kang the Conqueror’s attack erase the Church of Eternity, then Eternity discovered that Wang Yang had vanished amid the temporal chaos.
• Wang Yang awakened in Magneto’s home, learned Magneto planned to flee after exposing his powers at a steel factory, and explained that he meant no harm.
• Wang Yang showed Magneto a vision of police taking Nina, Magneto’s wife and daughter dying, and Magneto killing the people responsible before Apocalypse helped awaken his full power.
• Wang Yang showed Magneto how Apocalypse seized Charles, launched the world’s nuclear missiles into space, and began taking Charles’s body while Magneto’s destruction devastated Earth.
• Magneto questioned whether Mutants could win, and Wang Yang told him that many powerful people lived on Earth and Magneto was not the strongest.

Wang Yang helped Magneto escape with his wife and daughter Nina through a Portal to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, where Magneto reunited with Charles. After Charles’s attempt to probe Wang Yang’s mind backfired, Wang Yang asked whether this world had a Kamar-Taj.

• Magneto’s wife and daughter were threatened by police, but Magneto restrained himself after his wife calmed him, and he agreed to leave.
• Wang Yang opened a Portal to Xavier’s School, and Magneto took his family through it while the officers later found the house empty.
• Charles read Magneto’s memories and learned how Wang Yang had changed the future, then suffered a backlash when he tried to probe Wang Yang’s mind.
• Alex led Magneto, his wife, and Nina away to find them a place to stay at the school.
• Wang Yang stayed with Charles and asked whether Kamar-Taj existed in this world.