Chapter Summaries

Frank Laminski confronted the Lanterns in space before escaping, while Prime Universe Sinestro sought help from his Dark Universe counterpart. The Batman Who Laughs arrived with Dawnbreaker and warned that Duva planned to turn every Lantern in the Multiverse into a Xenomorph, then asked for help with his plan.

• Frank Laminski used his Ring of Fear to overwhelm Kyle Rayner and the other Lanterns, then escaped as they destroyed his monsters.
• The Lanterns worried that they had no refuge or hope, while Carol reminded them that Hal Jordan and Sinestro might still make a difference.
• Prime Universe Sinestro met his Dark Universe counterpart, Phantom Lantern, and learned that his greed had helped Black Death Emperor conquer that universe.
• Prime Universe Sinestro warned that the Emotional Spectrum might gain a new master, and Phantom Lantern said Duva's influence had not yet spread into the Dark Multiverse.
• The Batman Who Laughs arrived with Dawnbreaker, warned that Duva might transform all Lanterns into Xenomorphs, and asked the gathered Lanterns to help with his plan.

Frank obtained the Phantom Lantern Ring from Sayd and quickly learned to wield its powers, while Kyle and the other Lanterns arrived to confront him. Duva used First Lantern Volthoom’s power to help Frank become a White Lantern, then turned his attention toward returning to the Marvel world as a Multiversal God.

• Sayd cut off Kyle’s attempt to recruit her, but Frank found her hidden fortress and demanded the Phantom Lantern Ring on Duva’s orders.
• Sayd gave Frank the ring, explaining that the Guardians were gone and that the Xenomorph age had replaced the order they had built.
• Frank adapted to the Phantom Lantern Ring’s colors and resisted the Orange Lantern Ring’s greed, while Sayd realized why Duva had chosen him.
• The Steel Lantern arrived to help Frank face Kyle and the other Lanterns, and he suggested Duva intended to make Frank an Emotional Spectrum God.
• Kyle’s group confronted Frank, who used the Phantom Lantern Ring to manifest all seven visible colors at once.
• Duva extracted power from First Lantern Volthoom and used the Emotional Spectrum to help Frank become a White Lantern before preparing to return to the Marvel world.

Duva brought the Xenomorphs and his allies from the DC Prime Universe back to Universe No. 9602 through a hidden gate connecting the two worlds. The Spectre recognized the danger of Duva’s cross-world power and vowed to destroy the passage, while Thanoseid set his sights on the Brothers, the Supreme God of Universe No. 9602.

• Duva ordered the Xenomorphs from Universe No. 9602 to return home, while Steel Lantern fought through the Lanterns’ siege and headed for Earth.
• Steel Lantern’s rapidly improving green armors astonished the Lanterns, and he broke away to pursue greater challenges.
• Duva concealed his departure from the Spectre and used the hidden gate in Universe No. 9602 to bring Thanoseid and the other hybrids across.
• The Spectre realized Duva could freely travel between the two universes and vowed to destroy his ability and seal the gate.
• Duva explained that the Xenomorph concept could protect cross-world powers such as the Emotional Spectrum, while Thanoseid prepared to confront the Brothers.

Duva returned to Universe No. 9602 as a Multiversal God, and Thanoseid killed the awakened Brothers at Duva’s command. Duva then expanded into the multiverse, whose ancient powers sensed his arrival and recognized the Xenomorph God’s aura.

• The Brothers awakened and confronted Thanoseid, but Duva ordered Thanoseid to handle the threat.
• Thanoseid brutally defeated and killed The Brothers while Steel Lantern, Black Claw, Doctor Strange Fate, and other natives watched.
• Black Claw told Doctor Strange Fate that Super Soldier had died physically but that his soul consciousness remained with Duva.
• Duva told Doctor Strange Fate that Universe No. 9602 would remain his core territory, then opened a void beyond its barrier.
• Duva entered the multiverse, sending Superflows into violent waves and forcing the Creation Gods to stabilize its distorted constants.
• Ancient beings across the multiverse sensed Duva’s immense presence and recognized it as the Xenomorph God.

Duva appeared as a Multiversal God without any detectable path of ascension, leaving the other gods baffled about how he had emerged from the sealed Universe No. 9602. When Death met Duva and became interested in Thanoseid, Duva warned Death away and challenged it to fight or leave.

• The Multiversal Gods searched the multiverse’s history but found no evidence of Duva’s ascension, while Infinity identified Universe No. 9602 as the likely source of his transformation.
• Eternity and Death recalled that Duva had once rejected Death’s offer, and Death traveled from the Inner World to meet him.
• Death questioned Thanoseid about the other Gods of Death he had encountered, and Duva told Thanoseid not to reveal what he had experienced yet.
• Death offered Thanoseid a place at its side, but Duva threatened to parasitize Death and make it his subordinate.
• Duva gave Death a choice: return to its world or fight him and risk bringing death and Xenomorphs to countless worlds.

Duva confronted Death, whose retreat spread fear of the Xenomorph God throughout the multiverse. After Ancient One called on him for help against the approaching Cancer Universe, Duva agreed to lend her power.

• Duva challenged Death, who withdrew after warning that Duva would still exist within Death even if he became comparable to the multiverse.
• Annihilus and the other Creation Gods considered investigating Universe No. 833 and Duva's power but ultimately chose not to act.
• News of Death's retreat spread, and gods began praising Duva or fearing that they might become Xenomorphs; Duva rewarded some by transforming them.
• Duva answered Ancient One's prayer and pulled her soul from Universe No. 1543681 into his presence.
• Ancient One told Duva that the Cancer Universe, Universe No. 10011, was nearing a collision with Universe No. 1543681 and that hundreds of Sorcerer Supremes had died.
• Duva agreed to lend Ancient One his power and produced a Xenomorph in his palm.

Duva empowered Ancient One with a Xenomorph, while former Sorcerer Supremes gathered in Universe No. 1543681 to prepare for the Cancer Universe’s attack. As the Cancer Universe approached under the Eye Tyrant’s influence, Duva realized why it had targeted him and anticipated a confrontation with Marvel’s Old Ones god.

• Duva gave Ancient One a Xenomorph vessel of power, and she accepted its influence as part of her payment to him.
• Duva entered Universe No. 1543681, where visitors and former Sorcerer Supremes had gathered in the newly recognized Xenomorph Universe.
• Demon Doctor Strange and Dark Strange returned to Kamar-Taj, where the assembled magicians assessed their strength and prepared for the coming battle.
• Ancient One revealed that Duva had empowered her, and the former Sorcerer Supremes celebrated their stronger position against the Eye Tyrant’s forces.
• Ancient One and Demon Doctor Strange concluded that Universe No. 10011 would still attack, while Duva watched the approaching Cancer Universe and recognized the Eye Tyrant’s interest in him.

Cancer Universe attacked Xenomorph Universe under Eye Tyrant’s direction, and Duva mobilized an enormous Xenomorph army to meet it. As the battle spread across both universes, Eye Tyrant approached, and Duva prepared to confront the Big Eyeball.

• Cancer Universe moved toward Xenomorph Universe, sending Myriad Multi-Angled Ones into the attack while Watcher Uatu observed.
• Duva deployed thirteen trillion Xenomorphs and powerful allies from multiple universes to defend Xenomorph Universe.
• Ravagers and mages joined the war, while Duva forced Chronos, the God of Time, to fight on the front lines as a Xenomorph.
• The two universes collided in a vast battle, and Duva told Uatu that Eye Tyrant was coming and that he would attack it.

The Xenomorph and Cancer universes waged a catastrophic war as their immortal armies and godlike fighters drove both realities toward collapse. Duva confronted Eye Tyrant, who recognized him as an outsider born from the remnants of an earlier multiverse.

• Moon Knight Mark and Khonshu fought Cthulhu monsters, defeating them without being able to kill them permanently.
• Two Mephistos—one transformed into a Xenomorph and the other existing as Demon Strange—joined the battle and helped destabilize both universes.
• Duva's Queen legion deployed Eggs, Parasitic Spores, and Genesis Energy, causing contamination and parasitism to turn both sides into chaotic mixtures of allies and enemies.
• Celestial Gods realized that Duva could parasitize any life not protected by a Multiversal God, while Eye Tyrant and Duva's confrontation shook countless universes.
• Eye Tyrant concluded that Duva had originated from the remains of a previous multiverse, and Duva applauded its discovery.

Eye Tyrant demanded the coordinates of its origin from Duva, then attacked when he refused, beginning a multiverse-spanning battle. As Eye Tyrant appeared to overpower the newly ascended Xenomorph God, Duva looked toward the Xenomorph Universe, leaving Uatu unsure what he was planning.

• Eye Tyrant guessed that Duva had recovered an origin from the remnants of previous multiverses and asked him for coordinates to find its own.
• Duva refused, explaining that he would not risk revealing the DC world or helping Eye Tyrant reach its possible prototype, Destroyer Eye Cyttorak.
• Eye Tyrant attacked Duva with tentacles that pierced universes and spread contamination beyond the Cancer Universe.
• The Multiversal Gods' battle escalated as contamination and parasitism clashed across the multiverse, while observers expected Duva to lose to the more ancient Eye Tyrant.
• Analyzer questioned Uatu about the fight, but Uatu said he did not know Duva's methods and watched eagerly for his next move.
• Duva turned his gaze toward the Xenomorph Universe, leaving Uatu confused.

Duva summoned Thanoseid from the universal battlefield to help him fight Eye Tyrant, then armed him with three sets of Infinity Stones and the Infinity Sword. Duva began merging Universe No. 199999 with the Xenomorph Universe to preserve the stones’ power, leaving Thanoseid prepared for battle and rehearsing a strategy for the Great Collision.

• Duva pulled Thanoseid from the war between the two universes and brought him to the fight against Eye Tyrant.
• The gods wondered why Duva had chosen Thanoseid, while Tony suspected Duva planned to exploit Thanoseid’s connection to Thanos.
• Duva used his power to destroy Eye Tyrant’s contamination and explained that Thanoseid would need weapons to defeat it.
• Duva took two sets of Infinity Stones from Thanos of Universe No. 199999 and gave them, along with a third set, to Thanoseid.
• Duva embedded the third set of Infinity Stones in the Infinity Sword and handed the weapon to Thanoseid.
• Duva began merging Universe No. 199999 with the Xenomorph Universe so the Infinity Stones would remain usable across worlds.

Thanoseid wielded eighteen Infinity Stones and joined Duva in battling Eye Tyrant as the Multiverse shook around them. Duva weakened Eye Tyrant but refused to kill it, intending to preserve it for a task beyond the Multiverse.

• Duva equipped Thanoseid with the Infinity Sword and eighteen Infinity Stones, and Thanoseid attacked Eye Tyrant.
• Eye Tyrant's counterattack threatened the Multiverse, so Duva and the Creation Gods contained the damage while Thanoseid severed its tentacles.
• Eye Tyrant's polluted blood corrupted beings in the Cancer Universe, and it begged Duva for coordinates beyond the Multiverse.
• Thanoseid grew strong enough to suppress Eye Tyrant, and Duva joined him in the assault.
• Eternity and the other gods prepared to expel Eye Tyrant, but Duva nearly pierced it and declared he would keep it alive until he had drained its value.

After Duva took the defeated Eye Tyrant away, the multiversal war ended, and the Xenomorph forces scattered while the sorcerers celebrated their victory. Ancient One learned that Vishanti had stayed out of the battle because Chthon had escaped.

• Duva disappeared with Eye Tyrant, leaving the gods unable to trace them as the multiverse fell quiet.
• Thanoseid destroyed the Cancer Universe, and Demon Strange questioned him about Duva before Thanoseid returned to the Xenomorph Universe and severed its connection to Universe No. 199999.
• The Xenomorphs dispersed, and the former Sorcerer Supremes celebrated their victory in the Sanctum Sanctorum of Universe No. 1543681.
• Ancient One met Vishanti and questioned why the three gods had not helped defeat Eye Tyrant.
• Agamotto explained that Chthon had escaped, revealing why Vishanti had been unable to intervene.

Duva confronted Chthon after Chthon escaped Vishanti’s seal and tried to recruit him into the World Tree gods’ conflict. Duva rejected him, but Chthon’s connection to Chaos Magic and the Scarlet Witches made driving him out of the Xenomorph Universe difficult.

• Vishanti told Ancient One that Chthon had escaped while they were distracted by the battle between Duva and Glass.
• Duva took control of Ancient One’s body, suppressed the other gods’ lingering powers, and asked Vishanti what they knew about Chthon.
• Duva told Agamotto that Eye Tyrant was searching the ruins for an origin that did not exist and rebuked Vishanti for failing to intervene against him.
• Dormammu sensed Chthon’s influence entering the Xenomorph Universe and feared the consequences of his unpaid debt to Chthon.
• Chthon contacted Duva, praised his power, and tried to recruit him by offering him the multiverse’s vampires.
• Duva rejected Chthon and ordered him out of his territory, but realized Chaos Magic and the Scarlet Witches made Chthon difficult to remove.

Moira revealed why she had stayed off the battlefield and discovered that Raven’s thoughts had been corrupted by Chaos Magic. Wanda then erupted with power far beyond her expected limits, leaving Earth’s strongest defenders unable to stop her as Duva watched from the multiversal level.

• Mystique Raven confronted Moira for avoiding the war, but Moira revealed her Xenomorph form and explained her connection to Duva and her ability to save the dead through resets.
• Moira reset Raven’s history to remove Cthulhu’s lingering influence, then realized Raven’s abnormal thoughts were connected to the Scarlet Witch.
• Wanda unleashed an enormous surge of Chaos Magic that devastated the surroundings and rose from Skyfather-level power toward the Single Universe Level.
• Magneto, Sentry, Thor, and other defenders attacked Wanda but were overwhelmed by her Chaos Magic, while Hela warned that its power had surpassed their understanding.
• Moira concluded that Wanda’s Chaos Magic had a problem at its source, and Duva observed the rampage from the multiversal level.

Duva confronted Chthon over his attack on Earth, where Scarlet Witch’s rampage drew the Xenomorphs into battle and Duva’s counterforce awakened Jean Grey’s Phoenix personality. As Chaos Magic and the Phoenix Force clashed across Universe No. 1543681, Duva rejected Chthon’s offer and moved against him.

• Duva recalled how he had acquired the Crimson Gem after the Deviants Leader devoured the Xenomorph Universe’s Juggernaut, and how he had negotiated with Cyttorak.
• Chthon revealed that he had caused Scarlet Witch to go berserk and threatened to make Scarlet Witches erase Xenomorphs throughout Duva’s universes.
• Duva’s power forcibly brought Jean Grey’s dormant negative personality to the surface, unleashing the Phoenix Force while Scarlet Witch was already fighting the Xenomorphs.
• Phoenix Jean blasted Reynolds into space, and Chaos Magic and the Phoenix Force began changing and restoring reality in a growing contest as Sorcerer Supremes joined the battle.
• Duva explained that the Phoenix Force originated above the Multiverse and challenged Chthon’s claim that his Chaos Magic was stronger; he refused to side with either Chthon or Vishanti.
• Duva pressed his palm toward the endless void, beginning his next move against Chthon.

Duva invaded Chthon’s Black Magic across the Multiverse while Wanda and Jean Grey’s fight ended under Thanoseid’s intervention. Their clash awakened Tiamut, which emerged from Earth’s core and was confronted by Tony.

• Duva launched a Multiversal invasion of Black Magic, turning its users into Xenomorphs while Chthon fought back and caused them to switch between the two forces.
• Wanda overwhelmed Thanos as Strange watched, while ancient beings observed Duva’s conflict with Chthon and discussed his growing power.
• Thanoseid returned the Infinity Stones to Thanos, stopped Wanda and Jean Grey’s fight, and refused Professor X’s request to erase Jean’s secondary personality.
• Magneto and Professor X surrounded Jean Grey, who eventually descended, and Thanoseid used the Time Stone to restore the damaged land.
• The clash between Chaos Magic and the Phoenix Force stirred Tiamut, which emerged from beneath Earth and crashed after processing information about the Multiversal upheaval.
• Tony arrived in Celestial Armor and prepared to attack Tiamut, joking that it needed an update to its logic assessment program.

Tiamut emerged on Earth only to find himself surrounded by powerful Xenomorphs and their allies, while the Celestials accepted that they could not rescue him. Arishem then helped Galactus devour Ego and offered to create a perfect planet for Galactus in exchange for terms that might ease the Celestials’ predicament.

• Tiamut found himself surrounded by powerful beings on Earth and remained still as Tony mocked him and Jean Grey attacked Professor X.
• Arishem and the Celestials received Tiamut’s pleas for help but decided they could not save him, and Arishem resolved to meet Galactus.
• Arishem created and hurled a supermassive black hole at Ego, allowing Galactus to catch and devour him.
• Arishem told Galactus that Tiamut would remain shut down and offered to use his power to create the perfect planet for Galactus to eat.

Arishem used all his energy to create a planet for Galactus, triggering Galactus’s transformation into Life Bringer and finding a way for the Celestials to continue their mission. As the Celestials began considering a new role in the universe, Duva turned his attention toward the Prime Universe and dragged Great Serpent Kur away from Earth.

• Arishem spent his energy creating a planet, and Galactus devoured it until he was full and transformed into Life Bringer.
• Life Bringer understood that Arishem had made a compromise that would let the Celestials’ mission continue while avoiding direct conflict with Duva.
• Arishem told the Celestials that their mission would continue through Life Bringer, while they waited for Duva to enter the Prime Universe and clash with its defenders.
• Duva dismissed the Celestials’ new plans and noted that Chthon was still avoiding him.
• Duva decided to begin intervening in the Prime Universe and dragged Great Serpent Kur out of Earth.

Duva freed Kur and sent him back to the Prime Universe, where Scarlet Witch’s uncontrolled Chaos Magic had already devastated Earth. As the heroes learned that her madness was tied to Duva’s war against the gods of Chaos and Black Magic, Kur returned and reignited the threat of fear across Earth.

• Duva released Kur and sent him through a spacetime tunnel to the Prime Universe, hoping he would resume spreading fear.
• Doctor Strange told the X-Men and Avengers that Scarlet Witch’s rampage was connected to Duva’s multiversal conflict with the God of Chaos and the God of Black Magic.
• Strange showed the heroes images of Duva’s war against Eye Tyrant and described the immense scale of the Xenomorph forces.
• Kur returned to the Prime Universe, and the eight Hammer Bearers responded to his power, turning Hulk into a Hammer Bearer again.
• Professor X warned the assembled heroes that the Xenomorphs were watching them and that Kur’s return made the danger far greater.