Vol. 3Krakoa and the Returning Dead

Li Ang accepted Death’s bargain, helped form the Justice League, and became king of the Mutants while facing threats across several worlds. The volume ended with the Holy Mother asking Lucifer to help overthrow the Supreme God.

  • Li Ang defeated Wanda and restored the fallen Mutants, then accepted Death’s bargain to bring Emma Frost back to life.
  • Li Ang and Deadpool returned to the island, where Emma Frost opened her eyes.
  • Li Ang formed the Justice League and went to Hell to obtain a Sealing Crystal that could contain Three Palaces.
  • Rachel brought Three Palaces through a Portal to the ocean as the Justice League attacked him and she began casting a spell.
  • Li Ang and Batman stopped Owlman’s plan to destroy the Parallel Worlds and sent him and his bomb to a frozen Earth.
  • Li Ang agreed to become king of the Mutants and told Selene to let Doctor Doom come to Krakoa.
  • Li Ang helped establish Krakoa, resurrected Destiny, and killed Dracula after removing his immortality.
  • The Holy Mother asked Lucifer to help drive the Supreme God out of Heaven after Li Ang refused to help her invade Heaven.
Chapters 201–312 Read from Ch. 201

Arc 9The Hellfire Gala Battle

Li Ang helped Faora’s faction escape Zod’s control, then accompanied Deadpool to another universe in search of Wolverine and became caught in a battle between Mutants, Inhumans, and Wanda. After defeating Wanda and restoring the fallen Mutants, Li Ang accepted Death’s bargain to bring Emma Frost back to life, leaving with a Death Mark.

  • Clark challenged General Zod, while Batman split the Kryptonians apart and Diana and Kara confronted Faora and Astra.
  • Li Ang defeated the Kryptonian warriors and helped bring Faora’s faction under her leadership, then joined Clark to defeat Zod and send him to the Phantom Zone.
  • Li Ang and Deadpool visited the Illuminati, where Li Ang warned them that Wanda would attack their universe, then traveled to the Hellfire Gala to find Wolverine.
  • Emma Frost asked Li Ang to help the Mutants, and he and Deadpool remained at the island as conflict with the Inhumans erupted.
  • Wanda joined the battle, killed Storm and Jean Grey, and attacked the Mutants, but Li Ang used the Phoenix Force to defeat her and alter the past so Pietro survived.
  • Li Ang restored the Mutants Wanda had killed, but Emma Frost and Jean Grey remained dead, so he accompanied Deadpool to meet Death.
  • Death offered to restore Emma in exchange for Li Ang becoming her Apostle and bringing true death to the Universes, and Li Ang accepted.
  • Death released Emma’s soul, and Li Ang and Deadpool returned to the island, where Emma opened her eyes before Psylocke and Storm.
Chapters 201–225 Summaries Read

Arc 10The Sealing Crystal

Li Ang formed the Justice League, faced Death, and traveled through Hell to obtain a crystal that could seal Three Palaces. Rachel lured Three Palaces to Earth, where the Justice League fought him as she began casting a spell.

  • Emma Frost named Li Ang the Hellfire Club’s Supreme, and he helped Deadpool save his universe before returning to his companions.
  • Li Ang met Margaret Bella, fell in love with her, and learned she was Death before Second Sister led her soul away.
  • Li Ang helped establish the Justice League, recruited Arthur Kuri as Aquaman, and confronted Lex Luthor over the International Gang’s crimes.
  • Li Ang faced the Death Goddess, then arranged for Rachel to contain Three Palaces while he went to Hell to find a Sealing Crystal.
  • Three Palaces escaped Rachel’s control, but Li Ang passed Dream Lord Morpheus’s test and obtained a red crystal fragment.
  • Rachel brought Three Palaces through a Portal to the ocean, where the Justice League attacked him as she began casting a spell.
Chapters 226–250 Summaries Read

Arc 11The First Earth and Krakoa

Li Ang helped the Justice League defeat the Crime Syndicate and contain Owlman’s bomb, then returned home before traveling to a future Krakoa. He agreed to become king of the Mutants as Dracula and Doctor Doom entered the story.

  • Rachel left Hell with Li Ang, and Second Sister embedded the red Shard in her forehead so she could suppress Three Palaces.
  • Li Ang and Deadpool arranged a new world for the Kryptonians, who cured themselves of the Night Demon virus and began taking control of the planet.
  • The Justice League traveled with Lex Luthor to Earth-3, where Owlman and the Crime Syndicate threatened the worlds and Batman confronted Owlman.
  • Superwoman arrived at Justice Hall, fought Kara, Ciri, and Rachel, and revealed that Owlman planned to use a Quantum Essence Bomb against the Parallel Worlds.
  • Li Ang and Batman reached the First Earth through the Speed Force, stopped Owlman, and sent him and the bomb to a frozen Earth, where the bomb killed him.
  • Li Ang helped arrest the Crime Syndicate, then returned to Gotham and visited the Hellfire Club after Selene challenged his authority as Supreme.
  • Emma Frost and Selene revealed that Krakoa had been sent to 2099, where mutants were building a nation and Dracula’s vampires threatened them.
  • Li Ang agreed to become king of the Mutants, met Polaris, Dagger, and Medusa, and told Selene to let Doctor Doom come to Krakoa.
Chapters 251–287 Summaries Read

Arc 12Krakoa and the Returning Dead

Li Ang helped establish Krakoa, resurrect Destiny, and stop threats across several worlds, from Dracula and Unicron’s forces to Doomsday. The arc ended with the Holy Mother reuniting with Lucifer and asking him to help her overthrow the Supreme God.

  • Emma Frost and the Mutants formed Krakoa’s Serene Council, founded the mutant nation under King Li Ang, and established resurrection protocols that brought Destiny back to life.
  • Li Ang joined Emma Frost, Selene, and the Spider-Men to stop Dracula’s vampire scheme in New York, removed Dracula’s immortality, and killed him.
  • Li Ang took Kara, Ciri, and Rachel to meet the Autobots, killed Scourge to protect Earth, then brought his group to Night City before returning to Gotham with Nightingale.
  • Li Ang identified Doomsday as an evolving threat, helped the Justice League capture it, and arranged to use it as an energy source in Batman’s Kryptonite-lined prison.
  • After a dead woman began returning to life in different bodies while searching for Lucifer, Li Ang recognized the Holy Mother within her and took her to Los Angeles.
  • The Holy Mother asked Li Ang to help her invade Heaven, but he refused, so she went to Lucifer and asked him to help drive the Supreme God out of Heaven.
Chapters 288–312 Summaries Read
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