Chapter Summaries

Karn skipped the school bus and went to his internship at Oscorp, where he searched for equipment and the Super Spider. Gwen was bitten by the spider instead of Peter, and Karn left with the spider in a petri dish while she headed to the hospital.

• Karn told Gwen to go ahead to Oscorp without him, then took a cab there after deciding to investigate the company’s equipment.
• Karn was assigned to Oscorp’s genetic engineering department with Gwen and Peter, and he secretly obtained a petri dish while watching Peter for the Super Spider.
• Karn asked Gwen to inquire about equipment for his planned Nanotech Flying Armor, while he used artificial intelligence to multiply his funds through market trading.
• Gwen was bitten by a black-and-white spider, and Karn caught it in the petri dish, realizing that she might become Spider-Woman.
• Gwen left for the hospital, while Karn took the spider and the equipment quotation list away from Oscorp.

Karn moved into his new home, prepared equipment to create the AI Red Queen, and considered how to use Dark Magic without suffering its backlash. Gwen Stacy tracked him down after developing spider-like powers, and Karn confirmed he knew about the super-spider project while dismissing her fears; the chapter left him focused on creating a soul substitute and postponing his plans to merge universes.

• Karn spent an $80 million order on equipment from the Osborn Group and began setting up a basement laboratory to create Red Queen.
• Gwen Stacy visited Karn's family home, learned he had moved, and followed the address the butler gave her because she wanted answers about her new abilities.
• Karn finished moving his equipment and started creating Red Queen, while noting that Dark Magic was blackening his fingers and that he needed a soul substitute to absorb its backlash.
• When Gwen arrived, Karn tested her reflexes with a sudden punch, and she caught him and restrained him with her newfound strength.
• Karn told Gwen that he knew about the Osborn Group's super-spider project and reassured her that her powers did not make her a different person.
• Karn decided not to rush into merging universes, kept his Dreamwalking Soul Tentacles deployed, and saw Betty return after completing most of the arrangements for Umbrella.

Karn managed the growing Pent Group and prepared for a possible journey to Nidavellir while Sharon Carter joined the Superhuman Personnel Bureau and brought former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to the Island Prison. After arranging work for Pepper Potts, Karn discovered a new trading plane filled with humans fighting monsters and considered investigating it before continuing his space trip.

• Betty urged Karn to help Laura manage the expanding Pent Group, and Karn said he was searching space for Nidavellir so dwarves could forge him a wand.
• Sharon Carter told Phil Coulson that she had joined the Superhuman Personnel Bureau because S.H.I.E.L.D. could no longer fight the government, then escorted Coulson, Victoria Hand, and Pex to the Island Prison.
• Steve Rogers refused Sharon Carter's offer to join the Bureau, while Sharon told Tony Stark that Pepper Potts had left prison and joined the Pent Group.
• Karn assigned Pepper Potts a job at the Pent Group, and she left Karn Manor after confirming that was all he wanted from her.
• Karn found a new trading plane whose images showed humans battling monsters with advanced weapons, and he weighed investigating it against his planned trip to Nidavellir.

Karn arrived on Earth and flew to Hongning Base City to meet Hong, the leader of the Extreme Martial Arts Hall, hoping to establish a trade connection. After Karn revealed himself and claimed to be a merchant from beyond Earth, Hong cautiously agreed to receive him.

• Karn reviewed Earth's situation and decided to seek Hong to bind a Trade Coordinate.
• Karn flew toward Hongning Base City as a bolt of lightning, alarming the Extreme Martial Arts Hall's officials along his route.
• Inspector Liu warned Hong about the approaching lightning, and Hong went out to confront it.
• Karn transformed into a human before Hong and introduced himself as the merchant Kane Penter.
• Hong remained wary but invited Karn to follow him so they could discuss trade.

Karn presented Hong with a list of advanced serums, energy sources, and weapons for Earth to trade for, and Hong agreed to consult the other leaders before deciding. Karn chose a base near a monster gathering place and Ruins No. 31, then left Hong to convene a council meeting.

• Karn showed Hong his trade list, and Hong assessed the value of the serums, battle suits, energy sources, and weapons, including the Star Rail Cannon.
• Hong said he needed to discuss the proposed purchases with the other leaders because the trade was too important and costly to decide alone.
• Karn chose a location near a monster gathering place and Ruins No. 31 for his base, and Hong gave him a high-grade communicator.
• Karn told Hong to respond within two days, transformed into lightning, and flew away.
• Yaorao asked Hong who Karn was, and Hong ordered the Three Great Personal Guards to notify the Senators and senior officials and convene a council meeting.

Hong and Thor organized a trade with Karn after Earth’s War Gods watched his Nine-Headed Dragon Beast Pet destroy a monster region and kill the Sea Serpent King. Karn reached a barter deal with Earth’s leaders and agreed to remain in Wuhan, then struggled to motivate himself to continue cultivating.

• Hong explained Karn’s offer to the War Gods and showed satellite footage of the Nine-Headed Dragon Beast Pet killing the Sea Serpent King, leaving Hong and Thor to judge its strength.
• Hong announced that Earth’s leaders would negotiate with Karn while other War Gods could trade independently, and Karn cleared the underground passages around his planned Wuhan outpost.
• Hong, Thor, and several regional leaders arrived at Karn’s temporary Chamber of Commerce building and presented a list of items for trade.
• Karn negotiated a barter deal with the visitors, who also used Earth currency to buy Super Soldier Serum, Arc Reactors, and other goods.
• Karn told Hong that War Gods could visit him in Wuhan, then struggled through an hour of cultivation before deciding to return to training.

Karn traded goods with Earth’s factions while exploring ruins and preparing to travel to the Black Dragon Mountain Empire. After securing cosmic coordinates and two usable ships from Ruins No. 12, he returned to find that the HR Alliance’s nine great families had traded even more than the Five Great Nations.

• Karn preserved his spirit herbs, synthesized alloys, and sent robots to explore Ruins No. 12 and Ruins No. 31.
• Atkin and Isadora tested the traded serums and new-energy hand cannons, then shared their results with the HR Alliance and the nine great families.
• Karn spent Earth currency on combat suits and other goods, then trained aboard his spaceship while representatives of the nine great families arrived to barter for B-Rank items.
• Red Queen reported that robots had located Ruins No. 12, so Karn left a shadow clone to receive the visitors and traveled to the underwater ruin.
• Red Queen took control of the mothership, recorded its cosmic coordinates and ship data, and helped Karn collect an X81-model spaceship and a frigate.
• Karn returned to the Wuhan Region and learned through his clone’s memories that the nine great families had traded more than the Five Great Nations.

Karn left Earth for Qiu Long Star to enter the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, where he sold his ships, Silver Guards, and a nanoparticle alloy formula for 47.5 billion Black Dragon Coins. With money finally secured, he considered selling more alloy formulas and buying supplies.

• Karn learned that his spaceship modifications were complete and left Earth after leaving a Red Queen copy behind.
• Karn reached Qiu Long Star, registered as a citizen of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and opened a Virtual Universe account by selling items from the mothership.
• Karn brought the X81 Model spaceship, another spaceship, two Silver Guards, and C-grade alloy to the Rare Treasure Shop for appraisal.
• The Rare Treasure Shop manager offered to buy Karn's two ships, Silver Guards, alloy, and the alloy formula for a total of 47.5 billion Black Dragon Coins.
• After receiving payment, Karn asked whether the Rare Treasure Shop would buy more alloy formulas and considered improving the other formulas he had developed.

Karn spent most of his earnings on treasures and a warrior cultivation manual, then cultivated for a month on Qiu Long Star. He entered the Virtual Universe’s Slaughter Space to improve his combat skills but lost to ten seventh-stage Stellar-level opponents, leaving him determined to try again.

• Karn spent 47 billion Black Dragon Coins at the Rare Treasure Shop on treasures and a comprehensive warrior cultivation manual, and the shop gained his C2-grade alloy formula.
• Karn settled into a hotel on Qiu Long Star and began practicing genetic original energy, strengthening his body as its many enhancements fused more completely.
• Karn cultivated for a month, then reviewed Red Queen’s records and told her to continue analyzing alloy formulas while he visited the Virtual Universe.
• Karn entered the Slaughter Space and requested ten seventh-stage Stellar-level opponents, planning to increase the difficulty gradually.
• Karn eliminated two opponents at first, but the remaining enemies coordinated their attacks, wounded him, and defeated him.
• Karn recognized that his combat experience and composure were poor, then requested another fight against ten seventh-stage Stellar-level enemies.

Karn returned to Earth after selling a new C8 alloy formula, spending three months in the Slaughter Arena, and gathering supplies. There, Venina Paulinas offered a Black God Suit in exchange for a natural treasure that could help Li Yao become a Senator, but Karn rejected her price and told her to ask for something else.

• Karn sold the Rare Treasure Shop a new C8 alloy formula for 240 billion Black Dragon Coins and spent most of the money on cultivation treasures and seeds.
• Karn trained in the Slaughter Arena for three months, developed Flame Elementalization, and then returned to Earth after ten days of travel.
• Karn learned from Red Queen that Earth remained secure and that humanity had repelled three monster tides with New-Energy War Machines.
• Venina Paulinas arrived at Karn's spaceship and offered Li Yao's Black God Suit in exchange for a natural treasure that could help him advance beyond the war god level.
• Karn refused Venina's request for a Senator-making treasure, explained that it was worth far more than the suit, and asked her to propose another trade.

Karn rejected Weinina’s offer of the Black God Suit for a treasure that could grant Senator-level strength, then removed the insect hive from Ruins No. 31. After learning how vulnerable Earth’s Warriors would be in the wider universe, Weinina returned to Karn and accepted his offer to become his maid in exchange for a chance to advance.

• Karn told Weinina that the Black God Suit was worth too little for a Senator-level spiritual treasure and offered her a chance to serve as his maid instead.
• Karn entered Ruins No. 31, collected poisonous gas and venom, and transported the insect hive into his Kamui Dimension, where he sealed it.
• Karn told Hong, Thor, and other leaders that Earth’s advanced Warriors would be among the lowest slaves in the universe, alarming them about Earth’s vulnerability.
• Li Yao urged Weinina to seek a way to obtain Senator-level strength, and Weinina promised to approach Karn again.
• Weinina returned to Karn’s base alone and agreed to become his maid for a chance to advance, and Karn said the offer depended on her performance.

Karn returned to the Marvel Universe with powerful new acquisitions and planned to take Betty and Umbrella personnel into space to expand the company. Meanwhile, Sharon Carter hunted the escaped Avengers and contained a strange hammer in New Mexico before requesting a meeting with Karn.

• Karn returned home, ordered Isaac to seal his wine cellar, and considered how the Genetic Evolution Serum and training methods could strengthen Umbrella's soldiers.
• Sharon Carter mobilized the Superhuman Personnel Bureau to capture the Avengers, monitor Pepper Potts, and investigate leaks after the prisoners escaped.
• Sharon ordered New Mexico sealed off after agents reported a hammer that no one could lift had fallen from the sky.
• Nick Fury brought the rescued Avengers to a Brazilian safe house, warned Tony Stark not to contact Pepper, and told the group to stay hidden.
• Karn told Betty he planned to travel into space and expand Umbrella's business, then prepared a body-strengthening treatment for her and set the spaceship's coordinates.
• After learning Sharon wanted to meet, Karn dismissed the escaped Avengers as unimportant and showed more interest in the New Mexico hammer.

Karn learned about the Eternals and supported Sharon’s plan to capture them, while Betty prepared to travel into space with him. Sharon’s agents captured Sersi, Sprite, and Kingo to lure the other Eternals, and Karn and Betty left Earth aboard a cloaked spaceship, arriving in an unknown region of space.

• Karn agreed to help Sharon capture the Eternals, advising her to target Kingo and Sersi and prepare to draw in the others.
• Umbrella and Superhuman Personnel Bureau agents ambushed and captured Sersi and Sprite, while Kingo was seized after arriving in the United States.
• Sharon publicized the three Eternals’ imprisonment and assembled a large force to draw out the remaining Eternals.
• Karn took Betty and twenty enhanced Super Soldiers aboard a refitted spaceship and departed Earth through an undersea tunnel.
• After a space jump, Karn and Betty found themselves among the stars in an unknown location, and the Red Queen began searching for inhabited planets.

Karn arrived in Asgard and persuaded Loki to abandon his fixation on ruling the Nine Realms and join him in pursuing power across the universe. After seeing Karn’s forces and resources, Loki agreed to ally with him, beginning a plan to obtain the Mind Stone and conquer new territory.

• Asgardian ships surrounded Karn’s spacecraft, then escorted Karn and his companions to Asgard after he proved he came from Earth.
• Haiwell introduced Karn to Loki, who was ruling Asgard while Odin slept and Thor remained on Earth.
• Karn provoked Loki by pointing out the weakness of his rule and predicting that Thor would soon lift Mjolnir, then evaded Loki’s attacks with his spatial ability.
• Karn proposed that Loki lead willing Asgardian soldiers into the wider universe and form an alliance with him.
• Karn showed Loki his Kamui Dimension, including Irina, the Zerg, and his advanced weapons, convincing Loki to join his plan.
• Karn and Loki formed an alliance, agreeing to seek the Mind Stone and begin expanding their power across the universe.

Karn and Loki strengthened their alliance, trading Genetic Evolution Serum for Asgardian support and resources as Loki prepared to seek the Mind Stone. The chapter ended with Sif and Thor’s friends asking Heimdall to send them to Earth, despite his warning to stay in Asgard.

• Sif, Volstagg, Hogun, and Fandral thanked Karn for persuading Loki to cancel the war and let them travel to Earth to find Thor.
• Karn’s guards defeated Asgardian warriors in the Arena, impressing the crowd with their strength.
• Loki told Karn that only seventy-six people had agreed to leave with him and asked whether Thanos would provide the Mind Stone.
• Karn advised Loki to tell Thanos that Earth held the Time Stone and Space Stone, and said Thanos would likely lend him the Mind Stone and Chitauri army.
• Karn and Loki agreed that Asgard would provide cosmic coordinates and order the Dwarves to forge Karn a weapon in exchange for one hundred and fifty vials of Genetic Evolution Serum.
• Sif and her companions asked Heimdall to open the Bifrost to Earth, but Heimdall warned them to remain in Asgard.

Karn and Betty traveled to Nidavellir, where Karn arranged with Eitri to forge a wand that could channel the Infinity Stones. Meanwhile, Sif and the Warriors Three found Thor on Earth, and Karn’s new divine weapon was completed with six stone slots.

• Karn showed Eitri the Space Stone and offered rare metals as payment for a wand designed to hold all six Infinity Stones.
• Eitri selected usable metals, agreed to forge the wand in a day, and asked Karn to help imbue it with a spirit.
• Sif and the Warriors Three arrived in New Mexico, where Superhuman Personnel Bureau agents recognized Betty’s business card and helped them find Thor.
• Sif’s group reunited with Thor at a bar and learned that he had lost his divine power and could not lift Mjolnir.
• Jane told Sif and the others that Kane Penter was a powerful business magnate, but they gained no useful information about him.
• Karn helped Eitri forge a dark-gold wand with six slots, and the finished weapon released a brilliant burst of light.

Karn forged the Infinity Wand with Eitri, inserted the Space Stone, and used it to transport his party to Xandar. Meanwhile, Sharon Carter captured eight Eternals, Thor agreed to meet S.H.I.E.L.D. representatives about the Tesseract, and Karn set out to hire space mercenaries to find the Power Stone.

• Eitri examined Karn’s wand, praised its divine-artifact qualities, and Karn installed the Space Stone and named it the Infinity Wand.
• Karn left the dwarven star ring with Betty and explained his powers while the Asgardians discussed Thor’s lost strength, Odin’s sleep, and their distrust of Loki.
• Jane Foster gave Thor a letter from S.H.I.E.L.D., and Thor agreed to meet its representatives to hear their concerns about the Tesseract.
• Sharon Carter’s forces captured eight Eternals, including Ikaris and Makkari, and imprisoned them under severe security measures.
• Karn transported his spaceship to Xandar with the Space Stone, obtained long-term visitor visas, and went to find a contact who could connect him with space mercenaries to search for the Power Stone.

Karn hired Yondu’s Ravagers to search for an Orb and bought Betty the Phantom Necklace while traveling through the galaxy. After returning to Earth, Thor learned from Nick Fury that the Pent Group had the Tesseract and hurried back to Asgard to investigate Loki’s connection to Kane Penter.

• Karn paid the Broker to connect him with Yondu and bought the Phantom Necklace for Betty.
• Karn offered Yondu four hundred thousand to find an Orb, and Yondu accepted the commission.
• Karn and Betty visited Knowhere and Sakaar before Karn discovered a new Trading World and decided to return to Earth.
• Nick Fury told Thor that the Pent Group had taken the Tesseract and described the destruction of Wakanda.
• Thor rejected Nick Fury’s request for help and left to question Sif about what was happening in Asgard.

During Sakura Matou’s summoning, Karn appeared alongside Rider as a second Servant, then killed Shinji Matou and Zouken Matou. He left Sakura in Rider’s care and went to search the Matou residence for surviving worms and magecraft books.

• Sakura Matou summoned Rider and Karn, and discovered that she had gained three Command Spells on each hand.
• Shinji Matou tried to claim both Servants, so Karn snapped his neck.
• Zouken Matou ordered Sakura to restrain Karn with a Command Spell, but Karn attacked him and burned his scattered worms with Fiendfyre.
• Karn stunned Sakura and removed the worm Zouken had implanted in her, then burned it to ash.
• Karn asked Rider to look after Sakura and left to search the Matou residence for remaining worms and magecraft books.

Karn cleared the Matou villa of insects, discovered Zouken Matou’s hidden magecraft records, and studied ways to alter Magic Circuits while preparing to claim the Holy Grail and reach the Root. After Sakura woke, Karn turned away Shirou Emiya, whose suspicions grew, and left the story to face Sakura and decide how to handle her Command Spells.

• Karn burned the insects in the Matou villa, gathered its magecraft books, and found a concealed chamber containing Zouken Matou’s treasured records.
• Rider told Karn that Sakura Matou had been treated and was asleep, while Karn asked Rider to watch over her.
• Illyasviel von Einzbern sensed disturbances in the Holy Grail, summoned Heracles as Berserker, and ordered Sella to investigate the other Masters and Servants.
• Karn studied Zouken Matou’s records and considered modifying Magic Circuits, but decided to wait before experimenting on himself.
• Rider told Karn that Sakura had awakened and that Shirou Emiya was waiting outside; Karn sent Shirou away with an excuse about Sakura having a cold.
• Shirou grew suspicious of the stranger at the Matou villa, while Karn put up protective barriers and went upstairs to speak with Sakura.