Recaps

Harry confronted Norman about investigating his friends, then agreed to ask Li Ge about what made him unusual. Meanwhile, Apocalypse prepared to question Flint Marko before Nick Fury arrived at the underground base and spotted the sealed sand sculpture.

• Harry realized Norman had investigated his friends and confronted him, but Norman explained he was concerned for his safety.
• Harry told Norman that Li Ge was beyond his imagination and promised to ask him before sharing more.
• Apocalypse released Flint Marko, trapped as a small sand sculpture inside a sealed glass cube, intending to question him.
• Nick Fury arrived at Apocalypse's base, and Apocalypse teleported him into the underground space.
• Nick Fury looked around and noticed Flint Marko inside the glass cube.

Nick Fury asked Apocalypse to help identify and remove Hydra agents hidden inside S.H.I.E.L.D., offering access to its 084 items and research. Apocalypse agreed to create a magical artifact that could detect malice and let Fury gather Hydra members, then left for the Divinity World to make it.

• Apocalypse explained that Flint Marko was not a mutant but the beneficiary of a scientific experiment, then asked Nick Fury why he had come.
• Nick Fury asked Apocalypse to identify Hydra agents within S.H.I.E.L.D., including Grant Ward, and offered access to the agency’s 084 items and research data.
• Nick Fury proposed putting captured Hydra members to work in the Nine Heavens, where Grant Ward had become Apocalypse’s priest.
• Apocalypse considered the offer and proposed creating an artifact that could detect malice, which Fury could use to collect Hydra members.
• Apocalypse went to the Divinity World to make the artifact while Nick Fury waited and looked at Flint Marko and the food on the table.

Apocalypse handed Flint Marko over to Nick Fury and prepared to visit Tony, but Harry arrived to ask whether he could tell Norman Osborn about Apocalypse. Apocalypse agreed, gave Harry the First Heaven trial rules, and sent him home with King Fruit juice and a Nine Heavens card for Norman.

• Apocalypse gave Nick Fury Flint Marko and magical artifacts, while quietly telling him about Flint Marko's sick daughter so Nick could recruit him to S.H.I.E.L.D.
• After Nick Fury left, Apocalypse considered visiting Tony, then sensed Harry arriving and waited for him by the fishing corridor.
• Harry told Apocalypse that Norman had investigated his true body and asked whether he could tell Norman about Apocalypse.
• Apocalypse told Harry he could share what Norman wanted to know and gave him the rules for the First Heaven trial.
• Apocalypse gave Harry King Fruit juice and a Nine Heavens card for Norman, then confirmed Harry could take the trial too.

In Asgard, Li Ge studied its vast collection of knowledge and created a thought-controlled skill card that burned only its target, then considered adding equipment and other cultivation resources to the Nine Heavens. On his way to ask Odin about visiting the dwarves, Sif stopped him and challenged him again, prompting Li Ge to confront her about her feelings for Thor.

• Li Ge combined the Eternal Flame, Runes, and his card-sealing ability to create a skill card that burned an iron block without harming its surroundings.
• Li Ge decided to add weapons, armor, mounts, pills, and other resources to the Nine Heavens, and planned to ask Odin to take him to the dwarves.
• Sif stopped Li Ge in a garden with Fandral, Volstagg, and Hogun and challenged him again.
• Li Ge questioned Sif's claim that she was testing his strength for Thor and pointed out that Thor loved Jane Foster and saw Sif only as a comrade-in-arms.

Li Ge offered to help Sif pursue Thor and sent her through a portal to meet a teacher on Midgard. He then continued through Asgard toward Odin, pleased that Sif was on her way to Thor.

• Li Ge taunted Sif about failing to win Thor's affection, and Fandral, Volstagg, and Hogun defended her.
• Li Ge offered to help Sif pursue Thor, and she admitted she had feelings for him.
• Li Ge promised to find Sif a teacher who could help her charm Thor and said he would ask Odin for permission to send her away.
• Li Ge opened a portal, sent Sif through it to Midgard, and told her to study with her teacher.
• Fandral, Volstagg, and Hogun discussed Sif's departure as Li Ge continued toward Odin.

Natasha met Sif in the safe house and agreed to teach her romance techniques, while Li Ge visited Nidavellir to enlist Eitri’s help with forging. The chapter left Li Ge and Eitri heading to the forge after Eitri learned that Li Ge possessed a divine kingdom.

• Natasha absorbed the information Li Ge sent and introduced herself to Sif, agreeing to teach her techniques to win Thor’s affection.
• Li Ge obtained Odin’s permission to visit Nidavellir and received its coordinates and Asgard’s star chart.
• Li Ge arrived on Nidavellir and asked Eitri to demonstrate dwarven forging, offering unlimited materials including uru alloy.
• Li Ge asked Eitri to forge artifact blanks for his divine kingdom, surprising Eitri, who had not known Li Ge possessed one.
• Li Ge began explaining himself as Eitri led him toward the forge.

Nick Fury planned to gather S.H.I.E.L.D. agents under the pretense of selecting candidates for Li Ge’s Nine Heavens while keeping Li Ge’s involvement quiet. Meanwhile, Natasha helped Sif prepare to win Thor’s attention, and Norman experienced the effects of King Fruit juice.

• Nick Fury arranged a secret place for Flint Marko and discussed with Coulson how to recall S.H.I.E.L.D. agents without exposing Li Ge to Hydra.
• Coulson suggested recruiting agents for the first Nine Heavens trials and using the selection to identify Hydra infiltrators.
• Nick Fury told Coulson to claim S.H.I.E.L.D. had found magical ruins and to brief Natasha and Barton first.
• Natasha dressed and made up Sif, then began teaching her how to walk with confidence.
• Harry watched as Norman drank King Fruit juice, which left Norman feeling warmth and strength in his body.

Apocalypse grew bored and traveled to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, where he found Jean and Cassie training together. Jean said her Phoenix Force was stable and credited Cassie with helping her control it.

• Apocalypse watched Peter and Gwen Stacy become a street-level hero team, with Gwen known as Spider Queen.
• Apocalypse decided to visit Tony, then changed course and traveled to Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.
• Apocalypse found Jean and Cassie training and asked where Logan and the others were; Jean said they were in the infirmary.
• Apocalypse asked Jean whether she still felt out of control, and Jean said her nightmares and loss of control had stopped.
• Jean credited Cassie with helping her balance and calm the Phoenix Force, while Cassie blushed and held Jean’s hand.

Apocalypse brought the mutants to meet Tony Stark and offered them the chance to visit a parallel universe. Logan accepted his painful past with Kayla and found comfort in Cassie, while Tony prepared to join the trip and showed Erik that his lab could counter Magnetism Manipulation.

• Apocalypse offered the group a chance to visit a parallel universe, and Logan eagerly agreed to see his counterpart.
• Logan remembered Kayla and felt jealous of Jimmy, but Cassie comforted him and helped him look toward their future together.
• Apocalypse brought the mutants to Tony's laboratory, interrupting his experiment, and Tony decided to go with them after contacting Pepper.
• Tony led the group to a heavily secured alloy chamber, where Erik discovered that a force field blocked his control over nearby metal.
• Tony revealed that he had developed a device to interfere with magnetic fields and smugly looked at Erik.

Tony explained that the black sphere had begun exchanging space and information between parallel universes, causing people who looked at it to feel drawn toward it. The group learned why the sphere’s effects had changed, but the exchange continued.

• Everyone stared at the sphere and felt their surroundings vanish as its presence filled their vision and tugged at their consciousness.
• Apocalypse questioned Tony about the sphere’s unexpected change, and Tony distributed sunglasses that shielded everyone from its effects.
• Tony introduced the sphere as a stable, artificial black hole designed by Li Ge to serve as a portal between parallel universes.
• Tony explained that the sphere connected the universes, allowing their space and information to flow between them and drawing people toward the unfamiliar information.

Apocalypse opened a portal to the parallel universe, and he and the others passed through. An unexpected connection redirected the portal to Logan in 1973, where a blue figure stumbled out in front of him.

• Tony explained that his sunglasses blocked the information exchanged between the two universes, while Apocalypse discovered that the spheres had become fixed connections between them.
• Apocalypse asked whether everyone still wanted to visit the other world, then opened a portal after treating their silence as agreement.
• Apocalypse entered the portal first, followed by Tony and the others.
• Logan woke in 1973 beside a woman, recognized that the trip had worked, and then saw a portal appear in his room.
• Apocalypse, Tony, and Jimmy realized something unexpected had attached itself to the portal, and a blue figure stumbled out in front of Logan.

Apocalypse arrived in the past during the events of Days of Future Past and encountered Logan in a room. After killing armed men who attacked them, he teleported himself and Logan to the Xavier Institute.

• Apocalypse emerged from a portal and recognized Logan and the room as belonging to the Days of Future Past timeline.
• Logan demanded to know who Apocalypse was, while Apocalypse realized that Logan's time travel had redirected his portal.
• Several armed men burst in and fired at Apocalypse, who copied Logan's posture and took their bullets without harm.
• Apocalypse killed the attackers with bone projectiles, then asked the frightened woman to leave.
• Apocalypse teleported behind Logan, wrapped him in Telekinesis, and took him to the Xavier Institute.

Apocalypse brought Logan to the abandoned school, where he gathered Professor Charles and Hank and explained his origins, timeline-sight, and knowledge of the future. When they questioned whether he was telling the truth, he drew them into an illusion space to show them evidence.

• Apocalypse transported Logan to the abandoned school and found the dispirited Professor Charles and Hank there.
• Apocalypse brought Professor Charles and Hank to Logan, then sent information about his origins, his ability to see timelines, and the future into their minds.
• Professor Charles asked how Apocalypse could prove he was telling the truth, and Logan and Hank watched him warily.
• Apocalypse drew the three men into his illusion space, where he controlled their surroundings and offered them popcorn and cola.

Apocalypse showed Logan, the Professor, and Hank images of Logan’s past to prove his account, then revealed the Sentinel-dominated future that drove the mutants to attempt time travel. The chapter ended with Logan lying still as Kitty prepared to send his consciousness into the past, while the other mutants fought to protect him.

• Apocalypse used his Tsukuyomi Space to show Logan the events of his past, including Silver Fox’s death, his adamantium experiment, and his confrontation with Deadpool.
• Logan confirmed that the memories matched his experiences, and the Professor accepted Apocalypse’s explanation and asked to see the future.
• Apocalypse showed the mutants’ desperate future, where Sentinels hunted and killed them, including Bishop, Colossus, Iceman, Storm, and Cyclops.
• The images advanced to Kitty preparing to send Logan’s consciousness into the past while the elderly Professor guided her and the other mutants fought to buy them time.

Apocalypse showed the Professor, Hank, and Logan visions of mutantkind’s bleak future, then heard Logan’s plan to avert it. After the Professor agreed to help, Apocalypse proposed giving ordinary people access to power that depended on mutants.

• Apocalypse offered to advance the visions, but the Professor declined to look further.
• Apocalypse revealed that mutants faced extinction again through genetically modified food, and Logan confirmed the visions were true.
• Logan explained the plan to rescue Erik, stop the Sentinels from being created, negotiate with the government, and protect Raven’s genes.
• The Professor decided to join Logan, while Hank listened and followed their discussion.
• Apocalypse proposed giving ordinary people power, ideally in a way that depended on mutants.

Apocalypse proposed turning Sentries into wearable armor so mutants could use their abilities and protect themselves from ordinary people. After dismissing the Professor as too naive, he decided Erik might oversee the research, then erased the others’ memories and returned them to the academy.

• Apocalypse asked the Professor what had caused the future and revealed images showing the Sentries’ many abilities.
• Apocalypse proposed converting Sentries into armor that anyone could wear, and Hank and Logan began to consider the idea.
• The Professor questioned whether Apocalypse intended for mutants to rule ordinary people, prompting Apocalypse to call him naive.
• Apocalypse abandoned his plan to put the Professor in charge and decided Erik might be a better choice to oversee Sentry research.
• Apocalypse erased the others’ memories, and Logan, the Professor, and Hank found themselves back at the academy.

Apocalypse rejected the Professor’s plea to prevent the Sentinels and set out with Logan to build a base and take control of Sentinel technology. He planned to recruit Magneto to handle the project’s leadership while he modified the Sentinels.

• The Professor urged Apocalypse to stop the Sentinels from appearing, but Apocalypse refused and told him not to interfere.
• Apocalypse asked Logan for his opinion, and Logan agreed to join him because controlling the source of the threat seemed more useful than preventing Sentinels altogether.
• Apocalypse teleported away with Logan, while the Professor asked Hank for help.
• Apocalypse chose an isolated hillside and used blocks to build a small two-story base with Logan’s help.
• Apocalypse told Logan he planned to bring Magneto into the project and leave Sentinel deployment to Magneto and Logan.

Apocalypse and Logan traveled to the Pentagon to free Magneto and recruit him for their plan to change the future. After Magneto joined them through a portal, he demanded to know who they were and what they wanted.

• Logan agreed to help break Magneto out, and he and Apocalypse discussed handling Mystique after the rescue.
• Apocalypse opened a portal into Magneto's guarded cell and used an illusion to keep the guards from noticing them.
• Logan and Apocalypse invited Magneto to leave with them, and Magneto sensed their mutant abilities before accepting.
• The trio escaped through the portal, and the guards discovered Magneto's disappearance after the illusion ended.
• Back at the living room, Magneto asked Apocalypse and Logan to explain who they were and what they wanted.

Apocalypse agreed with Magneto to pursue Trask’s Sentinel research, while Charles chose to regain his abilities so he could monitor Apocalypse’s plans. Li Ge continued learning dwarven forging techniques as his allies handled their responsibilities across several worlds, leaving Apocalypse to act in the Days of Future Past universe.

• Apocalypse recruited Magneto and planned to obtain Trask’s Sentinel research and kill him.
• Charles decided to have Hank restore his abilities, despite the risk of returning to his wheelchair.
• Jimmy gathered the arrivals in the mutant nation, where Tony planned to build a laboratory and research its powers.
• Li Ge practiced forging with Eitri and learned through his mental link that Apocalypse intended to turn the Sentinels into armor.
• On Earth, Thor and Jane’s relationship advanced, Sif studied with Natasha, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents investigated possible Hydra infiltration.
• Peter and Gwen fought criminals in New York while Harry and Norman prepared for Apocalypse’s trial.

Loki continued carrying out Apocalypse’s plan to draw the Purple Sweet Potato Spirit toward Earth, while Li Ge prepared to gather the Infinity Stones and open the Nine Heavens. On the First Heaven’s temple platform, large numbers of Krakoan Mutants passed Li Ge’s seven-day trial and became his devoted followers.

• Loki drifted through the universe aboard a stolen spaceship, acting on Apocalypse’s plan to build an army and conquer Earth as his divine kingdom.
• Li Ge planned to use Loki’s scheme and the coming Chitauri invasion to secure the Infinity Stones and fully open the Nine Heavens.
• Krakoan Mutants entered the First Heaven through Apocalypse’s God Worship Altar and undertook Li Ge’s seven-day wilderness trial.
• Most of the Mutants endured the trial and arrived at the temple platform, where Li Ge restored them to peak condition and accepted their worship.
• Grant began leading the successful Mutants in daily prayers while they gathered on the platform and reflected on the trial they called Sacred Baptism.

Apocalypse prepared to create armor for Raven and built an intelligent system to control it. He left Skynet running and began shaping the materials into a custom suit for her.

• Apocalypse decided to handle the armor design himself and assigned Mystique, Raven to investigate Trask's Sentinel technology.
• Apocalypse set up an advanced laboratory in the cabin and began programming an auxiliary system for his armor.
• Apocalypse completed the code and brought Skynet online.
• Apocalypse used his powers to shape materials into a steel succubus armor suit custom-made for Raven.

Apocalypse presented Raven with custom Sentry Armor and explained that it would become a symbiotic second body after binding to her blood. Once Raven bonded with it, the Succubus Armor merged with her and copied her shapeshifting ability, leaving Raven delighted with its name.

• Raven admired the armor’s likeness to herself while Logan and Erik questioned its appearance and capabilities.
• Apocalypse explained that the armor required Raven’s blood to bind its genetic information and described its living-metal construction, energy exchange, and limits on growth.
• Raven pressed her bleeding finger to the armor’s brow, completing the binding, and the armor moved on its own to enclose her.
• Raven transformed her body, and the armor transformed with her until she looked exactly like Apocalypse.
• Apocalypse named Raven’s suit the Succubus Armor, and Raven said she liked the name while teasing him.

Raven left to steal Trask’s Sentinel technology and test the Succubus Armor, while Apocalypse monitored her through Skynet. She reached Trask’s guarded facility and began killing the guards, who could not damage her armor.

• Apocalypse ordered Skynet to copy the Succubus Armor’s systems and take control of it.
• Raven named the armor’s intelligence Witch and asked it to use a sweeter voice.
• Apocalypse sent Raven through a portal to Trask’s facility as Logan and Erik watched the armor’s feed.
• Raven killed a guard who discovered her, then fought her way into the facility.
• Raven’s armor shrugged off the guards’ bullets, and frightened guards began fleeing.

Trask activated the Sentinels to stop Raven as she attacked his facility, while the Professor used Cerebro to search for Apocalypse and discovered a psychic presence far beyond his own. Apocalypse sensed the Professor’s probe and concluded that he had made his choice.

• Trask ordered every Sentinel activated and requested military reinforcements after guards fled from Raven.
• Raven defeated the last resisting guard, then charged the incoming Sentinels in her Succubus Armor.
• The Professor connected to Cerebro to search for Apocalypse, hoping to prevent him from disrupting the balance between mutants and ordinary humans.
• The Professor sensed Raven at a site filled with the psychic echoes of tortured mutants, and found Erik, a beastlike man, and Apocalypse elsewhere.
• The Professor trembled and broke into a cold sweat after sensing Apocalypse, while Hank prepared to sever his Cerebro connection.
• Apocalypse sensed the Professor’s probe from the wooden cabin and judged that the Professor had made his choice.

Apocalypse spoke with Professor Charles in a mental world and defended his plan to empower mutants, arguing that Charles's pursuit of balance left mutants like butterflies trapped by human expectations. He left Charles to reconsider, while the Sentinel battle continued on the screen.

• Erik praised Raven's armor, and Logan asked Apocalypse for a suit with claws; Apocalypse promised armor to both men.
• Apocalypse connected with Professor Charles, whose consciousness was overwhelmed by the encounter before they spoke in a psychic meadow.
• Charles urged Apocalypse to destroy the Sentinel research and negotiate with the government, but Apocalypse questioned his efforts to preserve balance between mutants and humans.
• Apocalypse created a butterfly specimen in a box to show how humans harmed what they admired, and accused Charles of imposing his vision of balance on mutants.
• Apocalypse ended the conversation and left Charles alone in the fading mental world with the butterfly specimen.