Chapter Summaries

Duva used the Origin Power to parasitize The One and Ares, then sent them toward The Source to investigate whether realities sealed away in the past could be recreated. As the gods fought for survival, Duva revealed that finding The Source would help him uncover hidden truths about the current era.

• Duva revealed the Origin Power during the battle, alarming the gods and drawing the attention of Perpetua, Annihilus, and The One.
• Infinity extended his space into the opposing multiverse and analyzed its structure while fighting the Anti-Ultimate Monitor, growing stronger as Perpetua tried to stop him.
• Duva began transforming Jupiter with a Xenomorph, while The One rushed to fuse with him; Ares swallowed the Olympian gods, including Athena, whose hidden Xenomorph seed began infecting him.
• Duva offered The One and Ares freedom in exchange for bringing him The Source, gave them portions of the Origin Power, and sent them toward their objective.
• Duva explained that he wanted to learn whether realities sealed away in the past could be recreated, believing The Source would reveal hidden truths about the era.

The One and Ares emerged from the World Inside the Wall and fought the Monitor Race, whose territory they learned was part of Prime Monitor’s body. Quantum Superman arrived and confirmed that the reality they remembered had been reconstructed by a higher power, leaving them to face a radically changed world outside the wall.

• Duva sent The One and Ares out of the New Universe while dismissing Athena’s attempts to manipulate him.
• The Monitor Race surrounded the flaw in Prime Monitor and discovered that The One and Ares had emerged from it.
• Ares attacked the Monitor warships to regain strength, and he argued with The One about their past and their current dependence on Duva’s Origin Power.
• The One and Ares saw the endless white landscape and heard the Monitors claim that the World Inside the Wall rested on Prime Monitor’s body.
• Quantum Superman arrived, confirmed the Monitors’ claim, and told The One and Ares that their former reality had been reconstructed by a higher power.

Quantum Superman explained the Prime Monitor’s reality to The One and Ares, while Duva used what he learned to plan his next advance. Duva captured the two gods and ended the World Tree conflict for now, but battles and upheaval continued across the Seventh Multiverse.

• Quantum Superman stopped The One and Ares from slaughtering the Monitor Race and explained that the Prime Monitor had always existed beyond the reality they remembered.
• Duva realized that higher realities involving supreme gods remained structurally unchanged and began considering how to advance toward Omniverse-level power.
• Duva captured The One and Ares, leaving the New Gods and Old Gods leaderless and scattered across the Seventh Multiverse.
• Ancient One dragged Big Barda across the battlefield while Thor charged at Duva, and Gaea appeared to strip Thor of her power and Chaos Magic.
• Duva ignored Thor and Gaea, decided to wait before confronting the Demiurge and OBA, and planned his next move around The One and Ares finding The Source.
• Set secretly hunted the scattered gods as the battle between Trigon Demon and Cyttorak continued in Hell, while OBA altered the origins of Hulks to hasten the Seventh Multiverse’s end.

Infinity entered the DC Multiverse to study its dimensional structure and advanced into an Ultra-Universe God by merging with Seventh Dimension Supergirl. As Perpetua and Annihilus continued fighting amid the collapse of the Speed Force Wall, Duva turned his attention to God of Time Tempus Fuginaut.

• Infinity broke through the Anti-Ultimate Monitor's defenses and entered the DC Multiverse while Annihilus held Perpetua back.
• Perpetua destroyed the Speed Force Walls across the World Inside the Wall, throwing speedsters and timelines into chaos, then trapped Golden Flash.
• Infinity reached the Sixth Dimension and persuaded Seventh Dimension Supergirl to merge with It, triggering Its advancement into an Ultra-Universe God.
• Infinity's advancement transformed space across both Multiverses, while Perpetua and the Anti-Ultimate Monitor attacked Annihilus.
• Duva made his move and targeted God of Time Tempus Fuginaut.

Barbatos remained hidden in the Dark Multiverse as Duva entered to seize the white-light Entity from a zombie-filled universe. Steel Lantern attacked the Entity, drawing the two Sinestros and Tempus Fuginaut into the fight, before Duva appeared.

• Barbatos lamented the rise of Duva and Infinity while Tempus Fuginaut continued hiding in the Dark Multiverse.
• Duva bypassed Barbatos and reached a universe overrun by zombies, where Steel Lantern was trying to capture the white-light Entity.
• The Phantom Lantern and Prime Universe Sinestro joined forces to defend the Entity against Steel Lantern and his zombie army.
• Prime Universe Sinestro called out Tempus Fuginaut, who emerged and explained that he had been hiding in the Dark Multiverse to deal with Barbatos.
• Steel Lantern prepared to attack Tempus Fuginaut and the others, but Duva appeared, shocking everyone.

Duva seized Tempus Fuginaut and brought him to the New Universe as Infinity completed his ascension and the Creation Gods faced the growing power of Annihilus. As Eternity watched Tempus Fuginaut with envy, Duva charged toward him, hinting at the God of Time’s unusual role in his plans.

• Duva subdued Tempus Fuginaut in the Dark Multiverse, while Steel Lantern captured Entity and killed the two Sinestros.
• Duva took Tempus Fuginaut to the New Universe, where Infinity had ascended to Ultra-Universe Level after integrating the Seventh Dimension.
• Annihilus and Infinity halted their fight with Perpetua, who resented their presence in the world she had created.
• Infinity accepted that he would shelter Superman so he would survive longer than Seventh Dimension Supergirl.
• Eternity envied Tempus Fuginaut’s power over time, and Duva charged toward Eternity while holding Tempus Fuginaut.

Duva used Tempus Fuginaut to unleash a temporal collision against Eternity, disrupting Eternity’s stability and revealing that he knew Eternity was secretly trying to become the Seventh Multiverse Entity. Duva intended to stop Eternity from claiming that role, while the Seventh Multiverse’s impending end forced him toward a dangerous attempt to glimpse omnipotence.

• Duva dragged Tempus Fuginaut toward Eternity, alarming the assembled gods and prompting Infinity to warn that the attack could destroy the Seventh Multiverse.
• Eternity considered devouring Tempus Fuginaut, but Duva forcibly detonated the God of Time’s power and made time collide with time, disrupting Eternity’s stability.
• Duva explained that he was not trying to fuse the two Gods of Time; he wanted to make Eternity leave the Seventh Multiverse.
• Duva revealed that he had discovered Eternity’s plan to become the Seventh Multiverse Entity, and Eternity lost composure.
• Duva said he did not want to become a multiverse entity himself but intended to prevent Eternity from doing so.
• Duva recognized that the Seventh Multiverse’s lifespan had entered its countdown and that he needed to make a perilous leap toward omnipotence.

Duva’s attack on Eternity triggered a catastrophic temporal upheaval in the Seventh Multiverse, while a mysterious beam destroyed Black Winter. Loki found Grand Judge while searching for the Marvel Editorial Department and learned that his discovery might hasten the Seventh Multiverse’s end.

• Duva declared that striking Eternity with DC’s God of Time had already doomed the Seventh Multiverse, despite Annihilus, Infinity, and Galactus trying to intervene.
• The Seventh Multiverse suffered a massive temporal disruption that sent mortals, buildings, and objects from different eras and universes randomly through time.
• Black Winter cautiously approached the Seventh Multiverse, but a mysterious beam struck and destroyed its body, leaving its head to drift into the Seventh Multiverse.
• God of Stories Loki tracked down the hidden Marvel Editorial Department and found Grand Judge holding a sleeping Doomsday.
• Grand Judge warned Loki that his investigation could provoke powerful beings to act early, while Loki asked whether the Seventh Multiverse’s end meant the Eighth Multiverse was about to appear.

The Grand Judge explained to Loki that the Beyonders threatened both Omniverses, and an Ivory King intercepted Loki as he fled toward the Seventh Multiverse. Their battle unleashed Beyonder Power that began destroying stories, while Duva and the gods watched the crisis escalate and Black Winter’s head fell into the Seventh Multiverse.

• The Grand Judge told Loki that the Beyonders had never left the Omniverse and intended to destroy it, putting the Celestials and Loki at risk as well.
• The Grand Judge seized Doomsday and departed after deciding on a way to contain him, while Loki saw a Beyonder enter the Omniverse and tried to flee.
• An Ivory King intercepted Loki and attacked him with Beyonder Power, causing stories across the Omniverse and especially the Seventh Multiverse to change and disappear.
• Duva observed the battle and judged the Ivory King to be among the strongest beings below Omniverse-level, while Annihilus and Infinity recognized that Loki was in danger.
• Death and the higher gods panicked as the Beyonders entered the Omniverse, and Black Winter’s dead head fell into the Seventh Multiverse.

Perpetua and the other gods confronted Duva over his hidden plans as the Beyonders attacked the God of Stories. Meanwhile, Lord of Chaos, Lord of Order, and the Intermediary broke into the White Hot Room, where they encountered Jean Grey merged with the Phoenix Force.

• Perpetua sensed that an unknown omnipotent power had attacked the God of Stories and affected the World Inside the Wall.
• Annihilus and Infinity accused Duva of orchestrating events, but he admitted that he had set plans in motion to seek the Source and counter time.
• The gods hesitated to attack Duva while the Beyonders threatened the Omniverse, and Duva unexpectedly noticed something elsewhere.
• Lord of Chaos, Lord of Order, and the Intermediary used Phoenix Force Shards to force an opening into the White Hot Room.
• Jean Grey emerged from the opening, perfectly merged with the Phoenix Force, leaving the three intruders stunned.

Jean Grey escaped the White Hot Room with part of the Phoenix Force and encountered Chaos, Order, and the In-Betweener. Lord of Order then joined Duva and the Xenomorphs, who welcomed him despite suspecting the trio had a dangerous plan.

• The Eternal Night Queen watched Jean Grey escape the White Hot Room while worrying about the Beyonders’ threat to Eternity and Loki.
• Jean Grey carried a portion of the Phoenix Force out of the White Hot Room and warned Chaos, Order, and the In-Betweener that he risked becoming Dark Phoenix.
• Chaos and Order pulled the enraged, unbalanced In-Betweener away, then argued over how to restore balance and keep him from becoming uncontrollable.
• Lord of Order proposed carrying out Lord of Chaos’s secret plan, which would involve a world where both chaos and order could grow stronger.
• Lord of Order found Duva and learned that Duva had already detected Jean Grey’s escape through a Phoenix Force shard.
• Duva welcomed Lord of Order into the Xenomorphs after Lord of Order came to join him.

Duva took control of Lord of Order after Lord of Order willingly became a Xenomorph, while Lord of Chaos and the In-Betweener grew stronger and discussed their next move. Jean Grey returned to the Seventh Multiverse and called on the gods to end their internal conflict as a greater crisis involving two omniverses approached.

• Duva invaded Lord of Order and made him a Xenomorph, alerting the gods across the Seventh Multiverse.
• Duva revealed that he had captured Jean Grey's Phoenix Force and described plans involving the White Hot Room and DC's Emotional Spectrum.
• Lord of Order's strength surged after his transformation, while Lord of Chaos guarded the In-Betweener from Xenomorph influence.
• Jean Grey returned to the Seventh Multiverse, where Cyclops recognized her and the gods questioned her intentions.
• Jean Grey urged the gods to stop fighting because an unprecedented crisis threatened two omniverses, and Duva considered that she meant to oppose the Beyonders.

As the Beyonders began invading the Omniverse, Duva, Jean Grey, Perpetua, and the Reed Council considered how to survive or resist them. In Universe No. 833, Merlin returned as the Captain Britains tried to find hope in his Stone Sword.

• Duva nearly turned Galactus into a Xenomorph, but Jean Grey used the Phoenix Force to save him, while Duva argued that his power could help against the Beyonders.
• The gods learned more about the Beyonders’ overwhelming forces, and Perpetua regretted seeking refuge in the Seventh Multiverse as Duva remained silent about his plans.
• The Reed Council debated contacting Jean Grey, restraining Duva, and preparing its final measure as the Beyonders’ threat drew closer.
• In Universe No. 833, Queen Saturnyne warned the Captain Britains that the Omniverse was nearing its end, and they tried to lift Merlin’s Stone Sword.
• The Beyonders invaded and began destroying multiverses, but Merlin appeared and warned that the Stone Sword could not provide enough power to fight them.

Merlin returned with Roma but refused to interfere as the Beyonders began destroying the Omniverse. The Living Tribunal appeared to lead a counterattack, while Chaos, Order, and the In-Betweener struggled to adapt their plans and the First Firmament offered them an alliance.

• Merlin brought Roma back from the DC World, where a hand of the Great Darkness had chased them away, and told Saturnyne he would not interfere with the Beyonders’ invasion.
• Duva learned Merlin had appeared and decided he had to ascend to omnipotence quickly, while the Beyonders slaughtered worlds across the Omniverse.
• The Living Tribunal appeared in the Seventh Multiverse, explained that the Beyonders were conducting an extinction experiment, and promised to confront the Ivory Kings himself.
• The Living Tribunal departed to face the Beyonders, reassuring the gods and alarming Chaos, Order, and the In-Betweener as they reconsidered their plan to draw power from him.
• The First Firmament contacted Chaos and Order, offering to help them become the Living Tribunal’s hands in exchange for their future alliance.

The Living Tribunal confronted the Beyonders but was killed by an Ivory King in two attacks, leaving the Marvel Omniverse exposed to their experiment. Lord of Chaos, Lord of Order, and the In-Betweener moved to combine with its corpse as Logos, but the Spectre arrived and demanded they form the Spectre Tribunal instead.

• Prime Universe Reed and Prime Universe Molecule Man waited for a chance to strike at the Beyonders while doubting the Living Tribunal could stop them.
• The Living Tribunal confronted an Ivory King, argued over the Beyonders' origins, and attacked it with golden judgment.
• The Ivory King defeated the Living Tribunal in two moves, and Duva concluded that the Beyonders could now accelerate their destruction of the Marvel Omniverse.
• Lord of Chaos, Lord of Order, and the In-Betweener rushed to the Living Tribunal's corpse to combine with it as Logos.
• The Spectre arrived and told the three to help form a more powerful god called the Spectre Tribunal.

The Spectre seized the Living Tribunal’s power and became the Spectre Tribunal, intending to destroy Duva and the Xenomorphs. Duva remained calm as the Spectre Tribunal attacked, hinting that his path to the Omniverse was about to begin by another means.

• The Spectre rushed to Marvel and fought Lord of Chaos, Lord of Order, and the In-Betweener for control of the Living Tribunal’s corpse.
• The Spectre exploited his similarities to the Living Tribunal and became the body’s main consciousness, subjugating the other three and taking the name Spectre Tribunal.
• The Spectre Tribunal realized Duva’s Xenomorph plan involved using Lord of Order to parasitize the Living Tribunal, but Lord of Chaos admitted they had intended to become Logos and oppose Duva themselves.
• Duva did not intervene as the Spectre Tribunal gained power, leaving the gods puzzled by his lack of interest in the Living Tribunal.
• The Spectre Tribunal tried to erase the Xenomorphs, while Duva calmly sensed his actions through Lord of Order and declared that his own route to the Omniverse would begin soon by another means.

As the Beyonders invaded the Seventh Multiverse, the Spectre Tribunal kept erasing Xenomorphs instead of joining the defense, while Duva waited for the right moment. With the multiverse nearing destruction, Duva finally began the next stage of a plan to accelerate the fusion of two Omniverses and ascend to omnipotence.

• The Spectre Tribunal continued erasing Xenomorphs, and Lord of Chaos and the In-Betweener urged Duva to fight back as gods criticized the Tribunal for ignoring the Beyonders.
• The Beyonders entered the Seventh Multiverse, and the Reed Council, Mister Fantastic, the Molecule Men, Annihilus, and other gods mobilized against them.
• Duva assessed that the Beyonders were holding back to guard against DC's powerful beings, undermining the Reeds' plan to destroy them through simultaneous Molecule Men explosions.
• The Beyonders destroyed more than half of the Seventh Multiverse, putting its Creation Gods and the universe itself at risk.
• Duva finally acted, revealing that his goal was to accelerate the fusion of two Omniverses and ascend to omnipotence.

Duva advanced his plan to merge the Marvel and DC Omniverses by keeping Eternity incapacitated and having The One and Ares seize power from The Source. As the Beyonders and Molecule Men fought, the Celestials plotted to take control of both worlds’ Editorial Departments, while an unexplained disturbance passed through the Omniverse and AI Stark offered Ultron a new path.

• Duva explained that merging the Omniverses was necessary for his advancement, then kept Eternity in chaos to claim his unfinished status as the Seventh Multiverse Entity.
• The One and Ares attacked The Source to seize some of its power, while the Spectre Tribunal warned that Duva’s success could turn nearly everyone into a Xenomorph.
• The Eternal Night Queen assessed the conflict and considered retrieving Eternity, while OAA Celestial and the Grand Judge planned to seize control of the Editorial Departments in both worlds.
• OAA Celestial and the Grand Judge briefly sensed an unknown force that threatened their minds and lives, but OAA Celestial could find no explanation.
• Ultron gathered Dark Celestials for his own operation and refused to contact other intelligent lifeforms, while AI Stark offered him a chance to serve an unspeakable existence.

As the Beyonders’ mass extermination threatened to hasten CAAT’s arrival, Duva advanced his plans to merge the Marvel and DC worlds while AI Stark recruited Ultron and other beings to CAAT’s side. The chapter ended with Duva’s Xenomorphs attacking key defenders and The One and Ares battling The Source’s forces as Ares recalled once controlling The Source in a vanished reality.

• Duva learned that the Beyonders were exterminating life to prevent CAAT from arriving, while he continued expanding his Xenomorphs and preparing to merge the two worlds.
• AI Stark revealed to Ultron that a being above the Omniverse was approaching, and Ultron agreed to join him; Brainiac and the Batman Who Laughs also joined their group.
• Duva accelerated the collision of the two multiverses, while Thanoseid attacked Perpetua and Quantum Batman tried to capture Prime Universe Superman.
• Steel Lantern confronted Seventh Dimension Supergirl with technological weapons and enslaved Lantern Beasts as the Xenomorphs spread across the collapsing and merging universes.
• The One and Ares fought The Source and the Judges, and Ares remembered that he had once controlled The Source in a reality that later disappeared.

As Duva drew power from The Source and the two multiverses began merging, the gods struggled against both his growing influence and the Beyonders. Merlin and Roma joined the fight, while the First Firmament used the fusion as an opening to pursue its resurrection and discovered that Arishem remained under another being’s control.

• The Judges failed to stop Duva from draining The Source, and The One and Ares fought over who would absorb the wounded Bird Judge.
• Duva studied the forming multiverse and realized the Realm of the Gods, including Heaven and Hell, had not yet been drawn into the fusion.
• Captain Britains from Universe No. 833 arrived with Merlin and Roma, and Merlin stepped in to fight the Beyonders alongside the gods.
• The First Firmament began exploiting its fragments in the New Multiverse to gather information and rules from the other world.
• The First Firmament contacted Arishem and discovered that its chosen servant was still controlled by an intelligent life-form.