Chapter Summaries

The Ancient One discovered that Wang Yang had nearly destroyed a celestial body, while Odin struggled to reinforce the weakening seal holding back Ragnarok. Back at Kamar-Taj, Wang Yang began learning Images of Ikonn after being forbidden to experiment with magic near Earth.

• The Ancient One realized Wang Yang, not Odin, had caused the devastation on the celestial body and resolved to scold him.
• Odin descended to Norway and used thunder to reinforce the failing seal on the dark energy threatening to break free and bring Ragnarok.
• Odin hoped the Ancient One would help stop the sealed being when it emerged.
• After the Ultron Incident, Wang Yang returned to studying magic and recalled the Ancient One's warning not to experiment on planets near Earth.
• Wang Yang found the Images of Ikonn spell in a magic book and fused its talent fragment, gaining knowledge of the spell.

Wang Yang tested the Images of Ikonn on a lifeless planet, creating hundreds of clones that could share his thoughts and cast magic. Their lightning strikes damaged the planet’s surface and awakened Ego, who discovered the figures standing on his body.

• Wang Yang opened a Portal to a remote planet in space to test the range of his teleportation and the Images of Ikonn.
• Wang Yang created three hundred clones and sensed that they shared his thoughts, possessed his strength, and could cast magic, but drained his power quickly.
• Wang Yang and his clones unleashed Bolts of Balthakk, but the lightning caused less damage than he expected.
• Wang Yang struck the planet again with lightning, shattering more of its surface and causing the planet to shake.
• Ego awakened in the planet’s core, felt his body breaking apart, and discovered hundreds of figures on his body.

Wang Yang encountered Ego on Ego's Planet and absorbed the Celestial's divine power, allowing him to draw more power from the Infinity Stones. He overwhelmed Ego with a purple crystalline sword and charged at him, while Ego recognized the Infinity Stones' power.

• Ego awakened and attacked Wang Yang with divine power after Wang Yang disturbed his slumber.
• Wang Yang apologized, but Ego declared that the mortal deserved to die and unleashed more energy.
• Wang Yang absorbed Ego's Celestial divine power and merged it with more of the Infinity Stones' power.
• Wang Yang formed a purple crystalline sword and used it to corrode and break apart Ego's blue energy.
• Ego recognized the Infinity Stones' power as Wang Yang charged at him with the sword.

Wang Yang fought Ego on his living planet, repeatedly destroying Ego’s energy bodies while Ego’s planetary power blocked his escape. After absorbing Ego’s Celestial Clone Talent, Wang Yang’s clones unleashed devastating power, but Ego revealed his true planetary form and began merging everything on it, including Wang Yang.

• Wang Yang repeatedly cut Ego apart, but Ego reformed from blue energy drawn from the planet and insisted that Wang Yang would become his energy.
• Wang Yang opened a Portal toward Kamar-Taj, but Ego shattered it and surrounded him with countless divine-power clones.
• Wang Yang absorbed Ego’s Celestial Clone Talent, strengthening Images of Ikonn, then created many clones armed with Vishanti Holy Swords.
• Wang Yang’s clones unleashed powerful purple strikes and destroyed Ego’s approaching clones, astonishing Ego.
• Ego revealed his true planetary form, filled the planet with blue energy, and began merging everything on it, including Wang Yang.

Wang Yang killed Ego the Living Planet after defeating his divine power with the Bolts of Balthakk, then absorbed Ego’s Celestial talent and added the dead planet to his Mirror Dimension. Meanwhile, the Kree Empire detected a possible living planet and sent a ship to investigate.

• Ego revealed his planetary form and tried to devour Wang Yang, but the Seraphim Shield blocked his energy.
• Wang Yang struck Ego with purple-and-gold Bolts of Balthakk, damaging his body and preventing it from healing.
• Ego begged Wang Yang to spare him and offered his treasures, but Wang Yang continued attacking.
• Ego began to self-destruct, but Wang Yang contained the blast in his Mirror Dimension, which absorbed the Celestial power and grew stronger.
• Wang Yang devoured Ego’s remaining Celestial talent, kept the lifeless planet inside his Mirror Dimension, and opened a portal to Earth.
• The Supreme Intelligence learned of a possible living planet in sector C130 and ordered the Kree to transmit images of it.

The Kree Empire and other cosmic powers witnessed an unknown human destroy Ego the Living Planet and feared his immense power. They could not identify Wang Yang, and the chapter ended with the Kree and Nova Empires ordering caution and investigations.

• The Kree fleet found Ego the Living Planet, and the Supreme Intelligence and Kree officials watched as a human confronted it.
• The human unleashed lightning that fractured Ego, prompting the Supreme Intelligence to warn that the planet was about to self-destruct.
• Ego vanished before exploding, leaving the Kree officials stunned and uncertain whether the human had caused its disappearance.
• The Grandmaster, the Collector, and other cosmic powers investigated Ego's disappearance but avoided speaking about what they learned.
• The Supernova Corps reconstructed part of the incident but could not identify Wang Yang, and its leader ordered the Nova Empire not to provoke him.

The Avengers debated the Sokovia Accords as Zemo began plotting against them, while Wang Yang remained at Kamar-Taj, unaware of the turmoil. Odin visited the Ancient One for help because he could no longer keep Hela sealed, and the Ancient One proposed bringing in someone to reinforce the seal.

• General Ross presented the Sokovia Accords, which would place the Avengers under United Nations supervision, and told them to retire if they refused.
• The Avengers argued over whether to sign, with Captain America opposed and Tony Stark and Vision supporting the accords, leaving the team poised to split.
• Zemo began taking control of the Winter Soldier and formed a plan after learning the truth about Tony Stark's parents.
• Odin told the Ancient One that his failing strength meant he could not keep Hela sealed much longer, and the Ancient One admitted she could not hold the seal indefinitely.
• The Ancient One offered to find someone to help reinforce Hela's seal, assuring Odin that the person she had in mind could learn Asgardian sealing arts.

The Ancient One summoned Wang Yang to learn Asgard’s Sealing Art, and he mastered it almost immediately, astonishing Odin. Odin rewarded him with a treasure, leaving Wang Yang pleased with the unexpected gift.

• The Ancient One brought Wang Yang from the Library to meet Odin, who recognized him as the sorcerer who had destroyed a planet.
• The Ancient One demonstrated the Asgard Sealing Art, and Wang Yang used his system to comprehend it.
• Odin doubted Wang Yang could learn the art quickly and promised him treasures if he mastered it within a week.
• Wang Yang condensed an Asgardian divine rune after only a short time, shocking Odin and impressing the Ancient One.
• Odin praised the Ancient One’s disciple and tossed Wang Yang a treasure, which Wang Yang gratefully caught.

Odin brought the Ancient One and Wang Yang to reinforce the seal holding Hela, whose power was close to breaking free. Wang Yang used divine power to create a far stronger seal than Odin expected, leaving Odin stunned by the mortal sorcerer’s abilities.

• Odin gave Wang Yang a sacred silver cloak and led him and the Ancient One to the place where Hela was sealed.
• Odin revealed that his weakening power could no longer hold back Hela, and the Ancient One added her magic to reinforce the seal for a few years.
• Wang Yang fused a Talent Fragment for the Asgardian Sealing Art and realized he could cast divine arts with power drawn from Ego and Odin.
• Wang Yang formed layered divine runes and merged them into the seal, suppressing Hela’s dark aura and stabilizing the lightning formation.
• Odin stared at Wang Yang in astonishment when he saw that Wang Yang’s seal surpassed the one Odin had made at his peak.

Wang Yang tested his powerful seal on Hela, then returned to Kamar-Taj, where Tony Stark arrived seeking his help with the Sokovia Accords. Wang Yang refused to sign or involve Kamar-Taj, leaving Tony’s appeal unanswered.

• Odin tested Wang Yang’s stabilized seal with lightning, which failed to leave a mark, and the Ancient One concluded Hela would remain imprisoned for centuries.
• The Ancient One suggested Wang Yang might one day lead Kamar-Taj, while Wang Yang worried about her eventual death and Earth losing its protection.
• Kamar-Taj sorcerers arrested Tony Stark for trespassing, and Wang Yang ordered them to release him and took him to the reception room.
• Tony asked Wang Yang to sign the Sokovia Accords and persuade Captain America and the others to support them.
• Wang Yang said Kamar-Taj would not submit to outside restrictions or interfere in ordinary affairs, and told Tony he had come to the wrong person.

Wang Yang rejected Tony Stark’s appeal to sign the Sokovia Accords and sent him back to New York, insisting that Kamar-Taj would not interfere in worldly conflicts. When Tony and Captain America’s opposing teams fought at Kamar-Taj, Wang Yang subdued them and ordered them to leave.

• Wang Yang refused Tony Stark’s request to accept the Sokovia Accords and used a Portal to send him back to New York.
• Tony Stark checked his watch, found that it had recorded no data from Wang Yang’s magic, then armored up and flew out to meet Captain America.
• Wang Yang told Wong that Tony had already left and that Kamar-Taj would stay out of outside affairs.
• A clash between Captain America’s and Tony Stark’s teams triggered Kamar-Taj’s defensive barrier, and Wang Yang went to confront them.
• Wang Yang used a powerful vortex and crushing force to bring Tony, Vision, Falcon, and the others down, then ordered both teams to leave or face his retaliation.

Wang Yang defeated Vision after warning him not to rely too heavily on the Mind Stone, then faced Wanda when she attacked him in anger. The Avengers remained unwilling to leave, and Wang Yang prepared to confront Wanda as she ignored Quicksilver’s attempt to stop her.

• Captain America and Tony Stark refused to leave, so Wang Yang challenged the Avengers and Vision attacked him.
• Wang Yang blocked Vision’s punch with his own, damaging Vision’s vibranium body and shocking the Avengers.
• Wang Yang warned Vision that relying on the Mind Stone could lead to his death, but Vision resumed fighting and fired a beam at him.
• Wang Yang used a clone and a Portal to get behind Vision, then seized Vision’s head and knocked him unconscious.
• Wanda attacked Wang Yang, but he blocked her magic with a Seraphim Shield; Quicksilver tried to dissuade her, and she ignored him as Wang Yang struck the ground with his magic.

Wang Yang stopped the Avengers from fighting at Kamar-Taj by revealing that Zemo had manipulated their conflict and that Bucky had killed Tony Stark’s parents. The chapter ended as Tony attacked Bucky, with Captain America and Spider-Man watching another battle begin.

• Wanda broke free of Wang Yang’s Crimson Bands briefly, but he tightened them until she passed out, and Quicksilver rushed to her side.
• Wang Yang warned the Avengers to take their conflict elsewhere and revealed that Zemo had engineered their infighting after losing his family in the Battle of Sokovia.
• Wang Yang explained that Bucky had been brainwashed as a Winter Soldier, and Captain America remained conflicted about telling Tony that Bucky had killed his parents.
• Wang Yang revealed that Tony’s parents had not died in an accident and named Bucky as their killer.
• Tony Stark locked his armor onto Bucky and flew at him with his weapons ready, while Captain America sighed and Spider-Man watched.

Wang Yang stopped Iron Man and Captain America from fighting by revealing Hydra's role in the murder of Stark's parents, then returned to Kamar-Taj as Wong warned that their growing visibility was attracting attention. In the Middle East, Kaecilius returned through a dark summoning and reached the London Sanctum, where a Master sensed his unusual Portal.

• Wang Yang exposed Hydra's role in Stark's parents' deaths, and Stark chose not to attack Bucky or Captain America.
• Wang Yang sent Stark's group away, then returned to Kamar-Taj and discussed the attention their actions had drawn with Wong.
• People in a war-torn Middle Eastern ruin summoned dark power, allowing Kaecilius to return to Earth.
• Kaecilius opened a dark Portal to the London Sanctum, intent on taking revenge on Wang Yang and the Ancient One.
• A Master of the Mystic Arts sensed an unusual Portal and recognized the aura of darkness.

Kaecilius attacked the London Sanctum and killed Gilbert and its Sorcerers, prompting the Ancient One to confront him in his Mirror Dimension. She faced Kaecilius’s enhanced power as their battle began.

• Kaecilius broke into the London Sanctum, killed Gilbert, and slaughtered the Sorcerers before leaving through a Portal.
• The Ancient One used the Eye of Agamotto to view the attack and learned that Kaecilius had challenged her to find him.
• The Ancient One left the Eye of Agamotto with Mordo and told him to handle the London Sanctum while she dealt with Kaecilius.
• The Ancient One entered Kaecilius’s Mirror Dimension, where he revealed a powerful Spatial Blade infused with Dormammu’s power.
• Kaecilius attacked the Ancient One with the Spatial Blade as she raised two Rings of Raggadorr to defend herself.

Wang Yang entered Kaecilius's Mirror Dimension and stopped him from killing the Ancient One, who had secretly allowed herself to be captured because she believed she had to die. After Wang Yang challenged her reasoning about dark power, the Ancient One chose to live and left Kaecilius to him.

• The Ancient One fought Kaecilius but was ensnared by the dark power he unleashed and faced his Spatial Blade.
• Wang Yang appeared and used the Seraphim Shield to block Kaecilius's killing strike.
• Wang Yang revealed that the Ancient One had deliberately let Kaecilius restrain her, and she released herself with her own magic.
• The Ancient One explained that she had planned to die because she feared Kamar-Taj would fracture if its sorcerers learned she had absorbed dark power.
• Wang Yang argued that power depended on how it was used, persuading the Ancient One to abandon her plan to die.
• The Ancient One thanked Wang Yang, who said he would deal with Kaecilius.

Wang Yang fought Kaecilius after Kaecilius revealed that the Ancient One had absorbed dark power, and he defeated him with the Vishanti Holy Sword. Wang Yang absorbed Dormammu’s dark power without losing himself, and Dormammu declared through Kaecilius that Wang Yang deserved to die.

• Kaecilius challenged Wang Yang, but Wang Yang blocked his Spatial Blade and then struck him with the Vishanti Holy Sword.
• Kaecilius’s enhanced Spatial Blade shattered, and he grew furious as Dormammu’s power surged through him.
• Wang Yang fused with the dark power detected by his system, while his divine power consumed it before it could control him.
• The Ancient One warned Wang Yang that Kaecilius was no longer himself as Dormammu tried to tempt Wang Yang into joining the darkness.
• Wang Yang rejected Dormammu’s power, and Dormammu said through Kaecilius that Wang Yang deserved to die.

Wang Yang fought Kaecilius after Dormammu’s power transformed him, matching his dark Spatial Blade and resisting his control of the Mirror Dimension. Wang Yang’s enhanced Crimson Bands broke through Kaecilius’s Seraphim Shield and crushed inward.

• Kaecilius attacked Wang Yang with a dark Spatial Blade, but Wang Yang blocked him with the Vishanti Holy Sword.
• Wang Yang and Kaecilius traded blows evenly, while The Ancient One watched and marveled at Wang Yang’s strength.
• Wang Yang dispelled the Vishanti Holy Sword and countered Kaecilius’s Mirror Dimension with his own.
• Kaecilius overwhelmed Wang Yang’s space with darkness and boasted that he was its king.
• Wang Yang summoned Crimson Bands that cracked Kaecilius’s Seraphim Shield and forced it to collapse.

Wang Yang and the Ancient One fought Kaecilius, whose Dormammu-enhanced power let him survive being bound and pierced by the Vishanti Holy Sword. Wang Yang called down Ego the Living Planet to destroy him, and the planet’s impact collapsed the Mirror Dimension as the dark power dissipated.

• The Ancient One urged Wang Yang to leave Kaecilius’s Mirror Dimension, but Kaecilius broke free of the Crimson Bands and survived being pierced by the Vishanti Holy Sword.
• Wang Yang realized Kaecilius’s dark power kept him alive and summoned Ego the Living Planet, while Kaecilius continued to taunt him.
• Wang Yang bound Kaecilius again and cut him in half, then warned the Ancient One to defend herself as Ego descended.
• Wang Yang hurled Ego the Living Planet at Kaecilius, whose dark aura failed to stop it.
• Ego crashed down, dissipating the dark power and causing the Mirror Dimension to collapse.

Wang Yang and the Ancient One confronted the badly wounded Kaecilius after Wang Yang destroyed much of the Mirror Dimension with Ego the Living Planet. Dormammu dragged the sealed Mirror Dimension into his realm and appeared as a divine power clone, threatening to devour Earth.

• Wang Yang used Ego the Living Planet to crush Kaecilius, devastating the Mirror Dimension, but Kaecilius survived while Ego recovered.
• The Ancient One emerged from the destruction, and Kaecilius taunted her for drawing on Dark Dimension energy to prolong her life.
• Wang Yang defended the Ancient One, accusing Kaecilius of hypocrisy and reminding him that she had used dark energy to protect Earth and its sorcerers.
• Kaecilius failed to restore himself with dark energy, then called on Dormammu as the Mirror Dimension was sealed and dragged into dimensional space.
• Dormammu appeared as a divine power clone, and the Ancient One explained that his true form remained in the Dark Dimension.
• Dormammu threatened to kill the Ancient One and devour Earth.