Chapter Summaries

Andrew forced New York’s Ability User Organizations to submit to the Gathering Place, while Mary persuaded most of them to join. He then revealed to Betty and Mary that he planned to leave New York before its order was restored because a Secret Realm would appear in Detroit in a month, where he intended to subdue a Sky-Piercing Tree.

• Andrew demanded that the Ability User Organizations that had helped the Gathering Place return to its authority and said the organizations that had not helped would be eliminated.
• Andrew and General Ross agreed to prioritize military development and quickly unite humanity against the improving monsters.
• Mary persuaded most of the Ability User Organizations that joining the Gathering Place was better than fleeing or resisting, then urged them to negotiate for better terms.
• Three days later, Betty and Mary objected when Andrew told them he planned to leave New York before it had been secured and rebuilt.
• Andrew explained that he needed to reach Detroit for a Secret Realm appearing in a month and subdue the Sky-Piercing Tree inside.

Andrew explained that the Sky-Piercing Tree could make New York a safe zone and said he needed to pursue it and grow stronger elsewhere. After clearing monsters and rallying survivors in New York, he left for Detroit, beginning his rise as the Savior.

• Andrew told Betty and Mary that transplanting the Sky-Piercing Tree into New York would stop monsters from appearing there and that he planned to claim it.
• Andrew said he would leave to prepare for the dangerous Secret Realm, fight monsters in other cities, and leave New York’s internal affairs to Betty and Mary.
• Andrew revealed that he had gained a limited Teleportation Ability and discussed developing it into portals that could transport troops and rescue people.
• The next day, Andrew cleared monsters across New York City and distributed flyers promoting the King of Abilities and announcing the Gathering Place’s rescue effort.
• Andrew’s reputation grew as survivors hailed him as their Savior, and after returning briefly to the Gathering Place, he set off for Detroit.

Andrew left General Ross’s expedition to clear Monsters on the way to New York, where his overwhelming strength astonished a survivor on Long Island. The Blonde Female Star tried to catch up with him after witnessing the slaughter, but Andrew had already moved on.

• Andrew ignored General Ross’s objections and set out alone, planning to clear Monsters and save survivors before reaching New York.
• The Blonde Female Star watched Monsters flee from Andrew’s short swords, then saw him lure more Monsters with Life Emanation.
• Andrew killed the Gorilla Captain with a precise High-Temperature Light Beam and slaughtered the waves of Monsters that followed.
• Andrew chased the fleeing Monsters to another hunting ground, while the Blonde Female Star rushed out to ask him to take her along.
• The Blonde Female Star found Andrew gone and picked up the flyers he had left behind.

Andrew’s campaign spread hope among survivors as he continued toward Detroit, while the King of Negativity organized Demon and Scorpion Commander to prepare the city against him. The chapter left Detroit’s Monsters gathering forces and planning traps to keep Andrew from claiming the Compound V Big Tree.

• Andrew’s flyers announced New York’s liberation and encouraged survivors to hold on, while he continued clearing Monsters and planned to bring people to New York Base through portals.
• The Blonde Female Star and other survivors gathered supplies, encouraged by the hope Andrew had brought them.
• Demon arrived in Detroit, where Scorpion Commander challenged his loyalty after learning he had killed Negative Legion soldiers to gain strength.
• The King of Negativity ordered Demon and Scorpion Commander to destroy the human Gathering Place and turn Detroit into a Monster stronghold before Andrew arrived.
• Demon defeated Scorpion Commander in a fight, then described how Andrew had crushed him, Horned Commander, and a powerful Monster Bird.
• The King of Negativity ordered Monsters from nearby cities to gather in Detroit, while Demon urged him to ask Chthon and others to prepare a weapon against Andrew.

Demon planned to infiltrate the Gathering Place and exploit its turmoil to help the Negative Legion capture it. He set out disguised as a human after learning that Andrew would not reach Detroit for several days.

• King of Negativity warned Demon that the battle against the Mechanical Demon King threatened both Compound V Big Tree and the Losers Alliance, and Demon admitted he would surrender rather than die if defeat became certain.
• Demon learned that a Female Psychopath had killed several Gathering Place officials, leaving its leaders divided over whether to kill their strongest defender.
• Demon proposed entering the Gathering Place, turning its officials against the Female Psychopath, and coordinating an attack with Scorpion Commander’s army outside.
• Demon disguised himself and headed for the Gathering Place after King of Negativity confirmed that Andrew was still fighting his way toward Detroit and would arrive several days before the Secret Realm opened.

The King of Negativity and Chthon plotted to delay Andrew, while Andrew created a powerful Clone and sent it to Detroit to protect the Gathering Place and retrieve Thor’s Hammer Shards. In Detroit, the higher-ups continued to struggle with Harley Quinn’s popularity and behavior as a powerful Ability User arrived to join them.

• Demon headed to the Gathering Place after learning the King of Abilities would not reach Detroit for about a dozen days, and the King of Negativity ordered Monsters to avoid him.
• Chthon proposed using human Traitors and a poisoned beauty to delay the King of Abilities, and the King of Negativity agreed to help him set up an Altar.
• Andrew split himself into two identical bodies, then sent one Clone toward Detroit while keeping the other to kill Monsters and gain levels.
• The Detroit higher-ups debated how to deal with Harley Quinn after she escaped prison and held a concert, while searching for an expert psychiatrist.
• The colonel entered and told the Commander that a powerful Ability User had arrived to join the Gathering Place.

Demon infiltrated the gathering place by taking control of the Commander and planned to use Harley Quinn’s concert to lure her into a trap. Meanwhile, Andrew pulled Harley Quinn’s consciousness into an illusion, where she continued to insist on becoming the end times’ greatest singer.

• The Commander welcomed Demon, who used the alias James, and Demon secretly planted a brain-eating bug in him during the banquet.
• Demon took control of the Commander, learned about the gathering place, and planned to capture Harley Quinn at the Back Mountain using an electrical trap and the other ability users.
• Harley Quinn sang at her concert, unaware that Demon and the Commander were preparing to attack her.
• Andrew watched the concert and, dismayed that Harley Quinn had become Harley Quinn again, drew her consciousness into an illusion.
• Harley Quinn argued with Andrew about her singing ambitions and questioned how her body could keep singing while she was in the illusion.

Andrew learned why Harley Quinn had entered the world, but she refused to help plan against the Gathering Place, so he prepared to deal with Demon and the Commander himself. Elsewhere, he saw through Chthon’s attempt to delay him with a poisoned girl, healed her temporarily, and continued hunting monsters.

• Andrew explained that he had drawn only part of Harley Quinn’s consciousness into the Illusion Realm and learned she had come to indulge in chaos and enjoy singing.
• Andrew told Harley Quinn that the Gathering Place was preparing to target her, but she dismissed his plans and returned to singing after he ended the Illusion Realm.
• Andrew sensed that Demon was nearby because he had marked him with his aura, and he prepared to handle Demon and the Commander while keeping his presence in Detroit secret.
• After clearing monsters in a small town, Andrew recognized a poisoned girl as Chthon’s human Traitor and used the Healing Sword to suppress the poison temporarily.
• Andrew left on Monster Bird, and Chthon learned what had happened only after the girl regained the ability to move and contacted him.

Chthon planned to delay the King of Abilities by endangering thousands of survivors and revealed its desire for the Compound V Big Tree. In Detroit, the Commander lured Harley Quinn toward an ambush, but Harley knowingly went along because she wanted a fight, while Andrew prepared to deal with the Commander and the hidden Demon.

• Chthon decided that endangering thousands of survivors could force the King of Abilities to intervene, and it wanted the King of Negativity's cooperation and the Compound V Big Tree.
• Harley Quinn's concert ended when Andrew secretly took control of her Men in Black and had them escort the audience away.
• The Commander approached Harley Quinn's friends and claimed he wanted to discuss a fair punishment, then asked Harley to meet him at the Back Mountain.
• Harley Quinn initially refused to talk, but remembered Andrew's warning that someone planned to hurt her and eagerly agreed to go to the Back Mountain.
• Andrew realized Harley Quinn had chosen to go because she expected an ambush and prepared to deal with the Commander and the Demon before the Gathering Place's defense.

The Commander lured Harley Quinn to the Back Mountain’s energy center and sprang a trap to kill her, with the Demon waiting to intervene. Harley broke free and fought back, leaving the Demon and the Gathering Place’s Ability Users facing her rose-based counterattack.

• Harley Quinn sent her friends away, then accompanied the Commander to the Back Mountain while Andrew went ahead to prepare.
• The Commander demanded that Harley stop killing people in the city, but she refused and said her victims deserved to die.
• The Commander activated an electrical trap and ordered the Ability Users to attack, but Harley pretended to be affected before using her imagined rubber powers to evade them.
• Harley shattered an earthen wall and forced the Demon to emerge and shield the Commander from flying debris.
• Harley clashed with the Demon’s giant demonic-energy palm, and the collision sent a shockwave through the area.
• The Ability Users restrained Harley and launched ranged and melee attacks, but she formed a crimson rose that absorbed the energy before exploding into blade-like petals.

Harley Quinn and the Suicide Squad fought Demon and the Ability Users, while Second Generation Rat Catcher summoned a vast army of rats that overturned the battle. Demon ended up surrounded, and Andrew recognized the terrifying power of her Ability.

• Harley Quinn summoned the Suicide Squad and agreed to their demands for payment, except for King Shark’s request to eat people after returning to the DC Universe.
• Deadshot moved to a sniping position while King Shark, Rick, and the others attacked the Ability Users, and Harley Quinn fought Demon with her Baseball Bat.
• Harley Quinn’s Manifested strength let her match Demon, while the Suicide Squad struggled against the larger force of Ability Users.
• Second Generation Rat Catcher summoned hundreds of thousands of rats, which overwhelmed the Ability Users as Deadshot and the Suicide Squad joined the fight.
• The Rat Army surrounded Demon’s forces and reversed the battle, prompting Andrew to remark on the extraordinary power of Second Generation Rat Catcher’s Ability.

Demon used Chthon’s crimson greatsword to overwhelm Harley Quinn and kill the Suicide Squad members who tried to protect her. When Harley manifested a Phantom Image of Mechanical Demon King, Andrew secretly empowered it, leaving it strong enough to stop Demon’s strike.

• Demon unleashed Chthon’s greatsword, slaughtered the rats, and sent a blood-red sword beam at Harley Quinn.
• Harley Quinn’s Black Lightning attack failed, and Demon killed Rick, Katana, King Shark, Deadshot, and the other allies who intervened.
• Harley Quinn manifested a Phantom Image and revealed her connection to Mechanical Demon King, but Demon’s sword beam badly damaged the image.
• Andrew secretly empowered the Phantom Image, which healed its cracks and caught Demon’s greatsword in its hands.
• Demon recognized Mechanical Demon King’s face on the Phantom Image and recoiled in fear.

Mechanical Demon King exposed Demon’s control of Commander and revealed that the Gathering Place had been manipulated into attacking Harley Quinn. After Commander died, Mechanical Demon named Harley the Gathering Place’s new Commander, leaving her stunned by the responsibility.

• Demon attacked Mechanical Demon King with his Greatsword, but Mechanical Demon King overwhelmed him with Holy Light and energy-draining chains, forcing Demon to flee by switching places with Commander.
• Mechanical Demon King stopped the Ability Users from attacking Harley and revealed that Commander was controlled; he sliced off Commander’s skull, exposing the Bug inside.
• Demon spoke through Bugs, then severed their connection and made Bugs self-destruct, killing Commander and revealing that the Monster Legion had sent Demon to provoke conflict and weaken the Gathering Place.
• The Ability Users learned they had been manipulated and mourned Commander, while one higher-up tried to position himself as the next leader.
• Mechanical Demon King declared Harley Quinn the new Commander of the Gathering Place, leaving Harley unsure whether she could accept the role.

Andrew helped Harley secure the Gathering Place's command by threatening to withdraw her protection, then reunited with her and supported her as she accepted the role. Meanwhile, Demon reported the Mechanical Demon King's arrival to Chthon and the King of Negativity, while The Intermediary remained occupied in a Movie World.

• The Mechanical Demon King demanded that Harley become commander and gave the Gathering Place one day to elect her, warning that she would not defend them otherwise.
• The Mechanical Demon King carried Harley away, and Harley's announcement that she would no longer protect the Gathering Place sparked public protests.
• Andrew revealed himself to Harley, gave her glasses, and promised to support her as commander; they then shared an intimate moment.
• Demon returned to the Scorpion Commander without his Greatsword and asked the Communication Bird to contact the King of Negativity, Chthon, and The Intermediary.
• The King of Negativity and Chthon learned that the Mechanical Demon King had appeared, while The Intermediary failed to answer because he was watching a movie with Wade.
• Demon explained that the Mechanical Demon King had defeated him and taken his Greatsword.

Chthon, Demon, and the King of Negativity planned to stop Harley Quinn from summoning the Mechanical Demon King, deciding to use a one-time descent of the Great Demon God in Detroit. They left the chapter preparing the ritual and searching for other women from the DC Universe who might also summon him.

• Chthon explained that Harley Quinn came from another universe and could briefly summon the Mechanical Demon King, whom he believed had brought other DC women into the world for the same purpose.
• The King of Negativity concluded that the three ongoing wars were linked, and Chthon argued that they needed to kill Harley Quinn before she grew stronger.
• Chthon revealed that he could summon the Great Demon God's Phantom Image once, and the King of Negativity agreed to focus their forces on the Mechanical Demon King rather than lure the King of Abilities into the fight.
• Chthon ordered the Scorpion Commander and his troops to build an Altar and sacrifice one thousand humans, while the King of Negativity sent Flying Bird to deliver a pitch-black skull for the ritual.
• Chthon promised Demon a replacement weapon and gave the King of Negativity portraits of DC Universe women to distribute among the Monsters so they could find and kill them.

Immortal Kang advanced his plan to control the Mysterious Organization and build a Doomsday Army while Detroit Settlement’s leaders argued over whether Harley should become Commander. Andrew activated Harley’s Commander Support System, which revealed the leaders’ positions and promised to help her manage the Gathering Place.

• Immortal Kang rose to senior researcher in the Mysterious Organization’s laboratory and planned to control its leadership and create a Doomsday Army.
• A Mediterranean Doctor described how the End Times had supplied the Mysterious Organization with test subjects and accelerated its Doomsday Gene research.
• Detroit Settlement’s higher-ups argued over whether to appoint Harley Commander or suppress the civilians and Ability Users demanding her appointment.
• Harley asked Andrew whether she could become Commander, and Andrew assured her he had prepared backup measures.
• Harley activated her Glasses and learned from the Commander Support System that the higher-ups were divided among opponents, supporters, and neutral members.

Andrew explained that he wanted Harley to command Detroit’s Gathering Place and lead its elites into an upcoming Secret Realm. He arranged for Harley Quinn to lend Harley her strength in exchange for freedom after Harley returned to the DC Universe, then Harley went to take up the position.

• Andrew told Harley he trusted her to stabilize the Gathering Place and lead its elites into the Detroit Secret Realm.
• Andrew drew Harley Quinn out and proposed an agreement: she would lend her abilities to Harley and remain in this world after Harley returned to the DC Universe.
• Harley Quinn accepted, while warning that her chaotic nature meant she could not promise to uphold the agreement every time.
• Andrew reassured Harley about money for Deadshot and the others, then left her to return to the Gathering Place.
• Harley met the Gathering Place’s higher-ups, who acknowledged her as the new Commander but did not intend to hand her real power.

Harley began consolidating her authority in the Gathering Place while Shak Ollie offered to manage its celebration and Glasses investigated his character. Meanwhile, Demon took command of the Monster Legion’s city-clearing operation, capturing survivors to recruit them as Great Demon God believers or prepare them for sacrifice.

• Harley asked Glasses to investigate Shak Ollie’s past before she considered entrusting him with power, and Shak offered to arrange her celebration party.
• Harley greeted cheering civilians and Ability Users as Glasses advised her to secure public support and control of the army.
• Demon ordered the Scorpion Commander to capture survivors rather than kill them, using some as fighters and believers while preparing others as sacrifices.
• The King of Negativity transferred command of the army to Demon and promised to strengthen the Scorpion Commander.
• Demon used his sensing ability to locate survivors in a residential complex, and the Monsters captured or killed them.
• Demon offered the captives safety in exchange for belief in the Great Demon God, and some Ability Users surrendered to save themselves or their families.

Andrew learned that Chthon’s Monster Legion was capturing ability users to turn humans against one another, so he planned a counterattack with Harley and set out to recruit Detroit’s ability-user leaders. The chapter ended with Andrew locating Xido, a gang boss whose group had yet to understand why the monsters had vanished.

• A demon ordered his forces to capture ability users and ordinary people, then led the Monster Legion onward while the branded human followers became more loyal to the Great Demon God.
• Andrew warned Harley that the Monster Legion was sweeping the city and planned to use captured ability users to make humans fight each other; he proposed attacking with help from Detroit’s ability-user organizations.
• Harley doubted the organizations would cooperate and worried her troops would refuse to attack, but Andrew said he had a way to make them fight and told her to take Shak and establish her authority in the army.
• Andrew asked the Mechanical Demon King to locate the city’s strongest ability users, received a map of their locations, and went to persuade the organization leaders by force if necessary.
• Xido, a powerful gang leader who had awakened an ability, complained that the monsters had disappeared and prevented his group from leveling up, while his subordinates and women saw the absence of monsters as a chance to party.

Andrew subdued Xido and his gang, forcing them to obey him with explosive Brands. He sent them to hide in an abandoned subway station near the Monster Legion’s base, where they would await orders alongside other Ability User organizations.

• Xido led his underlings out to scout for food and encountered Andrew, who threw the gang members aside with Telekinesis.
• Xido attacked Andrew in his stone-covered form, but Andrew battered him with wrecked cars and lifted him into the sky until Xido surrendered.
• Andrew placed Explosion Brands on Xido and his underlings, demonstrated their power, and ordered the gang to follow his commands.
• Andrew gave Xido a map to the abandoned subway station and ordered the gang to hide there and await orders with other Ability User organizations.
• Andrew warned the gang that their Brands would explode after twenty-four hours unless he reset the timer, then ordered them to avoid or kill Monsters and gather supplies.