Chapter Summaries

Cyborg’s team encountered Anthea, but Deadshot’s remarks prompted her to send them far away with her Axis Power. Dane met Anthea in the Dreamscape, offered to help free her sisters in exchange for her becoming his subordinate god, and she accepted; meanwhile, A.R.G.U.S. drew the attention of the magical world, including a vampire clan based in Vatican City.

• Carl spotted a woman in the stadium, and Constantine identified her as Anthea, the goddess of gardens and vegetation who wielded Axis Power.
• Deadshot offended Anthea, so she used Axis Power to transport Cyborg’s group away from the Philadelphia stadium.
• Dane entered Anthea’s dream, explained that he had allowed her and her sisters to escape, and offered to help rescue them if she became his subordinate god.
• Anthea accepted Dane’s condition, despite feeling she had no real choice.
• News of A.R.G.U.S. capturing two Goddesses spread through the magical world, and a vampire clan from Vatican City approached Amanda Waller’s organization.

Jason secured Doctor Fate’s agreement to join A.R.G.U.S. and met Grail, an ally from another world who had arrived in this universe. Kent hoped Grail’s pursuit of divine power would help confront the hidden gods and the future destruction he had foreseen.

• Amanda rejected the vampire clan’s offer to become immortal, while A.R.G.U.S. gained the clan’s support and influence in Italy.
• Jason visited Kent, who agreed in principle to join A.R.G.U.S. after warning that ancient gods posed a greater threat than the Amazons.
• Kent introduced Jason to Grail, Darkseid’s daughter and an Amazon from another world, who had crossed into this universe using the Star-Board.
• After Jason left, Grail told Kent she wanted divine power, and he said he would not interfere with her hunt.
• Kent revealed that he had foreseen Barry Allen’s Flashpoint, the war between the Amazons and Atlantis, and the world’s eventual destruction.

Doctor Fate realized the timeline had been altered and planned to investigate with A.R.G.U.S., while Dane discovered Grail had entered his dreamscape and decided to turn her plans against Darkseid to his advantage. The chapter ended with Dane ordering Cortana to watch over and assist Grail, while preparing to use Circe’s Blood Magic to control her if it became necessary.

• Kent concluded that history had diverged during the war on New Themyscira and suspected Jason knew Batman’s whereabouts.
• Kent spoke with Nabu and decided to join A.R.G.U.S. and establish a secret magical society while waiting for the person behind the changes to appear.
• Cortana found Grail in the Amazon-focused dreamscape, examined her memories, and confirmed she was the Grail Dane had encountered before.
• Dane reasoned that Grail’s plan to bring about Darkseid’s fall could weaken Darkseid and open territory for Dane to claim.
• Dane ordered Cortana to monitor and help Grail, and to use Circe’s Blood Magic on her if it could be done without endangering the world.

Grail joined A.R.G.U.S. and was sent to assassinate Orm, but her attack at sea failed when he used the ocean and his awakened demigod power against her. Doctor Fate warned Grail away from Orm, while Constantine’s group watched the battle and continued investigating A.R.G.U.S. for clues about Shazam.

• Grail joined A.R.G.U.S., asked to see the captured Goddesses, and was refused; Amanda then assigned her to assassinate Orm.
• Grail and Orm clashed with matching Tridents of Poseidon, and Orm gained the advantage by wielding the sea’s power and driving her into the ocean.
• Orm trapped Grail in a whirlpool, but an ultrasonic weapon caused him pain, allowing her to escape and hit him with an Omega Ray.
• Doctor Fate warned Grail that Orm was baiting her and explained that Orm’s awakened demigod bloodline let him block the Omega Ray, so Grail retreated.
• Constantine’s group observed the battle and discussed their search for Anthea and Shazam, suspecting that A.R.G.U.S. might have captured Shazam.

Constantine and the others suspected that Grail might be a resurrected Wonder Woman, while Cyborg traced Amanda’s possible surveillance. Poseidon possessed Arthur Curry and attacked the group, prompting Carl to fight him as Orm and Dane also sensed Arthur’s return.

• Constantine identified Jason as host to a demon and Mary as a vampire, while Cyborg recognized Grail’s Amazonian fighting style.
• Batman noticed Aquaman struggling and pulled the others back before Poseidon possessed Arthur and blasted them away.
• Poseidon attacked the group, but Carl intercepted him with Heat Vision and a powerful punch.
• Etrigan recognized Poseidon’s divine power, and Orm abandoned his fight with Grail to charge toward Arthur.
• Dane learned of Poseidon’s return and realized that widespread belief in god descent could make it real.

Poseidon possessed Arthur Curry and unleashed his authority over the Caribbean Sea, trapping Carl and the others in a vast storm. Etrigan and Jason helped Carl break free to fight Poseidon, while Hespera regained power in her Arctic prison and was warned not to move.

• Dane convinced Orm that Poseidon had taken over Arthur Curry's body, and Orm fled from the possessed god.
• Poseidon struck Carl and then darkened the sky, raised a colossal vortex, and overwhelmed the ships, Sea Tribe soldiers, and other fighters with the sea and storm.
• Jason attacked Poseidon's mind, giving Etrigan an opening to strike and allowing Carl to escape the waterspout.
• Etrigan and Carl agreed to cooperate as Poseidon blocked their attacks.
• Hespera sensed Poseidon's descent and recovered divine power inside her stasis pod, but a voice asked her not to move.

Doctor Fate failed to stop an unknown god from freeing Hespera and Calypso, and Amanda Waller covered up their escape by eliminating everyone who knew about it. The story then followed Dane as he pulled Hespera into the Dreamscape, where his power could blur the boundary between dreams and reality.

• Doctor Fate imprisoned Hespera in a mental space, but an enormous eye tore it open and pulled her out.
• Doctor Fate found Hespera and Calypso missing from Deep-Sea Prison and learned that they had vanished without the Stasis Chambers being opened.
• Amanda Waller ordered the Deep-Sea Prison staff and the officer who received Doctor Fate killed to conceal the escape.
• Amanda confronted Doctor Fate, who explained that their opponent was a god with superior mental abilities.
• Dane returned Hespera's mental form to her body, then dragged her into the Dreamscape before she could awaken.
• Dane relied on his Dream of The Endless power to blur dreams and reality, a capability he had previously used during Apokolips's entry into the Dreamscape.

Poseidon overwhelmed the heroes in the Caribbean Sea after transforming into a giant made of seawater, but Cyborg’s ultrasonic weapons left him vulnerable. Etrigan targeted Arthur Curry inside Poseidon’s body as the battle continued.

• Dane and Diana watched Poseidon use high-density seawater armor to withstand attacks from Carl and Etrigan.
• Carl left the battle, and Grail struck Poseidon with an Omega Ray before he healed and grew into a massive seawater giant.
• Poseidon drained Orm’s divine power and used the Trident of Poseidon to badly injure Grail and knock Carl away.
• An unknown ally opened a spatial passage to redirect Poseidon’s trident, while ultrasonic weapons disrupted him.
• Cyborg revealed himself as the source of the ultrasonic attack, and Jason told Etrigan to strike Arthur Curry, Poseidon’s core.

Dane and Diana joined the battle against Poseidon, while Ares seized Shazam’s body and fought Dane. Dane removed Solomon’s power from Ares, destabilizing the six divine powers within Shazam and leaving Ares struggling to control them.

• Dane and Diana emerged from the gap between reality and dreams, and Diana knocked Arthur Curry out of Poseidon’s seawater body.
• Dane caught Poseidon’s trident and fought him while an unknown god took control of Shazam’s body and joined Poseidon’s side.
• Ares revealed himself as the god inhabiting Shazam and attacked Dane with a battle-axe.
• Dane used the Aegis of Athena to petrify Ares briefly, then reached into his body and removed Solomon’s power.
• Ares lost control of the divine powers within Shazam and tried to suppress them with his own power, but the other powers rejected him.

Dane defeated Ares and helped bring down Poseidon, whose consciousness escaped after Arthur died in the battle. The survivors agreed to an uneasy alliance, and Dane brought them to the Rock of Eternity after Constantine invited them to his Mystic House.

• Dane shattered Ares's borrowed body and used the Wizard Staff to reclaim the Six Gods' Power as Poseidon tried to flee.
• Orm stabbed Poseidon with a trident, allowing Dane to drain Poseidon's divine power before Poseidon abandoned Arthur's body and escaped to Asgard.
• Arthur died after telling Diana, "You won," and Grail quietly reclaimed a trident while Dane took Arthur's corpse away from Constantine.
• Dane exposed Constantine in his Mystic House, but the group avoided fighting and agreed to consider an alliance against the gods.
• Dane transported everyone away from the sea, and Constantine recognized their new location as the Rock of Eternity.

Dane used the captured Goddesses and his ability to control divine power as leverage while trying to unite Earth’s factions against the descending gods. After the survivors of the Caribbean battle were sought, Doctor Fate rescued an unconscious Batman, who woke to find his body inexplicably free of its old injuries.

• Dane questioned Etrigan about his allegiance and learned that Etrigan knew Satan well.
• Diana and Orm challenged each other over leadership as the factions argued, and Dane revealed that the three Goddesses were in the Amazons’ hands.
• Dane disclosed that Poseidon’s and Shazam’s divine power belonged to him, prompting the others to recognize the value of his power to grant divine abilities.
• Amanda Waller sent Doctor Fate to the Caribbean, where he found no battle participants except the unconscious Batman and teleported him to safety.
• Batman woke after a day and night, and Thomas Wayne discovered that his body had no old injuries or hidden illnesses.

Thomas woke in an A.R.G.U.S. facility, learned that the Goddesses had been taken by the Amazons, and helped set terms for cooperation between A.R.G.U.S. and the returning heroes. After Amanda agreed to remove the bomb in Thomas’s head, Dane and Diana returned to Themyscira and learned that the gods were preparing to descend.

• Thomas woke feeling unusually healthy, questioned Amanda Waller about Cyborg and The Flash, and learned that A.R.G.U.S. had lost Hespera and Calypso.
• Thomas told Amanda what he had witnessed in the Caribbean, and Amanda considered seeking an alliance with Orm using the spoils from Philadelphia.
• Cyborg, Carl, Etrigan, and Grail returned from The Rock of Eternity, and Grail told Amanda that the Amazons had taken the Goddesses and threatened to end their cooperation.
• Carl said the team would cooperate while retaining its autonomy and requested Batman’s leadership, and Amanda agreed to remove the bomb in Thomas’s head.
• Dane and Diana returned to Themyscira, where Anthea reported that Atlas had warned the Amazons the gods were preparing to descend.

Dane learned that a god had descended into Central and South America, and he sent Artemis and Circe’s magic men to investigate alongside A.R.G.U.S.’s forces. The search led them to the Ashininy tribe, where Tezcatlipoca’s power began to darken the night around the unsuspecting scouts.

• Circe examined Arthur Curry’s corpse, and Dane told her and Diana that he had taken Poseidon’s divine power and gained Shazam’s power.
• Doctor Fate informed Amanda that a god had descended somewhere in Central and South America, so she dispatched vampires and werewolves to investigate.
• Dane learned of the descent through an A.R.G.U.S. informant and sent Artemis with a squad of Circe’s magic men to follow the human scouts.
• The vampire and werewolf squad found the Ashininy tribe, whose people worshipped Tezcatlipoca, the god of night and destiny.
• Tezcatlipoca’s darkness covered the moon and fell over the scouts, while Artemis sensed danger but held her position.

Artemis led the demonfolk in an attack on the god Tezcatlipoca, whose shape-shifting and reflective powers made it a dangerous opponent. After the team returned with its severed head and body, Circe discovered that its divine soul remained split between them.

• Artemis waited until Tezcatlipoca appeared in the tribe, then ordered the demonfolk to pierce its barrier with enchanted arrows.
• Tezcatlipoca attacked Artemis and the demonfolk from the darkness, but Artemis wounded it with Circe’s tracking arrow and revealed its jaguar form.
• Tezcatlipoca reflected Artemis’s axe strike and shattered her shoulder, but Artemis slammed it onto the arrow wound, allowing the demonfolk to restrain and behead it.
• Artemis confirmed that the tribe had no survivors and returned with the demonfolk, praising their performance after the mission.
• Dane, Diana, and Circe examined Tezcatlipoca’s corpse, and Circe found its divine soul divided between the head and body.

Dane identified Jaguar’s corpse as the weakened Aztec god Tezcatlipoca, while Constantine learned that Hell’s three Satans had vanished and their absence had changed how demons dealt with humans. The chapter left Constantine aware that the upheaval in Hell was tied to the growing god-hunting movement and that demons already knew about the divine descents.

• Dane identified Jaguar as Tezcatlipoca and captured the god’s soul when its head suddenly attacked Circe.
• A.R.G.U.S. dealt with divine descents elsewhere, while spellcasters across the world began hunting gods for magical power and other rewards.
• Constantine learned that a group of spellcasters had joined forces with Hell’s demons to hunt a powerful god.
• Constantine summoned Portia in the Mystic House, restrained the demon, and forced it to answer his questions.
• Portia told Constantine that Hell’s three Satans had disappeared, leaving its lords to fight over the vacant thrones and allowing lesser demons to keep more of their earnings.
• Portia confirmed that demons knew about the divine descents because some Old Gods had shared the news with them.

Thomas discovered that Barry's Speed Force abilities had transferred to him and used them to travel through a strange space. He found an elderly Barry trapped in the Speed Force and ended the chapter as Old Barry recognized him as Batman.

• Constantine suspected that Dane might be behind the events in Hell and on Earth, then decided to consult Madame Web and Batman.
• Thomas woke at the A.R.G.U.S. base with his wound healed and learned from Carl that the bomb had been removed.
• Thomas revealed that he had gained Barry's Speed Force abilities and asked Carl to help him test whether he could travel through time and space.
• Thomas used a black Flash-like suit to enter a strange passage and arrived in a dark space filled with manifested Speed Force.
• Thomas absorbed the Speed Force surrounding an elderly Barry Allen, freeing him, and Old Barry woke and recognized Thomas as Batman.

Dane asked Circe to locate a wizard with demonic god bloodline after sensing an extradimensional invader, and she found the woman he was seeking. The chapter left Dane on his way to find her.

• Thomas captured an elderly Barry Allen from another timeline, but Barry absorbed Thomas's Speed Force and regained his youth before escaping.
• Thomas lured Barry to Carl, whose Heat Vision severed Barry's arm and allowed Thomas to restrain him.
• A demonic presence found a dimensional barrier, prompting Dane to recognize that an extradimensional invader had entered the picture.
• Dane asked Circe to locate a woman whose warning spell only alerted her to stronger beings, and Circe used her crystal ball to find her.
• Dane recognized the woman by the red magical crystal on her forehead and left to seek her out.

Raven arrived in Dane’s world seeking a way to escape Trigon, but Dane brought her to the Lesser Divine Realm to discuss their situation. Meanwhile, NATO’s war with Rússia escalated into nuclear attacks, and Orm warned Amanda that Old Gods had bewitched someone in Washington.

• Raven sensed Trigon had reached the world and discovered that she could no longer travel between dimensions, so she considered acquiring the Speed Force as a means of escape.
• Dane confronted Raven, overcame her time-stopping spell with Astral Projection, and revealed that Trigon had also come to the world.
• After Raven identified herself as Trigon’s daughter, Dane opened a portal to the Lesser Divine Realm, and she followed him through it.
• NATO invaded Rússia through Ukraine, and the conflict escalated from restrained fighting to tactical nuclear attacks by both sides.
• Orm confronted Amanda Waller over the war and claimed that someone in Washington had been bewitched by the Old Gods.
• Amanda challenged Orm to explain how he knew Washington had been infiltrated.

Orm warned Amanda Waller that Ares was fueling the war in Washington, while Dane recognized Ares’s hand in the European conflict and planned to use the battlefield to capture him. Constantine joined a group of god-hunting Wizards at the front, where they discovered that multiple gods had gathered amid the mass deaths.

• Orm told Amanda Waller that Lois Lane had uncovered the Washington intelligence and identified Ares as the god causing trouble; he then ordered the Sea Clan to cease fire.
• Amanda summoned Doctor Fate, who said Orm might be lying or Ares might be stronger than him.
• Dane concluded that Ares had provoked the European war to gain power and suggested exploiting the battle to capture him with help from the magical world.
• A group of god-hunting Wizards arrived at the battlefield, and Constantine joined them despite their objections and warnings about his dangerous reputation.
• Ares blinded both sides’ satellite and network systems, forcing them to rely on costly ground operations and turning the battlefield into a slaughter.
• Constantine and the Wizards sensed the concentrated death and negative energy and realized that more than one god was present.

A Wizard betrayed his allies by summoning Trigon, who rewarded him with demonic power and began devouring the battlefield’s souls. Constantine realized the summoner had sacrificed everyone else to secure his own transformation as Trigon continued feeding.

• Constantine and the Wizards decided to summon a powerful demon to face the gods on the battlefield.
• The summoner secretly prepared a ritual for an extradimensional demon, protected himself from the other Wizards, and completed the incantation.
• Trigon appeared, accepted the summoner as his servant, and transformed him into a Demon Lord.
• Constantine recognized Trigon and realized the summoner had chosen the battlefield to offer up its fallen souls.
• Trigon unleashed his power, forced the casters to the ground, and devoured the dead souls and soul reapers.