Chapter Summaries

Mera met Li Ang, Kate Kane, and the Amazons, who asked for help finding an underwater Sanctuary and offered friendship with Atlantis. She reported their peaceful intentions to Queen Atlanna, who ordered her to learn more about them and assist them.

• General Antiope introduced herself to Mera, who explained that Queen Atlanna ruled Atlantis after the King died and that Orm was unfit to lead.
• Li Ang described the underwater Sanctuary, and Mera agreed to relay their request to the Queen.
• Mera returned to Atlantis and found Queen Atlanna dismissing Orm and Black Manta after they discussed invading the surface.
• Mera told Atlanna that the Amazons and surface dwellers sought peaceful relations, and Atlanna instructed her to learn their standing and help them.

Li Ang learned that LexCorp-backed International Gang had allied with the League of Assassins and arranged for Batwoman to help Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy deal with the gang. The chapter left Batman to handle the League of Assassins as a personal family matter, while Kara and Li Ang’s other goddaughters asked to join the fight for combat experience.

• Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy told Li Ang that the International Gang was backed by LexCorp and had joined forces with the League of Assassins.
• Li Ang became angry after learning the League of Assassins had attacked Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, and the women planned to call Kara if they were in danger.
• Li Ang called Kate Kane, agreed that Batman would handle the League of Assassins while they tackled the International Gang, and learned Batman wanted no help because of his history with Talia al Ghul and their son, Damian Wayne.
• Kara and Li Ang’s other goddaughters approached him and asked to gain real combat experience.

Li Ang and the Birds of Prey attacked the International Gang’s heavily guarded compound, with Ciri, Rachel, and Kara helping overwhelm its Titan-enhanced fighters. Black Canary let a female ninja wound her so the ninja would flee, and an unseen pursuer followed her into the night.

• Li Ang led the group to attack the International Gang, whose members used Titan Drug and energy weapons to defend their territory.
• Batwoman, Huntress, Poison Ivy, Black Canary, and the others attacked from multiple directions while the International Gang held its ground.
• Ciri disrupted the gang’s formation with her teleporting, and Rachel used Azarath’s magic as Kara joined the assault from above.
• Li Ang told Black Canary to let a female ninja escape, and Black Canary allowed the ninja to cut her before she fled.
• An unseen figure followed the fleeing ninja, and Li Ang asked Black Canary why she had pushed herself so hard.

Li Ang and his allies defeated the International Gang, while Harley Quinn claimed their weapons and Kate Kane justified letting her do so. Batman found the Ninja Master and agreed to undergo a trial to obtain blood for an antidote to the Titan Drug, but the Ninja Master trapped him in an illusion.

• Li Ang healed Black Canary Dinah's abdominal wound, and Huntress Helena arrived to check on her.
• Harley Quinn collected the International Gang's weapons while Kate Kane let the raid continue, and Li Ang took his three goddaughters home.
• Batman followed a female ninja into Gotham's underground tunnels and confronted the Ninja Master.
• The Ninja Master said Talia had gone to do something meaningful, and Batman asked for his blood to help create an antidote to the Titan Drug.
• The Ninja Master offered his blood if Batman passed a trial, then trapped Batman in an illusion that gave him a second pair of crimson eyes.

Talia rescued Angela from Arkham Asylum, and Batman killed the Ninja Master to obtain his blood before learning Talia was missing. Li Ang, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Kara searched for Angela but found no trace of her by the end of the day.

• Talia disguised herself as a doctor, switched places with the nurse, and led Angela out of Arkham Asylum.
• Batman defeated the Ninja Master, who killed himself, and Batman collected his blood before asking Alfred about events in Gotham.
• Harley Quinn told Li Ang and Poison Ivy that Angela had escaped with an accomplice, and they organized a search.
• Kara searched all of Gotham but found no sign of Angela, and Li Ang told her not to tell Rachel everything.
• Harley Quinn and the others searched all day but failed to find Angela.

Lex Luthor learned that Bruno Mannheim’s operation in Gotham had failed and remained hostile toward Superman. At Arkham, Batman treated the Joker for Titan Drug poisoning, but their argument about Batman’s fear and weakness ended with the Joker having a meltdown over Harley Quinn.

• Mercy Graves told Bruno Mannheim that Lex Luthor wanted to see him, and Bruno entered LexCorp’s hidden ward.
• Lex watched a report about Superman and said humanity did not need a god, then demanded that Bruno explain his failed operation in Gotham.
• Bruno blamed Superman for the failure, and Lex dismissed him in anger.
• Batman injected the Joker with an antidote for the Titan Drug, easing his pain and restoring his blood toward normal.
• The Joker mocked Batman for being afraid and weak, and Batman struck back by taunting him about Harley Quinn.
• The Joker trembled as he imagined Harley with someone else and had a meltdown.

Li Ang took Rachel, Kara, and Ciri out for the weekend and picked up Diana, who joined them at Donna Troy’s photography exhibition. Diana and Donna exchanged a tense greeting, leaving their sisters’ reunion on an uneasy note.

• Li Ang took the three girls to meet Diana after she arrived in Gotham from Paris.
• Diana teased Li Ang about Harley Quinn and kissed him at the hotel before they headed out together.
• Diana brought Li Ang and the girls to Donna Troy’s photography exhibition on the Upper West Side.
• Diana greeted Donna, who stiffly asked what she was doing there, and Diana replied that she couldn’t miss her sister’s first exhibition.

Li Ang spent the day with Diana, Donna, and his goddaughters before a nightmare revealed that Three Palaces was reaching closer to Earth through Rachel. After Li Ang and Diana rushed to the manor, Rachel told them that Three Palaces had tried to make her open a door for him.

• Donna joined Li Ang and the others at her photography exhibition, then asked Diana whether she had fallen for Li Ang and whether he had other women.
• Li Ang took Kara and the other girls home after dinner, then visited General Antiope with Diana and Donna before returning to the hotel with Diana.
• Rachel dreamed that Three Palaces appeared in Azarath and demanded that she let him through, but she refused and woke in distress.
• Kara comforted Rachel while Ciri called Li Ang, who hurried back to the manor with Diana using magic.
• Rachel told Li Ang that Three Palaces had affected her in a dream and was coming closer to Earth, and Li Ang explained the demon god's identity to Diana.

Li Ang sought Queen Karnila’s help to shield Rachel from Three Palaces, then encountered the TVA after returning to the Asgardian Palace. The TVA declared that they would prune him for altering the timeline.

• Li Ang left Diana at the hotel and traveled to Asgard to find a way to protect Rachel.
• Queen Karnila demanded that Li Ang call her Queen and accused him of helping Odin, but agreed to be his friend and teach him a spell.
• Queen Karnila taught Li Ang Isolation Magic to keep Three Palaces’ power away from Rachel, and said dimensional demon gods were nearly impossible to kill.
• Li Ang returned to the Asgardian Palace and encountered armed TVA agents, who said they would prune him for traveling between universes and changing the timeline.

Li Ang rejected the TVA’s attempt to arrest him and returned to his companions, where he protected Rachel from Trigon’s influence. As Kara prepared for a Kryptonian ship’s arrival, she planned for Clark to challenge General Zod, though Li Ang doubted the exiles would accept defeat.

• Li Ang bound the TVA agents, took their timeline-travel tablet, and sent them away before leaving to see Odin and Frigga.
• Li Ang cast Isolation Magic on Rachel to shield her from Trigon, then reassured her that they would find a solution.
• Kara told Li Ang that the Fortress of Solitude had detected a Kryptonian spaceship approaching Earth, likely carrying General Zod or her aunt Astra.
• Kara explained that she and Clark hoped to bring the Kryptonians to their side, with Clark challenging Zod to a fight to the death under an ancient Kryptonian tradition.
• Li Ang doubted the exiled Kryptonians would follow the tradition, but he let Kara proceed without discouraging her.

Li Ang and Kara prepared for the Kryptonians’ arrival while the League of Assassins searched the deep ocean for the Temple. Mera tracked their submarine toward the Trench’s territory, where Orm challenged her decision to let surface-dwellers pass.

• Li Ang learned the Kryptonians would reach Earth in a few months and sent Kara and the other girls to school.
• Talia and the Ninja Master explored the Atlantic aboard a Russian submarine and discussed the strange underwater craft around them.
• Angela sensed Three Palaces guiding her to the Temple, pointed out its direction, and Talia ordered the submarine to speed up.
• Mera watched the submarine and ordered her soldiers to follow it without provoking the Trench.
• Orm confronted Mera about allowing surface-dwellers into Atlantean territory, and Mera replied that Queen Atlanna was preparing to negotiate with them.

Orm rejected Atlantis’s cooperation with surface-dwellers and, encouraged by Black Manta, ordered surveillance of a submarine and promised to teach humanity a lesson. Worried that Three Palaces would threaten Rachel and his family, Li Ang sought Master Gu Yi’s help and followed her through a Portal into the Dark Dimension to learn about dimensional demon gods.

• Mera enforced Queen Atlanna’s order for Atlantis to cooperate with surface-dwellers, and Orm accepted Black Manta’s warning that war with humanity was inevitable.
• Orm ordered people to watch the submarine and said Atlantis had to teach humanity a lesson.
• As superpowered criminals and heroes appeared worldwide, Li Ang grew more proactive because he feared danger to his family from Three Palaces.
• Li Ang visited Master Gu Yi at Kamar-Taj and asked whether a dimensional demon god could be killed, explaining that Three Palaces had targeted Rachel.
• Master Gu Yi said Rachel could hide at Kamar-Taj, explained that dimensional demon gods varied in strength, and identified Three Palaces as extremely powerful.
• Master Gu Yi opened a Portal to the Dark Dimension and led Li Ang through it.

Li Ang and The Ancient One learned that Dormammu could not be killed in the Dark Dimension, so Uma and Clea proposed trapping him in a Pocket Universe and taking control of his realm. As they considered their options, Dormammu appeared and confronted The Ancient One.

• The Ancient One explained that dimensional demon gods drew strength from their dimensions and could only be sealed away or banished.
• The Ancient One took Li Ang to meet Uma and Clea, who revealed their plan to trap Dormammu in a Pocket Universe and claim the Dark Dimension.
• The Ancient One said Dormammu would sense her power and that they lacked the strength to force him into a Pocket Universe.
• The Ancient One asked Li Ang whether he wanted to see Dormammu's power, then Dormammu gathered the Dark Dimension's energy into a colossal form.
• Dormammu told The Ancient One that she would not leave now that she had entered his realm.

Li Ang fought Dormammu in the Dark Dimension and survived his attacks, while Master Gu Yi used the Three Temples’ power to protect Earth and bring them back to Kamar-Taj. Master Gu Yi explained that Dormammu would be far less powerful outside his own dimension.

• Master Gu Yi brought Li Ang before Dormammu and told him to test the dimensional demon god while she watched.
• Dormammu attacked Li Ang with dark energy, a Sleep Spell, and other powerful magic, but Li Ang endured the assault and annoyed Dormammu with spells of his own.
• Dormammu closed the distance in fury, and Master Gu Yi shielded Earth with a magic formation powered by the Three Temples.
• Master Gu Yi took Li Ang through a Portal back to Kamar-Taj, where they discussed how Dormammu’s power diminished outside the Dark Dimension.

Li Ang learned that defeating Three Palaces would require luring him out of his own Hell, then rushed to find Gwen after S.H.I.E.L.D. reported her missing. Gwen returned from another Universe and told Li Ang about meeting other Spider-Men, while growing attached to him as he listened.

• Li Ang decided that he would need to bring Three Palaces to Earth to fight him outside his own Hell, and he worried that Batman might endanger Rachel.
• Barbara from S.H.I.E.L.D. called Li Ang to report that Gwen had vanished, so he searched for her with magic and prepared to use the TVA tablet.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. informed Li Ang that Gwen had returned, and he teleported to New York to meet her.
• Gwen told Li Ang that she had traveled to another Universe, met Spider-Man variants including Miles, and helped stop Kingpin's scheme before returning home.
• Gwen shared her story with Li Ang on a rooftop and felt reluctant to let him leave when he said he had to go back.

Li Ang comforted Gwen Stacy before flying her home, then learned that Lex Luthor and other corporations had funded Star Labs. The chapter ended with Carol Ferris meeting new pilot Hal Jordan as Star Labs began expanding.

• Gwen asked Li Ang for a hug, and he comforted her before flying her home to Queens.
• Li Ang watched the news announce Star Labs, funded by LexCorp and several other companies, while Wayne Enterprises declined to fund it.
• Harley Quinn complained that Star Labs was recruiting without inviting them and opposed its planned Gotham branch.
• Carol Ferris told Professor Garrison that Kate Kane had encouraged her to fund Star Labs despite Bruce Wayne's refusal.
• Carol returned to Ferris Air, criticized a pilot's planned takeoff, and learned that the new hire was Hal Jordan.

Professor Emil Hamilton recruited Superman to Star Labs, which attracted more scientists and The Flash. Meanwhile, Ninja Master’s expedition reached an ancient Temple beneath the Atlantic, where Angela absorbed Three Palaces’ power and became demonic.

• Professor Emil Hamilton told Star Labs’ scientists that Superman had agreed to join, and Clark joined to study his limits using the lab’s equipment.
• Superman’s arrival encouraged others, including The Flash, to join Star Labs.
• Ninja Master’s submarine and crew entered the Trench’s territory and escaped the creatures by passing through a barrier into the Temple.
• Angela sensed that the Temple’s Teleportation Array still worked and floated up the stairs toward it.
• Black Mist emerged from the Teleportation Array and entered Angela, turning her skin deep red and making her four eyes look evil.

Li Ang joined General Antiope and Rachel after Mera reported that a human submarine had survived an attack by the Trench and was heading toward Atlantis. Queen Atlanna feared the submarine and the Temple were connected, so Atlantis asked Li Ang for help as it prepared a defensive line.

• General Antiope told Li Ang that the Atlanteans wanted to see him, while Rachel sensed Three Palaces' power on Earth.
• Li Ang took Rachel to Crimson Cape, where General Antiope summoned Mera from the sea.
• Mera explained that a human submarine had entered Trench territory, disappeared after an attack, and later returned with the attacking Trench members dead.
• Mera said the submarine was heading toward Atlantis, and Queen Atlanna had sent people to prepare a defensive line and requested help.
• Li Ang turned to Rachel after hearing that the threat might be connected to the Temple.

Li Ang, Diana, Rachel, and the others accepted Mera’s invitation and traveled to Atlantis as Three Palaces’s power threatened the kingdom. They reached the city to find most of its warriors at the front lines, where Queen Atlanna was facing trouble caused by Orm.

• Rachel confirmed that the threat was connected to Three Palaces, and Li Ang agreed to help Mera defend Atlantis.
• Diana arrived, and Li Ang arranged support before the group set out with Mera’s underwater equipment.
• Mera led the group through the ocean and into Atlantis, where they saw the city’s advanced technology and learned its warriors had gone to the front lines.
• An elderly Atlantean told Mera that Queen Atlanna was at the front lines and that Orm was causing trouble.
• Rachel sensed Three Palaces’s power, and Li Ang urged the group to hurry after Mera toward the front lines.

Three Palaces possessed Angela and the Ninja Master’s followers, then took control of Orm in Atlantis and seized the Golden Trident from Queen Atlanna. As Three Palaces drove the Trident toward the defeated queen, an unknown figure appeared and stopped the blow.

• Three Palaces possessed Angela, transformed her, and ignored the Ninja Master’s plea to spare his daughter.
• Three Palaces empowered the Ninja Master’s followers with Hell magic, killed many of the Trench, and led the survivors toward Atlantis.
• Queen Atlanna sent Orm and his troops to stop the invaders, but Three Palaces possessed Orm and used him to slaughter Atlanteans.
• Queen Atlanna confronted possessed Orm, but he resisted the Golden Trident, overpowered her, and took it.
• Three Palaces used Orm to drive the Trident at Queen Atlanna, but an unknown figure appeared and the weapon struck them with a metallic clang.