Recaps

He-El visited the Pacific Rim Universe to examine Ciri’s vast collection of genetic profiles and agreed to have children with her. After Ciri fell asleep, he began scanning the stored genes for sequences that could advance his own biology.

• Ciri awoke when He-El entered the Pacific Rim Universe and asked whether he wanted to have children with her.
• He-El agreed, and he and Ciri spent a week together before Ciri fell asleep carrying their embryos.
• He-El visited the genetic profile chamber, where Great Slug Sage greeted him and explained her role as Ciri’s assistant.
• He-El connected to the genetic profiles, which contained biological genes collected from countless universes.
• He-El ordered the genetic profile to identify gene sequences that could advance his genes, and it began scanning and calculating.

He-El used the He-El Universe to calculate how his genes could evolve into a body able to enter and adapt to many different universes. The calculations produced a list of gene sequences for him to improve, while the Great Slug Sage struggled to even look at the Gene Atlas.

• The Great Slug Sage became overwhelmed by the Gene Atlas sequences, and He-El warned her that studying too many could disrupt her genes and dissolve her consciousness.
• He-El reflected that his researcher genes had reached their limits through his will and experiences, but still fell far short of the power of cosmic beings and gods.
• He-El directed the He-El Universe to calculate how to evolve his genes while using the underlying logic of multiple universes.
• He-El concluded that his next body needed to adapt instantly to different universes, since his current Kryptonian body could be rejected as an incompatible outsider.
• He-El adjusted his goals, and the He-El Universe generated a list of gene sequences he needed to improve.

He-El reviewed the He-El Universe’s proposed genetic physiques, including the immensely powerful Doomsday Ultimate Form and the all-encompassing Gene Primarch. Uneasy about the Gene Primarch’s risks, he deleted its genetic information so nobody else could become one.

• The He-El Universe calculated the Doomsday Ultimate Form, whose final stage held energy equivalent to roughly 7 quadrillion Solar Systems.
• He-El praised the Doomsday Ultimate Form’s power but rejected it because power confined to one universe did not satisfy him.
• The He-El Universe presented the Gene Primarch, which could transform into any recorded creature and continue absorbing new biological genes.
• He-El worried that the immense genetic information could overwhelm the soul, though his own soul was the He-El Universe and could withstand it.
• He-El deleted the Gene Primarch’s genetic information to prevent anyone else from taking on the self-destructive physique, then continued reading about the Hyper-Adaptive Gene.

He-El considered several physiques for adapting to other universes and decided to test whether the Hyper-Adaptive Gene could improve the Doomsday Ultimate Form. He left the He-El Universe calculating and went to the Life Creation Chamber, where the people of Olympus were choosing physiques.

• He-El approved of the Hyper-Adaptive Gene because it could adapt him to new universes without hindering his main body.
• He-El rejected the Chaos Physique because a universe could bind him to its operating logic, and he also passed on the Ghost Physique.
• He-El considered the Parasitic Gene useful for the World Tree but decided he did not need it himself.
• He-El asked the He-El Universe to calculate a fusion of the Doomsday Ultimate Form and the Hyper-Adaptive Gene.
• He-El arrived at the Life Creation Chamber, where the people of Olympus and Izaya bowed to him.

In the Life Creation Chamber, He-El guided the people of Olympus and Izaya as they chose genetic bodies for their futures. Ares selected the Omnipotent Kryptonian Physique, and He-El explained its powerful Doomsday evolution path before asking Izaya about his plans.

• He-El arrived as the people of Olympus and Izaya selected genetic sequences and asked whether they had chosen their futures.
• Ares chose the Omnipotent Kryptonian Physique because he wanted a powerful body suited to conquering worlds.
• He-El revealed that Ares could earn the stages of the Doomsday Ultimate Form through service and merits, and described its immense potential power.
• He-El urged everyone to choose a physique that suited their own will rather than simply picking the strongest one.
• He-El learned that Apollo chose the Positive-Entropy Body, Artemis chose the Negative-Entropy Body, and Izaya chose a psychic-oriented system.
• He-El recognized that Izaya wanted to become chief administrator again and asked him what plans he had for his future.

Izaya asked He-El to let him continue governing New Krypton and extend its principles to the countless universes under He-El's command, despite the immense challenges. He-El appointed Izaya to oversee administration and legion logistics in the Chronicle and Jumper universes, then ordered forces to conquer both.

• He-El asked Izaya what he wanted for his future, and Izaya said he wished to keep governing New Krypton and bring beings from other universes under its administration.
• He-El warned Izaya that administering countless unconquered universes would be far harder than governing New Krypton in the DC Universe.
• Izaya knelt and vowed to carry out He-El's way despite the dangers.
• He-El made Izaya responsible for New Krypton's administration and legion logistics in the Chronicle universe and the Jumper universe.
• He-El ordered Ares to form a legion and conquer the Chronicle universe, and Apollo and Artemis to form a legion and conquer the Jumper universe.

He-El sent Ares, Izaya, Apollo, and Artemis to conquer the Chronicle Universe and Jumper Universe as a test of their leadership. He reassured an uneasy Athena that she was still his indispensable helpmeet, then slapped her butt in the corridor.

• He-El ordered Ares, Izaya, Apollo, and Artemis to lead the conquest of the Chronicle Universe and Jumper Universe as pilot projects.
• He-El tasked the four leaders with choosing personnel from several universes to form forces for their campaigns.
• He-El noticed Athena seemed hesitant and took her with him through the Life Creation Chamber corridors.
• Athena admitted she felt overwhelmed by He-El Universe's scale and questioned whether she still counted as his capable helpmeet.
• He-El assured Athena that he needed her help, then struck her butt.

Athena warned He-El that Izaya might still be shaped by his original body, and He-El considered whether Izaya’s ideals were influence or his own will. Athena then asked which system she should choose, and He-El urged her to follow her own convictions before they entered the Life Creation Chamber.

• Athena reminded He-El that Izaya’s devotion to peace might reflect the influence of his original body, The Father.
• He-El said Izaya’s past could have shaped his character, but Izaya’s future choices belonged to him.
• Athena argued that Izaya’s lack of hatred for his original body might show how formidable The Father was, and He-El acknowledged the possibility.
• Athena asked which system suited her, and He-El told her to choose according to her own will.
• He-El explained that no system offered the greatest advantage to the He-El Universe, since their effectiveness depended on how each was used.
• He-El and Athena entered the Life Creation Chamber.

He-El visited the Life Manufacturing Control Center with Athena and met seventy-five of his children, who worked there with Ciri on creating and researching life. Though he admitted he had neglected them, they expressed their admiration, and he asked them to show him their work.

• He-El and Athena left the Gene Editing Room and entered the Life Manufacturing Control Center, where staff members greeted He-El as Father and Your Majesty.
• He-El learned that seventy-five of his children were working there, while other children had joined Zero’s training or pursued different paths.
• He-El admitted that he had neglected his children and rarely shown them fatherly love.
• One daughter told He-El that she and her siblings understood him and were proud to help him.
• He-El praised Ciri for raising them well and asked his children to explain their work.

He-El and Athena toured the Life Creation Chamber while the children described Ciri’s conquest and restoration of the Pacific Rim universe. As the chamber prepared new bodies for Ares, Izaya, Apollo, and Artemis, He-El received an urgent plea for help from Zero.

• The children recounted how Ciri conquered and repaired the Pacific Rim universe, making it the He-El Universe’s biological research base.
• He-El and Athena toured the Life Creation Chamber and learned how it manufactured organisms and prepared bodies for the gods and others.
• The children explained the new bodies designed for Ares, Izaya, Apollo, and Artemis and described the Body-Soul Fusion Elixir process for transferring them safely.
• Athena realized the process would preserve and nourish her soul rather than forcibly tear it from her current body.
• Zero urgently contacted He-El and asked for help.

Zero contacted He-El for help after discovering that the Transformers universe’s parallel worlds posed an unknown challenge, despite her Mechanical Clan having conquered the main universe. He-El left to assist her, while Athena resolved to grow stronger so she could share his burdens.

• Zero told He-El that she had conquered the Transformers universe but needed his help with its parallel universes.
• Zero explained that she had discovered a singularity in a black hole and, after analyzing Unicron’s database, realized the parallel universes might be more dangerous than expected.
• He-El recognized that he had been negligent about the risks of a universe with parallel worlds and teleported away to deal with the situation.
• Athena watched He-El leave and decided to choose a genetic system and become stronger so she could help him.
• Zero clarified that their limited experience with parallel universes had led her to underestimate the danger, and she asked He-El what he wanted to know about her discovery.

He-El learned from Zero that Unicron was a multiversal force of chaos and destruction, far more powerful than the version they had defeated. Unsure what threat remained, He-El sent a thought-avatar into the Transformers universe to investigate.

• Zero told He-El that Unicron's database described him as a singular being across the Transformers multiverse, embodying destruction, chaos, and darkness.
• Zero warned He-El that Unicron could threaten them across parallel universes, despite the ease with which they had defeated this weakened version.
• He-El recalled accounts of Unicron's ancient conflict with Primus and how both had become planet-sized beings.
• He-El considered the uncertain information and sent a thought-avatar into the Transformers universe.

He-El examined Unicron’s database and learned that the destroyer was trapped by the universe’s chaotic nature, forced to destroy worlds to relieve its torment. The discovery led He-El to wonder whether Lucifer was likewise the negative side of the DC Universe.

• He-El descended into Zero’s mechanical Milky Way, where Zero warned that examining the Transformers Universe could alert Unicron.
• He-El ordered Zero to upload Unicron’s database, and she transmitted it to him.
• He-El combined the operational logic of multiple universes to analyze Unicron’s data more deeply.
• He-El realized Unicron was a tragic being compelled to destroy universes by the chaos and negativity within them.
• He-El wondered whether Lucifer was the negative side of the DC Universe.

He-El concluded that Unicron’s suffering came from the destructive accumulated information of the Transformers universe and ordered the Mechanical Clan to retreat to the He-El Universe. He planned to seek the Monitors’ universe-merging technology and left a small team behind in case Unicron contacted them.

• He-El considered whether Lucifer and Unicron had become enemies because they represented the negative sides of their respective universes, then judged that his own universe could digest accumulated information.
• He-El realized that his conquered Transformers universe was only a parallel universe and that its merger with other parallel universes could undo his gains.
• Zero asked whether they could find the Transformers Source Universe, but He-El said the Monitors might know how to locate it.
• He-El ordered Zero to move the Mechanical Clan’s main force back to the He-El Universe and begin researching Shallow Logic Scanning Technology.
• He-El told Zero to leave communications personnel in the Transformers universe because Unicron might have plans involving them.

He-El opened a vast Traversal Vortex to welcome Zero back from conquering the Transformers universe, bringing with him enormous resources and the Mechanical Clan. After Zero finished settling the returning forces, He-El received a message from Grace, the Monitor Clan’s insider.

• He-El expanded the Traversal Vortex until it spanned the Solar System, drawing attention across the He-El Universe.
• Zero emerged with a moon-sized aircraft carrier and the Centralized Four Fundamental Forces Collective Control Hub, followed by metal planets, continents, and stars.
• Zero brought back the Mechanical Clan in immense numbers, while He-El expanded the vortex to accommodate the returning forces and resources.
• Zero took three years to bring back everything he considered useful, and the Mechanical Clan withdrew from the Transformers universe twelve years later, leaving observation equipment behind.
• Six years after the Mechanical Clan had withdrawn and Zero had arranged their lives, He-El received a message from Grace.

He-El headed to the New Krypton Universe after Grace contacted him, hoping to learn about the Monitors’ technology and defend his connection to the DC Universe. He arrived just as Leader Kolon Novo threatened to scrap Grace and asked why Koken Novo had entered the universe.

• He-El left the He-El Universe and traveled to the New Krypton Universe after receiving Grace’s message.
• Leader Kolon Novo questioned Grace about Koken Novo’s death and dismissed the Cleaner as weak.
• Kolon Novo revealed that Mandrak had gone out of control and the Monitors were trying to restore the merger of Parallel Universes.
• Kolon Novo told Grace he could scrap her, so Grace secretly begged He-El to save her.
• He-El appeared before Kolon Novo and offered to explain why Koken Novo had come to the universe.

He-El confronted Kolon Novo aboard the Grace Search Ship, but Kolon Novo's galaxy-level aura crushed him. After Grace's scan revealed that the New Krypton Universe had formed from more than forty Parallel Universes without any environmental change, Kolon Novo realized something was wrong and stepped into the universe.

• He-El appeared before Kolon Novo aboard the Grace Search Ship and challenged him to explain.
• Kolon Novo unleashed his galaxy-level aura, crushing He-El and bursting his eyes under the pressure.
• Kolon Novo ordered Grace to scan the New Krypton Universe, and Grace presented its stored scan data.
• Kolon Novo saw that the universe had formed from more than forty Parallel Universes while its environment remained unchanged, and accused Grace of providing false data.
• Kolon Novo reconsidered the scan results, his expression changed, and he left the ship for the starry sky of the New Krypton Universe.

He-El tried to capture Kolon Novo in the He-El Universe, but Kolon Novo evaded his attacks and deduced that He-El possessed a Source Universe. Believing he could earn great merit by reporting the discovery, Kolon Novo fled aboard the Grace Search Ship, which charged into He-El’s Traversal Vortex.

• He-El withdrew the Traversal Vortex after Kolon Novo reacted to his attempt to pull him into the He-El Universe.
• Kolon Novo scanned the unchanged New Krypton Universe and panicked when he could not explain its immense weight.
• He-El attacked Kolon Novo with Traversal Vortices, and Kolon Novo recognized that their laws indicated He-El had a Source Universe.
• Kolon Novo decided the discovery would earn him merit and ordered the Grace Search Ship to return to the Monitor Domain.
• The Grace Search Ship activated its Hyperthought Engine and charged into a Traversal Vortex that He-El opened.

He-El brought Kolon Novo into the He-El Universe, where its cosmic laws left the Monitor leader powerless and exposed to a universe-wide scan. Terrified, Kolon Novo knelt and offered to answer He-El’s questions.

• He-El moved Kolon Novo out of the Grace Search Ship and into the He-El Universe.
• Grace revealed that she had become He-El’s undercover agent and refused Kolon Novo’s demand to take him back to the Monitor Domain.
• Kolon Novo found that the He-El Universe’s laws negated his power and divided his control over his body and energy.
• He-El’s universe scanned Kolon Novo and detected that his genes ranked higher than Koken Novo’s.
• Kolon Novo panicked, knelt before He-El, and offered to answer his questions.

He-El interrogated Kolon Novo about the Monitor Domain’s operations, its workers, and its use of Heavenly Blood. The chapter ended with He-El asking Kolon Novo to explain the Domain’s hierarchy and operational process.

• Kolon Novo told He-El that he was a second-level Monitor overseeing eighteen subordinates, including Cleaners, Transporters, and Collectors.
• Kolon Novo explained that Cleaners investigated and eliminated threats to a universe’s continuity, using cleansing tools or destroyers for severe problems.
• Kolon Novo said Transporters moved matter and equipment, while Collectors piloted cruise ships to gather Heavenly Blood and relied on Catchers for protection.
• Kolon Novo revealed that the Monitors purified Heavenly Blood and used it as their staple food, and that he had gained galaxy-level energy after receiving genetic supplements.
• He-El concluded that the Monitors’ technology and biology surpassed his own, then asked Kolon Novo about the Monitor Domain’s hierarchy and operations.

He-El questioned Kolon Novo about the Monitor Domain’s hierarchy and learned that Mandrak was a third-tier Source Universe Overseer who bore the universes’ unusable information. Kolon Novo began explaining the Monitor Domain’s attempt to merge Parallel Universes and locate He-El’s Source Universe.

• He-El asked Kolon Novo to describe the Monitor Domain’s ranks, and Kolon Novo explained its four-tier hierarchy.
• He-El asked who could split or merge universes, and Kolon Novo said those operations belonged to third-tier Source Universe Overseers and their Shapeshifting Ships.
• He-El asked Kolon Novo about the merger of Parallel Universes and the dispute over Mandrak.
• Kolon Novo explained that Mandrak was a Source Universe Overseer chosen to absorb harmful information carried by Heavenly Blood, helping purify it.
• He-El concluded that the Monitors primarily depended on Heavenly Blood and parasitized the universes.
• He-El asked Kolon Novo about merging Parallel Universes and finding his Source Universe, and Kolon Novo began to answer.

He-El questioned Kolon Novo about the value of Source Universes and the Monitors’ interest in his own, then considered how the Source, God, and Monitor systems might be intertwined. He-El thanked Kolon Novo before announcing that he would take his memories to verify the truth.

• He-El asked Kolon Novo how the Parallel Universe fusion related to finding his Source Universe, and Kolon Novo explained that Source Universes were coveted for their immense potential.
• Kolon Novo said the Monitors’ overseers did not own the Source Universes and that historical records linked the Monitors’ role to an agreement with God’s Domain and other entities.
• He-El reflected on the three DC systems and how his experiences connected him to the Source, God, and Monitor systems.
• Kolon Novo told He-El that Monitors and gods wanted Source Universes because they offered infinite possibilities.
• He-El thanked Kolon Novo, then said he needed to take Kolon Novo’s memories and asked him not to resist.

He-El examined Kolon Novo’s memories while Doctor Manhattan watched, revealing how the Monitors lived and worked beyond the fifty-two Source Universes. The memories left them with a picture of an apparently ordinary society, though Kolon Novo knew little about its origins or scale.

• He-El opened Kolon Novo’s skull to inspect his memories and sent the Grace Search Ship away to play with the Mechanical Clan.
• Doctor Manhattan arrived, and He-El invited him to join the study of Kolon Novo and the Monitors.
• He-El drew out Kolon Novo’s memories and showed Doctor Manhattan the Monitor Domain and the Monitor Realm beyond God’s Domain.
• Kolon Novo’s memories revealed that Monitors were raised collectively in the Monitor Realm and assigned roles such as cleaner, transporter, or collector.
• Kolon Novo’s memories showed that he had risen from cleaner to a second-level minor leader, but he did not know how many leaders existed.

He-El and Doctor Manhattan found that Kolon Novo’s memories revealed little about the Monitors, whose unusual reproduction and cosmic-logic-linked genes made them seem unlike natural life forms. After Kolon Novo described the Monitor Realm as an ordinary place with little personal meaning to him, He-El asked whether he wanted to return to the Monitor Domain and resume his position.

• He-El reviewed Kolon Novo’s memories and found that most information about the Monitors came from books rather than Kolon Novo’s own experience.
• He-El explained that the Monitors had more than ninety-three reproductive methods, though descendants born in lower dimensions were not considered pure Monitors.
• Doctor Manhattan concluded that the Monitors seemed manufactured and suggested they might be parasites feeding on the Source Universes’ Heavenly Blood.
• He-El said the Monitors’ genetic information appeared tied to the operating logic of the universe.
• Kolon Novo said he had little attachment to the Monitor Realm and barely remembered it.
• He-El asked Kolon Novo whether he wanted to return to the Monitor Domain as a second-level mid-ranking leader.

He-El offered Kolon Novo a chance to return to the Monitor Domain, but discovered that Kolon planned to report the Source Universe and controlled him to study his completed genes. The research revealed that the Monitors aspired to become beings like He-El, leaving He-El to recognize himself as their ideal.

• He-El asked Kolon Novo whether he wanted to return to the Monitor Domain, and Kolon secretly planned to report the Source Universe for promotion.
• He-El detected Kolon Novo's thoughts and, after Kolon falsely promised to keep his secrets, decided to examine his genes and twisted him into a knot.
• Kolon Novo's blood expanded into a vast source of energy, surprising He-El and Doctor Manhattan with its unusual properties.
• He-El and Doctor Manhattan spent two universal extinctions analyzing Kolon's completed genes and genetic connection data.
• Doctor Manhattan discovered that the Monitors sought to become like He-El, and He-El recognized himself as the existence they aspired to be.