Chapter Summaries

Wanda defeated and killed Thanos, took his Infinity Gauntlet, and returned through a portal to Xi Nian. She arrived above a protected town, where she transformed into a mature, pregnant woman and greeted him.

• Thanos used the Power Stone to break free of Wanda’s Scarlet Cloth Band and struck at her, but Wanda teleported away and attacked him from behind.
• Thanos used the Soul Stone to resist Wanda’s soul-striking attack, then clashed with her scarlet power as their battle destroyed his warship.
• Thanos believed he had killed Wanda, but she reappeared using the Reality and Time Stones and immobilized him with the other stones.
• Wanda shattered Thanos’s body with scarlet power, took the six Infinity Stones, and set them into the Infinity Gauntlet.
• Wanda left the wreckage through a portal, arrived above a town protected by a light barrier, transformed into a pregnant young woman, and called out to Xi Nian.

Batman and Cyborg hid on Apokolips as the Justice League was overwhelmed by Darkseid’s Doomsday-enhanced Parademon army, and Batman declared Xi Nian their only hope. Back in Xijing Town, Xi Nian reunited with Wanda, who gave him a pair of gem-patterned gloves as an early birthday present.

• Batman and Cyborg hid inside a crater after Apokolips’s half-Parademon, half-Doomsday army scattered the Justice League.
• Cyborg wanted to reinforce Superman, but Batman argued they should use the opportunity Superman was buying them instead.
• Batman identified Xi Nian as the key to victory and left the crater with Cyborg to follow.
• In Xijing Town, Xi Nian embraced Wanda at home while she sensed unidentified outsiders entering the town.
• Wanda gave Xi Nian six-gem-patterned gloves as an early birthday present and invited him to make a wish.

Xi Nian wished for Wanda to become her true self again, triggering the collapse of their imagined life and unleashing her chaotic scarlet power. He reached Wanda and embraced her, insisting that he loved her and that they would remain together in reality.

• Wanda told Xi Nian that any birthday wish would come true, and he wished for her to become her true self again.
• Wanda realized Xi Nian had uncovered the truth, and her imagined adult life and pregnancy vanished as she reverted to a young girl.
• Wanda lost control and unleashed scarlet energy that erased the house, while Xi Nian prepared to use the Infinity Gauntlet to save her.
• The Mind Stone showed Xi Nian a vision of the Ancient One, interrupting his attempt to snap his fingers.
• Xi Nian recognized that Wanda remained conscious and reminded her that he loved her in any form and that they still had their real family.
• Xi Nian embraced Wanda and kissed the scarlet energy, telling her they had been and would remain together.

Xi Nian and Wanda reconciled after he broke through her chaotic scarlet energy, and Wanda stopped the destruction of Xijing Town. Xi Nian destroyed the Soul Stone and Thanos’s hidden soul before he and Wanda could fall into his trap, and realized the Ancient One had left a warning in the Mind Stone.

• Wanda embraced Xi Nian and calmed the scarlet energy consuming Xijing Town.
• Wanda confessed that she had lied to Xi Nian and blocked his memories, and he reassured her that she could stay with him whether she grew up or not.
• Wanda explained that she had taken the Infinity Stones and gauntlet to fulfill her wish, and Xi Nian began destroying the Soul Stone with chaotic scarlet energy.
• Thanos’s soul emerged from the Soul Stone and protested before Xi Nian destroyed it along with the gauntlet.
• Xi Nian told Wanda that Thanos had hidden his soul in the Soul Stone and gauntlet to hijack their wish if they snapped their fingers.
• Xi Nian realized that a trace of the Ancient One’s thought in the Mind Stone had stopped him from snapping his fingers.

Xi Nian restored Xijing Town after mastering Scarlet Mode and welcomed Wanda as the Destiny Alliance’s eighth member. When Cyborg arrived on Earth with an Apokolips Mother Box and was attacked by Parademons, Xi Nian intervened, leaving Cyborg stunned by his power.

• Xi Nian ended the Scarlet Magic covering Xijing Town, restoring the town and its residents’ memories.
• Wanda gave Xi Nian his crown-shaped Dimensional Ring, and Xi Nian made Wanda the Destiny Alliance’s eighth member by giving her a matching ring.
• A Boom Tube opened above town, and Cyborg emerged with an Apokolips Mother Box while two Parademons pursued him.
• Cyborg tried to flee the Parademons after his missile failed to stop them, but they grabbed him and began pulling his body apart.
• Xi Nian used scarlet bands to bind both Parademons in midair, astonishing Cyborg.

Xi Nian rescued Cyborg on Earth and learned that the Justice League had been ambushed on Apokolips by Parademons altered with Doomsday’s genetic sequence. He decided to use the Mother Box to return to Apokolips, where Batman and Superwoman were pinned down as a powerful figure arrived.

• Xi Nian used Scarlet Magic to free Cyborg and annihilate the Parademons attacking him.
• Cyborg told Xi Nian that the Justice League had been scattered on Apokolips and that Batman and Superwoman were holding off Doomsday-enhanced Parademons.
• Xi Nian decided to return to Apokolips through a Boom Tube opened by the Mother Box and asked Wanda to tell Auntie and the others what was happening.
• On Apokolips, Parademons restrained Superwoman with specialized cables and pinned Batman to the ground.
• A burly figure emerged from the ruined base, and the Parademons knelt as he sat in a metal chair.

Batman and Superwoman Kara were captured by Darkseid, who ordered them taken to Apokolips’s conversion chamber and sent a legion to recover a stolen Mother Box on Earth. Kara escaped her bonds and attacked Darkseid, but he wounded her; as she prepared to fight to the death, a Boom Tube opened behind her.

• Batman recognized Darkseid, and Desaad told him that he was the last of the captives destined to become Apokolips’s slaves.
• Darkseid ordered Batman and Superwoman taken to the conversion chamber, then directed Desaad to send a legion to Earth for the stolen Mother Box and another target.
• Superwoman broke her restraints, absorbed the Kryptonite she carried, and charged Darkseid with a powerful punch.
• Darkseid struck Superwoman with crimson eye beams, piercing her right shoulder and arm and sending her crashing outside the base.
• Wounded and exhausted, Superwoman forced herself into the air and resolved to fight rather than be captured.
• A Boom Tube opened behind Superwoman, startling her and Desaad as someone began teleporting to Apokolips.

Xi Nian returned to Apokolips with Cyborg and rescued the gravely wounded Superwoman Kara. After healing her and destroying the first wave of Doomsday-gene Parademons, he faced Desaad's order to send in more.

• Xi Nian arrived on Apokolips with Cyborg, and Kara recognized him before collapsing from her wounds.
• Xi Nian held Kara, used Scarlet Magic to remove the lingering energy in her wound, and put her to rest.
• Desaad ordered the Doomsday-gene Parademons to capture Xi Nian and his companions.
• Xi Nian unleashed scarlet power and destroyed more than a hundred Parademons in seconds.
• Desaad ordered more Parademons to attack Xi Nian.

Xi Nian’s Scarlet Magic wiped out more than 150,000 Doomsday-gene Parademons, but Darkseid entered the battle and overwhelmed Xi Nian with his Omega Beams. Xi Nian survived with help from his defenses, admitted he could not defeat Darkseid, and kissed the wounded Superwoman Kara as Darkseid prepared to kill him.

• Xi Nian used Scarlet Magic to destroy tens of thousands of Doomsday-gene Parademons, while Desaad kept sending them into the scarlet cloud under Darkseid’s watch.
• Cyborg celebrated the Parademons’ losses, but Xi Nian warned that Darkseid was the true threat.
• Darkseid rose from his throne and fired Omega Beams that pierced Xi Nian’s magic shield and Mirror Dimension, blasting Xi Nian and Superwoman Kara out of the scarlet cloud.
• Xi Nian stood up alive, explaining that his red ribbon and Cloak of Levitation had stopped the beams after his other defenses weakened them.
• Darkseid offered Xi Nian the choice to submit and die for him, but Xi Nian refused and said he could not defeat him.
• Xi Nian lowered his head and kissed Superwoman Kara as Darkseid told him to die.

Xi Nian fused his unstable Scarlet Mode with Kara’s Kryptonian powers to fight Darkseid on Apokolips, unleashing devastating energy while struggling to control himself. Darkseid’s Omega Beam pierced Xi Nian’s chest, but the scarlet-infused blood reignited his fading vitality as he rose again.

• Xi Nian blocked Darkseid’s Omega Beams with his own crimson energy beams, shocking Desaad and prompting Darkseid to recognize him.
• Xi Nian’s attempt to combine Chaotic Scarlet Mode with Kara’s Kryptonian powers pushed his body toward collapse, so he sent Kara to the Energy Absorption Space for safety.
• Xi Nian transformed into Red Superman Mode, and Desaad recognized him as the human who had once struck Apokolips through a Boom Tube.
• While losing control, Xi Nian’s crimson beams cut through Parademons and cleaved a vast section of Apokolips apart.
• Darkseid attacked Xi Nian with Omega Beams from both sides, piercing his chest, but Xi Nian’s blood fused with scarlet energy and reignited his vitality.

Xi Nian gambled on crushing the Mother Box to balance Scarlet Illusion, Kryptonian Power, and Apocalypse Intellect. He emerged in Ultimate Triple Fusion Mode, destroyed Darkseid’s base, and told Cyborg he was better than ever.

• Darkseid empowered himself with Apokolips and prepared to kill Xi Nian with his golden spear and Omega Beams.
• Xi Nian crushed the stolen Mother Box, triggering a burst of white energy as Darkseid thrust his spear through him.
• Xi Nian’s three powers fused, letting him seize the spear, punch Darkseid through the base, and hurl the weapon into the ruins.
• Scarlet lightning destroyed the base and vaporized Desaad and the Parademons around him.
• Cyborg escaped with the unconscious Batman Bruce, and Xi Nian told him that the fusion had succeeded.

Xi Nian entered Apokolips Super Red Mode and faced Darkseid in a battle that devastated the battlefield. Their fight continued at the center of a vast crater as Cyborg and Batman retreated to safety.

• Xi Nian fused scarlet magic, Kryptonian power, and Apokolips technology into Apokolips Super Red Mode, healing his wounds and reaching a new level of power.
• Darkseid emerged from the ruins, and Xi Nian told Cyborg to carry Batman far from the battlefield.
• Xi Nian's presence terrified the Doomsday-gene Parademons, while Darkseid charged at him with his golden spear.
• Xi Nian met Darkseid's spear with a Scarlet Punch, and their clash created a crater two kilometers wide and sent Cyborg and Batman crashing to the ground.
• Xi Nian and Darkseid fought through the devastation, trading close-range blows, Omega Beams, and scarlet Fusion Energy beams.

Super Red Xi Nian learned to imitate Darkseid’s Omega Beams and turned their power against him on Apokolips. As stray rays struck distant worlds, the Death Goddess headed for the battlefield but was stopped by an elegant figure with a black parasol.

• Super Red Xi Nian analyzed Darkseid’s Omega Beams during their battle and evolved his Fusion Energy into rays that copied the Omega Effect.
• Super Red Xi Nian’s copied rays destroyed more than a thousand Doomsday-gene Parademons and clashed with Darkseid’s genuine Omega Beams.
• Stray crimson lightning bolts appeared over Xandar and Asgard, and one sliced through the Washington Monument on Earth.
• The Death Goddess sensed that Xi Nian had left Earth and crossed the universe toward Apokolips.
• An elegant figure holding a little black parasol appeared before the Death Goddess and blocked her path.

Batman and Cyborg watched as Super Red Xi Nian overwhelmed Darkseid on Apokolips, absorbing his energy and shrugging off his Omega Beams. Darkseid admitted Xi Nian was the strongest in the universe, though he remained alive and ready to continue fighting.

• Batman awoke beside Cyborg, who told him Xi Nian had saved them and possibly Earth.
• Super Red Xi Nian caught Darkseid's energy-charged spear and absorbed its power.
• Xi Nian struck Darkseid repeatedly, saying each blow repaid him for harm done to Earth, Kara, and Xi Nian's aunt.
• Darkseid's Omega Beams passed harmlessly through Xi Nian, who explained that energy he understood could no longer hurt him.
• Xi Nian smashed Darkseid into the ground, leaving a vast crater, then called on him to get up.
• Darkseid emerged battered from the magma and admitted Xi Nian was the strongest in the universe.

Super Red Xi Nian faced Darkseid on Apokolips, where Darkseid summoned the controlled Flash, Superman, and Martian Manhunter to fight beside him. Zatanna told Batman and Cyborg that Aquaman had been killed and Darkseid’s control could not be broken, leaving them to rely on Xi Nian as he prepared to take Darkseid’s head.

• Darkseid acknowledged Xi Nian as the strongest but refused to surrender, then summoned the Flash, Superman, and Martian Manhunter to his side.
• Batman and Cyborg recognized the controlled Justice League heroes and feared the battle had turned against them.
• Zatanna arrived at Batman and Cyborg’s shelter and revealed that Darkseid had killed Aquaman with his trident.
• Zatanna explained that Darkseid’s control resisted her backward speech and that she was too weak to try again.
• Batman and Cyborg decided they could only rely on Xi Nian, who calmly prepared to attack Darkseid.

Super Red Xi Nian overpowered Darkseid on Apokolips, but Darkseid revealed that he had sent hundreds of thousands of half-Doomsday, half-Parademons to Earth. The chapter ended as the invasion devastated cities worldwide and Iron Man learned that at least ten thousand monsters had appeared in New York alone.

• Darkseid gave the Blackened Flash a golden dagger and sent him, Blackened Superman, and the Blackened Martian Manhunter to attack Super Red Xi Nian.
• Super Red Xi Nian seized Darkseid, formed a Sword of Omega Effect, and fought off the attackers while Superman and the Martian Manhunter tried to restrain him.
• Super Red Xi Nian drove the sword through Darkseid's shoulder and torso, but Darkseid survived and warned that his defeat would not mean victory.
• Darkseid revealed that he had sent hundreds of thousands of half-Doomsday, half-Parademons through portals to Earth.
• Zatanna realized the scale of Darkseid's attack as winged monsters overwhelmed New York and other places around the world.
• Iron Man asked Friday for a count, and she reported at least ten thousand monsters in New York alone, with many small countries already being destroyed.

Parademons overwhelmed Earth as heroes across New York struggled to stop the invasion. At Future Chronicle Company Headquarters, Wonder Woman’s group faced mounting odds until two mysterious figures intervened to save Susan and Lorna.

• Iron Man tried to rescue Spider-Man from a Parademon but was held back by several attackers.
• Ant-Man and Wasp fought Parademons in New York Plaza, but the monsters quickly recovered and overwhelmed them.
• Nick Fury contacted someone with his alien communicator while Skye, Agent Hill, and SHIELD faced a seemingly unstoppable assault.
• Stephen Strange defended the New York Sanctum, weakened and unable to find the missing Time Stone or the Sorcerer Supreme.
• Wonder Woman, Spider-Woman Gwen, Invisible Woman Susan, and Polaris Lorna fought a growing swarm at Future Chronicle Company Headquarters.
• A silver-haired figure shielded Susan and blasted a Parademon away, while a crimson-energy figure appeared beside Lorna and incinerated her attacker.

Xi Nian unlocked his seventh permanent ability, Fantasy Creation, and used the Infinity Gauntlet to end Darkseid’s invasion. The Parademons vanished across Earth, though many people had already been killed or gravely wounded.

• Wanda and Alice arrived to help the Destiny Alliance, and Alice reported that Parademons had killed nearly half of humanity in minutes.
• Parademons overwhelmed heroes and civilians across Earth, leaving Hawkeye, Black Panther, Harley, and Spider-Man among the casualties.
• Darkseid tried to control Super Red Xi Nian, but failed; Xi Nian realized he could use the Infinity Stones to resolve the crisis.
• Xi Nian used Fantasy Creation to recreate the destroyed Soul Stone and complete the Infinity Gauntlet.
• Xi Nian snapped his fingers, causing Darkseid and the Parademons across Earth to disappear; Diana and Wanda believed he had succeeded.

After the invasion killed billions, Xi Nian’s allies waited anxiously for him to return from Apokolips. He came back safely, and the women rushed to embrace him as Lorna’s possible pregnancy remained unexplained.

• The winged monsters vanished after their invasion, which killed nearly 3.5 billion people and became known as the Flash Calamity Incident.
• Three days later, Diana, Lois, Kara, and the others gathered at a Washington villa while Wanda explained she could not locate Xi Nian.
• Lorna repeatedly felt sick, prompting Lois to suggest she might be pregnant and Kara to confirm it with her X-Ray Vision.
• Xi Nian and six companions arrived through a spatial passage, and his allies ran out to welcome him.
• Gwen and Kara threw themselves into Xi Nian’s arms, followed by the others, who nearly toppled him in their rush to hug him.

Xi Nian returned to the villa after helping defeat Thanos and Darkseid, and reunited with the heroines and his companions. The chapter ended with the Destiny Alliance gathering for a celebratory dinner at its headquarters.

• The Flash, Cyborg, Martian Manhunter, Superman, and Lois left the villa, while Batman spoke with Diana before departing and Zatanna stayed with her.
• Xi Nian explained that freeing the Justice League members from their control had delayed his return, then got free of the heroines pinning him down.
• Xi Nian recognized Alice, who explained that she had awakened after merging with her vibranium body and being struck by a specialized spear.
• Diana welcomed Xi Nian home and asked Alice and Wanda to prepare dinner, and Zatanna joined the gathering.
• Xi Nian and the Destiny Alliance held a banquet in their Energy Absorption Space, where he celebrated being reunited with his family and friends.