Chapter Summaries

Andrew killed General Ross in an illusion and revived him with a Death Experience Card to force him to reconsider his priorities. Ross reconciled with Betty but remained determined to keep her away from Andrew, while Betty accepted Andrew’s invitation to meet him in Manhattan.

• Andrew killed General Ross in an illusion, then revived him with a Death Experience Card and urged him to focus on strengthening the Gathering Place.
• General Ross agreed to stop causing Andrew trouble for now, dismissed the controlled Adjutant, and recalled the Lightning Squad.
• General Ross apologized to Betty for bringing his military manner into their relationship, and Betty called him Father.
• General Ross warned Betty against being with Andrew, but Betty defended Andrew’s persuasion and teased her father about the possibility.
• Andrew sent Betty an invitation to meet him in Manhattan, and Betty decided to go because he was the Gathering Place’s hope.

Andrew sent Melanie away to work with Mary, then used his enhanced abilities to slaughter Monsters in central Manhattan and gained a reputation among survivors. In Los Angeles, Chthon recruited believers and secured temporary command of the city’s Monster Legion while plotting to seize greater power.

• Andrew told Melanie to help Mary carry out his plan, and Melanie agreed to return after completing it.
• Mary and Melanie left Manhattan, with Mary warning Andrew about the women who would soon arrive.
• Andrew entered central Manhattan and used metal to kill Monsters, relying on his enhanced stamina, power, and escape abilities.
• Survivors watched Andrew’s massacre and spread stories of his strength throughout New York.
• Chthon held a deadly trial for new believers in Los Angeles while planning to defeat the remaining resistance.
• The King of Negativity’s Communication Bird offered Chthon temporary control of the Los Angeles Monster Legion and ordered him to report any news of the Compound V Big Tree.

Immortal Kang planned to use the Doomsday Gene to seize control of the Mysterious Organization, while The Intermediary struggled with doubts about his reality and grew more vulnerable to Wade’s Curse. Andrew met Betty to explain her future and New York’s fate, then offered to train her as he pursued her again.

• Immortal Kang planned to inject the Doomsday Gene after taking control of the Mysterious Organization.
• The Intermediary feared that Andrew and Wade had told the truth about him being a comic-book character, and Wade’s Curse urged him to visit Wade.
• The Intermediary flew toward Wade as the Curse’s ability to communicate with him grew stronger.
• Andrew met Betty atop the Empire State Building and told her about their future relationship, his other partners, and how they reclaimed New York from Monsters.
• Betty questioned whether she could accept sharing Andrew, then agreed to hear more about the future.
• Andrew offered to help Betty level up and teach her to use her Ability.

Andrew trained Betty by explaining how Ability Users could develop their powers beyond their basic forms. He revealed the full range of Betty’s radiation-based Red Hulk abilities and set her a month to master them.

• Andrew displayed his strength in Manhattan, controlling a hundred short swords to defeat the Monsters and saving a Monster Captain for Betty to fight.
• Betty transformed into Red Hulk and fought the Captain, but Andrew pulled her into an Illusion Realm just before its sword struck her.
• Andrew explained that Abilities could be developed beyond their basic uses and demonstrated his Super Electromagnetic Cannon.
• Andrew identified Betty’s power as radiation energy, which let her transform, raise her body temperature, absorb radiation for strength, and release radiation.
• Andrew told Betty to master all her abilities during the next month.

Andrew trained Betty in the Illusion Realm to release and control the Power of Radiation, helping her develop her Red Hulk Ability. After she mastered the technique, Betty returned to reality and melted the longsword that was about to strike her.

• Andrew told Betty he would train her for only a month before the Gathering Place war and planned for her and Mary to manage the Ability User organizations afterward.
• Andrew explained that Betty could melt the Monster's longsword by releasing the Power of Radiation in her body, then made her work out how to control her Ability herself.
• Betty learned to command the energy inside her body, raised its temperature, and released a crimson beam, burning her throat when the attempt failed.
• Andrew guided Betty as she practiced releasing radiation energy and using it to create high-temperature attacks, while warning that she had less than half a second to stop the sword.
• Betty left the Illusion Realm and fired a Red Light at the incoming longsword, melting it before it could strike her.

Betty defeated Monster Captain after gaining a new Ability, then spent the evening training, cooking, and talking with Andrew at his villa. Their growing closeness left Betty wondering about their future together, and she woke the next morning in Andrew’s arms before he urged her to make breakfast and resume training.

• Betty fought Monster Captain and killed him by piercing his chest with her scorching hand, earning his Invisible Sword.
• Andrew continued training Betty and predicted that she would become strong enough to defeat General Ross within a month.
• General Ross refused to send the Lightning Squad after Betty because he prioritized the Gathering Place and knew they could not defeat Andrew.
• At Andrew’s villa, Betty used his water sphere to bathe, then nearly burned down the kitchen while trying to cook before Andrew helped her prepare dinner.
• Betty and Andrew discussed their possible future and life in the End Times over dinner, then talked through the night until Betty fell asleep in his arms.
• Betty woke beside Andrew, who told her to make breakfast before they continued training.

Over the month, Andrew won Betty’s affection and brought her into his household while preparing for the monsters’ second offensive in New York. As Monster Commanders emerged, Andrew headed to the gathering place, while the Demon arrived to help the King of Negativity’s allies probe his strength.

• Betty and Andrew grew closer, and Betty accepted his other relationships after meeting Mary and Melanie.
• Andrew directed Mary and Melanie to organize support for the coming battle and prepare to deal with groups that refused to help.
• Andrew and Betty flew toward the gathering place as the monsters’ second offensive began.
• In Queens, the Horned Commander met the Monster Bird, who warned him not to roar and ordered him to follow the King of Negativity’s plans.
• The Horned Commander summoned the Monster Captains with sound waves, and the Demon arrived and asked why the Intermediary was absent.

Demon agreed to help probe King of Abilities after King of Negativity promised to strengthen his allies and secure his escape. While Wade and The Intermediary discussed the coming battle over hotpot, the Gathering Place prepared for an attack amid mounting internal tensions.

• King of Negativity took control of Monster Bird, promised to empower Monster Bird and Horned Commander, and urged Demon to probe King of Abilities despite the risks.
• Demon revealed he had used Mechanical Demon King's advancement system and hoped Great Demon God's power would counterbalance it; King of Negativity sent Horned Commander to prepare the Monster Captains for an attack.
• King of Negativity used Monsters and Negative Energy to strengthen Monster Bird and Horned Commander.
• Wade's Wife knocked Wade out with an iron pot after he provoked The Intermediary about his unstable state, and The Intermediary questioned Wade about achieving Transcendence by killing a world's heroes and villains.
• Wade began telling The Intermediary the story of Deadpool Slaughters the Universe.
• Andrew assessed the Gathering Place's improved defenses and larger force, but warned that poor governance, public Resentment Energy, and officials plotting against General Ross left it close to internal upheaval.

Andrew brought Betty to confront General Ross and arranged a public sparring match so she could prove her strength and prepare to take over the Gathering Place. Betty and General Ross fought as Red Hulks, and the chapter ended with Betty firing multiple crimson rays at her airborne father.

• Betty argued that the imminent Monster siege should take priority, while Andrew said General Ross would have to step down and let Betty handle the Gathering Place.
• Andrew confronted General Ross, declared Betty was his woman, and challenged him to fight Betty with the Lightning Squad allowed to join.
• Andrew used his gaze to transport General Ross, Xik, Betty, and the Lightning Squad to the training ground, where the soldiers gathered to watch.
• Betty and General Ross transformed into Red Hulks and exchanged shockwaves, with Betty showing superior control of her Ability despite her lower level.
• General Ross demonstrated his high-temperature Ability, but Betty revealed she could use the same powers at a higher level and attacked him with a crimson beam.
• Betty told General Ross she wanted to prove she could stand on her own, then fired ten rays at him as he leaped toward her.

Betty defeated General Ross and the Lightning Squad, then rallied the Gathering Place’s defenders for the approaching Monster Army. Andrew urged Ross to hand over civilian leadership to Betty and Lady Mary after the battle, while a family argument over Andrew’s relationships was interrupted when the Monsters arrived in overwhelming numbers.

• Betty drained General Ross’s radiation energy, defeated him and the Lightning Squad, and demonstrated her strength to the soldiers.
• Andrew healed the injured fighters and restored Ross’s ability, then Betty ordered the soldiers to prepare for battle.
• Andrew urged Ross to leave internal affairs to Betty and Lady Mary after the war and focus on commanding the army; Ross agreed to consider it after the battle.
• Ross became furious when he learned Andrew had other women, while Betty told him she no longer minded and that such relationships were normal in the End Times.
• Andrew sensed the Monsters approaching and led Ross, Betty, and the Lightning Squad toward the city wall; an alarm and a scout’s report confirmed that the Monster Army was more than ten times larger than before.

The Monster Legion launched a massive assault on the Gathering Place, forcing General Ross and his soldiers to defend the walls while Andrew coordinated for outside reinforcements. The monsters created earthen ramps to breach the defenses, and the battle remained underway as the defenders struggled to stop them.

• The Horned Commander followed Demon’s plan to attack the Gathering Place’s walls and use the battle to draw Andrew out.
• General Ross rallied the soldiers despite realizing that the Monster Legion vastly outnumbered the defenders.
• Andrew contacted Mary and told her to bring the ability user organizations but wait until the battle reached a stalemate before attacking.
• The Horned Commander ordered a ranged barrage and a direct charge against the walls.
• Elite monsters raised earthen ramps, and General Ross ordered the ability users to destroy them while the monsters repaired the damage.

As the Monster Legion threatened the Gathering Place, Andrew unleashed a massive lightning attack that devastated the enemy army and turned the battle. The defenders hailed him as a god, while the remaining Monsters faced a battle they could no longer easily win.

• General Ross sent Xik and the Lightning Squad with elite Ability Users to intercept Flying Monsters threatening the Gathering Place.
• When the defenders could not stop the Monsters advancing toward the walls, Andrew left the safe zone and walked into the sky.
• Andrew revealed that an Illusion had concealed the changing sky, then summoned lightning with his Wrath of Thor attack.
• The lightning blasted Demon, Monster Bird, and Horned Commander away and destroyed or injured most of the Monster Legion.
• The Gathering Place's soldiers and Ability Users cheered Andrew, while General Ross stared in shock and Betty admired him.

Andrew’s prepared lightning attack and Super Electromagnetic Cannon devastated the Monster Legion, while he fought its three leaders as the battle for the city began. The Human Garrison met the advancing Monsters head-on, and General Ross and Betty fought together to defend the walls.

• Andrew’s Wrath of Thor severely wounded the Monster Legion, but the Horned Commander ordered the Monsters to charge anyway.
• Andrew ordered General Ross to command the defense and challenged the Monster Legion’s leaders, then fired more than a hundred short swords at the Monster Bird and the Horned Commander.
• The Monster Bird and Horned Commander evaded the swords, which instead blasted a huge portion of the charging Monster Army; the garrison cheered as the surviving Monsters spread out and kept advancing.
• The Horned Commander, Monster Bird, and Demon attacked Andrew together, but he struck the Monster Bird, countered the Demon, and kept the Horned Commander occupied with his swords.
• The Monster Legion reached the city walls and clashed with the Human Garrison, while General Ross transformed into the Red Hulk and Betty joined him to fight the Monsters.

Andrew continued battling the Demon, the Monster Bird, and the Horned Commander while Mary prepared the Ability Users to attack the Monster Legion. As Andrew gained the upper hand, the King of Negativity ordered the villains to use their Trump Cards, beginning a more dangerous phase of the fight.

• Mary prepared the Ability Users to join the garrison in a pincer attack on the Monster Legion, while Derek watched Andrew's strength with admiration.
• Andrew pressured the Demon and the Monster Bird, then forced them to collide and nearly struck the Monster Bird down before the King of Negativity awakened it and withdrew his consciousness.
• The King of Negativity ordered the Horned Commander, the Monster Bird, and the Demon to use their Trump Cards, while the Demon worried that they should retreat.
• The Horned Commander activated his Trump Card, summoned a Golden Bull pattern, grew stronger, and wielded his detached horns as curved blades.
• The Monster Bird returned to its original size and used sonic attacks to shake the space around Andrew, restricting his movement.

Andrew exposed his clone deception, killed the Monster Bird, and turned the battle against Demon and the Horned Commander. As Andrew trapped them in a tornado and promised to become a Skyfather, Demon began weighing whether to defect to the Mechanical Demon King.

• The Monster Bird, the Horned Commander, and Demon unleashed their trump cards on Andrew, but Andrew revealed he had replaced himself with a clone and killed the Monster Bird.
• Andrew destroyed the Golden Bull, took the Bird-shaped Statue, and forced Demon and the Horned Commander to face him while Demon planned his escape.
• The Horned Commander absorbed Monsters to grow stronger, but Andrew used the Commander's own hidden horns to wound him and swept both enemies into a tornado.
• Andrew urged Demon to surrender and claimed he would become a Skyfather after obtaining the Nine Compound V Great Trees, prompting Demon to consider joining the Mechanical Demon King.

The Monster Legion used a Negative Domain to turn the defenders against one another and create an opening for the Demon and the Horned Commander to escape. Mary and her Ability Users shattered the barrier and turned the battle around, leaving the Demon with one last desperate plan as Andrew prepared to join the fight below.

• The Horned Commander ordered the Monster Captains to form a Negative Domain that filled the battlefield with Negative Emotions and began driving the defenders toward violence.
• Betty tried to destroy the Light Barrier, but the Monster Captains kept her and the other powerful Ability Users from stopping it.
• Mary arrived with a group of Ability Users, whose attacks overwhelmed the barrier's ability to recover and shattered the Negative Domain.
• General Ross and Mary rallied the defenders and Ability Users to attack the Monsters, reversing the battle and raising hopes of reclaiming New York.
• Andrew taunted the Demon and the Horned Commander, while the Demon asked to borrow the Horned Commander's body for its final attempt to escape.

Andrew drove the Demon into fleeing by using Thor's Godhood to seal away his Demon God Power, then stopped and killed the Horned Commander. After claiming the Horned Commander's weapon, Andrew left the defenders to fight the remaining Monsters while he prepared to deal with the Monster Captains.

• The Demon transferred his Demon God Power to the Horned Commander, and Andrew's lightning forced the Demon to abandon that power and flee using Black Light.
• The Horned Commander charged toward the battlefield as a flaming meteor, but Andrew slowed him and the Demon escaped after Andrew struck him with a pillar of flaming light.
• The Horned Commander asked Andrew to avenge him by killing the Demon, but Andrew refused and killed him before he could commit suicide.
• Andrew collected the Horned Commander's Hateful Bull Horns, which could summon Golden Bull against King of Abilities or the Demon.
• Andrew lifted the Monster Captains onto the square and told the defenders to finish off the remaining Monsters, while he refrained from competing for their experience points.

Andrew killed the Monster Captains and boosted the defenders’ confidence, while General Ross accepted Andrew’s arrangements. Elsewhere, Chthon, the King of Negativity, and the Demon discussed their next moves before The Intermediary warned them of a Detroit Secret Realm containing a Compound V Big Tree that Andrew also knew about.

• Andrew used the Super Electromagnetic Cannon and the Blade of Lightning to kill the Monster Captains, lifting the garrison’s and Ability Users’ morale.
• General Ross accepted Andrew’s arrangements, recognizing both Andrew’s overwhelming strength and his family connection to the designated successor.
• Chthon and the King of Negativity offered the Demon compensation for his losses, but Demon God Power clashed with the Power of Thunderbolt in his body and forced him to expel it.
• Chthon told the Demon to leave New Jersey, while the King of Negativity agreed to send believers into New York to gather intelligence.
• The Intermediary told the group that a Secret Realm containing a Compound V Big Tree would appear in Detroit in one month and that Andrew would also go there.

Chthon and King of Negativity planned to seize Detroit and stop King of Abilities from obtaining the Compound V Big Tree, while Harley Quinn helped defend Detroit’s Gathering Place from Scorpion Commander’s Monster Legion. After learning the battle had failed, King of Negativity ordered Scorpion Commander to gather the Monsters and await Demon’s aid.

• Chthon ordered Demon to go to Detroit, restore his strength by killing Monsters, and help take control of the city within a month.
• Harley Quinn used her ability to turn imagined things into reality to help defeat Scorpion Commander and drive the Monster Legion away from Detroit’s Gathering Place.
• Harley Quinn headed into the Gathering Place to confront its leaders, and Glasses Youth urged the others to stop her after she knocked him aside with her Baseball Bat.
• King of Negativity’s Communication Bird reached Scorpion Commander, who promised to breach the Gathering Place within seven days.
• King of Negativity personally contacted Scorpion Commander and ordered him to gather the Monsters, clear the city of survivors, and join forces with Demon to conquer Detroit.

Andrew secured the New York Settlement’s victory and announced plans to retake New York City while bringing its Ability User organizations under the Gathering Place. As King of Negativity and Chthon prepared to oppose the King of Abilities, Andrew’s show of force left the Ability Users considering whether to submit.

• King of Negativity ordered Scorpion Commander to prepare for stronger enemies, then began planning against the King of Abilities, while Chthon also plotted to seize the Compound V Big Tree.
• Wade told The Intermediary that people in the Reality World had spoiled the Script for him, then announced his plan to steal the Statue of Liberty.
• After the Monsters were cleared from the New York Settlement, Andrew announced the planned counterattack and named Betty as Commander while General Ross retained control of military affairs.
• Andrew caused the city’s upper echelons to lose control and expose their misconduct, clearing the way for Betty to take charge of internal affairs.
• Andrew ordered Ability User organizations to join the Gathering Place or leave New York, and his overwhelming pressure silenced their objections.