Chapter Summaries

The Reincarnators discovered that Doomsday had been transformed with the Fujiwara Family Head’s help, while Hoover’s side turned to Little John Pierpont Morgan for a decisive response. Morgan began a powerful Descent Military Formation, summoning the Feathered Serpent God as the chapter ended.

• The Fujiwara Family Head recognized his own bloodline’s aura in Doomsday, and Lex Luthor praised the creation while treating the Fujiwara Family Head as an ally.
• Hoover told Yuki and the Fujiwara Family Head that they did not understand what they were facing, then asked Little John Pierpont Morgan to act.
• Kariel and Caesar realized Morgan was preparing a Descent Military Formation that Japan could not deploy and warned of the danger.
• Morgan’s formation summoned an ancient hymn and a towering Totem Pillar bearing the image of a winged Shenron.
• The Feathered Serpent God’s overwhelming presence began to descend, compelling those nearby to feel reverence and submission.

The Feathered Serpent God’s totem froze Doomsday and turned the battle decisively in the US Federal’s favor, while its divine aura alarmed Kariel and Caesar. The Feathered Serpent God then descended with His will, recognized Xu Yue, and showed interest in what he was doing.

• The Totem Pillar appeared and immobilized Doomsday, leaving Kariel, Caesar, Lex Luthor, Superman, and Zod stunned by its power.
• Heinz and Barbo considered surrendering, while Montgomery and De Gaulle worried that the US Federal’s Descent Military Formation had made it a major threat.
• The Totem Pillar’s carvings glowed with divine radiance, and Kariel realized that the Feathered Serpent God had descended with His will.
• Little John Pierpont Morgan celebrated the God-King’s response and prayed, mistakenly believing the deity’s comment about improvement was meant for him.
• The Feathered Serpent God noticed Xu Yue watching from between reality and illusion, acknowledged his progress, and turned His attention to Kariel and Caesar.

The Feathered Serpent God summoned the Supreme Divine Court to negotiate, and Gabriel descended through Kariel only to discover that Kariel’s memories had been altered. Gabriel apologized after the Feathered Serpent God reprimanded her for Jehovah’s absence, and he wondered whether Xu Yue had done something to Jehovah.

• The Feathered Serpent God called for the Supreme Divine Court to negotiate, prompting Hoover to openly side with it and ask Kariel to respond.
• Kariel summoned Gabriel to descend, but Gabriel could not use her as a vessel and formed a body from energy instead.
• Gabriel accused Kariel of betraying the Lord and falling, then realized Kariel’s memories had been tampered with.
• The Feathered Serpent God stopped Gabriel’s outburst, and she apologized to him.
• The Feathered Serpent God questioned why Jehovah had not come personally and wondered whether Xu Yue had affected him.

Xu Yue appeared during the standoff between the Feathered Serpent God and Gabriel, revealing himself as a power that unnerved the Upper Realm Authority. He absorbed Gabriel’s projection, leaving Kariel shattered and prompting Nakayama Shion to taunt her about their past.

• Gabriel examined the world and realized it had lost its Lord’s aura, then searched for the cause.
• Xu Yue appeared, and the Reincarnators recognized him as Penguin Xu Yue, the Great Xia powerhouse who had resisted Japan.
• Gabriel realized Xu Yue’s power was not coming from a Descent Military Formation and feared that he had taken control of the world.
• Xu Yue heard Gabriel’s hostile thoughts, approached it, and absorbed its projection with seven-colored Glazed Radiance.
• Kariel trembled and murmured in shock, while Nakayama Shion embraced her and alluded to their past together.

Xu Yue confronted Hoover and the Federation’s Reincarnators after Feathered Serpent God dismissed them and withdrew. Xu Yue absorbed the Totem Pillar and offered the stunned survivors a chance, leaving their fate undecided.

• Hoover urged the Federation’s Reincarnators to keep fighting and tried to persuade Xu Yue to negotiate, stressing the Federation’s greater resources and strength.
• Xu Yue said he would let the Federation’s people go if Feathered Serpent God chose to protect them.
• Feathered Serpent God said the believers were not worth spending a favor on and explained that he had descended to see Xu Yue’s progress and trouble Jehovah.
• Feathered Serpent God returned to the Totem Pillar and gave Xu Yue the power opened by the Descent Military Formation before disappearing.
• Xu Yue shrank the Totem Pillar into his palm, absorbed it, and offered Hoover and the others a chance to survive.

Xu Yue secured the surrender of most US Federal forces and financial conglomerates, while eliminating those who remained loyal to their leaders. After arranging the aftermath and advising Jian Xiong’s group, he took Minamoto no Yorisetsu, Nakayama Shion, and Kariel on a trip around the world.

• Hoover declared his surrender and killed an agent who accused him of betraying the Federation, while most financial conglomerates also defected.
• Heinz died after concluding the Leader’s plan was doomed, Barbo surrendered, and Kariel killed Caesar before pledging herself to Xu Yue.
• Xu Yue left the incorporation work to the Fujiwara Family Head and Albert, while Lex Luthor was imprisoned and Superman was revived by Bruce.
• Xu Yue advised Jian Xiong and the laborers to take higher-difficulty missions, then removed the Net of Magic from Jian Xiong and sent the group away with Superman and the others.
• Xu Yue took Minamoto no Yorisetsu, Nakayama Shion, and Kariel on a trip around the world.

Steppenwolf received the Mother Boxes’ signal and prepared to invade Earth, believing humanity’s fear and the weakened gods made it ripe for conquest. Diana worried about the threat, but Xu Yue assured her that Steppenwolf’s arrival would be a trial that would unite Earth rather than destroy it.

• The Mother Boxes sensed the panic following Metropolis’s destruction and sent a signal to Apokolips.
• Steppenwolf sensed the signal, raised an army of Parademons, and learned that a Kryptonian was on Earth, but decided one would not stop him.
• Steppenwolf led his army aboard their spacecraft and set course for Earth to take revenge for his past defeat.
• Diana received word from her mother that the Mother Box had reacted and worried about Steppenwolf’s return.
• Xu Yue told Diana that Steppenwolf’s arrival would be an opportunity to strengthen Earth’s unity, and Diana trusted his prediction.
• A Black Reincarnator surveyed Metropolis’s ruins and complained that his team had failed to find a trial and had been reduced to minor jobs and begging.

After Li Da disappeared, Li Gousheng took control of the Laborer Group and searched for their wealthy employers, but found no sign of them. When the Specialist Team arrived at the warehouse, Li Gousheng realized they intended to exploit his uncle’s absence and demand compensation.

• Li Gousheng took charge of the laborers after Li Da went missing and suspected his uncle was dead.
• Li Gousheng failed to locate the major employers and learned that the Specialist Team had lost contact with its own benefactors.
• The elderly gatekeeper warned Li Gousheng that the Specialist Team had arrived at the warehouse.
• Li Gousheng opened the door and tried to explain that Li Da was away working for the Morgan Family.
• Pol rejected Li Gousheng’s explanation, accused the Laborer Group of costing them jobs and wages, and demanded compensation.
• The Specialist Team members shouted for compensation and displayed their powers and weapons to intimidate the laborers.

Liu Laoshi returned to the factory where Li Gousheng and Pol’s men were extorting the laborers, then revealed his strength and defeated them with Black Flame. He left with the young man, the injured laborer, and the others who chose to stand with him, while the remaining laborers stayed behind.

• Pol demanded the laborers surrender their money and sign contracts, while Li Gousheng beat a man who refused to comply.
• Liu Laoshi returned, and Li Gousheng ordered him to sign away the rewards he would receive.
• When Liu Laoshi called for the laborers to resist, he severed Li Gousheng’s forearm and about twenty people gathered behind him.
• Liu Laoshi engulfed Pol’s black team in Black Flame, and the flames also began consuming Li Gousheng.
• Liu Laoshi left the factory with the young man, the injured laborer, and the laborers who had joined him.

The Mother Box’s awakening spread chaos and transformed humans into Parademons as Bruce connected the threat to Themyscira. Steppenwolf arrived through the Mother Box, where the exhausted Amazon mages unleashed a barrage of spells and the mage tower’s legendary attack against him.

• The Mother Box’s signals worsened violence across the human world and caused some people to transform into Parademons.
• Eddie and Venom stopped a school bombing and kidnapping, but Venom suspected the dead bandit leader was not human, so Eddie decided to seek Clark’s help.
• Bruce learned from Arthur that the Mother Box had been split into three, then contacted Steve to ask about reaching Themyscira.
• Bruce and Steve sensed a strategic legendary spell through the Net of Magic, and Bruce saw the Amazons’ beacon fire rising into the sky.
• The Mother Box broke through the Amazons’ seals, allowing Steppenwolf to arrive on Themyscira, where the twelve weakened mages attacked him with spells and the mage tower’s legendary spell.

After Steppenwolf escaped Themyscira, the Amazons warned humanity of the invasion, and Bruce gathered allies to defend the second Mother Box. Steppenwolf returned to find them waiting, but they mistook his helplessness for a trap and kept beating him as the Parademons emerged.

• The Amazon Queen ordered the Amazons to light the beacon and alert humanity after Steppenwolf escaped with the Mother Box.
• Steppenwolf concluded that Earth's defenders had been weakened and located the second Mother Box beneath the sea.
• Bruce, Arthur, Clark, Steve, Eddie, Zod, Fiona, Jian Xiong, and the Seven Deadly Sins gathered to defend the site.
• Steppenwolf emerged through a passage and was pummeled by the defenders, who ignored Jian Xiong's pleas to let them fight him.
• The Parademon army poured out of the passage, and Bruce and the others shifted their attention to the incoming forces.

After defeating Steppenwolf, Bruce founded the Justice League, and Xu Yue analyzed and consumed the Mother Box’s energy before returning to the Reincarnation Space. The Federation’s victory over the Supreme Divine Court fueled its growing confidence, while President Herbert Clark Hoover asked Edgar Hoover to investigate the unrest and foreign efforts to stir it.

• A surviving Parademon carried a warning of Earth back to Apokolips, and Earth became a feared taboo among the Parademons and the Apokolips Divine Race.
• Bruce rallied the assembled superheroes and declared the Justice League officially established after the defeat of Steppenwolf’s army.
• Steve and Bruce worked on standardized magic teaching materials as magic schools such as Hogwarts spread around the world.
• Xu Yue finished analyzing the three-in-one Mother Box, crushed it to consume its energy, and returned to the Reincarnation Space.
• The Federation’s New God Plan clashed with the Supreme Divine Court, which ended its restrictions on other faiths after suffering a strategic defeat.
• President Herbert Clark Hoover questioned Edgar Hoover about the Federation’s growing unrest, and Edgar reported that foreign powers were fanning resentment among the legions.

After returning from the mission, Jian Xiong adapted to the small portion of Shazam’s power he had unlocked and learned that Li Da was dead. Liu Laoshi, Wang Dazhuang, and Old Wood urged him to become the Laborer Group’s new chief butler, leaving him to consider the responsibility.

• Jian Xiong tested his newly acquired powers and realized they made him strong enough to contend with an Intruder, though unlocking more would require practice and payment.
• Jian Xiong told Old Wood that Li Da’s death was manageable, while reflecting on the US Federal’s growing strength and the boss’s influence over public opinion.
• Liu Laoshi and Wang Dazhuang told Jian Xiong that the legion commander had called a meeting to elect a new chief butler and that they were nominating him.
• Jian Xiong objected that his inheritance powers should remain hidden and that he lacked experience in the position.
• Liu Laoshi, Wang Dazhuang, and Old Wood argued that Jian Xiong’s reputation and existing strength suited him for the role, which could also protect the laborers and their mission rewards.

Jian Xiong won the vote to become the Laborer Legion’s new chief steward, but Gan Ersou and Liu Dan challenged the result and brought outside groups into the meeting. The chapter ended with the assembly facing a confrontation as rival teams arrived.

• Masked Billy presided over the assembly and arranged for the laborers to elect a new chief steward after Li Da’s death.
• Jian Xiong, Gan Ersou, and Liu Dan became the three finalists for the position.
• Jian Xiong narrowly won the vote, prompting Gan Ersou and Liu Dan to accuse the process of being unfair and demand a new ballot.
• Billy confirmed Jian Xiong as chief steward, but Gan Ersou objected and summoned a group of Mexican people.
• Liu Dan’s Asian reinforcements entered from the rear, drawing attention to the Laborer Legion’s recent success.

Yamagawa Taro and Carlos both tried to take over the Laborer Group, but Carlos threatened them with the Feathered Serpent God’s relics and the power linked to the Federation’s New God Plan. Billy resisted the outsiders but realized he could not protect his group from stronger forces, and longed for his absent master.

• Yamagawa Taro decided to acquire the Laborer Group after hearing it had gained benefits from a mission for the Morgan Group.
• Yamagawa Taro and Carlos arrived to compete for control of the Laborer Group, while Billy demanded that they leave the internal meeting.
• Carlos threatened to sell the Feathered Serpent God’s totems and altars, claiming the major Legions would hesitate to oppose his group.
• Yamagawa Taro and Billy recognized that neither could risk testing whether Carlos could call on the Feathered Serpent God’s power.
• Billy lamented his inability to protect the Laborer Group and wished that his master would return.

Billy resisted Carlos, Gan Ersou, and Liu Dan’s attempt to take over the Laborer Group, but as the group faced a Bloody Counterattack, its real commander appeared. Hua Yingxiong’s arrival stunned Yamagawa Taro, who immediately called for his father’s help.

• Gan Ersou and Liu Dan urged the laborers to oppose Billy, while Billy warned that he would activate Bloody Counterattack.
• Carlos proposed that Yamagawa Taro’s group help eliminate Billy in exchange for half the benefits, and Yamagawa Taro agreed.
• Gan Ersou and Liu Dan urged the laborers to leave the group for safety as Billy prepared to submit the counterattack application.
• Billy’s application was rejected, and he recognized that Hua Yingxiong had appeared and taken command.
• Yamagawa Taro recognized Hua Yingxiong as a former rival and crushed his Heart-Sync Crystal to summon his father.

Hua Yingxiong revealed himself as Jian Xiong’s father and attacked Carlos and Yamagawa Taro’s forces, but Yamagawa Invincible’s arrival halted his attempt to finish them. The battle continued as the surviving enemies threatened to expose the Laborer Group’s hidden strength to powerful patrons.

• Yamagawa Taro warned Carlos that Hua Yingxiong was likely a Veteran Intruder, while Jian Xiong recognized Hua Yingxiong as his father.
• Hua Yingxiong activated Temporary Descent Privilege and killed nearly everyone on both sides, leaving Carlos and Yamagawa Taro protected by Carlos’s Absolute Defense.
• Hua Yingxiong shattered the shield, but Yamagawa Invincible arrived and knocked his sword aside before engaging him in battle.
• Jian Xiong, Liu Laoshi, Wang Dazhuang, and four other laborers blocked the deadly aftershocks, revealing the Laborer Group’s hidden strength.
• Carlos and Yamagawa Taro realized the laborers had gained power or inheritance in their previous mission and threatened to report them to the Morgan and Fujiwara families and BOI.

Hua Yingxiong and the others faced the consequences of an exposed inheritance while Gan Ersou and Liu Dan stirred panic among the warehouse workers. BOI arrived in force, and its Deputy Director, John Edgar Hoover, personally descended into the factory.

• Hua Yingxiong asked Ghost Servant about the inheritance, and Ghost Servant warned that several financial conglomerates might suppress them if it had been exposed.
• Gan Ersou and Liu Dan blamed Jian Xiong's group for putting the workers at risk and urged everyone to abandon the legion.
• Jian Xiong tried to block the aftershocks and ordered the workers to be quiet, but Gan Ersou and Liu Dan used his outburst to intensify the panic.
• A sci-fi airship arrived above the warehouse and BOI enveloped the area in powerful descent authority.
• Yamagawa Invincible celebrated the arrival, hoping his intelligence would earn him a place among BOI's core ranks.
• John Edgar Hoover leaped from the airship and landed in the factory, astonishing Yamagawa Invincible.

Hoover arrived to support Yamagawa Invincible and learned that several powerful figures had been invited to the warehouse. When the visitors realized their insults might have offended someone they feared, the Fujiwara Family Head and Hoover hurriedly claimed Chinese ancestry, while Albert struggled to come up with his own connection.

• Hua Yingxiong drove back Yamagawa Invincible and retreated before Hoover, whose presence convinced him he faced an Elite Titan.
• Yamagawa Invincible recounted how his son uncovered the Laborer Group’s scheme and invited the Fujiwara Family Head and other reinforcements.
• Albert and the Fujiwara Family Head arrived, and Hoover discovered that all three men knew one another from tea.
• The Fujiwara Family Head and Hoover angrily stopped Yamagawa Taro and another man from insulting the Laborer Group.
• The Fujiwara Family Head declared that he descended from Xu Fu’s settlers, and Hoover claimed Chinese ancestry, leaving Albert scrambling to explain his own background.

The three major faction leaders killed Yamagawa Invincible after he tried to align himself with them, then managed the fallout from their actions against the Mexican illegal immigrants. Their cleanup intensified conflict between the Federation’s upper- and lower-ranking legions.

• Yamagawa Invincible claimed a connection to Great Xia, then killed his son Yamagawa Taro while seeking to perfect his saber technique.
• Albert, the Fujiwara Family Head, and Hoover killed Yamagawa Invincible, judging him a threat despite his apparent attempt to join them.
• Hoover asked Liu Laoshi whether he could handle the confused laborers, and Jian Xiong told Hua Yingxiong that the times had changed.
• The three major factions blamed their attack on Mexican illegal immigrants for seeking ritual items, then seized the offerings and crushed gangs in Mexico.
• Lower-ranking legions protested the upper-ranking factions’ actions, deepening conflict across the Federation.