Recaps

He-El used The Flash's Speed Force to complete Little He-El's closed loop, becoming the source of Little He-Els across countless Parallel Universes. Once his presence destabilized the universe, it sent him back to his original spacetime, where he appeared aboard Zero.

• The Flash realized He-El planned to become the beginning of countless Parallel Universes through Little He-El's closed loop.
• He-El seized control of The Flash's cells, forcing them to vibrate until the Speed Force emerged and began creating divergent spacetimes.
• Little He-El split into countless versions, and He-El became their source as their parallel lives connected him to the universe.
• He-El saw the varied fates of Little He-Els, all of whom remembered him and pursued their creator.
• The universe could no longer endure He-El's presence and returned him to his original spacetime in Zero's command room.

He-El returned after living twenty years in the past, carrying a new weariness as he prepared to confront Jor-El and resolve the mystery of Krypton’s destruction. Before leaving, he promised Ciri he would return and have children with her.

• Ciri worried after He-El vanished, then watched him reappear with The Flash and throw him into Zero’s prison.
• He-El told Ciri he had spent twenty years in the past, creating Little He-El, destroying Krypton, and bringing a Parallel Universe into being.
• He-El considered mastering the Speed Force and creating a universe to protect Ciri and his mechanical warships, but decided to address Jor-El first.
• He-El questioned who had originally destroyed Krypton, since he had not traveled into the past when he was young.
• Ciri urged He-El to release his burdens through her, and He-El thanked her and promised they would have children together.

Jor-El overloaded the devices opening the Parallel Universes to empower Kal, but He-El arrived and destroyed the devices before the energy could consume Earth. He-El discovered that Kal was his biological son, and Kal began showing He-El's traits as he woke.

• Jor-El opened the Parallel Universes at maximum power, intending to make Kal stronger than He-El.
• He-El transported the four failing devices and most of the unleashed energy to the neutron star Kavira, causing the rift to begin closing.
• He-El examined Kal and found that Kal's genes and psychic power came from him, confirming Kal was his son.
• Jor-El attacked He-El after mistaking his gesture to extract psychic power as a threat to Kal.
• He-El told Jor-El that Kal was his son, and Kal awoke with his eyes turning deep black.

Jor-El discovered that Kal was not his biological son and that Lara had conceived him with someone else, leaving him in shock. Superman woke with immense power and tried to understand what had happened, but his bond with Jor-El remained distant.

• Kal's eyes changed from blue to black after He-El extracted his hidden psychic power, and Jor-El became alarmed.
• He-El urged Jor-El to compare Kal's genes, and Jor-El found no House of El genetic markers in Kal.
• Jor-El realized Kal was Lara's son by another man and rejected the discovery in disbelief.
• Superman woke on the operating table, struggling to control his power and recalling He-El attacking him at the Justice League Hall.
• Superman approached the distraught Jor-El, seeking answers about He-El and what had happened.

Superman met Jor-El beneath Kovalis City, where Jor-El struck him through the ground and into a skyscraper before Superman stopped its collapse and rescued its occupants. After He-El revealed that Kal's Gene Atlas matched his and Lara's, Jor-El concluded that Lara had betrayed him with He-El, and He-El punched him up to the surface.

• Superman recognized Jor-El and asked what had happened, but Jor-El furiously punched him through the underground base and toward the surface.
• Superman burst through the Morgan Bank Building, then caught its falling upper half and began rescuing the people inside.
• He-El showed Jor-El that his Gene Atlas matched Kal's and Lara's, leading Jor-El to believe Lara had conceived Kal with He-El's frozen semen.
• Jor-El charged He-El in grief, insisting that Lara would never betray him, while He-El caught his fist and denied being interested in Lara.
• Jor-El's despair turned to rage as he imagined He-El and Lara together, and He-El punched him through the earth to the surface.

Superman learned that the country had collapsed and New Krypton had been established while he was unconscious, even as frightened citizens blamed him for the disaster. After Joe-Jor-El attacked him and denied being his father, someone else told Superman that he was his son.

• Superman carried the broken Morgan Building to safety, but the crowd accused him of bringing the Kryptonians to Earth and destroying their country.
• Superman used his vision to discover that nuclear strikes had devastated the country, its government had vanished, and New Krypton had been established.
• When the ground buckled, Superman rescued Joe-Jor-El from the emerging earth, but Joe-Jor-El punched him and shouted that Superman was not his son.
• Superman demanded to know why Joe-Jor-El had claimed to be his father, then heard an unknown voice tell him, "You're my son."

Superman confronted He-El over his parentage as He-El claimed him as his son, while Jor-El's grief and rage unleashed a destructive electromagnetic field across Kovalis City. Superman fought Jor-El in the sky and discovered his body grew stronger as it healed, while Jor-El broke down after admitting he had created Superman to serve the House of El.

• He-El told Superman that he was his son, and Superman demanded the truth about his parentage and He-El's past attack.
• Jor-El's uncontrolled electromagnetic field caused blackouts, fires, and chaos across Kovalis City's eastern commercial district.
• Superman carried Jor-El into the atmosphere to protect the city, but Jor-El beat him until he fell toward the ground.
• Superman recovered just before striking the ground and returned to fight Jor-El, enduring his blows while pleading with him to regain his reason.
• Jor-El admitted that he had created Superman to continue the House of El's glory, then called himself a sinner for destroying the House of El.

Superman fought Jor-El as Jor-El unleashed electromagnetic attacks across Kovalis City, while Superman tried to protect civilians and push him into space. Jor-El then targeted the eastern commercial district with Heat Vision, and Superman intervened as eighteen buildings were severed.

• Kal felt guilt and remorse after Jor-El rejected him as a member of the House of El.
• Jor-El's electromagnetic field spread across Kovalis City, causing appliances to explode and fires to start.
• Superman clashed with Jor-El and tried to drive him into space without hurting him, while urging him to value Earth's lives.
• Jor-El rejected Superman's plea and fired Heat Vision at the eastern commercial district, cutting through eighteen buildings.
• Superman shouted for Jor-El to stop and used his own Heat Vision to intercept the attack.

Superman fought Jor-El as Jor-El tried to destroy Earth and kill the humans Superman protected. Superman snapped Jor-El’s neck to save a family, and He-El entered the gallery as Superman grieved.

• Jor-El broke off their Heat Vision clash and plunged underground, intending to destroy Earth’s core.
• Superman caught Jor-El below ground and carried him back to the surface, emerging inside St. John’s Art Gallery.
• Jor-El targeted a family hiding in the gallery, and Superman restrained him while pleading with him to stop.
• Jor-El insisted Superman was only a creation of He-El and tried to attack the family, so Superman snapped his neck.
• Jor-El died on the marble floor as Superman sobbed, and He-El entered through the doorway.

He-El ended Jor-El’s life after Superman had snapped his neck, then transformed the House of El symbol on both their suits into an infinity sign. He left Superman alive with the command to keep protecting Earth, while Superman remained frozen in shock.

• Superman grieved after realizing he had snapped Jor-El’s neck, while Jor-El remained barely alive despite losing control of his body.
• He-El entered the gallery and crushed Jor-El’s head beneath his boot, ending any chance of survival.
• He-El reflected on the tangled history that had brought Krypton to its end and changed the S on his chest into an infinity symbol.
• He-El changed Superman’s chest symbol into an infinity symbol and told him to keep protecting Earth.
• He-El took Jor-El’s corpse and left through the doorway, while Superman stood stunned.

Ciri revealed that she was carrying 320 of He-El’s children, while New Krypton expanded its capital and began integrating Earth’s people. As He-El and Kara flew to inspect New Krypton’s territory in the Divine Realm, Kara admitted she could give him an improper massage, leaving their feelings unresolved.

• Ciri told He-El that she had used all 320 suckers on her ten tentacles to carry their children, and he accepted her decision.
• He-El and Kara inspected New Krypton’s construction and its integration of Earth’s people as the new capital took shape.
• Kara voiced her discomfort about Ciri’s visible pregnancy, but He-El said Ciri could do as she liked.
• He-El and Kara flew toward the gateway to New Krypton’s Divine Realm territory, and Kara privately regretted not accepting Ciri’s earlier invitation to comfort him.
• He-El asked whether Kara wanted a child with him, and she blushed before offering to give him an improper massage next time.

He-El inspected New Krypton's growing magic city and entered the Divine Realm with Kara, where Athena outlined plans to train the Magic Corps and restore the Eastern Underworld. He ordered people with magical potential brought from the Three-Body Problem Universe before returning there with Kara.

• Athena transformed New Krypton's highest peak into a magical gateway and built a city that recruited creatures with magical potential for the Ministry of Magic.
• He-El and Kara entered the Divine Realm through the summit portal, where He-El surveyed his territory and met Athena.
• Athena explained that hostile regions around the Divine Realm could provide training grounds for the Magic Corps and that the Eastern Underworld could be repaired into a cycle of reincarnation.
• He-El ordered the Three-Body Problem Universe to send people with magical potential and delegated broad military and civilian magic policies to Athena.
• He-El returned with Kara to the Zero universe mothership and headed for the Three-Body Problem Universe.

He-El visited the conquered Three-Body Earth, where New Krypton had developed new technologies and formed a Willpower Corps under Thomas Wade and Zhang Beihai. He ordered aptitude testing for magic and left Three-Body Earth preparing for expansion under Zero's command.

• He-El arrived in the Three-Body Problem Universe and learned that Zero had become a god of machinery and energy while preparing New Krypton to expand through conquest.
• He-El surveyed Three-Body Earth and reviewed its Emotional Spectrum research, including Thought-Dimensional Entities and the Infinite Rings used by the forming Willpower Corps.
• He-El ordered Athena to send crystal balls so everyone on Three-Body Earth could be tested for magical aptitude, with willing candidates sent to the magic city.
• Thomas Wade and Zhang Beihai, acting commander and deputy commander of the Willpower Corps, met He-El for the first time and reacted to his claim that some people could become gods.

He-El reviewed humanity’s progress under New Krypton and learned that the Trisolaran Civilization still refused to join them. He ordered the conquest of the Trisolarans, beginning New Krypton’s war with the Three-Body Problem Universe.

• Cheng Xin reported on the projects humanity had completed and undertaken over the past decade.
• He-El asked Christine what had happened to the Trisolaran Civilization, and Christine explained that it distrusted New Krypton and had prepared gravitational-wave broadcasts.
• He-El ordered the Trisolaran Civilization destroyed after it rejected New Krypton’s attempts to integrate it.
• He-El ordered reinforcements from another universe and gave Zero full command of the conquest, starting with the Trisolaran Civilization.
• The humans in the conference hall answered, “By your command, Your Majesty.”

He-El concluded that the Speed Force was necessary to stabilize the beings and objects he had brought through the Traversal Vortex, but research on The Flash’s Speed Force had stalled. He entered another universe to learn, control, master, and create the Speed Force.

• He-El returned to Zero with Kara and decided that conquering the Speed Force was necessary to protect everything he had brought from the Traversal Vortex.
• Professor Jinda told He-El that research on The Flash’s Speed Force had made little progress and suggested that it resisted investigation.
• He-El questioned whether the Speed Force chose Barry Allen or had been created by him, and ordered the researchers to keep The Flash imprisoned and under observation.
• He-El went to Zero’s meditation chamber and used the Traversal Vortex to travel to another universe possessing the Speed Force.

Harrison Wells checked the future newspaper in STAR Labs’ Time Vault, hoping the timeline would return to normal after the Flash appeared. He-El arrived in Central City to study the Speed Force and encountered Barry Allen and Iris West outside STAR Labs.

• Harrison Wells asked Gideon to show him the future and saw that the expected Flash-related article was still missing from the 2024 newspaper.
• Harrison Wells told Gideon that the Flash would appear after that day, then left the Time Vault with Caitlin to prepare for his speech.
• After Harrison Wells departed, the future newspaper changed to show an image of ruins.
• He-El arrived in the world of The Flash TV series, identified Reverse-Flash as a source of knowledge about the Speed Force, and considered making Barry Allen his subordinate.
• He-El landed outside STAR Labs, changed his Black Suit into a fitted black suit, and silently joined the crowd protesting the particle accelerator.
• Barry Allen ran into He-El, who steadied him, and Barry and Iris West walked toward STAR Labs while talking about He-El.

He-El watched the events that would create The Flash unfold, then hid in Barry's forensics lab to observe the particle accelerator accident. Barry was struck by lightning and knocked unconscious, and He-El stepped out of hiding.

• At STAR Labs, Harrison Wells gave a speech as Barry chased a thief who had stolen Iris's bag, while He-El left to wait for Barry's transformation.
• He-El hid in the Central City Police Department's forensics lab as Eddie Thawne caught the thief and Barry returned to work.
• During the storm, Barry watched a live report of the particle accelerator malfunction and reviewed evidence about his mother's murder.
• The particle accelerator exploded, and a dark-energy shockwave swept through Central City.
• Lightning struck Barry through the skylight, throwing him into chemicals and leaving him unconscious, and He-El emerged from the shadows.

He-El connected himself to Barry’s newly emerged Speed Force, linking his fate to Barry’s time travel. At STAR Labs, Harrison Wells concealed his true intentions after Caitlin and Cisco left, then headed for the Time Vault.

• He-El studied the Speed Force’s emergence, absorbed its lingering lightning from Barry, and connected it to his own body.
• He-El left the forensic lab as Iris returned and found Barry unconscious, then called for help.
• Iris reported that Barry had been struck by lightning.
• Caitlin left STAR Labs after work, still grieving Ronnie, and Cisco offered Harrison Wells comfort before going home.
• After confirming Caitlin and Cisco had left, Harrison Wells dropped his helpless expression and drove his wheelchair toward the Time Vault.

Harrison Wells reviewed Barry Allen’s hospital surveillance and discovered He-El had been present when Barry became The Flash and collected Speed Force lightning. He-El identified himself as a passerby from another universe, leaving Harrison furious and alarmed.

• Harrison Wells ordered Gideon to display Central City Hospital footage and checked on the unconscious Barry Allen.
• Harrison Wells decided Barry needed a connection to STAR Labs so he could eventually take Barry’s Speed Force.
• Harrison Wells had Gideon rewind the surveillance footage to the moment Barry was struck by lightning.
• Harrison Wells spotted He-El collecting lightning from Barry and asked Gideon to identify him, but Gideon found no record.
• Harrison Wells feared He-El was stealing the results of his fifteen years of work and smashed his wheelchair into the wall.
• He-El appeared behind Harrison Wells and said he was a passerby from another universe.

He-El confronted Reverse-Flash in the Time Vault and defeated him by blocking his Speed Force hand blade and shattering his arm. He-El revealed he had come from another universe seeking the Speed Force and someone to replace The Flash, and Reverse-Flash agreed to become his subordinate before losing consciousness.

• Harrison Wells activated the Speed Force and attacked He-El, but He-El tracked his movements and watched him retrieve and put on the Reverse-Flash suit.
• Reverse-Flash asked who He-El was, then attacked while He-El began to answer.
• He-El used psychic power and a biological magnetic field to block Reverse-Flash’s vibrating hand blade by matching its vibrations.
• He-El changed the vibration frequency of his hand and fractured Reverse-Flash’s arm, blasting him into a wall and leaving him unable to summon the Speed Force.
• He-El told Reverse-Flash he came from another universe seeking the Speed Force and someone to replace The Flash, then offered him the role.
• Reverse-Flash agreed to become He-El’s subordinate before losing consciousness.

He-El healed Reverse-Flash and showed Eobard Thawne the future in which his role in killing Barry’s mother led to his erasure. He-El offered him a chance to escape that fate by helping replace The Flash in another universe, and Eobard asked what he needed to do.

• He-El healed Reverse-Flash’s shattered arm and asked whether he wanted to see other universes.
• He-El transmitted Eobard Thawne’s future to him, including his role in training The Flash and his eventual erasure.
• Eobard struggled to accept that The Flash’s mother’s death was part of a causal loop and that his fate might be inevitable.
• He-El warned Eobard against resisting and explained that he could replace The Flash with either The Flash or Reverse-Flash.
• Eobard understood that He-El was offering him a chance to escape erasure and asked what he needed to do.

He-El joined Harrison Wells, Cisco, and Caitlin at STAR Labs to study the Speed Force, while Reverse-Flash agreed to assist him in exchange for a promise that He-El would protect him if he lost to The Flash. The group prepared to collect Barry Allen from Central City Hospital, and Caitlin again tried to obtain a biological sample from He-El.

• Harrison Wells introduced He-El to Cisco and Caitlin as his former superior and collaborator.
• He-El left Reverse-Flash free to pursue his own plans, while Reverse-Flash agreed to help research He-El's Speed Force after learning about his future and receiving a promise of protection.
• Cisco welcomed He-El to STAR Labs, while Caitlin asked him for a biological sample and Cisco dragged her out of the hall.
• Caitlin explained that she had made the request as a biologist, and Cisco objected before she returned to the hall.
• Harrison Wells ordered Cisco and Caitlin to prepare a vehicle and biological equipment to pick up Barry Allen from Central City Hospital.
• Caitlin offered He-El the measuring cup again, but He-El declined, and she went to prepare the vehicle and equipment.

Barry Allen woke from a nine-month coma at STAR Labs, where He-El, Cisco Ramon, and Caitlin Snow helped him adjust and examined his changed body. Harrison Wells welcomed Barry back, leaving him to learn what had happened while he was unconscious.

• Cisco Ramon and He-El joked about Barry Allen's favorite song and his childhood sweetheart, Iris, while Barry lay unconscious.
• Barry Allen suddenly woke, and Caitlin Snow checked his vital signs as Cisco Ramon tried to calm him.
• He-El contacted Harrison Wells and helped Barry settle as Cisco introduced the STAR Labs team.
• Barry noticed his newly muscular body and learned from Caitlin that his cells had been regenerating while he was in a coma.
• Harrison Wells arrived and told Barry he had been unconscious for nine months, welcoming him back.

He-El invited Barry to join him in the future after Barry had lost everything, but Barry, focused on seeing Iris, declined. He-El left the possibility open as Barry headed out of STAR Labs to meet her.

• Cisco invited He-El to help his team defeat the Central City University cheerleaders in a Sunday skirmish, and He-El agreed.
• He-El ran into Barry after Barry spoke with Harrison Wells and learned that Iris had been visiting him.
• He-El urged Barry to become his subordinate if future grief and despair drove him to lose everything.
• Barry declined, explaining that he was content working for the Central City Police Department, and left to see Iris.

He-El spoke with Harrison Wells about Barry becoming The Flash and offered to take Grodd as his assistant. The chapter left He-El and Wells heading into the control room as Barry realized how fast he had become.

• He-El found Harrison Wells watching the ruined particle accelerator tunnel, and Wells said The Flash remained his lifelong nemesis.
• He-El considered Reverse-Flash too fickle to lead his planned Speed Force Legion, while Wells said they should wait and see.
• He-El and Wells discussed Barry's impending first run, and Wells mentioned Cisco Ramon had invited him to play paintball.
• He-El asked Wells about Grodd and said he wanted to train the gorilla as an assistant because his potential rivaled the Speed Force.
• Wells agreed He-El could take Grodd, and they entered the control room as Barry exclaimed that he had become really fast.