Chapter Summaries

Azu held Diana back while Vera attacked Steppenwolf’s base in northern Russia, hoping to let Vera and Steppenwolf weaken each other. Vera found the Mother Boxes but was met by Steppenwolf and Granny Goodness, leaving Azu to recognize a new variable as his plan continued.

• Azu explained that he had learned the base’s location by intercepting information and told Diana he had brought her there for a reason, keeping their conversation private with Mind Invasion.
• Vera reached Steppenwolf’s base in Pozharnov and fought through Parademons and gun platforms to reach the two Mother Boxes.
• As Vera reached for a Mother Box, Steppenwolf attacked her with blue energy while a white-haired woman struck her with a war staff.
• Vera recognized the woman as Granny Goodness and blamed Azu for changing the plot.
• Azu sensed the reinforcements and told Diana that Granny Goodness was an additional variable, but that the plan remained unchanged.

Azu used the Glory Shop and his remaining Proficiency Essence to improve his fighting skills and Talents, but Bio-Field and Heat Ray hit a breakthrough bottleneck that required Awakening Stones. He then turned his attention back to the nuclear power plant, where Vera taunted Steppenwolf and challenged Darkseid to appear.

• Azu bought the ancient martial art Four Ounces Deflect a Thousand Pounds from the Glory Shop.
• Azu upgraded Bio-Field to +5 and learned that breaking through required 3 Awakening Stones.
• Azu upgraded Heat Ray to +5, which also required 3 Awakening Stones to break through.
• Azu spent most of his remaining Proficiency Essence to raise Godly Strength to +4 and gain Power Condensation.
• Azu listened as Vera mocked Steppenwolf and called Darkseid a coward who would not descend to Earth.

Vera used She-Hulk Gene Enhancement to transform and overpower Steppenwolf at the nuclear power plant. The white-haired woman intervened to save Steppenwolf and deflect Vera’s Heat Ray, leaving both women unharmed amid the collapsing dome.

• Steppenwolf charged Vera, but she dodged and transformed with She-Hulk Gene Enhancement.
• Vera pierced Steppenwolf’s chest and nearly reached his heart before he hurled her out of the nuclear power plant and healed himself with the Mother Box’s power.
• Vera returned and forced Steppenwolf’s energy torrent backward with her Heat Ray.
• The white-haired woman pulled Steppenwolf clear and deflected Vera’s Heat Ray into the dome.
• The nuclear power plant’s dome collapsed, but Vera and the white-haired woman remained unharmed.

Vera fought the white-haired woman, an elite of Apokolips, in the Mother Box-reinforced nuclear power plant. Vera’s overwhelming strength damaged the facility, but the woman answered with precise energy control as the battle continued.

• Vera charged the white-haired woman and landed a supersonic punch that sent her crashing into the Mother Box monument.
• The white-haired woman admitted Vera had greater pure strength, then attacked with her battle staff as Vera braced and blocked.
• Vera and the white-haired woman exchanged powerful blows, and their fight brought down the reinforced nuclear power plant while Steppenwolf guarded the Mother Boxes.
• Vera charged again, and the white-haired woman drove her staff into the ground, sending energy-wrapped fragments flying toward Vera.

Vera fought the white-haired Apokolips warrior, whose skill and ability to predict her movements threatened Vera’s Bio-Field, until she called for Azu to join the battle. Azu appeared at 200% Godly Strength and killed Steppenwolf with a single amplified punch.

• Vera battled the white-haired woman with Mjolnir, but the woman used precise techniques and apparent prediction to trip Vera and damage her Bio-Field.
• The white-haired woman asked Steppenwolf to attack Vera with her, and Steppenwolf prepared to join the fight.
• Vera called to Azu, threatening to join the Apokolips warriors in raiding Themyscira if he did not come down and help.
• Azu raised his Godly Strength output to 200% and told Diana he would give her a signal.
• Azu teleported behind Steppenwolf, disrupted his focus with Mind Storm, and killed him with a punch empowered by the Hercules Wristband and Power Condensation.

Azu killed Steppenwolf with one punch, then stepped back and let Vera fight the white-haired woman. When Azu tried to take the Mother Boxes, Vera turned her attack on him, and their powers clashed above the ruined nuclear power plant as Talikova and Uncle Gorman approached from afar.

• Azu killed Steppenwolf with one punch, leaving Vera and the white-haired woman stunned by his strength.
• The white-haired woman considered retreating, but Azu told her and Vera to continue their fight while he stayed out of their contest.
• Vera and the white-haired woman attacked each other, and the white-haired woman deflected Vera’s Mjolnir strike and knocked her backward.
• Azu grabbed a Mother Box in each hand, so Vera changed course and attacked him with a massive pillar of lightning.
• Azu created a duplicate that fired Golden Light Stream at Vera’s lightning, and the two forces collided above the nuclear power plant.
• More than a hundred kilometers away, Talikova and Uncle Gorman felt the ground shake and saw a blinding light rise over the horizon.

Azu secured the Mother Boxes and used Diana to carry them toward Themyscira, aiming to satisfy the Invasion Event by having that faction obtain all three. He trapped Vera in the Darkhold’s Darkness Prison, leaving himself and his clone to confront the white-haired woman.

• Azu’s clone fought Vera while Azu held off the white-haired woman and threw two Mother Boxes into the sky.
• Diana caught the Mother Boxes and flew toward Themyscira, prompting Vera to break away and pursue her.
• Azu teleported beside Diana, blocked Vera’s Heat Ray, and let Diana escape with the Mother Boxes.
• Azu opened the Darkhold and sealed Vera inside the Darkness Prison.
• Azu and his clone turned to face the white-haired woman.

Azu waited for the Justice League after Apokolips withdrew, realizing the incident would not end until the Justice League gave up the Mother Boxes. When the League arrived, he freed Vera and prepared to confront them.

• The white-haired woman retreated through a portal, and Apokolips’s soldiers left as the Boom Tube closed.
• Azu realized that the event remained unfinished because the Justice League still held the Mother Boxes, so he waited for them to arrive.
• Batman, Barry Allen, Victor, and Arthur landed at the destroyed nuclear power plant and found no sign of Apokolips’s army.
• Azu told the Justice League that he had killed Steppenwolf and that the Apokolips helper had fled after warning that Darkseid had noticed them.
• Azu dispelled the Darkness Prison, freeing Vera, who realized the Justice League still had to get past her to complete the event.

Azu revealed that he had planned to attack the Justice League members after Apokolips was eliminated, using a powerful duplicate to overwhelm them while Vera fought him. The battle left Vera badly depleted and Cyborg shattered, bringing the League closer to collapse.

• Azu powered up and fired Heat Ray at Bruce Wayne, but Barry Allen teleported Bruce out of its path.
• Vera realized Azu was targeting the Justice League members to destroy their alliance and transformed with She-Hulk Gene Enhancement to confront him.
• Azu summoned a self-replicating duplicate with 80% of his strength, who attacked Bruce while Barry rescued him again.
• Arthur charged the duplicate as Vera and Azu fought, but Azu used the Bracers of Hercules to slam Vera nearly 4,000 meters underground.
• Vera returned to the surface and saw Azu shatter Cyborg, Victor, in midair.

Azu killed Arthur, Bruce, and Victor, then allowed Barry Allen to reverse time and restore them. After showing Vera the outcome of fighting him, Azu demanded that she choose whether to keep opposing him or withdraw from the incident.

• Vera charged Azu and urged the others to flee, but Azu teleported beside Arthur and killed him with Heat Ray.
• Azu teleported to Bruce and killed him, while Barry Allen was still evading Azu's duplicate.
• Vera called to Barry Allen to run faster than light and reverse time, and Barry restored everyone to the moment before the battle began.
• Barry collapsed from exhaustion, and Azu told Vera that Barry could not reverse time again.
• Azu explained that he had arranged the demonstration to convince Vera that fighting him would be a gamble with their lives, then asked her to withdraw or continue opposing him.
• Vera considered her remaining trump card and questioned whether the incident was worth risking their lives over.

Azu raised his power to its full 300% output, prompting Vera to surrender and ending the Multiverse Invasion Event with Azu as the winner. After receiving his rewards, Azu left Bruce and the others to consider the missing Mother Boxes and the danger of Apokolips returning.

• Azu activated Godly Strength at 300% output, and his aura overwhelmed Bruce, Barry Allen, Victor, and Arthur.
• Vera planted the Flag of Shame and surrendered, disappearing as the event ended.
• Azu received 61 Tokens of Glory, a She-Hulk Gene Enhancement capsule, the ability to summon Vera once in a future event, and 27 more Tokens of Glory.
• Azu withdrew his power and flew away, while Bruce told the others that the Mother Boxes were missing and likely in the Conqueror's hands.
• Victor could no longer sense the Mother Boxes, and Bruce warned that Apokolips might return as Barry hoped Superman would come back soon.

After Azu returned the Mother Boxes to Themyscira, Hippolyta pledged the Amazons’ alliance, and Azu discovered that increased favorability could earn rewards. The next day, he browsed new Glory Shop items and examined the powerful but prohibitively expensive Hermes’ Boots.

• Diana told Hippolyta what had happened, and the Mother Boxes fell dormant again.
• Azu told Diana and Hippolyta that Steppenwolf was dead and the white-haired woman had fled with the Parademon army, though Apokolips might return.
• Hippolyta pledged the Amazons’ alliance to Azu, and he received a message that her favorability had reached Heartfelt.
• Azu spent the night with Hellen and Hera, then opened the Glory Shop the next day and reviewed its new items.
• Azu examined Hermes’ Boots, noting their powerful abilities and their price of 1,000 Tokens of Glory.

Azu failed to activate any of the Mother Boxes on Themyscira and left the DC Universe. Arthur reunited with his father, then learned that Orm had died in an attack on Themyscira and Atlantis needed him to become its new king.

• Azu asked Hippolyta for permission to study the Mother Boxes, and she sent Diana to take him to the temple.
• Azu tried to activate each Mother Box, but none responded, so he left the universe the next day.
• Arthur returned to the lighthouse and embraced his father, Thomas Curry, before spending the evening with him.
• Mera and Vico arrived and told Arthur that Orm had died after leading an attack on Themyscira.
• Vico revealed that the Conqueror, not the Amazons, had wiped out Orm's army, and Mera and Vico asked Arthur to return as king of Atlantis.

Arthur learned that Atlanna might still be alive in the Trenches and considered taking the Atlantis throne to rescue her. Diana returned the human Mother Box to Bruce, who arranged to send it into space, and a month later watched a rocket carry it toward Mars.

• Arthur rejected Vico's request to become king until Mera revealed that Atlanna might have survived in the Trenches and could be rescued by an Atlantean army.
• Arthur said he would think about claiming the throne, and Vico and Mera left him with a conch shell.
• Diana brought the human Mother Box to Bruce and explained that Conqueror had left and allowed them to decide what to do with the boxes.
• Diana agreed to visit Bruce monthly before flying back to Themyscira, and Bruce asked Alfred whether they had a safe.
• A month later, Bruce watched a rocket launch carrying a Wayne Enterprises probe to Mars, arranged to take the Mother Box into space.

Azu returned from the DC Universe with an Awakening Stone reward and considered his plans for building a base and kingdom in The Boys Universe. That night, Stormfront arrived at Sage Grove Psychiatric Hospital, Vought’s secret facility for adult Compound 5 experiments.

• Azu returned from the DC Universe and received settlement rewards, including the Spear of Valor, Proficiency Essence, three Awakening Stones, and Multiverse Crystals.
• Azu judged the Spear of Valor and Steppenwolf discount to be of limited use, while valuing the Awakening Stones as a way to break through his talent bottlenecks.
• Azu considered using Tony Stark’s clean-energy knowledge to develop Kryptonian technology and planned to turn his assets into funding for a research base and his kingdom.
• Azu noted that Wrath and the others could reach Earth, while Druid Levin monitored Himiko and her brother.
• Stormfront arrived at Sage Grove Psychiatric Hospital, where Vought secretly tested Compound 5 on adults to create Supers more quickly.

Stormfront visited Sage Grove, where Lamplighter was burning test subjects as they prepared for a possible war against Homelander. A month later, Azu considered who could use the She-Hulk Gene Enhancement Capsule he had obtained.

• Stormfront asked Lamplighter about the Sage Grove subjects, and he reported that Cindy's ability had grown stronger and Vic's power had stabilized.
• Stormfront visited Vic, who insulted her, and Lamplighter set him on fire after she left.
• Stormfront saw Cindy watching and told Lamplighter they needed more test subjects to prepare for a war against Homelander.
• A month later, Azu inspected the She-Hulk Gene Enhancement Capsule and learned that he could not use it because it only worked on women.
• Azu considered giving the capsule to Angelina, Hellen, or Hera, then realized a female Dark Elf among his guaranteed-summon Cursed Warriors could use it.

Azu tested three Curse Stones on an uninhabited Hawaiian island, then browsed the refreshed Shop and bought the Fangs of Destruction and a Darkhold fragment. He stored the axe in his Inventory and left with the fragment’s intended use still unclear.

• Azu summoned two Cursed Warriors and a Cursed General, discovered they were all male, and assessed their strength before returning them to their Curse Stones.
• Azu reviewed the Shop’s new items and decided the Fangs of Destruction’s traits made it worth buying.
• Azu exchanged forty Multiverse Crystals for the Fangs of Destruction and stored the silver battle axe in his Inventory.
• Azu bought the Darkhold fragment containing the Corrupting Black Mist spell, despite not knowing what the linked Seed of Desire spell did.

After a video of Homelander killing a civilian sparked protests, Azu dismissed his public relations team’s concerns but returned to confront the Secretary of Defense. Wilson, who had secretly engineered the scandal to drive Homelander out, prepared Ryan as a contingency before Azu threatened him directly.

• Ashley told Azu that a video of him accidentally killing a civilian had spread online and that his approval ratings were falling; Azu left the response to her.
• Maeve informed Azu that the Secretary of Defense had given him twenty-four hours to resolve the controversy or face the loss of his Colonel rank and the Department of Superhuman Oversight; Azu said he was returning.
• Maeve suspected someone was manipulating public opinion as protests gathered beneath the Seven Tower.
• Wilson admitted that he had orchestrated the scandal and ordered Patriot brought in; he warned Ryan that he might soon face Homelander and hid him in a back room.
• Azu arrived at the Department of Defense and threatened Wilson, demanding that he smooth over the video incident.

Azu forced Wilson to abandon the video that could expose Homelander, while Wilson began shaping Ryan into a future weapon against him. After receiving an early warning of another Disaster Event, Azu returned to Seven Tower and confronted the protesters demanding justice.

• Azu threatened Wilson into handling the video scandal and revealed that he knew Ryan was hiding in the office.
• Wilson decided not to use the video against Homelander, and Ryan vowed to kill him for murdering his mother.
• Wilson promised to train Ryan and make him the Federation's Guardian.
• Azu received a warning that a Disaster Event would occur in 18 hours and 27 minutes and wondered how to become an Administrator.
• Azu arrived at Seven Tower, took Ashley's microphone, and insulted the protesters, ordering them to go home.

Azu berated protesters after they accused him of murder, then killed a gunman who shot at him and struck back at an online critic. Meanwhile, Kenji and the Flash Army infiltrated Willis Pharmaceutical Company to steal Chemical No. 6, and Druid Levin told Azu that he had lost Kenji.

• Azu defended his past rescues while insulting the protesters, until a man shot him and Azu killed the gunman with his Golden Beams.
• Stormfront showed Azu the viral response to his speech, and Azu appeared to strike an online critic in person.
• Dr. Kyle left Willis Pharmaceutical Company after discussing the unstable Chemical No. 6 with Minister Wilson.
• Kenji and the Flash Army team leader entered Willis Pharmaceutical Company disguised as cleaners to steal Chemical No. 6.
• Druid Levin called Azu and reported that he had lost Kenji.