Chapter Summaries

Wenwu defeated and took Victor from the Fantastic Four’s battle, then infiltrated Trask Industries to steal its Mutant gene and Sentinel research. He copied the core data on the first-generation Sentinels and their development, while the far more dangerous second generation remained a future possibility.

• Peter confronted Wenwu and sensed both a deadly threat and a strange kinship with him.
• After the Fantastic Four defeated Victor, Wenwu crushed him into an iron ball and flew away with him.
• Wenwu brought Victor’s body to Trask Industries headquarters in McLean, Virginia, and used his Ghost Armor to infiltrate the facility.
• Wenwu reached the underground server room and began copying Mutant X-Gene maps and Sentinel research data.
• Wenwu examined how the first-generation Sentinels worked and noted that the second-generation models could copy Mutant powers through a Hive Network.

Wenwu expanded his strength and resources before completing the Godslayer Battle Armor, a powerful suit built from Vibranium, Uru Divine Steel, and Doom Metal. Meanwhile, Shang-Chi and Xialing arrived at a US military base, where Mr. Mark said they would help defeat Wenwu.

• Wenwu secretly altered Trask Industries' system and Sentinel code before returning to his laboratory with stolen research data.
• Wenwu found genetic files on Magneto, Professor X, and Sebastian Shaw, and recognized their value for his own future genetic modifications.
• Over two months, Wenwu developed his abilities, expanded his hidden base in Libya, and created Doom Metal based on Victor's metal body.
• Wenwu finished the Godslayer Battle Armor, equipping it with advanced reactors, shields, cloaking, cannons, and a Plasma Oscillation Godslayer Blade.
• Shang-Chi and Xialing arrived at a US military weapons base, where Mr. Mark told them they would help eliminate Wenwu.

Hydra and General Milley plotted to lure Wenwu into a military ambush, using Shang-Chi and Xialing as bait. After learning the siblings had willingly allied with the American military and denounced him, Wenwu prepared to face the trap alone.

• Mark brought Shang-Chi and Xialing to General Milley, where Shang-Chi offered to help the American military bring Wenwu to justice.
• General Milley confronted Mark about Hydra's plan, but Mark insisted they would exploit the battle to build their own empire and promised weapons and a powerful Mutant for the operation.
• Wenwu was forming a Helicarrier in his Libya base when Razor Fist reported that Shang-Chi and Xialing had been captured and were being used to summon him to New York.
• Wenwu refused Razor Fist's offer to send the Iron Legion and said he would go alone, then ordered Ching-Lin to investigate.
• Ching-Lin showed Wenwu footage of an American military base where Shang-Chi and Xialing were being treated well and cursing Wenwu, prompting Razor Fist to realize they had betrayed him.

Wenwu ordered a purge of Pierce’s network and prepared the Ten Rings for war after learning that the American military had joined the plot against him. As he raced toward New York at Mach 30, American command centers panicked, and the soldiers holding Shang-Chi and Xialing began evacuating.

• Wenwu rejected Razor Fist’s plea for Shang-Chi and Xialing, ordered Pierce’s associates killed, and put the Ten Rings’ forces and missiles on alert.
• Wenwu launched toward New York in his Godslayer Battle Armor, reaching Mach 30 and triggering alarm at military command centers around the world.
• The Pentagon identified the approaching object as coming from Ten Rings territory, ordered forces to prepare for war, and discovered it was heading toward New York.
• General Milley and Mark panicked at a military base near New York, argued over their involvement in Hydra, and ordered the soldiers to evacuate.
• Shang-Chi and Xialing questioned the retreat, and a soldier shoved Shang-Chi back into his seat and told him to obey military orders.

Wenwu plunged into a U.S. military base at over Mach thirty, destroying the base and causing catastrophic damage around New York. Shang-Chi, Xialing, Mark, and a Hydra Mutant survived the impact, while the Ten Rings’ accusations and the destruction brought the United States and the Ten Rings to the brink of war.

• U.S. officials watched Wenwu descend toward Dexun Base as the Ten Rings accused the United States of killing his children and threatened retaliation.
• Pierce and other Hydra executives celebrated the prospect of a war between the United States and the Ten Rings.
• Nick Fury, Tony, and the others watched Wenwu’s descent and prepared to contact the Fantastic Four, while Tony said he could not stop him.
• Wenwu struck Dexun Base at over Mach thirty, vaporizing the base and killing more than ten thousand soldiers, including General Milley.
• A Hydra Mutant shielded Mark, Shang-Chi, and Xialing behind a hill, and they survived the shockwave.
• The blast leveled everything within twenty kilometers, damaged buildings on New York’s outskirts, killed civilians, and sent seismic waves around the world.

Wenwu destroyed the American military’s trap, killed Shang-Chi and Xialing, and defeated the Human Torch. As Tony and a combined group of Avengers and Fantastic Four members confronted him, Wenwu blamed the Americans for kidnapping his children and killing them.

• Wenwu emerged from the crater and accused the Hydra agent of conspiring with the American military to trap him.
• Shang-Chi and Xialing denounced Wenwu, who killed them with a metal spear and ordered two Ten Rings agents to retrieve their bodies.
• Wenwu blasted Mark and the exhausted Mutant to ash, then blocked the Human Torch’s attack and struck him down.
• Two jets brought Spider-Man Peter, Barton, Natasha, Susan, Ben, and Reed to the scene as Tony arrived in Iron Man armor.
• Tony confronted Wenwu, who said the American military had kidnapped his children and killed them.

Wenwu revealed that the U.S. military had killed his children, then fought the heroes who tried to stop him from leaving. He overwhelmed the group and began draining energy from Tony and Barton's armor.

• Wenwu claimed the U.S. military kidnapped and killed his son and daughter, while Barton, Ben, and Peter condemned his massacre of civilians and soldiers.
• Tony attacked Wenwu as he tried to leave, and Peter, Barton, Natasha, and the Fantastic Four joined the assault.
• Wenwu dodged their attacks, struck Peter down, and knocked Ben away when he intervened.
• Wenwu broke Reed's hold, nearly cut him with the Godslayer Saber, shattered Susan's force field, and injured Susan and Ben.
• Wenwu blasted Natasha away, caught the Human Torch, and immobilized Tony and Barton with electricity.
• Wenwu began draining energy from Tony and Barton's armor, leaving Tony shocked by the loss of power.

Wenwu defeated the Avengers and Fantastic Four as the Ten Rings overwhelmed U.S. and allied forces across the Middle East. After two American nuclear missiles launched without authorization, the United States and other nations prepared for a worldwide nuclear exchange, while the submarine crews revealed themselves as Hydra.

• Wenwu burned Peter's webs and defeated the Avengers and Fantastic Four without using his metal-controlling ability or the Ten Rings.
• The Ten Rings repelled missile attacks and overwhelmed U.S. and allied forces, capturing Salia and inflicting catastrophic losses.
• Pentagon officials argued over a nuclear strike as reports confirmed that Wenwu had defeated all seven superheroes.
• Two American nuclear missiles launched without orders, and the Ten Rings fired two hundred missiles in response.
• The president entered the nuclear launch codes, prompting the United States and other nations to launch nuclear weapons around the world.
• Fury learned of the launches and watched the world face destruction as sailors aboard two American submarines shouted, "Hail Hydra!"

Wenwu survived a nuclear strike and revealed his confidence that Earth would be saved when the Ancient One and Kamar-Taj sorcerers diverted the world's nuclear weapons into space. The Ancient One then warned her students that she could not confront Wenwu while dimensional demon gods, including Dormammu, were watching Earth.

• Wenwu destroyed the incoming nuclear missile's detonation system and learned that a teleporting Mutant had helped Pierce escape the Ghost Legion.
• The Ancient One and Kamar-Taj sorcerers opened portals across the world and sent the nuclear weapons into deep space.
• Tony, Fury, world leaders, and the Eternals saw the portals appear, and the Eternals recognized that the Ancient One had intervened.
• Mordo, Wong, and Kaecilius urged the Ancient One to punish Wenwu, but she said they could not defeat him and that she could not risk provoking dimensional demon gods.
• The Ancient One explained that Kamar-Taj had to keep guarding Earth against dimensional invasions, leaving her unable to stop Wenwu from acting freely.

After the Ten Rings conquered Salia, Wenwu ordered aid for its refugees and discovered six Mutants hiding among them. He promised shelter to four young Mutants with strong potential and brought them to headquarters for training.

• Ivan praised Wenwu's preparations for the war, and Wenwu rewarded him with a promise of advanced human enhancement and a place in the coming Ten Rings Empire.
• Wenwu inspected the devastated territory of Salia and ordered supplies, food, and medicine sent to the refugees.
• Wenwu sensed six unusually strong life signatures in the crowd and used his mental power to draw them out, interrupting Clarice's attempt to open a portal.
• Becky reassured the six Mutants, and the scaled boy explained that Clarice had led them from Afghanistan to seek refuge from American forces.
• Wenwu promised protection to innocent Mutants, and Clarice, Lucien, Karen, and Nier introduced themselves and their abilities.
• Wenwu sent two Salia Mutants back to the refugee crowd and ordered Clarice, Lucien, Karen, and Nier taken to headquarters for training.

Wenwu assessed the four youths’ abilities, promised to restore Lucien’s human appearance, and ordered the Ten Rings to consolidate its territory after retaking Lilan. As global opinion turned against the United States and in Wenwu’s favor, US officials uncovered evidence that Hydra had orchestrated the conflict and that Ten Rings assassins had purged its members.

• Wenwu assessed Clarice, Lucien, Karen, and Nier, then reassured Lucien that he could restore his human appearance without removing his ability.
• Wenwu began designing a gene-reversal device, learned that the Ten Rings had retaken Lilan, and ordered Ching-Lin to halt expansion while the group consolidated its rule.
• Hamid released evidence that the United States had kidnapped Shang-Chi and Xialing, and public opinion shifted toward supporting Wenwu’s retaliation.
• The US president raged at the public’s reaction as officials reported that two suspected nuclear-launch submarines had vanished.
• Intelligence chiefs and Nick Fury linked the deaths of former S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and their associates to Ten Rings ghost assassins, suggesting Hydra had provoked the war and framed the United States.

The president ordered Nick Fury to purge S.W.O.R.D. of suspected Hydra infiltrators, while Wakanda’s ministers abandoned demands to confront Wenwu after T'Chaka warned that war would destroy their nation. Wenwu restored Lucien’s human appearance and enhanced him and his companions before founding the Ten Rings Empire, which faced foreign condemnation and suppressed domestic protests.

• The president blamed Pierce and General Milley for secretly orchestrating the children’s kidnapping, then ordered Nick Fury to investigate and purge S.W.O.R.D. of suspected Hydra agents.
• T'Chaka stopped Wakanda’s ministers from demanding action against Wenwu, warning that the Ten Rings’ military strength could destroy Wakanda.
• Lucien emerged from Wenwu’s gene-remodeling chamber with his mutation gone and embraced Clarice and his two other companions.
• Wenwu arranged advanced human enhancement for the four companions and gave each a spiritual-power seed for cultivation.
• The Ten Rings announced the founding of the Ten Rings Empire and invited representatives from every country to its ceremony the following month.
• The United States and its allies condemned the empire, while the Ten Rings Empire improved local living conditions and expelled people who persisted in protesting its rule.

The Ten Rings Empire’s founding and its offer of refuge and medical treatment for Mutants inspired Magneto to pursue a nation of his own while prompting Professor X to question his approach. As Mutants considered moving to the empire, the U.S. government announced that the X-Men would receive official authority under S.W.O.R.D.

• The Ten Rings Empire held a founding ceremony in Amba City, displaying advanced weapons and two space-capable Helicarrier fortresses that alarmed the world’s leaders.
• The empire opened its borders to Mutants, offered free appearance restoration and legal protections, and threatened force against those who persecuted them.
• Magneto told Pyro he suspected the empire wanted to recruit Mutants for its own power, then decided to build a Mutant nation and ordered Pyro to send Jamie’s duplicates to infiltrate the empire and investigate its technology.
• Professor X watched the empire’s policies stir the Mutants at Xavier’s School for Gifted Young Mutants, many of whom considered settling there.
• Hank told Professor X that Congress had placed the X-Men under S.W.O.R.D., granting them legal public office and law-enforcement authority.

Professor X learned that Mutants would receive legal rights but remain subject to registration and that Raven would be released, while Hank urged the institute’s students to accept their mutations. After Wenwu ordered a campaign against vampires hiding in the Middle East, his experiments produced a new airborne mutant virus that could cause a global disaster.

• Hank told Professor X that Mutants would gain legal rights and be released from detention in batches, while Magneto and high-risk Mutants would remain wanted or imprisoned; he also said Raven would be released.
• Hank rejected the idea of restoring Mutants’ appearances and urged the institute’s students to see mutation as human evolution, though many young Mutants remained tempted to leave for the Ten Rings Empire.
• Ching-Lin reported that vampires had been capturing civilians across the Middle East to supply blood to their nobles, and Wenwu ordered a vampire-hunting squad and ultraviolet weapons.
• Wenwu examined two captured vampires, killed one through experimentation, and extracted a rapidly reproducing vampire virus from the other.
• Wenwu modified the vampire virus and cultivated an airborne mutant virus capable of causing a global disaster, though it remained vulnerable to strong light and ultraviolet rays.

Wenwu created and enhanced a vampire-mutant wolf named Dahei, then learned that Ghost Rider had appeared in Ten Rings territory and set out to confront him.

• Wenwu transformed a wild wolf with a modified vampire virus and a simulated cosmic storm, creating a powerful but bloodthirsty mutant with a vulnerability to ultraviolet light.
• Wenwu repeatedly exposed the wolf to ultraviolet rays, assessed its weaknesses, and used his mental power to tame it before naming it Dahei.
• Wenwu summoned Dr. Burstein to give Dahei a high-level physical enhancement, increasing his strength and resistance to sunlight and ultraviolet light.
• Wenwu collected Dahei's blood and genetic samples to improve the virus and learned that hunger could make Dahei lose control.
• Ching-Lin reported that a flaming skeleton monster had appeared in a Ten Rings city and could demonize weapons; Wenwu identified him as Ghost Rider and went to confront him.

Wenwu fought Ghost Rider, endured his Hellfire and Penance Stare, and sealed him inside a barrier formed by the Ten Rings. As Wenwu prepared to take him to his laboratory, Mephisto appeared and addressed him.

• Wenwu attacked Johnny Blaze’s Hellfire-wreathed mech after his metal manipulation failed, then discovered that Hellfire could burn his soul and mental power.
• Ghost Rider confronted Wenwu and attacked him with his chain and Penance Stare, but Wenwu resisted the judgment and blasted him away with electricity.
• Wenwu struck Ghost Rider with a Ten Ring, watched him regenerate, and used the rings to bind and seal him.
• Mephisto appeared before Wenwu, who recognized him as the lord of hell.

Wenwu rejected Mephisto’s offer of hellish black magic and learned that Mordo had sent Ghost Rider to judge his soul. He left determined to destroy Kamar-Taj, while the Ancient One warned Mordo that his actions had turned Wenwu into a mortal enemy.

• Wenwu demanded magical inheritances in exchange for Ghost Rider, but rejected Mephisto’s spellbook after reading it and criticizing its reliance on Hell Dimension power.
• Mephisto revealed that Mordo had sent Ghost Rider to judge Wenwu’s soul, and Wenwu flew away convinced Kamar-Taj had targeted him.
• Wenwu vowed to destroy Kamar-Taj and take the Time Stone after the Ancient One died, blaming his murderous outlook partly on Xu Wenwu’s memories.
• The Ancient One confronted Mordo over sending Ghost Rider into Ten Rings territory, and Mordo defended his attempt to eliminate Wenwu as a threat.
• Mordo warned the Ancient One that Mephisto had offered Wenwu dark magic, but she cautioned that provoking him could expose Earth to dimensional demon gods.

Wenwu studied Mephisto’s magic and the Spirit of Vengeance while keeping Johnny Blaze imprisoned, then learned that a Mutant capable of producing identical copies had infiltrated Ten Rings military factories. The chapter left Wenwu investigating the intruder’s unusual ability as he continued building his empire’s military strength.

• Wenwu held Johnny at the base and offered to study the Spirit of Vengeance, while requiring Johnny to work there and submit to nightly seals.
• Wenwu analyzed Mephisto’s magic and discovered that its spells relied on power borrowed from other dimensions, then began trying to adapt their formulas to his Spiritual Power.
• Wenwu built an electromagnetic cage and forced Johnny to transform into Ghost Rider, confirming that the barrier could contain him without being damaged by Hellfire.
• Wenwu studied the Spirit of Vengeance and Hellfire while expanding secret bases and constructing military equipment, including a massive Helicarrier framework in Libya.
• Ching-Lin showed Wenwu footage of identical men repeatedly infiltrating Ten Rings factories, and Wenwu learned that the surveillance system had detected dozens of copies across the country.

Wenwu ordered a nationwide operation to capture Multiple Man’s duplicates, hoping to study their X-Gene and gain his duplication ability. After a month of research, Wenwu deciphered the gene sequence but refused to integrate it because he feared a dangerous conflict with his existing spider genes.

• Wenwu recognized Jamie on surveillance footage and ordered Ching-Lin to capture every duplicate using power inhibitors.
• Jamie’s duplicates tried to infiltrate Ten Rings territory, but drones and combat mechs immobilized and captured them.
• Ten Rings forces captured sixty-two duplicates across the country, while Wenwu’s base held the prisoners and the bodies of duplicates killed during the operation.
• The captured duplicates panicked and pleaded for mercy, but Wenwu refused to spare them because he needed them as experimental material.
• Wenwu spent a month studying Multiple Man’s X-Gene and developed a serum, but he declined to use it on himself because he judged the risk of genetic conflict too high.

Wenwu rejected Dormammu’s offer to become his disciple and learned that the Ten Rings had unknown owners. A month later, after studying dark magic, he gained the ability to read people’s complete memories directly from their souls.

• Dormammu pulled Wenwu into a dream and offered to teach him dark magic in exchange for his allegiance, but Wenwu refused and mocked his plans to use him.
• Dormammu warned that the Ten Rings belonged to unknown beings and left a summoning ritual in Wenwu’s mind before disappearing.
• Jamie told Magneto that his clones had suffered heavy losses while investigating the Ten Rings Empire, and Magneto ordered him to stop.
• Magneto said he had mastered Arc Reactor technology and planned to restart a machine that could activate the X-Gene and awaken Mutants.
• After a month of studying Multiple Man’s genes and hell’s dark magic, Wenwu mastered Soul Peering and learned to read another person’s complete memories.