Chapter Summaries

Wonder Woman Diana held onto the rampaging Xi Nian inside his devastating energy storm, trying to reach him with her love and reassurance. As her protective crystal shattered, she told him that he would always be the person she loved most and her family.

• Diana dropped the Sword of Hephaestus and embraced Xi Nian, stopping him from striking her as the Violet Lantern Ring shielded them.
• Xi Nian’s rage surged again, unleashing a storm of black energy that forced the other heroes back.
• Diana continued comforting Xi Nian inside the storm while the heroes considered rescuing her, but Zatanna and Raven urged them to trust her.
• Diana told Xi Nian that she loved him, would always be his aunt, and would always regard him as family.
• Diana’s purple crystal protection shattered, and a crystalline tear fell onto Xi Nian’s face.

Xi Nian’s grief over Diana’s apparent death broke through his rage, and his renewed bond with her revived the purple ring and enclosed them both in a radiant amethyst crystal. The heroes watched the black storm give way to purple light, while Xi Nian and Diana remained inside the crystal.

• A tear reached darkened Xi Nian’s face as he watched Diana’s crown, sword, ring, and body succumb to the black energy.
• Martian Manhunter reported that Diana’s life signs were failing, and Superwoman Kara broke free of Superman Clark and rushed into the storm.
• Darkened Xi Nian seized Diana’s hand, felt sorrow overcome his rage, and pulled her into his embrace.
• Xi Nian kissed Diana, and the broken purple ring reignited with brilliant light that tore through the black storm.
• A huge amethyst crystal appeared around Xi Nian and Diana, leaving the heroes unable to see inside.
• Inside the crystal, Xi Nian understood what he had nearly lost and continued kissing Diana.

Xi Nian revived Diana inside the amethyst, and she told him she would make the same sacrifice again because he was worth it. After the crystal shattered, Xi Nian emerged alone, more powerful than before, and said he felt angry.

• Xi Nian's kisses revived Diana and restored the amethyst's light and flawless form.
• Diana awoke, and Xi Nian embraced her, upset that she had risked her life to save him.
• Diana told Xi Nian she would make the same choice again because he was worth every price.
• While the heroes waited outside the storm, Xi Nian and Diana remained inside the amethyst.
• The amethyst shattered, and Xi Nian emerged alone with new energy and divine artifacts as the heroes asked how he felt.
• Xi Nian calmly said he felt angry, alarming the superheroes.

Xi Nian emerged from the purple crystal in a powerful new form and dispelled the Blackest Night, ending the crisis that had driven the superheroes to prepare for death. He reunited with Kara and Alice, while the other heroes welcomed his return and Doctor Strange greeted him as Sorcerer Supreme.

• Xi Nian appeared amid the Blackest Night energy storm as the assembled superheroes prepared to fight him, and Kara pleaded with him not to make her despair.
• Xi Nian used the Violet Lantern Ring to break through and suppress the Blackest Night, clearing the storm and restoring the sea and sky.
• Kara and Alice rushed to Xi Nian, who caught them both, reassured them, and kissed their foreheads.
• The superheroes relaxed as Captain Marvel, Superman, Cyborg, and Iron Man celebrated Xi Nian's return; Tony Stark reflected that Xi Nian explained several mysteries from his past.
• Doctor Strange flew over to greet Xi Nian as the Sorcerer Supreme, and the heroes admitted that they had feared the consequences if anything had happened to him.

Xi Nian explained that the Black Lantern Ring drew on death and that a Violet Lantern Ring had helped him resist its control. Still furious over the danger to his aunt and family, he prepared to retaliate, while the Blackest Night Emperor was suddenly consumed by violet-red flames.

• Xi Nian told Superman and the other heroes that his ring was a Black Lantern Ring powered by death, and recalled his sister explaining that a black ring borrowed death’s power.
• Xi Nian recognized that the Violet Lantern Ring’s power of love had helped him escape the Black Lantern’s control and suppress its deadly effects.
• Xi Nian released Kara and Alice, declared his anger, and unleashed a force that split the clouds over Metropolis and sent waves across the sea.
• The Blackest Night Emperor discovered it had lost its connection to Xi Nian’s Black Lantern Ring and resolved to build a larger corps of undead.
• Violet-red flames burst from the Black Lantern Rings in the Blackest Night Emperor’s hand, spread across its body, and began erasing it.

Xi Nian burned Blackest Night Emperor’s lair but failed to kill it, while the wounded Emperor escaped and met the Death Goddess. On Mars, Sinestro and Parallax attacked the Green Lantern Corps, leaving Gwen Stacy resisting them.

• Xi Nian’s fused flames devastated the underground cavern, but Blackest Night Emperor escaped, leaving several Black Lantern Rings behind.
• Xi Nian vowed to find and kill Blackest Night Emperor, then teleported away after his silver crown ring flashed.
• Blackest Night Emperor reappeared on a frozen planet, badly wounded and furious that Xi Nian had made it fear death.
• The Death Goddess approached Blackest Night Emperor and said Xi Nian’s unknown backing had caused its failure.
• On Mars, Sinestro and Parallax defeated Green Lantern Corps members, and Sinestro began draining their power through his yellow lantern ring.
• Gwen Stacy shielded several Green Lanterns and defied Sinestro, saying she had faced scarier things on Earth.

Xi Nian rescued Gwen and defeated Sinestro and Parallax, bringing the undead resurrection incident to an end. He then met the Gothic Woman in Washington, where she asked him to repay her for saving his life by going on a date with her.

• Gwen reunited with Xi Nian on Mars, and he told her to leave the rest to him.
• Xi Nian destroyed Sinestro and pursued the fleeing Parallax, trapping it behind a spatial barrier and defeating it in an explosion of flames.
• Xi Nian returned to Earth with Gwen, ending the undead resurrection incident, while the Blackest Night remained hidden in the universe.
• Xi Nian appeared in downtown Washington as an ordinary human and thanked the Gothic Woman for saving him twice.
• The Gothic Woman asked Xi Nian to go on a date with her, and he agreed in surprise.

Xi Nian dressed carefully and went to Washington Park to meet Death, nervous that she might not come. Death arrived for their date, and Xi Nian took her hand as they began walking together.

• Xi Nian dressed for his meeting with Death and left Raven and Alice at home.
• Xi Nian waited nervously for Death at the entrance to Washington Park.
• Death arrived under her umbrella and told Xi Nian that she could act freely despite the laws of the universe.
• Xi Nian complimented Death's Gothic dress and asked her to go with him.
• Death placed her hand in Xi Nian's, and they began their date hand in hand.

Xi Nian and Death spent an ordinary day dating in Washington, growing closer as they shared familiar places and small pleasures. Just as they were about to kiss, a second Gothic Woman appeared and pierced Death with a dark chain.

• Xi Nian showed Death his old high school and shared memories of his ordinary life before the supernatural events.
• Xi Nian and Death visited places from his past, ate together, watched a movie, and danced, while Death said she wanted their date to continue.
• Xi Nian and Death tried and failed to win a teddy bear from a claw machine, so Xi Nian spent money to empty it and gave the toys to nearby children.
• In Washington Park, Death thanked Xi Nian for the date and said she had accepted the price he paid, then embraced and leaned in to kiss him.
• A second Gothic Woman, wearing a camisole and jeans, appeared behind Death and pierced her with a dark chain just before Xi Nian and Death's lips touched.

Xi Nian watched Death’s original personality destroy the Sister Death who had fallen in love with him, leaving only a fading afterimage in his arms. As the afterimage vanished, Xi Nian vowed to find her and make her fall in love with him again.

• Death appeared in Sister Death’s clothes, pierced the Gothic Woman and her teddy bear with black chains, then vanished with her parasol.
• Xi Nian caught Sister Death as her body began dissolving into Death Rule Mist, and she explained that Death could not love without a second personality erasing the flawed existence.
• Sister Death told Xi Nian that she had fallen in love with him and that the real her had already left Earth, leaving behind an afterimage.
• Sister Death said Xi Nian was the first and last person favored by Death and reminded him that the Lord of Death was also the Incarnation of Life.
• Xi Nian kissed Sister Death’s fading phantom and vowed to find her and make her fall in love with him again.

Xi Nian faced the Blackest Night Emperor and the Death Goddess in Washington Park after their arrival triggered a supernatural blackout. As the Emperor attacked, Xi Nian revealed a white ring that split the Emperor apart, affirming that death was also life.

• Xi Nian knelt in the snow as his black ring flared and the purple ring on his middle finger pushed back its darkness.
• The Blackest Night Emperor and the Death Goddess appeared in Washington Park, while Doctor Strange, Zatanna, other heroes, Gwen, and Raven sensed the crisis.
• The Death Goddess admitted she had broken her promise to stay off Earth, and Xi Nian confronted her and the master of the Black Lantern.
• The Death Goddess froze the space, and the Blackest Night Emperor charged Xi Nian as the purple ring's light faded.
• Xi Nian revealed a translucent white ring hidden in the shattered teddy bear, and its light split the Blackest Night Emperor apart.

Xi Nian used the White Lantern Ring’s Life Force to destroy the Blackest Night Emperor and drive the Death Goddess away. As the White Lantern dimmed, he realized the Spirit of Existence feared the being that had accompanied him.

• A White Lantern Ring appeared on Xi Nian’s hand, and its light overwhelmed the Blackest Night Emperor’s deathly power.
• Xi Nian trapped the Death Goddess inside layers of amethyst crystals and charged the Blackest Night Emperor.
• Xi Nian struck the Blackest Night Emperor with a White Lantern-powered punch, erasing it and briefly restoring daylight across Earth.
• The Death Goddess broke free, fled after her deathly veil melted away, and left Xi Nian too exhausted to pursue her.
• Xi Nian noticed the White Lantern Ring’s independent consciousness and realized the Spirit of Existence feared the being that had accompanied him.

After defeating Blackest Night Emperor and driving off Death Goddess, Xi Nian released the White Lantern ring and prepared to complete his mission. He assembled a replica Infinity Gauntlet, then revealed that he could create the missing Soul and Mind Stones from nothing.

• Xi Nian told the gathered heroes that the battle was over, then removed the White Lantern ring and let it fly away.
• Xi Nian asked Alice for the nanometal and formed it into a replica Infinity Gauntlet with six empty settings.
• Xi Nian summoned the Space, Power, Reality, and Time Stones, while explaining that the original Soul Stone had been destroyed and the Mind Stone was missing.
• Wanda told Diana that four Infinity Stones had disappeared from Destiny Alliance headquarters, and Diana suspected Xi Nian had taken them.
• Xi Nian embedded the four stones in the gauntlet, created a new Soul Stone and a new Mind Stone, and astonished the heroes with his ability to make fantasy real.

Xi Nian restored his Fantasy Creation ability, recreated the Mind Stone, and used all six Infinity Stones to reverse the catastrophe that had devastated Earth. The vanished people returned, and Cyborg saw Earth’s population rapidly recover.

• Xi Nian realized his soul and body were fully restored, allowing his seventh permanent ability, Fantasy Creation, to return.
• Xi Nian created a new Mind Stone and fitted it into his nano-metal Infinity Gauntlet alongside the other five stones.
• Despite the dangerous energy surging through the glove, Xi Nian snapped his fingers and enveloped Earth and the universe in white light.
• Tony Stark heard Peter Parker calling from Queens and flew off to find him, while Superman and Cyborg realized Xi Nian had succeeded.
• Harley Quinn and Shark King Nanaue reappeared in Washington, and Poison Ivy reunited with them.
• Ant-Man, Wasp, and other missing people returned, while Cyborg watched Earth’s population climb toward its pre-disaster level.

After restoring billions of people with the Infinity Stones, Xi Nian gathered the Destiny Alliance and announced he planned to leave his world. The members realized he intended to search the multiverse for Polaris Lorna and considered joining him.

• Xi Nian rejected public recognition for restoring the missing and dead, then brought Superwoman, Alice, and Raven to Destiny Alliance headquarters for a full meeting.
• Destiny Alliance members reunited at the meeting, where Gwen told Xi Nian that her cousin had returned and Susan said her younger brother and other friends were alive again.
• Xi Nian explained that he had used his recovered Fantasy Creation ability to restore the missing Infinity Stones and snap his fingers, then proposed sealing the Infinity Gauntlet and Stones as an alliance artifact.
• Xi Nian announced that he planned to leave his world, and the Alliance members laughed because they had already guessed he wanted to travel the multiverse to find Lorna.
• Xi Nian asked whether the Alliance members wanted to accompany him on the multiverse journey.

Xi Nian warned the Destiny Alliance that entering the multiverse could strand them forever, but the members chose to go with him. The chapter ended with the Alliance unanimously deciding to leave their universe together.

• Mera, Susan, Gwen, Kara, Wanda, Alice, Skye, and Poison Ivy told Xi Nian they wanted to accompany him into the multiverse.
• Xi Nian explained that they could lose their way, lose access to their powers and artifacts, and never return to their families or home universe.
• Susan said they had to go with Xi Nian because otherwise they might never see him again.
• Skye, Mera, and Poison Ivy explained how they would handle their responsibilities and loved ones before leaving.
• Diana reminded Xi Nian that the Alliance members considered him family, and Xi Nian invited everyone to vote on the journey.
• Every Alliance member and the orange cat raised a hand in favor of entering the multiverse together.

Xi Nian visited Kara’s family and promised to marry her before heading to Gwen’s home, where he announced he would take her away as well. After dinner, he told Peter Parker that he and Gwen were going somewhere unimaginably far away, though they might meet again.

• Jonathan tried to stop Xi Nian from taking Kara, but Kara challenged him to train outside and he backed down.
• Xi Nian promised Superman Clark he would marry Kara, and Clark agreed to keep protecting the world until Xi Nian returned.
• Xi Nian arrived at Gwen’s family home, where Officer George was stunned to see him and Peter Parker excitedly welcomed him back.
• Officer George challenged Xi Nian to drink for Gwen and passed out, while Xi Nian remained unaffected.
• Peter asked whether he would see Xi Nian again, and Xi Nian encouraged him to pursue becoming a superhero before departing with Gwen.

Xi Nian said goodbye to Peter Parker and Pietro before leaving with the Destiny Alliance to search other universes for Lorna. As Xi Nian departed, Gwen stepped down from Future Chronicle Company and Shirley took over its management.

• Xi Nian gave Peter Parker a USB drive of Spider-Man technology and left after Peter realized Xi Nian had been Mr. Magneto.
• Xi Nian visited Pietro, who chose to stay behind at his family’s home, and promised to bring Wanda and Lorna back.
• Pietro accepted Xi Nian’s gold bank card as a joking bride price for his sisters and watched Xi Nian leave through a portal.
• Xi Nian said farewell to his friends and set out with the Destiny Alliance on a journey with no clear destination or return date.
• Future Chronicle Company announced that Gwen Stacy was stepping down indefinitely, Alice had resigned, and Shirley would temporarily become director.

Xi Nian said goodbye to Bruce Wayne and the Robins in Gotham, then bid farewell to Thor in Asgard before returning to the Energy Absorption Space to prepare for the multiversal journey. He learned that the civilizations living inside the miniature universe wanted to stay there, while Starro planned to leave an avatar outside and travel with Xi Nian’s group.

• Xi Nian arrived at Wayne Manor through a Martian portal and said goodbye to Bruce Wayne and the four Robins.
• Bruce Wayne told the Robins that Xi Nian’s departure was the grave problem he had meant to discuss.
• Xi Nian visited Thor in Asgard, where Thor vowed to face the powerful enemies Odin had warned him about.
• Xi Nian returned to the Energy Absorption Space and planned to bring Little Huang with him on the multiversal journey.
• Starro told Xi Nian that the extraterrestrial civilizations wanted to remain in the Energy Absorption Space because their original homes had been destroyed by Brainiac.
• Starro said his main body would stay in the Energy Absorption Space while a Can Luo avatar remained in the outside universe.

Xi Nian returned to Destiny Alliance headquarters and learned that Qin Grey had chosen to stay as a maid, while Poison Ivy reaffirmed that she would follow him. In Washington, Harley Quinn greeted Xi Nian and asked him to look after Poison Ivy as he prepared to leave the world.

• Xi Nian returned to headquarters, where Qin Grey collided with him while carrying a tray and explained that she had chosen to work as an apprentice maid.
• Wanda told Qin that Xi Nian had approved her staying, making her a full maid of the Prince Family.
• Xi Nian asked Poison Ivy why she planned to leave with him, and she said that his death would kill her too, so she would follow him and keep watch over him.
• Xi Nian traveled through a Mars portal to Washington and found Nanawe playing a game in the flower shop.
• Harley Quinn embraced Xi Nian, asked him to take care of Poison Ivy, and said she would prepare a dark room and chains if he ever returned.