Chapter Summaries

Clark and Lois discovered a threatening message during a visit to the Smallville morgue as a global cyberattack crippled networks and devices. Lex evacuated his lab, while Omni-Man announced his plan to conquer Earth and block out the sun.

• Clark and Lois examined the corpses from Clark’s prophecy, and Clark lifted the hammer held by the blond corpse.
• A global cyberattack disabled networks and devices, and a message appeared on Clark’s phone: “This world belongs to us.”
• Singer warned Lex that their defense had exposed them, so Lex ordered Bizarro to evacuate with Singer.
• Omni-Man recounted how he had conquered his own Earth and declared that he would conquer this Earth and expand his rule across universes.
• Omni-Man said Grid had crippled the planet’s networks, then flew into the sky to block out the sun.

Omni-Man and his allies held Smallville’s residents hostage and demanded their submission while the Justice League learned of the attack from Singer. The chapter ended with Jonathan refusing to kneel before Omni-Man, who recognized him as his foster father.

• Lex briefed Clark and Diana on the enemy’s takeover of America’s utilities, the release of prisoners, and the hostage-taking in Smallville.
• Clark said Jino had gone off with Batman after hearing about the prophecy, leaving the Justice League unsure how to respond.
• Singer showed the Justice League an image of the church in Smallville, where Omni-Man and his allies had gathered the town’s residents.
• Omni-Man declared himself the future king and ordered the residents to kneel, while Lana Lang and Chloe wondered where Jino and Clark were.
• Most of the crowd knelt, but Jonathan, his wife, three girls, and Pete remained standing.
• Omni-Man recognized Jonathan as his foster father and demanded to know why he was not kneeling; Jonathan refused to bow to a madman and butcher.

Omni-Man attacked Clark after Jonathan refused to submit, and Clark fought to protect his father and the humans Omni-Man called weak. Lex joined Clark with a divine lightning weapon, leaving the two allies facing Omni-Man’s full fury as their Heat Vision clashed.

• Omni-Man crushed and ate the Kryptonite, then grabbed Jonathan by the throat, but Clark arrived and attacked him.
• Clark fought Omni-Man across the square, refused his offer of loyalty, and was blasted through a church and pinned beneath Omni-Man’s knee.
• In the Metropolis sewers, Diana set out to rescue Clark, while Lex told Bart to stay behind and took a lightning-bolt-shaped weapon.
• Diana fought Superwoman and the others as Lex struck Omni-Man with divine lightning and helped Clark stand beside him.
• Omni-Man recovered and fired Heat Vision at Clark and Lex, and Clark met the attack with his own beams.

Diana fought Superwoman while Omni-Man defeated Clark and Lex, leaving them helpless until Jino arrived and rescued them. Jino confronted Omni-Man over the missing sun and battered him, but Omni-Man escaped his grip and prepared to fight back with Green Kryptonite.

• Diana noticed Superwoman's weakening strength and realized she was pregnant, but Superwoman refused to answer who the father was.
• Omni-Man defeated Clark and Lex, then threw Kryptonite and Thunderbolt at them as they lay unable to move.
• Clark called for Jino, and Jino appeared, rescued Clark and Lex, and told them to take Lex and Diana away.
• Jino stopped the weapons from hitting Clark and Lex, then asked Omni-Man what he had done with the sun.
• Jino repeatedly slammed Omni-Man's head into the mud until Omni-Man escaped by using Heat Vision and tearing away some of Jino's hair.
• Omni-Man chewed Green Kryptonite and vowed to kill Jino.

Jino defeated Omni-Man by stopping his punch with one finger and restoring sunlight, which drained Omni-Man’s strength. With Clark and Diana reunited with him, Diana killed Omni-Man, ending the Crime Syndicate leader’s life.

• Omni-Man consumed Kryptonite, grew into a monstrous giant, and threatened Jino.
• Jino blocked Omni-Man’s full-force punch with one finger and sent him flying through the town into a forest.
• Jino restored sunlight, weakening Omni-Man until his body shriveled and he could no longer fight.
• Clark reported that they had subdued Superwoman, while Diana said she had severed Johnny Quick’s Achilles tendons.
• Jino ordered Diana to give Omni-Man a quick death, and she killed him with her sword.

The Justice League argued over where to imprison the captured Crime Syndicate members while Lana discovered that a medieval spellbook left to her by Ms. Cassandra was connected to a past witch's execution. The chapter left Lana holding the book as purple light flowed from its pages into her body.

• Diana and Batman argued over whether Owlman, Superwoman, and Johnny Quick should be imprisoned on Themyscira or in Arkham Asylum, after Jino suggested killing them.
• Officer Volkens demanded that Countess reveal where she had hidden the Three Demonic Stones, then ordered her and two other women burned at the stake when she refused.
• The Countess vowed that her descendants would awaken her and that she would return to take revenge on the world.
• Lana woke in a café with Chloe and Lois Lane, then explained that Ms. Cassandra had left her a book by Lady Isabelle Margaret Surlov.
• Lana touched the book's page, and purple light flowed from it into her body.

Jino and Clark discovered that Lana Lang, Chloe, and Lois Lane had been affected by a medieval magical ritual. After using Heavenly Magic to replay what happened, Jino learned the women were in the caves and set out to find them with Clark.

• Jino received Chloe's birthday invitation but decided he did not want to attend, then grew concerned when he heard Lana Lang was researching medieval witch culture.
• Jino and Clark entered Lana Lang's aunt's dark, wrecked house and found strange magical symbols painted on the walls.
• Jino used Heavenly Magic to trace the scene back and saw Lana Lang offer enchanted wine that transformed Chloe and Lois Lane into Madeline and Briana.
• Jino ordered Singer to search for the women, and Singer located them in the caves on the western side of town.
• Jino told Clark to stay behind because he was afraid of magic, but Clark insisted on going with him.

Jino and Clark confronted the witches possessing Chloe, Lois, and Lana in the karst cave. Jino purified Chloe and Lois and overpowered Lana, but Clark intervened and let the witch escape in Lana’s body.

• Jino and Clark entered the cave and found Lana, Chloe, and Lois performing a spell around a glowing book.
• Jino exposed the witch possessing Chloe and used golden magic to purge her, leaving Chloe unconscious.
• Clark attacked Lois, but her purple magic sent him crashing into the cavern wall.
• Jino’s golden magic defeated Lois and Lana, and he pinned Lana down as she begged for mercy.
• Clark mistakenly grabbed Jino to stop him from killing Lana, giving the witch a chance to vanish with Lana’s body.
• Jino scolded Clark for interfering and realized he would have to track down the escaped witch.

After Witch Lana sacrificed herself to summon something from Hell, people across London began seeing demons, and Martha appeared monstrous to Jonathan. The chapter left Clark questioning what was real as another woman in Gotham believed she had given birth to a demon.

• Witch Lana sacrificed her blood to the Gates of Hell and fell from a cliff, but Clark caught her; Jino warned that her sacrifice might have summoned something dangerous.
• In London, a woman saw people as demons and drove wildly through the streets until Diana stopped her car; the woman begged Wonder Woman to save her from demons.
• At Kent Farm, Jonathan mistook Martha for a monster and shot at her, but Clark blocked the bullets and restrained his father.
• In Gotham City, a woman in a hospital gown stared at her tentacled newborn and declared that she had given birth to a demon.

Batman saved an infant from a suicidal mother in Gotham, while Jino learned that illusion magic was causing people around the world to die. He sent Clark and Bart to help Batman and Faora to support Wonder Woman, then traveled to Metropolis to find someone who could deal with the magic.

• Batman identified Mena Lott and tried to persuade her not to jump, but she leaped from the high-rise with her infant.
• Batman chose to save the infant, catching him with a grappling line while Mena Lott fell to her death.
• Clark rushed to Jino’s room, where Faora restrained him until Jino let him explain that people were dying around the world.
• Batman and Diana contacted Jino, who suspected illusion magic and dispatched Clark and Bart to Gotham and Faora to London.
• Jino traveled to a dark alley in Metropolis and entered a smoky room to meet the person he hoped could stop the magic.

Jino rescued Constantine from three demons, then forced him to help investigate the chaos caused by a medieval witch’s sacrifice. They went to find Zatanna, whom Jino reunited with after months apart, but she greeted him resentfully.

• Jino entered Constantine’s gambling room and killed the three demons who threatened him.
• Jino demanded Constantine repay a favor by helping investigate people mistaking those around them for demons after a witch’s sacrifice.
• Constantine agreed to go with Jino, who said they needed to find someone.
• After her magic show, Zatanna returned to her dressing room and looked at old messages from Jino.
• Jino appeared in Zatanna’s dressing room, and she confronted him angrily for keeping his recent actions from her.

Jino brought Zatanna to the Justice League to investigate a magical crisis that made people see others as demons, then joined her and Constantine at Constantine’s Mystic House to seek clues. Constantine began a spell to summon someone named Richie.

• Jino persuaded Zatanna to come with him to the Justice League, where he briefed the group on the worldwide attacks and split their duties.
• Jino took Zatanna and Constantine to investigate while Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman continued rescuing civilians and maintaining order.
• Constantine brought Jino and Zatanna to his hidden Mystic House and said he would contact friends in Hell for clues.
• The house’s spirit greeted the group, revealed Zatanna’s feelings for Jino, and sensed Jino’s great power and weariness.
• Constantine cut his palm and drew a golden magic circle that traced the name Richie.

Jino, Zatanna, and Constantine sought the Kashanti Key from the cursed Richie, then returned to the Mystic House to consult Lucifer. Lucifer appeared and greeted Jino like an old friend.

• Constantine led Jino and Zatanna to Richie's home, where Jino drove away the Reapers with his magical power.
• Richie lent Jino the Kashanti Key and revealed that Constantine had cursed him, leaving him physically weak.
• Constantine took Jino and Zatanna back to the Mystic House to consult an expert in Heavenly Magic.
• Constantine summoned Lucifer, who descended into the hall and warmly invited Jino to hug him.

Jino met with Lucifer to discuss the disaster afflicting humanity, and Lucifer revealed that the Dream Stone’s creator, Destiny, may have escaped Hell. The chapter left Jino seeking Etrigan and his contractor, Jason Blood, though Constantine did not know where to find them.

• Jino and Lucifer’s aura clash shook the Mystic House until they both laughed it off, and Lucifer punished Constantine for offering his sacrifices dead rats and cockroaches.
• Jino argued that Hell would have no purpose if humanity died out, convincing Lucifer to discuss the disaster.
• Lucifer said the Dream Stone was forged by Destiny, who was defeated by a knight bound to a demon and sealed in Hell, and suggested a botched ritual might have freed him.
• Lucifer left the investigation to Jino, who healed Constantine’s swollen lips with Heavenly Magic.
• Constantine identified the knight’s demon as Etrigan and said Etrigan’s contractor, Jason Blood, followed an ancient chivalric code, but he did not know where to find him.

Jino Luthor sought information about Destiny from Jason and the demon Etrigan sealed within him. After Etrigan demanded a duel, Jino defeated him with Heat Vision, leaving the demon expected to share what he knew.

• Jason preached about moral character in a Las Vegas alley, while the demon Etrigan mocked him from within.
• Constantine brought Jason to meet Jino Luthor and Zatanna, who asked Jason about Destiny.
• Jason consulted Etrigan, who agreed to provide information only if Jino defeated him in a duel.
• Etrigan emerged from Jason and attacked Jino with hellfire.
• Jino cut through the flames with Heat Vision and blasted Etrigan away.

After learning that dreams could lead to the Realm of the Sandman, Jino knocked Constantine unconscious and used the Dream Key to enter his dream with Zatanna. They arrived in a room of dreamlike visions, where a strange talking rabbit appeared.

• Jason told Jino that Merlin had defeated Destiny in a dream and suggested dreams as a way to defeat him.
• Jino realized the Dream Key could let them enter Constantine's dream and travel to the Realm of the Sandman.
• Jino knocked Constantine out, called Clark back, and asked him to protect their bodies while they entered the dream.
• Jino and Zatanna used the Dream Key and arrived in a rainbow-bright room filled with visions of Constantine's life.
• A suited, cartoon-like rabbit appeared, and Zatanna raised her hands to attack it.

Jino and Zatanna entered the Dream Kingdom and met Daniel, who revealed that Destiny was hiding there and had grown powerful by stealing nightmares. Jino infused himself with Dream Energy and prepared to confront him.

• A suited rabbit recognized Zatanna but had never seen Jino, then reluctantly guided them through the Dream Kingdom after Jino demonstrated his strength.
• The rabbit showed Jino and Zatanna the castle’s dream storage room and the historical objects displayed on its second floor.
• Daniel welcomed Jino and Zatanna, and Jino asked him to help find Destiny, who had escaped from Hell.
• Daniel located Destiny east of the castle and admitted that he had neglected the nightmares, allowing Destiny to grow powerful.
• Jino asked how to fight in dreams, infused himself with Dream Energy through his Golden Card, and prepared to act.

Jino, Daniel, and Zatanna fought their way through Destiny’s dream and confronted the ancient wizard, who had stolen the power of dreams to weaken Daniel. Jino proved able to wield Dream Energy against Destiny, and their battle continued through shifting animal forms.

• Daniel scattered golden dust that destroyed the first Skeleton Soldiers, but more returned with flesh growing over their bones.
• Jino unleashed a wave of dark blue Dream Energy that shattered the advancing skeletons and extinguished the magma.
• Destiny appeared and attacked with lightning, but Jino summoned light and dragged him from the sky.
• Destiny and Jino clashed through dreamlike forms, with Jino as a Hunter shooting the wolf and Destiny as a poisonous snake striking back.
• Jino took the snake’s bite as a swelling cheek in the real world, then declared himself a Peregrine Falcon and attacked.

Jino defeated Destiny by declaring himself the universe, ending the calamity and saving the world. After the Justice League received public praise, Jino visited Laetitia and told Thomas he would cure her completely.

• Jino transformed into a peregrine falcon and injured Destiny, but Destiny countered by declaring himself plague and causing the falcon to rot.
• Jino declared himself Earth and then the universe, crushing Destiny beneath the weight of all existence.
• Destiny's body burst apart over the lava, and Jino told Zatanna that they had saved the world again.
• News reports praised Jino and the Justice League, while Thomas celebrated Jino's achievements at Elliot Manor.
• Jino appeared at Elliot Manor, embraced Thomas, and promised to cure Laetitia completely.

In 1992, Jino entered Knockturn Alley after gaining the authority to wield the Wizarding World's magic. After killing three would-be robbers, he turned his power toward the rest of the criminal crowd and asked them to die.

• Jino walked through Knockturn Alley, drawing attention because he looked carefree and out of place.
• Three notorious robbers followed Jino into a narrow alley and demanded his wealth.
• Jino revealed he did not need a wand, seized control of the robbers, and made them kill themselves with the Killing Curse.
• Jino walked back into the alley and, seeing that everyone there was a criminal, told the crowd to die.