Chapter Summaries

Gladys Boye brought Kolon Novo into the fifth-dimensional Monitor Domain and revealed the Monitors’ hidden purpose of separating the fifty-two Source Universes. After ascending in dimension, Kolon saw countless possible futures, many involving cooperation with He-El, and Gladys asked whether he had seen his possible outcomes.

• Gladys Boye told Kolon Novo that the Monitors’ ultimate purpose was to separate the fifty-two Source Universes.
• Gladys Boye piloted her Shapeshifting Ship with Kolon Novo into the fifth-dimensional Monitor Domain.
• Kolon Novo ascended in dimension as his Monitor and completion genes rose into the fifth dimension.
• Kolon Novo saw timelines in which he became a chief overseer, was killed or transformed into Mandrak, or worked with He-El, along with futures that ended in unexplained darkness.
• Kolon Novo noticed that many futures showed him and He-El cooperating for mutual benefit.
• Gladys Boye asked Kolon Novo if he had seen the future outcomes related to himself.

Kolon Novo and He-El ascended into Five-Dimensional Space and saw many possible futures, learning that these visions were unreliable possibilities shaped by their current knowledge. He-El discovered the Monitors’ desire for the Source Universe and considered how Kryptonian genes could, under exceedingly rare circumstances, lead to a fifth-dimensional being like Golden Superman; Kolon Novo was left questioning why he could not simply follow a favorable future.

• Director Gladyce Boy recognized that Kolon Novo had seen his possible futures after entering Five-Dimensional Space.
• Kolon Novo and He-El saw that future visions could be true or false, changed rapidly, and could only serve as references.
• He-El learned that the Monitors’ dimensional genes reflected their desire for the Source Universe and that Kryptonian genes also held potential for higher-dimensional ascension.
• He-El considered Golden Superman’s path to the fifth dimension and the rare choices and circumstances that made it possible.
• Director Gladyce Boy warned Kolon Novo not to follow his visions to the letter, and Kolon Novo asked why he could not enact a favorable future.

Kolon Novo learned how choices and attacks worked in five-dimensional space, then asked Overseer Gladys Boye why Level Three Source Universe Overseers had to separate universes. Gladys revealed that the Monitors’ goal was to separate Source Universes, not maintain them.

• Overseer Gladys Boye explained that in five-dimensional space, attacks targeted futures and choices could reshape one another.
• Kolon Novo adapted to five-dimensional space, while Gladys attributed his genetic advancement to the Wild Source Universe and marveled at his luck.
• He-El sent Kolon Novo a question about why Level Three Source Universe Overseers had to separate Source Universes as well as maintain them.
• Kolon Novo asked Gladys, who praised his supposed ability to identify gaps in his knowledge.
• Overseer Gladys Boye said the Monitors had always aimed to separate Source Universes, not maintain them.

Gladys Boye brought Kolon Novo to the Monitors' five-dimensional Supreme Residence and gave him access to knowledge for third-tier Source Universe overseers, while refusing to explain why the Monitors sought to separate the Source Universe. Kolon Novo began studying the information and fixated on Shapeshifting Ships, as He-El considered troubling possible futures.

• Gladys Boye told Kolon Novo that the Monitors aimed to separate the Source Universe, but withheld the reason as beyond his authority to know.
• Gladys Boye brought Kolon Novo to the Supreme Residence and left him to settle into a room tailored to his preferences.
• He-El urged Kolon Novo to use the Array Intelligence service to learn what third-tier Source Universe overseers could know, and they agreed to cooperate.
• Kolon Novo ordered the Array Intelligence to reveal his authorized information and absorbed a vast collection of knowledge about five-dimensional space, the Monitors, and the wider cosmos.
• Kolon Novo focused on the technology for manufacturing Shapeshifting Ships, while He-El thought about troubling futures involving them.

He-El deduced that the Monitors’ Shapeshifting Ships were designed to copy and replace Source Universes, then continued studying Monitor knowledge. At the Supreme Residence Council, the level-three custodians debated their failed Parallel Universe plan and a proposal to merge the Source Universes before Custodian Gladys Boye arrived with a candidate for a vacant universe.

• He-El inferred that the Monitors used baby universes to build Shapeshifting Ships that could record and eventually replace Source Universes.
• He-El continued studying the knowledge of the Monitors available to Kolon Novo.
• The level-three custodians at the Supreme Residence Council discussed the Parallel Universe merger and blamed Mandrak for ruining their plan to split and thin Source Universes.
• A custodian proposed merging the fifty-two Source Universes to identify the original and ultimate universe, but the level-four chief custodian postponed the idea.
• The chief custodian raised the problem of a vacant Source Universe, and Gladys Boye entered the council with a suitable candidate.

Gladys Boye recommended Kolon Novo to fill the vacant Level Three Source Universe Overseer position, explaining that his genetic breakthrough had come from extraordinary luck rather than exceptional talent. She then revealed that Mandrak’s supposed discovery was real: an independent Wild Source Universe existed, cut off from the fifty-two Source Universes.

• Gladys Boye told the Overseers she had a candidate to fill Mandrak’s vacant position.
• The Level Four Chief Overseer and the Level Three Overseers asked Gladys Boye to explain the candidate’s qualifications.
• Gladys Boye said Kolon Novo had not independently broken through the shackles of the Completion Gene and was otherwise an ordinary Monitor who had benefited from a huge stroke of luck.
• Gladys Boye asked the Overseers whether they remembered Mandrak’s claim that he had discovered a Wild Source Universe.
• Gladys Boye confirmed that an independent Wild Source Universe, disconnected from the fifty-two Source Universes, was real.

The Supreme Residence Council learned that Mandrak’s report of a wild Source Universe had been true after Overseer Gladys Boye presented evidence from New Fusion Universe 588. The council discovered traces of more than ten different universal operational logics, and the Level Four chief overseer suggested they might all belong to one Source Universe.

• Level Three overseers debated how a wild Source Universe could have escaped the Monitors’ scans, and recalled that they had dismissed Mandrak’s earlier warning as madness.
• The Level Four chief overseer asked Overseer Gladys Boye to confirm her discovery, and she projected the information she had detected in New Fusion Universe 588.
• The overseers sensed traces of more than ten universal operational logics and were shocked by evidence that seemed to indicate multiple Source Universes.
• The Level Four chief overseer considered the evidence and suggested that the many operational logics might belong to only one Source Universe.

The Level Four Chief Overseer concluded that the supposed wild Source Universe was actually a newly born Lesser Omniverse, capable of containing many different cosmic operating principles. The Monitors began preparing to find and seize it, planning to use Kolon Novo, who had encountered it before.

• The Level Four Chief Overseer argued that the wild realm’s many incompatible operating principles pointed to it being an Omniverse rather than a single Source Universe.
• The Level Three Source Universe Overseers realized it was a Lesser Omniverse, similar in kind to the DC Universe but newly born.
• Gladys Boye connected the revelation to Kolon Novo, whose abilities had awakened after he was affected by the wild realm.
• The Overseers decided to bring Kolon Novo in so he could help them locate the Lesser Omniverse.
• The Overseers called for all Source Universe Overseers to assemble and began preparing to seize the Omniverse.

He-El learned that the DC Universe contained fifty-two Source Universes whose operational logic could help expand the He-El Universe, and he resolved to become a Source Universe Administrator. Meanwhile, Kolon Novo met the Level Four Chief Administrator and eagerly accepted the coming tests for promotion.

• He-El studied the DC Universe information available through Kolon Novo and realized the New Krypton Universe's operational logic was only a basic version compared with that of a Source Universe.
• He-El discovered that the DC Universe held fifty-two Source Universes and decided to seek administrator status so he could access their operational logic.
• Administrator Gladys Boye summoned Kolon Novo to meet the Level Four Chief Administrator.
• The Level Four Chief Administrator examined Kolon Novo's Completion Gene, confirmed it had broken through its shackles, and praised his surname.
• The Level Four Chief Administrator told Kolon Novo to prepare for testing and integration of his ability with his will and soul, and Kolon Novo eagerly agreed.

Kolon Novo received extravagant gifts from the Level Three Source Universe Overseers as he prepared to enhance his Completion Gene abilities and build a Shapeshifting Ship. He entered the Gene Enhancement Vault while the others watched an examination of the Omniverse he had encountered, envying his extraordinary luck but hoping to stay on his good side.

• More than a dozen Level Three Source Universe Overseers gave Kolon Novo rare materials and technology for his future Shapeshifting Ship.
• Kolon Novo agreed to have the Monitors enhance his Completion Gene abilities and extract information about the Omniverse he had encountered.
• Kolon Novo entered the Gene Enhancement Vault, while He-El remained wary but confirmed he could still return to the He-El Universe.
• The Level Three Source Universe Overseers discussed how Kolon Novo had gained his powers far more easily than they had and admitted they envied his luck.
• The Overseers continued trying to befriend Kolon Novo because his Omniverse connection might help him obtain a Source Universe, and the examination began.

Kolon Novo worried that the Gene Extraction Repository would expose his connection to He-El, but He-El said the scan would reveal only information about New Fusion Universe 588. As the level-three Source Universe administrators examined that information, they identified the vortex as a wild, newborn Omniverse and recognized Doctor Manhattan’s presence within it.

• Kolon Novo asked He-El whether the repository’s scan would expose their connection, and He-El said it would extract only information about New Fusion Universe 588.
• He-El admitted that he had deliberately left the New Fusion Universe 588 information on Kolon Novo to help him qualify for promotion.
• The level-four chief administrator showed Kolon Novo’s extracted encounter to the level-three Source Universe administrators.
• The administrators observed the vortex’s independent energy and multiple kinds of universal operational logic, concluding that it was a wild, newborn Omniverse.
• The administrators recognized Doctor Manhattan’s information in the recorded encounter and objected to him obtaining the Lesser Omniverse.

Level Three Source Universe Overseers planned to lure Doctor Manhattan out and seize the Lesser Omniverse, believing he lacked the knowledge to use it effectively. The Level Four Chief Overseer put Nix Wutan in charge and began enhancing Kolon Novo so the two could work together against Doctor Manhattan.

• The Overseers decided they could not locate the Lesser Omniverse because Doctor Manhattan had left no traceable access point in New Fusion Universe 588.
• Several Level Three Source Universe Overseers proposed sending Doctor Manhattan advanced Monitor technology to entice him to reveal himself.
• The Level Four Chief Overseer ordered Nix Wutan to lead the plan and recruit fifty Level Three Source Universe Overseers.
• Nix Wutan requested Kolon Novo's cooperation, and the Chief Overseer approved it, intending to elevate Kolon Novo to Level Three.
• The Chief Overseer activated the Genetic Enhancement Repository and began enhancing Kolon Novo and his abilities.

Kolon Novo entered the Gene Extraction Repository expecting its enhancement to make him a Level Three Source Universe administrator, but the process empowered He-El instead. He-El took control of Kolon Novo’s body and replaced him, leaving the story with He-El wearing Kolon Novo’s identity.

• The Level Four chief administrator activated the Gene Extraction Repository’s enhancement effect while the Level Three administrators anticipated Kolon Novo’s breakthrough.
• Kolon Novo celebrated his coming promotion as the repository’s energy began enhancing his genes and Completion Gene ability.
• Kolon Novo realized the Completion Gene ability was He-El, who was growing stronger as the enhancement energy flowed into him.
• He-El fused with Kolon Novo’s genes, seized control of his body, and rendered Kolon Novo unable to move or speak.
• He-El used Substitute Peach for Plum to replace Kolon Novo, killing him and taking on his calm expression.

He-El completed Kolon Novo’s genetic enhancement and discovered that the Monitor body could merge with the universe’s operational logic. The Level Three Source Universe Overseers recognized Kolon as one of their own and eagerly offered him gifts, hoping to benefit from his ability.

• He-El felt Kolon Novo’s enhanced Monitor body wielding cosmic logic through its physical genes alone.
• The Gene Extraction Repository completed Kolon’s genetic enhancement, and the Level Three Source Universe Overseers acknowledged him as a qualified peer.
• He-El told the Overseers that he felt able to merge his body into the universe’s operational logic, shocking them with the prospect of his future power.
• The Overseers crowded around He-El and offered rare resources and information to help him build his Shapeshifting Ship.

He-El impressed the Level Four Chief Overseer by simulating 13% control of the universe's operating logic, far above the usual 3%–7%. The Chief Overseer praised him as a candidate to become a Source Universe master and led him and Nix Wutan to the Five-Dimensional Space Detention Area.

• The Level Three Source Universe overseers offered He-El rare materials to help build a Shapeshifting Ship, and the Level Four Chief Overseer sent him to rest with a Universe Operation Logic Simulator.
• He-El secretly raised his simulator result to 13% and noted which six overseers had not brought him gifts.
• The Level Four Chief Overseer and Nix Wutan visited He-El, and He-El requested access to all Monitor information about Source Universes.
• He-El claimed that he had reached 13% on the simulator, then demonstrated the result to the astonished Chief Overseer and Nix Wutan.
• The Level Four Chief Overseer praised He-El as their future hope and led him and Nix Wutan toward the Five-Dimensional Space Detention Area.

He-El learned from Nix Wutan how Mandrak was created and why the Monitors imprisoned him. The fourth-level Chief Administrator brought them to Mandrak’s prison, where the story left them facing the sealed threat.

• The fourth-level Chief Administrator took He-El and Nix Wutan into a mysterious area, and Nix offered He-El constant stable matter for his Shapeshifting Ship.
• Nix Wutan explained that Mandrak had merged the Parallel Universes in secret after discovering a Wild Source Universe, then transformed under the gathered negative forces.
• Nix told He-El that the Monitors had designed Mandrak to absorb the Source Universe’s negative information, and that third-level administrators could survive the mutation.
• Nix explained that Mandrak had become obsessed with destroying the Source Universe and was imprisoned, but continued absorbing negative information that could eventually break his seal.
• The fourth-level Chief Administrator stopped the vessel at the place where Mandrak was imprisoned.

The Level Four Chief Administrator led He-El and Nix Wutan into the Monitor Domain’s Fifth-Dimensional Prison, a region also known as the Phantom Zone that connected to many mysterious realms. Inside, they became ghostlike and could communicate only telepathically as they traveled deeper toward Mandrak.

• The Level Four Chief Administrator identified the dark passage as the Fifth-Dimensional Prison and explained that it was also called the Phantom Zone and connected to multiple regions.
• He-El recalled Krypton’s use of the Phantom Zone to imprison criminals and his past encounter with General Zod after Zod emerged from it.
• The Chief Administrator said the prison connected to the Source Universe’s Phantom Zone but could not be used to pass between them.
• The Chief Administrator led He-El and Nix Wutan inside to meet Mandrak, where their bodies became translucent and they could no longer communicate physically.
• Nix Wutan asked about the prison’s unusual operating logic, and the Chief Administrator explained that it was a collision of multiple universes, spatial regions, and powerful existences.

Mamadal Novo, He-El, and Nix Wutan discovered that Mandrak was absorbing negative information inside the Fifth-Dimensional Prison and nearing escape. Mandrak revealed his plan to consume all fifty-two Source Universes, but Mamadal Novo challenged his claim that he had discovered a Source Universe.

• The fourth-level chief overseer led He-El and Nix Wutan through the polluted prison after they sensed an aura that could penetrate their souls.
• They found Mandrak in a tank overflowing with negative information, and Mandrak was shocked by the unfamiliar cosmic logic he saw in He-El's body.
• Mamadal Novo confronted Mandrak about absorbing negative information, while Mandrak insisted that he had no other way to survive and meant to become master of all universes.
• Mandrak announced that he would break free and destroy the fifty-two Source Universes, and Mamadal Novo replied that Mandrak had never discovered a Source Universe.

Mamadal Novo told Mandrak that the universe he had discovered was a newly born Omniverse, not a Source Universe, and explained how Kolon Novo had been affected by it. Mandrak became consumed by greed for the Omniverse, while Mamadal Novo left with Nix Wutan and He-El before secretly returning to offer Mandrak a partnership.

• Mandrak insisted that Kolon Novo had encountered the Source Universe he had discovered and accused Mamadal Novo of trying to deceive him.
• Mamadal Novo said the Monitors had confirmed the universe existed but had not obtained it, and that its influence had helped Kolon Novo break through the Completion Gene shackles.
• Mamadal Novo revealed that Mandrak had actually discovered a newly born Omniverse, and Mandrak reacted with shock before declaring it belonged to him.
• Mamadal Novo realized Mandrak could not recognize the Omniverse's operating principles in Kolon Novo and judged that Mandrak had not grown enough to see Kolon Novo's value.
• Mamadal Novo took Nix Wutan and He-El out of the Fifth-Dimensional Prison, then secretly returned to Mandrak and proposed they work together.

Mamadal Novo asked Mandrak to cooperate in taking the Lesser Omniverse from beings of God's Domain, while promising it could help Mandrak recover. Mandrak accused Mamadal Novo of pursuing the same old ambition to seize the Source Universes, then agreed to cooperate while anticipating his release.

• Mamadal Novo asked Mandrak to cooperate and said the Lesser Omniverse might be his only chance to recover from the negative information he had absorbed.
• Mandrak rejected Mamadal Novo's appeal, accused the Novo branch of Monitors of destroying Source Universes, and said Mamadal Novo wanted to use him to seize the Lesser Omniverse.
• Mandrak accused Mamadal Novo of targeting Kolon Novo and bringing Mandrak's son to manipulate him.
• Mamadal Novo revealed that the Lesser Omniverse first appeared in the New Krypton Universe, where beings from God's Domain had established themselves, and said they must cooperate against them.
• Mandrak mocked Mamadal Novo for wanting the Monitors to rule the coming era despite their creator's mission, then agreed to cooperate and said he looked forward to being released.