The Cosmic Web, a dazzling array of stars woven across its strands.
Charlie stood bathed in starlight, glimpsing a half-human, half-spider figure through the endless web.
The figure tirelessly wove the web.
But gray leeches lurked everywhere, some clinging to the strands, others to its skin, writhing, feeding on some unique essence.
It couldn't resist, wracked with pain.
Yet it kept weaving, trying to mend the web's damaged parts.
The leeches, however, destroyed it far faster than it could repair.
Charlie realized his section of the cosmic web was intact.
The rest was in tatters.
This was Spider-Man's tragedy, the calamity of the Web of Life and Destiny.
The Weaver's inescapable nightmare.
The root of it all? The Morlun family.
They blamed Spider-Man, foreseeing him as their doom, so they struck first, unleashing cruelty.
The Weaver was their first target.
They succeeded, indirectly controlling the Web of Life and Destiny, using it to traverse Spider-Man's universes, massacring them.
Killing more Spider-Men, stealing their totem powers, growing stronger.
The Morluns' actions left the Web in ruins, giving connected Spider-Men imperfect lives.
Could repairing the Web prevent Spider-Man's tragedy?
The thought struck Charlie.
But then, a headache hit.
With the Infinity Stones' aid, he could barely glimpse the Web outside a Resurrection Match.
To repair it, he'd need to find it.
He didn't know where it was. Even Time-Spider couldn't sense it, let alone navigate the multiverse to its location.
Unless he captured a totem-eating Inheritor.
An idea formed.
But first, he needed new Spider-Man-exclusive magic!
Supreme Peter's magic came from the Web, but it wasn't what Charlie needed.
He trusted the Web would know his needs.
No Spider-Man but Charlie could save it.
Not Takuya, not the legendary Captain Universe Spider-Man, not Ghost-Spider, nor stronger variants—they all had limits.
The Morluns were Spider-Man's bane, but not Charlie's.
The Web couldn't create a Morlun counter, so it relied on him.
It would meet his needs.
Touching the Web, it trembled, the Weaver sensing him, the entire net responding.
"Buzz~"
Light erupted beneath Charlie, magic data flooding his mind.
The leech totems sensed it, crawling toward him, but they were too slow.
Their innate gift was destroying the Web, but stopping Charlie? They'd need 20,000 more years.
"Buzz~"
With the magic acquired, Charlie withdrew.
Without his presence, the leeches lost their target, resuming their havoc around the Weaver.
...
Scarlet Wanda's Garden Villa.
"He's losing control," Vision said, squatting at the doorstep with Wanda, both eyeing Charlie, covered in black liquid.
Wanda mused, "He's tangled with something nasty."
"He's here for help," Vision added.
Wanda raised a hand, scarlet magic surging, but the black liquid didn't budge. The Necrosword emitted danger, its blood-red tendrils warning her.
A chill ran down her spine.
Her instincts screamed: without mastering Chaos Magic, she couldn't meddle.
Even the Darkhold's master would avoid this fight.
The Darkhold had just rejected her summons, denying her its power.
That said it all.
Her face darkened, pulling Vision back. "Take the kids and leave. Now."
Charlie never counted on her.
Not causing trouble was enough.
The coast near Westview erupted in massive waves, as if something awoke.
"Rip!"
The void tore, Gwen, wielding Hela's Necrosword, stepped out beside Charlie.
This Necrosword differed.
Hela's could summon dark domains and control lesser symbiotes.
Less powerful than the one Charlie took, it didn't drive slaughter, corrupt minds, or control its wielder.
In Gwen's hands, it caused no issues, keeping her lucid.
She'd tracked the other Necrosword's aura to this universe.
Old man Steve and Takuya followed.
"Little Spider!!" Steve shouted, worried, seeing Charlie frozen.
Blood-red tendrils and black liquid clashed on Charlie's body, Hydra and Knull's forces vying for control.
Without Knull's power, Hydra might've waited longer to strike.
Now, it couldn't.
It'd be consumed by Knull's power otherwise.
Seeing Charlie wasn't slashing like Gwen had, Steve relaxed.
Gwen noticed the coast's disturbance. "Something's down there," she said, alarmed.
The Necrosword's aura had alerted an unborn Celestial, sensing mortal danger.
To survive, it chose early birth.
Even if underdeveloped—a Celestial dimwit—it'd live.
Unaware, Gwen's group witnessed the Celestial's birth.
"RUMBLE!"
The earth quaked, volcanoes erupted globally, waves churned, and a massive "mountain range" rose from the sea.
Panic gripped the world.
Volcanoes, melting icebergs, quakes, reversed rivers—bizarre stone formations shot skyward, piercing clouds into the atmosphere.
At the crumbling Stark Tower, Tony's Mark suits soared, activating all unmanned armors for rescue.
But against this unprecedented disaster, his efforts were limited.
"Sir, satellite footage sent to your computer," his AI reported.
Tony opened the virtual screen, jaw dropping.
"South Pole, North Pole, Pacific, Atlantic—my God, impossible!!"
He sent the footage to S.H.I.E.L.D.
Natasha and the others, seeing it, were engulfed in fear and despair.
"My God, what is this?"
"A head bigger than any island!"
"And its hands, feet—"
"Its body—what is this?!"
They couldn't believe it.
Globally, massive body parts emerged. In endless seas, a vast range surfaced.
From 10,000 meters up, it was half a humanoid's body, its head piercing clouds before fully surfacing.
Its size was unimaginable.
At Westview's coast, a kilometer-long finger rose like a pillar, waves crashing, aiming to "smash" the town.
"RUMBLE!!"
Sonic booms erupted, space warping.
Facing this apocalyptic finger, Gwen raised Hela's cracked Necrosword, ready to fight.
Damaged from her earlier clash, it needed time to heal, its power a fraction of its peak.
Against a Celestial's finger, Gwen felt immense pressure.
Just one finger overwhelmed her.
"Damn, without a peak Necrosword, I'm nothing," she gripped the blade, defiance turning to despair.
Steve stepped forward, shielding Charlie with his aged but sturdy frame. "Little lady, no time for clichés."
He shouted at Takuya, "Spider-Man back from hell, why're you standing there? Your turn!"
"Me?" Takuya pointed at himself, grinning weakly. "No way, that finger's bigger than Leopardon. I can't handle it!!"
"Use your War Soul God Sword."
"What sword?"
"War Soul God Sword."
"Sorry, it's on cooldown."
"You unreliable jerk, get serious!" Steve grabbed Takuya's collar, spitting.
"You'll play yourself to death one day."
Takuya wiped spit off his face, grinning. "You a prophet now?"
"If you say so."
As the Celestial's finger loomed, Charlie's voice rang out. "Little Spider!"
Steve turned, seeing Charlie form hand signs, a massive spider totem enveloping him.
Magic spread, Hydra and Knull's forces halting. The Web's power linked their fates to Spider-Man, forcing them to obey.
Their fate? Sealed again, aiding Spider-Man.
"CACKLE CACKLE~~"
"HISS!!"
Hydra roared, a dark figure cursing.
Charlie ignored them, using magic to turn the tendrils and Necrosword into summoning materials.
"Crack crack~"
A radiant halo spread, the totem retracting. A black-red spider landed in Charlie's hand.
Spider-Man-exclusive magic—Summon Little Spider: God-Slayer Edition!
Facing the colossal finger, Charlie calmly gripped the spider.
"Operation God-Slayer, activate!"
"Chirp chirp chirp"
The spider bit his hand.
"Pop!"
"BOOM!!!"
Winds surged, darkness and blood-red blending into a storm enveloping Charlie.
Destructive evil erupted, a dark pillar piercing the sky.
"Buzz~~"
"Pop!!!"
The massive finger was pierced effortlessly.
Fragments crumbled, consumed by darkness as fuel.
"What!!" the Avengers, watching, were stunned.
They thought of something, then dismissed it.
"Not Scarlet Witch, not Spider-Man—someone else," Tony insisted.
Natasha frowned. "Who, then?"
"I bet Spider-Man," revived Steve laughed, pointing at the black-red figure. "Don't ask why—I see it."
The others locked onto the eerie figure.
As the storm cleared, a dark shockwave swept Westview.
"BOOM!!"
A black Spider-Man stepped out.
Black armor hugged Charlie's frame, the spider emblem now blood-red, eight legs stretching from chest to ribs, paired with gray web-like scales, slightly menacing.
His blood-red slit eyes and demonic horns were terrifying.
Demon and Spider-Man!
Charlie felt unprecedented power. A wave of his hand turned it into blood-red claws, darkness forming sharp shoulder plates, a cape billowing.
"BOOM!!"
The earth shook as the Dark King soared, aiming for the Celestial's massive head.
Gwen snapped out of it. "He got stronger."
Steve laughed, hands on hips. "Haha, that suit's badass, cool, and epic!"
Takuya mused, "A state using exclusive magic to harness darkness and evil. We should name it."
"God-Slayer Form?" Steve grinned. "Sounds epic."
"Dark Emperor," Pietro, suddenly appearing, suggested.
Steve glanced at the "android" revived by the Infinity Stones. "Emperor's outdated."
"Black Emperor, then."
"Nah, God-Slayer's better."
"No, Black Emperor's more epic."
They bickered as Charlie reached the Celestial's head.
Its six eyes shone like stars, Celestial power flowing.
"Mortal, surrender Knull's power…"
Its voice, a divine oracle, shook the world.
Charlie waved, blood-red claws tearing space, leaving a deep gash on the head.
"Bang bang…"
Darkness exploded, trying to shred it.
The newborn Celestial raged. "Damn mortal, in the name of the Celestials, I grant you death!"
"Buzz!"
Its six eyes blazed.
Thunder roared, earth cracked, seas churned, volcanoes erupted. Metal pillars rose, vines forming a cage to trap Charlie.
Six eyes, six cosmic elements, created a death zone no being or god could survive.
Except Charlie.
"Rip!"
"Pop pop pop"
His claws tore space, blood-red eyes glowing, evil power shredding the elements. Darkness drowned the thunderclouds, leaving only one primal element.
Darkness!!
"BOOM!!"
Dark energy exploded around the head, the Celestial raising a hand from across the globe at lightspeed.
"BANG!!"
The hand engulfed the black Spider-Man.
Then, the Celestial roared, its hand disintegrating in black-red sword light.
"WHOOSH~~"
Fragments vanished into a black hole, the sword light parting seas, carving a thousand-mile gash in the Celestial's body.
Darkness corroded its power.
Charlie reached into the void, half-drawing a blood-red sword, suppressing the Celestial.
"What?" Sensing the Necrosword, the Celestial felt death's chill.
Ancient memories surfaced—a gaunt, white-haired demon with jagged teeth awoke in the Abyss.
The demon drew a black god-slaying sword, effortlessly killing a Celestial.
Knull, the Symbiote God!
The memory cut off, replaced by a black bug with a blood-red sword.
A tiny bug with Celestial-slaying power.
Though underdeveloped, it was still a Celestial, the universe's mightiest race.
It refused to be slain by a bug with a Necrosword.
It fought back!
The Celestial struggled, breaking free of Earth's "cocoon," its godlike power cracking the planet.
But as Charlie fully drew the blood-red sword, its struggle ended.
"HUM!!"
"NO!!!"
The sword unleashed a blood-red beam, piercing the atmosphere into deep space, slicing meteors.
The crumbling Earth stilled, the Celestial's head dissolving, its six eyes dimming.
Their mirror-like surfaces reflected the black Spider-Man with the blood-red sword.
"Crack crack crack~"
The head petrified and collapsed, its massive body vanishing.
The giant's absence doomed the battered Earth.
Defeating the Celestial didn't change its fate.
But Earth wouldn't perish.
"Buzz!!"
High above, the black figure raised six Infinity Stones.
Infinite power spread, primal cosmic forces repairing the hopeful planet.
Skies cleared, volcanoes calmed, seas stilled, earth healed, buildings restored, the dead revived.
The black demon Spider-Man saved the world again.
He became a god!
Years later, people gazed at a black statue in the city, forever recalling that historic moment.
On an island, the future Celestial-killer laughed wildly. "Hahaha, the invincible Spider-Man never dies!!"
A message appeared before Charlie.
[You, as Friendly Neighbor, slew an underdeveloped newborn Celestial. Friendly Neighbor advances to Multiversal Good Neighbor.]
[As Multiversal Good Neighbor, you gain a reward (choose one):]
[Reward 1: One free Resurrection Match (no death required, activate directly)]
[Reward 2: 100 retries.]