Chapter Summaries

Wonder Woman Diana arrived at the hotel and reunited with her half-sister, Cassie Cassandra, who had been searching for her. Xi Nian chose to remain outside the Energy Absorption Space, while Diana agreed to take the sleeping Jean Grey inside for safety.

• Wonder Girl Cassie Cassandra approached Xi Nian to confess her feelings, but Wonder Woman Diana arrived at the hotel.
• Xi Nian greeted Diana as his aunt and introduced her to Jean Grey, Raven, and Cassie.
• Diana recognized Cassie as her half-sister, and Cassie rushed into her embrace.
• Xi Nian asked Diana why he had never heard of Cassie, and Diana said she would explain later.
• Xi Nian decided to stay outside the Energy Absorption Space, and Diana told him there was something for him to investigate.
• Xi Nian asked Diana to take the sleeping Jean Grey inside to protect her from powerful enemies who might target her.

Diana took Qin and Cassie away while Xi Nian returned to the abandoned Prince Family villa, where Raven waited outside in the snow until he let her in. The next morning, Qin woke in the Energy Absorption Space and learned from Wanda Prince that Xi Nian had saved her.

• Diana carried Qin away and invited Cassie to come with her, while Raven watched Xi Nian leave the hotel alone.
• Xi Nian and Alice went to the abandoned Prince Family villa, where Alice prepared his room and told him Raven was still outside.
• Xi Nian tried to sleep but eventually went outside and found Raven standing in the snow; after she said she owed him for freeing her, he invited her in.
• Qin woke in a luxurious room in the Energy Absorption Space and saw the surrounding mountain scenery.
• Wanda Prince introduced herself to Qin and explained that Xi Nian had saved her, prompting Qin to remember falling asleep in his arms and blush.

Qin chose to become a maid in the Prince Family after Wanda warned her that the training and assessment would be difficult. Meanwhile, Xi Nian learned that people who died in the Flash Calamity Incident had returned to life and wondered whether someone had found a way to resurrect the dead.

• Wanda told Qin she could stay at the Prince Family’s base, and Qin offered to work as a servant rather than live there for free.
• Wanda warned Qin that becoming a maid would bring strict training and painful assessments, but Qin insisted on joining.
• Wanda accepted Qin as a candidate and told her she would become the Prince Family’s second maid if she passed the assessment.
• Xi Nian recalled Diana’s report that people who died in the Flash Calamity Incident had reappeared in their homes.
• Xi Nian considered whether someone had resurrected the dead before he could recover Fantasy Creation and bring back the lost half of humanity.

Wanda began training Qin to become a maid of the Prince Family, while Xi Nian accepted Raven as his bodyguard and headed to Gotham. The chapter ended with a gothic woman leaving a coffee shop near a burning house.

• Wanda told Qin that a maid of the Prince Family had to excel in many fields and began teaching her.
• Xi Nian found Raven waiting for him at breakfast and learned that she wanted to follow him to repay him.
• Raven offered to warm Xi Nian's bed and changed into an adult form, but Xi Nian asked her to serve as his bodyguard instead.
• Raven returned to her child form, and Xi Nian set off for Gotham with Raven and Alice.
• A house in Gotham burned as emergency vehicles arrived, and a gothic woman left a nearby coffee shop carrying a black parasol.

Xi Nian investigated reports of the dead returning in Gotham and found signs that an evil force tied to death was behind the imperfect resurrections. In Washington, Gwen’s parents insisted she bring her boyfriend home that weekend, leaving her unable to refuse.

• Xi Nian, Raven, and Can Luo followed Alice into Gotham’s alleys, where Raven knocked out three gang members who had been following them.
• Red Hood Jason Todd and Red Robin Tim Drake found the gang members asleep and took them into custody.
• Xi Nian examined the abandoned home of Steel Hayman and confirmed that the dead had begun returning under the control of an evil force related to death.
• Gwen told her parents she had the day off, while keeping her connection to Future Chronicle Company secret.
• Captain George and Mrs. Mary told Gwen to bring her boyfriend home that weekend, and she froze before she could refuse.

Gwen joined the Green Lantern Corps’ emergency assembly, where its members learned of a prophecy that the universe would be destroyed in the Blackest Night. In Gotham, Xi Nian spotted the black-clad woman he associated with death and approached her, saying he was fated with death.

• Gwen received the Corps’ summons, transformed into Green Lantern, and traveled to its headquarters.
• Gwen greeted Sinestro, who recalled how a crimson youth had defeated him and other Lanterns four years earlier.
• Sinestro revealed a yellow ring and reflected on how that encounter had made him favor fear over willpower.
• At the Corps assembly, the Guardians’ spokesperson announced a prophecy from the Book of Oa that the universe would be destroyed in the Blackest Night.
• Xi Nian searched through Gotham’s crowds for a familiar figure, then found a gothic woman with a black parasol sitting on a bus-stop bench.
• The woman remarked that Xi Nian was chasing after death, and he replied that he was fated with death.

Xi Nian reunited with the Gothic Woman, whom Raven recognized as Death, and talked with her about his years away and his new ability to see death auras. The Gothic Woman departed after saying she had changed, leaving Xi Nian with the feeling that they would never meet again.

• Alice found no information about the Gothic Woman and could only scan her as an ordinary person, while Raven sensed the terrifying aura of Death.
• Xi Nian greeted the Gothic Woman without fear and sat beside her at the bus stop.
• Xi Nian told the Gothic Woman about his ability to see death auras and the resurrected dead being manipulated in Gotham City.
• The Gothic Woman said Xi Nian was still the same as before, then told him she had changed and rose to leave.
• Xi Nian called after the Gothic Woman with her one-eyed pirate teddy bear, but she vanished into the snowy street without taking it.

Green Lantern Gwen joined Sinestro’s mission to hunt Parallax in Sector 2814 as the Blackest Night approached. Meanwhile, corpses of familiar enemies erupted into violence across Earth, and Xi Nian saw Superman fighting Doomsday in Metropolis.

• Sinestro told Green Lantern Gwen that Parallax was hiding in Sector 2814 and recruited her to lead a squad against it.
• A black ring emerged from the drained heart of a dead elf in the Dark Elves’ civilization graveyard.
• Buildings collapsed in Gotham, where a decayed Steppenwolf rose and attacked people; Alice reported similar upheavals in other cities.
• Xi Nian saw footage of decayed or resurrected enemies, including a symbiote, Abomination, Doctor Lizard, and Doctor Octopus, attacking across Earth.
• In Metropolis, Superman fought Doomsday and appeared to be at a disadvantage.

Diana’s engagement ring transformed into an amethyst and identified her as a Star Sapphire candidate, while Steppenwolf and Abomination appeared in Gotham and New York. Cyborg tried to hold off Steppenwolf as Red Hood and Red Robin evacuated civilians, and Iron Man faced Abomination after learning the Silver-Haired Goddess had defeated it eight years earlier.

• Diana showed Cassie the artificial planet at Destiny Alliance Headquarters and began to explain how she had found love outside Themyscira.
• Diana’s engagement ring cracked open to reveal an amethyst, and a voice welcomed Diana Prince of Earth to the Star Sapphire.
• Steppenwolf emerged in Gotham, and Cyborg told Red Hood and Red Robin to evacuate civilians while he delayed the Apokolips general.
• Abomination blasted Iron Man through several buildings in New York, and Friday told Tony Stark that the Silver-Haired Goddess had beheaded it eight years earlier.
• Abomination charged Iron Man again as Tony wondered how to defeat it.

Jesse Quick battled a regenerating undead monster in New York, while Superwoman rescued the Teen Titans from resurrected villains in Washington. Superwoman was summoned to Gotham, where Xi Nian revealed he had chosen her Kryptonian abilities as his first stacked ability.

• Jesse Quick blasted apart the crimson tentacled monster in Times Square, but it began gathering itself back together.
• Doctor Octopus and Lizard attacked the Teen Titans at a Washington middle school while demanding to know where Prince Xi Nian was.
• A rooftop gunman shot Jonathan Kent with a Kryptonite bullet, leaving him unable to fight as the villains moved in.
• Superwoman arrived, defeated Doctor Octopus and Lizard, absorbed the Kryptonite from Jonathan's wound, and killed the gunman with a laser beam.
• Superwoman was summoned to Gotham, where Xi Nian said he had chosen her Kryptonian abilities as his first stacked ability.

Xi Nian summoned Superwoman Kara and stacked her Kryptonian power with Wanda’s Scarlet Magic, becoming Magic Superman. He defeated Steppenwolf in Gotham and then moved on to stop Abomination in New York.

• Xi Nian summoned Superwoman Kara in Gotham and activated Superman Mode.
• Wanda received Xi Nian’s summons while teaching Qin maid etiquette.
• Magic Superman Xi Nian caught Batman’s Batmobile and destroyed Steppenwolf with one punch.
• Xi Nian left Gotham and appeared in Queens, where he killed Abomination in seconds.
• Tony Stark stared at Abomination’s ruined body, bewildered by the figure that had rushed past.

Magic Superman Xi Nian arrived in Times Square and destroyed Carnage after saving Jesse Quick from its attack. Jesse recognized him as the person she had been searching for and followed him through his teleportation portal.

• Jesse Quick used her Super Speed to evade Carnage's spreading tentacles while trying to protect civilians, but she could not harm the monster.
• Xi Nian emerged from a portal and dodged Carnage's attack before destroying its giant body with a punch.
• Xi Nian used his Superman Field to gather Carnage's scattered remains, then annihilated the symbiote with Scarlet Flame.
• Jesse realized Xi Nian was the person she had been searching for and chased him through his portal.

Jesse Quick followed Xi Nian through a portal into the sky, then traveled with him to Metropolis after a huge energy burst erupted there. They found Superman battling a monstrous Doomsday, and Xi Nian prepared to join the fight while Superman took a Kryptonite spear.

• Jesse Quick emerged high above Earth, clung to Xi Nian to avoid falling, and questioned him about the Silver God and the Flash Calamity Incident.
• Xi Nian spotted a powerful energy burst over Metropolis and took Jesse Quick through a portal to investigate.
• A black ring in the Dark Elves Space Graveyard sensed someone and announced that it had finally found him.
• Xi Nian and Jesse Quick arrived at Superman Plaza, where a monstrous Doomsday had devastated the surrounding area and blasted Superman away.
• Xi Nian shielded Jesse Quick and Superman from Doomsday's energy, then gave Superman a Kryptonite spear and told him to wait for the right moment to join the fight.
• Xi Nian flew alone toward Doomsday as Jesse Quick watched in shock.

Xi Nian fought the resurrected Doomsday at Superman Plaza as their clashes devastated Metropolis Harbor Island and shook the surrounding city. He realized Doomsday was a soulless walking corpse that kept growing stronger, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Doomsday sensed Xi Nian’s Kryptonian genes and charged him, and the two met in a devastating clash above Superman Plaza.
• Jesse Quick fled the battlefield as their fight sent shockwaves across Metropolis Harbor Island and damaged buildings throughout the city.
• Batman and Iron Man encountered each other above Metropolis while residents evacuated amid the chaos and reports of Doomsday’s return spread.
• Superman watched from the edge of the battlefield and recognized that the resurrected Doomsday was stronger than before and had already blasted him away.
• Xi Nian used Death’s Eye to see death-law chains holding Doomsday’s decaying body together, then realized it was growing stronger as they fought.
• Doomsday emerged unharmed from Xi Nian’s attack, and Xi Nian judged it his strongest opponent yet.

Magic Superman Xi Nian and Superman appeared to kill Doomsday, but it survived the Kryptonite spear and attacked again. Xi Nian flew toward it with the purple gemstone in hand, preparing to take a risk.

• Xi Nian bound Doomsday with Spark Lassos and used Spark Portals to cut its neck and limbs, but its wounds quickly healed.
• Superman emerged through a portal and drove a Kryptonite spear into Doomsday’s neck while Xi Nian held it back, and Doomsday fell silent.
• Xi Nian and Superman celebrated, while Superman reminded Xi Nian to visit his house that weekend to discuss Kara.
• Doomsday suddenly revived and attacked Superman, but Xi Nian caught its claw and concluded it had evolved resistance to Kryptonite.
• Xi Nian said they would have to take a risk, summoned a purple gemstone with the Dimensional Ring, and grasped it as he flew toward Doomsday.

Magic Superman Xi Nian used the Power Stone to kill Undead Doomsday with one punch. As he recovered, a mysterious black ring appeared on his hand, and Xi Nian realized the resurrection and attack had been a trap.

• Magic Superman Xi Nian used the Power Stone to shatter Doomsday's claw and blast through its chest, killing it with a single punch.
• Xi Nian explained that the Power Stone had amplified his strength, then returned it to the Energy Absorption Space as its energy began to affect him.
• Superman noticed a new black ring on Xi Nian's thumb, and Xi Nian realized it had been hidden inside Doomsday and slipped onto his hand during the fight.
• Xi Nian recognized the ring's deathly aura and understood that the resurrected supervillains and Doomsday's return had been orchestrated to deliver it to him.
• Xi Nian told Superman to run.

Xi Nian transformed into a raging Dark Xi Nian after Superman tried to remove his black ring, and his overwhelming power devastated the harbor island. The gathered heroes failed to restrain or awaken him, and he blasted them all away.

• Superman struck at Xi Nian's black ring, but Xi Nian caught his punch as his scarlet flames turned black and he opened his eyes in a ferocious rage.
• Iron Man, Cyborg, Alice, Raven, and other heroes arrived, and Superman warned them not to approach Xi Nian.
• Xi Nian fired lasers through the moon, unleashed a pillar of black energy, and punched Superman into the island, cracking its core.
• Superwoman, Alice, Cyborg, Iron Man, and the Batplane tried to restrain Xi Nian, but they could barely hold him in place.
• Jesse Quick and Raven's phantom raven struck Xi Nian with electricity, but he roared and stomped out a black energy storm that blasted everyone away.

The Blackest Night Emperor’s attempt to control Xi Nian with the Black Lantern failed, leaving him enraged and uncontrollable as he overwhelmed the heroes. Just as he was about to strike Batman after destroying the harbor island, Martian Manhunter and a lightning-wreathed newcomer intervened.

• The Blackest Night Emperor realized its Black Lantern had not fully killed Xi Nian and could not control his rage-fueled body.
• Darkened Xi Nian destroyed the Batplane and repelled Iron Man, Cyborg, Superwoman, and Alice with devastating attacks.
• Xi Nian stomped apart the harbor island, sending Jesse Quick into the water and defeating the gathered heroes.
• Darkened Xi Nian appeared before Batman and struck, but Martian Manhunter blocked his first punch.
• A bearded man wielding an axe descended amid thunder and intercepted Xi Nian’s second punch.

Darkened Xi Nian rampaged across Metropolis, overwhelming the heroes who tried to stop him and remove the Dark Ring. The battle left the heroes defeated as a mysterious woman appeared behind him.

• Thor recognized Xi Nian as the person he had encountered under different identities and fought alongside Martian Manhunter and Batman against him.
• Captain Marvel Carol Danvers arrived from space, joined Superwoman Kara in confronting Xi Nian, and was joined by Doctor Strange and Zatanna, who restrained him with magic.
• Superman returned from the ocean and warned everyone to remove the Dark Ring from Xi Nian’s right hand, prompting the heroes to attack.
• Xi Nian created numerous phantom incarnations with the Form of Ikhan, and their attacks battered the heroes and broke Zatanna’s spell.
• A mysterious woman appeared behind Xi Nian and gently told him that he was still a child who made people worry.

Wonder Woman Diana confronted Darkened Xi Nian as he devastated Metropolis and defeated the heroes. After her shield shattered and her restraints began to fail, she drew the Sword of Hephaestus, but the chapter ended with her embracing him as he froze mid-punch.

• Darkened Xi Nian attacked the heroes in Metropolis, and Wonder Woman Diana arrived to face him.
• Xi Nian shattered Diana's Aegis of Divine Power with a single punch.
• Diana bound Xi Nian with the Golden Lasso and Violet Lantern crystal, but he began breaking free.
• Diana drew the Sword of Hephaestus despite Alice's plea to stop her.
• Xi Nian broke free and swung at Diana, who embraced him and told him it was over.