Chapter Summaries

As the Temporal Loom neared collapse, Loki realized he could save the multiverse by taking the throne at the end of time and sustaining its timelines himself. He restrained his friends, sacrificed his freedom to become the God of Stories, and promised Thor Odinson they would meet again.

• OB, Victor Timely, Mobius, B-15, and Cassie concluded that the overloaded Temporal Loom could not contain the endlessly growing timelines.
• Mobius spotted a throne behind the Temporal Loom, and Sylvie urged Loki to seek help from Thor at Knowhere.
• Loki declared the throne was his responsibility, froze Sylvie, and told his friends that becoming the multiverse's anchor was the only way to save it.
• Loki restrained his friends, kissed Sylvie goodbye, and entered the temporal storm as the gate closed behind him.
• Loki reached the throne, shaped the tangled timelines into a glowing tree, and became the God of Stories.
• Loki found Thor Odinson across the universes and said he would wait for him at the end of time.

Thor met the Ancient One to seek the Time Stone and help prevent Ragnarok, and she agreed to give it to him if he helped Wanda become the next Sorcerer Supreme. After the Ancient One left, Betsy confronted Thor about pursuing someone else, and he found himself facing an intimate punishment.

• Betsy asked the Ancient One about magic, and the Ancient One recognized her from a different universe.
• Thor told the Ancient One he wanted to stop Ragnarok and obtain the Infinity Stones, and she offered him the Time Stone in exchange for helping Wanda take her place as Sorcerer Supreme.
• The Ancient One explained that the future could change and that the Infinity Stones held laws whose power varied between universes.
• Thor agreed to the Ancient One's condition, and she handed him the Time Stone before leaving through a portal.
• Betsy confronted Thor for pursuing another woman so soon after getting together, and Thor tried to justify it as necessary for Asgard and the multiverse.
• Betsy kissed Thor and suggested keeping him too occupied to think about other women.

Thor said goodbye to Betsy and prepared to rescue Groot’s teammates, while refining his control over the Time Stone and creating a replica of Stormbreaker. He left the Prime Universe with Groot, Betsy, and Classic Loki, while Natasha and the others stayed behind to gather intelligence.

• Betsy confronted Thor about his feelings for another woman and asked him to spend time with her after he rescued Groot’s teammates.
• Thor created a Stormbreaker replica with the Law of Reality, then began refining his Law of Time using the Time Stone.
• Thor made Betsy dark purple armor and gave her two Uru blades before they joined Groot, Classic Loki, Natasha, and the others outside the Mirror Dimension.
• Thor broke the Mirror Dimension, warned Captain Carter to watch out for Nick Fury, and opened a portal to take Groot, Betsy, and Classic Loki to another universe.
• Natasha and Iron Fist Danny identified Thor’s warning as referring to S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Nick Fury, and Natasha looked toward Hell’s Kitchen as a possible source of money.

Star-Lord and Rocket faced the Black Order on a barren planet after their ship crashed, fighting to protect Gamora and avenge Groot. Just as Corvus Glaive moved to kill the wounded Peter, Thor arrived and blocked his blade.

• Peter ordered Gamora and Nebula to evacuate Drax and Mantis while he and Rocket prepared to hold off the Black Order.
• Ebony Maw and the Black Order arrived, and Rocket opened fire, prompting Cull Obsidian to charge.
• Peter and Rocket trapped Cull Obsidian and Corvus Glaive with their prepared devices, but the Black Order broke free and counterattacked.
• Cull Obsidian struck Peter with his axe, and Corvus Glaive destroyed Rocket’s enlarged cannon.
• Corvus Glaive raised his blade to execute Peter, but Thor arrived and stopped it with his axe.

Thor and his companions overwhelmed the Black Order, prompting Thanos to arrive and challenge Thor himself. Thanos appeared with three Infinity Stones and declared that he would finally act personally.

• Ebony Maw threatened Thor, who identified himself as the Thor who had killed Thanos, and Betsy and Classic Loki prepared to fight beside him.
• Betsy split Ebony Maw’s telekinetic attack and then knocked Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight back in their first clash.
• Groot grew to giant size and sent Cull Obsidian flying with a single punch, astonishing Rocket Raccoon and Peter Quill.
• Ebony Maw unleashed a planetary-scale telekinetic field, but Thor erased it with the Law of Reality and created a moth orchid for Betsy.
• Thanos arrived on a floating throne, acknowledged Thor’s power, and raised his gauntlet with three Infinity Stones as he prepared to fight.

Thor fought Thanos, who wielded the Power, Reality, and Space Stones, while Classic Loki led Betsy and the others to reunite with the Guardians. The reunion revealed that Gamora and Nebula had feared their friends were dead, and the group settled back into their usual chaotic antics.

• Thanos armed himself with Tyrant's Blade and attacked Thor, who countered with his mastery of the Laws of Power and Oblivion.
• Ebony Maw shielded himself and the others from the shockwaves as Classic Loki opened a portal and led Betsy, Peter, Rocket, and Groot away.
• Gamora prepared to sacrifice herself to stop Thanos from obtaining the Soul Stone, but Nebula slapped her and urged her to fight instead of giving up.
• Classic Loki, Betsy, Peter, Rocket, and Groot appeared nearby, revealing that they had survived and overheard Gamora and Nebula's argument.
• Gamora grabbed Peter and kneed him, while Betsy questioned whether this disorderly group was the Guardians of the Galaxy who saved the universe.

Thor fought Thanos across a doomed planet and used Heaven-Defying Comprehension to master the law of power, then began learning the law of space during their battle. After Thanos gravely wounded him with the power of three Infinity Stones, Thor reversed time and stopped the next strike, asking Thanos for his last words.

• Thor mastered the law of power during his fight with Thanos and countered his enormous energy slash, destroying the planet in their clash.
• Classic Loki evacuated Betsy and the Guardians through a portal, but accidentally brought them to a vessel where Ebony Maw and the Black Order were waiting.
• Thor and Thanos resumed their fight in space, and Thanos used the Space Stone to trap and attack Thor.
• Thanos struck Thor with the combined power of three Infinity Stones, but Thor reversed time to undo the wound.
• Thor caught the Tyrant's Blade between his fingers and challenged Thanos to prepare his last words.

Thor defeated and killed Thanos, took the Infinity Stones and his floating throne, then realized his allies were aboard Thanos's ship. On the ship, Classic Loki and Betsy were subduing Thanos's forces, and Classic Loki killed Ebony Maw.

• Thor used the Law of Time to freeze Thanos, cut off his gauntlet-wearing hand, and took the three Infinity Stones.
• Thor trapped Thanos in a spatial cage, listened to his final warning, then beheaded and annihilated him.
• Thor altered the floating throne's owner-recognition system and stored it in a pocket space before remembering his allies on the planet.
• Rocket Raccoon and Baby Groot fought Chitauri soldiers aboard Thanos's ship while Betsy battled Corvus Glaive and his wife.
• Classic Loki subdued Supergiant, Cull Obsidian, and Black King while fighting Ebony Maw, then stabbed and killed him.

Thor defeated Thanos and his forces, then obtained the coordinates of Vormir from Gamora. He left with Betsy and Classic Loki to seek the Soul Stone, while the Guardians of the Galaxy remained behind.

• Thor found Rocket and Groot fighting a Chitauri soldier, rebuked them, and erased the surviving Black Order members and their weapons with the law of oblivion.
• Thor awakened Mantis and Drax, then asked Gamora to lead him to the Soul Stone; after Peter persuaded her, she gave him Vormir's coordinates.
• Drax learned that Thor had killed Thanos and withdrew in grief and frustration because he had wanted to avenge his family himself.
• Thor gave Groot a World Tree badge and promised to come if the Guardians faced danger they could not handle.
• Thor opened a portal to Vormir and left with Betsy and Classic Loki after Peter thanked him for saving the Guardians.

Thor and his companions traveled to Vormir to obtain the Soul Stone, whose guide explained that it required a soul sacrifice. Thor refused to sacrifice Betsy and discovered that the Stone accepted Mjolnir’s newly created soul instead, leaving him holding the orange Soul Stone.

• Thor, Classic Loki, and Betsy reached Vormir and followed Red Skull into a cave.
• Red Skull explained that the Soul Stone required sacrificing the person the seeker loved most, and Thor told Betsy that Thanos had sacrificed Gamora to obtain it.
• Betsy offered to sacrifice herself for Thor, but he reassured her that he would find another way.
• Thor kicked Red Skull into the abyss, but nothing happened, so he used the Law of Reality to recreate Mjolnir and give it a soul.
• Thor threw Mjolnir into the abyss, and the Soul Stone summoned him; he stopped resisting its teleportation and reappeared holding the Stone.

Thor, Betsy, and Classic Loki traveled to Earth to seek the remaining Infinity Stones, while Thor took a detour for money and food. After spotting Wanda and Vision in Edinburgh, Thor abducted Vision, telling Wanda he would return her husband later.

• Thor led Betsy and Classic Loki through a portal to New York, then robbed a warehouse in Hell's Kitchen for money before heading to KFC.
• Thor explained that he needed to visit Vision to obtain another stone and had mastered the Law of Time.
• In Edinburgh, Vision told Wanda that the stone's warnings had nearly stopped, and Wanda persuaded him to go home rather than seek out Stark.
• Betsy and Classic Loki watched Wanda and Vision, and Classic Loki recognized Wanda as the host of Chaos Magic.
• Thor froze Vision with the Law of Time, stored him in his personal space, and told Wanda he was borrowing her husband.

Wanda and the Avengers investigated Thor’s strange abduction of Vision, while Thor and Classic Loki discussed Thor’s new power and their next destination. Thor and Loki left for Knowhere, with Classic Loki planning to visit the Prime Universe and see Frigga and Asgard once more.

• Wanda searched for Vision after Thor apparently kidnapped him, then called Tony when she could not find him.
• Tony, Banner, Strange, and Wong opened a portal to Edinburgh, where Wanda confirmed Thor had returned Vision through a golden portal.
• Vision told the Avengers that Thor had frozen him, taken him over the sea, touched the Mind Stone without damaging it, and said he would return Vision to his wife when he was done with him.
• Strange calmed Wanda when her Chaos Magic began surging, and the Avengers remained baffled by Thor’s actions.
• Thor completed his mastery of the Law of Soul and the Law of Mind and reached the Universe Level without any dramatic display.
• Classic Loki agreed to travel with Thor to Knowhere before visiting the Prime Universe to see Frigga and Asgard; Thor opened a portal to Knowhere.

Deadpool and Wolverine were transported to Frost City, where Hydra Captain and Winter Soldier captured them and learned that Thor was expected. Thor returned to Emma Frost after handing Valeria the Infinity Stones, and Emma invited him to her residence that night to discuss his enhancement plan.

• Deadpool and Wolverine found themselves in a cyberpunk city and argued over how their movie's plot had changed.
• Hydra Captain and Winter Soldier subdued Wolverine and Deadpool, while Ophelia called Laura and said Wolverine's father had arrived.
• Hydra Captain shrank Deadpool and Wolverine and carried them toward the detention room.
• Thor handed the Infinity Stones and Thanos's throne to Valeria, then visited Emma Frost at the White House.
• Thor offered Emma Frost an enhancement plan based on his mastery of the Infinity Stones, and Emma told him to visit her residence that night.

Thor met Betsy outside Emma's office, and Betsy came out after confronting Emma and took him on a date through Frost City. They discovered General Ross and Betty Ross running a literal Hulk-Brand Didi Express Throw service, and the chapter ended with the pair offering to fling them to their destination.

• Betsy teased Thor outside Emma's office, then went inside to confront Emma while Thor waited.
• Betsy emerged half an hour later, ignored Emma's furious shout, and pulled Thor out on a date.
• Thor and Betsy passed Groot tending the gardens and saw an advertisement for a championship fight between chibi Hulk and Superman Wolf Logan.
• Betsy spotted General Ross and Betty Ross operating a Hulk-Brand Didi Express Throw service for one hundred Frost Coins per trip.
• Ross and Betty outfitted customers with armor and hurled them toward their destinations, then offered Thor and Betsy a ride.

Thor and Betsy headed to the South District arena for a date, but Thor learned Emma Frost had publicly called him the city lord’s wife. After Betsy chose a quiet bar, Thor recognized its young bartender as Lin Lie, the sixty-eighth Iron Fist.

• Betsy paid for a South District trip and insisted Thor join her for the experience.
• General Ross told Thor that Emma Frost had called him the city lord’s wife, angering Thor and amusing Betsy.
• General Ross and Betty sent Thor and Betsy flying to the South District, where Doc Green and Blonsky were nearby.
• Betsy asked Thor to spend the evening with her instead of visiting Emma, and Thor agreed to stand Emma up.
• Thor and Betsy entered a quiet bar, where Thor recognized the bartender as Lin Lie, the sixty-eighth Iron Fist.

Thor and Betsy visited Lin Lie’s bar in Knowhere, where Thor learned how Lin Lie had been imprisoned by the TVA and wondered whether rogue employees were still pruning timelines. Emma Frost arrived and confronted Thor for standing her up.

• Thor recognized Lin Lie as the 68th successor to Iron Fist and asked how he had ended up in Knowhere.
• Lin Lie said he had saved a town marked for destruction by demons, then the TVA had paused time and sent him there.
• Thor offered to help Lin Lie return home because he knew the current head of the TVA.
• Thor and Betsy discussed whether TVA employees had acted against the new regime, while Thor reflected on how reality differed from the stories he knew.
• Lin Lie served Thor and Betsy their drinks, and Thor suggested they share a sip.
• Emma Frost stepped through a spatial rift, accused Thor of standing her up, and ordered him to leave with her.

Emma teleported Betsy away and took Thor to her luxurious room to demand a unique enhancement. After Thor transformed Emma’s mutant abilities, she declared that he would be on the bottom as punishment for standing her up.

• Emma sent Betsy to Valeria’s place, then seized Thor and brought him through a spatial rift to her room.
• Emma demanded a one-of-a-kind enhancement plan from Thor.
• Thor proposed transforming Emma’s diamond form into a Star Diamond Body with new defensive, healing, teleportation, and attack abilities.
• Thor used his laws to enhance Emma, who tested her new diamond powers and approved of the results.
• Emma put her heel on Thor’s chest and told him he could only be on the bottom because he had stood her up.

Thor freed Betsy from Valeria’s lab and tried to make peace with her, but Deadpool interrupted them and asked Thor to stop Mr. Paradox from destroying his universe’s timeline. Thor agreed to help and moved Deadpool into a folded space, leaving Betsy to ask if he was going to save the world again.

• Thor went to Valeria’s lab, where Betsy confronted him about spending the night with Emma and Valeria initially refused to release her.
• Thor gently approached Betsy, and she accepted his hand as he led her out of the lab.
• Deadpool dropped into the street and asked Thor to let Betsy stab him, but Thor trapped him inside a spatial barrier.
• Thor told Deadpool that he knew about Mr. Paradox’s timeline tampering, and Deadpool asked him to save his universe.
• Thor agreed to help, then moved Deadpool and his spatial cage into a folded space to silence him.
• Betsy asked Thor whether he planned to save the world again, and he said he only wanted to get rid of Deadpool.

Thor brought Deadpool to the TVA and reported Mr. Paradox’s crimes, prompting B-15 and Mobius to arrest him. After Thor and Betsy returned to their cabin, Mobius and B-15 took Lin Lie through a portal so he could go home.

• Thor opened a portal to the TVA headquarters and told B-15 and Mobius that Mr. Paradox had planned to destroy Deadpool’s universe and had abused his authority.
• Mobius agreed that Mr. Paradox should face punishment, and B-15 led agents through the portal to arrest him.
• Thor warned Deadpool to leave, then walked away with Betsy; Logan swiped Deadpool into the air after Deadpool flirted with Thor.
• Thor and Betsy returned to their cabin, where Betsy kissed him and declared that she would take the lead.
• Mobius and B-15 apologized to Lin Lie for the TVA employee who had pruned him and offered to take him home.
• Lin Lie thanked Thor and stepped through the portal with Mobius and B-15.

Thor and Classic Loki arrived in the Prime Universe, where Iron Fist Danny explained the team’s mission and Natasha’s infiltration of the Avengers. After Thor discussed the approaching Dark Elf invasion and Loki’s concerns about Ragnarok, Danny received alarming intelligence about the Prime Universe’s Avengers.

• Thor left Betsy behind and traveled to the Prime Universe with Classic Loki, where they found its Natasha tied up and Iron Fist Danny keeping watch.
• Danny explained that this Natasha was part of a plan with Captain Carter to investigate the Prime Universe’s Avengers and Hydra while the local Natasha infiltrated the Avengers.
• Danny revealed that he came from the Ultimate Spider-Man animated universe and had been sent away after changing a timeline to prevent Scorpion from killing a K’un-Lun elder.
• Classic Loki said he would leave after Frigga was safe and suspected Ragnarok was more complicated than it appeared, while Thor warned him to stay cautious in the multiverse.
• Danny received a message reporting that something was very wrong with the Prime Universe’s Avengers.