Chapter Summaries

Jonathan Kent awoke from a nightmare about his family’s possible futures and found a strange Death Note that promised to help him conquer death. In the Marvel Universe, Ian reached the fallen Galactus, obtained a new class template, and learned that Tony had prepared the Sentry and Omni-Man corpses for him.

• A mysterious voice showed Jonathan horrific possible futures for the Kent family, then tempted him with a peaceful vision of their future and urged him to accept its help.
• Jonathan woke with no clear memory of the dream and found a notebook labeled “Death Note” whose first page promised, “I can help you conquer death.”
• The notebook’s dark red tendrils began probing Jonathan’s room but withdrew when Hellcat’s radio played a German lullaby.
• Ian arrived in the Marvel Universe and found Galactus’s fallen body being dismantled by Tony’s researchers, where Gwen was helping recover the Mind Stone.
• Ian visited Galactus’s nostril and unlocked the Entropy Annihilation Lord class template; Gwen told him Tony had prepared the Sentry and Omni-Man corpses for him.

Ian entered the Infinity Gauntlet’s power and snapped his fingers, trusting Tony Stark’s survivors and reshaping their dying universe. He awoke in a bustling, restored world, then cursed when a car horn startled him from his solemn moment.

• Ian returned to the base, negotiated with Digital Tony, and agreed to touch Omni-Man’s and Sentry’s corpses in exchange for snapping his fingers.
• Touching the corpses gave Ian Correction Data that upgraded his skills to Perfect Divine Body and Eyes of Eternal Day, while strengthening his attributes.
• Gwen arrived with news that the final Infinity Stone was ready, and Tony explained that Gwen and Betty had the clearest surviving souls after the Multiverse merged.
• The base rose above ground before the gathered survivors, and Digital Tony presented Ian with the Infinity Gauntlet, saying he had already entered the desired objective.
• Ian chose to trust the survivors, put on the Gauntlet, and snapped his fingers, causing the ruined universe to vanish and a lively world to reappear.
• Ian stood in the middle of a crosswalk in the restored world, called out to the Creator, and cursed when a car horn startled him.

Ian encountered a bizarre Marvel world where familiar heroes had become ordinary entertainers and workers, while Doctor Strange knew nothing of the demons and magical powers Ian expected. After Ian recognized Gwen and carried her off to find Tony, Doctor Strange discovered Ian’s name on an ancient book in Kamar-Taj.

• Ian tore the wheels and fuel tank from a truck, then replaced his ruined shoes with free boots from a winter charity stand.
• Ian saw Peter Parker perform a web-spraying act on television and found Steve Rogers posing as a paid bodybuilding model in a clothing store.
• Ian entered the neglected Sanctum Sanctorum, where Doctor Strange revealed that demons, Dimension Demon Gods, and the Vishanti were unknown in this world.
• Ian showed Doctor Strange his book, then recognized Gwen Stacy delivering pizza and carried her away to find Tony.
• Doctor Strange went to the deserted Kamar-Taj library and found an ancient book labeled Ian’s Grimoire.

Doctor Strange deduced that Ian was an ancient demon-god threat and rushed to Stark Tower, while Ancient One secretly monitored him. Ian brought Gwen to Stark Tower, where he learned that Tony Stark was an artificial intelligence and received technology from him before returning to the DC Universe; afterward, Ian used Tony’s technology to call Batman.

• Doctor Strange studied Ian’s Grimoire and concluded that Ian was an ancient evil being, while Ancient One revealed that he had faked his death and planned to guide Strange through dreams.
• Ian carried Gwen across Manhattan to Stark Tower, where Obadiah Stane greeted them and a holographic Tony Stark appeared.
• Holographic Tony explained that he had been created by Howard Stark, then played Digital Tony’s message about rebuilding the universe and asked Ian to help guide its world onto the right track.
• Ian requested technology and black-tech equipment from Holographic Tony, then returned to the DC Universe as Gwen’s memories began to surface.
• Ian used his new phone and Tony’s technology to contact Batman, who demanded that Ian speak normally.

Ian unlocked the Entropy Annihilation Lord profession and began exploring his emerging magic, while his attempt to draw Tony Stark led him to bond with Ian's Book of Creation and unknowingly impose a magical contract on Doctor Strange. Elsewhere, Gwen Stacy investigated her strange memories and powers as Peter Parker underwent a painful transformation.

• Ian bound himself to the Entropy Annihilation Lord profession and received a quest to remain hungry for 48 hours before consuming a planet's metallic minerals.
• Ian drew Tony Stark through the night, gained Writer experience, and hid a hard drive containing Marvel-world knowledge beneath his parents' floorboards.
• Ian discovered a large, unusual fly, fed it to Demon Head, and heard its guess that the fly had been cultivated with Kryptonian blood.
• Ian merged his consciousness with Ian's Book of Creation, causing Doctor Strange to be bound by a contract that demanded tribute and revealed a bizarre spell.
• Gwen Stacy used spider silk to swing through New York while wondering about her memories, and Peter Parker developed fangs after his body began painfully changing.

Ian created his own magic system, wrote fiction while recovering his magic, and met the writer Richard Castle, whom Bruce Wayne had hired to mentor him. After Ian left for his psychiatrist appointment, Jonathan placed a Black Diary in a church donation box, where it possessed Manny the Angel.

• Ian used the Demon Book to create Ian-script and the Four-Dimensional Appendix Modification Technique, then wrote comics and a novel while his magic recovered.
• Clark reminded Ian to see Dr. Hannibal that afternoon and told him Jordan would accompany him; Ian planned to go out and gain levels first.
• Richard Castle visited Ian at Bruce Wayne’s request, sampled Ian’s terrible curry, and read his manuscripts; Ian explained his long-running fantasy novel plans and demanded his promised shares.
• Castle witnessed a boy launch into the sky after a roof exploded, then learned from Bruce Wayne that Ian’s share had been put in a Trust Fund and that he should keep quiet.
• Jonathan left a Black Diary in a church donation box, believing God could save everyone; Manny the Angel touched it, and its darkness began staining his golden eyes.

Ian visited Dr. Hannibal for therapy and listened to a recording of Bruce Wayne describing a violent obsession with Ian’s book. Their session was interrupted by a supernatural Dream Power eruption, as Lady Death appeared and challenged Ian about what he knew.

• Ian rode Hellcat through Metropolis, accidentally bringing Cameron and Mitchell together, then arrived at Hannibal’s office for his appointment.
• Ian met Will Graham in the waiting room, joked about mental illness, and warned him that a curly hair was stuck between his teeth.
• Ian gave Hannibal a peeled egg and discussed his supposed anxiety, the Joker Virus, and Bruce Wayne.
• Hannibal played Ian part of a recording in which Bruce described the Ian Virus and killed a psychologist with a chainsaw.
• An explosion shook the building as a white-haired woman’s uncontrolled Dream Power distorted reality and engulfed people in the street.
• Lady Death appeared in Hannibal’s chair and asked Ian whether there was anything he did not know.

Ian fought Supreme Witch Fiona as her uncontrolled Dream Power plunged the city into chaos, survived being crushed beneath an aircraft carrier, and eventually destroyed her monstrous soul. Lady Death then told him to find Morpheus and learn what had happened, leaving Ian to pursue the Dream God as the city recovered.

• Lady Death tasked Ian with saving Morpheus and stopping Supreme Witch Fiona, and Ian agreed after learning Morpheus might repay him with a lasting favor.
• Fiona attacked Ian with dream bubbles and aircraft carriers, but Madison healed him and supplied serums that let him level up and escape from beneath the wreckage.
• Ian returned to Fiona, overwhelmed her with attacks and sleeping pills, and caused her body to explode as her Dream Power surged away.
• Fiona's corrupted soul emerged and attacked Madison, but Ian burned his blood to deal percentage-based damage and reduced the soul to a fragment.
• Lady Death examined the fragment, found unfamiliar contamination linked to Morpheus's capture, and ordered Ian to find the Dream God because she could not go herself.
• The city returned to normal, and Ian burned the remaining plants corrupted by the black mist while people began waking.

Ian saved Morpheus, learned of a growing Cthulhu-like threat, and earned Key NPC recognition from Lady Death. Back at the Kent Family home, Ian’s new powers alarmed his family, while Jonathan revealed that he had bought statues of gods after Ian urged him to believe.

• Ian tried to persuade the amnesiac Morpheus to call him Dad, then told him the Dream Kingdom’s name and helped trigger fragments of Morpheus’s memories.
• Morpheus drew a tentacled creature and warned Ian that it would grow stronger by feeding on their world before leaving to recover his power.
• Ian showed the sketch to Lady Death, who erased it, told him to keep an eye on Morpheus, and confirmed he had completed his mission; Ian’s recognition rose to Key NPC.
• At the Kent Family dinner, Lois comforted Jordan after he accidentally damaged the roof, while Clark explained that Ian was flying overhead and had rescued a malfunctioning plane.
• Jonathan returned with statues of gods from many religions, explaining that Ian had told him faith was worthwhile and that he had made statues of Ian and Jordan too.

Ian saved a passenger plane over Metropolis, then encountered Castiel, Amenadiel, the Flash, and Savitar in the airport parking lot. After Savitar vanished, Sam Winchester awakened with blood-red eyes and claimed Ian owed him a favor.

• Ian carried a damaged passenger plane to Metropolis International Airport, landed it safely, and told reporters an elaborate story about being Rose Superman.
• Bruce Wayne ordered Alfred to take Damian to a safe house when Ian approached Gotham, while Ian dodged reporters’ questions and disabled their cameras with New Tony’s Black Box.
• Ian found Sam Winchester and Dean Winchester unconscious in his Hellcat’s engine bay, then encountered Castiel and Amenadiel, who disappeared with Castiel.
• Savitar attacked Barry Allen and tried to recruit Ian, but Ian agreed and asked him to wreck the Light Bar in Los Angeles; Savitar vanished without doing so.
• Ian prepared to take Barry to buy a box and dressed Sam up in the trunk, but Sam suddenly sat up with crimson eyes and told Ian that he owed him a favor.

Ian learned from Lucifer that rising narrative importance would strengthen his archenemy, while Barry Allen faced a deadly wound from an Outer Universe invasion. After returning home with Madison and Barry, Ian learned the Justice League would assemble without him and resolved to make long-term plans.

• Lucifer explained omniscience and hinted at Superman’s potential, warned Ian that his growing role would bring a strengthened archenemy, and took Ian’s guide to picking up girls in exchange for one favor.
• Lucifer’s follower delivered Savitar’s corpse, and Barry discovered that Savitar had his own face; Ian dismantled Savitar’s armor and collected its equipment.
• Ian found that Barry’s glowing wound contained incompatible data from an Outer Universe invasion and warned him that he might die or be turned into an enemy.
• Ian brought Barry and the feverish Madison to the Kent home, where Jordan and Jonathan caused confusion before Clark arrived and contacted Bruce Wayne about the invasion.
• Ian spoke with Hannibal, who discussed his unusual patient Will Graham with his sister; afterward, Will paid thugs for a fresh severed head and considered how to deal with Ian.
• Clark told Ian that the Justice League would assemble without him, and Ian lay in bed planning how to secure a place in its affairs.

Ian met Thor, tricked him into becoming a believer, and gained the Leader profession after Thor’s divine power became bound to him. Ian then found Doctor Strange trying to break their contract, but Strange ended up bound again under worse terms.

• Thor tried to feed Ian octopus at his New York restaurant, but the giant octopus dragged Thor into the pool and Thor accidentally electrocuted himself and the octopus.
• Ian persuaded Thor to return to Asgard and reclaim his duties as crown prince, but Odin beat him and sent him back to Earth to run the restaurant.
• Thor called Ian his teacher, and Ian used the Book of Creation to bind Thor as a believer, gaining Leader experience and the Share skill.
• Ian arrived at the Sanctum Sanctorum and found Doctor Strange severing his contract, but Strange discovered the attempted break had increased the share of his future magic Ian received.
• Doctor Strange rejoined Ian’s church to reduce the magic tax, but Ian presented him with a new contract whose terms left him stunned.

Ian shared his healing and flight abilities with Doctor Strange, then welcomed Hela as a new believer and disciple. As crime and monstrous mutations spread through a world whose people had been stripped of parts of their souls, Ian confronted a mutated Spider-Man in Queens and tried to rekindle courage among the heroes and onlookers.

• Ian healed Doctor Strange's injured hands with Self-Healing Tide and let him fly, though using the shared abilities further drained Strange's magic.
• Hela arrived at the Sanctum Sanctorum with Odin's decree asking Ian to become her master, and she accepted Ian's guidance on her comics and joined his believers.
• Doctor Strange and New Tony discussed the sudden rise in crime, and Ian realized Tony's recreated world held people whose souls had been unnaturally cleansed of their past experiences.
• Ian and Doctor Strange watched rookie police officers arrest robbers before a mutated Spider-Man attacked a woman and Gwen Stacy, prompting Ian to fly to Queens.
• Gwen fought the monster despite her injuries, and her father George Stacy shot it while the other police officers and heroes remained afraid.
• Ian crashed down on the Spider Mutant, then hurled it into the sky and destroyed it with golden light as he urged the watching heroes to remember courage.

Ian destroyed the Spider Mutant, helped the survivors fight its remaining spiders, and gained the Mimicry Armor ability, but he still failed to unlock a new profession. Gwen met Doctor Strange and Thor in the hospital and heard about their Evil Eye Alliance, while Ian returned to the DC Universe and faced Batman, who questioned him about Savitar's corpse.

• Ian blasted apart the Spider Mutant, and the crowd and police joined Thor and Steve Rogers in fighting the surviving spiders.
• Ian received Mimicry Armor from the system, tested its spider legs, and tried unsuccessfully to unlock a new profession through Gwen.
• Ian vanished after encouraging Gwen, and George helped his injured daughter reach the hospital.
• Doctor Strange and Thor invited Gwen to join the Evil Eye Alliance, then discovered a new Brain Sharing Technique in Ian's magic book.
• A bitten Peter Parker was brought into Gwen's hospital room, while Ian returned to the DC Universe after creating the Brain Sharing Technique.
• Batman climbed into Ian's house and asked whether Ian had stripped Savitar's corpse bare, looking beneath Ian's bed.

Ian recounted his encounter with Savitar to Batman, who investigated Savitar’s remains while Flash recovered at the Kent home. As the Justice League discussed Barry’s mysterious condition and a new clone appeared, a Yellow-Clad Man arrived with Aquaman and Mera unconscious in his grasp.

• Ian gave Batman a trust agreement signed by Superman and explained how he had led Savitar to Lucifer without revealing the full story.
• Batman collected Savitar’s armor, underwear, and corpse, but Hellcat caught him in its jaws before Ian freed him.
• Batman and Superman examined Flash, and Ian’s attempt to consult Lady Death failed when she said she was asleep.
• Wonder Woman asked Ian to pray, then left with Superman after he detected another clone contaminated by Fel Energy.
• Ian opened the door to find a Yellow-Clad Man holding the unconscious Aquaman and Mera.

Reverse-Flash attacked the Kent home to kill Flash, but Ian fought him off and kept Barry Allen alive. A second Reverse-Flash appeared, killed the first, and began gathering a terrifying vortex of Negative Speed Force as dark shapes formed inside it.

• Reverse-Flash brought the wounded Aquaman and Mera to the Kent home and demanded Flash in exchange for their lives.
• Ian tried to ambush Reverse-Flash, but the Speedster easily evaded his attacks and opened the Speedster Cage to choke Barry Allen.
• Ian distracted Reverse-Flash with a fabricated story about being his future relative, then endured a crushed heart and broken neck while striking back with magic and Mimicry Spider-Arms.
• Jordan’s explosive projectile pierced Reverse-Flash’s stomach, but the wounded Speedster surged toward Barry, determined to kill him before dying.
• A second Reverse-Flash appeared behind the first and killed him just as he was about to snap Barry’s neck.
• The second Reverse-Flash’s Negative Speed Force rapidly intensified, forming a vortex filled with black lightning and indistinct monstrous shapes.

Ian battled a second Reverse-Flash as nine Time Wraiths emerged from the Speed Force, then seized two of their legs and used them to imitate the Flash. He left home at super-speed to support the Justice League, while his family worried about Clark and Diana.

• A second Reverse-Flash dodged Ian’s attacks, taunted him about losing his family and his older brothers, then fled as nine Time Wraiths emerged from the Speed Force vortex.
• Eight Time Wraiths pursued Reverse-Flash, while Ian trapped the ninth under a refrigerator and grabbed its legs until it broke them off and escaped into the vortex.
• Jordan joined Ian, and Barry Allen woke to learn that two Reverse-Flashes had appeared and that Ian had seized the Time Wraith’s legs.
• Ian took Barry’s uniform and pretended to be the Flash, using a miniature reactor to create yellow electrical arcs while Jordan held Barry down with a chainsaw.
• Ian tied the Time Wraith legs to his own, gained real Speed Force energy, and smashed through the wall as he sped off to support the Justice League.

Ian struggled to control the Speed Force legs as they raced through Metropolis, while Superman and Wonder Woman discovered Luthor’s secret laboratory filled with Fel-corrupted Superman clones. A dying Superman clone warned Diana that Luthor was not their Luthor, and a suspicious Diana appeared at Lois’s newspaper office as Ian rushed back toward the city.

• Ian used his believers’ shared brains to control the Speed Force legs, then accidentally destroyed a weapons shipment while passing Black Lightning’s crime scene.
• Black Lightning learned that the weapons belonged to the CIA and sought help from Superman’s Agent, who promised that the organization’s strategist would find a solution.
• After leveling up at Luthor’s factories, Ian realized the Justice League might be in immediate danger and turned back toward Metropolis.
• Superman and Wonder Woman found a chained, dying Superman clone and a hidden chamber containing hundreds of Fel-corrupted Superman clones, which awakened and attacked.
• The dying clone warned Diana that Luthor wanted Superman to destroy the world and that the people involved were not their Luthor; Diana then saw another Diana arrive at Lois’s newspaper office.

Ian rescued Lois from Vampire Diana and fought her with his Speed Force legs and an unconscious Zombie Superman, while the real Diana defeated Vampire Diana’s attack and inherited her power after Ian killed her. Ian unlocked the Entropy Lord class, but Zombie Superman warned that Luthor was using him to copy the universe’s miracle; as Clark fought the clones underground, Zombie Superman began absorbing their power and unleashed a destructive green blast.

• Diana took Lois from the Daily Planet, but Lois realized she was an impostor and let herself be led away to spare her coworkers; her Orange Cat blasted Vampire Diana with Heat Vision.
• Ian arrived too late to stop Vampire Diana, rescued Lois, and escaped her pursuit by running to the factory where Diana and Zombie Superman were waiting.
• Vampire Diana overwhelmed the real Diana, but Ian wielded Zombie Superman as a hammer, struck her with Divine Power, and was nearly killed when she pierced his chest before her hand was scorched by his power.
• Zombie Superman fired a Fel Energy Ray that killed Vampire Diana, and Ian unlocked the Entropy Lord class by consuming planetary metal; Vampire Diana’s power and potential then surged into the real Diana.
• Zombie Superman warned that Luthor was using him to copy the universe’s miracle and urged them to stop Clark from killing the clones underground; he then began absorbing their power and erupted with green beams that shook the city.

Lois stayed on a mountain while Ian rushed back to confront the transforming Zombie Superman, who was becoming Doomsday. The Justice League watched Ian attack and drain the monster, while Batman learned that the Angel Amenadiel had delivered Ian to the Kent family; an alarm then signaled a crisis in Metropolis.

• Lois learned from Ian that the returning Clark was turning into a Fel Energy-infused Doomsday, and Ian set off to help while Lois remained behind with Orange Cat.
• Orange Cat killed an aggressive coyote with Heat Vision, then Lois spotted a cold, unfamiliar Superman hovering over her and realized she was in danger.
• Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Cyborg gathered above the sewage plant, where Cyborg warned that Kryptonite would strengthen the opposite-universe Doomsday.
• Ian arrived spinning with Speed Force legs, struck Doomsday, and then clung to it while absorbing its energy as his body grew stronger.
• Batman confronted Amenadiel in the Batcave and learned that the Angel had delivered infant Ian to Superman fourteen years earlier at the Lord's direction.
• Amenadiel vanished, Batman discarded his false blood samples, and a delayed Metropolis alarm suddenly blared throughout the Batcave.