Recaps

Rimuru helped launch the Extremis treatment while designing increasingly specialized upgrades for the Transformers. The arc left Ratchet newly equipped for combat and battlefield repair after he proved his self-healing armor against Megatron.

• Rimuru and his collaborators released Extremis treatments, then used Fury’s cover story to protect the technology from investors seeking life-extension research.
• Rimuru began planning individualized Transformer upgrades and outfitted Optimus Prime, Megatron, Jazz, and other Autobot and Decepticon fighters with specialized armor, weapons, and defenses.
• Optimus Prime and Megatron tested their upgrades in repeated duels, and Rimuru discovered Megatron’s hidden triple-changing forms and repaired his transformation systems.
• Rimuru gave Bumblebee a reinforced skeleton and a regenerating shell that could split into multiple bodies, which Bumblebee tested against Megatron.
• Rimuru sent Megatron to fight the Predacons and brought Optimus Prime to challenge the Dinobots, then restored the Dinobots’ jungle habitat after they submitted.
• Ratchet asked Rimuru for combat power so he could protect his comrades on the front lines, and Rimuru designed a medical-combat hybrid upgrade for him.
• Rimuru reinforced Ratchet with Uru steel and self-healing T-1000 liquid-metal armor, preserving his medical abilities and transformation system.
• Ratchet tested his new body against Megatron, whose opening punch dented the armor before it repaired itself within seconds.

Rimuru captured Riot, helped Eddie and Anne reconcile, and recruited Anne to build the electric-car company’s legal framework. After Anne defeated an industry alliance’s lawsuit and new regulations were enacted, Rimuru prepared to launch Super Electric Vehicles across the market.

• Rimuru upgraded Starscream and Barricade, then received a Flerken from Nick Fury and later discussed Peggy’s possible continued existence with Steve.
• Rimuru visited Cybertron, accepted Metroplex as a mobile base, and took the Titan’s damaged transformation gear to repair.
• Rimuru found Eddie struggling with Venom, supplied special chocolate, and persuaded Venom to stop eating people and help lure Riot.
• Rimuru sent Eddie’s evidence to Nick Fury, who ordered a task force to target the Life Foundation, while Rimuru hired Eddie to promote his electric cars.
• Rimuru trapped Riot at the launch site, injured and subdued it, then sealed it in a reinforced jar.
• Tony coached Eddie to express his feelings, and Eddie and Anne reconciled after he confessed and apologized.
• Rimuru hired Anne to lead the electric-car company’s legal affairs, and her team developed regulations and defeated an automaker and finance alliance’s lawsuit.
• Government departments enacted comprehensive electric-vehicle regulations, and Rimuru prepared to launch Super Electric Vehicles across the market.

Rimuru joined the Avengers after Loki stole the Tesseract, then deployed his mechanical forces to help defeat the Chitauri invasion of New York. With Loki subdued, the Avengers searched for his missing Scepter until Eddie and Venom emerged from the ruins holding it.

• Rimuru launched Super Electric Cars, created self-healing liquid metal, and restored Metroplex’s Transformation Cog while awaiting a suitable site for him.
• Loki used the Mind Stone Scepter to control Hawkeye and escape with Dr. Selvig, prompting Nick Fury to summon Rimuru and the Avengers, and Rimuru agreed to help in exchange for access to the Tesseract after the war.
• Rimuru joined the Avengers aboard the Helicarrier, where they captured Loki and discovered that he planned to open a portal using the Tesseract, while Rimuru recognized the Scepter’s influence behind their growing hostility.
• Loki’s forces attacked the Helicarrier, and Rimuru calmed Banner and treated Natasha before Loki stabbed Coulson, and Fury staged Coulson’s death to unite the Avengers and agreed to give Rimuru land for a base.
• Tony found Selvig activating the portal device at Stark Tower, and the Tesseract opened a portal that brought the Chitauri Army into New York.
• Rimuru destroyed the Chitauri leviathans, then deployed Terminators and Transformers to protect civilians and defeat the ground and air forces while Thor fought Loki.
• The World Security Council tried to launch nuclear strikes at New York, but Fury and the T-1000s intercepted both fighters, and Hulk then subdued Loki after Rimuru recorded the beating.
• The Avengers searched for Loki’s missing Scepter, and Eddie and Venom emerged from the rubble holding it, alarming Natasha.

Rimuru traveled to Asgard after the Battle of New York, secured Odin’s trust, and prepared for Ragnarok by protecting the Dwarves and asking Veldora to guard the realm. After evolving into a Demon Lord and receiving an Asgardian title, he returned to Earth with Pietro’s armor and reunited with Pepper.

• Rimuru destroyed the Chitauri fleet with Galactron, then traveled with Thor and Loki to Asgard to secure the Tesseract and prepare to protect the realm.
• Rimuru warned Odin that his death would free Hela and bring Ragnarok, and Odin agreed to trust him with Asgard’s survival.
• Rimuru commissioned superspeed armor for Pietro from the Dwarf King and gave the Dwarves a device to shelter Nidavellir during a catastrophe.
• Rimuru evolved into a Demon Lord with Thor’s lightning, and Odin appointed him Asgard’s representative and god of wandering and play.
• Rimuru freed Veldora and persuaded him to remain in Asgard as its guardian while Rimuru collected Pietro’s completed armor from Nidavellir.
• Rimuru returned to New York, told Tony he had become a Demon Lord, and apologized to Pepper for leaving without telling her he was safe.