Chapter Summaries

Harley Quinn captured Penguin and Sophia Falcone but insisted she was a supervillain, while Gotham hailed her as a hero. Back home, she asked Li Ang whether he would sacrifice his life to save her as Mr. Freeze had for Nora.

• Penguin handed the Iceberg Lounge's certificates to Harley Quinn after she captured him and Sophia Falcone.
• Batwoman, Black Canary, and Huntress praised Harley as a hero, so Harley kissed Batwoman and pushed her outside while insisting she was a villain.
• Officer Judy interviewed Harley as a superhero, while Batman threatened Poison Ivy into helping save the Joker.
• Li Ang brought Rachel home, comforted her and Ciri, and cooked noodles for the girls.
• Harley returned home upset and asked Li Ang whether he would give up his life to save her like Mr. Freeze had for Nora.

Li Ang reassured Harley Quinn that he would save her without sacrificing himself, while Batman restored order at Arkham Asylum and helped Gotham recover from the night’s chaos. By morning, the city had begun rebuilding under a major Wayne Enterprises plan.

• Li Ang told Harley Quinn they would face danger together, and Harley pulled him inside to rest.
• Batman brought Poison Ivy to Arkham Asylum and asked her to provide a plant for completing the Titan Drug formula.
• Batman gave the completed Titan Drug to the Joker, who transformed and fought him before Batman used an antidote to defeat him.
• Batman and the Gotham Police Department restored control of Gotham, while Poison Ivy left Arkham Asylum.
• Commissioner Gordon vowed to rebuild Gotham, and Wayne Enterprises announced a large reconstruction plan backed by more than one hundred billion dollars in loans.

Harley Quinn dressed up and took Li Ang to a party at the Iceberg Lounge, where they reunited with friends after the Arkham riot. Li Ang learned that Kate Kane could not join his planned trip to Metropolis because Gotham still needed her.

• Harley Quinn changed into a formal gown and took Li Ang to a party, leaving the three girls behind because children were not allowed.
• Harley Quinn drove Li Ang to the Iceberg Lounge, and they joined Kate Kane, Black Canary, Huntress, and the other guests.
• Li Ang explained that he had arranged for Frank to be released through Kate Kane's connections.
• Poison Ivy arrived in a green dress and greeted Harley Quinn, while Li Ang spoke with Kate Kane.
• Kate Kane told Li Ang she could not travel to Metropolis because she was needed in Gotham, and she advised him to seek help from Wayne Enterprises if trouble arose.

Li Ang attended a party at the Iceberg Lounge with Harley Quinn and her friends, then learned Harley had arranged for Penguin to transfer the club to him. He accepted ownership and left Frank in charge while he planned to be away from Gotham.

• Li Ang complimented Black Canary and Huntress, then danced with Poison Ivy while Harley Quinn started the party.
• Harley Quinn pulled Li Ang away from the dance floor and led him, eyes closed, to meet the club’s employees.
• Harley Quinn revealed that Penguin had transferred the Iceberg Lounge to her and Li Ang, and the employees welcomed Li Ang as their new boss.
• Li Ang assured the employees that nobody would be fired and told Frank to run the club while he was away from Gotham.
• Li Ang declined Penguin’s other businesses, then returned to the party with Harley Quinn.

Li Ang took Kara, Ciri, and Rachel on a trip from Gotham to Metropolis, where they checked into a Wayne Enterprises hotel. The girls argued over the bedrooms, and Li Ang settled the dispute by assigning them rooms.

• Li Ang told Kara to watch her younger sisters while they packed for the trip.
• Li Ang drove the girls across Sanmen Bridge from Gotham to Metropolis in Kate's Maybach.
• Li Ang checked them into a luxurious Wayne Enterprises suite in Brooklyn.
• Kara, Ciri, and Rachel argued over who would sleep in the Children's room.
• Li Ang assigned Kara the Small room and gave Ciri and Rachel the big room.

Li Ang and his goddaughters explored Manhattan after finding Metropolis unpleasant, then he arranged to meet Wonder Woman, Diana Prince. After dropping the girls at their hotel, Li Ang met Diana at a bar and left with her.

• Kara and Li Ang disliked Metropolis's smells, so Li Ang drove the group to Manhattan to see its skyscrapers and famous buildings.
• Rachel pointed out Wayne Enterprises, and the group spent the day sightseeing before finding an expensive restaurant for dinner.
• Diana messaged Li Ang, and they agreed to meet in Metropolis while Ciri, Rachel, and Kara speculated about his old friend.
• Li Ang bought comics for the girls, dropped them at their Brooklyn hotel, and warned them to stay inside.
• Li Ang met Diana at a Nanyang Style Bar, gave her a bouquet, and left with her after sharing a drink.

Li Ang reunited with Diana, learned more about her Amazon origins, and introduced her to his three goddaughters. The group spent the day at the aquarium and amusement park together, with special training still ahead.

• After their hotel bed collapsed, Li Ang and Diana talked about Gotham, her work at the Louvre, and her Amazon origins, then agreed to meet the next day.
• Li Ang took Kara, Ciri, and Rachel to meet Diana, and the girls quickly warmed to her.
• The group went to the Coney Island aquarium, where Kara, Ciri, and Rachel enjoyed seeing the sea creatures.
• After touring the aquarium, Li Ang, Diana, and the three girls visited the amusement park and had fun before the special training began.

Li Ang drew Rachel’s Time Control ability and discovered that stopping time briefly consumed nearly all his magic. He brought Kara, Ciri, and Rachel to a beach to train with Diana, who arrived as their teacher, and Rachel asked whether she was a goddess.

• Li Ang’s draw from Rachel gave him Time Control, which let him stop time for an instant but drained almost all his magic.
• Ciri sensed that time had stopped, while Kara and Rachel did not notice the brief effect.
• Li Ang took the girls to a beach, where they changed into Battle Suits and discussed how their robes could hinder them in a fight.
• Diana arrived in her Amazon armor, and Li Ang introduced her as the girls’ teacher and the Princess of Paradise Island.
• Rachel excitedly asked Diana whether she was a goddess.

Wonder Woman Diana began training Kara, Ciri, and Rachel in combat, and Kara lost confidence after Diana easily defeated her. Li Ang helped Kara get back up, and Diana continued teaching all three before suggesting Paradise Island as a better place to train, though men were unwelcome there.

• Ciri and Rachel learned that Diana was a demigoddess, and Diana began by asking Kara to demonstrate her abilities.
• Diana dodged Kara’s attack and knocked her into the sand, then explained that Kara needed fighting skills and trained her through repeated defeats.
• Kara lost confidence and cried in Li Ang’s arms, but his encouragement convinced her to stand up on her own.
• Diana taught Kara, Ciri, and Rachel basic combat moves while Li Ang provided food and joined the training.
• Diana suggested training on Paradise Island, but told Li Ang that the island was not welcoming to men.

Li Ang continued training Kara, Ciri, and Rachel with Diana in Metropolis, then spent the rest of their summer vacation letting them enjoy themselves. On their last night before returning to Gotham, someone at the restaurant recognized Li Ang.

• Li Ang refused Diana’s offer to take the girls to Paradise Island, and Ciri told him she wanted revenge.
• Diana trained the girls intensively for a week; Kara improved her fighting technique, while Ciri and Rachel learned the basics.
• Diana returned to Paradise Island, and Li Ang’s intimacy scores with Kara and Ciri rose above 80.
• Li Ang let the girls enjoy the rest of their summer vacation, then announced they would return to Gotham the next day.
• Li Ang took the girls to a French restaurant for their last night in Metropolis, where someone called out, “Mr. Li Ang?”

Li Ang and his goddaughters met Clark Kent and Lois Lane in Metropolis, then returned to Gotham and brought gifts home for Harley Quinn. Harley greeted them warmly, but fell silent and blushed when Li Ang asked how she had been.

• Li Ang introduced Kara, Ciri, and Rachel to Clark Kent and Lois Lane, and they shared a meal before parting.
• The next day, Li Ang drove the girls back to Gotham, where they discussed visiting Los Angeles and he noticed they no longer seemed to be followed.
• Li Ang reflected on Gotham's poverty and blood-selling market as he drove through the city with his goddaughters.
• Back at home, Kara and the others gave Harley Quinn a doll, then escaped to their rooms when she tried to hug them.
• Harley asked Li Ang about his trip, but when he asked how she had been, she fell silent and blushed.

Li Ang gained new powers from drawing Kara and Ciri, then visited Kate Kane and learned about Gotham’s worsening criminal activity and her Batcave. The chapter ended with Kate mentioning that Zatanna refused to come to Gotham, while Li Ang considered finding another magic teacher.

• Harley Quinn accidentally confessed that she and Poison Ivy had been sleeping together, and Poison Ivy pulled Li Ang into their room.
• Li Ang drew Kara’s bio-force field and Ciri’s ability to travel through time and space, gaining Kryptonian-level physical abilities and new powers.
• Li Ang met Kate Kane, heard that new criminals and Japanese ninjas had appeared in Gotham, and agreed to take her gifts home.
• Kate brought Li Ang to the Kane estate, where he saw her Batcave and learned that Gotham Bank owned many properties he could buy.
• Kate told Li Ang that Zatanna did not want to come to Gotham, and Li Ang decided he could look for another magic teacher.

Li Ang learned that Mayor Dean Sharp wanted funding for a plan to concentrate Gotham’s criminals in a large open prison, while Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy returned battered after losing territory to a powerful gang from Metropolis. Poison Ivy revealed the International Gang had Titan Drug.

• Li Ang learned from Frank that former asylum dean Dean Sharp had become mayor through a recall election.
• Smith, an aide to Mayor Sharp, asked Li Ang to fund a plan to buy Gotham’s slums and turn them into a large open prison, but Li Ang refused.
• Li Ang heard that the Iceberg Lounge earned at least a few hundred thousand dollars in net income each day.
• Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy returned to Li Ang’s home battered and explained that the International Gang from Metropolis had taken over territory they had left unattended.
• Poison Ivy told Li Ang that the International Gang had Titan Drug.

Li Ang and his family decided to buy a spacious manor in Gotham’s Rich District after learning Poison Ivy had sold the flawed Titan Drug to a dangerous gang. They purchased the former Elliot Family manor and prepared to choose their rooms.

• Poison Ivy explained that she had stolen Batman’s Titan Drug formula and sold it despite knowing users would eventually suffer fatal mutations.
• Harley Quinn said the International Gang’s weapons had made Gotham’s gangs more dangerous, and Kara volunteered to confront them.
• Li Ang agreed to let Kara gain real-world experience, then suggested that the family buy a villa.
• Li Ang and his family toured the former Elliot Family manor in the Rich District and chose to buy it through Harley Quinn.
• After the paperwork was completed, Harley Quinn invited everyone to pick their rooms.

Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Li Ang agreed to live as a family, while Harley assigned rooms to the three goddaughters by lottery. That night, Kara discovered the International Gang unloading unfamiliar weapons at Miller Bay and prepared to stop them, with Batman watching from a distance.

• Harley Quinn persuaded Poison Ivy to share a home with her and Li Ang, and Li Ang said he had no objection.
• Harley Quinn settled the goddaughters' dispute over the best rooms by drawing lots, and Kara won the room closest to the master bedroom.
• The group went out to eat, and Kara later patrolled overhead in her homemade Battle Suit.
• Kara discovered that lead blocked her Super Vision and found a factory she could not see into.
• Following Harley Quinn's tip, Kara located the International Gang unloading weapons at Miller Bay and resolved to stop them while Batman observed from afar.
• Kara learned that Keller was preparing Gotham for Bruno Mannheim's International Gang, which planned to expand its power with alien technology.

Kara defeated the International Gang in Gotham, and Batman took custody of the criminals and some of their advanced weapons. Back at Elliot Manor, Ciri and Rachel envied Kara’s abilities, while Li Ang still had no mage to help them develop their own talents.

• Keller and the International Gang laughed off the threat of Batman before Kara swept Keller into the air and dropped him.
• The International Gang fired their energy weapons at Kara, but she crushed their weapons and defeated the men with her powers.
• Batman stopped Kara from going further, called Commissioner Gordon to collect the criminals, and took some of their weapons for himself.
• Kara returned to Elliot Manor and excitedly told Li Ang, Ciri, and Rachel about the fight.
• Ciri and Rachel resented Li Ang for Kara’s advantage, while Li Ang worried that he still had not found a mage to train them.

Li Ang used Ciri’s power to travel to another world, but landed in a desolate dimension and discovered he could fly by using his Bio-force Field. After a mysterious woman called out to Odin, the Bifrost transported Li Ang away, and he realized he was being taken to Asgard.

• Li Ang chose to visit the world next door before seeking out other magic teachers, then used Travel Through Time and Space to depart alone.
• Li Ang emerged in a lifeless dimension instead of reaching Earth and tested his Bio-force Field by jumping, gliding, and learning to fly.
• Li Ang flew through the dimension at increasing speed until an unknown woman struck him with a sword, which he caught unharmed.
• The woman called her sword back and asked Li Ang how he had entered her territory.
• The sky opened, and the Bifrost summoned Li Ang away after the woman shouted, “Odin!!”
• Li Ang recognized the beam as the Bifrost and realized he was being taken to Asgard.

Li Ang arrived in Asgard seeking a magic teacher for his two goddaughters, and Odin offered to have Frigga teach them. The chapter ended as Thor called from outside the Golden Palace, asking why Odin had summoned them.

• Odin met Li Ang at the Bifrost after Li Ang encountered Hela.
• Li Ang told Odin he had crossed over from another world to find magic lessons for his goddaughters.
• Odin warned Li Ang that Kamar-Taj magic had serious side effects and offered Asgardian magic instead.
• Li Ang accepted Odin's offer and traveled with him to the Golden Palace.
• Odin introduced Li Ang to Frigga, who welcomed him and his goddaughters to Asgard.
• Thor called from outside, asking Odin why he had summoned them while they were preparing for a feast.

Odin welcomed Li Ang to Asgard and had Thor and Loki show him around while the Asgardians tested his strength. Odin and Frigga discussed how Li Ang might help the Aesir face the prophesied Ragnarok, which Odin believed could not be avoided.

• Odin introduced Li Ang to Thor and Loki, who learned that Li Ang's goddaughter had permission to study magic in Asgard.
• Thor brought Li Ang to meet the Warriors Three and Sif, where Volstagg challenged him to prove his strength.
• Li Ang effortlessly threw Volstagg and the other Asgardians who challenged him, earning their respect.
• Odin told Frigga that Ragnarok was coming and wondered whether Li Ang could help the Aesir find a way forward.
• Odin and Frigga reflected that prophecy was an unchangeable fate, despite their wish to save the Aesir.

Li Ang returned from Asgard and told his three goddaughters that he would take them there to meet a magic teacher. After preparing for the trip and opening a Portal, he led them through, leaving them wondering why their vacation still involved lessons.

• Asgardians tried to outdrink Li Ang, but he remained sober and left the celebration to meet Odin and Frigga.
• Li Ang told Odin and Frigga he had to return to Gotham to reassure his daughters, then opened a Portal across universes.
• Li Ang returned to Gotham, invited his three goddaughters to visit Asgard, and agreed to take Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy on a honeymoon another time.
• Li Ang informed Kate Kane and Frank about his plans, then told his goddaughters to pack their clothes and Battle Suits.
• Li Ang opened a Portal and explained that he had found his goddaughters a magic teacher.