Chapter Summaries

Captain America and the heroes discovered that Earth was under attack while they fought the enemy’s vanguard near the wormhole. On Asgard, Su Chen sent the Sentinels toward the Bifrost while Hela confronted Thor, leaving the invasion’s outcome undecided.

• Captain America ordered the heroes to attack, and the Flash and Iron Patriot destroyed most of the enemy’s ships.
• Captain America spotted explosions blooming across Earth and warned the heroes that their home was under attack.
• Su Chen learned of the attack through the psychic Mind Network and decided to leave Earth’s defense to the Sentinels.
• Su Chen ordered the Sentinels to target the Bifrost while Hela and her Legion of the Dead dealt with Asgard.
• Hela blocked Thor from pursuing the Sentinels and challenged him, saying he was weaker than another version of himself.

Su Chen brought his Sentinel army through the Bifrost to Earth and ordered it to destroy armed forces, while Hela learned that Thor’s Asgard had been rebuilt from ruins and lacked its former strength. The chapter left Su Chen facing incoming attacks on Earth and Hela contemplating the devastation that had weakened this universe’s Asgard.

• Su Chen led tens of thousands of Sentinels through the Bifrost to Earth, and the passage shattered under the strain.
• Su Chen ordered the Sentinels to eliminate armed forces, and they destroyed combat aircraft and weapons at military bases while sparing soldiers who had dropped their weapons.
• Su Chen warned the approaching superheroes against gathering together, then several beams of light targeted him.
• Hela criticized the fragile Bifrost, and Thor explained that the original had been destroyed while defeating Hela’s counterpart.
• Thor told Hela that he and the others had used the Eternal Flame to resurrect Surtur, defeated Hela, and rebuilt Asgard from its ruins.

Thor and Hela led their armies into battle over Asgard while a wisp of Hela’s deathly mist slipped beneath the land. On Earth, Su Chen confronted the assembled superheroes as his Sentinels devastated the country’s military forces, and both sides prepared to fight.

• Thor and Hela clashed above Asgard as their armies charged, and a wisp of Hela’s mist seeped into the land and stirred something below.
• Su Chen waited openly for the returning superheroes, while his Sentinels rapidly destroyed military forces across nearly a fifth of the country.
• The alliance leaders ordered their forces to scatter and confront the Sentinels, and Captain America accused Su Chen of being an invader.
• Su Chen mocked Captain America’s accusation and argued that both sides fought for their planets and resources.
• Iron Man urged the heroes to attack, Superman agreed that they were fighting for their respective planets, and Captain America ordered the Avengers’ side to strike Su Chen.

Thor confronted Hela from another universe, hoping to avenge his past humiliation, but she overwhelmed him despite his greater power and Stormbreaker. Hela caught his thrown axe barehanded, leaving her palm cut, and told him he was still too weak.

• Thor rebuilt the shattered continent of Asgard and sensed a familiar presence that he believed was Hela.
• Thor rushed to face Hela, ignoring the robots traveling through the Bifrost to Earth.
• Thor discovered that Hela had grown stronger and could draw inexhaustible power from the continent of Asgard.
• Hela slammed Thor into the ground during their clash, then caught Stormbreaker with her bare hand and cut her palm.
• Hela looked down at Thor and told him he was still too weak.

Hela destroyed Stormbreaker, defeated Thor’s army, and began absorbing the power of the rebuilt Asgard to claim the continent. On Earth, Su Chen’s overwhelming strength sent Superman flying and shattered Wonder Woman’s shield as the battle escalated.

• Hela drew energy from Asgard and shattered Stormbreaker in Thor’s grasp, leaving him devastated.
• The Legion of the Dead defeated Asgard’s soldiers, and the resulting death energy healed and strengthened Hela.
• Hela impaled Thor and pierced the continent with black swords, then absorbed the remaining power of the Hela from the Ultimate Universe to take control of Asgard.
• Wonder Woman lamented that the heroes knew too little about Su Chen as he unleashed his power against their charge.
• Superman struck Su Chen and was thrown back, badly injured, before crashing into two superheroes and forcing Wonder Woman to raise her shield.

Su Chen overwhelmed the Justice League and Avengers fighters, injuring Superman and killing Aquaman while destroying Wonder Woman’s shield and Lasso of Truth. Iron Man and Batman planned to collect Su Chen’s Cosmic Energy, and the chapter ended as Superman ordered the heroes to attack from range.

• Su Chen struck Wonder Woman and Superman, crushing Wonder Woman’s shield and tearing apart Superman’s right arm.
• Su Chen killed Aquaman with his own bent trident and snapped Wonder Woman’s Lasso of Truth.
• Iron Man and Batman told Superman to make Su Chen use his Cosmic Energy so they could capture it.
• Su Chen mocked the heroes as Iron Man warned Superman that Su Chen’s strength rivaled or surpassed his own.
• Superman ordered the others to use ranged attacks and faced Su Chen as his eyes turned deep red.

Su Chen overwhelmed Superman in a beam clash, cutting his face and forcing Cosmic Energy out of his body. As Iron Man and Batman continued charging their weapons, Superman’s anger awakened a brutal side of his Kryptonian nature, and he vowed to slaughter everyone on Su Chen’s planet.

• Superman and Su Chen locked their eye beams together while Iron Man’s Anti-Galactus Armor and Batman’s Batplane collected the overflowing Cosmic Energy.
• Su Chen’s blue-white beam overpowered Superman’s red beams, grazed his face, and left a deep wound.
• Iron Man and Batman told Superman they needed him to endure more attacks so their weapons could finish charging.
• Superman expelled the Cosmic Energy from his body, healed his wounds, and threatened to slaughter everyone on Su Chen’s planet.
• Batman and Iron Man feared Superman’s growing rage, while Iron Man felt relieved that another Earth could serve as an outlet for him.

Su Chen stopped Superman’s freeze breath and revealed his Energy Particle Body as Cosmic Energy filled his cells and spread through the battlefield. He confronted Superman while Iron Man and Batman hesitated over their energy collectors, and the overloaded anti-Galactus robot began leaking the energy it had gathered.

• Superman unleashed a massive wave of freeze breath at Su Chen.
• Su Chen halted the freezing wave and drew in enough Cosmic Energy to fill Iron Man and Batman’s collectors to their display limits.
• Su Chen revealed his Energy Particle Body, dispersed the ice, and accused Iron Man and Batman of stealing his energy.
• Su Chen immobilized Superman with an energy-charged gaze and scorched his previously undamaged suit.
• Iron Man saw Cosmic Energy spilling from the overloaded anti-Galactus robot, while Su Chen calmly allowed the machines to absorb his energy.

Su Chen watched the Sentinels adapt to and slaughter the superheroes sent to stop them. He remained in a standoff with Iron Man and Batman while Superman launched another attack and lay bloodied at Su Chen’s feet.

• The Sentinels identified the arriving superheroes as priority targets and blasted them with volleys of death rays.
• The superheroes charged the Sentinels, damaging several robots, but the Sentinels analyzed their abilities and evolved counters.
• The adapted Sentinels killed the superheroes and continued attacking the military forces.
• Su Chen taunted the motionless super robots and battleships as Superman attacked him again, leaving Superman a bloody mess at his feet.

Su Chen overwhelmed Superman and dared Iron Man and Batman to attack as they charged their weapons. Meanwhile, Hela killed Thor, crushed Asgard’s remaining soldiers, and ordered the Legion of the Dead to take control of Asgard.

• Su Chen compressed Cosmic Energy into a beam that tore open Superman’s wounds and drove him into a trench.
• Su Chen struck Superman with a barrage of blows until the badly battered Superman fell to the ground.
• Iron Man ordered the Anti-Galactus Robot to use overpowered output and activated its Cosmic Energy attack while Batman’s fighter charged its main cannon.
• Su Chen sensed that the Cosmic Energy absorbed by Iron Man and Batman’s machines had become more active, but he dismissed the threat.
• Hela stood over Thor’s corpse, with Stormbreaker shattered around him, and declared that the Legion of the Dead would take no prisoners.
• Hela ordered the Legion of the Dead to spare none of Asgard’s soldiers and take control of Asgard.

Hela absorbed the power of the original Hela and restored Asgard, while Su Chen prepared to send the Third Legion into the Ultimate Universe and ordered the wrecked machines studied. The Sentinels continued crushing the remaining forces, leaving the chapter with superheroes facing death or enslavement.

• Hela absorbed the original Hela's power of death, and their bond strengthened Asgard and began restoring its land and Bifrost.
• An Asgardian reported to Su Chen that the continent had been retaken and its captured people awaited assignments.
• Su Chen ordered the Third Legion to enter the Ultimate Universe and sent two people to study the wrecked armor and fighter jet.
• Su Chen left Superman barely alive after the battle, while the Sentinel army slowed as its remaining targets dwindled.
• The Sentinels continued hunting down the remaining forces, leaving superheroes with only death or slavery as likely fates.

The Utopia Alliance’s Third Legion arrived through the wormhole and began taking control of the new Earth while its technology and resources were cataloged. Nick Fury approached Su Chen as a representative of humanity and asked to talk, leaving Su Chen’s response unresolved.

• The Third Legion entered Asgard, endured the weakening inter-universe repulsion, and began scanning the continent before advancing toward Earth.
• Su Chen ordered the legion to take possession of Earth and turn its inhabitants into laborers, while captured anti-Galactus technology was sent to the Utopia Alliance’s laboratory for study.
• Emma Frost reported that the takeover was proceeding smoothly and would take at most half a month to complete, while Hela consolidated the other Asgardian continent as a new energy source.
• Emma Frost introduced Nick Fury, who had come to meet Su Chen voluntarily and claimed to represent the human groups of this Earth.
• Nick Fury proposed an open and honest talk with Su Chen, who watched him coldly without answering.

Su Chen confronted the hidden rulers of Ultimate Earth, who offered to submit and help him govern in exchange for keeping their influence. He rejected their plan, leaving them uncertain about what he intended to do next.

• Nick Fury lit up the conference room and revealed the politicians and financial magnates who had been directing him.
• An elderly ruler threatened that their weapons could destroy the Earth, then proposed accepting Su Chen’s rule in exchange for a few concessions.
• The rulers offered to retake control of Earth on Su Chen’s behalf and use their media influence to win people over.
• Su Chen said their proposal was tempting but that they had overlooked something, and their confidence began to falter.

Su Chen dismissed the rulers’ threats and told Emma Frost to capture them, trusting they would not destroy the Earth at the cost of their own lives. As the Mind Network began tracking them, Nick Fury offered S.H.I.E.L.D.’s records of their safe houses and security forces.

• Su Chen insulted the rulers and had Emma Frost record their threats before leaving the conference room.
• Emma Frost apologized for failing to find the rulers’ weapons and proposed locating them and evacuating the Alliance’s personnel.
• Su Chen said the rulers were too afraid to destroy the Earth and ordered Emma Frost to find and take them down quickly.
• The rulers abandoned their launch controls, and Emma Frost began organizing telepathic Mutants to track them through the Mind Network.
• Nick Fury offered S.H.I.E.L.D.’s records of the rulers’ safe houses and security forces.

Nick Fury revealed that the Justice League had a delayed-message contingency and that Iron Man had left a digital copy of himself in the global network. Su Chen ordered the Utopia Alliance to track down the leaders in hiding and develop a way to capture the electronic life-form.

• Emma Frost questioned whether Nick Fury would inform on the leaders, but he said he wanted Earth's people to survive.
• Su Chen rejected Nick Fury's offer of help, then let him explain that the Justice League had set up messages to be sent if they were not reverified.
• Nick Fury said the Avengers' contingency had already activated: Iron Man had recorded himself as data, which entered the global network when he died.
• Su Chen ordered Emma Frost to locate the leaders in hiding and told Nick Fury to transfer artificial intelligence records to the Utopia Alliance.
• Su Chen directed the Utopia Alliance to develop powerful artificial intelligence, preferably to capture Iron Man's digital life-form, and told Emma Frost to prioritize those tasks.

Su Chen named his home universe the Origin Universe and left the Utopia Alliance to prepare for its next operations. On Earth 1, Black Widow and Green Arrow gathered survivors at a hidden safe house as the robots devastated the planet, and Green Arrow brought in a young Spider-Man named Miles.

• Emma Frost told Su Chen that researchers had identified seven observable universes and could not agree on a name for their home universe.
• Su Chen named his home universe the Origin Universe, calling it the beginning and end of the multiverse.
• On Earth 1, Black Widow waited at a concealed island safe house as Green Arrow returned by boat with news that robots had destroyed military facilities and were besieging Wakanda.
• Black Widow said the surviving Avengers had avoided gathering in Wakanda because it risked being overrun, and she had been collecting survivors elsewhere.
• Green Arrow introduced Miles as a new Spider-Man who could turn invisible, and Black Widow recognized him from Peter Parker's account.

Green Arrow and Black Widow learned that Drunkard, an AI carrying Iron Man’s personality, had survived and sent a distress signal to Green Lantern. As Green Lantern headed toward Earth, a hidden group discussed the Utopia Alliance’s growing power and learned that Nick Fury had joined it and opened S.H.I.E.L.D.’s files.

• Green Arrow showed Black Widow the blue module, which projected Drunkard, an AI that activated after Iron Man lost consciousness.
• Drunkard warned that the Utopia Alliance had blocked his access to its networks, and Black Widow asked him to help devise a way to defeat them.
• Green Arrow crushed a copied Green Lantern ring to send a distress signal, and he and Black Widow decided the danger justified calling for help.
• Green Lantern received the signal far from Earth and set off toward the planet with powerful engines.
• A hidden group meeting in the former Justice League headquarters discussed the Utopia Alliance’s strength and learned that Nick Fury had joined it and opened S.H.I.E.L.D.’s confidential files.

Hydra’s leaders gathered to exploit the Utopia Alliance’s ongoing takeover of Earth, with Red Skull arguing they could defeat it by targeting its weaknesses. He revealed Hydra’s imitation Sentinel, a plan to disable the real robots, a weapon against Mutants, and information about the Justice League’s Green Lantern contingency.

• Red Skull warned that the Utopia Alliance would soon move against Earth’s remaining powerful groups, and he urged Hydra to seize the chance to take control.
• Baron Strucker challenged Red Skull’s plan, and Red Skull demonstrated a reconstructed Sentinel controlled by Dr. Zola.
• Dr. Zola explained that he could not control the Utopia Alliance’s Sentinels but could create a virus to temporarily disable them.
• Red Skull told Madame Viper to prepare a superweapon against the Mutant legion, and she confirmed it was already activated.
• Red Skull revealed that Hydra had identified Green Lantern as the Justice League’s final contingency and believed he could drain much of Su Chen’s power.

Red Skull revealed Hydra’s plan to destroy the Sentinels Legion and Utopia Alliance with a superweapon, while Su Chen returned to Asgard and discussed the growing strength of his forces. When Green Lantern arrived outside Earth and the Utopia Alliance identified his wider affiliation, Su Chen ordered them to continue treating the superheroes as resources to capture and use.

• Red Skull told Hydra’s core members that they would use a superweapon to destroy the Sentinels Legion and Utopia Alliance, then target Su Chen; Baron Strucker objected when he learned the weapon was near his base.
• Su Chen returned to Asgard, where Hela reported that the continent was stabilizing and the Legion of the Dead was training.
• Hela said the heroes of this universe seemed weak, and Su Chen warned that greater powers beyond Earth had yet to respond.
• Green Lantern arrived outside Earth, saw signs of fighting, and found that he could no longer contact anyone.
• Emma Frost identified Green Lantern as a Justice League member connected to a galaxy-spanning group and asked Su Chen whether to keep capturing outsiders.
• Su Chen told Emma Frost to continue the policy of capturing superheroes and putting their abilities to use.

Green Lantern fought the Utopia Alliance’s Sentinels while Hydra prepared to exploit the conflict and attack the Supreme. Dr. Zola released a targeted data package against the Sentinels, leaving Hydra poised to strike as the battle diverted attention from Earth.

• Emma Frost ordered Sentinels to assemble and prepared to tell Green Lantern that he had to follow Earth’s policy or leave.
• Red Skull coordinated Hydra’s plan, while Dr. Zola, Pierce, and Madame Viper reported their preparations and the superweapon’s readiness.
• Madame Viper’s superweapon wiped out Baron Strucker’s base in five minutes, copying Mutant abilities as it fought.
• Green Lantern knocked back the Sentinels approaching him in space, and Emma Frost ordered Sentinels across Earth to attack him from long range.
• Red Skull ordered Dr. Zola to disable the Sentinels so Hydra could strike while the Utopia Alliance was distracted.
• Dr. Zola released a targeted data package into Earth’s network to attack the Sentinels.