Chapter Summaries

Wang Yang used a magic array to remove the Mind Stone from Vision and replace it with a crystal of cosmic energy, leaving Vision alive and more human. After Vision departed, Wang Yang divined Thanos’s progress and saw that he had obtained the Soul Stone on Vormir by sacrificing Gamora.

• Wang Yang completed a magic array designed to separate the Mind Stone from Vision without destroying him.
• Vision questioned whether Wang Yang could be trusted with an Infinity Stone, then agreed to sit in the array’s center.
• Wang Yang used a Spatial Blade to remove the Mind Stone and replaced it with a compressed crystal of cosmic energy.
• Vision recovered, sensed that he had become more human, and left to adjust to his new energy source.
• Wang Yang divined Thanos’s location and saw him sacrifice Gamora on Vormir to obtain the Soul Stone.

Wang Yang tracked Nick Fury to the S.W.O.R.D. space base and warned him that Thanos was approaching with forces far beyond those seen in the Battle of New York. Nick Fury doubted his warning but grew uneasy when Wang Yang pointed to the recent activity near Earth, leaving the two facing the need to prepare for a threat Fury could not yet confirm.

• Wang Yang sensed that Thanos had gathered more Infinity Stones and decided he needed Nick Fury's help to protect Earth from Thanos's forces.
• Wang Yang located Nick Fury at S.W.O.R.D.'s space base and entered through a portal, triggering alarms and drawing weapons on himself.
• Nick Fury recognized Wang Yang, ordered his personnel to stand down, and brought him to his office to hear what he wanted.
• Wang Yang warned Nick Fury that Thanos would personally lead a much larger force than the one that attacked New York and urged him to find allies, including Captain Marvel.
• Nick Fury demanded evidence and questioned how Wang Yang knew about Captain Marvel, but Wang Yang pointed to the approaching activity near Earth, making Fury grow grave.

Nick Fury’s claim that his space base could stop alien threats was disproved when a huge spaceship appeared over New York. Wang Yang helped Strange and Wong contain the ship in the Mirror Dimension, where they confronted Thanos’s subordinates Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian.

• Nick Fury boasted to Wang Yang that the base could repel alien threats, but an aide reported that an unidentified spacecraft had broken through the defenses and reached New York.
• Wang Yang left through a portal and told Nick Fury to consider his warning while he handled the ship.
• Strange and Wong pulled the descending spacecraft into the Mirror Dimension with help from Wang Yang, who later joined them there.
• Wong recognized that Wang Yang’s power was now close to the Sorcerer Supreme’s, and Wang Yang called for the ship’s occupants to come out.
• Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian emerged, defended Thanos’s plan to kill half of the universe, and Cull Obsidian charged at Wang Yang, Strange, and Wong.

Ebony Maw activated a Kree energy suppression device, disabling Strange and Wong’s magic but failing to affect Wang Yang. Wang Yang overwhelmed Maw with the Vishanti Holy Sword, then faced Cull Obsidian’s axe as he leapt in to attack.

• Wang Yang left Strange and Wong to fight Cull Obsidian while he confronted Ebony Maw.
• Ebony Maw revealed that a Kree energy suppression device was weakening magic, leaving Strange and Wong unable to defend themselves effectively.
• Wang Yang used a Magic Shield despite the device and charged Ebony Maw with the Vishanti Holy Sword.
• Ebony Maw blocked Wang Yang’s attacks with telekinesis until Wang Yang’s strikes overwhelmed him and sent him flying.
• Cull Obsidian abandoned Strange and Wong and brought his axe down toward Wang Yang’s head.

Wang Yang defeated Ebony Maw’s plan to distract him while Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight attacked Kamar-Taj, revealing that he had already sent a powerful clone to protect it. Ebony Maw saw the other attackers surrounded and realized the Black Order’s plans had failed.

• Wang Yang used the Mirror Dimension to knock Cull Obsidian away and bind him in steel rebars.
• Ebony Maw revealed that he had sent Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight to seize the Gem at Kamar-Taj while he stalled Wang Yang.
• Wang Yang explained that he had anticipated the attack and left a clone at Kamar-Taj.
• Ebony Maw showed Wang Yang a projected image of Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight fighting the Avengers and Kamar-Taj sorcerers.
• Ebony Maw watched Wang Yang’s clone threaten Corvus Glaive and realized the Black Order had been outmaneuvered.

Wang Yang killed Ebony Maw’s body, but Ebony Maw took control of Strange and threatened to kill him unless the Infinity Stones were surrendered. Strange resisted the possession, and Ebony Maw, cornered, resolved to take them both down with him.

• Ebony Maw used Strange’s body to threaten Wang Yang into handing over the Infinity Stones, claiming he would spare Strange if they were allowed to leave.
• Wang Yang refused to bargain and revealed that he had already killed Ebony Maw’s true body with a Magic Chain.
• Ebony Maw revealed he had planted a mental seed in Strange and taken control of him, renewing his threat to kill Strange unless Wang Yang surrendered the stones.
• Wang Yang trusted Strange to resist, and Strange’s mental power began overpowering Ebony Maw’s control.
• Ebony Maw realized he was losing control of Strange and, enraged, declared that they would die together.

Wang Yang helped Strange suppress and devour Ebony Maw, then killed Cull Obsidian and headed toward Kamar-Taj. There, the Avengers fought Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight until Wang Yang arrived with the sorcerers, leaving Corvus shocked that he was not still fighting Ebony Maw.

• Wang Yang reinforced Strange's Mental Power, allowing Strange to devour Ebony Maw and survive.
• Wang Yang crushed Cull Obsidian with the steel bars before turning his attention to Kamar-Taj.
• The Avengers struggled against Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight while protecting Vision, whose forehead Corvus mistook for holding a Gem.
• Corvus Glaive charged Vision with the Peerless Glaive, but an unseen force stopped his weapon.
• Wang Yang arrived with Mordo and the sorcerers, and Corvus Glaive was stunned to see him.

Wang Yang stopped Corvus Glaive from reaching Vision and defeated him, then exposed that Corvus was using his supposed fearlessness to protect the Godslayer. Corvus refused to surrender the weapon and asked Wang Yang to spare his companion and let her take it.

• Corvus Glaive realized Ebony Maw and Cull Obsidian were likely dead, while the Avengers and Kamar-Taj sorcerers marveled at Wang Yang's power.
• Wang Yang blasted Corvus Glaive to the ground, and Corvus accepted defeat but refused to reveal information about Thanos.
• Wang Yang said he wanted Corvus's Godslayer and offered to spare his life if he left the weapon behind.
• Captain America defended Corvus's apparent loyalty and offered to return the weapon, but Wang Yang warned that Corvus was trying to help Proxima Midnight escape with it.
• Corvus Glaive asked Wang Yang to spare his companion and give her the Godslayer, revealing how much he valued the weapon.

Wang Yang took Corvus Glaive’s Godslayer and forced him to reveal Thanos’s plans and weakness. Corvus offered to help fight Thanos, but Wang Yang refused his assistance.

• Wang Yang seized the Godslayer and let Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight leave only if Corvus revealed what he knew about Thanos.
• Corvus Glaive revealed that Thanos had two Infinity Stones and planned to collect the rest, then purge the universe; he also explained that his weapon was his true form and allowed him to revive while it remained intact.
• Proxima Midnight attacked Corvus for betraying Thanos, but Wang Yang restrained her and stopped her from killing him.
• Wang Yang explained Corvus’s weakness to Captain America, who admitted he had misunderstood Corvus’s apparent willingness to die.
• Corvus offered to help Wang Yang fight Thanos and promised to bring loyal troops from Thanos’s army, but Wang Yang told him he did not need his help.

Wang Yang returned to Kamar-Taj and found Thanos confronting the Ancient One over the Infinity Stones. As the two sides clashed, Thanos used the Infinity Gauntlet to break Wang Yang’s magical attack and shield, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Wang Yang left the Avengers to finish off Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight while he hurried back to Kamar-Taj.
• The Avengers prepared to organize Earth’s defenses against Thanos after learning more about his power.
• Thanos and Supergiant confronted the Ancient One in Kamar-Taj’s secret chamber and demanded the Gem she protected.
• Wang Yang arrived through a Portal, exposing Thanos’s plan to use the Black Order as bait while he seized the Gems.
• Wang Yang attacked Thanos with Magic Chains, but Thanos shattered them with the Infinity Gauntlet and unleashed a powerful blast.
• Wang Yang blocked Thanos’s blast with a Magic Shield, which cracked and shattered as the attack dissipated.

Wang Yang and the Ancient One drove Thanos and Supergiant to retreat, then Wang Yang began preparing Earth for another attack. He learned that Kamar-Taj had tens of thousands of sorcerers available to defend it.

• Thanos recognized Wang Yang’s strength and opened a spatial rift to retreat with Supergiant.
• Wang Yang declined to pursue Thanos, and the Ancient One praised his judgment before leaving him to plan for the next attack.
• Wang Yang tried to divine Thanos’s plans but saw only a haze, so he considered gathering Kamar-Taj and Nick Fury’s forces to defend Earth.
• Wang Yang asked Mordo how many sorcerers could fight, and Mordo reported fifty to sixty thousand sorcerers, several dozen Masters of the Mystic Arts, and fifteen or sixteen hundred Senior Mages.

Wang Yang learned that Kamar-Taj had fifty thousand sorcerers and forbidden magical artifacts, then gathered Earth’s allies to prepare for Thanos’s invasion. The forces assembled plans to combine Kamar-Taj, Asgard, Wakanda, the Avengers, and Tony Stark’s armor, though Thanos’s vast army and fleet remained a threat.

• Mordo told Wang Yang about Kamar-Taj’s sealed magical artifacts and the Sorcerer Supreme’s permission to use them for the coming war.
• Wang Yang asked Mordo to train Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers while he went to gather allies beyond the temple.
• Wang Yang arrived at Stark Tower and found the Avengers, Thor, Black Panther, and the Winter Soldier gathered there.
• Wang Yang warned the group that Thanos’s army was enormous and Earth’s ordinary forces could not withstand it.
• Wang Yang said fifty thousand sorcerers would join Asgard’s and Wakanda’s forces to fight Thanos’s army.
• Tony Stark offered several dozen F.R.I.D.A.Y.-controlled armor suits to bolster the defense.

Wang Yang organized a plan to move the battle against Thanos to Titan, but an arriving spaceship brought Star-Lord and the Guardians of the Galaxy to Earth. After learning that Thanos had sacrificed Gamora for the Soul Stone, Star-Lord vowed to kill him and offered to recruit Yondu.

• Tony Stark and the Avengers agreed that fighting Thanos on Earth risked massive casualties, so Wang Yang proposed moving the battle to Titan and using portals to transport their forces.
• F.R.I.D.A.Y. detected an unidentified spaceship near Earth, and Wang Yang recognized its occupants as allies.
• Star-Lord arrived with the Guardians of the Galaxy and asked Wang Yang to help rescue Gamora from Thanos.
• Wang Yang told Star-Lord that Thanos had sacrificed Gamora to obtain the Soul Stone, leaving Star-Lord devastated.
• Wang Yang invited the Guardians to join the fight against Thanos, and Star-Lord vowed to kill him and said he could get Yondu to help.

Wang Yang assembled allies on Titan to confront Thanos, while the Ancient One stayed behind to protect Earth. When Thanos arrived with his army, Wang Yang’s forces joined the battle, but his magic overwhelmed the enemy troops so quickly that the other fighters felt they were only there to make up the numbers.

• Star-Lord asked Wang Yang to recruit Yondu and the Ravagers to help fight Thanos, and Wang Yang agreed to try.
• Thanos learned that Earth’s forces planned to gather on Titan and ordered his fleet to assemble there.
• The Ancient One agreed to remain on Earth while Wang Yang took the Power Stone, Space Stone, and Mind Stone to Titan.
• Wang Yang arrived on Titan and summoned Kamar-Taj’s sorcerers, Asgard’s army, and other superheroes through Portals when Thanos arrived with his fleet and troops.
• Thanos ordered his forces to attack, and Wang Yang used Crimson Bands to tear through the Outriders, leaving the Avengers feeling that they were only there to make up the numbers.

Wang Yang fought Thanos, whose Reality Stone turned Wang Yang’s Crimson Bands into bubbles and briefly gave him the advantage. Wang Yang recovered, twisted Thanos’s Double-Edged Sword with magic, and continued battling him as their attacks wiped out much of Thanos’s army, leaving the Avengers wondering whether they were needed.

• Captain America led the troops into battle while Wang Yang reached Thanos and attacked him with the Crimson Bands.
• Wang Yang fused a Physical combat Talent Fragment and increased the speed of his attacks, forcing Thanos onto the defensive.
• Thanos used the Reality Stone to turn the Crimson Bands into bubbles, then shattered Wang Yang’s Rings of Raggadorr with a sword strike.
• Wang Yang stopped Thanos’s next blow with magical threads and warped the Double-Edged Sword until its metal cracked and its edges curled.
• Wang Yang summoned the Vishanti Holy Sword and continued clashing with Thanos, whose attacks killed his own troops while Wang Yang protected nearby Earth forces.
• As corpses spread across the battlefield and the Avengers suffered few losses, the Avengers questioned whether they were needed in the fight.

Wang Yang used the force of his clashes with Thanos to destroy Thanos's army, then overwhelmed Thanos with the Vishanti Holy Sword. Thanos used the Cosmic Cube to stab Wang Yang and take his Gems, but Wang Yang reversed time and returned them both to their earlier positions, leaving Thanos to face him again.

• Thanos realized Wang Yang was using their clashes to kill his soldiers, then attacked him with the Infinity Gauntlet and Double-Edged Sword.
• Wang Yang blocked Thanos's strike, survived an Outrider's ambush with his cloak, and countered Thanos's sneak attack.
• Wang Yang battered Thanos with the Vishanti Holy Sword until Thanos was wounded and driven back.
• Thanos used the Cosmic Cube to stop time, appeared before Wang Yang, and stabbed him before taking his three Gems.
• Thanos placed the Gems in his Infinity Gauntlet, but Wang Yang reversed time, restoring himself and removing the Gems from Thanos's gauntlet.
• Wang Yang revealed he had prepared Time Reversal and challenged Thanos to show his remaining tricks.

Thanos absorbed the Cosmic Cube’s power and used the Infinity Stones to grow stronger, forcing Wang Yang onto the defensive. Wang Yang’s talent then activated, and he blocked Thanos’s attacks, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Thanos shattered the Cosmic Cube and absorbed its power, healing his injuries and making his body resistant to Wang Yang’s sword.
• Thanos drove Wang Yang back with his Double-Edged Sword, but Wang Yang trapped him with Crimson Bands and struck him with the Bolts of Balthakk.
• The Bolts of Balthakk sent Thanos flying and killed thousands of Outriders and Chitauri, but Thanos quickly began healing.
• Thanos rose as the Infinity Stones amplified his power and threatened to kill Wang Yang, while Wang Yang’s Stronger with Every Setback Talent activated.
• Wang Yang blocked Thanos’s renewed attack with the Vishanti Holy Sword and cleaved apart the energy from Thanos’s punch.

Thanos failed to defeat Wang Yang and ordered his fleet to destroy Titan, even with himself still on the planet. Wang Yang protected the allied forces from the bombardment, leaving Thanos furious and the planet's destruction imminent.

• Thanos tried to recruit Wang Yang, but Wang Yang refused and warned that powerful beings far greater than Thanos existed in the universe.
• Thanos ordered Supergiant to bombard Titan, and the fleet's weapons devastated the battlefield without distinguishing friend from foe.
• Mordo rallied the scattered armies around Kamar-Taj's sorcerers, who raised magic shields against the bombardment.
• As the shields began to fail, Wang Yang created the Seraphim Shield and protected the allied forces from the fleet's devastating attack.
• Thanos saw that Wang Yang's forces had survived and ordered Supergiant to destroy the planet.

Wang Yang destroyed Thanos's Planet-Buster spaceship with the Vishanti Holy Sword, creating a black hole that swallowed part of the universe. Thanos then unleashed the Cosmic Cube's power and charged at Wang Yang, intent on taking him down with him.

• Thanos prepared to destroy the planet with his spaceship's Planet-Buster Cannon and taunted Wang Yang over his desire to save everyone.
• Wang Yang hurled the Vishanti Holy Sword at the spaceship, and it pierced the energy shield and detonated the ship from within.
• The explosion created a black hole that swallowed the spaceship and nearby space, shocking Thanos and the sorcerers.
• Thanos accused Wang Yang of destroying part of the Material Universe and said he was doomed to die.
• Thanos drew on the Cosmic Cube's greatest power, grew larger, and charged at Wang Yang with his Double-Edged Sword.

Wang Yang defeated and killed Thanos after learning that Thanos had been trying to delay Earth’s destruction by a Celestial. With Thanos dead, Wang Yang ordered the allied forces to retreat and prepared to deal with the remaining Chitauri and Outriders himself.

• Thanos attacked Wang Yang, but Wang Yang dodged his strike, restrained him with Magic Chains, and explained that Earth would protect itself from the Celestials without sacrificing lives.
• Wang Yang rejected Thanos’s plan to delay a Celestial’s birth and crushed him with the Magic Chains.
• The battlefield fell silent at Thanos’s death, and the surviving Outriders began to flee.
• Captain America asked Wang Yang what to do about the remaining Chitauri and Outriders, and Wang Yang told the allied forces to retreat while he handled them.
• Wang Yang opened numerous Portals for the allied forces, and Captain America ordered everyone to leave.