Chapter Summaries

Lucian tested his strength against Hulk, then propelled him through the Portal and into the Chitauri mothership to reach its Hive. Inside the ship, Hulk challenged Lucian again as Chitauri forces closed in.

• Hulk burst through the floor and attacked Lucian, whose punch matched his strength and shattered the building’s upper floor.
• Lucian lifted Hulk and carried him toward the Portal, redirecting Hulk’s fall and pushing him through the sky as Hulk smashed Chitauri soldiers and craft.
• Tony and Natasha saw Lucian and Hulk enter the Portal, while Captain America wondered what Lucian intended to do.
• Lucian drove Hulk through the mothership’s armor and bulkheads, reaching a compartment near the Hive as Chitauri creatures attacked.
• Hulk confronted Lucian over being used as a shield, and Lucian beckoned him closer for a fight.

Lucian fought Hulk aboard the Chitauri mothership, matching his growing strength before hurling him away and destroying the Hive with a massive plasma lightning attack. The Hive’s destruction triggered chain explosions that engulfed the fleet, leaving Lucian amid the breaking mothership while Hulk was swept away by the blast.

• Lucian met Hulk’s charge with a punch that sent him crashing through Chitauri soldiers and a bulkhead.
• Hulk grew stronger as the fight continued, but Lucian beat him back with punches and a kick before they traded blows.
• Lucian used a German Suplex to hurl Hulk hundreds of meters through the mothership.
• Lucian unleashed a vast column of plasma lightning that pierced and annihilated the Hive, the mothership’s armor, and dozens of Chitauri capital ships.
• The destroyed Hive set off chain explosions across the fleet, and the shock wave hurled Hulk through collapsing structures while Lucian’s shield protected him on the breaking mothership.

Lucian battled Hulk in the skies over New York after Hulk tricked him with a surprise attack. Lucian beat him down and stopped their plunge before it killed Bruce Banner, leaving Banner unconscious and the city streets damaged.

• Lucian brought Hulk through the Portal from space, but Hulk grabbed him and punched him in the kidney.
• Lucian blinded Hulk with a burst of light, escaped his grip with golden flames, and counterattacked with fire and lightning.
• Lucian repeatedly outmaneuvered Hulk and struck his head until Hulk curled up and stopped responding.
• Lucian launched himself at Hulk and drove him toward the ground, but Hulk transformed back into Bruce Banner before impact.
• Lucian caught Banner with Telekinesis and halted in midair, while the wind pressure from their plunge split streets and filled several blocks with dust.

After defeating Hulk and helping the Avengers, Lucian spotted a nuclear missile heading for New York and intercepted Tony Stark as he tried to carry it through the portal. Lucian offered to handle the missile in exchange for Tony making him a suit of armor, and Tony accepted.

• Lucian left Steve Rogers with the unconscious Bruce Banner and flew to Stark Tower with Loki's Scepter.
• Lucian prepared to close the portal, but spotted Tony chasing a nuclear missile toward it.
• Lucian realized closing the portal would leave the missile in New York and decided to intercept it.
• Tony carried the missile skyward, expecting to sacrifice himself to save the city.
• Lucian flew ahead of Tony and offered to take care of the missile if Tony made him a suit of armor.
• Tony accepted the deal, and Lucian reached out to take hold of the missile.

Lucian stopped the nuclear missile, restored Tony’s armor, and took him through the portal to witness the remains of the Chitauri fleet. They returned to Stark Tower, where Lucian used the Mind Stone Scepter to shut the portal, and New York celebrated its survival.

• Lucian halted the nuclear missile with a magnetic field and recharged Tony’s armor with lightning.
• Tony asked to see what lay beyond the portal, and Lucian agreed to take him there with the missile.
• Tony saw the devastated Chitauri fleet and realized Lucian had destroyed it alone.
• Lucian sent the nuclear missile into the remaining wreckage, then returned through the portal with Tony.
• Lucian used the Mind Stone Scepter to disrupt the Tesseract’s energy and close the portal.
• Natasha, Clint, and the survivors saw the portal close and cheered that New York had survived.

After the Avengers defeated Loki, Lucian negotiated with Thor to lend him the Tesseract in exchange for elemental-energy-conducting metal. Thor took Loki back to Asgard, while Lucian told Tony he knew where to find enough vibranium for armor.

• Lucian stored the Tesseract and Mind Stone Scepter, then introduced himself to the Avengers as Pivot.
• Thor thanked Lucian for stopping Loki and said he would take his brother to Asgard to stand trial.
• Thor asked to borrow the Tesseract so he could return to Asgard and repair the Bifrost.
• Lucian agreed to lend Thor the Tesseract in exchange for metal that could stably conduct elemental energy.
• Thor took Loki through a portal to Asgard, and Lucian told Tony that he knew where to find vibranium for armor.

Lucian left New York and went to Wakanda to obtain vibranium, exposing the hidden nation's shield with his Heat Vision. After he teleported through the barrier, Wakanda's defenses mobilized as he headed toward the royal palace.

• Lucian vanished from the New York rooftop before Natasha could question him, and Tony suggested the group get shawarma while Steve took Banner for medical attention.
• Lucian reached Wakanda and used his Heat Vision to reveal the energy shield protecting the country.
• T'Chaka ordered the Border Tribe not to attack first, activated signal jamming, and alerted the Dora Milaje and the five tribes.
• Lucian ignored Wakanda's warning and teleported through the barrier, triggering alarms across the country.
• Wakandan soldiers and armored vehicles moved to stop Lucian as he headed toward the royal palace.

Lucian invaded Wakanda, overwhelmed its defenses, and used Queen Ramonda’s memories to locate the vibranium mines. He stole five tons of unprocessed vibranium ore and teleported away, leaving the Motherlode untouched as Wakanda’s forces rushed to stop him.

• Lucian flew through Wakanda’s attacks, then used a magnetic field to seize and crash several invisible Royal Talon Fighters.
• Lucian entered the palace, stripped T’Chaka of his partially donned Black Panther Suit, and knocked the Dora Milaje aside with telekinesis.
• Lucian avoided probing T’Chaka’s mind and searched Queen Ramonda’s memories to find the vibranium mines.
• T’Chaka ordered the mines sealed, but Lucian had already teleported into the cavern and begun taking unprocessed vibranium ore.
• Lucian collected five tons of ore and teleported away as armed personnel rushed toward the mining area.

Lucian returned to Tony's laboratory with a large supply of vibranium and traded one ton of it for Tony to build him an evolving AI. After leaving Tony to study the ore, Lucian surveyed New York and thought about the Eternals and other hidden beings on Earth.

• Lucian appeared in Tony's laboratory, startling him and prompting Tony to ask whether he had used spatial displacement.
• Lucian produced a small mountain of vibranium ore, and JARVIS confirmed that it closely matched known vibranium samples.
• Tony learned that Lucian had taken the ore from Wakanda and gave up on visiting or buying more for now.
• Lucian asked Tony to build him an evolving AI, and Tony agreed in exchange for one ton of vibranium.
• Tony began examining the ore and asked Lucian to return through the door next time and provide a way to contact him.
• Lucian left Tony's laboratory, reappeared above New York, and thought of the Eternals and other hidden beings on Earth.

Lucian researched the Eternals and chose Kingo as his first target while waiting for his system upgrade to finish. Meanwhile, Nick Fury and Alexander Pierce debated how to approach Lucian, and Pierce secretly arranged for a private consultant to contact him.

• Lucian recalled that the Eternals were sent by Arishem to prepare Earth for Tiamut’s Emergence and decided to seek them out one at a time.
• Lucian searched for Kingo through Bollywood acting families and planned to test his upgraded Copy ability against Kingo’s energy bolts.
• Nick Fury and Alexander Pierce reviewed Lucian’s hotel surveillance and discussed making formal contact with him about the scepter.
• Pierce secretly instructed an outside contact to find a clean intermediary, prepare valuable bargaining chips, and learn what Lucian wanted.
• A woman rang Lucian’s suite and said someone wanted to discuss a business deal with him.

Lucian exposed Hydra’s attempt to recruit him and offered to help them once if they located the Eternals whose faces he sent to their agent. Hydra began searching for them, while the Ancient One stopped observing Lucian and let him be.

• Lucian read the memories of the woman sent by Hydra and rejected its money, serum, and recruitment offer.
• Lucian sent the woman images of Kingo, Sersi, Druig, Ikaris, and Gilgamesh, asking Hydra to find them in exchange for one favor.
• The woman reported Lucian’s condition to Alexander Pierce, who ordered Hydra to search its intelligence channels and databases for the Eternals.
• Lucian began exploring the Mind Stone’s power through the Mind Stone Scepter.
• The Ancient One stopped using the Time Stone to observe Lucian and decided to let him be.

After the system upgrade, Lucian discovered that he could copy abilities two or more levels below his highest ability with a single touch. He tested the feature on Steve Rogers and left, while Steve was left confused by the brief visit.

• Lucian waited for the system upgrade to finish, then learned he had to explore its new features himself.
• Lucian scanned New York and found Steve Rogers eating in his Brooklyn apartment.
• Lucian surprised Steve by touching the back of his neck, then copied Steve’s Super Physique LV3 instantly.
• Lucian learned that abilities at least two levels below his highest level could be copied upon contact.
• Lucian praised Steve, said goodbye, and vanished before Steve could ask why he had come.

Lucian traveled to Mumbai and confronted Kingo, an Eternal, at a movie press conference. After copying Kingo’s Energy Blasts ability and producing the same cosmic energy, Lucian left Kingo asking whether he was an Eternal too.

• Lucian used Hydra’s information to locate Kingo at a movie press conference in Mumbai.
• Lucian descended into the venue, startling the crowd and prompting Kingo to leave the stage.
• Lucian caught Kingo backstage and the System Panel revealed his immortality, super physique, and Energy Blasts abilities, all at LV6.
• Lucian copied Kingo’s Energy Blasts ability and his universal energy absorbed and refined the copied cosmic energy.
• Lucian produced a golden energy blast, and Kingo asked whether Lucian was one of the Eternals.

Lucian defeated Kingo and began copying his abilities, then noticed a stranger approaching who knew his S.H.I.E.L.D. codename. The stranger greeted Lucian with “Hail Hydra.”

• Lucian overpowered Kingo’s Energy Blasts and struck him down with a white pillar of light.
• Lucian questioned Kingo about contacting his teammates, then knocked him unconscious when Kingo could offer no useful answers.
• Lucian resumed copying Kingo’s abilities, and the System reported that his progress had reached fifty-three percent at doubled speed.
• Lucian prepared to erase witnesses’ memories but sensed an excited man approaching through the wilderness.
• The middle-aged man addressed Lucian as Mr. Pivot and declared, “Hail Hydra.”

Lucian used Hydra’s intelligence to locate several Eternals, erased witnesses’ memories, and flew to South Dakota to capture Ajak before she could contact Arishem. The chapter ended with Lucian knocking Ajak unconscious on her farm.

• A Hydra agent gave Lucian facial-recognition results identifying Ajak, Phastos, Sprite, and Sersi, and Lucian ordered Hydra to keep searching.
• Lucian erased the memories of witnesses at the press conference and made them delete their recordings, leaving the Hydra agent’s memories intact to deliver his message.
• Lucian took Kingo toward South Dakota, reasoning that Ajak’s communication orb could alert Arishem and that she needed to remain alive.
• Lucian’s copied Energy Blasts ability became permanent and merged into Elemental Manipulation, while he erased Kingo’s memories and marked him to detect other Eternals.
• Lucian arrived at Ajak’s farm and used psychic power to knock her unconscious.

Lucian captured Ajak, copied her energy healing ability, and imprisoned her in a buried metal chamber before traveling to London to target Sersi. Just as he prepared to seize her, an unknown Eternal confronted him and demanded to know what he planned to do to Sersi.

• Lucian subdued Ajak, copied her energy healing ability, and used mental commands to keep her asleep.
• Lucian hid Ajak in a metal chamber buried a hundred meters underground and ordered a gang to guard the building.
• Lucian traveled to London and located Sersi at the Natural History Museum.
• As Lucian prepared to attack Sersi, a powerful man struck him in midair and asked what he was going to do to her.

Lucian confronted Ikaris to test whether he could defeat the strongest Eternal and keep Sersi from escaping. After Ikaris gained the upper hand in their physical fight and Heat Vision clash, Lucian judged the probe over and prepared for a second round.

• Ikaris demanded to know who Lucian was and what he wanted with Sersi, then pursued him into the sky after confirming she was safe.
• Lucian challenged Ikaris, and their first head-on punch sent them both flying back, revealing Ikaris had slightly greater strength.
• Ikaris used experienced close-quarters techniques to overwhelm Lucian, while Lucian's Super Healing rapidly repaired his injuries.
• The two exchanged Heat Vision, and Ikaris's golden beams overpowered Lucian's black rays, forcing Lucian to retreat.
• Lucian assessed Ikaris's advantages and decided their probing was over as the second round began.

Lucian used intangibility, blood manipulation, and a charged radiation attack to pressure Ikaris, but Sprite’s illusion interrupted their fight. Lucian unleashed a vast psychic command across Europe, knocking Sprite and Sersi unconscious as the illusion collapsed.

• Lucian let Ikaris’s punch pass through him, then struck Ikaris with a combination of magnetic force, telekinesis, and flames.
• Lucian repeatedly turned intangible to evade Ikaris’s attacks and used Blood Swords to disrupt Ikaris from within.
• Ikaris sustained Heat Vision to keep Lucian intangible, while Lucian charged a powerful radiation blast and teleported close to him.
• Sprite’s illusion made Ikaris appear in multiple places and replaced London with deserted land, prompting Lucian to use the Mind Stone Scepter.
• Lucian commanded everyone within range to sleep, and the psychic blast shattered Sprite’s illusion and knocked both Sprite and Sersi unconscious.

Lucian defeated Ikaris with a point-blank radiation blast that lit up the sky over England, then searched the aftermath and found Sersi and Sprite alive. Tony Stark arrived over London, identified Lucian in the footage, and wondered whether he was Batman or Lex Luthor in the fight.

• Lucian realized he could not fully control Ikaris, so he threatened to unleash his energy on London to force Ikaris to rush him.
• Ikaris charged toward Lucian to protect Sersi, and Lucian teleported in front of him and blasted him at point-blank range.
• The explosion hurled Lucian into the North Sea, where he recovered by absorbing the scattered radiation.
• Lucian scanned the aftermath, found no trace of Ikaris, and located the unconscious Sersi and Sprite near the Natural History Museum.
• Tony Stark arrived after detecting the explosion and joked to himself about whether Lucian was Superman and whether he was Batman or Lex Luthor.

Lucian searched for the person who had rescued Ikaris, then told Tony he was saving the Earth as he carried the unconscious Sersi and Sprite away from London. After Tony discovered the city’s residents were asleep from Lucian’s psychic blast, Lucian released them, leaving Steve and Natasha to witness London return to life.

• Lucian failed to find the mysterious person who had rescued Ikaris and explained to Tony that he was saving the Earth.
• Lucian lifted the unconscious Sersi and Sprite from the museum ruins and flew toward New York while Tony followed.
• Tony told the Avengers that the danger had passed, but Steve, Natasha, and Hawkeye landed in London and found its residents unconscious.
• Natasha asked Tony what had happened, and Tony realized Lucian had forgotten to release London’s residents from his psychic blast.
• Lucian snapped his fingers to end the mind control, and London’s residents woke up as Tony told the Avengers, “It’s fine now.”