Chapter Summaries

Amanda Waller forced Director Barnes to order the police to shoot Jerome, who escaped backstage and fled with Galvin’s corpse. As ARGUS and the police pursued him, Gordon recognized the purple light as one of Khada Jhin’s abilities and warned them too late.

• Amanda Waller used her authority to make Director Barnes order the police to open fire on Jerome.
• The officers shot at Jerome, who used Galvin’s corpse as a shield and escaped backstage without being hit.
• Jerome left the real bomb vest backstage, then fled with Galvin’s corpse while the police and ARGUS pursued him.
• Gordon and Harvey followed behind the two groups as Gordon sensed that something was wrong.
• When the ARGUS members stepped backstage, purple light appeared, and Gordon recognized Khada Jhin’s ability and shouted for everyone to retreat.

Jerome escaped the charity gala after his invisible explosives wiped out the ARGUS team, then detonated another bomb beneath the departing police vehicle. Gordon survived the blast, while Jerome gathered his allies to discuss their next move against ARGUS.

• Gordon explained Khada Jhin's invisible explosives, and the police cleared the remaining traps by firing at the ground.
• Amanda Waller ordered Director Barnes to send the officers after Jerome, but Barnes refused and ordered the police to withdraw.
• The retreating officers triggered Edward the Riddler's nonlethal traps, then boarded an armored vehicle and left the scene.
• Jerome had Bomb Man Ethan detonate a bomb after the armored vehicle left the street, flipping it while leaving Gordon alive.
• Jerome laughed with Riddler Jonathan, Bomb Man Ian, and Scarecrow Jonathan, then proposed discussing their next move against ARGUS.
• Gordon crawled out of the overturned vehicle, stunned.

After Jerome’s bomb destroyed the charity gala, Gordon became convinced that Li Wei had helped Edward escape and rushed to Arkham Asylum to confront him. Li Wei calmly allowed Gordon to inspect the asylum, leaving Gordon uncertain whether Edward was really there.

• Gordon and Harvey rescued the officers from their overturned armored vehicle and recognized Jerome as the likely culprit behind the explosion.
• Gordon left Harvey to manage the aftermath and returned to the Gotham City Police Department to persuade Director Barnes to confront Li Wei.
• Barnes refused to go with Gordon, worrying that Amanda Waller would retaliate for his refusal to follow her order.
• Gordon drove to Arkham Asylum, believing Edward’s absence would prove Li Wei had helped him escape.
• Li Wei appeared in pajamas, welcomed Gordon inside, and agreed to let him check on Edward.

Gordon investigated whether Edward had appeared as the Riddler at the charity gala, but Li Wei denied any connection and left him without evidence. After Gordon departed, Li Wei realized ARGUS had intervened in Gotham, raising concerns about the consequences for Director Barnes's position.

• Gordon found Edward asleep in Arkham Asylum and questioned Li Wei about the Riddler at the charity gala.
• Li Wei argued that Gordon could not prove the gala's Riddler was Edward, and Gordon left without evidence.
• Edward confirmed that Gordon had left, while Li Wei remained troubled by Gordon's parting warning to watch the news.
• Li Wei realized ARGUS had intervened in the gala and considered how its presence could affect Gotham and Director Barnes's position.

Li Wei worked to keep Director Barnes in power and learned that the Court of Owls possessed the Lazarus Pit, a substance that could revive the dead. He arranged to preserve Galvin’s body and left Dr. Hugo eager to investigate the Pit, which was held by Ra's al Ghul.

• Li Wei called Cobblepot and asked him to use his councilor connections to protect Barnes from pressure by Gotham’s powerful families, and Cobblepot agreed.
• Li Wei went to Indian Hill Hospital, where Jerome had brought Galvin’s corpse, and told Jerome he could leave Arkham Asylum.
• Dr. Hugo said he could not revive Galvin, so Li Wei ordered the corpse preserved for later.
• Li Wei told Dr. Hugo and Warwick that the Court of Owls had access to the Lazarus Pit, which he identified as a liquid metal held by Ra's al Ghul.
• Dr. Hugo became eager to obtain the Lazarus Pit for research, while Li Wei warned him not to rush and explained that the Court of Owls would have to be approached carefully.

Li Wei and Dr. Hugo planned to lure Ra's al Ghul out at a Court of Owls gathering and seize the Lazarus Pit, with Warwick serving as bait. Meanwhile, Barnes dealt with the bombing’s aftermath and ARGUS’s continued operations in Gotham as a new, combat-ready group of agents arrived.

• Li Wei arranged for Dr. Hugo and Warwick to attend the Court of Owls gathering in three days and draw Ra's al Ghul out to obtain the Lazarus Pit.
• Dr. Hugo and Warwick prepared to preserve Galavan's corpse for a later revival, while Li Wei returned to his office.
• Gordon failed to find evidence against Li Wei and Arkham Asylum, and Barnes sent him to help at the bombing site.
• Gotham's city council rejected the wealthy victims' families' challenge, while Amanda Waller gave Barnes further orders to help ARGUS investigate supernatural people and place agents in the police department.
• Barnes focused on rescue efforts and restoring order, then learned that a new, more combat-oriented batch of ARGUS members had arrived in Gotham.

ARGUS agents infiltrated the Gotham City Police Department and prepared to attack Arkham Asylum, but Jerome’s Criminal Alliance intercepted them on the way. The alliance overwhelmed the squad with their supernatural abilities, leaving the surviving agents trapped between the assault and Jonathan’s Fear Gas.

• Director Barnes gave the ARGUS agents files on Jerome and Scarecrow and warned them not to break the law, but they ignored him and planned to target Arkham Asylum.
• Jerome used his Invisible Flowers to monitor ARGUS, and he, Jonathan, Edward, and Ian decided to ambush the agents without warning Li Wei.
• The ARGUS squad traveled toward Arkham Asylum in a police bus, but the driver skidded to a stop when a fallen tree blocked the road.
• Jerome killed an agent with a long-range shot as Ian attacked from the left and Edward hurled deadly playing cards from the right.
• Jonathan blocked the agents’ retreat with Fear Gas, while Jerome’s exploding Invisible Flowers and Ian’s bombs left the squad unable to mount an effective counterattack.

Jerome and the Criminal Alliance killed an ARGUS squad, prompting Amanda Waller to study their abilities and plan new ways to defeat them. Gordon learned that Jerome, Scarecrow Jonathan, Ian, and Edward had joined forces, and decided to pursue them himself.

• Jerome and the other three Criminal Alliance members overwhelmed the ARGUS squad, while Amanda Waller watched the footage and ordered staff to record their abilities.
• Jerome used a camera from the scene to taunt Amanda, who ordered a psychological profile of him before he crushed the device.
• Jerome confirmed there were no survivors and led the alliance away to prepare for ARGUS's next move.
• Gordon and Gotham officers arrived at the scene, and Director Barnes told him that Jerome, Scarecrow Jonathan, Ian, and Edward had carried out the attack together.
• Director Barnes shifted the responsibility for confronting the four criminals to ARGUS, while Gordon decided to pursue them on his own.

Dr. Hugo brought Warwick to a Court of Owls gathering and offered the Gotham Beast as a successful experiment, hoping to draw out Ra's al Ghul and gain access to the Lazarus Pit. The Court demanded his research records before sharing its revival method, and Dr. Hugo handed over genuine notes that concealed Li Wei’s supernatural role.

• Jerome and the other Criminal Alliance members expanded their surveillance of Gotham to intercept incoming ARGUS agents while Gordon and Harvey pursued them.
• Li Wei focused on the Court of Owls gathering, where Dr. Hugo and Warwick arrived after Li Wei warned Warwick to remain restrained.
• Warwick sensed the gathering members’ sins and bloodlust but followed Dr. Hugo’s instructions and stayed calm.
• Dr. Hugo presented Warwick as the Gotham Beast and claimed the creature’s rapidly depleted vitality was its fatal weakness.
• The masked leader offered to solve the problem but demanded Dr. Hugo’s experimental data and procedures first.
• Dr. Hugo gave her authentic research records with Li Wei’s role in granting Warwick supernatural abilities omitted.

Dr. Hugo delivered experimental records to the Court of Owls and received a fragment of Amber Gold, while Li Wei secretly tracked the Court’s supply. When Li Wei touched the fragment, the Hero Mall System revealed a new option to build the Fountain of Resurrection, though the materials were insufficient.

• Dr. Hugo handed the Court of Owls his experimental records and pretended to be astonished when the masked woman revealed Amber Gold’s power to resurrect the dead.
• The masked woman promised Dr. Hugo a chance at resurrection or immortality and gave him a small Amber Gold fragment hidden inside an owl statue.
• Li Wei secretly followed the guard who retrieved the owl statue and learned that the Court of Owls carefully concealed its Amber Gold supply.
• Dr. Hugo returned to Arkham Asylum and gave the fragment to Li Wei, reporting that the Court of Owls had not mentioned Ra's al Ghul.
• Li Wei touched the Amber Gold, causing the Hero Mall System to shake and display an option to build the Fountain of Resurrection, with insufficient materials.

Li Wei discovered that the Hero Mall could construct a Fountain of Resurrection if he obtained enough Dionysus Factor, and he suspected Ra's al Ghul held the key ingredient. By tracking the Court of Owls' Chief Justice, Li Wei learned that Ra's al Ghul would return to Gotham tomorrow to meet Dr. Hugo, giving him a chance to set a trap.

• Li Wei found that the Hero Mall had unlocked the Fountain of Resurrection, but its construction required more Dionysus Factor, which he believed he could obtain from Ra's al Ghul.
• The Court of Owls ended its meeting after Dr. Hugo announced his successful Gotham Beast experiment, and its Chief Justice secretly traveled to a hidden mountain base.
• The Chief Justice called Master Augu and reported the Gotham Beast and its reliance on Amber Gold; Ra's al Ghul said he would return to Gotham the next day to meet Dr. Hugo.
• The Chief Justice later called Dr. Hugo and ordered him to bring the Gotham Beast to a meeting with a distinguished guest, unaware Li Wei had already told Dr. Hugo about Ra's al Ghul's return.

Li Wei prepared to obtain Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Pit while his plans for Gotham progressed, and Dr. Hugo met Ra's al Ghul at the Court of Owls. Ra's al Ghul offered Amber Gold to secure more Gotham Beasts, but a playing card suddenly appeared in the chamber.

• Li Wei gave Dr. Hugo the depleted Amber Gold fragment to analyze and planned to seize Ra's al Ghul and the Court of Owls for their Dionysus Factor.
• Li Wei monitored Gotham as Barbara established the Kinkou Order, Cobblepot built the insect farm, and the Criminal Alliance prepared for ARGUS's return.
• Cobblepot worried that Li Wei would demand donations, while Li Wei considered which city to visit after obtaining the Lazarus Pit and reviving Galvin.
• Dr. Hugo and Warwick arrived at the Court of Owls gathering place, where Ra's al Ghul asked about producing Gotham Beasts.
• Dr. Hugo claimed he could make one Gotham Beast a week with enough Amber Gold, and Ra's al Ghul offered to supply it.
• A playing card suddenly materialized in the cave chamber as Ra's al Ghul was about to recruit Dr. Hugo.

Li Wei confronted Ra's al Ghul and demanded the Lazarus Pit, using Arkham Asylum's authority to claim Ra's needed treatment. When Ra's refused and attacked, Warwick and Dr. Hugo fought him while the Court of Owls' Chief Justice summoned the Talons to attack Li Wei.

• Li Wei appeared in the cave and asked Ra's al Ghul to lend him the Lazarus Pit.
• Ra's al Ghul refused, so Li Wei declared that Arkham Asylum would take him in for treatment.
• Ra's al Ghul attacked Li Wei's group with a table and a blade, but Warwick transformed and destroyed both weapons.
• Li Wei ordered Dr. Hugo and Warwick to subdue Ra's al Ghul and bring him back alive.
• The Chief Justice activated an alarm, summoned the Talons, and ordered them to attack Li Wei.

Li Wei discovered that Khada Jhin’s ability could permanently stop the Talon army from reviving, while Ra's al Ghul surrendered and offered to hand over the Lazarus Pit with an additional condition. After Ra's al Ghul killed the fleeing female Chief Justice at Li Wei’s direction, Li Wei turned to negotiate with him.

• Li Wei tested several Hero Templates against the Talon army, whose soldiers repeatedly revived and showed no signs of souls, emotions, or independent thought.
• Li Wei used Khada Jhin’s magical pistol to destroy a Talon soldier’s body, preventing it from reviving, then used the same method to eliminate the others.
• Ra's al Ghul escaped Dr. Hugo and Warwick’s beating long enough to agree to hand over the Lazarus Pit, but said he had another condition.
• The female Chief Justice fled while sending the remaining Talon soldiers to attack Li Wei, and Ra's al Ghul killed her with a broken blade at Li Wei’s direction.
• Li Wei erased the female Chief Justice’s death soul with Senna’s cannon, then sat down with Ra's al Ghul to discuss their business.

Li Wei rejected Ra's al Ghul's offer to inherit the Court of Owls and destroy Gotham, choosing instead to capture him and claim the Lazarus Pit by making him a loyal subordinate. After bringing Ra's to Indian Hill Hospital, Li Wei purchased the Eye of Twilight—Shen Hero Template and used it on him.

• Ra's al Ghul offered Li Wei the Lazarus Pit and the Court of Owls if he would become his successor and destroy and rebuild Gotham, but Li Wei refused the conditions.
• Dr. Hugo and Warwick subdued Ra's al Ghul and escorted him to Arkham Asylum in a Rolls-Royce driven by Ezri.
• Li Wei had Ra's bound to a wheelchair at Indian Hill Hospital and selected the Eye of Twilight—Shen Hero Template to turn him into a subordinate.
• Li Wei absorbed Shen's memories and abilities, then produced a blackish-purple sphere and threw it at Ra's al Ghul.
• Ra's sensed danger and struggled against his restraints, but the sphere reached him.

Li Wei tested Shen's abilities, then recruited the newly transformed Ra's al Ghul to lead him to the Lazarus Pit so he could resurrect Galvin before the system absorbed its Dionysus Factor. The group left Gotham and reached an ordinary-looking mountain in the suburbs.

• Li Wei tested Shen's teleportation ability by appearing beside Ezri, then returned to the laboratory after Ra's al Ghul finished loading the Hero Template.
• Ra's al Ghul warned Li Wei that excessive use of the Lazarus Pit could cause insanity, but agreed to lead him to the immovable swamp outside Gotham.
• Li Wei brought Dr. Hugo, Warwick, and Galvin's corpse along so he could resurrect Galvin before the system absorbed the Lazarus Pit's Dionysus Factor.
• Ra's al Ghul led Li Wei and the others beyond Gotham's boundaries to an ordinary-looking mountain in the suburbs.

Li Wei and Ra's al Ghul found the Lazarus Pit beneath a mountain and used it to revive Galvin. After Dr. Hugo and Warwick restrained Galvin, Li Wei touched the Pit and the shop system began absorbing its Dionysus Factor.

• Ra's al Ghul opened a hidden passage through the mountain and led Li Wei, Dr. Hugo, and Warwick to the Lazarus Pit.
• Li Wei asked Ra's al Ghul about the Pit, and Ra's al Ghul explained that he had moved the mountain over it after discovering it by accident.
• Dr. Hugo and Warwick put Galvin's frozen corpse into the Lazarus Pit, where his injuries healed and he returned to life.
• Galvin recognized Li Wei, Dr. Hugo, and Warwick, assumed they had revived him for a price, and climbed out of the Pit.
• Dr. Hugo and Warwick tied up Galvin and silenced him with a mouse wheel.
• Li Wei touched the Lazarus Pit, causing the shop system to begin absorbing its Dionysus Factor.

Li Wei absorbed the Dionysus Factors from the Lazarus Pit, completing the requirements for the Fountain of Resurrection, then brought the resurrected Galvin to Indian Hill Hospital. He chose Garen’s Hero Template for Galvin and began the transformation, leaving Galvin screaming as the power merged with him.

• Li Wei absorbed all the Dionysus Factors from the Lazarus Pit, and the system announced that the Fountain of Resurrection was ready to be built.
• Li Wei and the others returned to Arkham Asylum with Warwick carrying Galvin, then escorted him to the underground Indian Hill Hospital.
• Galvin saw the secret laboratories and concluded that Arkham Asylum had deliberately let the Order of St. Dumas abduct patients as part of a conspiracy.
• Dr. Hugo strapped Galvin into a wheelchair and prepared to record his transformation while Li Wei selected Demacia's Might—Garen as Galvin's Hero Template.
• Li Wei sent the blue-and-gold sphere of Garen's power into Galvin, whose screams began as the template merged with his body.

Li Wei had Galvin load Garen’s Hero Template, then constructed the Fountain of Resurrection in the underground laboratory at Indian Hill Hospital. Dr. Hugo tested its healing power, while its ability to revive the dead remained unconfirmed.

• Galvin endured the Hero Template loading process, and Li Wei examined Garen’s abilities, noting how Courage’s fully stacked defenses could combine with his unlimited growth.
• After Galvin gained Garen’s powers and memories, Li Wei selected the underground laboratory as the Fountain of Resurrection’s construction site and built it there.
• Dr. Hugo whispered to Warwick, who stabbed him in the abdomen with his Talons to test the newly completed Fountain of Resurrection.
• Dr. Hugo climbed the altar, and its life force rapidly healed his wound without leaving a scar.
• Li Wei concluded that the Fountain healed injuries, but its ability to revive the dead still needed testing.

Li Wei assigned Galvin, Ra's al Ghul, and Barbara new roles, including reclaiming Galvin’s fortune and rebuilding the Kinkou Order from the League of Shadows. Galvin returned to his company and was confronted by an elder of the Order of Saint Dumas, who spoke of a prophecy predicting his resurrection.

• Li Wei told Galvin to reclaim his billions in assets and instructed him to keep in contact with Master Augu.
• Li Wei directed Ra's al Ghul to continue guiding Bruce Wayne while preparing to sever ties with the Court of Owls and take control of its assets.
• Li Wei introduced Barbara and assigned Ra's al Ghul to rebuild the Kinkou Order using the League of Shadows.
• Galvin returned to his company alive, shocking employees who had believed he died at the charity gala and the subsequent explosion.
• An elder of the Order of Saint Dumas greeted Galvin as Theodore and said a prophecy had foretold his return; Galvin asked what prophecy he meant.