Chapter Summaries

Wenwu and Carol’s battle devastated Manhattan until the Ancient One intervened and forced them to stop. Wenwu left under her warning, while Carol remained determined to eliminate him.

• Wenwu and Carol fought across Manhattan, destroying buildings and causing heavy casualties as the US president considered launching nuclear weapons.
• Steve blamed Fury and the Tesseract for the disaster, while Tony and the other heroes aboard the Great Emperor condemned Wenwu.
• The Ancient One appeared and separated Wenwu and Carol with a golden energy barrier, then reproached them for the destruction.
• Carol tried to attack Wenwu again, but the Ancient One stopped her and ordered Wenwu to leave, warning she would banish him if he caused further disaster.
• Wenwu flew away, Carol vowed to eliminate him, and the Ancient One returned to the Sanctum Sanctorum to repair the dimensional barrier and suppress the dark power affecting her.

After the Battle of New York devastated the city and shook the global economy, Hamid exposed the United States and Carol’s role in the crisis, allowing the Ten Rings Empire to gain diplomatic and technological allies. A year later, Wenwu completed Heavenly Palace Tower in Amba City, which was renamed Heavenly Palace City.

• The Great Emperor fighter left Tony, Human Torch, and the other American superheroes in the Saudi desert, and they returned to find New York in ruins.
• Tony learned the full story of the battle, looked at the ashamed Carol, and left without a word.
• Hamid presented footage and evidence about Galactus, the Tesseract dispute, Carol, Fury, and the Skrull refugees, turning global public opinion against the United States.
• Carol intimidated countries demanding the Skrull refugees, while China, Tsarist Russia, and other nations cut trade ties with the United States and pursued partnerships with the Ten Rings Empire.
• Wenwu sold Chitauri technology to China and Tsarist Russia and authorized cooperation to mass-produce New Element.
• After a year of construction, Wenwu completed the thousand-meter Heavenly Palace Tower and renamed Amba City Heavenly Palace City.

Wenwu learned that Carol had joined S.W.O.R.D. while Tony Stark and several allies formed the Mjolnir Bureau, and he planned to use evidence of Bucky's role in his parents' deaths to provoke a conflict. After Dormammu gave him the locations of Kamar-Taj and the Sanctums, Wenwu devised a plan to infiltrate Kamar-Taj and steal its magical teachings.

• Ching-Lin reported that Carol had joined S.W.O.R.D., while Tony Stark, Peter Parker, Barton, Natasha, and Banner formed the Mjolnir Bureau; Bucky had also joined S.W.O.R.D. after finding Steve.
• Wenwu told Clarice that Bucky had killed Tony Stark's parents and that he possessed evidence that could turn Tony against the American camp.
• Dormammu told Wenwu that the Ancient One had taken the Mind Stone and cast it into an unknown void, then gave him the locations of Kamar-Taj and the three Sanctums along with magic for seeing through their disguises.
• Wenwu dismissed Dormammu's magic and planned to use a nanoscale clone to infiltrate Kamar-Taj and steal its magical inheritances.

Wenwu began reverse-engineering the Chitauri Mothership while the Battle of New York’s aftermath devastated the world. He broke Iron Fist’s seal beneath Hell’s Kitchen and absorbed the ancient dragon’s Dragon Chi, which fused with his Spiritual Power.

• Wenwu returned to the Ten Rings Empire’s headquarters, where Ivan reported the Chitauri Mothership’s advanced technology, and Wenwu began its reverse-engineering and overhaul.
• As the world struggled with the financial fallout from the Battle of New York, Wenwu flew to the ruins of Manhattan and descended beneath the collapsed Midland Circle Building.
• Wenwu used the Ten Rings to destroy Iron Fist’s ancient seal and reveal the enormous dragon skeleton beneath Hell’s Kitchen.
• Wenwu transformed into Uru Divine Steel and drew Dragon Chi from the skeleton and Manhattan’s earth veins into his body.
• Wenwu refined the Dragon Chi until it fused with his Spiritual Power and granted it some of the dragon’s reality-warping properties.

After draining the Dragon Bones beneath Hell's Kitchen, Wenwu fused his empowered clone into his original body and strengthened the Ten Rings. He later perfected a Skrull gene serum and fused several powerful genetic traits, leaving him with expanded abilities and a path toward godhood.

• Wenwu shrank and took the drained Dragon Bones, then escaped as their removal triggered Hell's Kitchen to collapse and caused widespread destruction across Manhattan.
• Wenwu fused with his clone, gaining its Spiritual Power and bodily changes, and discovered that his resonance with the Ten Rings had increased.
• The Star Ring Group withdrew from the United States and moved its headquarters to Heavenly Palace City, while other companies and Dr. Connors followed.
• Wenwu recalled and fused his remaining clones, then injected himself with the perfected Skrull gene serum and gained shapeshifting ability and exceptional genetic compatibility.
• Wenwu fused with Sabretooth's healing genes, Clarice and Nightcrawler's spatial genes, and Thor's Asgardian bloodline, gaining powerful healing, teleportation, and emerging divinity.

Wenwu fused the Black King's gene and gained the ability to absorb and release energy, then continued training in a cosmic storm simulator until his Spiritual Power and soul transformed. He awakened Absolute Life Control, a one-kilometer domain that let him command life and death, leaving him amazed by its potential.

• Wenwu sent a clone to the United States, where it stole a gene sample from the Black King's severed hand and upgraded a hidden control program at Trask Industries.
• Wenwu synthesized a serum and fused the Black King's gene, gaining the ability to absorb nearly any energy and release it.
• The Ten Rings Empire, China, and Tsarist Russia began mass-producing the Tesseract Element, while Tony synthesized the same element from Howard's research and accused Wenwu of spying on him.
• Major powers announced progress in Arc Reactor miniaturization, and China revealed that commercial controlled nuclear fusion would be ready in a year.
• Wenwu endured a simulated cosmic storm in Heavenly Palace Tower, breaking through in Spiritual Power and transforming his soul.
• Wenwu awakened Absolute Life Control, which let him command living things within one kilometer, drain their life force and souls, and potentially replicate their innate abilities.

Wenwu extracted and devoured the Spirit of Vengeance from Johnny, gaining Angel Holy Fire and greatly strengthening his soul and armor. He then sent a concealed clone into Kamar-Taj, where it began observing and studying magic through a young mage.

• Wenwu offered Johnny a place as a Tianshu Bureau frontline fighter, but Johnny refused because he wanted a peaceful life with Roxanne.
• Wenwu removed the Spirit of Vengeance from Johnny and devoured it, then gave the exhausted Johnny Origin Substance to help him recover.
• After refining the spirit overnight, Wenwu gained Angel Holy Fire, which protected his soul and increased the power and supernatural resistance of his Godslayer Battle Armor.
• Wenwu decided to learn Kamar-Taj's magic and sent a tiny, concealed clone to wait outside its grounds in Nepal.
• The clone slipped into a young mage's lungs, hypnotized him to become more diligent about reading, and altered one of his eyes to create a hidden visual link.
• The clone remained inside Kamar-Taj and used the mage's sight to observe and study orthodox white magic.

Nightcrawler, Mark, and Kaine Creed joined the Tianshu Bureau after Wenwu freed them and restored their self-awareness. After learning that the Ancient One had failed to detect his clone’s infiltration of Kamar-Taj, Wenwu killed Dr. Sterns and absorbed his soul, vitality, and source energy.

• Nightcrawler and Mark thanked Wenwu for saving them and asked to join the Tianshu Bureau, and Wenwu sent them to report to Director Becky.
• Wenwu asked Kaine Creed about his plans, and Kaine chose to join the Tianshu Bureau and begin with basic academic studies.
• Wenwu reviewed information from Kamar-Taj and concluded that the Ancient One had not detected his clone’s infiltration, so he could act more boldly.
• Wenwu confronted Dr. Sterns, saw through his false promises of loyalty, and declared that he deserved to die.
• Wenwu used the Penance Stare and his power over life to kill Sterns, devour his soul and energy, and burn his corpse to ash.

After devouring Stern, Wenwu decided to seek greater power in Ta Lo and entered its hidden realm with Dahei. He arrived at the village, where Ying Nan and Uncle Guang recognized him and confronted the unexpectedly youthful intruder.

• Wenwu found that devouring Stern had strengthened his soul and body but had not granted him Stern’s telepathy or mutated abilities.
• Wenwu resolved to devour Ta Lo’s Dwellers-in-Darkness and considered devouring its divine dragon as well.
• Using the dragon carving and gem pendants, Wenwu followed the bamboo maze’s route and entered Ta Lo with Dahei.
• Wenwu sensed the sleeping dragon beneath the lake and saw Ta Lo’s strange beasts, its village, and the Dark Gate.
• The villagers raised an alarm, and Ying Nan recognized Wenwu while Uncle Guang demanded that he leave.
• Wenwu angrily rebuked Uncle Guang for calling him a boy.

Wenwu returned to Ta Lo and fought the divine dragon guarding the seal, proving his strength to the villagers who distrusted him. He blasted the dragon into a mountain above the Dark Gate, while Ying Nan and Uncle Guang began to reconsider his offer to destroy the Dwellers-in-Darkness.

• Uncle Guang and Ying Nan rejected Wenwu’s offer to rid Ta Lo of the Dwellers-in-Darkness and accused him of bringing danger to the village.
• Wenwu flew toward the sealed gate as Dahei attacked the villagers, fought off Uncle Guang, and battled two suanni while Ying Nan pursued Wenwu on a celestial crane.
• The divine dragon emerged from the lake and attacked Wenwu, but he fought back with his physical strength and Spiritual Power, absorbing the force of its attacks.
• Ying Nan and Uncle Guang watched Wenwu suppress the dragon, and Ying Nan argued that he had no reason to release the Dwellers-in-Darkness.
• Wenwu unleashed the accumulated energy of the dragon’s attacks, blasting it into the mountain above the Dark Gate.

Wenwu resisted the Dweller-in-Darkness whisper, subdued the divine dragon, and broke the seal on the Dark Gate. He destroyed the emerging creatures and killed the Dweller-in-Darkness King with the Ten Rings, Angel Holy Fire, and Life Control.

• Wenwu resisted the Dweller-in-Darkness's attempt to bewitch him and defeated the divine dragon again before Ying Nan stopped him from delivering a killing blow.
• Wenwu showed Ying Nan and the divine dragon his Angel Holy Fire, convincing them he could defeat the Dwellers-in-Darkness.
• Wenwu broke the dragon-scale seal on the Dark Gate, releasing black evil energy and a swarm of small Dwellers-in-Darkness.
• Wenwu's mysterious domain drained the souls and life force of the small Dwellers-in-Darkness, leaving their bodies to fall into the lake.
• The Dweller-in-Darkness King emerged and attacked Wenwu, who burned it with Angel Holy Fire and drained its soul, life essence, and abilities with Life Control.

Wenwu claimed the divine dragon’s Heart of the Dragon, gained a lasting connection to Ta Lo’s power, and declared the village safe after defeating the Dwellers-in-Darkness. He supplied Ta Lo and explored its ruined dimension, while Ying Nan grieved over Wenwu’s claim that Ying Li’s children had been killed by his enemies.

• The divine dragon gave Wenwu its Heart of the Dragon, allowing him to draw Dragon Power and connect permanently to Ta Lo’s dimension.
• Wenwu told Ying Nan, Uncle Guang, and the villagers that Ta Lo was safe, offered to provide supplies and outside communications, and ordered them to keep Ta Lo secret.
• Wenwu told Ying Nan that Ying Li’s children had died after his enemies discovered their whereabouts, and Ying Nan left in grief and anger.
• Wenwu examined the gains from devouring the Dwellers-in-Darkness, including the Dweller-in-Darkness King’s soul-devouring ability and increased strength.
• Wenwu brought Clarice and supplies to Ta Lo, explored the dimension with her, and discovered that the Dwellers-in-Darkness had devastated the world, leaving one intact continent and ruins across the rest.

Wenwu tested a new suit of nano armor, celebrated Clarice’s coming-of-age birthday, and spent a month on their honeymoon. After learning that Wanda and Pietro were trapped in Hydra experiments in Sokovia, he waited until they were close to despair before planning to intervene.

• Wenwu received a Vibranium nano armor bracelet from his clone and tested the armor’s capabilities.
• Wenwu celebrated Clarice’s birthday, and the two spent the night together before beginning a month-long honeymoon.
• Wenwu ordered a secret investigation into Hydra’s base in Sokovia and learned Wanda and Pietro had joined its experiments.
• Wenwu learned that most of Hydra’s test subjects had died and that Wanda and Pietro were among the few remaining.
• Wenwu decided to wait until Wanda and Pietro were at their most desperate before appearing to rescue them.

Wanda and Pietro were about to be taken for another Hydra experiment when Xu Wenwu attacked the Sokovian base. As he absorbed Hydra’s barrage, the siblings escaped their cell and saw him hovering outside the castle.

• Wanda and Pietro regretted volunteering for Hydra’s experiments as soldiers dragged them from their cell to be tested.
• The base alarms sounded, and Baron Strucker learned that Xu Wenwu had breached the perimeter.
• Strucker ordered Hydra’s weapons to attack Xu Wenwu, but the Black King’s ability absorbed the incoming fire.
• Wanda and Pietro escaped through the base while Hydra’s soldiers rushed to defend against Xu Wenwu.
• The siblings reached a basement window and stared in shock at Xu Wenwu standing in midair.

Wenwu rescued Wanda, Pietro, and the other survivors from Hydra Base, then destroyed the base and Baron Strucker. He brought the Maximoff siblings to the Ten Rings Empire, where Wanda grew shyly infatuated with him and was left feeling disappointed when he released her hand.

• Wenwu split open Hydra Base, lifted the surviving test subjects to safety, and annihilated the base along with Baron Strucker.
• Wenwu brought the survivors down outside the ruins, and the others left while Wanda and Pietro stayed to ask to join the Ten Rings Empire.
• Wenwu agreed to make an exception for the gifted siblings, reassured them that he had no reason to experiment on them, and took them to his palace.
• Wenwu held Wanda's hand as he showed the siblings the sky garden, while Pietro marveled at the city below.
• Wanda noticed that Wenwu had let go of her hand and felt an unexpected sense of loss.

Wenwu hosted Wanda and Pietro at the Heavenly Palace Tower, where Wanda’s feelings for him grew as he arranged a cosmic storm simulation to awaken their powers. Both siblings awakened abilities, and Wanda and Wenwu became lovers.

• Wanda blushed when Pietro suggested Wenwu was interested in her, then grew jealous when they met Clarice, who befriended her and showed her around the palace.
• Over five days, Wanda and Wenwu grew closer, and Wenwu completed a cosmic storm simulation awakening machine for Wanda and Pietro.
• Wenwu started the machine, awakening Wanda’s Chaos Magic and causing Pietro to develop superspeed; both siblings passed out from the ordeal.
• Wanda woke the next morning, displayed her scarlet energy, and learned from Wenwu that her Chaos Magic had extraordinary potential.
• Wanda embraced Wenwu, and they kissed and became lovers.

Wenwu learned that Logan had become entangled in the Yashida family’s plot and traveled to Japan to observe the fight over Yashida’s Adamantium armor. The Silver Samurai severed Logan’s claws and began extracting his healing factor as Yashida regained his youth.

• Pietro awakened super speed, and Dr. Burstein enhanced his abilities until his normal speed reached Mach two.
• Wenwu spent two months traveling with Wanda and Clarice while his clones worked on cultivation, research, administration, and desert agriculture.
• Ching-Lin reported that Logan was in Tokyo protecting Mariko, and Wenwu became interested in Yashida’s Adamantium Silver Samurai armor.
• Wenwu teleported to Japan and watched Logan remove the nanomechanical insect suppressing his healing factor, kill Shingen, and fight his way to Yashida’s snowy mountain base.
• The Silver Samurai cut off Logan’s Adamantium claws and used drills to extract his healing factor, restoring Yashida’s youth and vitality.

Wenwu stopped Yashida from using the Silver Samurai armor, took the armor and its Adamantium, and invited Logan to settle in the Ten Rings. Back at the Heavenly Palace Tower, Wenwu studied magic and opened a spatial portal using Ta Lo’s power.

• Wenwu restrained Yashida, disabled the Silver Samurai armor, and pulled Yashida out of it.
• Yukio killed Viper, and Logan killed Yashida after Wenwu tossed him within reach.
• Wenwu took the Silver Samurai armor and Adamantium katanas, then invited Logan to settle in the Ten Rings.
• Wenwu returned to the Heavenly Palace Tower, dismantled the armor into Adamantium, and studied the basic spells his clone had learned at Kamar-Taj.
• Wenwu opened a magical spatial portal on his first attempt by drawing on Ta Lo’s power.

Wenwu mastered Kamar-Taj’s magic, taught Clarice and Wanda, and discovered he could draw on the power of other dimensions. Meanwhile, Apocalypse’s followers uncovered his sealed chamber, and he awoke.

• Wenwu combined his spatial power with Kamar-Taj’s portal magic and opened a portal to the moon, then mastered magical constructs and learned to draw on Hell’s and Heaven’s energies.
• Wenwu taught Clarice and Wanda magic; Wanda quickly cast a portal with Chaos Magic, while Clarice replicated Wenwu’s fused portal but both suffered strain.
• Wenwu warned Clarice and Wanda about the mental dangers of drawing too often on dimensional power, then began a private lesson with them.
• Apocalypse’s followers uncovered the ancient altar beneath the pyramid ruins and sunlight activated its runes.
• Apocalypse awoke inside the energy barrier and regarded his followers with indifference.

Apocalypse awakened in Egypt, learned about the modern world and its powerful figures, then went to the Xavier Institute to recruit mutants. He overwhelmed Hank and fought the X-Men, but Professor X launched a psychic attack that delighted him.

• Apocalypse emerged from his underground tomb, declared his return, and used a television to absorb information about the modern world, Wenwu, Captain Marvel, and the X-Men.
• Apocalypse seized Hank after a congressional meeting and used psychic force to make him reveal the Xavier Institute's location.
• Apocalypse arrived at the Xavier Institute with Hank and announced that he was En Sabah Nur, the god of mutants.
• Colossus, Storm, and Iceman attacked Apocalypse, but he trapped Colossus and blocked their powers with his shield.
• Professor X invaded Apocalypse's mind, and Apocalypse welcomed the powerful psychic ability.