🕷️ VENOM 4: KING IN BLACK (2025)
Full Plot Summary (Long Version, English)
Inspired by the “King in Black” storyline and modern Sony/Marvel Venom continuity.
ACT 1 — THE DARKNESS BEFORE THE STORM
Eddie Brock and Venom have been living quietly in a remote coastal town after the events of Venom 3, trying to avoid government surveillance and interdimensional threats. Venom senses something strange:
a signal, like a pulse traveling through space.
At the same time, astronomers detect a massive cosmic object heading toward Earth. It isn’t an asteroid… it’s a living hive made of symbiote matter, larger than cities.
Eddie’s nightmares intensify. Venom reveals the truth:
“He is coming… our god.”
The object is the throne-ship of Knull, the primordial god and creator of all symbiotes — older than galaxies and driven by pure darkness.
Knull has awakened from his cosmic prison.
And he is coming to reclaim his children.
ACT 2 — EARTH FALLS INTO NIGHT
Knull’s hive descends, wrapped in tendrils of living shadow.
The sky turns black worldwide. Electricity dies. Satellites collapse.
From the throne-ship, Knull unleashes Symbiote Dragons, ancient monsters that rain down on Earth’s major cities — New York, London, Shanghai, São Paulo.
Governments fall within hours.
Venom warns Eddie:
“If Knull reaches us, he will tear me from you.”
But Venom senses another presence: a new symbiote on Earth — powerful, unstable, and hunted. Eddie finds it: a young woman named Rae Parker, unknowingly bonded with a symbiote known as Nightshade, a spawn created directly by Knull himself.
But Nightshade is rebelling against its creator, seeking freedom.
ACT 3 — THE KING ARRIVES
Knull lands on Earth in a colossal explosion of dark energy.
He instantly takes control of most symbiotes on the planet, including several military experiments — turning soldiers, creatures, and entire cities into his hive.
Knull reaches out to Venom telepathically:
“You were my greatest creation. Kneel. Come home.”
For the first time, Venom shows fear.
Nightshade warns that Knull plans to absorb Venom back into the hive, then merge with him to gain a stronger physical form.
Eddie insists they fight, but Venom confesses the impossible:
“We cannot defeat him. He was made to rule. We were made to serve.”
But Rae’s human spirit influences Nightshade, showing that even a symbiote built for obedience can choose rebellion.
This inspires Venom.
ACT 4 — THE LAST HOSTS
As Knull takes over global networks, he spreads living darkness across continents, trapping humanity in a state between life and death.
Venom, Eddie, Rae, and Nightshade form a fragile alliance with a resistance group led by scientist Dr. Markus Thorne, who reveals a hidden weapon:
ancient fragments of a cosmic energy called the Living Light, capable of harming Knull.
But the only beings who can safely wield the Light… are symbiotes.
Venom and Nightshade merge temporarily with the energy, becoming Lightborne Symbiotes, glowing with white-gold patterns.
Knull senses this power and attacks them directly.
What follows is the biggest battle of the franchise:
- Symbiote Dragons fight other symbiotes infused with Light
- Eddie and Rae fight side-by-side
- Knull pierces Venom’s chest and nearly rips him from Eddie
- Nightshade sacrifices part of itself to sever Knull’s control of Venom
Enraged, Knull unleashes his full power — a cosmic wave of Null Energy that nearly kills Venom.
ACT 5 — THE GODSLAYER
Moments from defeat, Eddie and Venom reach a new connection — a perfect sync. Together, they unlock the last piece of the Living Light.
Venom transforms into Godslayer Venom:
white armor, radiant cracks of cosmic energy, wings formed of burning symbiote strands.
Knull roars:
“IMPOSSIBLE. LIGHT CANNOT TOUCH THE ABYSS—”
Venom replies:
“Maybe. But WE can.”
In the final duel atop the throne-ship:
- Venom cuts through dragons
- Nightshade fuses with Venom, giving one final boost
- Eddie pushes his body beyond its limits
- Knull impales Venom but is overwhelmed by the Living Light
Venom drives the light through Knull’s chest.
The god of darkness collapses into nothing.
Without its master, the hive disintegrates.
The sky clears.
The symbiote dragons fall lifeless.
Earth is saved — but the cost is brutal.
Nightshade dies in Rae’s arms.
EPILOGUE — A NEW AGE OF SYMBIOTES
Eddie and Venom stand on a cliff overlooking the sea.
Venom is quiet, reflective.
VENOM: “We killed a god. What are we now?”
EDDIE: “Whatever we choose to be.”
But across the world… some symbiotes remain unbonded.
Some evolve.
And deep in space… something stirs.
A broken piece of Knull’s consciousness forms a whisper:
“This is not the end…”
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