Chapter Summaries

The Creation Gods gathered to investigate a Convergence Zone linking the Prime Universe to an unfamiliar world, where a higher-order Death frightened Marvel's Death. Duva revealed that the Living Tribunal had concealed the other world and warned the gods to prepare for the beings on its side.

• Annihilus detected a new world overlapping the Prime Universe, and the Creation Gods sensed unfamiliar rules and powerful gods beyond the Convergence Zone.
• Marvel's Death contacted a stronger Death from the other world and panicked as her information began flowing toward it.
• Annihilus, Infinity, and Eternity sealed the Convergence Zone while Galactus arrived with the Ultimate Nullifier and reported that the Reed Council had convened.
• Serpent God Set tried to enter the Prime Universe and devour Loki and Krona, but Eye Tyrant fought him until Vishanti's arrival drove Set away.
• Duva told Vishanti and Eternity that the Living Tribunal had hidden Universe No. 9602 from the Creation Gods and warned them to prepare for the gods on the other side.

The Prime Universe converged with another world, revealing a passage that bypassed the Source Wall and alarming gods across the multiverse. As the gods focused on the new world, Ares began recovering memories of his pre-Flashpoint identity, once known as the One.

• Krona celebrated the success of his experiment while Loki explained that he had used Story Power to help trigger it and hoped to grow by absorbing stories from another world.
• The Spectre recognized the Prime Universe’s convergence and attacked Quantum Batman, but Duva used him to hold the Spectre back and left him wondering about the purpose behind the event.
• Gods across the Realm of the Gods discovered that the Prime Universe had connected to an unfamiliar world beyond the Source Wall, and many became eager to enter it.
• Ares, caught within the Prime Universe during the convergence, recalled that the Flashpoint reboot had obscured his former identity: the One.

Duva oversaw the gods’ efforts to enter the Convergence Zone and revealed his plan to expand it until the entire Prime Universe became part of it. After Prime Universe Superman confronted him, Duva threw the other Justice League members into the Zone to force Superman to follow.

• The gods gathered around the Convergence Zone, while The Spectre returned and clashed with them over their plans to cross into another world.
• Thanoseid emerged from the Convergence Zone, absorbed Darkseid’s avatar, and discussed the limited use of his Infinity weapons in the DC world.
• Duva told the gods he could not yet widen the passage but planned to make the entire Prime Universe part of the Convergence Zone.
• Pandora summoned the Justice League, and Superman confronted Duva over the chaos affecting the Prime Universe.
• Duva tossed Superman’s teammates into the Convergence Zone and challenged Superman to follow, preparing a Justice League versus Avengers confrontation.

Prime Universe Superman entered the Convergence Zone to fight the Xenomorphs while the gods argued over the newly connected multiverse. In the Fifth Dimension, Imp’s attempt to frighten Doctor Manhattan with an invented Tenth Dimension God unexpectedly combined with Linkage Power, putting his imaginary threat on the verge of becoming real.

• Prime Universe Superman refused Duva’s demand, entered the Convergence Zone, and vowed that the Justice League would win.
• The gods accused The Spectre of hiding knowledge about other worlds, then attacked and suppressed him.
• The World Forger and Anti-Monitor discussed the dangers of the overlapping multiverses and kept their attention on Duva.
• Imp intercepted Doctor Manhattan in the Fifth Dimension and told him about higher dimensions and a supposed Dimensional God.
• Imp invented a Tenth Dimension Person who fed on lower-dimensional beings, and Doctor Manhattan’s Linkage Power combined with the Fifth Dimension’s imagination.

Doctor Manhattan fused Linkage Power with Fifth Dimension imagination and triggered the birth of an artificial Tenth Dimension Person, devastating the Fifth Dimension. Golden Superman fought to stop her, but Duva arrived as the conflict escalated.

• Doctor Manhattan's power drew imagination from across the Fifth Dimension, while Imp's attempt to restrain him only fed the storm.
• Golden Superman sent the Fifth Dimension People back to their kingdom and plunged into the storm to find its source.
• Imp told Golden Superman that Doctor Manhattan had used his story to create Tenth Dimension People, and Golden Superman attacked Doctor Manhattan to stop the process.
• The artificial Tenth Dimension Person emerged and struck Golden Superman with force drawn from the Fifth Dimension, but he resisted and charged her again.
• Duva entered the Fifth Dimension and observed the newly born Tenth Dimension Person, calling her contradictory and expressing surprise at Imp's role in her creation.

Duva and Golden Superman fought the half-formed Tenth Dimension Person, dragging it from the Fifth Dimension into the Multiverse, where it attacked the gods. As the battle continued, a gigantic Xenomorph Big Eyeball emerged from the Marvel world into DC, shocking the gathered gods.

• Duva dismissed Imp and Golden Superman’s calls for cooperation, studied the Tenth Dimension Person, and joined the fight against it.
• Duva and Golden Superman attacked together, but the Tenth Dimension Person copied Golden Superman’s Heat Vision and endured their assaults.
• Duva collapsed part of the Fifth Dimension and dragged the Tenth Dimension Person into the Multiverse, where it destroyed many divine duplicates.
• Quantum Batman attacked the Tenth Dimension Person with quantum energy while Duva prepared for another arrival.
• A gigantic Big Eyeball Xenomorph squeezed out of the Convergence Zone from the Marvel world into DC, and the gods recognized it as another Multiverse-level Xenomorph.

Duva brought Eye Tyrant into the DC multiverse, where its arrival spread corruption and drew the attention of gods and cosmic powers. Duva planned to use Eye Tyrant and Quantum Batman to capture an incomplete Tenth Dimension Person and uncover the Anti-Death Equation.

• Eye Tyrant entered the DC world, and Duva explained that it could help uncover Evil Thought Noble, servants of the Hand of Void.
• Eye Tyrant's presence corrupted remote universes, prompting the gods and Barbatos to contain the spreading damage.
• The Batman Who Laughs decided to target Eye Tyrant after his plan to become a Quantum God failed and Quantum Batman became Duva's subordinate.
• The Spectre charged Eye Tyrant, but other gods stopped it, while Eye Tyrant dismissed the Spectre's judgment power.
• Duva ordered Eye Tyrant and Quantum Batman to help capture an incomplete Tenth Dimension Person and revealed that he sought the Anti-Death Equation hidden among Evil Thought Noble's possessions.

Duva sent Eye Tyrant to Universe 7 to uncover the Evil Thought Nobles and seize their artifacts, while the gods in the Prime Universe watched his plans and Ares grew increasingly eager for war. Eye Tyrant captured the nobles and took the Lost Device, and Duva seized Filth Thought Ghost King to test a plan involving the Anti-Life and Anti-Death Equations.

• Duva, Eye Tyrant, and Quantum Batman defeated the Tenth Dimension People while Golden Superman and others repaired damage across the multiverse.
• Duva claimed the Tenth Dimension People and warned the gods to wait for the Justice League or the Avengers before entering another multiverse.
• Duva sent Eye Tyrant to Universe 7 to find the Evil Thought Nobles, while Ares privately resolved to devour powerful gods and break through the Source Wall.
• Eye Tyrant entered Universe 7, overcame its heroes, uncovered the Evil Thought Nobles, and devoured them while taking the Lost Device from Filth Thought Ghost King.
• Duva seized Filth Thought Ghost King and planned to kill him with the Anti-Life Equation, revive him with the Anti-Death Equation, and feed him to Eye Tyrant.

Duva devoured the Evil Thought Nobles, seized the Anti-Death Equation, and revived Hal before sending him into the Convergence Zone, where the Justice League and Avengers were forced into battle. As God of Stories Loki watched the teams clash, he planned to complete himself and travel to the World Inside the Wall.

• Duva helped the Eye Tyrant absorb the Evil Thought Nobles, seized the Anti-Death Equation from the Filth Thought Ghost King, and let the Eye Tyrant seek more distortions to devour.
• Duva confronted the Black Death Emperor in the World of the Dead, suppressed him, resurrected Hal, and sent him into the Convergence Zone.
• Hal rejoined the Justice League, where Batman concluded Duva was using the heroes for a purpose, and the Avengers arrived on the other side of the zone.
• Thor from the Xenomorph Universe attacked Superman, and the Justice League and Avengers began fighting each other.
• God of Stories Loki and Krona watched the battle as Loki dismissed Thor's attachment and planned to travel to Krona's multiverse to complete himself.

Set and Chthon investigated the conflict across the Convergence Zone while the gods debated Duva’s motives and the threat of another multiverse. As Arishem and Ultron fled the Celestials, Ultron sent Arishem to the Xenomorph Universe to seek help from the Third Multiverse Life Bringer.

• Set questioned Chthon about Scarlet Witch’s fight with heroes from another world, and Chthon reported that the other multiverse’s gods were watching.
• Vishanti opposed Set and Chthon’s interest in the other world, while Lord of Chaos proposed widening the passage into the Convergence Zone.
• The gods learned that the Justice League was fighting another hero team and that the Celestials were pursuing Arishem while Ultron copied their battle patterns.
• Arishem and Ultron decided to flee to the Xenomorph Universe, where Ultron hoped the Life Bringer could contact the Third Multiverse Life Bringer.
• Arishem reached the Life Bringer and asked him to summon the Third Multiverse Life Bringer to buy time against the pursuing Celestials.

Life Bringer called to the Third Multiverse while Arishem and Ultron prepared Dark Celestials in the Xenomorph Universe, prompting the Celestials to debate destroying it. In the Prime Universe, Duva revived the fallen heroes and gave Loki the Lost Device, but Loki’s ascent was interrupted when the two Prime Universes collided with him.

• Arishem persuaded Life Bringer to call out to the Third Multiverse while Ultron backed himself up and began building Dark Celestials in factories.
• The Celestials recalled the Aspirants, learned the Beyonders had ignored their demands, and prepared to attack the Xenomorph Universe to eliminate Arishem and First Firmament’s remnants.
• In the Convergence Zone, Duva revived the fallen heroes and gave Loki the Lost Device, prompting Loki to absorb DC stories and rapidly approach multiversal power.
• Loki believed he was becoming free of Duva’s control, but the two Prime Universes collided with him in a burst of annihilation and reassembly.

Duva forced the Marvel and DC Prime Universes into collision, using Loki and the heroes’ repeated battles to make Loki the convergence point between their worlds. As the Convergence Zone expanded and the Creation Gods struggled to respond, Duva promised Loki another opportunity if he survived and pleased him.

• Duva forced Loki to bear the pressure of the colliding Prime Universes before he had fully become a Multiversal God.
• The Marvel Creation Gods tried to stop the collision, while Duva argued that the Living Tribunal would consider the merger insignificant and that the universes would eventually separate.
• Duva warned the Creation Gods that they could not prevent the convergence, then left Death furious and the others divided over how to respond.
• The Convergence Zone expanded rapidly as the Prime Universes collided, and the Justice League and Avengers recognized Loki as the core drawing the worlds together.
• Duva explained that the heroes’ repeated battles fed their stories into Loki and promised him a further opportunity when Duva reached the Ultra-Universe Level.

Loki was trapped between two colliding Prime Universes while Duva used the Convergence to advance his power across both Omniverses. As the gods watched and Duva’s influence spread, The Batman Who Laughs prepared a secret plan and an unknown voice offered Hank Henshaw the chance to die forever.

• Loki absorbed Story Power and pushed the Lost Device to its limit, but remained trapped as the Prime Universes collided around him.
• Duva paid Krona for completing his task while the gods praised Loki and waited for the Convergence Zone to grow.
• Ares considered absorbing the Old Gods and New Gods, while Duva used Xenomorphs across both Omniverses to drive the collision and advance himself.
• Barbatos discovered Xenomorphs breeding in the Dark Multiverse, and The Batman Who Laughs promised to begin his own plan without revealing its details.
• Hank Henshaw watched the Prime Universe change and feared Duva would make him immortal by turning him into a Xenomorph.
• An unfamiliar voice asked Hank Henshaw whether he wanted to escape the Xenomorphs and die forever.

The Batman Who Laughs recruited Hank Henshaw and Starro to advance his scheme to bring Barbatos into the Multiverse while Duva began breaking beyond Multiversal limits through the fusion of two Prime Universes. The gods recognized Duva’s transformation, and Ares called on Metron as he prepared to act.

• The Batman Who Laughs warned Hank Henshaw that Duva could control the souls of the dead and persuaded him to capture New 52 Batman in exchange for a way out.
• Hank Henshaw traveled to the New 52 Universe and attacked New 52 Batman in the Batcave.
• The Batman Who Laughs threatened Starro into spreading spores across the universes so they could serve as his eyes.
• The Batman Who Laughs lured Phantom Lantern and Prime Universe Sinestro into an amusement park in the Dark Zombie Universe while pursuing the metals needed to help Barbatos enter the Multiverse.
• Duva harnessed the collision of the two Prime Universes and the Xenomorphs spread throughout them to begin ascending beyond the Multiverse, alarming the gods.
• Ares called out to Metron, former God of Knowledge of the New Gods, as the gods considered whether to interfere with Duva.

As Duva reached the Ultra-Universe level, the gods watched his transformation while Ares killed Metron to take everything he possessed. Duva entered the Convergence Zone and found that Loki’s story still had a role to play.

• Metron begged Lex Luthor to return the Mobius Chair, but Lex refused and said Metron had become dependent on it.
• Ares approached Metron, struck him down, and took his remains despite the gods’ protests.
• Duva recognized that Ares was pursuing the fusion of gods connected to The One, then focused on completing his own ascension.
• The World Forger and Anti-Monitor discussed fusing into the Ultimate Monitor and summoned Mar Novu as Duva’s power shook both Multiverses.
• Duva reached the Ultra-Universe domain and sensed Death and Annihilus there with him.
• Duva entered the Convergence Zone, where his mass injured Loki, but he told Loki that the God of Stories’ convergence story had only begun.

Loki discovered that Duva had used him to help bring portions of two Omniverses into convergence, and Duva ascended to the Ultra-Universe Level. The Creation Gods summoned four returning Multiversal entities to face the upheaval, while Death asked which multiverse the other side’s Death God belonged to.

• Loki realized the two converging worlds were parts of different Omniverses and accused Duva of using him as expendable support.
• Duva told Loki he was still a backup plan and promised him another story, while Loki refused to trust his assurances.
• Duva ascended to the Ultra-Universe Level, leaving the gods unable to perceive him clearly and prompting concern about the Xenomorphs’ growing influence.
• The Creation Gods debated Duva’s impact, and Eternity called back the Multiversal entities that had retreated to the Far Shore.
• Second Multiverse Omega, Third Multiverse Life Bringer, Fifth Multiverse Magic, and Sixth Multiverse Science answered the summons, while the Fourth Multiverse Pilgrim remained absent.
• Death asked whether the returning entities knew where the other multiverse was and which multiverse its Death God belonged to.

As the gods struggled to understand Duva and the unknown world beyond the Prime Universe, Third Life Bringer arrived in the Xenomorph Universe despite the Celestials’ objections. Arishem and Ultron used the Celestials’ hesitation to advance their plan to create mass-produced Dark Celestials and wage war from the Xenomorph Universe.

• Death and the other Creation Gods failed to discover where the DC world was, while Fifth Magic concluded that the Fourth Multiverse Pilgrim feared entering the Seventh Multiverse.
• Third Life Bringer headed for the Xenomorph Universe, drawing attention across the multiverse as observers speculated about the returning multiversal entities.
• The Celestials tried to bar Third Life Bringer from entering, but it broke through their restraints and joined Life Bringer in the Xenomorph Universe.
• Third Life Bringer recognized Arishem as a modified Celestial empowered by remnants of the First Firmament, while the Celestials debated whether to attack the Xenomorphs.
• Arishem announced that their objective had been achieved and that the first mass-produced Dark Celestial would soon be born.
• Ultron urged Arishem to use the Xenomorph Universe as a safe zone to create more Dark Celestials and fight the Celestials while the Creation Gods welcomed their coming conflict.

Ultron manufactured Dark Celestials and urged Arishem to join forces with the Life Bringer and the Third Life Bringer against the Celestials blockading the Xenomorph Universe. Duva intervened to punish the Celestials, but his attack on Destroyer halted when Grand Judge appeared.

• Ultron built Dark Celestials and sent them to attack the Celestials, who destroyed them but maintained their blockade around the Xenomorph Universe.
• Arishem chose to keep working with Ultron, and the two discussed transforming his former subordinates into Dark Celestials and joining forces with the Third Life Bringer.
• The Third Life Bringer refused to wage war for them, while Moira proposed using her ability to restart the universe to protect the Xenomorph Universe.
• Duva confronted the Celestials and crushed Destroyer under a portion of his Ultra-Universe Level power.
• Duva began erasing Destroyer, but stopped when Grand Judge appeared.

The Grand Judge and several Celestials attacked Duva over his defense of Arishem and the Destroyer, while Duva sent a sleeping Doomsday from the DC world into the Marvel Multiverse. After the Grand Judge struck the creature and woke it, Doomsday adapted to the new universe and targeted the Grand Judge.

• The Grand Judge accused Duva of attacking the Celestials and demanded that he surrender the Destroyer and sever his ties to the First Firmament.
• Duva refused to abandon Arishem, and the Grand Judge and other Celestials attacked while Duva continued dismantling the Destroyer.
• Duva rejected Quantum Batman's offer to help and transported a sleeping, tightly wrapped creature through the Convergence Zone into the Marvel Multiverse.
• The Grand Judge attacked the creature, severely wounding the special Xenomorph parasitizing it and waking Doomsday.
• Doomsday adapted to the Marvel world's laws and locked onto the Grand Judge as its first target.

Duva drove the Celestials away after they failed to defeat Doomsday, then returned to the Xenomorph Universe and discussed the shifting multiversal conflict with Third Life Bringer and Arishem. As the Justice League and Avengers fought in the Convergence Zone, the Krypton God System finally began to act.

• Duva warned Grand Judge that exiling Doomsday into the void might not stop its evolution, and Grand Judge withdrew with the Celestials after declaring the matter postponed.
• The gods watched the Celestials retreat, while Duva returned to the Xenomorph Universe and said he would act against them again when his Doomsday Xenomorph went berserk.
• Third Life Bringer asked Duva for Doomsday cells and urged him to oppose First Firmament, but Duva refused and threatened to absorb Third Life Bringer if it continued making demands.
• Duva told Arishem to focus on Grand Judge and praised the Dark Celestial's alliance with Ultron, while Ultron continued manufacturing Dark Celestials.
• The battle between the Justice League and the Avengers neared its end in the Convergence Zone, and the Krypton God System began to act.