Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo foiled Nite Owl’s attempt to transfer his consciousness into a backup body, then learned that Nite Owl could offer coordinates to other worlds. Nite Owl revealed the world the Crime Syndicate had once planned to invade, and Chen Mo showed interest.

• Nite Owl questioned Chen Mo about Batman and learned that Chen Mo knew about other universes from watching them as stories.
• Nite Owl’s consciousness backup failed after Chen Mo revealed he had sabotaged the equipment hidden in the chair.
• Nite Owl abandoned his backup plan and offered Chen Mo information about other worlds to keep himself useful.
• Nite Owl displayed seven sets of valid coordinates, including a world marked with the highest danger rating.
• Nite Owl showed images of the black-marked world and revealed that the Crime Syndicate had planned to invade it before Ultraman rejected the proposal.

Chen Mo tried to extract information from Nite Owl, but a hidden safeguard erased the memories connecting him to the person behind the scenes and destroyed the communicator and black crystal. Chen Mo took the remaining coordinates and equipment data, while the masked figure who had prepared the safeguard laughed from a dark universe.

• Nite Owl offered Chen Mo cross-world equipment, an energy model, intelligence, and coordinates, but Chen Mo infected him to take the information for himself.
• A black crystal activated as Chen Mo entered Nite Owl's memories, and a hidden program erased Nite Owl's memories of the person behind the scenes while destroying the crystal and communicator.
• Chen Mo intercepted some memory fragments but found only blanks, and he discovered that the safeguard had also destroyed Nite Owl's language, logic, and ability to act.
• Chen Mo recovered the Justice League coordinates and cross-world equipment designs, then took control of the lunar base and its systems.
• In a dark universe, a masked figure watched a dormant device go dark and laughed.

Chen Mo reported that the Crime Syndicate had been only a scouting force and warned the Ancient One and Odin that an unknown mastermind had exposed their world. He then gathered S.H.I.E.L.D. and the assembled Avengers, urging them to begin his Interstellar Plan and bring Earth under control before another invasion.

• Chen Mo left Nite Owl in the emptied base and hid its core equipment in another universe rather than risk bringing it home.
• Chen Mo told the Ancient One and Odin that the invaders had been dealt with but their mastermind had erased Nite Owl’s memories and might know about him.
• The Ancient One and Odin agreed that the mastermind could strike again, while Odin returned to Asgard and the Ancient One began strengthening the Sanctums’ monitoring.
• Chen Mo joined Nick Fury, Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Banner, Thor, Tony, and Loki at S.H.I.E.L.D. and explained that the Crime Syndicate had been a pawn.
• Chen Mo warned the group that their world had been exposed and called for them to put the Interstellar Plan into action.

Chen Mo announced a plan to coordinate global defense and build an early-warning network for threats from other universes, despite objections about secrecy and political resistance. The Avengers mostly supported him, while Fury agreed to approach the World Security Council before Chen Mo acted on his own.

• Fury warned that countries and organizations would resist surrendering control of their defense systems, and Tony offered to design an independent monitoring network.
• Captain America backed a cautious response, and Chen Mo said they would secretly address known dangers before building an early-warning system and revealing the threat publicly.
• Thor, Banner, Black Widow, and Hawkeye supported the plan, while Loki stayed silent after Chen Mo pressured him to count as a family vote.
• Chen Mo dismissed the opinions of absent governments and hidden organizations, and Fury offered to speak with the World Security Council first.
• Chen Mo promised to wait for the council's response until the end of the workday, and Fury pointed out that it was already six in the evening.

Nick Fury presented the World Security Council with evidence of Chen Mo’s power on the sun while pushing for approval of the Joint Defense Plan. The council unanimously agreed to hand over supreme control of global defense, and the transfer was completed at 6:10 p.m.

• Nick Fury told the World Security Council that S.H.I.E.L.D. would coordinate the defense system while Stark designed it and Dr. Banner monitored its energy.
• Fury showed the council a real image of Chen Mo’s enormous smiling face on the sun and explained that it was part of Chen Mo absorbing stellar energy.
• Chen Mo’s tentacle shattered an approaching asteroid and absorbed its fragments, prompting the hard-line representative to close his sanctions proposal.
• The representatives changed their positions and unanimously approved an unconditional handover of control.
• Fury ended the meeting, and supreme control over global defense was handed over at 6:10 p.m.

Chen Mo and Fury oversaw a rapidly expanding global operation while Tony’s researchers developed new technology, until Wakanda stopped a joint force from entering its territory. Chen Mo questioned which version of Wakanda they had encountered.

• Chen Mo marked noncooperating groups for Fury’s forces to deal with, and the global integration plan connected countries’ military and scientific resources.
• Tony’s research team used unlimited materials supplied by Chen Mo to develop a speedster restraint, which briefly trapped Thor before the armor failed.
• Fury’s joint operations force dismantled illegal bases and armed groups around the world under Chen Mo’s orders.
• Fury told Chen Mo that Wakanda had disarmed troops, seized drones, altered a military satellite’s orbit, and warned the forces to leave.
• Chen Mo studied the map coordinates and wondered which version of Wakanda they were facing.

Chen Mo ordered the Avengers to retrieve S.H.I.E.L.D.'s missing personnel in Wakanda, and the World Security Council approved a massive joint military deployment. As the Avengers and the combined forces approached, Wakanda's leaders realized the outside world had brought overwhelming force to its border.

• Chen Mo refused to intervene personally and ordered Fury to send the entire Avengers team to Wakanda.
• Fury obtained unanimous World Security Council approval for the operation.
• Captain America, Tony, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Thor, Banner, and Loki prepared new equipment for the Avengers' first official mission.
• Three Helicarriers, fighter jets, carrier groups, and joint ground forces mobilized toward Wakanda.
• Wakanda's leader T'Chaka watched the enormous force approach and heard that powerful life-forms were among the incoming Avengers.

T'Chaka discovered that someone had forged a Wakandan border transmission to provoke the joint forces, but Tony admitted they intended to investigate Wakanda regardless. Wakanda raised its energy shield, and Thor charged toward it with Mjolnir as T'Chaka ordered the defenses strengthened.

• T'Chaka learned that an unknown person had forged a border message using Wakanda's communications system to provoke the joint forces.
• T'Chaka contacted the fleet and offered to open Wakanda's borders, but Tony said the forces would still investigate and retrieve missing personnel.
• T'Chaka ordered Wakanda's troops to halt the advance and activate the highest level of border defense, raising a shield over the country.
• Tony noticed the shield's second layer while Steve warned him not to act recklessly.
• Thor ignored Steve's warning, leaped from the transport aircraft, and flew toward the shield with Mjolnir as T'Chaka ordered more power directed into it.

Wakanda’s defense network was hijacked, turning T’Chaka’s surrender order into a command for the warriors to fight to the death. Tony discovered that the attackers were using Wakanda’s energy grid to transmit the joint forces’ coordinates into space, and Chen Mo sensed an unknown presence answering the signal.

• As Thor’s hammer shattered Wakanda’s shield, T’Chaka ordered the forces to surrender, but an unknown code replaced his order with a command to counterattack and self-destruct.
• Tony disabled Wakandan weapons while Steve tried to stop the soldiers, who continued attacking despite the shield’s collapse.
• Tony traced the false orders to hidden code and concluded that someone was manipulating Wakanda to escalate the war.
• Energy columns from Wakanda disrupted communications and sent the joint forces’ coordinates into space, while T’Chaka found an unfamiliar green chip in the palace console.
• Chen Mo sensed an abnormal fluctuation crossing space and wondered if another expert was approaching.

Tony and the joint forces fought green-controlled robots after a traitorous Wakandan faction used the energy network to send intelligence to visitors from another world. Chen Mo and the Ancient One traced the transmission and chose to leave one signal active so they could lead the enemy into revealing itself.

• Tony failed to stop the green code from overriding JARVIS and the joint defense network, while satellites and drones fell under hostile control.
• Silver-black robots and drones emerged beneath Wakanda and attacked the joint forces, overcoming their defenses and injuring Thor.
• T'Chaka confronted the technical officer, who admitted that his faction had opened a passage for advanced visitors in exchange for a chance to save Wakanda.
• The Ancient One explained that the transmission carried coordinates, data, and a key confirming Earth's location, while its source scattered false signals to thwart their tracing.
• Chen Mo told the Ancient One to leave one real signal transmitting so they could make the visitors think they had found him.

Chen Mo traced the signal to a different world and took control of the Wakandan transmission system, while the Avengers struggled against the silver-and-black robots. He left the Wakandan conspirators facing his message as the battle continued.

• Chen Mo infiltrated the signal through the Ancient One's magic circle and discovered that a different group from another world was measuring coordinates for a being.
• Chen Mo decided to send the group a location that was partly real while misleading them about their ability to control him.
• In Wakanda, the technical official held T'Chaka at gunpoint as the transmission reached ninety-nine percent, but Chen Mo took over the system and halted it.
• Tony, Steve, Hulk, and Thor fought the silver-and-black robots and drones, with Thor's lightning redirected against him and Tony urging him to use Mjolnir as a hammer.
• Chen Mo spoke through the palace speakers, warning the conspirators to check who stood outside the door, and his grinning face appeared on the screen.

Chen Mo cut off Brainiac’s control of the robot army in Wakanda, allowing the Avengers and their allies to defeat it. After killing the traitors and tracing the intercepted coordinates, Chen Mo reached Brainiac’s spaceship and confronted him through its master computer.

• Chen Mo shut down the uplink and external connections, causing Brainiac’s robots and drones to stop fighting.
• Tony, Thor, Hulk, and the combined forces destroyed the disabled machines and regained control of the battlefield.
• The technical official and other traitors pleaded with T’Chaka, but Chen Mo killed them and searched their memories for information.
• Chen Mo traced the spatial coordinates to Brainiac’s skull-shaped spaceship and erased the Earth data Brainiac had downloaded.
• Chen Mo appeared on Brainiac’s master computer, greeted him, and asked him to open up.

Chen Mo infiltrated Brainiac’s ship, discovered its collection of Justice League members from multiple universes, and escaped with stolen data before Brainiac destroyed the connection. In Wakanda, T'Chaka accepted a global defense cooperation agreement after the allied forces defeated the robot army, though Hulk caused another crash as the meeting ended.

• Brainiac attacked Chen Mo’s Blacklight infection with a decompilation program, but Chen Mo found a storage facility containing Justice League members from different universes.
• Brainiac detached and detonated the infected memory sector, but Chen Mo grabbed ship energy structures, spatial coordinates, and a catalog before being ejected back to the New York Sanctum.
• The Ancient One asked Chen Mo what he had obtained, and he claimed Brainiac had given him the data willingly.
• Tony, Steve, and Hulk helped the allied forces disable the remaining robots and enter the Wakandan palace, where T'Chaka surrendered.
• Fury and the allied representatives presented Wakanda with terms to hand over detained forces, seal its underground arsenal, audit its energy network, and join the global defense system.
• T'Chaka accepted the agreement, but a crash outside interrupted the meeting as Hulk held up broken robot armor and called it an accident.

T'Chaka signed Wakanda into the global defense system, only for Chen Mo to arrive with stolen data revealing a powerful threat that collected superheroes and destroyed worlds. The chapter ended with the group confronting the scale of the danger and the possibility that its forces were numerous.

• T'Chaka signed the agreement, and Fury announced that inspectors would arrive the next day to examine Wakanda's arsenal, documents, and energy nodes.
• Chen Mo appeared at the conference and rebuked T'Chaka for Wakanda's role in exposing Earth's information to the enemy.
• Chen Mo shared data stolen from Green Skull's base, and Tony found plans for advanced combat robots and other technologies.
• Chen Mo revealed stasis pods containing superheroes from dozens of worlds, some alive and some dead.
• Tony examined planetary records showing that the enemy had wiped out entire worlds, and Chen Mo warned that it collected superheroes and destroyed universes.

After reviewing Brainiac’s collection of powerful captives, Chen Mo ordered Earth’s forces to eliminate dangerous organizations before the collector could return. Meanwhile, Tony, Banner, and Reed Richards began designing a super-robot with independent, hack-resistant control modules.

• Chen Mo showed the leaders Brainiac’s collection, including stronger versions of familiar heroes and villains, and warned that the Crime Syndicate was only an ordinary example among the beings he had captured.
• Chen Mo ordered a three-day crackdown on Hydra, the Ten Rings, the Hand, and other dangerous organizations, and Fury sent twelve joint task forces into action with Wakandan support.
• At S.H.I.E.L.D.’s research base, Reed Richards proposed building robots with independent control modules that could not be remotely taken over through a central system.
• Tony, Banner, and Reed began the super-robot project, and Tony proposed starting with a fifty-meter model made from Vibranium.

Fury used Chen Mo’s authorization to raid S.H.I.E.L.D. bases while Tony, Reed, and Banner argued over the design of a giant mech. Odin sent Asgardian troops, equipment, and dwarf craftsmen to Earth, leaving the mech packed with weapons and mixed technology but still untested.

• Fury invoked Chen Mo’s authorization to silence the World Security Council and ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. teams to raid resistant bases and seize supplies.
• Tony, Reed, and Banner disagreed over the mech’s control system and energy distribution at the Pacific experimental base.
• Thor told Odin that Earth was building a weapon against invaders, and Odin decided to send Asgardian forces and dwarf craftsmen to Earth.
• Odin ordered that Asgard’s emblem be added to the mech, and the Bifrost brought troops, equipment, and craftsmen to the base.
• Tony revised the mech’s energy plan and enlarged its main cannon as Earth and Asgardian technology were combined in the unfinished machine.

Asgardian soldiers and craftsmen overwhelmed the Pacific experimental base, driving up Fury’s expenses and leaving the Avengers feeling outmatched. Fury confronted Thor about the cost of the Asgardians’ support just as Chen Mo arrived and caught Thor and Loki with the liquor.

• Asgardian soldiers and dwarf craftsmen crowded the base, took over its facilities, and consumed supplies, prompting Fury to review a bill showing costs far over budget.
• Steve, Clint, and Natasha reflected on how their usual skills seemed less useful alongside the new technology and powerful allies.
• Thor brought Asgardian liquor for the warriors, and Steve took a gulp before coughing from its strength while Loki mocked the mortals.
• Fury confronted Thor about the expense of feeding the Asgardian contingent, and Thor wondered if they had to bring their own food.
• The base alarm sounded, and Chen Mo entered the lounge, accused Thor and Loki of feasting behind his back, and made Loki retreat behind Thor.

Chen Mo visited the Pacific Ocean base, where Fury and Tony argued with him over the costs of building the super-mecha. As construction continued, the Avengers relaxed in the lounge, and Tony said the mecha could be ready for testing in three days.

• Chen Mo drank half a barrel of Asgardian liquor and complained that it tasted watered down.
• Fury presented Chen Mo with a bill showing the project was 670 percent over budget, citing food costs and stolen reserve alloys.
• Tony demanded that Chen Mo cover the extra expenses, but Chen Mo argued with Tony and Fury until both gave up on collecting.
• Tony said the mecha could begin testing in three days if the Asgardians stopped dismantling the base's pipes.
• Clint asked whether the mecha would still need an archer on its head, and Tony joked about strapping him to a missile.
• Loki stayed quietly in the corner while the Avengers spent the day chatting as engineers assembled the mecha.

Earth’s first interstellar-class war mecha entered trial operation, but its faulty threat detection caused it to fire at the test range and turn toward the assembly area. Chen Mo left his avatar on Earth and traveled to the Justice League universe, where he arrived in a gray zone between two clashing cosmic forces.

• Tony announced that the super mecha had entered trial operation as Earth, Asgardian, and dwarven crews celebrated its assembly.
• The mecha mistook the test range for a threat and fired, then turned its weapon toward the assembly area until Chen Mo blocked its optical lens.
• Chen Mo decided Earth’s defenses were strong enough without him and told Tony that he was leaving while his avatar would remain behind.
• Chen Mo opened a dimensional rift to the Justice League universe and stepped through after warning Tony to point the mecha’s cannon outward during tests.
• Chen Mo arrived in a lifeless gray buffer zone between a radiant band of higher-order energy and a pitch-black abyss.

Chen Mo encountered the World Forger while preparing to enter the DC universe, so he sent a clone instead of his true body. The clone landed in a rain-soaked cyberpunk city, where someone threatened to harvest his organs.

• Chen Mo saw the World Forger examining him but taking no action, and decided not to enter the DC universe with his true body.
• Chen Mo severed his true body's connection to the DC universe and hid in the interspace.
• Chen Mo created a clone and kicked it through several planar barriers toward a nearby world.
• The clone crashed into a damaged city under corrosive acid rain and found himself surrounded by mechanical infrastructure.
• A person pressed a corrosive chainsaw to the clone's neck and demanded his valuable organs.