Following X's apparent death after the Shadow King exploded from his skull, the psychic villain routinely defeats the X-Men until X literally pulls himself back together. He and Psylocke re-try harnessing the power of all of Earth's psychics to destroy the Shadow King. As Psylocke says she feels no psychic trace of him anywhere, X wipes the mind of the X-Men and restores Archangel back to Angel. Only Psylocke's memory is left intact, with X telling her she will be the one to “keep him honest” and watch over him in case the Shadow King returns. X then states that he has no desire to return to the school, as it was Charles Xavier's dream, and that as X he has a new dream.