Chapter Summaries

Li Ge targeted the Bald Eagle by declaring that he would gather all its weapons, while the world watched his seemingly untouchable presence. The Bald Eagle launched its nuclear arsenal at him, but Li Ge dismissed the attack as futile.

• Stryker survived Li Ge’s finger descending near him and heard the words, “Gather all arms under heaven.”
• Countries around the world watched satellite feeds and concluded that Li Ge intended to collect the Bald Eagle’s weapons.
• The Bald Eagle’s president authorized a nuclear strike, and the country launched nearly every missile it could fire at Li Ge.
• Li Ge noticed the launches and said they were a futile struggle because his visible form was only a projection that the missiles could not touch.

Li Ge stopped more than a thousand nuclear missiles, detonated them safely in his hand, and began gathering every weapon belonging to Bald Eagle. The world watched in fear as Bald Eagle’s weapons converged on his palm.

• Tony recognized the incoming missiles as nuclear warheads and asked Li Ge to take everyone away, but Li Ge assured them they were safe.
• Li Ge stopped the missiles, turned them toward himself, and shielded them from atmospheric friction with Telekinesis.
• The White House ordered the launch bases to disable the missiles’ detonation sequences, and the bases reported success.
• Li Ge raised his hand into Earth’s space, caught the missiles, and detonated them in his palm without suffering damage or releasing shock waves.
• Li Ge commanded every weapon belonging to Bald Eagle to rise and fly toward his open palm, leaving countries around the world afraid of his power.

Li Ge stripped Bald Eagle of its weapons after it attacked him with nuclear missiles, then melted them together to form a metal version of himself. As the country awaited his final judgment, Li Ge noticed an intriguing location but postponed investigating it.

• Other countries identified Li Ge as a mutant and considered taking advantage of Bald Eagle’s impending downfall while fearing his power.
• A man in Bald Eagle watched Li Ge deflect the country’s nuclear missiles and announce that he would gather all its weapons.
• Li Ge used his power to pull weapons from across Bald Eagle, leaving the population unarmed and terrified.
• Li Ge melted the collected weapons into a vast sphere of molten metal and began shaping it into his likeness.

Li Ge confiscated Bald Eagle’s weapons and began creating a giant Dharma manifestation while proposing that the country be placed under Mutant control. He revealed that unleashing his full power had left him unable to shrink back to his normal size for now.

• Tony recognized Li Ge’s sculpture and recalled that Li Ge had detonated the nuclear missiles in his palm, absorbed their energy, and avoided attacking Bald Eagle’s territory.
• Li Ge asked Tony whether the Dharma manifestation could become a power others could borrow, while Tony eagerly wanted to try controlling it.
• Jimmy arrived with Kayla and asked how Li Ge planned to deal with Bald Eagle, and the Professor said he believed Li Ge had a plan.
• Li Ge suggested turning the country into one that truly belonged to Mutants, and Tony realized the world might be too frightened to oppose him.
• Tony suspected Li Ge could not change back, and Li Ge admitted that after unleashing his full power, he could not compress himself to normal size for the time being.

Li Ge decided to turn the Bald Eagle into a country for Mutants while he remained unable to control his power. After discovering Apocalypse beneath a pyramid in Cairo, he revealed his plan to use the world's Mutants to gather Transcendent powers and began assigning Tony a task.

• Li Ge told the Professor he needed time to control his power, and the Professor agreed to pursue a Mutant country while Li Ge's presence deterred other nations.
• Li Ge discovered Apocalypse buried beneath a pyramid in Cairo and sent Tony information about his abilities.
• Tony and Li Ge explained Apocalypse's connection to Mutants, leaving Jimmy and the Professor confused.
• Li Ge announced his plan to transform the Bald Eagle into a Mutant country and gather Transcendent powers for his Second Heaven.
• Li Ge thought Tony could improve the machine for awakening Mutant powers and asked him to solve several problems.

Tony explained Li Ge’s plan to gather Transcendent power, build the Nine Heavens, and create a Mutant nation in Bald Eagle. The professor and the Mutants agreed to take control of the country, while Tony set off to handle Li Ge’s other tasks.

• Tony explained Li Ge’s Path to Godhood plan after Li Ge sent everyone back to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and began reorganizing his power in space.
• Jimmy volunteered to help, and Tony’s awkward remarks about their first meeting sparked embarrassment before the professor steered the discussion back to business.
• The professor accepted Li Ge’s plan to turn Bald Eagle into a Mutant nation and take control of the country’s leadership.
• Tony told the group that Magneto would build a machine to awaken ordinary people as Mutants and said he would build it after they brought Magneto back.
• Tony left to handle another task and prepared to use Li Ge’s Golden Body Dharma Idol to confront Apocalypse.

Tony left Professor Charles to use F.R.I.D.A.Y. to help restore order in Bald Eagle and went to pilot Li Ge's Golden Body Dharma Idol. After praying for permission, Tony was transferred into the idol and began controlling it as though it were another body.

• Professor Charles asked Tony to help stabilize Bald Eagle, and Tony gave him access to F.R.I.D.A.Y. through his suitcase armor.
• Tony left the conference room and entered a portal to reach Li Ge's Golden Body Dharma Idol.
• Tony found Stryker lying beside the idol at the wreckage-strewn Stryker base, staring vacantly at it.
• Tony flew unsteadily onto the idol's palm and decided he needed to master his abilities.
• Tony prayed to Li Ge for permission to pilot the idol, and Li Ge granted it.
• A beam of golden light transferred Tony's consciousness into the idol, where he discovered he could control it as a body of his own.

Tony controlled Li Ge’s Golden Body Dharma Idol, a weapon-forged colossus powered by Li Ge’s abilities, and followed a mysterious arrow to Egypt. While trying to awaken Apocalypse by absorbing energy, Tony accidentally woke him and prepared to fight in the Mirror Dimension.

• Li Ge linked his powers and energy to the Golden Body Dharma Idol and gave Tony a prayer that served as its control password.
• Tony took control of the colossus, flew toward Egypt following an arrow in his mind, and gave the watching satellites a middle finger.
• Tony found Apocalypse buried beneath ruins near Cairo as local residents mistook the colossus for an Egyptian god.
• Tony absorbed energy to power the colossus, but an energy blast struck the pyramid and awakened Apocalypse.
• Tony searched the skill library, found the Mirror Dimension, and prepared to face Apocalypse.

Apocalypse emerged from his ancient tomb and saw Li Ge’s immense Dharma Idol looming over the world. He battled Tony, who controlled a giant Golden Body Dharma Idol, and was left facing Tony’s golden flames consuming his sand attack.

• Apocalypse rose from the ruins and spotted Li Ge’s Dharma Idol in the sky.
• Tony attacked Apocalypse with the Golden Body Dharma Idol, but Apocalypse escaped the giant palms after his spatial teleportation failed.
• Apocalypse surrounded Tony’s Golden Body Dharma Idol with waves of sand, and Tony cut through them with golden lasers.
• Tony found the Golden Flame ability and formed a fiery barrier around the lotus pedestal.
• Apocalypse watched as the golden flames melted his sand into glowing liquid.

Tony’s Golden Body Dharma Idol overwhelmed Apocalypse’s attacks, but Apocalypse invaded Tony’s mind and froze the battle. With Li Ge’s help, Tony transformed inside his consciousness space into a giant Demon True Form, preparing to fight Apocalypse there.

• Tony poured energy into the Golden Body Dharma Idol, melting Apocalypse’s sand and earth into a lake of lava.
• Apocalypse abandoned his other attacks and sent his mental power into Tony’s mind, causing both him and the Golden Body Dharma Idol to become motionless.
• Apocalypse found Tony’s consciousness space empty and began probing it with his mental power.
• Tony appeared inside his Divinity Space, realized Apocalypse had triggered its passive protection, and called on Li Ge for help.
• Li Ge gave Tony a ball of light that granted him the energy to transform into a hundred-meter-tall Demon True Form.

Tony confronted Apocalypse in the consciousness space while inhabiting the Demon True Form. Tony beat Apocalypse with a giant hammer, but Apocalypse struck back with a mental attack that hurt Tony before the Demon True Form burned away much of Apocalypse’s mental power.

• Apocalypse sensed Tony in the consciousness space and approached, shocked to find him in a devil-like form.
• Tony attacked Apocalypse with the Demon True Form and knocked him down with a giant hammer.
• Tony repeatedly hammered Apocalypse as he tried to roll away and shield himself.
• Apocalypse fired a concentrated mental attack at Tony, giving him a severe headache and stopping his hammer strike.
• The Demon True Form burned away much of Apocalypse’s mental power, leaving him weakened and unable to maintain his giant size.

Tony captured Apocalypse’s consciousness and body, then brought him before Li Ge’s Golden Body Dharma Idol. Li Ge summoned Tony and Apocalypse through a portal, leaving Cairo’s desert undisturbed after the Mirror Dimension vanished.

• Tony bound Apocalypse’s weakened consciousness, enclosed it in an energy sphere, and withdrew from the consciousness space.
• Tony caught Apocalypse’s falling body with telekinesis and placed it on the Golden Body Dharma Idol’s palm, then brought out Apocalypse’s consciousness.
• Tony told Apocalypse that Li Ge was his Main God and questioned him about switching bodies; Apocalypse admitted he had lost count.
• Li Ge spoke through the Golden Body Dharma Idol and told Tony to bring Apocalypse to him, prompting Tony to complain about the sudden movement.
• Li Ge opened a portal across the Golden Body Dharma Idol’s palm, carrying Tony and Apocalypse away; afterward, the Mirror Dimension vanished from Cairo.

Li Ge took control of Apocalypse’s body and made it his new incarnation, leaving Apocalypse’s consciousness stored away. He reshaped the body to resemble himself and proudly introduced it to Tony.

• Li Ge used Telekinesis to stop the satellites from observing his palm, while people on Earth speculated about his power.
• Tony asked what Li Ge planned to do with Apocalypse, and Li Ge decided to use Apocalypse’s body as a freely moving clone while keeping his consciousness for later.
• Li Ge transferred himself into Apocalypse’s body and gradually learned to move it naturally.
• Li Ge used Mystique’s ability to reshape Apocalypse into a blue-haired, starry-skinned version of himself wearing a dragon-patterned robe.
• Li Ge asked Tony what he thought of his new appearance, and Tony grudgingly called it all right while insisting he was more handsome.

Charles Xavier announced that the Bald Eagle would come under mutant control and that its people would be awakened as mutants. Magneto decided to take his family there, but a golden portal opened as he and Magda embraced.

• The Professor used F.R.I.D.A.Y. to seize the Bald Eagle's communications and announced mutant control, blaming the government for persecuting mutants.
• People across the Bald Eagle reacted with anger, excitement, or fear, while government officials blamed Colonel Stryker.
• Magneto watched the Professor's announcement from Poland and considered what a mutant nation would mean for his old dream.
• Magneto told Magda he wanted to move with her and Nina to the Bald Eagle, and she expressed reluctance about leaving their home.
• A conversation mentioning Tony and Magneto sounded nearby, and a ring of golden light appeared before Magneto and Magda.

Apocalypse and Tony explained their plan to Magneto Henryk and enlisted him to help build a machine that could awaken ordinary people as mutants. After a month of work, the machine was nearly assembled, but its radiation threatened genetic breakdown, leaving Apocalypse to find a solution.

• Apocalypse told Magneto Henryk that he was a clone of the golden being in the sky and asked him to help Tony build a mutant-awakening machine.
• Tony explained their origins and the plan to Magneto, Magda, and Nina while they shared Apocalypse's King Fruit juice.
• Over the next month, Tony and Magneto worked together on the machine in the academy's underground base while Apocalypse watched.
• Tony said the machine's radiation would cause genetic breakdown and told Apocalypse to find a way to prevent it.

Apocalypse tested the mutant-making machine on Stryker, using the experiment to record the radiation and collect Stryker’s newly awakened ability. After Tony examined Stryker, Apocalypse planned to spread the radiation across Bald Eagle and turn it into a nation of mutants.

• Apocalypse explained how he would add his energy-absorption, shapeshifting, self-healing, and recording abilities to the machine’s radiation.
• Apocalypse brought Stryker into the machine room and used him as a test subject while the Professor, Henryk, Tony, and other mutants watched.
• Apocalypse activated the machine and shielded the radiation so it would affect Stryker without reaching the others.
• Stryker awakened a psychic ability that formed a skull-shaped attack, but Apocalypse restrained it and recorded the power.
• Apocalypse crushed the psychic skull, then asked Tony to examine Stryker before he spread the radiation across Bald Eagle.

Apocalypse and the academy celebrated after Tony and Beast confirmed Stryker’s body had survived the procedure, clearing the way to establish a Mutant nation. Apocalypse then used the Light of Awakening across Bald Eagle, and Tom discovered he had gained an ability.

• Beast and Tony confirmed that Stryker’s genes had not broken down, and the academy cheered at the successful test.
• Apocalypse hosted a banquet where Magneto, the Professor, Tony, Storm, Jimmy, and the others celebrated the prospect of a Mutant nation.
• Apocalypse told Jimmy that he would not be able to change back to his true body until all of Bald Eagle became a true Mutant nation.
• The Professor announced that Apocalypse was ready, and Apocalypse’s Light of Awakening shone over Bald Eagle and formed a golden barrier around the country.
• Tom absorbed the golden light and awakened an ability that let him command a flower to move.

Apocalypse discovered that Tom had awakened Plant Control and reviewed the many abilities he had collected from Mutants. He planned to open the first two heavens of his Path to Godhood after collecting Captain America's information, and told Henryk that people from his world could join through a prayer ritual.

• Apocalypse learned that Tom had awakened Plant Control and celebrated the new wood-element ability.
• Tony and Henryk discussed how Li Ge's additions to the awakening process helped Mutants control their powers and repair physical defects.
• Apocalypse displayed the collected abilities, including Cloning, Environmental Adaptation, Energy Shaping, and Organic Steel Body, and Tony eagerly examined them.
• Apocalypse said he would open the first two heavens after collecting Captain America's information, surprising Tony by revealing that Captain America was still alive.
• Henryk asked whether people from his world could join the Path to Godhood, and Apocalypse said he could leave a mark and prayer ritual for them.

Peter settled into life with Gwen Stacy while keeping his powers and Li Ge’s plans secret, and he trained at Li Ge’s research institute. The chapter left Peter enjoying his newly excavated underground practice space beneath the secret base.

• Peter told Uncle Ben and Aunt May about his powers, Li Ge’s plan, and the money he had received, and they urged him to keep the information private.
• Uncle Ben and Aunt May accepted only a small part of Peter’s money and let him spend the rest as he wished.
• Peter began taking Gwen Stacy on dates but hid his powers and explained his money as a reward from Li Ge.
• Peter trained at Li Ge’s secret base and dug a vast underground space with the tools Li Ge had left behind.
• Peter practiced swinging through the new space and celebrated having a secret base of his own.

Peter wondered about Li Ge’s mysterious organization while enjoying King Fruit juice, as Alexander Pierce and John Garrett uncovered Li Ge’s connection to Coulson’s power and assigned Garrett to investigate him. Nick Fury then tasked Coulson, Natasha Romanoff, and Clinton Bart with secretly protecting Li Ge’s parents until Li Ge returned.

• Peter drank King Fruit juice and wondered what Li Ge’s mysterious organization was like.
• Alexander Pierce told John Garrett that Coulson had gained his power after meeting Li Ge and that Li Ge had also confronted General Ross alongside Hulk.
• Pierce ordered Garrett to investigate Li Ge’s abilities and uncover his secrets, and they exchanged the Hydra greeting.
• Natasha Romanoff and Clinton Bart showed interest in Coulson’s power as Nick Fury discussed their mission.
• Nick Fury ordered Coulson, Natasha Romanoff, and Clinton Bart to secretly observe and protect Li Ge’s parents until Li Ge returned.