Chapter Summaries

Soldier Boy and his allies rescued the crew of a sinking freighter, but Vought Pharmaceutical Company lured them into an ambush. Homelander attacked Soldier Boy with a death-powered spear, but Soldier Boy caught it, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Soldier Boy lifted the burning freighter while Andrew rescued trapped passengers and Nicky calmed the crew.
• Two Vought agents petrified Andrew and struck him with a mental attack, then secured him for teleportation.
• The Vought team used eighteen Soldier Boy replicants and a Soul Frequency Impact Device to disorient Soldier Boy as he carried the freighter.
• Homelander teleported in and thrust his Death Spear at Soldier Boy, who caught it.

Soldier Boy defeated Homelander’s attempt to capture him, while Andrew was taken into Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s Core Laboratory. As Sophia began transferring Andrew’s Quantumization Ability to the King of Abilities, Andrew secretly learned Chuck’s Ability Transfer power.

• Soldier Boy disrupted Homelander’s strength, stopped the submarine, and forced Homelander to flee after Homelander destroyed the vessel and everyone aboard.
• Soldier Boy returned the cargo ship to the dock, then discovered Andrew was missing and pretended to be furious while concealing his successful infiltration.
• Andrew was taken through Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s laboratories to Sophia, who ordered him sedated and prepared for an Ability transfer.
• Sophia had Chuck extract Andrew’s Quantumization Ability and transfer it to the King of Abilities.
• Andrew learned Ability Transfer during Chuck’s second attempt, after secretly analyzing Chuck’s power.

Andrew used Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s experiment to make the King of Abilities his avatar, helping him evolve into a peak Skyfather. The King of Abilities revealed his overwhelming power just as Sophia prepared to name him and shape his consciousness.

• Sophia ordered her assistant to kill Andrew and erase identifying details from the experiment records, while Andrew faked his death and left a replica in the freezer.
• Chuck placed the Quantum Ability orb inside the King of Abilities, and Andrew secretly helped him absorb nutrients and fuse the abilities in his body.
• The King of Abilities vanished into the Quantum Realm, absorbed Quantum Energy, and reappeared after becoming a Skyfather.
• Andrew took control of the King of Abilities and transferred millions of his abilities to the avatar, raising him to peak Skyfather strength.
• Sophia prepared to name the King of Abilities and make him loyal to her, but he unleashed immense pressure that forced her, Chuck, and the researchers to their knees.

Andrew took control of the King of Abilities, rewrote the laboratory staff’s memories, and learned that Vought Pharmaceutical Company had three other laboratories researching Skyfathers. He sent his main body to infiltrate the neighboring laboratory, which manufactured Compound No. 6.

• Andrew revealed himself as a self-aware god, then joked that he planned to destroy humanity before altering the laboratory staff’s memories.
• Andrew and Alice discovered that Vought Pharmaceutical Company had four laboratories researching Skyfathers, including one that had developed a poison capable of harming Skyfathers.
• Andrew made the staff believe he was the revived Apocalypse and ordered them to pretend they controlled him while collecting data.
• Andrew learned that another laboratory had developed a poison that could deal with Skyfathers, while the research of the other two remained unknown.
• Andrew left his avatar with Sophia’s team and infiltrated the neighboring laboratory undetected, reaching the facility that manufactured Compound No. 6.

Andrew studied the formula for Compound No. 6 while Death arranged to exploit the Fifth Elder’s ambition to become Skyfather. Meanwhile, Priest lured Deadpool to a hotel, where his apparent vulnerability made it easy to obtain his flesh and blood.

• Andrew decided not to take the finished Compound No. 6 and began studying its mass-producible formula.
• Death agreed to meet the Fifth Elder and planned to use his body as a vessel to resurrect Thanos, while the Fifth Elder offered resources and souls in exchange for a quick path to becoming Skyfather.
• Priest sent a beautiful woman to lure Deadpool away from Van Helsing, and Deadpool followed her to a separate hotel room.
• The woman invited Deadpool to play Chinese checkers, and he eagerly played until he had removed his clothes and one of his arms.

Priest’s team recovered Wade’s arms, allowing Kane Perry to absorb Skyfather Energy and complete his transformation into a Skyfather. Meanwhile, Peter Perry broke through with Simulation Rule in the Wasteland World, while Andrew secretly gained Peter’s understanding of the Rule.

• Wade played checkers with the beauty all night, and she later escaped with his arms to meet Priest and his team.
• Priest brought Wade’s arms to the London headquarters, where Kane Perry absorbed their energy with help from Green.
• Kane transformed into a human-sized robot, demonstrated his power by destroying the Great Mountain, and planned to recruit his grandson, President Nathan.
• In the Wasteland World, Peter Perry completed his Skyfather breakthrough, and Andrew gained Peter’s comprehension of Simulation Rule.
• Peter descended with a new perception of the world, while Nathan and Claire watched his transformation.

Peter foresaw danger to President Nathan and stayed with him when their revived grandfather, Kane Perry, arrived. Kane tried to recruit Nathan into the Organization and seize power, but Nathan refused, prompting Kane to attack before Peter intervened.

• Peter foresaw that a relative would visit Nathan and decided to guard him, while Claire was made to stay out of danger.
• Kane Perry infiltrated Nathan's office by trapping the guards in an Illusion Realm and revealed himself as Nathan and Peter's grandfather.
• Kane showed Nathan the Perry family crest, and Angela confirmed that he looked like their grandfather.
• Kane revealed the Organization's London headquarters and its Terminator of Abilities Project, then urged Nathan to join and rule the world.
• Nathan refused Kane's offer, and Kane used his eyes to try to control him before Peter blasted him through a wall.
• Peter attacked Kane with cold air as the guards escorted Nathan away, but Kane's shield and ground strike shook the White House and disrupted Peter's attack.

Kane attacked the White House to persuade President Nathan to join his plans, but Peter and Homelander forced him to flee. Back at headquarters, Kane ordered the creation of temporary Skyfathers and planned to expose Nathan as an Ability User.

• Kane fought Peter in the sky while their battle damaged the White House, and Peter rescued tourists from the helicopter Kane destroyed.
• Kane exposed the bunker and tried to seize Nathan, but Peter transformed into Nuclear Man and attacked him.
• Homelander arrived, but Kane repelled him and escaped through a Spatial Vortex to Antarctica before returning to headquarters.
• Kane told Speaker to begin creating temporary Skyfathers and to expose Nathan as an Ability User.
• Kane realized the superhero who had fought him was his grandson Peter Perry, who had also advanced to Skyfather, and ordered Speaker to reveal everything.

As news spread that Nathan was an Ability User, Andrew and his allies maneuvered to control the public narrative while American executives weighed impeaching Nathan. The organization and Vought Pharmaceutical Company planned to exploit the turmoil, with Vought preparing an uprising within seven days to half a month.

• After a global disaster alarmed the public, Nathan gave a press conference and promised humanity would overcome future disasters with the Director of S.W.O.R.D.'s leadership.
• Indigo deleted online posts exposing Nathan as an Ability User, but the Speaker circulated the intelligence to newspapers, television stations, and America's High-Level Executives.
• America's High-Level Executives ordered the media to publicize Nathan's abilities and began preparing impeachment, while Andrew used Artificial Intelligence to defend Nathan online.
• A hostile executive contacted Vought Pharmaceutical Company's Second Elder, who planned to exploit the crisis, remove Director Newman, and seize control of the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
• The Second Elder said Vought's uprising would begin within seven days to half a month and described its preparations, including Compound No. 6, the King of Abilities, and a Skyfather made from stacked Soldier Boy replicas.

Andrew prepared to exploit the planned uprisings by Vought Pharmaceutical Company and the organization to eliminate both factions and strengthen President Nathan’s hold on power. He arranged protection for Nathan and Director Newman while promising Newman a chance to become a Skyfather and Nathan one after leaving office.

• Vought Pharmaceutical Company and the organization both prepared to seize America in operations planned for half a month later, with the organization aiming to create temporary Skyfathers.
• After Director Newman faced possible removal and President Nathan faced impeachment, the two sought help from Andrew, who revealed the rival factions’ plans and proposed letting them act before crushing them.
• Andrew explained that defeating the factions would let Nathan and Newman clear their names, lead the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau against the conspirators, and bring America’s high-ranking executives under Nathan’s influence.
• Andrew told Peter Perry to reveal that he was a Skyfather, giving Nathan and Newman breathing room by intimidating the congressmen.
• Andrew warned that Nathan could face attacks from several Skyfathers and gave him a life-saving Wristwatch, while arranging Soldier Boy, Samuel, and Old Sera as bodyguards.
• Andrew offered Newman bodyguards or a path to becoming a Skyfather, and promised Nathan he could become one after stepping down as president.

Andrew agreed to make Director Newman a Skyfather through a shortcut, while Kane and Green created a rule life to empower ten organization members as temporary Skyfathers. The ten candidates accepted contracts with the Devouring Rule, including Andrew’s undercover agent Priest.

• Director Newman chose to become a Skyfather, and Andrew said he would use a shortcut that would not make her grow older.
• Kane selected ten Ability Users, warned them that the temporary power would shorten their lives, and Priest persuaded them to accept the risk.
• Kane used Red Lightning to raise Green’s power to the Skyfather level, and Green transformed the Devouring Rule into a living Black Figure.
• The Black Figure branded Priest and the other nine candidates with black hole marks so they could borrow the Devouring Rule’s power.

Andrew learned Kane’s method for manufacturing temporary Skyfathers and planned to create his own through Ability Fusion. He began an experiment on Director Newman, who agreed to risk repeated failures in pursuit of becoming a Skyfather.

• Kane explained that candidates had to endure repeated, painful tempering by the Black Hole Rules to become temporary Skyfathers, at the cost of their life force and lifespan.
• Andrew realized he could replicate Kane’s method using Green’s Life Creation Ability and the Ability Users under his control.
• Andrew shifted his attention to Director Newman and explained that his Ability Fusion research had produced a set of thirty-six Abilities centered on her Head-Exploding Ability.
• Andrew warned Newman that implanting the untested Ability Set could make her body explode, but he could reverse time and repeat the process until it worked.
• Newman accepted the risks and agreed to participate in the experiment.

Andrew began testing Director Newman’s path to becoming a Skyfather, while Death and Chthon planned to exploit Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s research and chaos for their own war in Hell. The chapter left Thanos preparing to infiltrate the company’s projects and help Chthon recruit its powerful figures and scientists.

• Andrew enhanced and monitored Director Newman during an experiment, but she exploded and he used Time Rewind to restore her and diagnose the mistake.
• Several days later, Death revived Thanos inside the Fifth Elder’s body, and Thanos shared what he knew about Vought Pharmaceutical Company.
• Death and Chthon learned that Thanos lacked the Compound No. 6 formula, so Chthon ordered him to obtain the older Compound Five formula and samples of Compound No. 6.
• Chthon told Thanos to approach the King of Abilities, initiate the De-aged Homelander plan, and give Lady Blood a drop of Chthon’s blood so he could recruit them.
• Chthon planned to harvest human souls during Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s turmoil and ordered Thanos to escape to Hell with the company’s Skyfathers and as many researchers as possible.

Kane’s organization and Vought Pharmaceutical Company began their campaigns to conquer America, and their forces converged at the White House while President Nathan and Peter were present. The two villain groups clashed, and Kane’s attack ended with Homelander forcing back his energy blast before Kane fired a Sonic Cannon.

• Chthon approved Thanos’s plan to stay behind and secretly build a Hell Teleportation array at the Core Base, then went to seek a Demon’s treasure after considering the Compound Five formula.
• Over the half month before the rebellion, Kane’s organization assembled six Skyfathers and Vought Pharmaceutical Company gathered five, while the Hell War escalated and President Nathan’s authority weakened.
• Kane’s attack destroyed the White House, but Peter protected Nathan with a Defensive Shield; Kane then arrived with five allies and announced that he had come to see his grandsons.
• Homelander, De-aged Homelander, and De-aged Soldier Boy arrived to seize Nathan, and Kane recognized Homelander after their attacks met.
• Kane blasted Homelander with an energy pillar, Homelander drove it back with Lasers, and Kane responded with a Sonic Cannon.

Homelander and Kane’s fight disrupted two rival groups trying to seize President Nathan, while Chthon and Death prepared to exploit the chaos. Soldier Boy and other heroes rescued Nathan, and the chapter ended with Thanos proposing that the groups join forces against them.

• Homelander and Kane fought fiercely, damaging the surroundings and injuring nearby tourists as both groups watched.
• Kane sent five temporary Skyfathers to capture President Nathan, while Thanos persuaded Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s Elders to wait and later contacted Chthon about cooperating with the rival rebels.
• Chthon told Thanos to capture members of the other group and seek cooperation, while Chthon’s believers and Death’s organization prepared to take advantage of the rebellion.
• The temporary Skyfathers overwhelmed Peter Perry and swallowed President Nathan with a living shadow, but Soldier Boy and Samuel intervened, freed Nathan, and sent him to a shelter.
• Soldier Boy and the other heroes faced the temporary Skyfathers as Kane and Homelander stopped fighting, and Thanos proposed joining forces with the rival group to attack them.

Kane, Homelander, and their forces launched attacks across Washington while Peter, Old Sera, Soldier Boy, and Samuel fought back. As President Nathan entered a Shelter, Indigo showed him the escalating battles at the Pentagon and the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, where rival groups clashed across the country.

• Kane revealed that Nathan Perry and Peter Perry were his grandsons, then summoned nine meteors that Peter split into nine bodies to intercept.
• Kane prepared a Black Hole attack on Peter while temporary Skyfathers attacked Old Sera, and Homelander challenged Soldier Boy to fight on the moon.
• De-aged Homelander and De-aged Soldier Boy attacked Samuel, who used his Resonance Ability to summon seven enormous earth giants against them and the temporary Skyfathers.
• Indigo joined President Nathan in the underground Shelter and showed him a hologram of the fighting at the destroyed Pentagon, where Lady Blood and her Death Legion fought the Military and the Villain Organization.
• Indigo revealed that the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau was also under attack, while Starlight Annie, Andrew, and two temporary Skyfathers fought above it in New York.

The organization and Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s coordinated attacks across America descended into chaos as their plans collided, leaving battles raging at the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, a military base, and the homes of powerful officials. President Nathan prepared to use the crisis to bring the military under his command, while Vought’s leaders considered deploying their reserve forces.

• At the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, Hughie, Frank, Marvin, the bureau’s forces, and arriving superheroes fought the Werewolf Legion, while Wade kept Van Helsing from reaching the battlefield.
• President Nathan watched reports of the fighting and learned that the organization and Vought were also battling at America’s largest military base and seizing the homes of officials who had sought his impeachment.
• President Nathan ordered the military to return and defend the country, especially the aircraft carrier fleets, intending to bring them under his command rather than use their weapons.
• Indigo suspected that Boss had secretly caused the organization’s and Vought’s plans to collide, while President Nathan focused on securing political and military support.
• First Elder and Thanos complained about the organization’s many Skyfathers, and Second Elder proposed sending Vought’s reserve mobile forces to end the battles quickly.

The Speaker’s rebellion and Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s uprising plunged America into simultaneous battles, which Andrew had secretly arranged. At the organization’s London headquarters, Andrew confronted the Speaker’s forces and tested Green’s Life Creation Ability, trapping the Three Sannin in a stone sphere before Green animated the stone to rescue them.

• The Second Elder sent the hidden halves of the Demon Legion, Death Legion, and Werewolf Legion to reinforce Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s forces, shifting the balance at the three American battlefields.
• The Speaker sent three temporary Skyfathers to stabilize the embattled forces while the fighting devastated all three locations and the White House battle remained unresolved.
• Andrew revealed to the Speaker and Green that he had coordinated the rebellions and their timing, then faced the Speaker’s order to attack him.
• Green used Life Creation to turn figurines of Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru into living beings, and Tsunade’s punch collapsed the headquarters floor.
• Andrew trapped the Three Sannin inside a powerful stone sphere using gravity, hardening, and pressure, prompting Green to animate the stone and order it to release them.

Andrew stopped The Thing from killing Green, freed the Konoha Three Sannin, and explained that a Mind Ability had reversed The Thing’s respect for Green into murderous hatred. Green agreed to join Andrew after securing the Speaker and others’ safety and the freedom of any life he created.

• The Thing attacked Green, but Andrew stopped its fist and ordered it to release the Konoha Three Sannin.
• Andrew incapacitated the Ability Users with his Ability Interference Wave and explained that Reversal had turned The Thing’s respect for Green into killing intent.
• Andrew revealed that he had orchestrated the capture of the Speaker’s organization, then asked Green to join him.
• Green agreed on the conditions that Andrew spare the Speaker and others and never force Green’s creations to serve him; Andrew accepted and demonstrated that he could create Chair Man himself.
• Andrew restored the room and the people in it, then healed the Konoha Three Sannin.

Andrew recruited Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru, then redirected the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau battle by ordering the organization to ally with the superheroes. As the White House battle continued, he sent Green into Minor Hell to supply energy to a Magic Array and help his main body stop the disaster.

• Andrew persuaded Tsunade to work for him by promising to resurrect Nawaki and help her become a Skyfather, while Orochimaru agreed to work in exchange for research materials and Jiraiya demanded romantic movies.
• Director Newman returned to the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau as a Skyfather, killed Werewolves with her abilities, and restored order among the bureau's employees.
• The Speaker ordered the organization members on the bureau battlefield to join forces with the superheroes, and Starlight Annie helped the temporary Skyfathers plan an ambush against the King of Abilities.
• Andrew observed the White House battle, where Samuel and Old Sera fought five temporary Skyfathers alongside de-aged Homelander and Soldier Boy.
• Andrew teleported Green into Minor Hell and instructed him to pour his life energy into a Magic Array so Andrew could draw on its power to stop the disaster.