Chapter Summaries

Su Zhou fulfilled his deal with Lucifer by revealing the events of Hell Detective, then returned to the X-Men after Lucifer left. With Apocalypse gone and the mutants evacuated, Su Zhou confronted Deadpool about what he had witnessed.

• Su Zhou told Lucifer how Mammon and Gabriel led Constantine to sacrifice himself and ascend to Heaven, and Lucifer cured Constantine's lung cancer to prevent his death.
• Lucifer warned Su Zhou that he would eventually claim his soul, but Su Zhou showed him the divine stigmata on his hand, and Lucifer returned through the Gate of Hell.
• Time resumed, and Su Zhou opened a portal to return Professor X and the X-Men to their ruined school after telling them Apocalypse was gone.
• The X-Men retreated through the portal, with Beast carrying Mystique and Phoenix, Magneto levitating Quicksilver, and Cyclops and his brother struggling with their injuries.
• Su Zhou stopped Deadpool from leaving and demanded to know whether he had seen Lucifer, while Deadpool joked about Marvel and DC crossovers.
• Su Zhou threatened to send Deadpool to Lucifer if he could not reach the Time Variance Authority in the next world.

Su Zhou and Idiot watched Wolverine and another Deadpool arrive in Knowhere, where the two Deadpools fought. When Wolverine confronted Su Zhou, Su Zhou claimed he was a victim and dragged out the wounded Idiot.

• Su Zhou joked with Idiot about the impending fight between Deadpool and Wolverine, and the two argued over their past travels.
• Wolverine and a Deadpool fell from the sky, and Wolverine attacked him before the pair began fighting.
• Wolverine dismissed Deadpool’s warning about Paradox and the people who might disappear, then resumed their bloody fight.
• Wolverine sensed Su Zhou nearby and confronted him, while Su Zhou claimed he was a victim and produced Idiot with a hole in his head.

Su Zhou and Wolverine bonded while two Deadpools fought, before the Human Torch’s entrance and attack on Pyro ended in a painful fall. A convoy of mutant villains surrounded the group, and Sabretooth confronted Wolverine, whom Su Zhou identified as his brother.

• Su Zhou shot Deadpool to make him get up, then privately warned Wolverine not to trust the two Deadpools.
• The two Deadpools argued over who was the real Deadpool and fought with their katanas.
• The Human Torch arrived, but Pyro drained his flames and he fell onto an iron frame before hitting the ground.
• The mutant villains surrounded the group in a convoy, and Wolverine and Su Zhou denied knowing the Deadpools and the Human Torch.
• Sabretooth confronted Wolverine, and Su Zhou told Logan that Sabretooth was his brother and called Logan his favorite Wolverine.

Su Zhou killed Sabretooth and helped the X-Men team capture Wolverine and the two Deadpools with a gigantic electromagnet. The chapter ended with Pyro asking why Su Zhou wasn’t affected, and Su Zhou showing off his metal-free combat suit.

• Su Zhou tripped Wolverine, then decapitated Sabretooth with a holy-energy longsword and earned 50 justice points.
• The two Deadpools fought over Sabretooth’s head and traded insults while Pyro signaled Toad to activate the convoy’s gigantic electromagnet.
• The electromagnet pulled Wolverine and both Deadpools onto it because of their Adamantium, and a Sentinel’s thigh crashed into them, silencing them.
• Pyro asked why Su Zhou wasn’t being pulled in, and Su Zhou showed that his combat suit contained no metal.

Su Zhou defeated Pyro and brought him, Toad, and the other captured mutants to the resistance base, where Elektra and her allies welcomed him. Pyro woke up tied to a chair amid the group’s bizarre antics, while Su Zhou explained how he had taken down the others.

• Pyro attacked Su Zhou with a pillar of fire, but Su Zhou blocked it with the Shield of the Seraphim.
• Su Zhou used telepathy to control Toad, who ambushed Pyro and dragged him off the vehicle, leaving him unconscious.
• Su Zhou converted the other captured mutants into justice points and used telepathy on Johnny to learn the route to the resistance base.
• Su Zhou drove the captives to the base, where Elektra and the others welcomed him.
• Pyro woke up tied to a chair and saw Su Zhou, Wolverine, the two Deadpools, and the others behaving strangely.
• Su Zhou told Elektra that Pyro was not muddled and recounted how he had taken down the group.

Su Zhou learned that Paradox planned to use the Time Ripper to erase the universes of everyone in the Void, including Su Zhou’s, and hurried to confront him. Just as he prepared to leave, Elektra and Wolverine sensed more than a hundred Deadpools approaching the resistance base.

• Su Zhou overwhelmed Elektra, then convinced her he meant no harm and brought her to meet the captured Johnny the Human Torch and Pyro.
• Pyro admitted he wanted to kill Cassandra and revealed that Paradox planned to activate the Time Ripper in about ten hours.
• Su Zhou learned his own universe would be erased, freed Pyro, and woke the two Deadpools so he could head after Paradox.
• Deadpool realized Su Zhou could have used the Time Variance Authority tablet to leave the Void all along.
• Elektra sensed the ground shaking, and Wolverine smelled more than a hundred Deadpools outside the base.

Su Zhou lured Cassandra and her Deadpool and mutant followers into the Time Variance Authority, hoping they would disrupt its forces while he escaped. Cassandra followed him into a restroom and cornered him, curious about the stranger she had never seen before.

• Lady Deadpool led a crowd of Deadpools to confront Su Zhou and his companions, and Cassandra arrived through a portal.
• An unseen attacker shot Cassandra in the head, but her copied regeneration healed her wound.
• Su Zhou told Cassandra about Mr. Paradox's plan to erase their timelines and proposed working together, then escaped through a TemPad portal when she refused.
• Su Zhou watched from a restroom as Deadpool, Wolverine, Cassandra, and her followers entered the Time Variance Authority and fought its guards.
• Cassandra found Su Zhou in the men's restroom and cornered him, saying she wanted to add him to her collection.

Su Zhou fought Cassandra in the TVA restroom and repeatedly dismembered her, but her regeneration kept her alive. Exhausted and covered in blood, he emerged to find another bald woman standing before him and called her “Teacher.”

• Su Zhou used his Adamantium Blade to stab Cassandra and pin her to a restroom wall.
• Su Zhou emptied an automatic rifle into Cassandra, shredding her hands and badly damaging her body.
• Su Zhou pulled out the blade, cut open Cassandra’s skull, and destroyed her brain, but she continued regenerating without triggering a system notification.
• Su Zhou spent five minutes chopping Cassandra’s body into pieces, yet still failed to kill her.
• Su Zhou left the restroom covered in blood and found a bald woman, whom he addressed as “Teacher.”

The Ancient One rescued Su Zhou from the Time Variance Authority and explained how her magic and energy exchange with Dormammu worked. She led him to the Office of the God of Time and revealed that Loki was the only God of Time after becoming the World Tree.

• The Ancient One washed the blood off Su Zhou and explained that magic could work in the TVA if its energy crossed the river of time.
• The Ancient One sent Cassandra's regenerating remains into Dormammu's Dark Dimension, and the system announced Cassandra's death while awarding Su Zhou 150 Justice Points.
• The Ancient One told Su Zhou that Kamar-Taj traded its garbage to Dormammu for dark energy.
• The Ancient One led Su Zhou through the deserted TVA and asked who managed the timelines created by Deadpool and Su Zhou.
• At the Office of the God of Time, the Ancient One told Su Zhou that Loki became the sole God of Time when he became the World Tree.

The Ancient One brought Su Zhou to meet Loki, the God of Time, and learned that Loki could grant him a request for saving Frigga. Su Zhou wished to become invincible, so the Ancient One promised to train him into the strongest sorcerer in the universe.

• The Ancient One showed Su Zhou the World Tree of timelines and explained her connection to Loki and the Time Variance Authority.
• Su Zhou realized the Ancient One had dealt with the Mutants who invaded the Time Variance Authority by returning them to their original timelines.
• Loki thanked Su Zhou for saving Frigga and offered to grant him a request.
• Su Zhou wished to become the strongest being in the multiverse, and Loki said the Ancient One could help him.
• The Ancient One promised to make Su Zhou the strongest sorcerer in the universe, leaving him dreading his training.

After helping restore the timelines, Su Zhou stayed behind to collect Justice Points in Knowhere rather than return to Earth. He reunited with Cosmo and Carina, who complained that he had been gone for 199 cosmic days and reminded him that he did not get paid.

• Su Zhou and the Ancient One left the Time Variance Authority after the disrupted timelines were restored and their culprits punished.
• Su Zhou warned Loki and the Ancient One about a possible future in which Hydra Captain and Doctor Doom ruled the multiverse, and showed them Doctor Doom defeating Thanos.
• Loki extended the Ancient One’s life, while the Ancient One gave Su Zhou a spellbook about using the Book of the Vishanti.
• Su Zhou chose to remain away from Earth and returned through a portal to Knowhere to collect Justice Points.
• Cosmo greeted Su Zhou enthusiastically, and Carina told him he had been gone for 199 cosmic days before he protested that he did not get paid.

Su Zhou returned and learned how Carina, Yondu, and Malekith had spent the past six months while he was away. After hearing about their successful operations, he ordered Carina to contact Yondu and Malekith so he could meet them and collect his Justice Points.

• Su Zhou questioned Carina about her unpaid work and asked what Danvers and the others had been doing during his absence.
• Carina explained that Captain Marvel had given her a pager and custom clothes with hidden pockets, then became flustered when Su Zhou asked to see them.
• Cosmo told Su Zhou that Yondu’s Ravagers had built a profitable bounty-delivery business, while Malekith’s Dark Elves had made money through espionage and galactic stock trading.
• Cosmo reported that Yondu and Malekith had also toppled several tyrannical planetary governments and turned the liberated worlds into bases for the Dark Elves.
• Su Zhou told Carina to contact Yondu and Malekith and arrange a meal.

Su Zhou explained the TVA’s new policy to Captain Marvel and asked her to keep leading his organization while he returned to Earth to face Dormammu. When Yondu and Malekith arrived, Su Zhou stopped them from fighting and learned their feud began with the Galactic Awkward Dance Troupe’s jailbreak.

• Su Zhou told Captain Marvel that Loki would separate mutated timelines instead of erasing them, then asked her to remain the organization’s leader.
• Su Zhou explained that he planned to take the Infinity Stones to Earth to fight Dormammu and establish his own Light Dimension, and Captain Marvel agreed to stay in charge.
• Carina brought Yondu and Malekith in, where Su Zhou found Yondu aiming his Yaka Arrow at Malekith and Malekith holding an antimatter bomb against Yondu.
• Su Zhou used the Infinity Stones to make Yondu and Malekith put away their weapons, then asked them to explain their feud and report on their work.
• Yondu and Malekith revealed that Malekith blamed Yondu for allowing the Galactic Awkward Dance Troupe to escape, while Yondu insisted he had followed Su Zhou’s orders.

Su Zhou freed Yondu and Malekith from mind control and granted their requests, then learned Danvers had defeated Thanos. After accusing his system of withholding justice points, Su Zhou drew an SSS-rank skill and received the modified Phoenix Force.

• Su Zhou released Yondu and Malekith from mind control and gave them time to decide what they wanted.
• Malekith asked to name their organization, while Yondu asked Su Zhou to save Peter's life if he ever faced danger; Su Zhou agreed to both requests.
• Danvers told Su Zhou she had broken Thanos's limbs and beaten his generals, leaving them recovering in hospital rooms.
• Su Zhou demanded the system explain its justice-point tally, then ordered an SSS-rank skill draw.
• The system awarded Su Zhou the SSS-rank skill Phoenix Force · Modified.

After absorbing his Telepathy into the Phoenix Force, Su Zhou gained two-fifths of its power and appointed Carina as his representative before returning to Knowhere. He practiced his new abilities, and Carina seized the chance to kiss him and begin their first intimate encounter.

• Su Zhou's Telepathy merged with the Phoenix Force, increasing his usable power to two-fifths and giving him control over physical objects.
• Yondu and Malekith gave Su Zhou communication watches and reports on their organization, and he named Carina its CEO and representative.
• Su Zhou opened a portal and left for Knowhere, forgetting to take Cosmo with him.
• Su Zhou practiced the Phoenix Force in his room, floating and crushing furniture until he learned to control it.
• Carina returned with Cosmo, saw the wrecked room, then embraced and kissed Su Zhou, and they acknowledged that it was the first time for both of them.

Su Zhou and Danvers opened the Gate of Hell intending to challenge Dormammu, but discovered it led to Hel, where Hela was imprisoned. Danvers immediately overwhelmed Hela in a one-sided fight, while Su Zhou watched from nearby.

• Su Zhou left Carina sleeping and recruited Danvers to help him attack Dormammu in the Dark Dimension.
• Su Zhou opened the Gate of Hell on an abandoned mining asteroid, but he and Danvers sensed that its aura did not match Dormammu's dimension.
• Hela emerged from the gateway and declared that Su Zhou should kneel before her.
• Danvers punched Hela back through the gate, then followed her into Hel.
• Su Zhou entered Hel and watched Danvers beat Hela around with her speed and strength.

Su Zhou cleared the death energy from Hel and unknowingly became its master, discovering Odin had prepared the realm and the Valkyrie Corps for Hela. With Hela beaten by Danvers and the Valkyries restored as souls, Su Zhou asked who led them, and three sisters stepped forward.

• Su Zhou used the Phoenix Force to clear Hel’s death energy and discovered the souls of the Valkyrie Corps among the bones.
• Su Zhou realized Hel was a realm Odin had prepared for Hela, with the Valkyries intended as her army, but Hela had refused to bind herself to it.
• Su Zhou’s power bound Hel to him, transforming the realm and leaving him unable to give it back without dying.
• The restored Valkyrie souls cheered as Danvers beat Hela, while Su Zhou wondered what to do with them and how to explain Hel to Odin.
• Urd, Verdandi, and Skuld introduced themselves as leaders of the Valkyrie Corps after Su Zhou asked who was in charge.

Su Zhou revived the Valkyries, who rejected Asgard and swore loyalty to him, increasing his power over Hel. Odin arrived and attacked Danvers before battling Hela, but Danvers struck back as Su Zhou restrained Hela and held Gungnir to her neck.

• Su Zhou introduced himself to the Valkyries and offered them the choice to leave or stay in Hel.
• Urd rejected Valhalla on behalf of the Valkyries, and they swore eternal loyalty to Su Zhou.
• The Valkyries' pledge gave Su Zhou complete control of Hel and increased his power.
• Odin arrived and accidentally struck Danvers with Gungnir before Hela attacked him.
• Odin pinned Hela down, but Danvers knocked him off his horse and fought him.
• Su Zhou healed and restrained Hela, then held Gungnir to her neck and shouted for everyone to stop.

Su Zhou stopped Danvers from continuing to attack Odin, then accused Odin of endangering Kamar-Taj by preparing Hela to rule Hel. Odin countered by proposing that Su Zhou marry Hela, but Su Zhou refused and challenged Odin to prove Hel belonged to him.

• After Odin withdrew his spear, Danvers punched him again until Su Zhou restrained her with an energy rope.
• Su Zhou accused Odin of risking a dimensional invasion by preparing Hela to rule Hel and demanded an explanation on Kamar-Taj’s behalf.
• Odin proposed Hela as a bride for Su Zhou, arguing that Su Zhou had already taken control of Hel and the Valkyrie Corps.
• Hela tried to break free of Danvers’s restraints, but Su Zhou bound her with sacred energy ropes.
• Su Zhou rejected Odin’s marriage plan and asked him to call Hel back if it truly belonged to him.

Su Zhou sent Hela and Odin’s Gungnir back to Asgard, then erased Odin’s trail to Hel and explained to Danvers why he believed Odin and Hela had treated the Valkyries as political pawns. He revived Urd, renamed Hel as Heaven, and tasked her with restoring the other Valkyries while he prepared to visit Asgard.

• Su Zhou sent Hela and Gungnir through a portal to Asgard, then closed it and erased the coordinates Odin had left behind.
• Danvers questioned Su Zhou’s decision to return Hela, and Su Zhou explained that Odin and Hela had treated the Valkyries as political casualties rather than people.
• Su Zhou told Danvers that Asgard was in turmoil and that Hela’s return would give the realm plenty to contend with.
• Su Zhou used sacred energy to restore Urd’s body, gave her control of the dimension, and renamed Hel as Heaven.
• Su Zhou ordered Urd to revive the remaining Valkyries with wings and gave her access to sacred energy from the Divine Dimension.