Chapter Summaries

First Firmament resurrected in a stronger form while the gods remained locked in battle with the Beyonders. Prime Universe Reed, Prime Universe Molecule Man, and Lex Luthor prepared to enter the House of Ideas and ask OAA whether CAAT truly threatened the Omniverse, as Duva’s Xenomorph experiment continued.

• First Firmament used the fused Multiverse’s revival to resurrect himself as an Ultra-Universe God, while the Creation Gods debated whether to oppose him or let Duva advance.
• The Ivory Kings argued that destroying the Omniverse was necessary to prevent CAAT from entering, but Prime Universe Molecule Man insisted they should find a way to stop CAAT while preserving the world.
• Prime Universe Reed told Prime Universe Molecule Man that he and the other Reeds were building a machine to reach the House of Ideas and ask OAA about CAAT.
• Prime Universe Molecule Man warned that his other selves were positioned to unleash a super explosion against the Beyonders, while Reed asked him to wait.
• Prime Universe Reed and Lex Luthor continued building the traversal device in a stable world between the cracks, and Luthor questioned how Duva’s Xenomorph experiment might disrupt their plans.
• Reed said Duva’s ascent could help delay the Beyonders, since Duva would likely target them as high-quality Xenomorph hosts.

Reed and the Reeds sent Prime Universe Reed toward the House of Ideas to seek OAA while Duva judged that he would have to face CAAT himself. Meanwhile, Thanos 666 used the Reality Controller to absorb Death, then began devouring other gods to grow stronger.

• Luther proposed using Molecule Men and the DC gods against CAAT, but the Reeds rejected his plan and prevented him from joining Prime Universe Reed’s expedition.
• Prime Universe Reed used the Phoenix Force Shard to reach the White Hot Room and Abyss, then entered the House of Ideas to find OAA.
• Duva dismissed Reed’s mission as unlikely to help and observed Death turning to Thanos 666 as her last hope.
• Thanos 666 used the Reality Controller to immobilize and absorb Death, becoming a Multiverse-level being.
• Thanos 666 devoured Prime Universe Galactus, then hunted down and absorbed Set after Set tried to flee.

As the Marvel and DC prime multiverses fused, Duva began a dangerous ascent toward omnipotence while Thanos 666’s devouring of Death and Set stunned the gods. The First Firmament returned at Ultra-Universe level, attacked the weakened Eternity, and was forced to let it escape after Phoenix Jean intervened.

• The gods reacted to Thanos 666 devouring Death and Set with a Reality Controller, while Duva judged his power-growth method effective but unnecessary for himself.
• The two prime multiverses completed their fusion, and Duva spread his consciousness across his Xenomorphs and began his perilous ascent toward omnipotence.
• The First Firmament returned at Ultra-Universe level, ignored Thanos, and attacked the weakened Eternity to reclaim its former authority and power.
• The First Firmament seized and began digesting Eternity, but Phoenix Jean struck it and warned that killing Eternity could bring the Eternal Night Queen into the conflict.
• The First Firmament let the half-dead Eternity escape and refused Phoenix Jean’s request to help fight the Ivory King, choosing instead to retrieve Arishem from Ultron’s control.

Duva turned First Firmament into a Xenomorph after it attacked the AI beings in Hell, then pushed ahead with his attempt to ascend beyond the Ultra-Universe level by fusing Marvel and DC. A fluctuation confirmed that Duva had ascended to Omniverse-level, while the Beyonders’ assault and the approach of CAAT continued.

• First Firmament entered Marvel Hell, attacked the AI beings, and restored Arishem, who rebuked it for reviving during the crisis.
• Duva infected First Firmament with a conceptual Xenomorph, transforming it into a being that would help preserve the new world.
• Duva began grasping the rules and concepts of the Marvel and DC Omniverses, causing all Xenomorphs to freeze briefly as he endured the strain of ascension.
• The gods and Molecule Men continued resisting the Beyonders while worrying about CAAT, the Celestials, and possible intervention from DC’s higher gods.
• A fluctuation spread through both Omniverses, and DC Death recognized that Duva had successfully ascended to Omniverse-level.

Lucifer, Michael, and Pivot met in Hell to discuss the merging Omniverses and the coming conflicts involving CAAT, OAA, God, and the Great Darkness. Duva arrived and revealed that he intended to end the Beyonder war and absorb their power, though he hoped to avoid becoming an enemy of the others.

• Lucifer watched Duva’s actions spread the multiverse fusion into the Dark Multiverse and Antimatter Universe, while Michael entered Hell with Pivot.
• Pivot revealed himself as a former avatar of OAA and warned that CAAT’s arrival could trap OAA in a stalemate like the conflict between God and the Great Darkness.
• Duva joined the meeting and argued that the Supreme beings needed outcomes to their conflicts before the two Omniverses merged.
• Lucifer declared that he intended to take the Great Darkness and make it an avatar of his power, while Michael warned him that God could not lose.
• Duva said he would end the Beyonder war and absorb their power, hoping not to stand against the others unless doing so meant opposing CAAT and the Great Darkness.

Duva entered the war by turning gods across the Omniverse, including Beyonders, into Xenomorphs, transforming the battle and declaring that Xenomorphs would become a natural law of the next multiverse. He then judged the experiment futile and said it was time to end it, while the threat of the Beyonders remained.

• The Ivory King dismissed Prime Universe Molecule Man's resistance and called for the extermination of all living beings before CAAT arrived.
• Wounded low-level gods suddenly healed as Xenomorphs took over their bodies and drove them to attack the Beyonders without retreating.
• Multiverse-level gods and Beyonders were also infected, and the battlefield shifted as Xenomorphs fought and revived in overwhelming numbers.
• The gods recognized that Duva had returned, and Duva emerged, explaining that his parasitism was forcing divided fighters to give everything to the war.
• Duva declared that Xenomorphs would be an ordinary feature of the next multiverse and that gods seeking ascension would need their consent.
• Duva concluded that the experiment could no longer stop CAAT's descent and said it was time to end it.

Duva used his Xenomorph army and immortality to halt the Ivory Kings, forcing them to abandon the All Things Must Die experiment and retreat. As he held one Ivory King back, Duva began using the Tenth Dimension People to advance his power, alarming Infinity.

• Duva sent endless Xenomorphs and controlled gods against the Ivory Kings, resurrecting fallen Xenomorphs and transforming two Ivory Kings.
• An Ivory King repeatedly killed Duva, but Duva resurrected through Xenomorphs and explained that he could survive as long as Xenomorphs remained in either Omniverse.
• Duva revealed that he had prepared an ally in the DC Omniverse, while the Ivory Kings found themselves unable to enter that world without drawing the attention of its powerful gods.
• The Beyonders concluded that the experiment had failed and began retreating, but Duva held one Ivory King back to try to absorb its power.
• Duva sent the Tenth Dimension People into the Tenth Dimension to integrate its mysteries, while Infinity hurried there too late to stop them.

Duva completed his conquest of the Tenth Dimension, turning its people into Supreme Gods and strengthening his Omniverse-level power. Infinity and Annihilus were banished to Marvel while Seventh Dimension Supergirl became Duva’s Xenomorph vassal, and Duva considered Thanoseid’s role in a future breakthrough.

• Duva defeated Infinity’s attempt to enter the Tenth Dimension as the perfected Tenth Dimension People emerged and overwhelmed Seventh Dimension Supergirl.
• Doctor Manhattan appeared to inspect the Tenth Dimension People, but Quantum Superman rescued him from Infinity and took him beyond the Realm of the Gods.
• Duva crippled Seventh Dimension Supergirl and transformed her into a Xenomorph, while Infinity and Annihilus remained under attack from his parasites.
• Duva banished Infinity and Annihilus to Marvel, and Seventh Dimension Supergirl asked why he had chosen the Tenth Dimension People over Thanoseid.
• Duva observed Thanos 666 and surviving Darkseid avatars in the New Multiverse, then concluded that Thanoseid was crucial to a future breakthrough.

Duva’s power surged again as he took control of the Spectre Tribunal, while the Beyonders prepared to retreat and the gods struggled against spreading Xenomorphs. The Spectre Tribunal was left under Duva’s influence, and the Xenomorphs’ expanded reach overwhelmed the gods’ remaining defenses.

• First Firmament blocked the Spectre Tribunal from entering the New Multiverse, and the Tribunal’s judgment power failed to harm him.
• Duva taunted the Spectre Tribunal as Lord of Chaos and the other beings inside it argued over its restrictions and control of the Living Tribunal’s power.
• The Spectre Tribunal erupted in golden energy as Duva began eroding it, while Lord of Chaos attacked from within and the other occupants resisted.
• Duva said he would not turn The Spectre into a Xenomorph, but used his increased power and the Xenomorphs within the Tribunal to bring it under his control.
• The Xenomorphs’ scale increased again, making it harder for gods such as Vishanti to resist their parasitism.

Vishanti and Fifth Magic faced Xenomorph corruption until Merlin protected them, while Duva turned his power against the Ivory Kings. The Ivory Kings began to weaken as the new origin story overwrote reality and escaped to the Beyonder Realm, with Duva following them.

• Vishanti explained that Xenomorph corruption had become a natural law beneath omnipotence, and Ancient One appeared beside him and Fifth Magic.
• Merlin used Omniverse-level magic to protect Vishanti, Fifth Magic, Queen Saturnyne, Roma, and others from becoming Xenomorphs.
• Duva gathered his power and attacked the Ivory Kings while Molecule Men and Xenomorph Beyonders fought their remaining clansmen.
• Duva and an Ivory King clashed, shaking the New Multiverse and causing First Firmament immense suffering.
• The Three Ivory Kings sensed their strength declining as the new origin story overwrote the old reality, then forced Duva back and retreated.
• Duva followed the three Ivory Kings to the edge of the Omniverse as they headed toward the Void beyond omnipotence.

Duva pursued the three Ivory Kings, convinced that their weakening could let him absorb one and grow stronger, while the gods debated how he could possibly succeed. In the DC World, Thanoseid received Duva’s order to summon the Hand of Void using Eye Tyrant Glass and an equation.

• The Spectre Tribunal protested Duva’s influence, but Merlin argued that fighting the Beyonders left the gods no choice and that Duva should not be able to capture an Ivory King.
• Prime Universe Molecule Man carried Annihilus and Infinity to protect them from becoming Xenomorphs, while Infinity suspected the Reed Council had saved them to prevent Duva from exploiting Annihilus.
• The three Ivory Kings confronted Duva, accused the Celestials of weakening the Beyonders, and attacked him, but Duva refused to retreat and claimed he would soon take one of them.
• Thanoseid left the Source Wall ruins on Duva’s orders and dismissed Perpetua’s questions about Duva’s plans.
• Thanoseid seized Eye Tyrant Glass and ordered him to combine the power of the Evil Thought Nobles he had devoured with Thanoseid’s equation to summon the Hand of Void.

Thanoseid used Eye Tyrant and the Anti-Death Equation to summon the Hand of Void, Great Darkness’s right hand, into the Realm of the Gods. As it spread darkness across both Omniverses, Michael and Lucifer charged to confront it, aiming to break the balance between light and darkness.

• Thanoseid forced Eye Tyrant to use the Anti-Death Equation and Evil Thought Noble’s power to summon the Hand of Void.
• Thanoseid dragged The One and Ares into the Realm of the Gods and seized the Origin Power they had divided between them.
• The Hand of Void descended, spreading darkness through the DC Omniverse and affecting the Marvel World as well.
• Thanoseid admitted that neither he nor Duva could confront the Hand of Void, while it began turning The One and Ares into envoys of Great Darkness.
• Duva ordered Thanoseid to flee with Eye Tyrant as The One and Ares were left behind to be rescued by someone else.
• Michael and Lucifer charged toward the Hand of Void, intending to destroy it and give God’s camp the advantage.

Prime Universe Molecule Man persuaded DC Death to enter the Marvel World and become its new Death, strengthening Annihilus as Duva’s plans unfolded around the escalating war in the DC Omniverse. As Death unified across both Omniverses, Thanos 666 prepared to target DC’s Dark Monitor, Mandrakk, while anticipating Duva’s next move.

• Prime Universe Molecule Man contacted DC Death and urged her to fill Marvel Death’s vacant role, promising that Annihilus would grow stronger as her opposing force.
• Michael and Lucifer began their assault on the Hand of Void, and their battle shattered countless multiverses as Duva watched through his Xenomorphs and discussed his plans with the three Ivory Kings.
• Duva confirmed that Thanoseid had escaped with the Eye Tyrant, then saw DC Death enter the Marvel World and rapidly take Marvel Death’s place.
• Annihilus’s power surged to the Omniverse level as a result of DC Death’s arrival, while Thanos 666 recognized the new Death and resolved to strengthen himself.
• Thanos 666 chose DC’s Dark Monitor, Mandrakk, as his next target and wondered whether OAA was guiding his actions.

Thanos 666 entered the DC World, devoured Mandrakk and Barbatos, and reached Ultra-Universe Level while trying to understand OAA’s plans. As Michael and Lucifer drove the Hand of Void into retreat, Thanoseid attacked Thanos, and the Great Darkness emerged as an ally of the Hand of Void.

• Thanos 666 rejected Prime Universe Superman’s offer to join forces and continued into the DC World to hunt gods.
• Thanos found Mandrakk in hiding, defeated him, and absorbed him after learning Mandrakk had heard of OAA from the Prime Monitor.
• Thanos pursued Barbatos and devoured him, then concluded that his actions might be another way for OAA to divide the Great Darkness.
• Thanoseid confronted Thanos and attacked, seeking to absorb him and claim the Reality Controller’s power.
• Michael and Lucifer battered the Hand of Void into a shattered state, but the Great Darkness appeared as one of its allies.

The Great Darkness joined the war against God's forces, but Pivot's arrival helped Lucifer gain control of it and shift the balance toward light. Duva watched the upheaval and urged Thanoseid to finish his fight so Duva could gather power against the Beyonders.

• The Great Darkness answered the Hand of Void's call and attacked Michael and Lucifer, escalating the conflict between light and darkness.
• Lucifer charged the Great Darkness with possessive intent, while Michael warned that devouring it could turn Lucifer into God's enemy.
• Pivot joined the battle and, alongside Lucifer, helped defeat the Great Darkness and suppress the Hand of Void.
• Lucifer absorbed the Great Darkness, then separated it into an independent avatar, becoming a controller of darkness while leaving darkness in existence.
• Duva observed Lucifer's transformation and ordered Thanoseid to kill Thanoseid's opponent quickly so Duva could gain power to sweep away the Beyonders.

Duva gained more power as Thanoseid consumed the final Thanos, then fought the Ivory Kings beyond the Omniverse. Reed returned from meeting OAA with troubling news about CAAT, leaving the gathered Reeds and Lex Luthor to prepare for an upheaval OAA could no longer prevent.

• Duva explained that his intervention had drawn Prime Monitor into the conflict, then told the Ivory Kings he intended to turn them into Xenomorphs.
• Thanoseid consumed the final Thanos and gained omnipotent power, while Duva absorbed that power and kept the Reality Controller sealed.
• Duva rejected the Reality Controller and resumed his battle with the Ivory Kings, pursuing them beyond the Omniverse.
• Reed returned from the House of Ideas, and the Prime Universe Molecule Man brought him to the waiting Reeds and Lex Luthor.
• Reed told the group that OAA had detected an unstoppable development tied to CAAT, whose impact on their world had begun long ago.

The Ivory Kings decided to seek help from the Celestials and reconstruct the Original Beyonder as Duva’s power grew. OAA and the Grand Judge brought Impossible Man into the current reality to counter Doomsday, but OAA’s real plan remained unclear as Impossible Man transformed into a Xenomorph.

• An Ivory King proposed using the Beyonder Realm to reconstruct the Original Beyonder, and the Ivory Kings decided to contact the Celestials for help.
• The OAA Celestial agreed with the Grand Judge to open a passage to POPPUP and summon Impossible Man instead of using the Protégé against Doomsday.
• Impossible Man emerged from the passage, received Doomsday from the Grand Judge, and replicated Doomsday’s abilities.
• Doomsday woke and clawed a Xenomorph out of his chest, and the Xenomorph began fighting him with his abilities and genes.
• Impossible Man transformed into a Xenomorph while OAA watched closely and hoped Mister Fantastic would understand its plan.

Duva gained the upper hand over Impossible Man and the Three Ivory Kings, corrupting Beyonders as he pursued control of the reborn Beyonder. As the conflict escalated, Destiny warned Death to stay out of the two worlds’ struggle, then went to meet God of Stories Loki.

• Duva seized control of Impossible Man after he copied Xenomorph genes, and their conceptual battle began.
• Duva suppressed Impossible Man and drove the Three Ivory Kings into the Beyonder Realm, where he corrupted Beyonders and attacked one Ivory King.
• The Three Ivory Kings tried to piece together the Original Beyonder, but Duva broke through their defenses and established control over the Beyonder Realm.
• Duva suspected OAA Celestial hoped Impossible Man would defeat him, but OAA Celestial continued watching without intervening.
• Destiny told Death to avoid clashes with the gods of the two worlds, then went to the Beyonder Realm to meet God of Stories Loki.

Duva defeated the Ivory Kings and unified the Beyonder Realm while Destiny proposed that Duva become a new supreme being to oppose CAAT. Duva began restoring the Original Beyonder, then told the arriving OAA Celestial that he would become the new supreme.

• Destiny rescued Loki from a Beyonder Realm laboratory and used stories from two Omniverses to raise Loki’s power.
• Destiny told Duva that the Omniverse needed a new supreme being to oppose CAAT, and Duva suspected the Celestials were conducting a related experiment.
• Duva defeated the two remaining Ivory Kings and unified the Beyonder Realm.
• Duva gathered Beyonder Power and reassembled fragments of the Original Beyonder, alarming gods across the Omniverse.
• Destiny returned safely, while the OAA Celestial traveled to the Beyonder Realm and questioned Duva about his intentions.
• Duva told the OAA Celestial that he would become the new supreme.

Duva rejected OAA Celestial’s offer to reach Supremacy through the Reality Controller, while OAA and OAA Celestial proposed that he replace the weakening Great Darkness instead. Duva left the offer unresolved, and OAA Celestial believed he would eventually accept as Great Darkness neared collapse.

• Duva and OAA Celestial discussed Duva’s rise in power and the threat posed by the Impossible Men, while OAA Celestial offered to help him become Supreme.
• OAA Celestial urged Duva to use the Reality Controller, but Duva refused to become a companion Supreme bound to OAA.
• OAA appeared and offered to restrain God while Duva took over the weakened Great Darkness and surpassed it.
• Duva said he would consider the proposal, and OAA Celestial warned that his opportunity was dwindling as Great Darkness weakened.
• After Duva departed, OAA Celestial told Grand Judge that Duva would likely accept and argued that OAA could handle him as it had the Original Beyonder.