Chapter Summaries

The Ten Rings broadcast evidence that the United States had colluded with Skrulls and that the Second-Generation Sentries targeted Mutants, triggering worldwide outrage and fear. As governments and the United Nations scrambled to respond, the United States denied the accusations and the battle in Sokovia remained unresolved.

• The Ten Rings showed footage of its agents rescuing hostages and arresting Skrulls, then had more than twenty rescued figures publicly accuse the Skrulls and the United States.
• The broadcast split public opinion, alarmed Mutants at the Xavier Institute, and revealed to T'Challa that the Ten Rings had not assassinated his father.
• The president and officials at the White House argued over the evidence as protests spread across the United States and Congress demanded the Second-Generation Sentries be impounded.
• Countries around the world screened officials for Skrull infiltration, while NATO allies called for an investigation and China and Tsarist Russia urged a ceasefire and neutral inquiry.
• The United States rejected the Ten Rings' evidence, and the World Security Council convened an emergency meeting amid heated disputes.

Nick Fury and Carol suspected Apocalypse was using Professor X’s psychic powers to manipulate the Skrulls, while international pressure mounted against the United States. After Carol disrupted a United Nations meeting, Mutants across America revolted, and the president ordered the Second-Generation Sentries to suppress them, beginning a nationwide massacre.

• Nick Fury and Carol discussed the Skrulls’ apparent conspiracy and suspected Apocalypse had acquired Professor X’s psychic abilities.
• China and Tsarist Russia sided with the Ten Rings Empire and issued the United States an ultimatum over the Skrulls, the Sentry Robots, and its treatment of Mutants.
• Carol burst into the United Nations General Assembly Hall and defended the United States, prompting several countries to evacuate their embassies and citizens.
• More than a hundred thousand Mutants rioted across American cities after the Sentry Extermination Plan was exposed.
• The president approved a nationwide crackdown, and Second-Generation Sentries began slaughtering Mutants in the streets.

The Ten Rings Empire intervened to rescue Mutants fleeing the United States, turning the mass killings into a war between nations. As battles spread across the country, Clarice sent a divine dragon to attack Tony, who fought it with his upgraded armor.

• After the United States broadcast its crackdown on Mutants, the X-Men fled the Xavier Institute with their students but were intercepted and overwhelmed by Second-Generation Sentinels.
• Becky and Nightcrawler led Ten Rings reinforcements through a spatial gate, rescued the wounded X-Men, and escorted them to Ten Rings territory for treatment.
• Ten Rings forces opened spatial gates across the United States and fought Sentinels while rescuing Mutant civilians, prompting the president to declare war and mobilize more Sentinels and super-powered forces.
• Super Steve fought Juggernaut, Abomination confronted Lucien, Pyro battled Human Torch, and Tony led Banner, Peter, Barton, and Natasha against Ten Rings forces.
• Clarice opened a gate to Ta Lo, sending a divine dragon after Tony, who used his upgraded bio-alloy armor and energy shield to fight back.
• Clarice and Wanda kept opening gates as Ten Rings forces destroyed Sentinels and routed United States troops, while helping Mutants escape to the Ten Rings Empire.

The Ten Rings forces nearly wiped out the Inhumans and routed the American defenders as Wenwu's clone fought Carol. Meanwhile, Wenwu's true body slaughtered every Inhuman in Attilan, destroyed the city, and disappeared through a portal.

• Black Bolt and Lockjaw were killed in a coordinated ambush by Clarice and Wanda as Black Bolt clashed with Becky.
• Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon, Crystal, and the other Inhumans on the battlefield were killed, while American forces were driven back.
• Carol tried to join the battle, but Wenwu's clone struck her and overpowered her in a clash of strength.
• Wenwu's true body reached Attilan and used Life Control to drain the souls and life essence of every Inhuman in the city.
• Wenwu destroyed Attilan with a sonic wave and left through a portal.

The Ten Rings Empire launched its full assault, and Wenwu used the Reality Stone to consume all of Wakanda’s people. The chapter left T’Challa arriving in a deserted royal city, with his entire nation gone.

• Dahei helped Nightcrawler kill Abomination while Steve kept fighting Juggernaut and The Thing.
• The Ten Rings Empire’s main army appeared over the northern battlefield, and Tony, the Fantastic Four, and others retreated.
• Wenwu’s forces crushed NATO, Wakandan, and American units on the Eastern European battlefield.
• Wenwu decided to use Wakanda’s people to strengthen the Reality Stone and engulfed the nation in black fog.
• The Reality Stone devoured every Wakandan, leaving the capital and surrounding tribes empty.
• T’Challa broke through enemy lines and arrived in the deserted royal city, finding only scattered clothing.

After Wenwu destroyed Wakanda and killed T'Challa and the remaining survivors, Ikaris confronted him, and they fought to a standstill. As the battle drew global attention, S.W.O.R.D. faced military collapse and considered nuclear weapons its last gamble.

• T'Challa and the arriving Wakandans discovered that Wenwu had devoured their people, and Wenwu killed them all when they attacked him.
• Ikaris arrived to challenge Wenwu, who revealed that the Eternals had been guiding humanity to prepare for a Celestial's birth.
• Wenwu and Ikaris exchanged energy beams and blows, then continued fighting as their clashes demolished the surrounding city.
• Satellites captured Wenwu fighting Carol in North America and another Wenwu fighting Ikaris in Africa, shocking governments around the world.
• At S.W.O.R.D., agents reported advancing enemy forces, and Fury said nuclear weapons were their only remaining gamble.

The United States launched a mass nuclear strike, but the Ten Rings Empire intercepted most of the missiles, and the resulting high-altitude explosions crippled the country with electromagnetic pulses. In Wakanda, Wenwu defeated Ikaris and Makkari’s assault, gathered Wakanda’s Vibranium, and was confronted by an unknown presence as he prepared to leave.

• The US president ordered the launch of every available nuclear weapon, while China and Tsarist Russia called on the Ten Rings Empire to intercept them.
• The Ten Rings interception fleet destroyed most of the incoming missiles, but the nuclear explosions that got through caused widespread electromagnetic damage across the United States and its overseas forces.
• Makkari attacked Wenwu at extreme speed, but he absorbed her blows and trapped her and Ikaris inside the Mirror Dimension.
• Wenwu used the Mirror Dimension and accumulated energy to overpower Ikaris, but Makkari carried him fast enough to break through the dimension and escape with him.
• Wenwu gathered Wakanda’s Vibranium into a silver dragon and sent it to the Ten Rings Empire, then felt an unknown gaze lock onto him.

Wenwu faced Bast after destroying Wakanda, but Sekhmet arrived and challenged him to battle. Sekhmet's solar divine fire overwhelmed his absorption ability, and the chapter ended with Wenwu defending against her flames and sword.

• Bast appeared before Wenwu and demanded that he kneel for killing her followers, but he challenged her instead.
• Sekhmet arrived, dismissed Bast's offer to join forces, and charged at Wenwu with her divine sickle sword.
• Wenwu blocked Sekhmet's strike with one of his rings, then absorbed her solar divine fire and discovered that its divine power strained his ability.
• Wenwu released the flames, but Sekhmet reclaimed control and attacked again as he raised his rings to shield himself and block her sword.

Wenwu fought Sekhmet and Bast, revealing his full strength and overpowering them with his Ten Rings, soul power, and Mirror Dimension. As he prepared to finish them, a spatial vortex summoned both goddesses away, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Wenwu fought Sekhmet while secretly using the Reality Stone to study the origin of her solar divine power.
• After gaining insight, Wenwu unleashed his full strength, knocked Sekhmet away, and struck both goddesses into a hill when Bast joined the battle.
• Bast deployed a Spirit Realm projection to bind Wenwu's soul, but Wenwu's manifested soul devoured her domain's power.
• Sekhmet attacked again, and Wenwu trapped both goddesses in the Mirror Dimension, redirected their divine power, and crushed them with his fists.
• As Wenwu prepared another killing blow, a spatial vortex appeared and transported Bast and Sekhmet away.

Wenwu stripped Carol of her powers and memories, leaving her to live as an ordinary person, while the Ten Rings Empire and its allies overran the United States. As American forces collapsed, the Sentinels turned against them and attacked the Pentagon command hall.

• Wenwu trapped Carol, tore away her soul and Cosmic Energy, erased her memories, and left her in a border town to be cared for by an elderly farm couple.
• Wenwu absorbed Carol's photon energy, then watched as the Ten Rings Empire, Tsarist Russia, and China occupied most of the United States.
• Wenwu visited Tony's Malibu mansion and showed Tony and the others footage of NATO and Europe surrendering as American troops retreated toward Washington.
• The American president rejected an admiral's call to surrender and ordered the remaining forces and Sentinels to fight on.
• The Sentinels went out of control and attacked American troops, while Fury tried to flee the Pentagon command hall.
• More than a hundred Second-Generation Sentry Robots smashed through the Pentagon command hall's roof and descended on the gathered officials.

Becky and the Ten Rings exposed Skrulls among America’s leaders, killed them, and took control of North America after the United States surrendered. A month later, the Ten Rings suppressed protests against its new policies.

• Becky led Wanda and the others into the Pentagon, where syringes revealed that the president and many US leaders were Skrulls, and his warriors killed them.
• Nightcrawler turned Fury into Talos and killed him, while Wenwu privately revealed that he had arranged for Skrulls to replace some US leaders and had killed the originals.
• Wenwu’s clone found Fury hiding in a Maryland safe house and crushed it, killing him.
• After footage of the Pentagon operation aired worldwide, US troops surrendered, local officials accepted Ten Rings rule, and China and Tsarist Russia withdrew from US territory.
• Wenwu took control of North America, then sent Ten Rings troops to suppress protests against bans on guns and marijuana and arrest their organizers.

The Ten Rings Empire consolidated its rule on Earth, founded the Human Alliance, and expanded its influence across Xandar while Wenwu traveled with Wanda and Clarice. Meanwhile, the Guardians of the Galaxy met Star-Lord’s father, Ego, but grew suspicious of his intentions as Star-Lord defended him.

• The Ten Rings Empire brought North America under control, drove criminal groups and the Hand out, and allowed the superheroes to live freely under its laws.
• The Ten Rings established the Human Alliance, shared its advanced technology, and opened the portal to Xandar; Tony and Reed visited and joined its research team.
• The Ten Rings repelled the Nova Empire’s counterattacks, while Wenwu rejected the Supreme Intelligence’s offer to ally against the Nova Empire.
• Wenwu traveled aboard the Great Emperor with Wanda and Clarice, and the three arrived above a lush habitable planet.
• After Rocket stole energy batteries from the Sovereign, Ego rescued the Guardians and brought them to Ego the Living Planet.
• Gamora, Drax, and Rocket questioned Ego’s motives, but Star-Lord defended his father, while Nebula said she hoped the Guardians would die.

Wenwu arrived at Ego’s core and devoured the Celestial’s source power, freeing Star-Lord and draining Ego’s living planet. Star-Lord and his companions escaped as the planet collapsed, while Wenwu underwent a transformation toward god-king status.

• Ego revealed that he had killed Star-Lord’s mother and planned to use Star-Lord’s Celestial power to devour seeded planets, so Star-Lord attacked him.
• Yondu tried to rescue Star-Lord but was injured, and Ego dragged Star-Lord toward the planet’s core.
• Wenwu arrived at Ego’s source core with Wanda and Clarice and began devouring the Celestial’s power.
• Ego abandoned his control of Star-Lord and tried to defend his core, but Wenwu’s Mind Stone power imprisoned Ego’s consciousness and absorbed his source power.
• Star-Lord regained consciousness as Ego’s energy drained away, and Yondu carried him from the collapsing underground chamber.
• Gamora, Rocket, and the others rescued Star-Lord and Yondu, then fled as Ego’s planet lost its vitality and began to collapse.

After absorbing Ego’s energy, Wenwu completed his transformation into a Skyfather Level God-King, drawing the attention of Odin, Zeus, Sekhmet, and Bast. The chapter ended with Wenwu’s new divine powers established, while Zeus agreed to wait until Odin’s death before approaching the Nine Realms.

• Wenwu returned to Earth with Wanda and Clarice, then secluded himself to absorb Ego’s energy and evolve.
• One month later, Wenwu’s transformation released divine radiance across the Solar System and extradimensional realms, and Odin recognized him as a newly born God-King.
• Zeus, Sekhmet, and Bast sensed Wenwu’s ascension in Omnipotence City, and the goddesses regretted having provoked him.
• Zeus asked Odin for permission to enter the Nine Realms, but Odin refused, so Zeus agreed to wait until Odin fell.
• Wenwu completed his transformation into a Skyfather Level God-King, gaining a divine body, authority over life, and greatly enhanced abilities.

After becoming a God King, Wenwu transformed Ta Lo into his divine kingdom, Asgard of All Things, and strengthened it with two vast arrays. When Odin sent word of his impending death, Wenwu arrived in Asgard and found Hela had overrun the palace and defeated its defenders.

• Wenwu announced his ascension to godhood, transformed the Ten Rings Empire's core members into gods, and completed his fusion with Ta Lo, renaming the realm Asgard of All Things.
• Wenwu began building a divine kingdom that drew energy from the physical universe, while Odin visited and shared his knowledge of the gods and the laws of the universe.
• Wenwu and his clones spent two months completing two arrays that reinforced Asgard of All Things and nourished his growing power.
• Wenwu received Odin's final message that Odin's time had come and realized Hela was breaking free of her seal.
• Wenwu crossed into Asgard and found the palace in ruins, its defenders wounded or dead, while Hela stood over Thor after crushing Mjolnir.

Hela overwhelmed Thor and demanded that he submit to her rule, but Wenwu arrived and defeated her attacks with ease. Hela was left stunned by Wenwu’s power as their fight continued in Asgard.

• Hela wounded Thor and urged him to join her conquest, but Thor refused because she was ruthless and would drag Asgard into endless war.
• As Hela prepared to kill Thor, Wenwu arrived and caught her Necrosword with one hand.
• Wenwu introduced himself as the God King of All Things and offered to spare Hela if she submitted.
• Hela attacked Wenwu with two Necroswords, but he knocked them aside and punched her into the sea.
• Hela hurled a gigantic spear of Necroswords at Asgard’s palace, and Wenwu shattered it with a single blow.
• Hela asked how Wenwu could possess such immense power after he broke her full-strength attack.

Wenwu overwhelmed Hela in their battle and used the Angel Holy Fire to break her resistance. Hela submitted, and Wenwu bound her soul with magical restrictions, making her his subordinate.

• Wenwu defeated Hela repeatedly, but Asgard's origin power healed her injuries and strengthened her.
• Hela tried to bargain with Wenwu, then attacked him again after he refused to relent.
• Wenwu struck Hela with overwhelming force and engulfed her in the Angel Holy Fire as she began to heal.
• The holy fire burned Hela's body and soul until she begged to submit to Wenwu.
• Wenwu sent Angel Holy Fire and magical restrictions into Hela's soul to control her and punish any attempt to rebel.

Wenwu subdued Hela and traveled with Thor and Heimdall to Nidavellir so the Dwarves could forge divine weapons. Eitri offered Thor a choice between repairing Mjolnir and taking a new battle-axe made with a god-king’s authority.

• Wenwu forced Hela to call him master and follow him, while Thor mourned the fallen Asgardians and the destruction of Mjolnir.
• Wenwu asked Thor to visit the Dwarf realm for a new weapon and told Frigga he also wanted the Dwarves to forge one for him; Frigga agreed.
• Thor and Heimdall used the Bifrost to take Wenwu and Hela to Nidavellir, where Eitri welcomed them.
• Thor told Eitri that Odin had died and Hela had slaughtered Asgardian warriors, then asked him to repair Mjolnir.
• Eitri said he could repair Mjolnir but offered Thor a choice of an Odin-authorized battle-axe made with a god-king’s authority.

Eitri reforged Mjolnir into a more powerful hammer for Thor while Wenwu prepared to forge his own Divine Halberd of Destruction. Before Wenwu could begin, Zeus and a host of cosmic deities arrived at Heavenly Palace City, where Wenwu’s clone confronted them.

• Wenwu suggested combining Stormbreaker's properties with Mjolnir, and Eitri agreed to rework the molds while also preparing to forge Wenwu a weapon.
• Eitri reforged Mjolnir, and Thor received the hammer, which could summon stronger lightning and call the Bifrost without limit as long as Asgard's origin endured.
• Wenwu designed the Divine Halberd of Destruction and spent several days inscribing runes and refining its molds with Eitri.
• Zeus led a host of cosmic deities to Earth to test Wenwu's strength, and they were stopped by Heavenly Palace City's magical and technological barriers.
• Wenwu's first-tier clone stepped out to confront the gods, and Zeus answered the clone's pressure with his own overwhelming god-king aura.

Wenwu fought Zeus after defeating Hercules’s attack and catching Zeus’s Thunderbolt, while the gods watched. Sekhmet, Bast, Hercules, and Zeus’s allies attacked Heavenly Palace City’s shield, but two portals suddenly opened behind them.

• Hercules charged Wenwu with his iron club, but Wenwu stopped the blow with his fist and sent him flying.
• Zeus attacked Wenwu with the Thunderbolt, and Wenwu caught it before fighting Zeus with lightning.
• Wenwu and Zeus battled fiercely as their fight was broadcast around the world.
• Sekhmet persuaded Bast to attack Heavenly Palace City while Zeus kept Wenwu occupied, and Hercules and other gods joined them.
• The gods struck the city’s defensive shield until it began to strain, then two portals opened behind them.