Both books are part of a crossover storyline within the Marvel Universe that led to the "Dawn of X" relaunch and started the Krakoan Age (October 2019 – June 2024).

[1] Some days later, it was revealed that he would write two interlocking miniseries entitled House of X and Powers of X, with penciling by Pepe Larraz and R. B. Silva respectively.

[3] In early 2024, as the Krakoan age of X-Men launched by HOX/POX was drawing to a close, an experimental edition of this series arranged in chronological order was released on Marvel Unlimited.

Inspired by the chronological order feature on the DVD of Memento, it is described by editor Jordan D. White as a fun different perspective, but "NOT the recommended way to read the series!

"[4] Several ambassadors arrive at the Jerusalem Habitat, responding to a telepathic message sent by Charles Xavier to recognize a new sovereign nation of mutants, called Krakoa.

Meanwhile, a team made up of Mystique, Sabretooth, and Toad infiltrate the base of Damage Control searching for information in the databases.

A thousand years into the future, a post-human referred to as the Librarian and Nimrod (now reduced to a small flying unit) reminisce about mutantkind and the surprising end of their war with humanity and the machines.

In the present, Professor X and Magneto meet with Cyclops and order him to form a team to assault the Orchis Forge and destroy the Mother Mold.

Cyclops informs X and Magneto that he has assembled a team in order to attack the Mother Mold facility orbiting the Sun.

Several months before the Krakoan nation is established, Professor X arranges a meeting between Cypher and Krakoa, and gets the former to work on developing a unique language for mutantkind.

On Krakoa, X, Magneto, Storm, and Polaris assemble and are joined by five other mutants: Eva Bell, Proteus, Hope Summers, Elixir, and Egg.

In the past, Professor X meets with Forge to discuss modifying Cerebro in order to create a backup for every mutant mind on the planet.