Chapter Summaries

Andrew spread nightmares of the coming Zerg invasion to prepare the public and gather Fear Force, while Thanos and Xik arrived on Earth to disrupt his plans. The world descended into chaos as governments tried to calm people, and the two invaders split up to arrange assaults from space and Hell.

• A teenager believed the nightmare predicting the End Times and discovered that people around the world had experienced the same vision, prompting panic, looting, and violence, especially in Gotham.
• Batman confronted Andrew about the chaos, and Andrew explained that he wanted to prepare the public for the invasion and collect Fear Force.
• Xik and Thanos arrived on Earth, learned that superheroes and supervillains were gathering in Gotham, and discussed how Andrew might be using the seven days before the invasion.
• Thanos concluded that Andrew's announcement concealed a larger plan and sent Xik into space to find Darkseid while he searched for a way to open the Gate of Hell.

Andrew recruited Scumbag Kang to use Free Magic and manipulate Hell’s Demon Kings into preventing an invasion of Earth. He sent Constantine directly to Hell, where the demons quickly surrounded him, while Andrew prepared for the coming Zerg and Darkseid threat.

• Andrew learned from Scumbag Kang that Satan and Gabriel were absent from this universe, then warned him that his smoking might leave him with only a month to live.
• Andrew explained that future-returned Zerg forces might ally with Hell’s Demon Kings and aliens, and asked Scumbag Kang to help stop Hell from invading Earth.
• Andrew taught Scumbag Kang Free Magic and laid out a plan for him to gain Hell Will’s trust and influence the Demon Kings in exchange for a chance at long life.
• Andrew sent Scumbag Kang to Hell and prepared three Mother Boxes to ambush the Zerg and Darkseid if they opened a space channel to Earth.
• Catwoman returned to Wayne Manor after confirming her criminal record had been erased, and she fed Andrew fruit while teasing him.
• Scumbag Kang arrived in Hell without knowing how to return, and a crowd of Demons recognized and surrounded him.

Scumbag Kang tricked Trigon into signing a Contract that gave him access to Trigon’s magic power in exchange for opening the Gate of Hell during the coming Zerg apocalypse. Afterward, Andrew told Scumbag Kang to recruit more Demon Kings, while Scumbag Kang worried about how to handle their conflicting magic powers.

• A Flame Demon and other demons confronted Scumbag Kang, but Trigon crushed them before they could attack him.
• Scumbag Kang persuaded Trigon that the Zerg would invade Earth in six days and threaten Raven, then showed him his dream of the invasion.
• Scumbag Kang proposed a Contract that gave him Trigon’s magic power in exchange for opening the Gate of Hell on the day of the apocalypse.
• Trigon signed the Contract and told Scumbag Kang to locate Raven, while Andrew warned him to expect trouble if he celebrated too soon.
• Andrew urged Scumbag Kang to approach more Demon Kings, and Scumbag Kang asked how he could manage their conflicting magic powers.

Andrew made Scumbag Kang his Subordinate God by installing a Conversion Device in his Sea of Magic, then sent him to recruit Demon Kings and collect World's Favor. As Doomsday approached, Cheetah and Zatanna sought Andrew out for personal reasons, leaving Catwoman irritated by his many admirers.

• Andrew offered Scumbag Kang a shortcut to converting magic power in exchange for becoming his Subordinate God, and Scumbag Kang accepted.
• Andrew installed the Conversion Device in Scumbag Kang's Sea of Magic and ordered him to make Contracts with more Demon Kings and collect World's Favor.
• Cheetah tried to speak privately with Andrew about Diana, but he sent her back to training until after Doomsday.
• Game Cheetah urged Cheetah to seduce Andrew, while Game Zatanna pushed Zatanna to pursue him after Zatanna asked him to save her father.
• Catwoman glared at Andrew as more women came to see him, and Andrew insisted his popularity was not his fault.

Thanos arranged for Demon Kings to invade Earth, but Golden Demon King and his allies trapped him by sabotaging the Space Channel. Meanwhile, Xik secured Darkseid’s help and prepared a Teleportation array, though he learned Thanos was stuck.

• Thanos gathered believers and sacrifices to activate a New York Altar, then persuaded Golden Demon King to plan an invasion of Earth.
• Scumbag Kang warned Golden Demon King that Thanos was using the Demons as cannon fodder, so Golden Demon King agreed to delay the invasion and trap Thanos.
• Thanos and three Demon Kings began opening the Gate of Hell, but the Space Channel collapsed and left them maintaining it for two or three days.
• Andrew confirmed Thanos had been delayed and learned that Xik had persuaded Darkseid to cooperate by promising a Teleportation channel and a fight with Superman.
• Xik learned from Thanos that the Demons had trapped him and privately complained that Thanos was relying on him to handle the Zerg plans.

Andrew announced that the Zerg would arrive in three days and prepared to give humanity temporary Abilities through a global rain. As the rockets counted down, Thanos tried to enlist the Demon Kings in an early attack, while Andrew instructed Scumbag Kang to encourage their cooperation.

• Andrew revealed that the Zerg would invade Earth in three days and announced a plan to spread Ability Potions and Human Enhancement Potion around the globe using nine rockets.
• People chose whether to go outside and receive Abilities or stay indoors, while Thanos urged Xik to finish the Teleportation array and bring Apokolips to Earth.
• Thanos persuaded the Golden Demon King to consider sending Demons against humans before they had mastered their Abilities, promising the Demons the human souls.
• The Golden Demon King asked Scumbag Kang to assess Thanos's proposal, and Andrew told Scumbag Kang to advise cooperation because he had prepared for the attack.
• Scumbag Kang advised the Golden Demon King to demand greater benefits from Thanos before sending Demons into battle.

Thanos and the Golden Demon King signed a contract for the demons to aid him, while Andrew prepared for the coming war and watched people awaken abilities in the rain. The chapter ended with new ability users fighting in Gotham as Andrew and Wonder Woman observed.

• The Golden Demon King negotiated with Thanos over the demon army, and Thanos signed a contract after checking it for traps.
• Andrew explained that the demon army would not arrive until the teleportation array on Apokolips was complete, then told the superheroes to prepare for war and fuse with game characters.
• Andrew kept Wonder Woman behind, assigning her to handle Darkseid while he controlled the Game Space, then took her shopping in Gotham.
• People across the world gathered in the rain hoping to awaken abilities, and a Gotham man awakened Toad Form.
• A young man awakened Diamond Body and boasted about his power, prompting other ability users to attack him and setting off a street fight.
• Wonder Woman asked Andrew to stop the fighting, but Andrew let it continue because nobody had died.

Andrew trapped Darkseid’s invading forces and the Demon Army inside the virtual world, turning the invasion into a battle for Earth’s Ability Users. Wonder Woman fought Darkseid as Xik attacked the heroes, and Batman prepared to face him with Game Batman’s Hell Armor.

• Andrew and Wonder Woman sensed Darkseid’s forces arriving, and Andrew merged three Mother Boxes with the virtual world.
• Xik used the teleportation array to send Darkseid’s army to Earth while the Golden Demon King sent the Demon Army through a branch of the space channel.
• The attackers appeared together in a desert inside the virtual world, where Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batman, and other heroes confronted them.
• Andrew teleported Earth’s Ability Users into the virtual world, announced the battle and its safety rules, and urged countries to organize their fighters.
• Thanos and Xik realized Andrew had turned the invasion into combat training, while the Golden Demon King refused to help repair the space channel.
• Wonder Woman fought Darkseid as Xik attacked the heroes, and Game Batman merged with Batman to form the Hell Armor.

Andrew used the virtual battle to train superheroes and human ability users as they fought Xik, Steppenwolf, and the invading forces. The humans held off the enemy’s first assault while Alice supported their commanders with data and suggestions.

• Batman absorbed Xik’s telekinetic storm with his Hell Armor, and the superheroes combined their attacks to keep Xik from teleporting and drive him back.
• Andrew let the superheroes gang up on Xik so they could build resonance with their game counterparts and grow stronger for the coming battle.
• Steppenwolf ordered the Apokoliptian forces and space pirates to attack, prompting the human commander to send ability users and soldiers into the fight.
• Harley Quinn charged Steppenwolf, and the villains joined the attack; Two-Face used fate magic to restrain him, while Catwoman wounded his face.
• Andrew used Encouragement Magic to rally the human fighters, and he instructed Alice to support the commanders with battlefield data without taking control from them.

With Alice’s help, the humans organized their forces and used the demons and Parademons as combat training, while Thanos tried to rally the Demon Kings against the Mechanical Demon King. Xik suddenly began an apparent self-destruction, leaving Batman studying data that showed a real energy surge.

• Alice helped organize the human army, allowing it to suppress the demons and Parademons as the Ability Users grew stronger in battle.
• Thanos warned Xik that the superheroes were improving because the Mechanical Demon King was helping them fuse with their game characters, and told him to rescue Darkseid and Steppenwolf.
• Thanos urged the Demon Kings to recruit allies, but the Mechanical Demon King kept the space channel open and split its teleportation area across ten locations to send demons into the virtual space.
• The Golden Demon King asked Scumbag Kang for advice, then sent him to recruit Demon Kings who had previously signed contracts with him.
• Under Andrew’s instructions, the authorities rotated Ability Users through battle training while Xik swelled and shouted that they should die together.
• Everyone except Batman retreated as Xik’s energy surged; Batman stayed behind to examine data indicating that the reaction was real.

Xik and Darkseid retreated from Earth after their forces were overwhelmed, leaving their army behind while Andrew and Wonder Woman let the remaining heroes and villains continue the battle. In the aftermath, Xik and Darkseid prepared for the final battle in two days by planning Kryptonian Robots and a dangerous gene fusion for Steppenwolf.

• Xik used his clone’s self-destruction to cover his escape, freed Steppenwolf from the battle, and fled through Darkseid’s Space Rift as Wonder Woman shattered her iceberg prison.
• Wonder Woman nearly captured Steppenwolf with the Lasso of Truth, but Darkseid broke it with an Omega Beam and pulled Steppenwolf through the closing Space Rift.
• Andrew and Wonder Woman left the remaining fighters to battle the abandoned Apokolips forces while Wonder Woman absorbed War Power and Andrew analyzed the combatants’ Abilities.
• Darkseid confronted Xik about the defeat, then agreed to ally with the Zerg against the Mechanical Demon King and humanity, while insisting that Apokolips would not be a supporting force.
• Thanos sent Xik the Kryptonian Gene, and Xik proposed using Time Acceleration to produce Kryptonian Robots before the final battle.
• Darkseid ordered Steppenwolf to fuse directly with the Kryptonian Gene to gain Skyfather-level power, and Steppenwolf willingly accepted.

Thanos gave Xik a way to help Darkseid research Zerg and Kryptonian genes, then freed a fragment of Joker’s consciousness into a Kryptonian dog to sow chaos. As Andrew prepared to draw out the Zerg Overlord, Joker found Western leaders secretly building a faster-than-light escape ship and decided to disrupt their plans.

• Thanos persuaded Xik to give Darkseid his genes, and Darkseid began researching them with Apokolips’s scientists.
• Thanos transferred a fragment of Joker’s consciousness into a Kryptonian dog and told him about the Savior and the coming war.
• Andrew told Wonder Woman that he feared the Zerg Overlord might flee, so he planned to make it believe it could win and lure it into attacking Earth.
• Joker found Harley Quinn at Wayne Manor, then took her to a secret military base in Mexico where Western leaders were assembling an escape ship.
• Joker learned that the ship used Superman’s spacecraft as its power source, but he believed the Zerg would still catch it.

Andrew prepared for the final battle while the Zerg Overlord and Chthon’s allies planned to raise the stakes and defeat him. The Zerg Overlord rejected Chthon’s advice to keep a fallback, and Andrew remained confident he could exploit the Overlord’s early birth.

• Joker and Harley Quinn planned to seize the alien spaceship and use it to provoke humanity into fighting over an escape route.
• Andrew told Wonder Woman he would send Batman to deal with Joker, discussed Catwoman’s potential, and learned that the Virtual World was halfway merged with Earth.
• Chthon urged the Zerg Overlord to prepare for defeat, but the Overlord refused and believed it could become Perfect Doomsday by enduring Andrew’s attacks.
• Chthon’s allies agreed to cooperate with the Zerg Overlord, while Chthon secretly enlisted Hoggoth and persuaded Set and Death to raise the stakes.
• Set and Hoggoth warned Andrew about the Zerg Overlord, and Andrew said he had anticipated its early birth and would look for the weakness it created.

As Earth prepared for the Zerg invasion, Andrew trained an elite Ability User Legion and arranged for the survivors to fight for him in Hell in exchange for retaining their powers. The Zerg, Demon Kings, and Darkseid’s forces all readied their invasions, while Darkseid planned to kill Wonder Woman and Andrew.

• Andrew reassured Batman that Ability Users who wanted to keep their powers would have to sign Contracts and fight in Hell, and he admitted he had tampered with the Human Enhancement Potions.
• Andrew promised Batman he would stay to handle the aftermath and told him to design the Anti-Savior Armor.
• One hour before the Zerg invasion, Andrew addressed the assembled heroes, villains, and elite Ability Users in Times Square, then removed New York’s buildings to store and later sell them.
• The Demon Kings prepared to invade through the repaired Space Channel, unaware that Scumbag Kang had deceived them into believing they were his only contracted allies.
• Darkseid and Steppenwolf prepared to travel to Earth; Steppenwolf had reached Skyfather level, while Darkseid had absorbed Xik’s Zerg genes without becoming a Zerg.
• Darkseid declared that he would kill Wonder Woman and Andrew before destroying Earth, and he chose to wait for the Zerg invasion before making his entrance.

Both sides entered the Time Vortex as the Fate node arrived, while the Zerg and several groups of invaders moved toward Earth. Constantine’s scheme brought dozens of Demon Kings to the Gate of Hell, where they fought before agreeing to reach Earth together and confront him.

• The Kung Fu Master reassured his allies that they had a ninety-eight percent chance of defeating the Demon Kings and assigned Wade a secret task in exchange for a comic featuring Death.
• The Brood Mother gathered more than twenty Bug Kings, and the Zerg forces prepared to join the decisive battle as both sides entered the Time Vortex.
• Xik teleported to Earth with Darkseid and Steppenwolf, while Thanos led the Golden Demon King and six other Demon Kings through a stabilized Space Channel.
• The Golden Demon King activated the Gate of Hell, and dozens of Demon Kings arrived through Space Channels, including Trigon, prompting a battle in Void Space.
• Thanos convinced the Demon Kings to stop fighting and agree to enter Earth together before settling their grievances with Constantine.
• Constantine mocked the Demon Kings from the Gate of Hell and asked which one of them would be responsible for killing him and devouring his soul.

Scumbag Kang trapped the Demon Kings in a Small World built from their own magic power, while Wade confronted Thanos there. The Demon Kings could neither harm Scumbag Kang nor escape, leaving him free to taunt them.

• The Demon Kings raced through the Gate of Hell, but Trigon entered first and found himself in a strange Small World instead of on Earth.
• Wade kicked Thanos into the Small World and challenged him, provoking Thanos by boasting that Death liked Wade more.
• Scumbag Kang appeared and revealed that he had tricked the Demon Kings into entering a Small World made from their magic power.
• The Demon Kings attacked Scumbag Kang with spells, but the Small World absorbed their magic and prevented the attacks from reaching him.
• The Demon Kings tried physical attacks and attempted to destroy the Small World, but Scumbag Kang evaded them and used their magic power to repair it.

Andrew and his allies faced the Brood Mother’s vast Zerg army in Times Square as the final battle began, while Scumbag Kang kept the Demon Kings trapped and Wade dragged Thanos away. The Zerg and their allies prepared to attack, leaving Andrew’s outnumbered force to fight with no retreat.

• Trigon ordered Thanos to find Constantine, but Wade’s Sync Mark caused Thanos to vanish with him; Scumbag Kang explained that Wade had been sent to remove that loophole.
• Trigon identified Scumbag Kang as another possible weakness and the Demon Kings attacked the space together, but Scumbag Kang used Andrew’s conversion device to counter them and showed them the Savior’s battle against the Zerg.
• Wade and Thanos arrived on the moon, where Thanos attacked Wade after being provoked; the story then returned to the opening of the final battle in Times Square.
• Andrew’s allies appeared alongside Chthon’s group, and the Brood Mother arrived with dozens of Bug Kings and swarms of Zerg covering the skies above Earth’s major cities.
• Andrew told Samuel to save his Resonance Ability as a trump card, then offered Darkseid and Steppenwolf an Anti-Life Equation from another universe in exchange for cooperation; Darkseid refused while Steppenwolf held back.
• The Demon Clone mocked Andrew’s forces and challenged him to begin the battle, while Andrew calmly declared that his side was enough to defeat the Zerg.

The Kung Fu Master dominated the Demon Clone while Chthon and the Brood Mother launched a worldwide Zerg offensive against humanity. As the battles spread, Van Helsing, King Bowser, and Starlight Annie entered the fight, with Annie gaining the upper hand against Homelander.

• The Kung Fu Master used his Qi abilities to overpower the Demon Clone, while Chthon told him to preserve the clone as a medium for a curse.
• Chthon explained that The Kung Fu Master was supposedly relying on a temporary Rule Ability, and the Demon Clone endured his attacks while the Kung Fu Master pretended to struggle.
• The Brood Mother ordered the Zerg to attack cities worldwide, and prepared human forces fought them on even terms.
• Andrew's allies joined the fighting as Van Helsing summoned Heaven and drew three Bug Kings inside, while King Bowser confronted Steppenwolf.
• Starlight Annie attacked Homelander, outmaneuvered him with her electrical powers, and struck him with a Thunder Dragon.
• Homelander unleashed the Power of Death against Annie, who answered by surrounding him with enormous thunderbolts.

The alliance fought the Zerg and its allies across New York as Andrew’s forces battled to hold their ground. The chapter left the fights unresolved, with Wonder Woman locked in a duel with Darkseid and Luthor still waiting for a chance to use his portal cutter.

• Annie overwhelmed Homelander with lightning, while Samuel engaged Billy and the other combatants took on their assigned opponents.
• Chthon and Set secretly acted as though they were fighting Hoggoth while discussing Andrew’s plans, and Death fought Galacta to help her grow stronger.
• Long-haired Superman and New Bug King Ryan fought Xik and the other Bug Kings as Andrew told Half Bug King to prepare to devour them and evolve.
• The Genie, The Little Match Girl, and Young Barry fought General Zod and the Bug Kings, while Young Barry promised Kara he would save both her and the world.
• Wonder Woman survived Darkseid’s Omega Beams with a Phantom Clone, trapped him in War World, and began a direct duel with him.
• Batman fought a Bug King in the Hell Armor as Luthor waited for an opening to fire the Parallel Universe Teleportation Portal Cutter.

Andrew’s Ability User Legion used Unity Fire and an Ability Domain to contain the Bug Kings, while Andrew sent the Brood Mother away and awakened Catwoman’s Cat Goddess power. Catwoman gained strength through resonance with cat lovers as the battle continued.

• Luthor waited for a chance to use his technological weapon while the heroes and villains fought the Bug Kings and Elite Zerg across evacuated New York.
• The Brood Mother led around twenty Bug Kings toward Andrew, who ordered the Ability User Legion to begin its attack.
• The Legion used Unity Fire to pool its strength into a Sunglasses Superpowered Individual, who raised an Ability Domain that enhanced Ability Users and weakened the Bug Kings.
• Thousands of Ability Users surrounded and restrained the Bug Kings with coordinated attacks and stacked negative-status abilities, drawing relief from the watching heroes.
• Andrew banished the Brood Mother to another dimension and told Catwoman to face her when she returned.
• Andrew helped Catwoman resonate with cat lovers around the world, awakening her Cat Goddess form and increasing her power.