Chapter Summaries

Soldier Boy confronted Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s director, who revealed the company had arranged his betrayal and trapped him in a mental illusion. Soldier Boy seized control, defeated the director, and recovered his memories before the confrontation continued in the real world.

• The White-coated Man arrived with nine Ability Users and admitted Vought had helped Payback betray Soldier Boy because the company wanted to replace him with Homelander.
• The White-coated Man trapped Soldier Boy in a mental illusion while a mercury-based Ability User tried to destroy his body.
• Soldier Boy took control of the illusion, incapacitated the three Mental Ability Users, and overpowered the White-coated Man.
• When Soldier Boy found that the White-coated Man’s memories had been erased, he used time magic to restore them and sealed them for later inspection.
• In the real world, Black Noir and DL moved to help Soldier Boy while Nicky protected Madelyn; Soldier Boy then forced the mercury off his body, and it re-formed into a person.

Soldier Boy defeated the Ability Users at Vought Pharmaceutical Company and joined Grace’s group as they prepared to seize control of Vought International. As the group gathered, Soldier Boy offered Billy, Hughie, and Himiko ways to grow stronger, and Himiko agreed to become a Werewolf.

• Soldier Boy’s radiation disrupted the powers of the Ability Users, letting Black Noir and the others capture them while Soldier Boy protected Madelyn.
• Grace told Hughie that Vought Pharmaceutical Company needed to attack them so they could defeat it and take control of Vought International.
• Hughie’s bag of clothes teleported with the group, leading Billy and Himiko to tease him about having a special fetish.
• Billy asked Soldier Boy how to become stronger, accepted a temporary power-boosting sphere, and was promised a later experiment.
• Soldier Boy gave Hughie a power-boosting sphere and offered Himiko an improved Werewolf Potion; Himiko agreed to take it.

Grace asked Soldier Boy whether her borrowed abilities would allow her to have a child, while Stormfront learned that her powers had nearly vanished and prepared to attack Grace. Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s leaders ordered McGray to unleash their Ability Users and Ability Beasts against Madelyn and her allies before they could reach Vought International.

• Grace asked Soldier Boy about having a child, and he explained the risks of carrying one herself or using a surrogate before refusing to father the child.
• Stormfront learned that less than ten percent of her abilities remained and had a Female Ability User restore her strength at the cost of the woman’s energy.
• McGray and Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s five core executives learned that the Experiment Supervisor’s forces had been wiped out and that Madelyn would soon become a major shareholder.
• The executives ordered McGray to deploy every Ability User and Ability Beast to stop Madelyn, Grace, and their allies from reaching Vought International.
• McGray welcomed the order, and the executives discussed how their plans still depended on developing Perfect Compound Five.

Vought Pharmaceutical Company prepared to ambush Madelyn’s convoy, while Chthon warned a core executive that the company had misunderstood its true enemy. As Soldier Boy’s group reached the ambush site, Stormfront attacked Grace and giant Apes charged toward the convoy.

• McGray and Stormfront planned to ambush Madelyn and her allies on a suburban highway, while the meeting rejected requests for reinforcements and discussed deploying an experimental subject against Soldier Boy.
• Chthon warned a Vought Pharmaceutical Company executive that the authorities were only pawns and urged him to abandon the operation, but the executive refused.
• Soldier Boy led Madelyn’s convoy toward New York City as the President, Nathan, and others watched its progress; Andrew instructed Soldier Boy to limit his strength to Homelander’s level.
• Three icebergs suddenly attacked the convoy, but Soldier Boy threw one aside and Grace’s storms diverted the other two.
• Stormfront confronted Grace with lightning, while McGray ordered the ability beasts sent out and a pack of giant Apes charged toward the group.

Soldier Boy and his allies confronted Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s ability apes and more than two hundred Ability Users. After taking control of the apes and turning them against their handlers, Soldier Boy led Billy and Himiko into battle, where he blocked a barrage of attacks and swallowed the poisonous mist.

• Soldier Boy explained how Vought Pharmaceutical Company controlled the apes, then used his abilities to make them collapse and turn on their handlers.
• Soldier Boy sent Lai Ke into a lethal mental illusion, and McGray found the shock-device controller on Lai Ke’s body.
• McGray’s forces emerged from invisibility and split up, with half attacking the apes and the rest charging Soldier Boy, Billy, and Himiko.
• An enemy turned the ground into a swamp and attacked the trio, but Soldier Boy and Billy helped them escape.
• An ability suppressed the energy in Soldier Boy’s body, but he used his shield to block incoming attacks and inhaled the poisonous mist.

Soldier Boy, Billy, and Himiko overwhelmed McGray’s ability users during the battle, while observers recognized Soldier Boy’s growing value and power. The Losers Alliance and Vought Pharmaceutical Company prepared for the conflict to escalate, with Vought relying on an experimental subject designed to counter Soldier Boy.

• McGray ordered his forces to attack, but Billy used his enhanced strength and lasers to kill several ability users.
• Soldier Boy resisted suppression and control abilities, then charged through the attackers with devastating strength and heat.
• Himiko joined the fight in werewolf form, while Soldier Boy and Billy continued cutting down McGray’s forces.
• The president and military general resolved to recruit Soldier Boy, as the Losers Alliance discussed Andrew Wang’s role and Death said she had further strengthened Homelander.
• Chthon and Set planned to turn Vought Pharmaceutical Company into an ally after its defeat, while Vought’s executives decided to deploy an experimental subject built to counter Soldier Boy.

Vought Pharmaceutical Company released a self-aware test subject with the Blood Battle ability to fight Soldier Boy, hoping his healing and growing strength would turn the battle. Soldier Boy discovered the source of those abilities and sent Hughie to seize the company’s researchers and equipment, but McGray revealed the bald man had been prepared to resist being knocked unconscious.

• Vought executives ordered their people to leave Vought International, destroy its records, and prepare to blow up Vought Tower if the battle went against them.
• McGray ordered the release of a bald test subject, who broke out of his container, took an axe, and leaped toward the battlefield to kill Soldier Boy.
• Soldier Boy overwhelmed the bald man at first, but learned that every injury healed and increased the test subject’s strength.
• McGray explained that the bald man’s innate Blood Battle ability had been supplemented with other abilities by Vought Pharmaceutical Company.
• Soldier Boy told Hughie to capture the researchers and equipment, then tried to knock the bald man unconscious with a shield strike.
• The bald man immediately rose and attacked again, and McGray claimed that he was undefeated and could not be stopped that way.

Soldier Boy defeated McGray and the Ability Users, then led Billy and Himiko toward Vought Tower while Hughie handled the captured researchers and equipment. Nathan sent Newman to secure the battlefield and recruit surviving Ability Users, as the Military also moved to capture the escapees.

• Soldier Boy defeated the Female Ability User’s group with Poison Mist, suppressed the bald man’s self-destruction, and knocked him unconscious.
• McGray fled and called on nearby Ability Users to stop Soldier Boy, but Soldier Boy wiped McGray’s memories, killed him, and collected his soul with a Gem.
• A Vought executive ordered the New York Base destroyed and considered contacting the Mysterious Entity.
• Soldier Boy stopped pursuing fleeing Ability Users and told Hughie to teleport the researchers and cargo container to The Boys’ base before heading to Vought Tower with Billy and Himiko.
• Grace had captured Stormfront after her power ran out, and Madelyn celebrated Soldier Boy’s victory as a step toward becoming Vought International’s chairwoman.
• Nathan sent Newman to clear the battlefield and capture surviving Ability Users, while a Military general ordered troops to seize fleeing Ability Users dead or alive.

Andrew thwarted the Vought Pharmaceutical Company's attempts to erase its data and destroy Vought Tower, while Soldier Boy's side secured the building. The Vought Pharmaceutical Company turned to public negotiations and allied with Chthon after learning that the Director of S.W.O.R.D. was its true opponent.

• Andrew's young trainee and artificial intelligence hacked the Vought Pharmaceutical Company's servers, but its engineers disconnected the network before the data could be deleted.
• A-Train caught a second-rate superhero planting bombs in Vought Tower, removed the explosives, and pledged his loyalty to Soldier Boy.
• The Vought Pharmaceutical Company's executives abandoned their failed sabotage, planned to build a new superhero company, and sent one of their members to negotiate with the president.
• Chthon told a Vought Pharmaceutical Company executive that the Director of S.W.O.R.D. was their real enemy and offered an alliance in exchange for people as magical materials.
• The executive agreed to deepen cooperation with Chthon but declined his offer of youth and eternal life, saying the company could extend its members' lives itself.

Madelyn returned to Vought International and took control as the government and Vought Pharmaceutical Company began negotiating a settlement. Andrew questioned Stormfront about the company’s secrets, but she refused to cooperate unless he killed Grace.

• Chthon warned the Vought Pharmaceutical Company executives that his life-extension method had a ceiling, and they turned their attention to the Director of S.W.O.R.D. and making Homelander stronger.
• Madelyn arrived at Vought International with Stormfront and announced plans to convene a shareholders’ meeting, becoming the corporation’s new leader.
• A Vought Pharmaceutical Company executive and government officials agreed to resume negotiations in three days, with a tentative framework requiring Vought to sell its Vought International shares and hand over information.
• Nathan told Andrew that Vought Pharmaceutical Company had also agreed to establish a disaster-response company, while the military and government sought their own cooperation with it.
• Soldier Boy brought Stormfront to Andrew, who asked her about a Vought memory-wiping specialist; Stormfront demanded that Andrew kill Grace in exchange for insider information, and Andrew refused to accept her condition.

Andrew used a dream to make Stormfront reveal Vought Pharmaceutical Company's secrets, then captured her when the illusion collapsed. Meanwhile, Homelander escaped to Los Angeles with Stormfront, and Hunter prepared to leave Vought International with Homelander and his chosen allies.

• Andrew had Soldier Boy torture Stormfront, but Homelander broke into Vought Tower and rescued her before Andrew pulled them back with Space Lockdown.
• Homelander escaped with Stormfront after Andrew warned him about a compromising video, and Stormfront led him to Los Angeles Base.
• During a video call with Vought Pharmaceutical Company's executives, Stormfront revealed its headquarters, thirteen branch bases, more than ten thousand ability users, and plans involving ability beasts and mechanical ability users.
• Andrew revealed that Stormfront's escape and disclosures had occurred in a dream, then put her back to sleep and decided to imprison her while preserving her memories.
• Hunter told The Seven that Homelander's group would leave Vought International, while Translucent, the Middle Easterner, Kenji, and Cindy chose to follow Homelander.
• Starlight Annie refused to leave with Homelander, and Hunter turned to Homelander's assistant, Emily, to ask whether she would go.

Andrew and Soldier Boy arranged Vought International’s response to Stormfront’s exposure, using the scandal to reshape Homelander’s reputation and strengthen Soldier Boy’s public standing. As Vought’s former executives plotted to restore Homelander’s image, Homelander remained trapped in the Dream Realm, repeatedly dying through countless scenarios.

• Emily chose to remain at Vought International, and Annie offered her a position as her assistant on Soldier Boy’s team.
• Andrew left Vought International in Soldier Boy’s hands and instructed him to promote inexpensive mechanical organs in exchange for souls and intelligence.
• Andrew and Soldier Boy planned to release intimate photos of Homelander and Stormfront, claim Homelander had been deceived, and announce Stormfront’s death and Homelander’s injury.
• Madelyn held a press conference, apologized for Vought International’s role in Stormfront’s rise, and announced that Soldier Boy and Homelander had killed her.
• Vought Pharmaceutical Company’s executives accepted Stormfront’s death, planned to negotiate over Homelander’s contract, and vowed to rehabilitate his image.
• Homelander continued suffering repeated deaths in the Dream Realm, including in scenarios where he was a child, a reporter, and a Black man.

Death completed her two-month modification of Homelander, raising his potential and deepening his understanding of death, but Wade’s meddling left him with several conflicting personalities. Death restored Homelander’s personality to its former state while preserving his mastery of Death Divine Power.

• Wade entered Death’s Dream Realm and tampered with Homelander’s Reincarnations, leaving Death unable to inspect them.
• Death modified Homelander’s body, potential, memories, and grasp of Death Divine Power over two months.
• Homelander woke and learned that Stormfront had died and Vought International had fallen under Madelyn’s control.
• Homelander cycled through conflicting personalities, including a self-doubting human, an arrogant god, and several identities Wade had introduced.
• Death joined Chthon and Set to restore Homelander’s former personality while keeping his understanding of death.

Homelander woke from the Dream Realm and agreed to join Future Group after learning that Soldier Boy had surpassed him in popularity and formed the Avengers. At Vought International, Soldier Boy prepared for the rivalry with Homelander while the team discussed Bald Warrior, mechanical-organ research, and their upcoming projects.

• Homelander learned that he had been unconscious for two months, had fallen to third place in popularity, and was no longer with Vought International.
• Death told Homelander about Soldier Boy's Avengers team and Future Group, and Homelander agreed to sign with Future Group if they got him into the headlines.
• Soldier Boy told his team that the real Homelander had awakened and that they would now be in direct competition with Future Group.
• Bald Warrior asked whether he and Soldier Boy could kill Homelander, and Soldier Boy explained that Homelander's ability to fly would make that difficult.
• Soldier Boy asked Emily about research into mechanical prosthetics and organs, while Emily reminded him to film The Boys: Final Chapter.

Homelander agreed to film Vought International’s movie and took charge of investigating an attack on a joint laboratory. James Martin arranged publicity for him and sent The Seven to investigate, while Soldier Boy hoped to meet Homelander and see whether his personality had changed.

• Soldier Boy agreed to have the real Homelander film the movie and said he wanted to meet him, while Emily worried they might fight.
• James Martin arranged a publicity campaign for Homelander, who demanded that The Deep eventually leave The Seven and asked when Vought Pharmaceutical Company could enhance him.
• James told Homelander he had to film The Boys: Final Chapter to address public anger over his relationship with Stormfront and explain his injuries, and Homelander agreed.
• James informed Homelander that a laboratory researching the Werewolf Project had been attacked, and Homelander agreed to take The Seven to investigate.
• Homelander met The Seven, learned Translucent was training to improve his strength, and warned The Deep that he would be removed if he failed to grow stronger.

Homelander investigated a raid on a military laboratory studying werewolves and discovered clues suggesting the attackers were native werewolves. As The Seven and Vought searched for them, Serena arrived at a vampire gathering asking for Kraven.

• The Deep promised to become stronger to keep his place in The Seven, while Andrew began fusing Translucent with the Synchronized Ability.
• The Artificial Intelligence alerted Andrew that a monitored werewolf laboratory had been attacked, but Andrew stayed to finish Translucent’s procedure.
• Homelander found wolf hairs and wolf blood at the ransacked laboratory, and the military representative suspected the attackers were werewolves.
• Homelander went to search New York for the werewolves, while Hunter called James to send Vought Pharmaceutical Company investigators.
• Serena arrived at a vampire villa and demanded to know where Kraven was.

Serena's memories and powers fused with Anna's, leading her to hunt the Werewolves while Andrew sensed Anna's aura in the Main World. Meanwhile, Lucien prepared to capture Serena and planned to use Michael's blood and Emilia's blood to combine Werewolf and Vampire bloodlines in his bid to kill Victor.

• Serena warned Kraven that Werewolves had raided a Military laboratory, but he refused to mobilize the Vampires because Emilia was arriving and Victor was nearing his awakening.
• After Serena left, Kraven revealed that he had secretly allied with Lucien and called him to demand an explanation, then learned Serena was heading for the Werewolves.
• Serena dreamed she was Princess Anna, woke as her memories and powers merged with Anna's, and set out alone to attack the Werewolves.
• Andrew sensed Anna's aura after returning to the Main World and decided to find her.
• Lucien ordered Raz to capture Serena and learned that Michael's blood could fuse Werewolf and Vampire bloodlines; he planned to use Emilia's blood and the resulting power against Victor.

Lucien’s werewolves used Compound Five to awaken powers, and Lucien gained Steel Body as he prepared to target Emilia and Serena. Andrew met Serena, learned she had fused with Anna, and set out with her to investigate whether Werewolves had really killed her family.

• A werewolf scientist told Lucien that Compound Five worked well on werewolves, and Lucien ordered the remaining vials injected into himself and fourteen others.
• Lucien awakened Steel Body and ordered Tessie to capture Emilia for her blood while Raz prepared to capture Serena and lure out Kraven.
• Andrew met Serena and discovered she had fused with Anna, whose original self had disappeared from the Van Helsing world.
• Serena explained her plan to avenge her family and stop the Werewolves, and Andrew told her that Werewolves had not killed her family.
• Serena agreed to find the imprisoned historian Terris with Andrew and learn the truth, while Andrew ordered Soldier Boy to prepare for possible trouble in New York.

Soldier Boy and Van Helsing interrupted the Werewolves’ attack on Emilia’s train, where the Werewolves revealed that Lucien was alive and their clan had secretly grown powerful. Soldier Boy chased down the Werewolf carrying Emilia, but dropped her after catching her, leaving her furious.

• Andrew asked Soldier Boy to bring Van Helsing along to deal with Werewolves.
• The Werewolves attacked Emilia’s train with Abilities and ultraviolet bullets, killing her guards and forcing her to surrender.
• Tessie told Emilia that the Werewolves served Lucien, who had faked his death and led them in secret for centuries.
• Soldier Boy and Van Helsing confronted the Werewolves as they escorted Emilia away, and Tessie’s group charged them while another Werewolf fled with Emilia.
• Soldier Boy chased the fleeing Werewolf, struck him with his shield, and caught Emilia as she fell before abruptly dropping her to the ground.

Soldier Boy, Van Helsing, and Homelander confronted Tessie and the Werewolves, whose escape was crushed by Homelander. Homelander took the captured Werewolves away under an agreement with Soldier Boy, while Wade’s unexpected arrival ended their standoff.

• Soldier Boy rescued Emilia and mocked her as Van Helsing used Carl’s Silver Nitrate bolts to kill several Werewolves.
• Tessie melted Van Helsing’s crossbow, but Homelander arrived and joined Soldier Boy as their confrontation threatened to erupt into a fight.
• Wade appeared beside Van Helsing, and Death advised Homelander that he could not kill Soldier Boy and should take the Werewolves instead.
• Homelander fought Tessie and the other Werewolves, defeating them all in less than twenty seconds.
• Homelander flew away with the captured Werewolves, while Soldier Boy reminded him to appear in a movie together.