Chapter Summaries

Wang Yang helped Charles locate Apocalypse through Cerebro, but Apocalypse invaded Charles's mind and began trying to control humanity’s nuclear weapons. Wang Yang confronted Apocalypse psychically and warned him about the modern world, and Apocalypse ended the connection determined to challenge Wang Yang.

• Wang Yang told Charles and Hank that a powerful survivor of the earthquake had caused Erik’s destruction, urging them to find him before seeking Imora.
• Charles used Cerebro to search for Apocalypse, while Magneto joined them and Apocalypse continued gathering Storm, Psylocke, and Angel as his Four Horsemen.
• Apocalypse invaded Charles’s mind through Cerebro, announced his plan to rule humanity, and began controlling soldiers to launch nuclear missiles into space.
• Wang Yang strengthened Charles and confronted Apocalypse through their psychic connection, warning him that humanity’s modern weapons and technology surpassed his assumptions.
• Apocalypse dismissed Wang Yang’s warning, declared his intent to demonstrate his power, and severed his connection with Charles.

Wang Yang stopped Apocalypse from taking Charles and drove him away with powerful magic. After Charles asked him to deal with Apocalypse before helping search for someone, Wang Yang agreed and set out to capture him.

• Charles removed his helmet and prepared to leave Cerebro, but Wang Yang asked him to find someone after he had rested.
• Apocalypse arrived with Storm, Angel, and Psylocke, declared that he would take Charles, and attacked the group.
• Wang Yang pierced Apocalypse with magical blades and countered his control of metal with the Winds of Watoomb, but Apocalypse escaped through a portal.
• Charles privately asked Wang Yang to deal with Apocalypse before helping search for the person Wang Yang sought.
• Wang Yang agreed and left to capture Apocalypse and bring him back.

Wang Yang confronted Apocalypse in the desert, defeated his Horsemen, and overwhelmed Apocalypse with powerful magic. He destroyed Apocalypse with a Darkness Spear, then stopped his regeneration with the power of annihilation, leaving Apocalypse facing death.

• Wang Yang entered the desert through a Portal and deflected Angel’s metal spikes and Storm’s sandstorm.
• Wang Yang bound Psylocke with Magic Chains and faced Apocalypse, who attacked him with living sand.
• Wang Yang walked through Apocalypse’s sand attacks and bound him with the Crimson Bands.
• Wang Yang struck Apocalypse with a Darkness Spear, destroying his body as Angel, Storm, and Psylocke watched in shock.
• Apocalypse began regenerating, but Wang Yang’s annihilating energy spread through his wounds and made him fear that he would die.

Wang Yang defeated Apocalypse, persuaded Charles to search for the Ancient One, and found Kamar-Taj in the Himalayas. The chapter ended as the Ancient One intervened when Mordo and the sorcerers prepared to attack Wang Yang.

• Wang Yang rejected Apocalypse's offer to rule the universe and annihilated him, prompting Psylocke, Storm, and Angel to flee.
• Wang Yang asked Charles to find the Ancient One, and Charles searched Earth with Cerebro but initially found nothing.
• Wang Yang empowered Charles, who located Kamar-Taj, and Wang Yang opened a portal to the Himalayas.
• Charles told Hank and the other mutants that Wang Yang had killed Apocalypse and left.
• Wang Yang entered Kamar-Taj, where Mordo ordered the sorcerers to restrain and seal him.
• The Ancient One appeared and told Mordo to wait as Wang Yang prepared to act.

Wang Yang found Eternity, who returned him to a universe thrown into chaos by Kang the Conqueror and told him the events had become established fact. Back in Asgard, Wang Yang watched Hela confront the resurrected Odin as Frigga hoped to prevent a fight.

• Wang Yang met the Ancient One at Kamar-Taj, but she could only tell him that he had disappeared.
• Eternity explained that Kang the Conqueror had disrupted time and space, reviving the dead and bringing new dangers to Wang Yang's universe.
• Eternity sent Wang Yang back to Asgard and accelerated Hela's recovery, explaining that Wang Yang would have to face the established events himself.
• Hela entered Asgard and confronted Odin, declaring that she would reclaim the throne and prove her rule was right.
• Frigga watched Odin and Hela prepare to fight, then called for the Human Sorcerer to appear.

Wang Yang intervened as Hela challenged Odin for Asgard’s throne, persuading Odin to let her rule temporarily while promising to keep her in check. Hela accepted the arrangement, though Wang Yang warned that he would kill her again if she started a massive war.

• Frigga asked Wang Yang to spare Hela, and he assured her that he had not come to kill her.
• Hela attacked Odin and declared that she would take the throne, while Wang Yang explained that he wanted to prevent Odin’s death and Asgardian turmoil.
• Wang Yang proposed that Hela rule Asgard, but Odin refused to surrender the throne until Wang Yang spoke with him privately inside a Light Barrier.
• Wang Yang argued that Odin needed to recover and that Hela deserved a chance to lead, promising to prevent her from starting a large-scale war.
• Odin agreed to hand Asgard to Hela temporarily, and Wang Yang warned her that he would kill her again if she started a massive war.

Wang Yang persuaded Odin and Hela to settle their conflict, and Odin agreed to make Hela Asgard’s next God King under a condition against launching wars or invading other realms. He warned them that a crisis would soon throw the Nine Realms into turmoil, then publicly handed Hela his authority as he prepared to enter a slumber.

• Hela rejected Odin’s condition against starting wars, but Wang Yang warned that he could kill her again and told her an approaching crisis would give her a chance to prove herself.
• Wang Yang left for Kamar-Taj, and Odin took Hela to the Bifrost to summon Asgard’s people.
• Odin announced that he would enter a slumber and that Hela would rule Asgard in his place.
• Heimdall and the Asgardians protested Odin’s choice, but Odin insisted they obey Hela as their new God King.
• Odin handed Hela Gungnir, and Heimdall knelt with the others to accept her rule.

Hela inherited Odin’s throne and vowed to protect Asgard as Odin entered his slumber, while Surtur began planning an attack. Wang Yang returned to Kamar-Taj and told the Ancient One that the future had changed, only for her to see nothing but gray gloom.

• Odin named Hela the new God King, and Heimdall and the people of Asgard pledged their obedience.
• Frigga brought Odin and Hela together, and Hela accepted his acknowledgment and promised to protect Asgard.
• After hearing Odin’s announcement, Surtur summoned the Fire Giants to prepare an attack on Asgard.
• Wang Yang returned to Kamar-Taj, told Wong that Eternity had helped him escape the Realm of Space-Time Chaos, and went to see the Ancient One.
• Wang Yang told the Ancient One that Odin had passed the throne to Hela and entered his slumber, and the Ancient One used the Eye of Agamotto to find only gray gloom in the future.

Wang Yang and the Ancient One discussed the obscured timeline, Hela's rule over Asgard, and how to keep Thor from returning before Hela consolidated power. After Karu returned to Earth seeking revenge, the Ancient One told Wang Yang about their history and began explaining the many kinds of energy in the universe.

• Wang Yang told the Ancient One that someone had disrupted the timeline, and they discussed the limits of the Five Cosmic Entities.
• Wang Yang and the Ancient One discussed Hela's succession to Asgard's throne, and the Ancient One decided to keep Thor away until Hela secured her rule.
• Hela detected the Ancient One's spiritual sense in Asgard and severed it, while the Ancient One continued studying magic.
• Wang Yang sensed a powerful red presence descend to Earth and heard Karu declare that he had returned for revenge.
• The Ancient One told Wang Yang that Karu had once been her friend and fellow sorcerer, but their opposing ambitions led her to banish him to another dimension.
• The Ancient One explained that Karu had gained power from Dormammu and began telling Wang Yang about the many kinds of energy in the universe.

The Ancient One and Wang Yang searched for Karu, who had gained a portion of the Phoenix Force, but could not locate him. Their search was interrupted when fireballs struck New York and Fire Giants began attacking the city, prompting S.W.O.R.D. to mobilize the Avengers and its agents.

• The Ancient One told Wang Yang that Karu likely possessed only a portion of the Phoenix Force and planned to gather Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers to search for him.
• The Ancient One and Wang Yang failed to find Karu, then announced they would leave Kamar-Taj and assigned Mordo to lead in their absence.
• The Ancient One and Wang Yang left Kamar-Taj to search for Karu, while Wong explained Karu’s history and the Phoenix Force to Mordo.
• The Ancient One searched the three Sanctums as Wang Yang watched over Earth, but neither found any sign of Karu.
• Fireballs fell on New York, where Fire Giants emerged from craters and began destroying the city.
• Nick Fury ordered S.W.O.R.D. to alert the Avengers and deploy its elite agents against the Fire Giants.

Wang Yang confronted Dark Sorcerer Karu, who used the Phoenix Force to turn New Yorkers into an apparently undying Dark Army. Wang Yang drew Karu away from Earth, while the Avengers struggled against the monsters until Asgardian sorcerers and Thor arrived to help.

• Tony and the Avengers fought Fire Giants and evacuated civilians as Karu transformed people into dark servants with his magic and Phoenix Force.
• Wang Yang restrained much of the Dark Army with Crimson Bands and told the Avengers to focus on evacuating civilians.
• Karu attacked Wang Yang with the Phoenix Force, but Wang Yang blocked the blast with a Light Barrier and opened a Portal to space.
• Mordo, Wanda, and other Asgardian sorcerers arrived to fight the Dark Army, but the dark servants revived after Wanda destroyed them.
• Thor descended with the Thunder Axe and promised to drive back the Dark Army.

The Avengers, Kamar-Taj sorcerers, and Asgardian reinforcements fought the Fire Giants and dark army in New York while Surtur recruited Loki and Hela prepared to defend Asgard. As the battle grew desperate, the Ancient One began a powerful summoning spell.

• Thor and the Avengers struggled against the seemingly endless Fire Giants and dark army until the Ancient One restrained many enemies with Crimson Bands.
• Surtur recruited Loki to distract Asgard's guards and hold Hela back while he searched for the Eternal Flame, promising to make Loki king.
• Wang Yang warned Hela that Earth was under attack, and she ordered Heimdall to send two thousand Asgardian warriors through the Bifrost.
• The Asgardian warriors joined the New York battle with weapons imbued with Hela's death power, killing Fire Giants permanently but suffering heavy casualties.
• Thor recharged Tony's armor with lightning as the heroes and soldiers continued fighting; the Ancient One then began a summoning spell that dispelled the darkness.

The Ancient One summoned a monster that devoured the Fire Giants and the dark army, ending the battle on Earth. Meanwhile, Karu continued fighting Wang Yang as Surtur invaded Asgard, killed Heimdall, and was driven back by Gungnir.

• The Ancient One summoned a monster that devoured the Fire Giants and drained the Phoenix-powered dark troops, while Thor and the Avengers watched the battle end.
• Tony mocked Thor for failing to defeat the monsters, and Thor argued that he was still the strongest Avenger.
• Karu tried to recruit Wang Yang to help him take control of Earth, but Wang Yang refused and defended the sorcerers’ duty to protect it.
• Heimdall watched the battle on Earth until he sensed Surtur arriving at Asgard with the Twilight Sword.
• Surtur defeated Heimdall, wounded him with the Twilight Sword, and cut off his head before Gungnir struck.
• Gungnir forced Surtur back dozens of meters as he raised the Twilight Sword to block it.

Hela confronted Surtur after he killed Heimdall and opened the Bifrost to bring Fire Giants into Asgard. She fought Surtur and left him badly weakened, but suffered a wound from the Twilight Sword as she advanced to finish him.

• Surtur killed Heimdall, then distracted Hela and opened the Bifrost, allowing hundreds of Fire Giant Descendants to enter Asgard.
• Hela summoned the Asgard Warriors, who clashed with Surtur's Fire Giants while she attacked Surtur with the Night Sky Swords and Gungnir.
• Hela's assault drove Surtur back and pierced him repeatedly, while Gungnir drained his energy and prevented him from recovering.
• Surtur shrank himself and his Twilight Sword, grabbed Hela's Night Sky Sword, and struck her as they exchanged blows.
• Hela and Surtur landed badly injured; Hela's stomach was wounded by the Twilight Sword, while Surtur lost an arm and suffered worsening injuries.
• Hela retrieved Gungnir and approached Surtur, who began considering escape as he realized he could not win.

Loki obtained the Eternal Flame from the Asgard Vault while Hela fought Surtur, but Hela defeated and killed Surtur before Loki could help him. Loki then confronted Hela with a double, revealing that the real Loki held the flame beside Surtur's skull and was about to bring Asgard to ruin.

• Loki searched Asgard's hidden chambers and found the Eternal Flame in the Asgard Vault.
• Hela fought Surtur in Asgard, using Gungnir and Odinforce to strengthen herself and the Asgardian warriors.
• Loki told Surtur to hold on because he had obtained the Eternal Flame, and Surtur renewed his hope of destroying Asgard.
• Hela realized Surtur wanted the Eternal Flame, overwhelmed him with Night Sky Swords, and killed him with Gungnir.
• Loki appeared before Hela and challenged her, but she pierced his abdomen with a Night Sky Sword.
• Hela saw another Loki holding the Eternal Flame beside Surtur's skull and realized he would destroy Asgard.

Loki resurrected Surtur with the Eternal Flame, and the Fire Giant began destroying Asgard as Hela and Thor failed to stop him. Hela ordered Thor to evacuate Asgard’s people to Earth while she continued to face the threat.

• Loki gave Surtur the Eternal Flame, restoring him to his full power, and revealed that he was the Frost Giants’ prince.
• Surtur attacked Asgard, burning its people and buildings while Hela’s weapons failed to seriously hurt him.
• Thor returned to Asgard and joined Hela in fighting Surtur, but Surtur overpowered them both.
• Hela and Thor agreed to evacuate Asgard’s people to Earth, and Hela ordered the soldiers and civilians to retreat.

Hela sacrificed herself to destroy Surtur after Asgard’s destruction became inevitable. Thor evacuated the surviving Asgardians, while Loki remained in the collapsing underground palace to find Odin.

• Thor urged the Asgardians to retreat, and Hela stayed behind to hold Surtur back while Thor led the soldiers toward the palace.
• Surtur destroyed the Bifrost and weakened Hela, but the souls of dead Asgardians entered her and restored much of her strength.
• Hela unleashed Odin’s power through Gungnir, charged into Surtur, and destroyed him and herself with a final blast.
• Thor hurried the Asgardians aboard a spaceship as Asgard crumbled, and Frigga sensed that Hela had truly died.
• Frigga warned Thor that Odin was still asleep, and Thor said the Eternity Casket would protect him.
• Loki remained in the collapsing underground palace to find Odin while the aftershocks shook it apart.

Loki froze Asgard’s underground palace before falling into a deep sleep, but Surtur destroyed the realm and escaped death through the Eternal Flame. Wang Yang reported the catastrophe to the Avengers and told Thor he could not restore Asgard until Kang the Conqueror and the other threats were dealt with, leaving Thor and the surviving Asgardians on Earth.

• Loki awakened his frost power with the Casket of Ancient Winters and used Thousand-Mile Ice Seal to preserve Asgard’s underground palace before collapsing into a deep sleep.
• Karu revealed that Asgard’s destruction was part of his plan, escaped Wang Yang’s Crimson Bands, and warned that Earth would be his next target.
• Surtur re-formed through the Eternal Flame, found himself alone among Asgard’s ruins, and resolved to claim the Nine Realms and confront Earth.
• Wang Yang told The Ancient One, Tony, and the others that Karu had escaped and Asgard had been destroyed by Surtur; Tony agreed to coordinate with S.W.O.R.D. for the arriving Asgardians.
• Thor arrived with the surviving Asgardians and demanded that Wang Yang restore Asgard, but Frigga stopped him from pressuring Wang Yang.
• Wang Yang explained that changing the timeline could invite an even worse Ragnarok, then promised to help restore Asgard after the threats were dealt with; Thor agreed to remain on Earth.

After Surtur revived through the Eternal Flame and attacked Earth, Wang Yang fought him while Thor and the others tried to evacuate. Wang Yang stopped Surtur from escaping and used the Darkness Spear to make the Eternal Flame begin to go out.

• Thor sent the Asgardians to Norway, and Wang Yang explained that Surtur had merged with the Eternal Flame and could not be killed by ordinary means.
• Surtur arrived on Earth, and Wang Yang ordered Kamar-Taj's sorcerers, the Avengers, and S.W.O.R.D. to evacuate while Thor, the Ancient One, and Hulk stayed behind.
• Surtur blocked the Avengers' escape, but Thor and Hulk held him off long enough for them and S.W.O.R.D. to get away.
• Wang Yang bound Surtur's Twilight Sword with Crimson Bands and cut off his head with the Vishanti Holy Sword, but Surtur re-formed from flames.
• Surtur tried to retreat after learning Wang Yang was the Ancient One's disciple, but Wang Yang struck him down and hurled the Darkness Spear into the flames, causing the Eternal Flame to show signs of going out.

Wang Yang battled Surtur after the Eternal Flame began weakening, while Thor’s lightning briefly empowered Surtur before Wang Yang pierced him with a spear of Oblivion. Surtur called for Karu, and the Ancient One warned Wang Yang to finish him before Karu appeared.

• The Eternal Flame’s power weakened Surtur, and he attacked Wang Yang with the Twilight Sword and a full-strength burst of fire.
• Wang Yang cut through Surtur’s flames, vanished, and struck him into the ground; Thor then repeatedly attacked Surtur with Stormbreaker.
• Surtur absorbed Thor’s lightning after provoking him, knocked Thor unconscious, and gained power from the Thunder Power.
• Wang Yang pierced Surtur with a Darkness Spear charged with the power of Oblivion, forcing Surtur to shed much of his flame energy and retreat from the attack.
• Surtur called for Karu, and the Ancient One recognized Karu’s involvement and urged Wang Yang to kill Surtur before Karu arrived.