Chapter Summaries

Conrad Koz crushed Barbatos into a tiny lump of flesh, then confronted the World Forger, who asked the outsiders to leave. Conrad returned to Orsaga with Barbatos’s head, while Lorgar also arrived carrying Doctor Manhattan’s head.

• Conrad Koz beat Barbatos, compressed his enormous body into a ping-pong-ball-sized lump, and plucked off his head while keeping him alive.
• Conrad Koz spotted a hidden watcher and forced the World Forger to reveal himself.
• The World Forger thanked Conrad Koz for dealing with Barbatos and asked him to leave the World Forge Workshop.
• Conrad Koz dismissed the World Forger, hurled Barbatos’s body away, and returned to Orsaga with Barbatos’s head.
• Lorgar appeared beside Conrad Koz and presented Doctor Manhattan’s head to Orsaga.

Orsaga kept Doctor Manhattan and Barbatos as ornaments while Conrad Koz’s thrown ball of flesh hurtled toward the Origin Wall. There, Yuga Khan and Supreme Superman sensed the approaching arrival, whose identity remained unknown.

• Orsaga placed Doctor Manhattan and Barbatos on opposite armrests and joked that their heads would make fine decorations for his palace gates.
• Conrad Koz’s ball of flesh crossed countless universes and reached the Prometheus Galaxy at the edge of the Multiverse (DC).
• The chapter described the Origin Wall as a barrier that trapped and drained most beings who approached it, while Yuga Khan had once escaped before being stuck to it again.
• Yuga Khan sensed something approaching and wondered whether it was a new explorer or someone thrown toward the wall.
• Yuga Khan turned to see Supreme Superman, Clark Kent, awake and watching the same distant arrival.

A mysterious ball of flesh struck the Origin Wall, weakening its seal and freeing the beings trapped there. Perpetua emerged from the shattered wall, while powerful beings across the multiverse sensed the upheaval and the Marvel World’s ongoing merger.

• Supreme Superman and Yuga Khan sensed an approaching object and saw a flaming ball of flesh racing toward the Origin Wall.
• The ball of flesh pierced the Prometheus Galaxy’s barrier and crashed into the Origin Wall, distorting reality and leaving a deep hole.
• The Origin Wall cracked and weakened, allowing Yuga Khan, Clark Kent, and other imprisoned beings to escape.
• A gigantic female figure burst out of the Origin Wall with a ball of flesh embedded in her chest and declared herself Perpetua, creator of all things.
• Perpetua’s roar swept Yuga Khan and the others away as the Monitor, the Anti-Monitor, the World Forger, and The Blackest reacted to the upheaval.
• Distant beings sensed the collapse, though many focused on the Marvel World merging with their own.

Perpetua revealed the origin of the Origin Wall and the reason she had been imprisoned, then emerged badly wounded after Conrad Koz’s attack. She left to recover after threatening Monitor, Anti-Monitor, and World Forger, giving them centuries of respite.

• Perpetua’s backstory revealed that she had secretly made bio-weapons to rebel against her inspectors, but Monitor, Anti-Monitor, and World Forger betrayed her, leading the inspectors to imprison her in the Origin Wall.
• After the Origin Wall shattered, Perpetua suppressed the severe injuries caused by the attack that had pierced it and demanded to know who had struck her.
• Perpetua killed dozens of powerhouses with her scythe and read their memories, learning that no one present knew where the attack had come from.
• Perpetua looked toward Monitor, Anti-Monitor, and World Forger, silently warned her three sons, and tore open space to leave.
• World Forger realized that Conrad Koz’s strike had badly wounded Perpetua and believed the Multiverse had gained centuries before she could act again.

The Blackest watched the Origin Wall collapse and realized the weakened Land of No Life could no longer hold him, but he chose to wait for the coming Great Era rather than act. He sensed a vast Crimson Vortex and contacted Death, an Endless Family member who represented all death across the River of Light.

• The Blackest saw the Origin Wall collapsing and realized he could escape the weakened Land of No Life.
• He decided not to leave or attack the Multiverse (DC), choosing to wait for the coming Great Era.
• The Blackest sensed two immense Rivers of Light being drawn toward a gigantic Crimson Vortex.
• After the Origin Wall collapsed, The Blackest detected a higher being who governed death throughout his River of Light.
• The Blackest contacted Death and learned that Death belonged to the Endless Family and confirmed that the Great Era was approaching.

The Batman Who Laughs revealed that he had taken Ghost Rider, Vector Manipulation, Copycat Eyes, and much of Ancient One’s magic, while Batman and the Justice League prepared to confront him. After unleashing a devastating blast, he challenged them, and his Magnetic Field Rotation power made him an overwhelmingly dangerous opponent.

• The Batman Who Laughs explained that he had gained several powers but failed to capture Flash after Ancient One intervened.
• Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Cyborg discussed how The Batman Who Laughs had defeated Ancient One, whose last warning had been “Beware... Sea Tiger Blast Fist!!”
• The Batman Who Laughs shouted at Clark, Diana, and Bruce, then released a sound blast that destroyed everything within several hundred kilometers.
• The chapter revealed that The Batman Who Laughs had trained Magnetic Field Rotation to 999,999 horsepower and used the Tenfold Complete Realm to amplify his strength.
• The Batman Who Laughs challenged the Justice League to fight him, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

Batman defeated The Batman Who Laughs in the ruined Sandbox World, but the battle left the Justice League and Ancient One nearly dead. Batman and Superman waited for Aquaman to help the injured and civilians while Diana slowly recovered and Cyborg remained reduced to stored core data.

• Batman used Corpse Qi Underworld Wave to destroy The Batman Who Laughs's soul and received the Game Victory Notification.
• Batman found Superman alive but split in two, suffering from Kryptonite radiation, and promised to look for his missing lower body.
• Diana sent Bruce a psychic message that Ajin had kept her from dying, though it would take her hundreds of years to reassemble her body.
• Batman realized that nearly all the Justice League and Ancient One were near death, while Aquaman had protected civilians and Cyborg's core data.
• Batman treated his injuries and helped Superman recover before they waited for Aquaman to bring medical supplies.

After their games ended and their injuries healed, the Justice League returned to the Iceberg Restaurant, where Orsaga asked them to rate their experiences. Fearing what he would do if they gave low scores, the group reluctantly gave the games perfect five-star reviews.

• Constantine arrived at the Iceberg Restaurant in beach shorts, and Batman told him to worry about his own appearance and condition.
• Batman sighed with relief when he saw that the Justice League's injuries had healed after the games ended.
• Constantine explained how years of extreme trials had left him shameless and unafraid of the threats that once troubled him.
• Orsaga praised the group for passing their games and gave each person a scorecard and pen, asking them to rate the experience out of ten.
• Batman asked what would happen if they gave low scores, and Orsaga said they would suffer a fate worse than death if they made him unhappy.
• Constantine and the others reluctantly gave their games perfect five-star reviews.

Black Death Sword—Loki investigated the destruction of three universes and sent probes to search for evidence. At the wreckage, a purple-robed destroyer encountered a metallic figure carrying six Infinity Stones, who had burst through space-time toward him.

• Black Death Sword—Loki learned that three Parallel Universes had been destroyed and that Time Reversal could not restore them.
• Black Death Sword—Loki ordered Hyperdimensional Mechanical Probe Bugs to search the incident coordinates for wreckage.
• A purple-robed figure stood atop Eternity amid the destruction and sensed that the Crimson Dimension was disrupting time and space.
• The purple-robed figure prepared to travel to another universe, but a humanoid figure with an exceptionally large head burst through a Time and Space Channel.
• The metallic figure with six Infinity Stones embedded in its chest emerged from the channel, and it and the purple-robed figure regarded each other with interest.

Infinite Ultron challenged the Marquis of Death, who countered his attacks with an Imaginary Eternity. Ultron then unleashed the six Infinity Stones to collapse multiple universes into a torrent of Cosmic Soup, which closed in on the Marquis and his creations.

• Infinite Ultron introduced himself and asked the purple-robed figure for his name, and the figure identified himself as the Marquis of Death, formerly Clyde Wyncham.
• Infinite Ultron attacked with a tide of time and space, but the Marquis summoned an Imaginary Eternity that calmed it.
• Infinite Ultron recognized the Marquis as a powerful reality warper and abandoned his earlier opponent to focus on him.
• Infinite Ultron used the six Infinity Stones to collapse multiple universes into Cosmic Soup and sent it surging toward the Marquis and his two Imaginary Eternities.
• The Marquis watched the overwhelming attack approach without showing panic or tension.

Marquis of Death overwhelmed Infinite Ultron and subjected him to dimensional reduction, leaving him bound to Uatu’s memories and alive only as long as Uatu remembered him. Uatu decided to act against the threat he believed Infinite Ultron posed to the Multiverse, unaware that his memory now prolonged Ultron’s torment.

• Marquis of Death stopped Infinite Ultron’s Cosmic Soup attack and crushed him along with the surrounding time and space.
• Infinite Ultron resurrected through the Infinity Stones, but Marquis of Death’s lingering power forced him into lower dimensions and left him unable to resist.
• Marquis of Death sensed a metallic bug from the Time Variance Authority, gathered information about it, and left to investigate.
• Uatu recovered in a distant universe and resolved to stop Infinite Ultron, whom he believed threatened the Multiverse.
• Infinite Ultron continued sinking into lower-dimensional existence, bound to Uatu’s memories and granted another day of life whenever Uatu remembered him.

Jaspers sought Jamie Braddock’s help against a looming threat that was disrupting their powers and territories. Before they could agree, a new being awakened in the Transcendence Domain, and the name Beyonder appeared in the minds of those who sensed his birth.

• Jaspers told Jamie Braddock that a Crimson Vortex and an approaching expanse of spacetime threatened them, then proposed that they cooperate.
• Jamie Braddock considered Jaspers’s proposal while Jaspers waited for his answer.
• An inexplicable fluctuation drew the attention of powerful beings, including Marquis of Death, the Living Tribunal, and the First Firmament, toward the Transcendence Domain.
• A newborn will formed in the Transcendence Domain and drew on its power to create a humanlike body.
• The being opened his eyes amid golden light and laughter, and those who witnessed him recognized his name as Beyonder.

The Beyonder’s birth shook the Omniverse, but OAA told the Living Tribunal not to intervene unless widespread destruction occurred, so the Tribunal contained the danger. In the deepest prison of the Hell Dimension, OBA raged with envy at the Beyonder’s freedom, and Orsaga mocked him before leaving.

• The Living Tribunal contacted OAA about the Beyonder, and OAA ordered him not to interfere unless the Beyonder caused widespread destruction.
• The Living Tribunal reduced the effects of the Beyonder’s power to protect unrelated Lifeforms.
• OBA watched the Beyonder and grew furious and envious of his freedom from confinement.
• Orsaga appeared outside OBA’s prison and shouted insults at him, provoking OBA into making threats.
• Orsaga left in a cheerful mood while OBA continued raging helplessly in his prison.

Marquis of Death discovered a path to the Crimson Dimension and learned that Loki wielding the Black Death Sword came from a higher-dimensional reality than the Marvel Multiverse. He then erased the Time Variance Authority and everyone inside it, unleashing the Timelines Kang had restrained.

• Marquis of Death sensed the Beyonder’s power and used its disturbances to glimpse the gateway to the Crimson Dimension.
• Marquis of Death examined the Time Variance Authority’s history, learned how Kang had manipulated the Timelines, and saw that Kang was dead.
• Marquis of Death compared Loki wielding the Black Death Sword with the other Lokis and concluded that Loki came from a higher-dimensional plane.
• Marquis of Death questioned the Crimson Dominator’s plans as an invisible breeze swept toward the Time Variance Authority.
• Elios sensed danger, but Marquis of Death erased it, the Time Variance Authority, and every lifeform within it.
• With the Time Variance Authority destroyed, Kang’s restraints on the Timelines fell away and the Marvel Multiverse grew more chaotic.

Marquis of Death entered the Crimson Dimension and witnessed its nightmarish ecosystem of slaughter, invasion, and growth. As he explored the realm’s horrors, he learned how an earlier visit had shaped Nightmare’s path to becoming a Dimension Lord.

• Marquis of Death opened a gate to the Crimson Dimension and stepped through it.
• Marquis of Death sensed the Crimson Vortex’s reach and glimpsed beings and places across the Omniverse.
• Marquis of Death saw the Crimson Dimension’s vast landscape of slaughter, where blood rain carried corrupted remains from invaded universes and nourished its inhabitants.
• Marquis of Death recognized the realm’s unnatural horror and understood why those who witnessed it suffered lasting psychological scars.
• Marquis of Death learned that Nightmare’s earlier visit to the Crimson Dimension had caused his recurring nightmares and eventually led him to the Dream Dimension.

Marquis of Death entered the Crimson Dimension and found Orsaga at its center, discovering that the strange lights covering the skies were Orsaga’s wings. After seeing Orsaga’s true form and sensing the destruction he could bring, Marquis of Death felt awe and envy, while Orsaga remained untroubled by his hostility.

• Marquis of Death arrived in the Crimson Dimension and wiped out the nearby Lifeforms, but the Crimson Dominator did not respond.
• Marquis of Death sensed the dimension’s center and followed the vast fan-shaped lights toward it.
• Marquis of Death reached the floating buildings, where the doors opened and Orsaga welcomed him inside.
• Marquis of Death saw Orsaga’s true form and realized the lights spanning the dimension were his wings.
• Marquis of Death admired Orsaga’s power, then openly revealed his envy and malice, while Orsaga calmly regarded him.

Orsaga provoked Marquis of Death while explaining that he had once observed and respected his patience, hoping to make him attack so he could retaliate. The chapter ended as Marquis of Death unleashed his time power and created powerful beings from his memories.

• Orsaga offered Marquis of Death Barbatos's head as fruit and drank from Barbatos's exposed brain.
• Orsaga told Marquis of Death that he had observed him during the billion years after his abilities Awakened and praised his patience and strength.
• Orsaga continued speaking in a condescending manner to raise Marquis of Death's anger and provoke an attack.
• Marquis of Death roared that Orsaga was underestimating him and flooded the palace with energy that could accelerate things to their deaths.
• Marquis of Death created imagined versions of the Five Entity Creation Gods, First Firmament, Phoenix Force, and Living Tribunal.

Marquis of Death summoned hordes of Imaginary Bodies against Orsaga, who revealed that the palace had become an extension of his digestive system and consumed the replicas. Orsaga then unveiled his Demon Form, and Marquis of Death realized the Crimson Dimension’s deadly environment arose naturally from Orsaga’s overwhelming presence.

• Marquis of Death filled the palace with Imaginary Bodies, including swarms of Planet Devourers and replicas of powerful cosmic beings.
• Orsaga activated the palace’s connection to his digestive system, surrounding the Imaginary Bodies with blood-red flames and deadly plague poison.
• The flames and poison melted most of Marquis of Death’s Imaginary Bodies, while the strongest replicas and his defensive layers endured corrosion.
• Marquis of Death recognized that Orsaga had turned the palace into part of his stomach and suspected he had been lured there to be eaten.
• Orsaga rose, revealed his full Demon Form, and explained that he had only connected the palace to part of his digestive system.
• Marquis of Death realized Orsaga’s ominous presence naturally transformed the surrounding reality and shaped the Crimson Dimension’s ecosystem.

Orsaga's return to Demon Form devastated the Crimson Dimension, forcing Marquis of Death to face a scale of power he could not understand. Thrilled by the danger, Marquis of Death gathered his Imaginary Bodies and rapidly created a multiversal Shield Barrier to protect himself from Orsaga's destructive power.

• Orsaga's Demon Form caused the Crimson Dimension's temperatures and lethal plagues to surge, killing nearly all lifeforms there.
• Marquis of Death felt fear and excitement as he confronted Orsaga's incomprehensible power.
• Marquis of Death and his Imaginary Bodies carved out stable pockets of space-time and created a universe.
• They rapidly spawned countless universes and assembled them into a growing Shield Barrier that isolated Marquis of Death from Orsaga's power.
• Marquis of Death merged Imaginary Bodies into the barrier, concentrating his strength on defense instead of using human-wave tactics.

Marquis of Death tried to break Orsaga’s seal and then used his reality-altering ability to strengthen himself, while Orsaga watched with growing excitement. Orsaga let him continue, intending to devour and completely destroy him afterward.

• Orsaga’s wings and space-time viruses attacked Marquis of Death’s shield, while its endlessly multiplying universes slowed the invasion.
• Marquis of Death used his decomposition and reality-twisting abilities to examine the Crimson Dimension and tried to erase Orsaga’s seal, but could not fully alter it.
• Orsaga approached the shield and asked whether Marquis of Death had finished trying to escape.
• Marquis of Death changed his ability’s target to himself, increasing his strength and adding defenses while weakening the descriptions of his health and lifespan.
• Orsaga stopped his wings from attacking and eagerly allowed Marquis of Death to grow stronger, intending to devour him and leave nothing behind.