Chapter Summaries

Su Quan arranged a nuclear strike to prove that Clark Kent could withstand Earth’s strongest weapon and demonstrate the danger posed by Kryptonians. After Clark survived unharmed, General Zod’s spaceship began heading toward him, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Su Quan explained Krypton’s destruction and General Zod’s plan, then proposed testing a nuclear bomb on Kal-El.
• Su Quan threatened the soldier who challenged him, while Martian Manhunter arranged an unpopulated test site and sought approval for the strike.
• Clark Kent arrived at the test site, greeted Lois Lane as his new aunt, and agreed to the test.
• A nuclear bomb struck Clark, but he emerged disheveled and unharmed.
• Su Quan assessed that Clark’s decades of training made him stronger than General Zod’s warriors, and the Kryptonian spaceship headed toward Clark’s location.

Su Quan brought Lois Lane and Clark Kent to the uninhabited area to confront General Zod’s Kryptonians, while the Earth authorities watched in fear. Clark fought Faora and the arriving Kryptonians as they adapted to Earth’s yellow sunlight, and the chapter ended with Clark battling General Zod.

• Su Quan killed the soldier who had challenged him, then took Lois Lane and traveled to Clark Kent’s location, leaving Lois safely in the mirror dimension.
• Faora arrived with several Kryptonians and demanded that Su Quan and Clark come with them, but Clark attacked and defeated her initial assault.
• Clark fought the other Kryptonians and moved toward their spaceship, where General Zod emerged and collided with him.
• Faora adapted to Earth’s yellow sunlight, and General Zod removed his bio-mask and armor, declaring that he would take the planet.
• Faora drew Clark away from Su Quan, and General Zod slammed Clark into the ground before Clark rose and resumed fighting him.

Su Quan and the Birds of Prey overwhelmed General Zod’s forces as Clark Kent proved stronger than Zod and Poison Ivy captured Faora. While the Kryptonian invasion was all but defeated, Su Quan focused on the strange, fleeting sense that a powerful being beyond the material universe had observed him.

• Su Quan told Faora that Clark Kent’s decades of exposure to yellow sunlight and his training made him far stronger than the newly empowered Kryptonians.
• Clark Kent killed a Kryptonian with a single neck twist, shocking Faora, Zod, and the Justice League observers.
• Faora tried to seize Su Quan, but he pinned her with a hundredfold gravity field and brought in the Birds of Prey and Carol Ferris.
• Poison Ivy used psychedelic toxins to control Faora, while the Birds of Prey intercepted Kryptonians attempting to rescue her.
• Su Quan concluded that Zod’s invasion was already lost and considered the possibility that a powerful being beyond the multiverse had watched him.

After Clark Kent killed General Zod, Su Quan suspected that Superman’s altered path had drawn the attention of a powerful observer. He left the post-battle negotiations to others and began searching for Kryptonite, concluding that the observer might be Doctor Manhattan and that a Superman-centered event was approaching.

• Clark Kent snapped General Zod’s neck, and Su Quan asked whether he had felt a mysterious gaze; Clark had noticed nothing.
• Clark searched Zod’s ship and sent its planetary-environment equipment to Void Manor while government personnel arrived to claim the battlefield’s spoils.
• Su Quan returned Lois Lane to the Daily Planet, warned Martian Manhunter not to let officials seize his property, and told him about the unexplained higher-level gaze.
• Su Quan asked Atlanna, Diana, and Al-Kael to search for and purchase Kryptonite before Lex Luthor could obtain it.
• Su Quan identified Doomsday Clock as a likely match for the looming Superman-centered event and suspected that Doctor Manhattan was watching him.

Su Quan considered how Doctor Manhattan’s power of connection could let him acquire god-tier power, then weighed ways to find and exploit Manhattan. He decided he needed to identify which multiverse’s Flashpoint could lead to Doomsday Clock, while keeping the Justice League Universe’s reboot from happening.

• Su Quan reviewed the seven cosmic forces and their opposing hidden energies, and identified Doctor Manhattan’s power of connection as anti-crisis energy capable of truly killing god-tier beings.
• Su Quan reasoned that Doctor Manhattan might have avoided him because he foresaw Su Quan acquiring his power, but acknowledged that he could not observe Manhattan in return.
• Su Quan weighed waiting for Doctor Manhattan in the The Boys universe and recognized that a universe reboot could assimilate him and erase his identity.
• Su Quan considered following the Doomsday Clock events and concluded that he needed to determine which multiverse’s Flashpoint was the relevant one.
• Su Quan ruled out allowing a Flashpoint reboot in the Justice League Universe, which he considered his own domain.

Su Quan failed to reach Doctor Manhattan, who kept altering his arrival times, and decided to pursue a major event to draw him out. After Lois Lane published her account of the Kryptonian battle, Su Quan went to Central City to meet Barry Allen and prevent the Flashpoint before Doctor Manhattan's event.

• Su Quan repeatedly traveled to the Watchers universe and discovered that Doctor Manhattan was manipulating his arrival times and had already transcended the timeline.
• Lois Lane published a detailed report about General Zod's invasion, Clark Kent, Arkham Asylum, and the Birds of Prey.
• Su Quan asked June Moone to arrange an interview between Lois Lane and Faora, then traveled to Central City to find Barry Allen.
• Su Quan appeared in Barry Allen's crime lab, and Barry recognized him from reports about the Kryptonian battle.
• Barry Allen asked what Su Quan's superpower was, and Su Quan replied that he was rich.

Su Quan took Barry Allen's mother from the past after her death and resurrected her through Barry's wish, allowing Barry to reunite with her at the cost of his Speed Force. He then studied the two distinct Speed Force powers he had acquired.

• Su Quan turned a pen into gold to demonstrate his powers and asked Barry Allen whether he would give up his speed to save his mother; Barry agreed without hesitation.
• Su Quan knocked Barry down to trigger a battle reward, then traveled to a time after Barry's mother had died and retrieved her body without changing Barry's past.
• Su Quan told Barry to wish for his mother's resurrection, and the wish brought her back to life while Barry lost the Speed Force.
• Barry embraced his mother and explained the years since her death, while Su Quan left them alone and examined the Speed Force.
• Su Quan concluded that Barry's Speed Force was a fragment tied to the DC multiverse, while the reward-generated Speed Force was independent and could grow through other speedsters.

Su Quan kept Barry Allen from reclaiming the Speed Force, tested his own independent Speed Force, and arranged matters with his allies before moving to the Arrowverse. In Starling City, he reunited with Oliver at his bookstore, where Oliver teased him about Laurel Lance.

• Barry Allen and his mother thanked Su Quan for reuniting them, and Su Quan explained that he had taken Barry’s Speed Force to prevent him from changing the past.
• Su Quan demonstrated his Speed Force in Arkham Asylum, where Lois Lane interviewed Faora and later interviewed Clark Kent as Superman.
• Su Quan met Helena Bertinelli after she avenged her family, gave her a Void Battle Bead and a uniform, and assigned her to the Birds of Prey.
• Su Quan checked on Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor, briefed his allies, and decided to move to the Arrowverse.
• In Starling City, Oliver visited Su Quan at the Void bookstore and teased him about Laurel, prompting Su Quan to warn him off.

Su Quan joined Oliver Queen and Sara Lance on Robert Queen’s yacht for a voyage that would lead to Oliver and Sara’s transformations, while Laurel Lance stayed behind for a law-school interview. The group settled aboard the ship, unaware that the voyage’s disaster was approaching.

• Oliver Queen invited Su Quan to sail with him and his father, and Su Quan agreed to bring Laurel Lance and Sara Lance along.
• Laurel Lance hesitated because her family might object and Sara would join, while Su Quan said they could all go together.
• Laurel Lance missed the departure to attend an interview with her dream law school, so Su Quan sailed with Sara Lance instead.
• Oliver Queen greeted Su Quan and Sara Lance at the dock, then introduced them to his father, Robert Queen, aboard the yacht.
• Oliver Queen showed Su Quan and Sara Lance around the yacht and gave them a secluded, soundproof room.

Su Quan weighed whether to let Sara Lance endure the shipwreck that would transform her into a hero, then learned she wanted that life. As the yacht sailed toward the shipwreck, he kept his plans secret from Sara and Oliver Queen.

• Oliver Queen and Su Quan teased each other about Oliver's lack of genuine friends, and Su Quan said he befriended him because he believed Oliver would not fail the city.
• Su Quan considered whether Sara Lance should follow her original path through hardship and become a hero, rather than be spared the shipwreck.
• After spending hours in their room, Su Quan and Sara Lance emerged onto the yacht's deck as it sailed into the sea at sunset.
• Oliver Queen joked with Su Quan and warned him not to pursue his eleven-year-old sister Thea; Su Quan teased that they could discuss it in five years.
• Sara Lance asked what their relationship was, and Su Quan avoided defining it while implying she would soon have no chance to tell Laurel about them.
• Su Quan recalled that Sara had chosen to become a hero rather than live comfortably as an ordinary person.

Su Quan revealed that the yacht would sink and protected Sara Lance as it went down, explaining that the disaster would begin her path toward becoming a hero. He sent her to the League of Assassins for training, while he planned to pursue the League’s Lazarus Pit.

• Su Quan told Sara Lance that the yacht would sink and that the disaster would set her and Oliver Queen on the path to becoming heroes.
• The yacht split apart in the storm, and Su Quan shielded Sara Lance from the seawater while other passengers were swept away.
• Su Quan explained that someone wanted Robert Queen dead and urged Sara Lance to endure hardship because she had chosen to become a hero.
• Su Quan told Sara Lance about the League of Assassins, and she vowed to return from training stronger than Laurel.
• When the League of Assassins’ ship arrived, Su Quan teleported Sara Lance to it and planned to obtain the Lazarus Pit.

Su Quan arrived on Purgatory Island, where mercenaries had captured Shado and were hunting her father, Yao Fei. He made a deal with Yao Fei to rescue Shado in exchange for his archery knowledge, then vanished and left Shado’s rescue pending.

• Su Quan considered Purgatory Island’s key figures and teleported there to investigate.
• Su Quan found the mercenaries’ camp and learned they had captured Shado to force Yao Fei to cooperate.
• Su Quan disarmed Yao Fei with telekinesis and offered to bring Shado safely off the island in exchange for Yao Fei’s archery skills and experience.
• Yao Fei accepted on the condition that Su Quan prove Shado was free from coercion, but Su Quan disappeared before explaining his rescue plans.
• Su Quan decided to wait until Yao Fei had finished teaching Oliver Queen before taking his archery abilities.
• Shado remained bound in a tent, calm as she looked for a chance to escape and find her father.

Shado escaped the mercenary camp after Su Quan fulfilled her wish and claimed the rest of her life in return, then accepted a task to work for him. Meanwhile, Laurel Lance and Quentin learned that Sara and Su Quan were missing after the Queen family’s yacht sank, and Laurel heard Su Quan call her at the end.

• Shado wished to escape the mercenary camp, and Su Quan transported her to safety before claiming ownership of the rest of her life.
• Su Quan took Shado to the Mirror Dimension, where she saw her imprisoned father, and promised she could rescue him if she served him well.
• Su Quan gave Shado a Void Battle Bead and bank card, then tasked her with buying a house and investigating Barry Allen, Caitlin Snow, and Cisco Ramon.
• News spread that Robert Queen and Oliver Queen’s yacht had wrecked, and Laurel Lance discovered that Sara and Su Quan had also been aboard.
• Laurel blamed herself for not stopping Sara and Su Quan from boarding, then heard Su Quan call her by name.

Su Quan reassured Laurel Lance and Quentin Lance that Sara was alive and used his psychic abilities to let the family speak across the distance. He revealed more of their possible fates, then vanished, leaving Laurel and Quentin to process the revelations.

• Laurel embraced Su Quan, and he explained that Sara had survived the shipwreck but had gone to the League of Assassins.
• Quentin returned home, confronted Su Quan, and watched him crush a gun into powder with his bare hands.
• Su Quan linked Quentin, Laurel, and Sara telepathically, allowing the family to talk while Sara was at the League headquarters.
• After dissolving the connection, Su Quan told Laurel that destiny could change and revealed that Quentin would die in the future before being restored after a multiverse reboot.
• Su Quan told Laurel she would no longer die, promised to arrange future conversations or visits with Sara, and vanished from the room.

Su Quan trained Laurel Lance to become Black Canary after revealing that Damian Darhk would kill her in the future. Meanwhile, Moira Queen questioned Su Quan about the yacht disaster and reported his answers to Malcolm Merlyn, leaving her caught between suspicion and fear.

• Laurel Lance learned that Damian Darhk had killed her in the future, and Su Quan urged her to become Black Canary and trained her.
• Moira Queen and Thea Queen visited Su Quan, who said he and Sara had left the yacht before it sank and sent Sara away to learn martial arts.
• Su Quan gave Laurel the knowledge of numerous martial arts, and she spent half an hour absorbing the skills before trying them out.
• Moira Queen told Malcolm Merlyn about Su Quan's claims, and Malcolm said he would handle the matter while she feared his involvement in the yacht disaster.
• Su Quan equipped Laurel with a Vibranium-and-nanotechnology Black Canary uniform, wings, mask, and tonfas, but said her sonic powers would have to wait.

Su Quan arranged for Laurel Lance to spend the night so she could face Malcolm Merlyn, whom he had drawn out as a sparring partner. Laurel fought Malcolm in her new suit, and after his attempted trick and dagger attack failed, she continued attacking him on Su Quan’s orders.

• Su Quan persuaded Laurel Lance to stay the night, intending to use Malcolm Merlyn to train her.
• Malcolm Merlyn arrived at the bookstore roof, where Laurel Lance confronted him in her costume.
• Laurel blocked Malcolm’s arrows and fought him at close range, growing more confident as the battle continued.
• Malcolm tricked Laurel into turning by calling out Su Quan’s name, then stabbed her in the back; her suit reflected the impact and sent him flying.
• Malcolm removed his mask and asked to meet Su Quan, but Su Quan told Laurel to keep fighting because Malcolm was only useful as her sparring partner.

Malcolm Merlyn was forced by Su Quan to spar with Laurel Lance night after night, unable to escape or refuse as she rapidly improved. After a month, Su Quan appeared on the roof in Laurel’s place, and Malcolm feared he had outlived his usefulness and would be killed.

• Malcolm Merlyn tried to flee Laurel Lance, but Su Quan stopped him, returned his arrows, and forced him to keep fighting.
• When Malcolm refused to spar, Su Quan controlled his body and made him fight until dawn, after which Malcolm returned home without telling Tommy or Moira Queen what had happened.
• Malcolm guessed that his opponent was Laurel Lance and decided not to provoke her or Su Quan, but Su Quan forced him to return for another night of sparring.
• For a month, Malcolm was compelled to spar with Laurel every night as she grew stronger, then Su Quan appeared on the roof and Malcolm asked whether he was going to kill him.

Su Quan rewarded Malcolm Merlyn with Super Soldier Serum while preparing to part from Laurel Lance, then met Shado in Central City after she completed her investigation of Barry Allen, Caitlin Snow, and Cisco Ramon. Shado sensed something unusual about Dr. Harrison Wells, and Su Quan went to STAR Labs to meet him and learn about the Particle Accelerator.

• Su Quan gave Malcolm Merlyn Super Soldier Serum, which greatly enhanced his physical abilities, then sent him home through a portal.
• After spending the night with Laurel Lance, Su Quan found that she had left Starling City and received a communication request from Shado.
• Su Quan traveled to Shado in Central City, where she reported her research on Barry Allen, Caitlin Snow, and Cisco Ramon and said Dr. Harrison Wells had seemed to know her before they met.
• Shado asked to return to Purgatory Island to save her father, but Su Quan refused for now and told her that her father had made a deal with him.
• Su Quan asked Shado to buy a car, then visited STAR Labs with Dr. Harrison Wells as Caitlin Snow introduced the laboratory and its Particle Accelerator project.

Su Quan revealed that he knew Dr. Harrison Wells was Eobard Thawne and demonstrated his power before proposing a deal. Thawne agreed to sell Su Quan shares in STAR Labs, with the shares passing to Su Quan after Thawne returned home.

• Su Quan confronted Dr. Harrison Wells with his real identity, and Thawne admitted he was Eobard Thawne.
• When Thawne threatened Su Quan, Su Quan forced him to his knees and showed off a vibrating hand blade, leaving Thawne intimidated.
• Su Quan explained that he wanted Barry Allen to become The Flash so he could see someone, while Thawne wanted to regain the Speed Force and return to his era.
• Su Quan offered to buy STAR Labs shares and have them transfer to him after Thawne left, and Thawne accepted the arrangement.
• Su Quan offered to help Thawne motivate Barry Allen and temporarily lend him the Speed Force when needed.

Su Quan finalized a partnership with Dr. Harrison Wells, invested in STAR Labs, and began recruiting its promising young scientists for his projects. After the lab’s dinner, Shado realized Su Quan’s new commitment to Central City meant they would be living together for the foreseeable future.

• Su Quan and Dr. Harrison Wells agreed to cooperate, each privately suspecting the other had ulterior motives.
• Su Quan invested one hundred million dollars for a twenty percent stake in STAR Labs, with Wells’s shares to transfer to him if Wells was judged dead or missing.
• Su Quan treated the STAR Labs staff to dinner, where Caitlin Snow introduced him to Cisco Ramon and other employees.
• Su Quan asked Cisco Ramon to make gadgets for him and proposed that Caitlin Snow study Compound V and investigate whether it could produce powers of a chosen type.
• Su Quan learned that Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon had recently joined STAR Labs, which Wells had established as a promising opportunity for young scientists.
• After returning home with Su Quan, Shado realized they would be cohabiting in the small house while he remained in Central City.