Chapter Summaries

Andrew pressured Serpent God Set to become his undercover agent by offering to spare Set’s Origin Universe and threatening to erase him if he refused. He revealed that the Poison Serpent Crown could prevent Set from betraying him, and left Set to choose between joining him and risking elimination.

• Andrew asked Serpent God Set to become his undercover agent and argued that his odds of winning the wager were better than those of Set’s alliance.
• Set questioned whether Andrew could trust him, and Andrew recalled their feud over the Poison Serpent Crown.
• Andrew explained that the crown contained Set’s flesh and blood and was essentially part of Set’s body.
• Andrew offered to fuse Set’s avatar with the Poison Serpent Crown so that he could sense and punish any betrayal.
• Andrew revealed that he had hidden the Poison Serpent Crown as a trump card and demanded that Set choose whether to join him or gamble on defeating him.

Andrew forced Serpent God Set to become his undercover agent and used her apparent escape to expose Chthon and Death’s soul-harvesting scheme. Chthon, Death, and Set escaped after Andrew disrupted their plan, while Set secretly remained loyal to Andrew.

• Set agreed to serve as Andrew’s undercover agent in exchange for the return of the Poison Serpent Crown and a contract protecting her Origin Universe.
• Andrew prepared Set to escape after a staged attack, then followed her trail to Chthon and Death’s Dream Realm operation.
• Set warned Chthon and Death that Andrew was coming, but Andrew controlled the Dream Infiltration Ability user and attacked the chapel with a satellite weapon.
• Chthon sacrificed the townspeople’s souls to shield the chapel, and Death led the trio through a death passage as Set destabilized the Dream Realm.
• Andrew stabilized the collapsing Dream Realm instead of pursuing them, and Chthon, Death, and Set escaped after losing Divine Power and failing to harvest souls.
• Chthon and Death planned to switch to smaller operations, while Set secretly recognized that she was now working against them for Andrew.

Andrew ended the Dream Realm crisis, rescued millions of people across Europe, and gained their souls and the Serpent God Set as an undercover ally. After paying Cobb’s team and sending Adrian to the Wasteland World for training, he prepared to tally his gains.

• Andrew appeared above the thirteen cities and told the trapped people to repeat a prayer of faith in him to leave the Dream Realm, while allowing skeptics to remain behind.
• Most of the people repeated Andrew’s words, vanished in streaks of white light, and later awoke with no memory of the nightmare; Andrew erased the thirteen believers, collapsed the Dream World, and devoured the Dream Infiltration Ability user’s ability.
• More than a million Europeans woke and thanked the Director of S.W.O.R.D., pushing Andrew ahead of Homelander in the headlines; Homelander raged, while Death refused to help him.
• Andrew paid Cobb, Eames, the Potioneer, and the others five million dollars each, told Cobb his arrest warrant would be handled, and sent Adrian to the Wasteland World to test her before awakening her ability.
• Andrew ordered the group to keep their work with him secret, then counted his rewards, including Europe’s favor, millions of souls, and Serpent God Set as a mole for the final battle.

Nathan brought Senator Newman to meet Andrew, who revealed that she was a metahuman working for Edgar. Newman confessed to her past actions and offered to serve Andrew, hoping to escape Edgar’s control and protect her daughter.

• Nathan spoke with Director Thomson about Cobb’s arrest and promised that Cobb’s team would not steal dreams domestically.
• Newman asked Nathan to authorize an investigation of a washed-up Vought superhero and reported that investigators had found no useful leads about the Director of S.W.O.R.D.
• Andrew told Nathan that Newman was a metahuman and worked for Edgar, then arranged for Nathan to bring her to an empty warehouse.
• Andrew confronted Newman, and she revealed that her ability could make a target’s head explode and that she had killed five of Edgar’s competitors.
• Newman explained that she wanted to free herself from Edgar and protect her daughter, then offered to tell Andrew everything she knew about him.

Andrew recruited Newman to serve as his ally inside the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, and she revealed the Congregation Church as a possible source of information on Vought Pharmaceutical Company. Meanwhile, Adam and Priest’s team arrived in Los Angeles to investigate the destroyed divisions and locate a dangerous virus, planning to approach Nathan first and avoid provoking Andrew.

• Andrew bound Newman with a Magic Mark and promised she would become director of the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau after Nathan became president.
• Newman offered evidence against Edgar and identified the Congregation Church as a potential route to information about Vought Pharmaceutical Company.
• Andrew ordered Nathan to have The Boys investigate the Congregation Church, then left Newman in Nathan’s care.
• Adam met Priest and his team at the Los Angeles docks, where Priest explained their mission to investigate the destroyed Americas and Japan divisions and find a deadly virus.
• Priest identified Nathan and Andrew as suspects, alarming the team, and said they would question Nathan first while avoiding Andrew.

Adam sought the Molecular Formula Virus to destroy humanity while Priest's group searched for it and confronted Vice President Nathan about his ties to the organization. Peter rescued Nathan from the attack, but Priest injected a power-enhancing potion and escaped with his allies.

• Adam revealed that he wanted the virus to wipe out humanity and continued searching for it with Priest's help.
• Priest confronted Nathan at his home and threatened to expose his connection to the organization and target his family.
• Peter arrived to protect Nathan and fought Priest and the other Ability Users, using several abilities to defeat some of them.
• Priest injected a potion that enhanced his abilities and attacked Peter, but Nathan told Peter to turn invisible as Secret Service agents entered.
• Shadow Man pulled Priest and the surviving Ability Users into the shadows to escape, and Nathan moved with his wife to a safe house.
• After the agents left, Peter reappeared and asked Nathan what had happened.

Nathan and Peter pursued the European Headquarters agents while Andrew and Annie encountered a new world ruled by a Time Demon God. Andrew entered it with Annie as New Yorkers, including Adam and Priest, were swept inside, while the Losers Alliance chose to stay back and gather souls.

• Nathan told Peter that European Headquarters agents had come seeking information about the division and asked him to track them down and investigate their stronger abilities.
• Priest and his companions took refuge at Adam's base, where Adam agreed to help find the virus before headquarters blamed them.
• Chthon, Set, Death, and Shuma sealed off the space around the Ability Universe, but Andrew remained confident he could still observe the Fusion World.
• Annie told Andrew that Homelander had become increasingly volatile, A-Train had joined Soldier Boy's team, and she was considering leaving Vought International for the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
• A blurry mirage revealed a modern city ruled by a Time Demon God, and Andrew entered the New World with Annie as it pulled in large numbers of New Yorkers.
• Adam, Priest, and their companions were swept into the New World with the virus, while the Losers Alliance decided to avoid the danger and harvest souls elsewhere.

Andrew and Annie entered a world where time was both currency and lifespan, and learned that a Demon God was behind their arrival. After selling a diamond for time in the Slums, Andrew planned to stay unnoticed while finding a way to defeat her and save the New Yorkers.

• New Yorkers discovered that their watches gave them only three days to live, and Andrew recognized the world as one governed by the Time Rule.
• Men in white suits introduced themselves as servants of time, explained the rules, and killed a man who interrupted them.
• Iron Hand tried to protect the crowd but was slowed by the captain and shot dead.
• Andrew told Annie they needed to sell their belongings quickly, then revealed telepathically that they would hide their identities from the Demon God.
• Andrew and Annie reached the Slums, where Andrew sold a diamond for thirteen days of time and stopped Annie from selling her own belongings.

Andrew investigated the time-based world while Adam and Priest’s group tried to survive until the Director of S.W.O.R.D. arrived. In New York, the crisis continued to overwhelm authorities, and Will and Sarah struggled with rising prices in the Slums.

• Andrew tested the Time Watch’s transfer function with Annie, then rented a cheap room and began hacking the local network to search for the world’s protagonist.
• Adam learned he had only three days left to live and welcomed the prospect, while Priest’s group planned to earn time and wait for a way out.
• Adam decided he needed to obtain the virus before the Director of S.W.O.R.D. arrived, as the eye within his soul neared opening.
• New York’s authorities and rescue teams remained unable to enter the city, while Nathan and Newman hoped the Director of S.W.O.R.D. would save everyone.
• Homelander grew jealous of the Director of S.W.O.R.D.’s popularity, and Death revealed that their alliance had informed the Time Demon God that he was in the other world.
• Will and Sarah worried that an influx of New Yorkers had driven up prices and threatened their ability to afford rent and necessities.

Andrew watched Will struggle to survive in the Slums, then used his Substitution Technique to take Will’s identity and gain access to the Rich District. After arranging for Sarah to survive and inherit Will’s hundred years of time, Andrew planned to explore the wealthy part of the city.

• Will gave his bread to a homeless girl who believed Andrew Wang, the wanted Director of S.W.O.R.D., would save the New Yorkers.
• Andrew and Annie discussed how the Time Demon God and the capitalists used prices and poverty to force the Slums’ residents to struggle for time.
• A wealthy man gave Will his hundred years of time after Will helped him escape robbers, then the man jumped from a bridge and died.
• Will returned to Sarah, but she collapsed as her time ran out; Andrew appeared to Will and offered to restore her in exchange for everything he possessed.
• Andrew replaced Will, secretly saving Sarah from an apparent death that he had arranged to fool the Time Demon God, and showed Sarah his hundred years of time.
• Andrew told Sarah he wanted to visit the Rich District, and she warned him to keep their new wealth secret from the people of the Slums.

Andrew left Sarah in a hotel under Annie’s watch, then traveled to the First Time Zone to approach Sylvia Weiss. Meanwhile, Adam became an avatar of a multiversal entity and turned his fellow ability users into followers as the Time Guardian Bureau investigated the sudden transfer of a hundred years to the Slums.

• Andrew told Sarah to stay home with a year of time, left her with Annie, and arranged a ride to the Rich District.
• Adam’s soul eye fused with him, and he attacked Priest, Lightning Girl, and the rest of the team before making them his followers and taking the virus container.
• Adam ordered his followers to capture solitary people and refine a magic potion into a chaos lethal virus.
• Time Guardian Raymond learned that a hundred years had appeared in the Thirteen Time Zones and ordered an investigation into the transfer from District One.
• Andrew traveled to the First Time Zone, paid for breakfast, and approached Sylvia Weiss with an offer to go to a nearby hotel.
• Sylvia’s bodyguard reached for his gun as Sylvia reacted with shock and excitement to Andrew’s blunt proposal.

Andrew used Sylvia’s interest in him to explore District One and entered a casino despite her warning that he could lose his time. He won repeatedly at roulette, leaving the casino with more than a thousand years of time and Sylvia growing closer to him.

• Andrew introduced himself to Sylvia as Will, and she skipped her book club to guide him around District One.
• Sylvia showed Andrew the Rich District, shared gossip about its wealthy residents, and became increasingly comfortable with his flirtation and touch.
• Andrew persuaded Sylvia to enter a casino with him, where he paid a year of time for admission while her bodyguard waited outside.
• Andrew bet fifty years on thirteen at roulette and won five hundred and fifty years, prompting Sylvia to kiss him.
• Andrew continued moving from table to table with Sylvia, and his time balance eventually exceeded a thousand years.

Andrew used Protagonist's Luck to win repeatedly at the casino, drawing the attention of Sylvia's father, Philip, and the Time Variance Authority. As Raymond's team arrived to arrest him for suspected time theft, Sylvia defended Andrew while Philip watched.

• Andrew won a Texas Hold'em hand against Philip with a Straight Flush, raising his time to over two thousand years.
• Andrew continued winning more than ten rounds, while Philip ordered an investigation into his background and summoned the Time Variance Authority.
• Raymond received Philip's report, collected his daily time allowance, and led the Authority to the casino.
• Raymond accused Andrew of robbing time and ordered him to cooperate with an investigation.
• Sylvia defended Andrew, but Philip's bodyguards pulled her behind him as the casino's wealthy Players watched.

Andrew seized control of a casino in the Rich District, exposing how its wealthy patrons exploited the Slums and forcing them to reveal their role in killing residents through price manipulation. The Time Demon God observed the upheaval but ignored it as part of Fate, leaving Andrew to continue his plan.

• Raymond ordered Will and another Time Variance Authority member to arrest Andrew, but Andrew disarmed them, shot the guards and officers who resisted, and sealed the casino exits with explosives.
• Andrew threatened the wealthy patrons, shot a man who challenged him, and made the captives tie one another up, including Sylvia.
• Andrew said he wanted equality for the Slums, then drained Philip's time to one minute; Philip begged for his life and offered Sylvia and his wife, so Andrew restored him to one hour.
• Andrew confronted Rolliya, the Lolia Factory Owner, and forced him to explain how the rich manipulated prices to reduce the Slums' population and conserve resources.
• Sylvia condemned Philip after learning the truth, while Philip defended exploiting Slum residents as necessary management; Andrew collected time from the wealthy until his arm reached its limit and began using a Time Storage Device.
• The Time Demon God noticed the casino incident but chose not to intervene because she considered it part of Fate.

Andrew held the wealthy hostages at the casino, threatened the police, and forced them to bring him money while the Time Demon God focused on her plans elsewhere. After police money-collection teams turned on one another over the wealth, Andrew broadcast an invitation for the public to search for it, leaving the world stirred by greed.

• The Time Demon God stopped watching the casino and focused on drawing New Yorkers into her world and finding the Director of S.W.O.R.D., while Andrew continued collecting time.
• Andrew blew up Sylvia's car, threatened the police with hostages and bombs, and persuaded the wealthy captives to summon their savings.
• Andrew explained to Sylvia that the Time Variance Authority would have reclaimed his time and sent him back to the Slums, while the police chief arranged for officers to collect the money.
• A driver killed the two officers accompanying him and escaped with Rolliya's Time Storage Device, while most other money-collection teams also vanished with the cash.
• Andrew had a reporter approach the casino and announced through the microphone that anyone could keep whatever wealth they found.

Andrew triggered widespread unrest by exploiting the wealthy hostages’ promises and exposing the rich people’s manipulation of prices, while Adam spread a magical virus that intensified the chaos. After receiving the police’s Time Storage Devices, Andrew consolidated the time, and Sylvia warned Will that it would not help him escape.

• The wealthy hostages publicly promised to give their time to anyone who found it, prompting people across the city to hunt for fleeing officers, while a bullet killed the police chief.
• Annie protected Will’s mother, Sarah, by knocking her unconscious, while Adam mixed a human-based potion with a virus and released it into the air to spread chaos.
• Andrew broadcast footage in the Slums exposing the wealthy people’s manipulation of prices, driving the poor residents to arm themselves and confront the rich.
• Adam’s virus fueled violent clashes across the time zones, increasing his power and that of Priest and the others.
• A police officer disguised as a civilian delivered the Time Storage Devices, but Andrew knocked him down, tied him up, and consolidated the time into one device.
• Sylvia told Will that the time he had obtained was useless because he had no way to leave.

Andrew learned that the Time Demon God's system turned stolen lifespans into transferable data time, then waited for the world to descend into chaos so he could collect more time. Eye Demon Shuma's virus unleashed chaos monsters across the Slums and the Time Zones, and the Time Demon God's forces moved to stop them.

• Andrew finished analyzing the Time Demon God's data-time system and secretly made the Time Storage Device his own.
• A crippled hotel proprietress transformed into a chaos monster, infected a thief, and the pair spread the virus through the hotel.
• Annie fought off the infected, discovered chaos monsters were spreading through the Slums, and warned Andrew before heading for the First Time Zone with Sarah.
• Andrew recognized Eye Demon Shuma behind the outbreak, told Annie he would save the New Yorkers later, and deployed Mechanical Spiders while he focused on collecting time.
• The Time Demon God sent Time Servants to stop the monsters at the Eleventh Time Zone, where a white-suited captain ordered his group to open fire.

Adam unleashed Chaos Monsters across the Time Zones while Andrew used Mechanical Spiders to steal time from the First Time Zone’s wealthy. As Andrew escaped the casino with Sylvia, the Time Demon God confronted Adam, mistaking him for a Chaos Demon God.

• The white-suited Captain discovered the Chaos Monsters’ weakness, but Shadow Man killed him and helped the monsters overwhelm the Time Servants.
• Adam sent Shadow Man to spread the Chaos Monsters through successive Time Zones and supplied him with energy by draining the monsters.
• Andrew directed Mechanical Spiders to harvest time and Time Storage Devices from the First Time Zone while the Time Demon God focused on containing the chaos.
• Andrew untied Sylvia and escaped the casino with her as Chaos Monsters attacked the people left behind.
• The Time Demon God attacked Adam with a meteor and time-stopping technique, but Adam countered her and challenged her to fight.
• The Time Demon God appeared before Adam and demanded that he leave her world, mistaking him for a Chaos Demon God.

Adam transformed into an avatar of Eye Demon Shuma and fought the Time Demon God, corrupting her through the Chaos Monster virus. She trapped him in a Time Cage and reversed his transformation, but Adam died after leaving behind the chaos lethal virus; the Time Demon God sealed it away.

• Adam healed after the Time Demon God disintegrated him, then drew power from the Chaos Monsters and transformed into a gigantic, tentacled eyeball.
• Adam's flesh corrupted the Time Demon God, and the two fought as his chaos power interfered with her control of time.
• The Time Demon God drew on world power, sealed her corrupted avatar, and trapped Adam in a Time Cage.
• The Time Demon God reversed Adam's transformation and stopped him from summoning the Chaos Monsters' souls by severing time around them.
• Adam refused to surrender and died after leaving the chaos lethal virus behind as a final gift.
• The Time Demon God sealed the green eye containing the virus, intending to keep it as a possible weapon.

Andrew defeated the Time Demon God by overpowering her control of time, cutting off her access to World Power, and trapping her in a black hole. As she faced destruction, he secretly offered to accept her surrender if she helped him defeat an enemy who was expected to attack next.

• Andrew appeared beside the Time Cage, took the Chaos Lethal Virus, and offered the Time Demon God a choice between submission and death.
• The Time Demon God attacked at extreme speed, but Andrew matched her and beat her using her own Power of Time.
• Andrew disrupted her body with chaotic time, resisted her Time Reversal, and caused her World Power to collapse by drawing on hatred gathered in three future Timelines.
• When the Time Demon God tried to sacrifice souls for her strongest attack, Andrew blocked her briefly and used a Black Hole Cannon to consume her body.
• As the Time Demon God begged for mercy, Andrew privately told her to pretend to surrender and help him ambush an enemy who would attack him next.