Chapter Summaries

At the aquarium, Arthur stopped a shark from breaking through the glass by speaking to it, and Xu Yue brought him home to his father, Tom. Xu Yue revealed that Arthur was half Atlantean and described himself as a mage, leaving Tom eager to learn whether Xu Yue could contact Atlantis.

• Two bullies shoved Arthur, but Bruce and Clark stepped in to defend him.
• A shark repeatedly struck the aquarium glass until Arthur told it to stop, and Bruce and Clark realized he could communicate with sea life.
• Xu Yue took Arthur home to Tom, where Arthur shared his toys with Bruce and Clark.
• Xu Yue identified Bruce's book as a spellbook and told Tom that Arthur had Atlantean blood.
• Xu Yue explained that Atlantis still existed beneath the sea, and Tom asked whether he could locate or contact it.

Vico arrived at Tom’s lighthouse to train Arthur and claimed Atlanna was safe, though he concealed her execution. After learning that Xu Yue knew Atlantis’s secrets, Xu Yue took Bruce and Clark through a magical door to Bruce Wayne’s home, where Bruce resolved to learn magic.

• Vico introduced himself as Atlanna’s envoy and said he had come to mentor Arthur.
• Vico told Tom and Arthur that Atlanna was well but could not leave Atlantis, and promised to take Arthur to her after he completed his trials.
• Arthur vowed to complete Vico’s training, while Vico said Arthur might become a bridge between the sea and the land.
• Vico questioned Xu Yue about his knowledge of Atlantis, and Xu Yue revealed that he knew about the lost trident before leaving with Bruce and Clark through a magical door.
• Bruce excitedly embraced the Spellbook and vowed to learn magic, while Xu Yue told Clark to focus on developing his own powers.

After learning he was an alien, Clark grew up under The Kents’ guidance and Xu Yue’s advice until he chose to reveal his powers to save Jonathan from a tornado. As Batman and the Atlantean prince also began their heroic work, a wealthy executive found a photograph of the Wayne family’s hidden owner and said, “Open!”

• The Kents told Clark he was an alien and showed him his spaceship and Jor-El’s key, but Clark still accepted them as his parents.
• After graduating from high school, Clark traveled with The Kents and regretted that Xu Yue could not join them on vacation.
• When a tornado struck, Jonathan sent Clark and Martha to shelter while he helped stranded motorists.
• A car crushed Jonathan’s leg, and Clark put on his special glasses, carried his father to safety, and declared that the world was ready to accept him.
• Batman began fighting crime in Gotham, while the Atlantean prince began rescuing people at sea.
• A wealthy corporate executive obtained a photograph of the Wayne family’s hidden owner, clenched his fingers, and murmured, “Open!”

Bruce rescued kidnapped women and children from a warehouse, but Diana overwhelmed him and used a binding rope to make him reveal that Xu Yue was in Smallville, Kansas State. Diana flew toward Kansas State to find Xu Yue, while Bruce remained captured.

• Bruce charged into the warehouse in his Bat-shaped car and defeated the armed kidnappers with spells and combat skills.
• Bruce cut the locks on the prisoners, but Diana appeared at the warehouse entrance and demanded that he come with her.
• Diana flew at Bruce, overpowered him physically, and bound him with a golden rope.
• Diana questioned Bruce about Xu Yue, and the binding rope made Bruce reveal that his teacher was in Smallville, Kansas State.
• Bruce tried to protect Xu Yue, but Diana retrieved the rope and flew toward Kansas State.

Bruce warned Clark that Diana was seeking Xu Yue, and Clark raced to Smallville to intercept her. Diana uncovered Clark’s identity and confronted him as Xu Yue watched from his cottage.

• Bruce told Clark that Diana had forced him to reveal Xu Yue’s location and was going after him.
• Clark left the fishing boat and flew toward Kansas, while Steve arrived through an Anywhere Door and invited Bruce to travel with him to Smallville.
• Diana flew toward Smallville and dodged Clark’s surprise attack above the farmland.
• Diana used the True Name Binding Rope, and Clark revealed that he was Clark Kent and called Xu Yue his dad.
• Diana angrily prepared to fight Clark, while Xu Yue watched the confrontation from his cottage and enjoyed his coffee and sunflower seeds.

Diana defeated Clark with magic and divine restraints, then Xu Yue sent him home and reconciled with Diana. Later, Bruce and Steve arrived at the Kent farm, where Steve’s connection to Xu Yue surprised Martha and Jonathan.

• Martha and Jonathan watched Clark fall from the sky, then heard him fighting Diana overhead.
• Diana used the Disintegration Spell, the God-Killer Sword, and the True Name Binding Rope to capture Clark after his suit was destroyed.
• Xu Yue appeared, took the rope from Diana, and sent Clark through an Anywhere Door before leaving with Diana.
• Bruce arrived at the farm by helicopter with Steve, who revealed that he had once been an agent and was now Xu Yue’s honorary disciple.
• Clark arrived with Martha and Jonathan, and Steve’s title as Xu Yue’s disciple surprised the Kents.

Xu Yue explained his time-traveling duties and the Time-Space Interveners to Diana, Clark, Bruce, Steve, and the Kents. He then warned Shazam that the Interveners would soon descend, as Reincarnators began appearing across the world.

• Xu Yue returned home with Diana, cooked for the waiting guests, and explained how he traveled through time to maintain the world line.
• Xu Yue told the group that the Time-Space Interveners threatened the future, and they vowed to help stop them.
• Bruce asked about his father, and Xu Yue claimed that people could change their own fates through their efforts.
• Xu Yue visited Shazam in the Eternal Stone Castle and advised him to consider carefully how he would pass on his power.
• Reincarnators began descending across the globe and blending into different trades and professions.

Li Da, Kariel, and Albert established plans to contact allies and investigate a suspected Kryptonian spacecraft in Metropolis. Albert then sent the Fujiwara Family Head a message identifying himself as a mole and proposing a deal.

• Li Da became the Laborer Group's chief steward and planned to publish a coded message in the newspapers to contact the employer.
• Old Wood reassured Jian Xiong that he could use money to gather information about his missing father.
• Kariel concluded that the world might be at the point of Superman's death and proposed investigating the suspected spacecraft at the North Pole.
• Kariel and Caesar planned to observe their devout companions for a possible Shazam inheritance and expected rival groups to investigate the spacecraft as well.
• Albert sent a subordinate to publish an assembly code, then messaged the Fujiwara Family Head: “I'm the mole. We can make a deal.”

The Fujiwara Family Head considered how to increase Xu Yue’s profits from the Supreme Divine Court–Morgan Family conflict, while Shazam tested laborers for an inheritance and rejected Liu Laoshi for lacking courage. Liu Laoshi reported what he learned to Li Da, who killed him and planned to lure more laborers into providing intelligence.

• The Fujiwara Family Head decided that his role was to create a profitable harvesting environment for Xu Yue amid the mounting confrontation between the Supreme Divine Court and the Morgan Group Coalition Forces.
• Shazam tested Liu Laoshi for the inheritance, but rejected him because he lacked courage and sent him back to his arrival point.
• Liu Laoshi woke up and reported the inheritance information to Manager Li, hoping to claim the promised reward.
• Li Da learned how powerful the inheritance was and considered selling the information or profiting if one of his laborers obtained it.
• Li Da killed Liu Laoshi to take his reward and ordered his confidant to tell the other laborers that the first three intelligence providers would receive extraordinary benefits.

Little John Pierpont Morgan and Albert assessed intelligence about a magical trial and planned around the coming struggle for its power. At the North Pole, Heinz rescued reporter Louis and prepared to inflame conflict between the US Federal and the Supreme Divine Court.

• Little John Pierpont Morgan and Albert discussed how the old mage’s trial might offer a path to powerful magic, and Morgan ordered that only a general outline be shared with the Allied Forces legions.
• Morgan identified the Kryptonian spacecraft and the chance to win Superman’s support as key points in the coming contest with the Supreme Divine Court.
• The US military confined Daily Planet reporter Louis at its North Pole excavation site, where it was investigating a suspected alien ruin.
• Heinz tore open Louis’s tent, introduced himself as a German knight, and said he had come to rescue her and expose the US military.
• Heinz revealed that the Leader had helped him become a Death Knight commander and planned to provoke a clash between the US Federal and the Supreme Divine Court.

Heinz and Caesar separately maneuvered around Louis as rival factions watched the expedition base, while Xu Yue resurrected Liu Laoshi to show Clark the aura of Time-Space Interveners. Clark left for the Kryptonian ship, and Liu Laoshi sat with Xu Yue, wrestling with his resentment.

• Heinz escorted Louis from the camp and recognized Caesar, disguised as Superman in short sleeves, as a Paladin rather than the real Superman.
• Caesar used Detect Evil to search for the person who had seen through his disguise, while Little John Pierpont Morgan, Albert, and other faction leaders observed and weighed their options.
• Xu Yue resurrected Liu Laoshi and told Clark to remember the Intervener's aura so he could recognize others like him.
• Clark flew toward the Kryptonian ship to look for clues, while Liu Laoshi listened to Xu Yue reflect on the hatred caused by his death.

Clark arrived at the Kryptonian ship and encountered Caesar, who claimed to be a Kryptonian descendant and tried to win his trust. Heinz then challenged Caesar over Krypton’s plan to destroy humanity, leaving Clark alarmed and Louis wondering whether all three men were aliens.

• Clark flew to the Kryptonian ship and discovered powerful Reincarnators hiding near the ice wall.
• Caesar approached Clark and claimed to be a Kryptonian descendant who had found the ship using an ancestral map.
• Clark considered whether Caesar might be one of his people after hearing him mention Krypton.
• Heinz arrived with Louis, accused Caesar of supporting a plan to transform Earth and kill its humans, and called him a traitor.
• Caesar framed himself as an opponent of that plan, and Clark reacted with alarm while Louis wondered if the men were all aliens.

Heinz and Caesar tried to win Superman’s trust by posing as Kryptonians, while Little John Pierpont Morgan and three allies disguised themselves as mages and claimed to serve the Mage Council. The hostile groups reached a wary truce, and Superman agreed to search for the spaceship before taking Louis to meet the Supreme Mage.

• Heinz and Caesar appeared as Kryptonians and sought Superman’s recognition, prompting Little John Pierpont Morgan to fear their cooperation.
• Little John Pierpont Morgan and three allies disguised themselves in hoods, surrounded the group, and claimed to be guardians of Earth from the Mage Council.
• Clark asked whether the mages knew the Supreme Mage, and Little John Pierpont Morgan carefully described him as a legendary figure and their organization’s inspiration.
• Heinz and Caesar recognized the newcomers as likely enemy Elite Titans but held back to avoid turning Superman against them.
• Louis asked whether they should find the spaceship, and Clark agreed before promising to take her to see the Supreme Mage.

Clark and the Reincarnators explored the Kryptonian ship, where Jor-El revealed himself as Clark’s biological father and explained Krypton’s destruction and Xu Yue’s role. After Clark learned the truth and gained a Kryptonian battle suit, he said he wanted to help Xu Yue with the Time-Space Interveners, leaving the Reincarnators and Caesar to reconsider their assumptions about the powerful Supreme Mage.

• Superman used his heat vision to break through the ice sealing the Kryptonian ship, and Louis followed the group inside.
• Clark used his key to take temporary control of the ship’s security drones and confirmed that the vessel was connected to Krypton.
• Caesar claimed the ship was a colony vessel, and Clark inserted the key into the main control port.
• Jor-El appeared as a projection, identified himself as Clark’s biological father, and explained Krypton’s destruction and Xu Yue’s intervention.
• Clark received a Kryptonian battle suit and told Jor-El that he wanted to help Xu Yue deal with the Time-Space Interveners.
• The Reincarnators realized that the Supreme Mage might know of their existence, while Caesar concluded that Xu Yue was likely allied with the Supreme Divine Court.

Little John Pierpont Morgan and Caesar failed to negotiate, while Clark reunited with Xu Yue after discovering another Kryptonian spacecraft. Xu Yue welcomed both Caesar and the Mage Council, but then sensed the aura of the Time-Space Interveners among them, leaving the groups scrambling to respond.

• Little John Pierpont Morgan tested Caesar with a peace proposal, but Caesar insisted that the Supreme Divine Court would fight rather than compromise.
• Jor-El urged Clark to follow his own judgment, while the Kryptonian spacecraft launched and revealed another ship buried in the Sahara Desert.
• Clark flew to the buried ship and met Xu Yue, who explained that he had come from Krypton aboard the spacecraft Jor-El had given him.
• Caesar approached Xu Yue as a devout follower and was invited to stand beside him, but Xu Yue also welcomed Albert and the other members of the Mage Council.
• Xu Yue detected the aura of the Time-Space Interveners among the gathered groups, prompting Clark to scrutinize them as Albert urged everyone to remember the Reincarnation Space's rules.

Albert used a blank oracle to persuade Xu Yue that the Reincarnators were allies opposing other Time-Space Interveners, and Xu Yue sent Clark and the others to investigate a disturbance. Meanwhile, BOI Deputy Director John Edgar Hoover prepared to recruit Batman, but an unknown group breached the defenses near BOI’s headquarters, giving him a chance to act.

• Albert proposed using his blank oracle, and the Coalition Forces agreed to split the Mission Point cost and sign a temporary cooperation contract.
• After the oracle activated, Xu Yue identified the visitors as allies against other Time-Space Interveners, and Caesar spent extra points to establish the Battle Angel’s identity as his friend.
• Xu Yue warned Clark of a great disaster and directed him and the others to investigate a location with chaotic temporal distortion.
• John Edgar Hoover kept BOI stationed in Metropolis, planned to investigate Batman, and received news that the factions at the North Pole had temporarily cooperated.
• John Edgar Hoover’s adjutant reported that powerful spatial fluctuations had torn through the defenses near BOI headquarters, and Hoover accepted the challenge.

Superman and the other Reincarnators attacked the BOI after deciding its members were Time-Space Interveners, and John Edgar Hoover escaped as most of his team was killed. As rumors spread through the Reincarnators, Hoover suspected Japanese merchant groups or foreign observers were behind the leak and began planning an investigation.

• Little John Pierpont Morgan told John Edgar Hoover that the Supreme Mage had identified the BOI as Time-Space Interveners, and Hoover fled as his team scattered.
• Superman led the assault that wiped out most of the BOI’s forces, while an unfamiliar Reincarnator killed Hoover’s teleporting adjutant.
• News of the BOI’s destruction spread among the Reincarnators, leaving neutral legions frightened and the Morgan Coalition, Caesar, and Heinz weighing the fallout.
• John Edgar Hoover gathered his surviving subordinates and suspected that Japanese merchants or foreign observers had spread the rumors.
• John Edgar Hoover decided to investigate the Japanese merchant groups and their possible connection to the leak.

The Fujiwara Family Head formed a partnership with Lex Luthor, then noticed he was being followed and led his pursuers to a park. There, he encountered Jian Xiong and four agents, and recognized Jian Xiong’s unusual spiritual power.

• The Fujiwara Family Head and Lex Luthor agreed to cooperate, with Lex planning to study the flesh the Fujiwara Family Head provided.
• The Fujiwara Family Head noticed agents tailing him and directed his driver toward a park to confront them.
• John Edgar Hoover ordered his agents to keep following the Fujiwara Family Head and prepare to capture him alive.
• Old Wood told Jian Xiong that Brother Sun had received a reward, while Jian Xiong worried that Uncle Liu and Uncle Sun had disappeared without explanation.
• Jian Xiong sensed danger when the Fujiwara Family Head appeared in the unusually silent park, just before four agents surrounded him.
• The Fujiwara Family Head noticed Jian Xiong’s strength and pure spiritual power and considered him an exceptional talent.

Jian Xiong fought four Elite Reincarnators who attacked him and Old Wood, but the Fujiwara Family Head intervened after Jian Xiong unleashed a deadly sword technique. John Edgar Hoover arrived and recognized the Japanese merchant as a powerful intruder.

• The Elite Reincarnators tried to kill Jian Xiong and Old Wood after identifying them as laborers, but Jian Xiong deflected their throwing knives and fought off two attackers.
• Jian Xiong urged Old Wood to escape, but the leader wounded Old Wood with a throwing knife and kept him from getting away.
• Jian Xiong changed his swordsmanship and badly wounded one attacker, prompting the leader to join the siege against him.
• Overwhelmed and badly injured, Jian Xiong unleashed an annihilating Sword Intent, killed one pursuer, and collapsed with his hair turned white.
• The Fujiwara Family Head subdued the attackers' leader and another Reincarnator, then praised Jian Xiong; the remaining pursuer stared in disbelief.
• John Edgar Hoover appeared and recognized the Fujiwara Family Head as a powerful intruder sent by Japan.

John Edgar Hoover confronted the Fujiwara Family Head, who turned out to be a powerful Human Immortal capable of countering Hoover’s shadow-based abilities. After Hoover’s attack failed and the Family Head struck back, Hoover realized he had badly misjudged his opponent and might be destroyed.

• The Fujiwara Family Head recognized John Edgar Hoover as the Investigation Bureau deputy director and deduced his identity from the wounded subordinate’s plea.
• Hoover killed the wounded Elite Reincarnator through his shadow, causing two unconscious men to explode into corrosive black water that attacked the Fujiwara Family Head.
• The Fujiwara Family Head protected Jian Xiong and Old Wood with a defensive item, then used Vitality and Blood to destroy the black water.
• Hoover identified the Fujiwara Family Head as an old-established Elite Titan and suspected he had leaked information to lure the Japanese forces into a trap.
• The Fujiwara Family Head shattered his defensive item and sent a wheel of Vitality and Blood through its shadow, erasing a quarter of Hoover’s power.