Chapter Summaries

Azu prepared to lure Gorr into opening the Realm of Eternity so he could reach Eternity first, while Gorr traveled to Anti-Earth to kill the Conqueror. Gorr arrived and began fighting the Animal People controlled by Azu, leaving their confrontation underway.

• Proxima Midnight offered to kill Gorr, but Azu said only he could match the God Butcher and ordered Quill to bring Gorr to him.
• In the Void, Gorr forced Kraglin to record his killings, killed two residents, and released the captives after Quill promised to bring him to the Conqueror.
• Azu obtained a signal gun from the High Evolutionary that could track targets across the galaxy, while the High Evolutionary continued researching P13's brain.
• Quill brought Gorr to Anti-Earth, where Gorr promised to leave the Void alone if he found the Conqueror.
• Azu possessed several Animal People in an alley; after they challenged Gorr, he killed them and vowed to find and kill the Conqueror.

Azu used the Reality Stone to create an illusion in which Gorr fought Conqueror and claimed Stormbreaker. Gorr escaped with the weapon, unknowingly marked by Azu, who had staged the encounter to accomplish those two objectives.

• Gorr led his shadow creatures into Conqueror's city, where controlled Animal People fought back until Conqueror appeared wielding Stormbreaker.
• Gorr recognized Stormbreaker and attacked Conqueror, and the two fought through the city's buildings and streets.
• Conqueror gained the upper hand briefly, but Gorr used the Necrosword's shadow powers to kill him with Shadow Blade.
• Gorr took Stormbreaker and escaped through the Bifrost before the apparent city and its inhabitants vanished.
• Azu was revealed to have created the entire battle as an illusion with the Reality Stone, intending to give Gorr Stormbreaker and mark him.

Gorr reached the Temple of Eternity and began opening the gateway to the Realm of Eternity, but Azu arrived with his forces to stop him. Gorr escaped using Stormbreaker, and Azu tracked him to Earth.

• Gorr used Stormbreaker to direct the Bifrost onto the pattern beneath Eternity's statue and began opening the gateway.
• Azu arrived with The High Evolutionary, Adam, Proxima Midnight, Cull Obsidian, Corvus Glaive, and modified soldiers, then ordered them to destroy the Necrosword and kill Gorr.
• Gorr summoned an army of shadow creatures and fought Adam and Proxima Midnight while Azu waited by Eternity's statue.
• Corvus Glaive stabbed Gorr from behind, but Gorr healed and realized Azu had lured him to the temple.
• Gorr used Stormbreaker to summon the Bifrost and escape, causing the gateway's markings to go dark.
• Azu used The High Evolutionary's tracker and discovered that Gorr had gone to Earth.

Gorr brought Stormbreaker to Earth to stop Conqueror from reaching the Realm of Eternity, but Azu used a clone disguised as Thor to trick him and reclaim the axe. Azu destroyed the Necrosword, and Gorr died after seeing his daughter; Azu then opened a portal to Adam and Proxima Midnight.

• Gorr arrived on a beach and, while searching for Thor, killed a couple and sent shadow creatures to capture people for questioning.
• Gorr reached New Asgard and offered Stormbreaker to Thor, but demanded a secret to verify Thor's identity.
• Azu Clone pretended to be Thor, earned Gorr's trust with a secret, took Stormbreaker, and severed Gorr's arm as Azu arrived.
• Azu used the Reality Stone and his Thermonuclear Beam to destroy the Necrosword, rejecting its offer to make him the new God Butcher.
• Gorr weakened as the Necrosword vanished, saw his daughter, and died; Azu's clone returned Stormbreaker to him.
• Azu opened a portal to Adam and Proxima Midnight after finding New Asgard deserted.

Azu entered Eternity’s realm and became a Level 7 God of Destruction, gaining Destruction Authority but struggling against its urge to annihilate all life. As Earth’s Emergence began, the heroes prepared to stop Tiamut, while Ikaris returned wearing the Infinity Gauntlet beside a mysterious golden-skinned young man.

• Azu entered the realm of Eternity and wished to become a god.
• Eternity granted Azu Destruction Authority, transforming him into a Level 7 God of Destruction and evolving his Thermonuclear Beam into Destructive Sanction.
• Azu returned to his followers and resisted his new Authority’s urge to destroy them before opening a Portal back to Earth.
• Thor, War Machine, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, the Eternals, and the Wakandans arrived at the Emergence site and prepared to put Tiamut to sleep.
• Tiamut’s volcano erupted as the Eternals began channeling their energy through Druid.
• Ikaris returned with a mysterious golden-skinned young man, and Thena noticed the Infinity Gauntlet on Ikaris’s hand.

Ikaris sided with Arishem and used the Infinity Gauntlet to fight the Eternals and Avengers as Druid attempted to stop the Emergence. Azu revealed that he had lent Ikaris the gauntlet and let Tiamut begin to awaken so he could intervene later and seize control of Earth.

• Ikaris shattered Phastos's synchronization bracelet, declared that he would ensure the Emergence proceeded, and gained Kingo and Sprite as allies while the other Eternals opposed him.
• Thor attacked Ikaris, and the Avengers and Wakanda joined the fight as Adam knocked War Machine and Falcon from the sky.
• Ikaris used the Power Stone to blast Hulk away and the Space Stone to send Thor to Jotunheim, while Adam struck Doctor Strange from the air.
• Ikaris interrupted Druid's attempt to put Tiamut to sleep, killed Druid with the Power Stone, and declared that the Eternals' plan had failed.
• Makkari attacked Ikaris as the volcano erupted, and the Eternals worked to protect one another from the falling rocks.
• Azu watched from above, revealed that he had lent Ikaris the Infinity Gauntlet, and waited for Tiamut to awaken so he could test the Destruction Authority.

Azu’s plan unfolded as Ikaris reversed Thena’s freezing of Tiamut with the Time Stone and killed her, allowing the Emergence to resume. Disasters struck worldwide, and Wakanda announced that Earth’s destruction was imminent, showing footage of Tiamut rising from the sea.

• Ikaris broke free of Phastos’s traps and attacked him as Tiamut began emerging from the Earth and sea.
• Thena drew on the Eternals’ energy to freeze Tiamut, but Ikaris used the Time Stone to reverse her feat and killed her.
• Ikaris flew to Azu, who took back the Infinity Gauntlet after Ikaris completed his assigned role.
• Tsunamis and volcanic eruptions devastated regions around the world, while terrified people watched reports in Times Square.
• Wakandan diplomat Najia announced that Earth’s destruction was imminent and presented footage of Tiamut’s emergence filmed by Tchalla.

As Tiamut’s Emergence triggered a devastating tsunami that submerged New York and threatened the world, Azu returned with the Infinity Gauntlet and attacked the awakening Celestial. His Destructive Sanction made Tiamut react and then severed one of its fingers, while Doctor Strange and the others watched from afar.

• A tsunami swept through New York, killing countless people and leaving the city submerged as disasters unfolded around the world.
• Doctor Strange and the heroes failed to stop Tiamut from awakening, while Azu arrived, claimed he had killed Ikaris, and revealed the Infinity Gauntlet was back in his possession.
• Azu sent Doctor Strange and the others away, then flew alone above Tiamut as Adam offered help and was told to keep his distance.
• Azu used Destructive Sanction against Tiamut, causing the Celestial to react and reach for him.
• Azu fired again at Tiamut’s outstretched hand, and the black-purple beams cut off one of its fingers, stunning the observers.

Azu destroyed Tiamut’s body and stopped the Emergence, prompting people across the world to celebrate him as Earth’s savior. A week later, the Conqueror’s image had become a citywide trend, while Doctor Strange suspected he had staged the crisis himself.

• Azu used Destructive Sanction to sever Tiamut’s arm and split his head, leaving the Celestial’s Mind Fire dim but not extinguished.
• Tchalla’s aircraft recorded the battle, and Tchalla prepared to welcome their arriving friends.
• Wakanda announced that the Emergence had been stopped, and footage of Azu defeating Tiamut restored Hastings’s hope and sparked celebrations across New York.
• A week later, Doctor Strange and Peter Parker organized the Sanctum Sanctorum as Thor remained missing and Conqueror merchandise spread throughout the city.
• Peter showed Doctor Strange an interview in which Tchalla credited the Conqueror with Wakanda’s technological advances and promised lasting peace; Doctor Strange suspected the Conqueror had staged the Emergence.

Doctor Strange and Peter Parker learned that the Conqueror planned to bring Earth into the John Empire through Wakanda, while Azu prepared to leave and ordered his forces to support Tchalla. In London, Sprite encountered God-level Arishem, who gave the surviving Eternals new instructions.

• Doctor Strange deduced that the Conqueror had given Ikaris the Infinity Gauntlet, and Tchalla revealed on television that Wakanda was allied with the John Empire and urged Earth to join its alliance.
• Azu visited the Sanctum Sanctorum, returned Stormbreaker, and invited Doctor Strange and Peter Parker to visit the John Empire.
• Azu told his commanders that Tchalla would lead efforts to bring Earth into the alliance and ordered them to cooperate and stay prepared while he was away.
• Doctor Strange and Peter Parker brought Stormbreaker to New Asgard, where the axe searched for Thor, summoned the Bifrost, and flew away; Valkyrie received Tchalla's invitation to a global symposium.
• Phastos and Makkari visited Thena's grave, where Kingo and Sprite apologized for their part in the conflict; Sprite then saw God-level Arishem and announced that he had new instructions for them.

After the Multiverse Event ended, Azu confirmed that he had become a god and set out to win two more universe invasions. He entered The Flash universe, where he learned that his opponent was another god, while the opponent identified Azu and began hunting him in Gotham City.

• Azu reviewed his new Level 7 status, his First Stage Authority of Destruction, and the progress of his Ultimate Mission, then decided to continue invading other universes.
• Azu used a Crimson Eye to enter The Flash universe and killed a mugger in an alley before recognizing the setting as a DC Universe.
• The invasion began in Iron Cage Blood Fight mode, requiring the Invader to kill his opponent; Azu received a temporary 30% strength penalty and lost access to Insight abilities.
• Azu learned that the event's Homelander was likely also a god, changed his appearance, and disappeared into the crowd.
• A fashionable man arrived at the alley, questioned the dead mugger, and learned that Azu had blond hair, blue eyes, a red cape, and a metal uniform.
• The fashionable man concluded that Azu was another god and planned to find and kill him within two days, even considering killing everyone in Gotham City.

Barry Allen found himself in a past where his mother Nora was alive after changing history, then discovered another Barry outside his home. Meanwhile, Azu went to Wayne Manor seeking Batman’s help and found an elderly Bruce Wayne, who agreed to assist him in exchange for never seeing him again.

• Barry Allen changed the past by moving the tomato sauce can, restoring Nora to his family’s life, but a purple stranger knocked him out of the Time Bowl.
• Barry reunited with Nora and Henry and shared a meal with them, then spotted a long-haired double of himself outside.
• Barry tackled the double, who asked why Barry had his face.
• Azu traveled to Wayne Manor and asked the elderly Bruce Wayne for help, after testing his defenses in the kitchen.
• Bruce said Batman had died long ago, then agreed to help Azu if Azu promised never to return.

The Flash discovered that his past self, Barry Allen, was about to gain his powers on September 29 and took him toward the crime lab. Meanwhile, a fashionably dressed man unleashed a spreading wave of death, then appeared at Wayne Manor to meet Azu, who fought him and fled with him through the roof.

• The Flash explained to Barry that they could not remain together and realized that September 29 was the night Barry had to gain his powers.
• A fashionably dressed man sent gray streams of fire into an apartment building, killing its residents and spreading death outward, but the wave spared Barry's home and Wayne Manor.
• At Wayne Manor, Azu sensed the deaths spreading through Gotham and prepared to leave after Bruce Wayne shared coordinates for an alien hidden in Siberia.
• The fashionably dressed man appeared before Azu and Bruce, said he had come to see his brother, and Bruce went to prepare dinner.
• The man blocked Azu's golden beams as they blasted through the roof, and the two disappeared into the storming sky.

The Flash and Barry discovered that nearly everyone in Central City had died, including Iris, and returned home to find Barry's family. Meanwhile, Azu evaded Natas, a death-wielding Homelander from another universe, and entered a Siberian base to recruit help against him.

• The Flash and Barry failed to leave the crime lab using their powers, then found a security guard and others dead in the streets.
• Barry called Nora, learned that Mr. Jack's family and others on their street had died, and went with The Flash to check on Iris.
• The Flash confirmed that Iris and the people in her home were dead, and he took Barry back toward his family.
• Natas pursued Azu with Death Rays, revealed that he had killed nearly everyone in Gotham City, and withdrew into the Underworld after Azu escaped with Twist Reality.
• Azu searched the Siberian ice fields, found an armed organization's base, and entered it to reach a sealed container.
• Azu faced the armed personnel who surrounded him and told them that they were the ones who should surrender.

Azu rescued Kara, a weakened Kryptonian carrying the Life Codex, from a Siberian base and destroyed the facility. He took Bruce Wayne with them to a lighthouse, where Kara recovered under sunlight and agreed to help Azu, who then offered to give her more energy.

• Azu used Mind Domain to make the guards kill one another, then entered a sealed container and found Kara imprisoned with a Kryptonian suit.
• Azu freed Kara, killed the arriving guards, and destroyed the Siberian base; Natas arrived afterward but found the ruins offered no clues.
• Azu took Kara and Bruce Wayne from Wayne Manor, destroying the manor as they left to prevent Natas from learning his plans through Bruce.
• At a lighthouse, Kara identified herself as Jor-El’s daughter and explained that she had been separated from her cousin Carl-El and captured after reaching Earth.
• Azu soothed Kara’s distress with Mind Domain, and sunlight restored her strength; she agreed to help him, so he carried her away to give her more energy.

Azu helped Kara replenish her solar energy in space, where they spotted a spaceship emerging from behind the moon. General Zod announced his arrival and demanded Kara surrender, while The Flash and Barry headed for Wayne Manor to seek help as Natas raised Gotham’s dead.

• Azu focused controlled solar-energy beams on Kara, restoring her strength until she accidentally fired her Laser Eyes, and they spotted a spaceship near the moon.
• General Zod hijacked electronic devices worldwide, demanded that Kara El surrender within twenty-four hours, and threatened Earth.
• The Flash explained Zod’s danger to Barry and decided they had to find Kara, then took Barry toward Wayne Manor.
• Natas watched the dead rise across Gotham and considered finding Kara so they could join forces against his brother.
• The Flash and Barry found Wayne Manor in ruins, phased into the Batcave, and discussed who had killed Iris and the others.

The Flash and Barry searched the Batcave for a way to restore the Flash’s powers, but Natas appeared and offered help in exchange for finding Azu. Meanwhile, Kara El allied with General Calvin Swanwick against Zod and warned him that Natas had turned Gotham’s residents into walking corpses; in Siberia, Azu arrived as soldiers excavated Kara’s escape pod.

• The Flash failed to identify Kara El through Batman’s computer and told Barry that he planned to stay in this world to protect his living mother, Nora.
• The Flash and Barry found chemicals for restoring his powers, but, unable to summon lightning themselves, they were interrupted by Natas, who offered to fly the Flash into a storm and help fight Zod if they found Azu.
• Kara El broke her handcuffs, explained to General Calvin Swanwick that Zod intended to transform Earth, and agreed to fight alongside the Federation.
• Kara warned Calvin that Natas had killed Gotham’s residents and turned them into walking corpses, prompting Carl to order the Guardian squad to investigate the city.
• Azu arrived in Siberia and watched soldiers recover Kara’s escape pod from her former prison base; as the pod was lifted out, someone thanked the workers and said they would take it.

Panther Squad entered Gotham City and confirmed it was overrun by walking corpses, prompting General Calvin to obtain presidential approval for a nuclear strike after Metropolis was evacuated. As Natas rescued Barry’s parents, a figure fell into downtown Gotham and a massive fireball erupted, swallowing the city.

• Panther Squad infiltrated Gotham, where David’s accidental gunshot drew hordes of walking corpses and forced the soldiers to flee to a rooftop for helicopter evacuation.
• The squad’s footage showed the scale of the outbreak, and General Calvin learned that the president had approved a nuclear strike once Metropolis’s residents were evacuated.
• Natas struck The Flash with lightning until he recovered his superpowers, then asked him and Barry to search for someone near Gotham.
• Natas went to retrieve Barry’s parents, Henry and Nora, and carried them unconscious toward Wayne Manor.
• Lightning revealed a black figure falling into downtown Gotham, and Natas watched a huge fireball rise and swallow everything in its path.

Natas rescued Nora and Henry from Gotham’s nuclear destruction, then forced The Flash and Barry to keep searching for his missing opponent. Meanwhile, Azu hid in space with Kara El’s escape pod as General Zod took Kara aboard his flagship and launched the World Engine toward Earth.

• A nuclear blast destroyed Gotham, and Natas fled with Nora and Henry before turning Wayne Manor into a zone that neutralized radiation.
• The Flash and Barry returned without finding Natas’s target, so he threatened their parents and sent them searching again.
• Azu watched Earth from a satellite with Kara El’s escape pod, while General Zod demanded Kara from General Calvin and threatened to attack Earth.
• Kara agreed to surrender herself, and Faora brought her to General Zod’s flagship.
• General Zod claimed the Codex of Life was in Kara’s blood, said he would have to kill her, and ordered the World Engine deployed to Earth.
• General Calvin saw the World Engine land in the Indian Ocean and realized the Kryptonians had never intended to keep their promise.

General Zod’s forces began transforming Earth while humanity fought back, and Azu rescued Kara from the Kryptonian flagship. The chapter left Kara flying away from Metropolis, Azu descending toward Earth with the escape pod, and a human squad preparing to infiltrate the Kryptonian ship.

• General Calvin ordered the Air Force to attack the Kryptonian ships, but their shields and fighters overwhelmed the first human squadron.
• Azu shattered the Kryptonian flagship’s window, blasted General Zod away, and rescued the unconscious Kara.
• General Zod ordered the flagship to Earth, where it and the World Engine began transforming Metropolis and the Indian Ocean as human fighters attacked.
• Kara woke in space beside Azu, then flew toward Earth while Azu pushed the escape pod down after her.
• The Flash spotted Kara and then Azu descending with the pod, recognized him as the person Natas sought, and sped west to investigate.
• A human squad approached the landed Kryptonian ship and prepared to board it and plant bombs inside.