Chapter Summaries

Alex and Adam's unconscious energy standoff intensified the cosmic storm until Thanos arrived and tried to control Alex with the green gemstone. Alex resisted, awakened, and attacked Thanos, leaving Thanos wounded and questioning who he was.

• Alex and Adam's evenly matched energy contest sent shockwaves across the universe and knocked a small planet from its orbit.
• Thanos appeared beside them, and the Director sent news to Xandar while the Nova Corps debated whether to help Alex.
• Thanos seized Alex and used Cosmic Energy and a green gemstone to try to make him a servant, prompting the Director to order the Nova Corps to retreat.
• Alex's resistance to the gemstone's control caused Thanos to intensify its power, while Alex showed signs of pain but remained unconquered.
• Alex opened his eyes, attacked Thanos with a surge of energy, and forced him to retreat before identifying himself as Alex.

Alex regained his memories and awakened with greatly increased Psionic Power after Thanos’s attempt to control him with the Soul Stone. He faced Thanos, but Thanos overwhelmed his attacks and trapped him with a Black Hole, leaving Alex unable to teleport away.

• Alex recovered his sealed memories and absorbed the mental energy in his consciousness when Thanos tried to control him with the Soul Stone.
• Alex noticed the green gem in Thanos’s hand and realized it might be an Infinity Stone.
• Alex teleported Adam away, and Thanos recognized that Alex had done it.
• Thanos unleashed the cosmic storm, and Alex’s attacks were blocked before they could reach him.
• Thanos made the storm contract until the star system’s planets vanished, then produced a Black Hole whose gravity stopped Alex’s Teleportation.

Alex was gravely injured after Thanos crushed his heart with a Black Hole, while the Nova Corps escaped to Xandar and reported Thanos’s return. The United Cosmic Council gathered on Xandar to confront the threat as Alex remained near death in space.

• Alex’s attempt to attack Thanos’s eyes failed, and Thanos pressed the Black Hole against Alex’s heart, destroying his organs and draining his energy.
• Thanos left Alex tumbling through space, where Alex clung to life and longed to return to Earth and see Emma and the others.
• The Nova Director returned to Xandar with the surviving Novas and told Queen Adora that Thanos had returned and Alex had stayed behind to hold him off.
• Adora ordered the Nova Corps to report Thanos’s return to the United Cosmic Council and called for the universe’s powers to unite.
• Within days, news of Thanos’s return spread, and the United Cosmic Council convened on Xandar on the seventh day.

The United Cosmic Council learned that the reborn Thanos was slaughtering across the universe, while a Black Hole appeared and consumed the Dead Zone near the Nova Empire. Alex reappeared after merging with the Black Hole and discovered he could control it.

• Adora told the United Cosmic Council that Thanos had returned and defeated Warlock Adam, prompting the leaders to debate how to stop him.
• A Black Hole formed in the Dead Zone and grew as it devoured matter, eventually swallowing a planet.
• After days of debate, Adora joined forces with the Shi'ar Empire, the Skrull Empire, and the Kree Empire to send a combined force against Thanos.
• The Dead Zone was left empty, and Alex appeared there, alive and stronger than before.
• Alex recalled that his Psionic Power had fused with the Black Hole after Thanos destroyed his body, and he learned to control its size and gravity.

Alex returned to Xandar and learned that Adam could not awaken because his soul was missing, so defeating Thanos was the only way to save him. He urged the hesitant alliance to unite against Thanos, warning that Thanos was far stronger than Alex himself.

• Alex appeared at Nova Corps headquarters, where Warlord, Adora, and Sawa were shocked to see him alive.
• After comforting Sawa, Alex asked where Adam was and went to examine him at a secret, heavily guarded location.
• Alex discovered that Adam lacked his soul and concluded that he had to defeat Thanos to possibly awaken him.
• Alex returned to headquarters and told Warlord and Adora that Adam could only possibly awaken if Thanos was defeated.
• Alex challenged the alliance's hesitation and released his aura, warning everyone that Thanos was millions of times stronger than Alex.

Alex learned that more than twenty years had passed while he was fused with the Black Hole, intensifying his urgency to return to Earth and confront Thanos. He secured Adora’s agreement to place the Nova Force under his command while keeping Worldmind under her control.

• Alex warned the gathered leaders that Thanos possessed the Soul Stone and was far stronger than him, prompting them to discuss the threat seriously.
• Warlord told Alex that nearly twenty years had passed since the Nova Corps’ last battle with Thanos, and Alex’s grief and hatred caused his aura to overwhelm the room.
• After regaining control, Alex asked Adora about the alliance’s plans and proposed taking command of the Nova Force to defeat Thanos.
• Adora hesitated because the Nova Force sustained Xandar’s power, but agreed after Alex offered to leave Worldmind under her control.

Alex and Adora secured the other empires’ agreement to give the Soul Stone to the Nova Empire in exchange for Thanos’s other possessions, then went underground so Alex could seek the Worldmind’s approval for the Power of Ten Stars. The Worldmind greeted Alex at Earth’s core, where he thanked it for saving his life.

• Adora demanded that the Soul Stone go to the Nova Empire, and the other empires agreed in exchange for everything else on Thanos.
• Alex told the gathered representatives to find Thanos while he received the Power of Ten Stars, then left with Adora.
• Sawa asked Alex whether he would really undergo the process, and Adora comforted her after Alex walked away without answering.
• Adora took Alex down a concealed elevator to a chamber beneath Earth’s core and explained that the Worldmind had to approve his request.
• The Worldmind revealed its face and greeted Alex, who thanked it for saving his life when he advanced to Three-Star Centurion.

Alex endured the Worldmind’s trials to inherit the Power of Ten Stars. After passing tests of pain, physical destruction, and endurance, he was told to prepare to receive the power.

• Adora urged the Worldmind to address their request, and Alex insisted that he was ready to inherit the Power of Ten Stars.
• The Worldmind opened a silver wound in its body, and Alex endured intense pain until it announced that he had passed the first trial.
• The Worldmind sent Nova Force surging through Alex, repeatedly destroying his body as he used Energy Control to keep himself intact.
• The Worldmind declared that Alex had passed all the trials and told him to prepare to receive the Power of Ten Stars.

Alex inherited the Power of Ten Stars, defeated Thanos, and sought to return to Earth, only to learn that the battle and his apparent victory had been a test. Worldmind congratulated him on passing the third trial and prepared to grant him the Power of Ten Stars for real.

• Worldmind's golden rays merged into Alex as he received the Power of Ten Stars and struggled with thoughts of returning to Earth.
• Alex found Thanos through a Soul Stone-controlled spy near Adora and fought him across the universe.
• After nearly giving in to despair, Alex rallied and defeated Thanos, then handed him over to Adora.
• Alex asked Adam to send him to Earth, but Adam's beam brought him back to Worldmind's chamber.
• Worldmind told Alex that he had passed the third trial and prepared to give him the Power of Ten Stars.

Alex inherited the Power of Ten Stars, tracked a Soul Stone fragment from a recurring puppet to Thanos, and confronted him. Alex weakened Thanos with devouring attacks, but Thanos awakened the Soul Stone and briefly overwhelmed Alex’s will.

• Alex absorbed Nova Force in the simulated power domain, reconstructed his body, and adapted to the Power of Ten Stars.
• Alex destroyed a puppet on Xandar, tracked the dust that created its replacement, and found a fragment of the Soul Stone.
• Alex used the fragment’s resonance to locate Thanos and pursued him alone, while Thanos detected his presence.
• Alex attacked Thanos with golden energy waves and then used devouring power to weaken him, though he judged the strength gap considerable.
• Thanos revealed the Soul Stone and used it to ensnare Alex’s will, shaking off many of the devouring specks while Alex struggled to regain control.

Thanos used the Soul Stone to pull Alex into its miniature universe, where Alex met a self-aware soul born inside the Stone. The soul offered to help Alex fight Thanos in exchange for freedom, but Alex remained doubtful as the soul prepared to prove itself.

• Thanos drew Alex into the Soul Stone, then dealt with the devouring power Alex had placed on him.
• Alex realized the Soul Stone connected to a miniature universe and arrived in a green wilderness.
• Alex tried to teleport out, but an invisible barrier blocked him, and a soul appeared to speak with him.
• Alex’s attempt to read the soul’s memories exposed him to a terrifying mass of spirits, and he recognized the soul’s resemblance to Adam.
• The soul explained that it had formed from countless living beings and offered to help Alex defeat Thanos if he freed it.
• Alex questioned the soul’s strength, and it prepared to demonstrate what it could do.

Alex resumed his fight with Thanos, but Thanos countered his attacks and disrupted his teleportation, leaving Alex close to defeat. The Soul Stone finally restrained Thanos as Alex’s power surged, allowing Alex to pierce him with a Divine Sword.

• The Soul Stone sent Alex back to the battlefield and told him to keep fighting Thanos until it acted at a crucial moment.
• Alex attacked Thanos with devouring bombardment waves, but Thanos destroyed them with Cosmic Energy, so they switched to close combat.
• Thanos studied Alex’s Teleportation and used Electromagnetic Interference to disrupt it, then overwhelmed Alex with his physical strength.
• As Alex neared despair, the voice from his trial urged him to keep fighting, and a powerful energy surged through him.
• The Soul Stone immobilized Thanos, and Alex formed a Divine Sword that pierced Thanos, who then fell to his knees in disbelief.

Alex defeated and captured Thanos, then brought the Soul Stone to the sleeping Adam, who awoke after absorbing it. When Alex and Adam returned to Nova Headquarters, they found it in ruins and learned that Thanos had escaped.

• Alex trapped Thanos, took the Soul Stone, and delivered Thanos to Nova Headquarters, where the Nova personnel celebrated his victory.
• Alex brought the Soul Stone to Adam, and it melted into Adam's forehead, awakening him.
• Adam learned from the Soul Stone that Thanos had been captured and urgently asked Alex to take him to Nova Headquarters.
• Alex and Adam arrived to find Nova Headquarters destroyed, with many dead and Warlord among the survivors.
• Warlord told Alex that Thanos had broken free and escaped, and Adam explained that Thanos had been too powerful to keep imprisoned.

Scorpion explained that writing Marvel's Teleporter and Superhero System alongside his job had become exhausting, and he was considering changing his update schedule rather than abandoning either novel. He asked readers to choose which book he should prioritize, leaving the decision open for their comments.

• Scorpion said he had been thinking about giving up because writing two Marvel novels while working was exhausting, but he hated abandoning stories readers were still following.
• He described Marvel's Teleporter as following the movie plots and still having many stories ahead, while Superhero System had reached Magnus's Hall and still had major events to come.
• Scorpion proposed prioritizing Marvel's Teleporter while updating Superhero System irregularly, or prioritizing Superhero System while updating Marvel's Teleporter irregularly, while trying to post at least once a day for the secondary book.
• Scorpion said that if readers did not care, he would keep both novels but update them much less frequently, and he asked readers to share their opinions.

Adam agreed to send Alex back to Earth after Alex helped free the souls trapped by Thanos in the Soul Stone. Alex released them across the universe, while one child retained memories of what happened.

• Adam asked Alex to use his Mind Power to free the souls Thanos had trapped in the Soul Stone.
• Adam explained that the Stone had developed a violent self-awareness and helped Alex weaken it so Alex could suppress and control it.
• Adam transported Alex and himself from Xandar to the Dead Zone, where Alex used his Mind Power on the Soul Stone.
• Alex released the countless souls, which spread across the universe and returned to their worlds.
• Adam said people would forget their suffering, but one child remembered everything.

Alex returned to Earth after Adam sealed memories of advanced technology and sensitive information using the Soul Stone. He woke in a familiar alley and recognized that he was back home.

• Alex asked Adam to send him back to Earth and agreed to have his memories sealed so Earth would remain isolated from advanced civilizations.
• Adam pressed the Soul Stone to Alex’s forehead, overcame Alex’s brief mental resistance, and made him lose consciousness.
• Alex woke in a dark alley with his memories blurred around advanced technology and Thanos, and felt pain when he tried to investigate them.
• Alex recognized the alley where he had first woken in this world, walked out to the street, and shouted that he was back on Earth.

After returning from thirty years away, Alex found the Floating Giant Island deserted and Earth transformed. Otu showed him recordings of what had happened, leaving Alex furious and disappointed before he teleported back to Earth.

• Alex teleported to the ruined Floating Giant Island and found it empty, then searched Earth with his Psionic Power.
• Otu appeared and invited Alex to hear what had happened during his absence.
• Alex followed Otu to a palace on the far side of the Moon, which Otu said the Kree had built.
• Otu showed Alex recordings of major events from the past thirty years, and Alex spent nearly a day reviewing them.
• Alex angrily accused Otu of cowardice and teleported back to Earth.

After returning to Earth, Alex learned that a global assault had destroyed the Floating Giant Island and deepened the conflict between mutants and humans. He visited Stark Industries, where he met Howard Stark’s son Tony and introduced himself as Tony’s uncle.

• Alex recalled how the Floating Giant Island had been destroyed in a joint attack and how Magneto and the Hellfire Club had fueled hostility between humans and mutants.
• Alex went to Stark Industries to find Howard and ask about Emma and the others, but discovered Howard was not there.
• Alex met Tony Stark in the lobby and followed him to his private floor, where Happy tried to protect him.
• Alex restrained Happy and said he was a friend of Howard; Tony recognized him as Alex and awkwardly called him Uncle.
• Tony introduced himself as Tony Stark, marking the beginning of the Age of Heroes.

Alex reunited with Tony and learned that Howard had died in a car accident, then met his brother Nick Fury after thirty years apart. Nick promised to spread news of Alex’s return to Emma and the others, and Alex began explaining what had happened to him.

• Alex noticed Tony’s distress, and Tony told him that Howard had died in a car accident.
• Happy reminded Tony that Obadiah Stane was waiting, and Alex teleported away from Stark Industries.
• Alex encountered Nick Fury in Manhattan, and the brothers embraced after thirty years apart.
• At a bar, Nick told Alex that Steve was still missing, Bucky appeared occasionally, Logan had become Wolverine and lost his memories, and Natasha was investigating a problem in the Soviet Union.
• Alex asked about Emma and the other women, and Nick admitted he did not know where they were but promised to spread word of Alex’s return.
• Nick asked what had happened to Alex, and Alex began recounting how he had used the Tesseract’s power as the Savage Land faced destruction.

After returning from a thirty-year disappearance, Alex reunited with Emma, Vivien Leigh, Audrey, and Monroe, who had waited for him for years. Emma guided him back to Alex City, the new home of the X-Mansion and the mutants.

• Alex told Nick that an extraterrestrial invasion would eventually happen and urged him to prepare a team of superpowered people.
• Nick received word that Emma and the others were on their way to New York, and Alex promised he would not disappear again.
• Emma, Vivien Leigh, Audrey, Monroe, and Crystal arrived at the bar, where Alex tearfully reunited with the four women.
• Emma told Alex where X-Mansion had relocated, and he learned that the mutants had built Alex City on Mount Everest with help from Crystal and the Inhumans.
• Alex used Teleportation to take Emma, the others, and Crystal to Alex City.