Chapter Summaries

Nick Fury’s forces crushed Hydra’s uprising and cornered Alexander Pierce, who admitted Fury had deliberately lured him into a trap. Tony Stark stopped Pierce from killing himself and beat him for murdering Tony’s parents, as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents watched and Hydra’s defeat was sealed.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. forces and disguised T-1000s overwhelmed Hydra’s remaining fighters and trapped them in the underground carrier base.
• Nick Fury confronted Pierce, who realized Fury had left him room to act so he could eliminate Hydra’s roots in one sweep.
• Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Maria Hill, Coulson, and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents surrounded the command room as Pierce conceded defeat and raised his gun to his temple.
• Tony Stark burst through the ceiling and knocked the gun from Pierce’s hand with a repulsor blast.
• Tony seized Pierce and beat him for arranging the deaths of Howard Stark and Maria Stark while the agents silently allowed the reckoning to continue.
• Hydra’s forces were defeated, and Pierce’s era as a S.H.I.E.L.D. schemer ended.

After Hydra was purged from S.H.I.E.L.D., Rimuru brought the captured Winter Soldier to the Triskelion, forcing Tony to confront the man who had killed his parents. Tony recognized that Bucky had been brainwashed, but admitted that he could not get past his grief and hatred, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Rimuru arrived at the devastated Triskelion, where Fury and Steve accepted Tony's killing of Pierce as a necessary end to Hydra's crimes.
• Rimuru brought the brainwashed Bucky Barnes into the command room, and Steve was shaken by his friend's vacant, unfamiliar expression.
• Tony entered and turned his fury toward Bucky, but Steve stepped between them and pleaded with him to remember that Bucky had been controlled by Hydra.
• Tony acknowledged that Bucky was a brainwashed victim, yet confessed that he could not forgive the man whose hands had killed his parents.
• Steve and Rimuru watched in silence as Tony remained torn between his understanding of Bucky's innocence and the pain of his parents' deaths.

After trading two thousand T-1000s to Nick Fury for an unfinished Helicarrier, Rimuru had Black Dragon move the carrier to his virtual planet and turned it into a lavish airborne retreat. S.H.I.E.L.D. rapidly rebuilt with the robots while Nick Fury began investigating why Rimuru wanted to find Wanda Maximoff and Pietro Maximoff.

• Tony beat Bucky with a few punches, then threatened to settle the score once Bucky was himself, while Steve took Bucky for treatment.
• Rimuru asked Nick Fury to help find Wanda Maximoff and Pietro Maximoff, and Nick Fury explained that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been crippled by Hydra and lacked personnel.
• Nick Fury asked Rimuru to leave robots behind to help rebuild S.H.I.E.L.D.; Rimuru agreed to trade two thousand T-1000s for an unfinished Helicarrier.
• Rimuru had Black Dragon carry the nearly completed Helicarrier to his designated airspace over the virtual planet and began exploring it.
• Nick Fury used the T-1000s to accelerate S.H.I.E.L.D.'s reconstruction and asked Hill to revise the rebuilding plan around the new robotic forces.
• Rimuru planned a luxurious lounge aboard the Helicarrier and named his new mobile sky home Cloudtop Heavenly Palace.

Rimuru found Wanda and Pietro at an abandoned research institute in Sokovia, where Wanda’s uncontrolled Chaos Magic made her powers impossible to suppress or analyze. After earning the siblings’ trust, he brought them to his private estate for shelter, leaving them in a peaceful haven.

• Nick Fury told Rimuru that S.H.I.E.L.D. had located the Maximoff siblings at an abandoned research institute in Sokovia.
• Rimuru arrived and found Pietro protecting Wanda as her volatile Chaos Magic threw rubble into the air and distorted the surroundings.
• Rimuru failed to analyze or control Wanda’s Chaos Magic, then eased his approach and reassured the frightened siblings that he would not hurt or capture them.
• Wanda’s energy subsided as Rimuru acknowledged her fear, and he offered the siblings safe shelter at his private estate.
• Pietro and Wanda accepted Rimuru’s offer, and he used a portal to take them to the peaceful estate.

Rimuru cared for Pietro and Wanda while trying unsuccessfully to control Wanda’s Chaos Magic. When they learned he was close friends with Tony Stark, their hatred of Tony clashed with their trust in Rimuru, leaving them hurt and conflicted.

• Pietro and Wanda gradually relaxed and trusted Rimuru, who protected them whenever Wanda’s Chaos Magic ran wild.
• Rimuru tried magic, laws, mental energy, and Universal Analysis to control Wanda’s power, but none of them worked.
• Pietro asked Rimuru about his friends, and Rimuru named Tony Stark among them, causing the siblings’ hatred of Tony to resurface.
• Pietro asked whether Rimuru and Tony were close, and Rimuru honestly said they were good friends.
• Rimuru offered to take the siblings to beat Tony up and explained that Obadiah had secretly resold the weapons that destroyed their home; their anger eased, but their hatred remained.

Rimuru brought Wanda and Pietro to confront Tony over their parents’ deaths, and they beat him while Rimuru kept him healed. Tony apologized and offered compensation, but the siblings refused, leaving him to hope he could make amends over time.

• Rimuru brought Wanda and Pietro to Tony and explained that Stark Industries’ weapons had killed their parents.
• Pietro tackled Tony, and he and Wanda beat him while Rimuru healed him with recovery potions.
• After the beating, Tony accused Rimuru of arranging the spectacle, then fell silent as he considered his responsibility for the siblings’ loss.
• Tony sincerely apologized and offered compensation and help, but Pietro and Wanda said money and protection could not erase their suffering.
• Tony accepted that they might not forgive him and said he hoped to make amends; Wanda nodded but said nothing.

Rimuru brought Wanda and Pietro to Kamar-Taj after Wanda's uncontrolled powers continued to threaten their home. The Ancient One identified Wanda's power as Chaos Magic and agreed to take the siblings in for training.

• Wanda and Pietro agreed to let Rimuru take them to an expert who could help control Wanda's powers.
• Rimuru opened a portal and brought the siblings to Kamar-Taj, where the Ancient One welcomed them.
• The Ancient One contained Wanda's chaotic energy and recognized it as Chaos Magic that could warp reality.
• Rimuru admitted he could not analyze or control Wanda's power and asked the Ancient One to help.
• The Ancient One warned that Wanda was a dangerous variable in future timelines, then agreed to take the siblings in.

Rimuru met Kaecilius at Kamar-Taj and questioned the Ancient One about taking on an apprentice who might fall into darkness. The Ancient One explained that she wanted to guide Kaecilius and trusted Strange to take responsibility for what came next.

• Rimuru ran into Kaecilius in a Kamar-Taj corridor and claimed he was a disciple returning from a trip.
• Rimuru asked the Ancient One why she had taken Kaecilius as an apprentice despite knowing he might betray her and fall into darkness.
• The Ancient One said Kaecilius deserved the chance to choose his own path and that her duty was to guide him before he made that choice.
• Rimuru worried that changes to the future and Wanda's power would leave Earth without the Ancient One to protect it.
• The Ancient One said Strange would take on the next Sorcerer Supreme's responsibilities and hinted that she could still provide backup.
• When Rimuru asked whether they needed to worry about Kaecilius, the Ancient One told him to leave Kaecilius to Strange.

Rimuru learned that S.H.I.E.L.D. had appointed him a special consultant without his consent and asked him to investigate Mjolnir in New Mexico. He reached the site, met Coulson and Agent Barton, and left Barton skeptical of his credentials.

• Nick Fury called Rimuru for help with a hammer that no one could lift in New Mexico, and Rimuru recognized it as Thor’s Mjolnir.
• Nick Fury revealed that Tony Stark had agreed to make Rimuru an honorary consultant and special external member of S.H.I.E.L.D. on his behalf.
• Rimuru explained that Thor and Odin were real aliens, then opened a portal to New Mexico and used S.H.I.E.L.D.’s emailed address to find the town.
• Rimuru met Coulson and learned that Coulson had once found a blue silicone ball in the desert, which reminded Rimuru of his arrival on Earth.
• Coulson introduced Agent Barton as a level-eight S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and Rimuru as a special consultant, and Barton doubted Rimuru looked qualified.

Rimuru visited the crater holding Mjolnir and revealed that he knew Thor’s identity and the reason Odin had exiled him. The chapter left Thor overwhelmed as Rimuru proposed putting him to work at the S.H.I.E.L.D. base.

• Rimuru showed Barton a Sword of Vishanti, and Coulson explained that Rimuru’s abilities were unusually powerful.
• Rimuru recognized Mjolnir and learned from Coulson that Thor had been detained after trying to take it.
• Rimuru told Thor that Odin had stripped him of his powers to teach him humility and warned that Loki was plotting to seize the throne.
• Rimuru suggested that Thor work at the S.H.I.E.L.D. base for food and lodging, while Coulson and Barton worried about the arrangement.
• Rimuru told Coulson to classify his Asgard information at the highest level and send it to Nick Fury, then proposed giving Thor a tour of the base.

Rimuru confronted Loki when he appeared at the crater and exposed his claim that Odin was dead as a lie. The truth that Odin was only in the Odinsleep revived Thor’s hope, while Loki turned his attention to the mysterious Rimuru.

• Rimuru and Thor failed to lift Mjolnir, and Loki arrived at the crater under cover of an illusion.
• Rimuru revealed Loki’s presence after spotting the footprints he had left in the sand.
• Loki told Thor that Odin had died and that he had temporarily taken the throne of Asgard.
• Rimuru accused Loki of lying and explained that Odin had entered the Odinsleep.
• Thor stopped grieving and asked Loki whether Odin was still alive, while Loki questioned who Rimuru was and why he knew Asgard’s secrets.

Rimuru forced Loki’s phantom to retreat after exposing his deception and hinting that Loki was a Frost Giant. Thor began to reconsider how he could prove himself worthy, while S.H.I.E.L.D. recorded the incident and Selvig arranged to take Thor away under the name Dr. Donald Blake.

• Loki threatened Rimuru, but backed down after seeing the Sword of Vishanti and withdrew when Rimuru warned that his Frost Giant identity could be exposed.
• Thor asked Rimuru whether Odin was safe, and Rimuru urged him to focus on proving himself worthy of lifting Mjolnir.
• Barton reported the phantom and the Odinsleep revelations to Fury, who ordered S.H.I.E.L.D. to archive the information and suppress it publicly.
• Selvig told Coulson that Thor was Dr. Donald Blake and asked to take him away, while Rimuru laughed at their cover story.

Loki sent the Destroyer to Midgard after learning that the Warriors Three and Sif had gone to help Thor. They reunited with Thor and revealed that Loki had imprisoned Odin, just as the Destroyer arrived outside town.

• Heimdall defied Loki by helping the Warriors Three and Sif travel to Midgard to find Thor.
• Loki discovered their passage and unleashed the Destroyer, ordering it to burn Thor and anyone who helped him.
• The Warriors Three and Sif reunited with Thor at the tavern, where Sif told him that Loki had seized the throne and imprisoned Odin.
• Thor and his friends rushed outside as a mysterious energy vortex formed over the desert and a heavy object crashed down.

The Destroyer attacked Thor and his friends, but after Coulson called for help, Loki redirected it toward Rimuru. Rimuru turned the Destroyer’s first blast back on it, but the weapon quickly healed and prepared to fire again.

• The Destroyer arrived in town, and Thor urged the residents to evacuate while his friends stood with him.
• The Destroyer defeated the Warriors Three, and Coulson asked Rimuru to stop it from behind a distant slope.
• The Destroyer abandoned the injured Asgardians and targeted Rimuru after Loki recognized him.
• Rimuru opened a portal and redirected the Destroyer’s blast into its own chest, but its armor rapidly repaired itself.
• The Destroyer charged another shot, and Rimuru opened a larger portal and challenged it to fire.

Rimuru repeatedly overwhelmed the Destroyer, but its rapid regeneration made every attack pointless. Coulson suggested that Rimuru hold it off until it ran out of energy, leaving Rimuru doubtful that the magical armor could be worn down that way.

• The Destroyer struck Rimuru with a wrecked car and fired at him, but Rimuru survived and complained about the unfair attack.
• Loki ordered the Destroyer to attack again, and Rimuru blasted off its head before it quickly regenerated.
• Rimuru donned his Dragon Knight Armor and punched the Destroyer into a ruined building, but it repaired itself almost instantly.
• Rimuru unleashed a relentless barrage of punches, kicks, Black Flame Lightning, and Swords of Vishanti, yet the Destroyer repeatedly reassembled.
• Rimuru blasted the Destroyer into molten metal, but it reformed, and Coulson urged him to hold it off until its energy ran out.

Thor regained his godly power after understanding the responsibility of the God of Thunder, and he destroyed the Destroyer with Mjolnir. Rimuru was left frustrated that Thor had struck the machine instead of zapping him, while Thor prepared to confront Loki.

• Rimuru kept fighting the Destroyer, which continually healed, until he gave up and waited for Thor to act.
• Thor understood the meaning of Odin's exile and responsibility, awakening his godly power as Loki reacted in disbelief.
• The Destroyer charged Thor, and Rimuru pinned it down while urging Thor to strike him with lightning.
• Thor smashed the Destroyer with Mjolnir, destroying it completely, and Rimuru complained that he had wanted Thor to zap him.
• Rimuru claimed he had been practicing an ancient cultivation method, and Thor apologized before preparing to deal with Loki.

After Thor and the Asgardians returned home, Rimuru was confronted by Stan Lee, who froze time to discuss Rimuru’s role in the story. Stan Lee restored Rimuru’s powers and encouraged him to keep adventuring, leaving Rimuru ready to negotiate with Coulson over the Destroyer fragments and tell him about Dr. Selvig.

• Thor told Jane he had to return to Asgard to protect it and wake his father, then promised to come back for her.
• Thor, Sif, and the Warriors Three left through the Bifrost while Coulson began arranging cleanup and considering how to report the incident.
• Rimuru noticed time had stopped and his abilities were unavailable, then discovered Stan Lee was beside him sketching the frozen scene.
• Stan Lee told Rimuru that his presence added interesting twists to the story, restored his dormant power, and advised him not to cause too much trouble.
• Stan Lee vanished as time resumed, and Rimuru decided to discuss the Destroyer fragments and Dr. Selvig with Coulson.

After the Destroyer Armor battle, Rimuru questioned whether technology could protect him from powerful mystical beings and learned that Stan Lee had granted him twenty percent authority over the Marvel Universe. He chose to pursue both technology and mysticism, then prepared to claim his share of the Destroyer remains for study.

• Rimuru asked the system whether it could rescue him from a powerful opponent and worried that he could not keep fleeing across universes.
• The system explained the tradeoffs between technology and mysticism, and Rimuru recognized that he wanted a way to protect himself in the Marvel Universe.
• Coulson reported Rimuru's request for the Destroyer remains to Fury, who agreed that Rimuru could take two-thirds while S.H.I.E.L.D. kept the rest.
• The system told Rimuru that Stan Lee had granted him twenty percent authority, improving his resistance to the universe's rules, his ability to learn mystical powers, and his access to Creative Mode.
• Rimuru duplicated a fragment of Uru metal, embraced developing both technology and mysticism, and went to claim his share of the remains from Coulson.

After struggling against the immortal Destroyer, Rimuru recognized that technology and armor could not overcome foes empowered by divine laws, so he used his newly unlocked mystical access to strengthen his own abilities. He left the chapter with upgraded magic, armor, and training capabilities, preparing to challenge far stronger enemies.

• Rimuru concluded that he needed to develop his own power and mastery of laws rather than rely on equipment, and planned to analyze the Destroyer fragments, seek lightning from Thor, and study advanced magic with the Ancient One.
• Rimuru returned to the Cloudtop Heavenly Palace and used his 20% mystical access to enhance his abilities and Great Sage's analysis.
• Rimuru analyzed the Destroyer's Uru metal and Asgardian runes, while his research unlocked Gillvalis's complete virtual space.
• Rimuru used the virtual space to refine his elemental attacks, improve Universal Sense, and master advanced Kamar-Taj spatial and dimensional magic.
• Great Sage integrated Asgardian runes into the Dragon Knight Armor, while Rimuru's Lightning Resistance neared immunity through simulated training.
• Rimuru demonstrated that his law-infused Black Flame Lightning could break a simulated Destroyer's self-healing barrier and resolved to consolidate his new strength.

Rimuru used the Ancient One’s dimensional passages to borrow power from several dimension lords, then used his authority to devour it and break through his level bottleneck. The lords blacklisted him, and Rimuru ended the chapter vowing to take their power himself once he was strong enough.

• Rimuru asked the Ancient One to help him borrow dimensional power so he could raise his level.
• The Ancient One opened passages to the dimensions of Dormammu, Cyttorak, Chthon, and other lords, while promising to block their retaliation.
• Rimuru used his authority to sever the contracts and karmic bonds, then devoured the incoming power and broke through his bottleneck.
• The dimension lords tried to pursue Rimuru, but the Ancient One sealed the dimensional barriers and kept them from reaching Earth.
• The dimension lords blacklisted Rimuru and cut off his access to their dimensional power.
• Rimuru recorded his grudges in a notebook and told the Ancient One he would take the lords’ power himself after mastering his authority.