Chapter Summaries

Azu rescued Himiko and Kenji from Stormfront by using Twist Reality to create a decoy Kenji, then asked Kenji to introduce him to the Flash Army. He threatened Himiko telepathically to keep her from interfering, leaving Kenji unaware of Azu’s true intentions.

• Kenji used Telekinesis to throw a tanker truck at Stormfront, while Azu transformed it into bubbles before it struck an apartment building.
• Stormfront injured Himiko, killed a duplicate Kenji, and flew away, while the real Kenji remained unharmed.
• Azu arrived with Homelander, revealed himself to Himiko, and brought the siblings to an apartment in Chinatown.
• Azu told Kenji he wanted to fight corrupt superheroes and asked him to introduce him to the Flash Army.
• Azu warned Himiko telepathically not to ruin his fun or he would kill the rat.

Azu sheltered Kenji and Himiko while persuading them to help him find the Flash Army, and Himiko offered to guide him in exchange for her brother’s safety. Azu intended to infiltrate the organization and take control of it from behind the scenes.

• Kenji agreed to join Azu and the Flash Army, and Azu arranged for Levin to accommodate and watch over him.
• Himiko offered to lead Azu to the Flash Army if he let Kenji go, and Azu told her to join him in his room.
• The next morning, Azu promised to find a way to send Kenji away after Himiko helped him locate the Flash Army.
• Azu took Kenji and Levin to breakfast at a Chinatown restaurant while Himiko rested.
• Azu thought about how he planned to infiltrate the Flash Army and become its behind-the-scenes boss.

Azu entered the DC Universe to explore while Superman’s retirement and the energy from the Mother Box drew powerful enemies toward the world. He arrived on a deserted island and found naked women swimming in a lake.

• Azu reflected on his plan to control extremist groups and expand his influence through the Flash Army.
• Azu reviewed his pending projects and decided to visit the DC Universe using the Traveler’s Ring.
• Azu equipped his Vibranium Suit, Cape of Justice, Bracers of Hercules, and Rune Stone: Heart of Winter before entering the DC Universe.
• Azu received the Justice League event briefing, which warned that unknown enemies were approaching after Superman retired and the Mother Box’s energy strengthened the signal.
• Azu explored the island where he arrived and found several naked women swimming in a freshwater lake.

Azu discovered that he had arrived on Themyscira, the hidden home of the Amazons, and confronted Hellen and the island’s warriors. After catching Hellen’s spear and binding her with magic, he released her when the Amazons demanded it, but they attacked him with spears.

• Azu recognized Hellen as a Level 3 Amazon and realized he was on Themyscira.
• An Amazon archer spotted Azu and warned Hellen and the other women that a man was on the shore.
• Hellen emerged from the lake and hurled her spear at Azu, but he caught it and shattered it.
• Azu bound Hellen with Cyttorak's Crimson Chains and pulled her into his arms as the Amazons gathered around them.
• Azu released Hellen into the lake when the Amazons demanded it, and they immediately hurled their spears at him.

Azu subdued the Amazons at the Great Lake and warned Hellen that an ancient enemy and its minions were approaching Earth. Hellen took him toward the Queen’s palace, where Azu recognized the coastal vault holding one of the Mother Boxes.

• Azu used Mind Storm to frighten and disable the Amazons who had attacked him.
• Hellen emerged from the lake, questioned Azu, and cautiously asked whether Themyscira faced an approaching disaster.
• Azu said an ancient enemy had turned its gaze toward Earth and suggested Themyscira had found him to warn the Amazons.
• Hellen apologized and agreed to take Azu to the Queen, then dressed and traveled with him on horseback.
• Azu saw the coastal vault that held a Mother Box and passed the ordinary Amazons drying fishing nets as the group entered their residential area.

Azu warned Hippolyta that Darkseid’s forces would soon come for the Mother Boxes, but Hippolyta ordered him imprisoned because he knew too many secrets. Hellen intervened, and Hippolyta allowed Azu to stay on Themyscira under guard.

• Azu met Hippolyta in the palace hall, where she questioned him about the Bracers of Hercules he wore.
• Azu told Hippolyta about Darkseid, the three Mother Boxes, and the coming threat to Themyscira.
• Hippolyta ordered the Amazons to throw Azu into the water prison because she believed his warning and feared what he knew.
• Hellen stepped between Azu and the warriors, insisting he was not their enemy and had warned them to help.
• Hippolyta let Azu remain on Themyscira but forbade him to leave and made Hellen responsible for watching him.

Azu spent the night telling Amazon warriors about other worlds before defeating Hera in a challenge and spending the night with her. The next morning, the Mother Box began to awaken, and Hippolyta rode out as Azu announced that their visitors had arrived.

• Azu told Hellen and the Amazon warriors stories about other worlds and reassured them that he could help against Darkseid.
• Hera challenged Azu to a fight, and they agreed that she would visit his room if she lost.
• Azu defeated Hera easily, and she came to his room that night.
• The Mother Box began humming and glowing, prompting an Amazon warrior to alert Hippolyta.
• Hippolyta armed herself, ordered the royal guard to depart with her, and rode past Azu as he said the visitors had arrived.

Azu sensed the Mother Box’s disturbance and flew with Hellen to watch Hippolyta investigate the relic at the Sacred Temple. The Mother Box began shaking violently, and a glowing cylinder descended, blasting the Amazon guards away.

• Azu recognized that the Mother Box’s disturbance meant Steppenwolf’s arrival was near, then left with Hellen to explore Themyscira.
• Hellen asked Azu about his night with Hera, and he invited her to join them that evening.
• Azu and Hellen saw Hippolyta enter the Sacred Temple, where the Mother Box’s cracked container briefly glowed before going dark.
• Hippolyta warned the Amazons to stay vigilant, and the Mother Box lit up and shook violently again.
• A glowing cylinder descended above the Sacred Temple and blasted the alert Amazon warriors away.

Steppenwolf arrived at the Sacred Temple through a Boom Tube and led the Parademons in an attack on the Amazons. Hippolyta escaped with the Mother Box as the warriors sealed the temple, leaving many Amazons dead inside.

• Azu warned Hellen that the enemy arriving at the Sacred Temple was only a watchdog, but Hellen ran to help Queen Hippolyta.
• Steppenwolf emerged from the Boom Tube, announced his attack, and ordered the Parademons to kill the Amazons.
• The Parademons and Steppenwolf overwhelmed the Amazon warriors, killing many as Hippolyta tried to protect the Mother Box.
• The Amazons pulled Steppenwolf aside while Hippolyta took the Mother Box and fled toward the temple exit.
• Hippolyta escaped beneath the portcullis, and the Amazons dropped the gate, sealing Steppenwolf and the remaining warriors inside.

Steppenwolf pursued the Amazon royal guard and attacked them as they tried to protect the Mother Box. With the Mother Box exposed and Steppenwolf about to strike Hellen, Hippolyta called on Azu for help.

• Hippolyta gave the Mother Box to a royal guard and watched the Sacred Temple collapse, while Azu remained motionless in the air.
• Steppenwolf and the Parademons caught up with the fleeing guards, killing and wounding Amazon warriors along the way.
• A Parademon seized the Mother Box, but an Amazon killed it, causing the box's outer casing to break and reveal the cube within.
• The surviving guards tried to pass the Mother Box between them, but Steppenwolf struck them down and took the cube.
• Hippolyta attacked Steppenwolf and was knocked aside; after Hellen knocked the Mother Box from his grasp, Hippolyta begged Azu to help as Steppenwolf swung his axe at Hellen.

Azu saved Hellen and defeated Steppenwolf with his Heat Rays, protecting the Mother Box and earning the Amazon warriors’ respect. Steppenwolf escaped to a poisoned, abandoned place and ordered the Parademons to find the other two Mother Boxes while Azu joined the Amazons’ celebration on Themyscira.

• Azu shielded Hellen from Steppenwolf’s battle-axe and told her to help Hippolyta.
• Azu dodged Steppenwolf’s attack and blasted him with Heat Rays, triggering a chain of explosions.
• Azu picked up the Mother Box as the wounded Steppenwolf escaped through a Boom Tube.
• Hippolyta declared Azu the Amazons’ benefactor, and the warriors knelt to pay tribute to him.
• Steppenwolf ordered the Parademons to search for the other two Mother Boxes and planned to reclaim the one Azu held.
• The Amazons held funerals for their fallen warriors and celebrated their victory, giving Azu grand hospitality.

Azu discussed securing the remaining Mother Boxes with Queen Hippolyta, then received notice of another multiverse invasion by a Homelander from another universe. He had 24 hours to choose a faction before the event began, and the story left him weighing his options.

• Queen Hippolyta toasted Azu for helping the Amazons repel the enemy and protect the Mother Box.
• Azu urged Hippolyta to warn Atlantis and humanity about the threat to the other Mother Boxes, but she said the Amazons had lost contact with Atlantis.
• Hippolyta offered to send word to Wonder Woman so she could warn humanity, and Azu agreed.
• Azu received notice that another Homelander was invading and learned the event required his alliance to obtain all three Mother Boxes.
• The event gave Azu 24 hours to choose Apokolips, the Justice League, or the Free Forces, and warned that the invasion would then begin.

Azu followed the Beacon Arrow to the human world and met Diana in a hidden Amazon chamber beneath the temple on Crete. Diana told him Superman had left Earth in his Kryptonian spaceship, leaving Azu stunned as he considered how to face the invading enemy without him.

• Azu declined to choose a faction immediately and urged Hippolyta to warn Diana by firing the Beacon Arrow.
• Diana saw news of the burning Amazon Temple on Crete and recognized it as a sign that an enemy invasion was coming.
• Diana entered the hidden chamber beneath the temple, where Azu appeared and asked about Superman.
• Diana told Azu that Superman had left Earth in his Kryptonian spaceship, and Azu was taken aback.

Azu learned that Superman had left Earth and chose the Amazons as his faction, activating a Favorability System before an invasion began. He planned to visit Bruce about the Mother Box while Diana returned to Themyscira to protect her people.

• Diana told Azu that Superman had flown away and left his mother in Bruce Wayne's care.
• Azu considered the factions and chose the Free Forces, then selected the Amazons.
• The Favorability System activated and displayed Azu's standing with Diana, Queen Hippolyta, Hellen, and Hera.
• An invasion event began, and Diana revealed that Clark had given the Mother Box to Bruce.
• Azu said he would speak with Bruce while urging Diana to return to Themyscira in case Steppenwolf attacked again.

A female Homelander arrived in a rebuilt Metropolis for an Invasion Event and chose the Justice League, expecting Superman and Wonder Woman to be allies. Finding no sign of either hero, she prepared a way to surrender if necessary and set off to look for Bruce Wayne’s Batcave.

• The female Homelander read the Invasion Event rules and chose the Justice League faction.
• Bruce Wayne, Arthur, Barry Allen, and Victor Stone gained favorability with her, but Superman and Wonder Woman did not appear in the messages.
• The female Homelander guessed that Superman had not yet been revived and wondered whether her brother had become involved with Wonder Woman.
• She equipped Mjolnir and Hermes’ Boots, prepared her Flag of Shame in case she needed to surrender, and flew off to search for the Batcave.

Azu warned Bruce Wayne that enemies had arrived to collect the Mother Boxes and asked him to hand over the one he held. Vera arrived, joined Bruce’s alliance, and challenged Azu, who chose to face her rather than leave.

• Azu repaired Bruce Wayne’s jet and told him that the enemy had landed on Themyscira to seize its Mother Box.
• Azu asked Bruce to give him the Mother Box, but Bruce hesitated because he distrusted him.
• Vera arrived and told Bruce not to trust Azu, while admitting she had come to protect the Mother Box.
• Bruce welcomed Vera into his alliance, and Vera threatened to drive Azu away with Mjolnir.
• Azu accepted Vera’s challenge, believing they would fight sooner or later.

Azu and Vera’s contest escalated into a destructive midair battle that engulfed Bruce’s secret base and forced him to flee in his jet. As Vera charged again, Azu teleported beside her and unleashed a powerful shockwave with the Bracers of Hercules.

• Azu and Vera traded Heat Rays, and their escalating beams drove the temperature above twenty thousand degrees.
• Vera struck Azu’s Heat Ray with Mjolnir, triggering a massive explosion that set the sky ablaze and battered Bruce’s secret base.
• Bruce escaped in his jet as the base collapsed and lake water flooded in.
• Azu and Vera fought amid the flames, with Azu’s Multi-Attack disrupting Vera and her Mjolnir launching lightning and electrified fragments.
• Azu teleported beside Vera and slammed the Bracers of Hercules together, sending out a blinding shockwave as Vera curled into a defensive ball.

Azu used his artifacts, spells, and abilities to overpower Vera in their conflict, forcing her to surrender and granting him 100 Proficiency Essence. Vera suspected Azu was conserving his strength as he flew away, and she assessed his powerful defenses and teleportation as a threat.

• Azu startled Vera with the Bracers of Hercules’ shockwave, then fought her as she charged with Mjolnir.
• Azu used Death’s Maw to distract Vera, bound her with Cyttorak’s Crimson Chains, and attacked her with his Heat Ray and explosions.
• Azu teleported behind Vera, restrained her with the Bracers of Hercules’ tenfold strength, and endured her lightning strike.
• Vera surrendered the conflict, and Azu received 100 Proficiency Essence before releasing her.
• Azu warned Vera to surrender and leave, then flew away as she considered his strength, defenses, and teleportation.

Vera analyzed Azu’s abilities, then joined Bruce Wayne as he gathered the Justice League and learned that Superman had never died because Conqueror killed Doomsday. Meanwhile, Steppenwolf sought an audience with Darkseid to report an urgent matter, but Desaad challenged him over his failure.

• Vera assessed Azu’s spells, tracking Heat Ray, and Bracers of Hercules, then said the Justice League could succeed by collecting the three Mother Boxes and reviving Superman.
• Bruce Wayne told Vera that Victor was the only recruit he had contacted so far and that he already had a Mother Box aboard the plane.
• Bruce said Aquaman disliked him, he had not yet found Barry Allen, and he had Diana’s contact information, but his call to Diana did not connect.
• Vera discovered that Superman was alive and had left Earth after Conqueror killed Doomsday, and she worried that the changed plot would make the conflict harder.
• Steppenwolf asked Desaad to let him report an important matter to Darkseid, and Desaad mocked him for his incompetence.

Steppenwolf sought Desaad’s help after failing to take Themyscira, but was told to prove his worth by obtaining a Mother Box. Back on Themyscira, Azu warned Hippolyta and Diana about Vera and grew suspicious of Superman’s departure, then left to search the ocean floor for more Kryptonite.

• Steppenwolf pleaded with Desaad for help returning to Darkseid’s side, but Desaad refused and advised him to obtain at least one Mother Box.
• Steppenwolf ordered the Parademons to search for clues to the Mother Boxes.
• Azu returned to Themyscira, checked on the awakened Mother Box, and warned Hippolyta and Diana that Vera also wanted it.
• Azu told Diana he wanted Kryptonite as a precaution against Superman, and Diana revealed that Lex Luthor had once obtained some.
• Azu hacked Lex Luthor’s company records, traced the Kryptonite shipment to the White Grape’s salvage site, and headed there to search for more ore.