Chapter Summaries

Bruce fought and killed Red Death, a parallel-universe version of himself, and discovered that the dying Speedster had left him a gift tied to the invasion and the phrase “Batman always wins.” At Kent House, a ruthless Superman from another universe killed the invading Aquaman and revealed himself as a threat to the Kent family.

• Bruce tracked the Doomsday fight, equipped his Anti-Superman Armor, and set out for Metropolis while Clark flew ahead to help Ian.
• Red Death ambushed Bruce, fought through his traps and armor, and defeated him before killing himself and leaving a device and note about the potential of thirteen Bruces.
• Bruce recovered Red Death’s body and found that the device had strengthened him, but he remained unsure what the note meant before learning that another Aquaman was attacking Kent House.
• Alternate Universe Aquaman wounded Mera, defeated Arthur and Jordan, and threatened Jonathan before a cold, unfamiliar Superman arrived and killed him.
• The Superman crushed Aquaman’s head and declared him a dead teammate, while Lois and the Kent children recognized that he was not their father.

Injustice Superman attacked the Kent Family ruins, explained that the Supreme Justice League was killing counterparts to gather power against a Multiversal invasion, and left to face an unseen voice tormenting him. While Lois and the others regrouped, Ian absorbed Doomsday’s energy until a voice from inside the creature called for him to save its god.

• Injustice Superman killed the alternate Aquaman, crippled Barry Allen, and explained that the Supreme Justice League was eliminating counterparts to concentrate their power.
• Jonathan revived Barry with electricity, and Madison Montgomery emerged from hiding before Injustice Superman identified her as an Otherworld Virus and tried to kill her.
• Lois claimed Madison was carrying her son’s child, persuading Injustice Superman to spare her and the others while he waited for their Superman to prove himself.
• Injustice Superman flew away and struggled against a laughing voice as red patches appeared on his hand.
• Madison revealed that her magic was a spell from Ian’s diary, and Lois prepared to find Clark and share what she had learned.
• Ian clung to Doomsday and absorbed its energy until a voice from inside the creature called for him to save its god.

Ian absorbed energy from Doomsday and blue Kryptonite while the Justice League tried to stop the creature, but their attack awakened Sargeras, an ancient Titan who took control of Doomsday's body. As Sargeras battled Superman and the League, Ian returned with Enhancement Serum and boosted his father with Heat Vision.

• Ian clung to Doomsday, absorbed its energy, raised his Entropy Annihilation Lord level, and learned Ultimate Hunger while a voice inside Doomsday warned him to stop.
• Batman arrived with blue Kryptonite weapons and a heavy cannon, and Ian swallowed the spear Batman threw to him while continuing to drain Doomsday.
• Batman and the Justice League attacked Doomsday, which appeared to die before the voice inside it awakened as Sargeras, the eternal Titan, and transformed it into a towering Fel monster.
• Sargeras hurled Ian away and overpowered the Justice League until Superman arrived and fought him, while Superman urged the others to find Ian.
• Ian returned with Enhancement Serum from Luthor's factories and used Heat Vision on Superman to restore his strength as he announced that he had come to help his father.

Ian supported Superman with his Solar Core Heat Vision while the Justice League fought Titan Doomsday, whose body was occupied by Sargeras, the Dark Titan. After Batman’s spear awakened the Kryptonian Ancient God inside Doomsday and Sargeras began summoning Mini-Doomsdays to attack Metropolis, Ian found and swallowed the Black Sphere anchoring Sargeras’s existence, triggering a system update.

• Ian emptied Luthor’s factory, used Enhancement Serums to level up, and strengthened Superman with Heat Vision as Superman fought Titan Doomsday.
• Batman gave Ian Superman Drugs, and Ian continued boosting Superman while Titan Doomsday adapted to his attacks and gained the upper hand.
• Batman modified a Kryptonite spear, and Ian drove it into Titan Doomsday’s nape, awakening the Kryptonian Ancient God and forcing it to battle Sargeras for control of the body.
• Titan Doomsday summoned Mini-Doomsdays that attacked Metropolis, and Superman, the Justice League, Jordan, Madison, and the military fought to protect the city’s people.
• Ian and Superman opened a wound in Titan Doomsday’s head, and Ian entered its brain to search for the Black Sphere anchoring Sargeras’s existence.
• The Death Knight helped Ian form the Black Sphere, which Ian swallowed, prompting the system to obtain dimensional data and update the Berserker class.

Ian absorbed the Black Sphere, ending the Mini-Doomsday disaster and gaining powerful upgrades to his abilities and class. As Injustice Superman attacked Clark, Ian healed and empowered his father, who turned the fight around with a punch while Ian exposed Injustice Superman to red sunlight.

• The Mini-Doomsdays vanished, and people they had devoured returned, though those who had truly died remained dead.
• Batman confronted Luthor, who admitted creating Doomsday and then escaped after spotting Superman flying toward the suburbs.
• Ian gained increased attributes, upgraded Berserker skills, and new class advancement paths after absorbing the Black Sphere.
• Ian discovered that his new World-Burning Pulse erased part of Doomsday’s brain, then absorbed the creature’s soul energy while its revival continued.
• Injustice Superman attacked Clark and overpowered him until Ian healed and empowered Clark, allowing Clark to strike back.
• Ian turned his eyes on Injustice Superman, who recognized the Red Sun Ray as red light covered his body.

Ian weakened Injustice Superman with red-sun radiation while Clark fought him, then Clark’s love for his family awakened a golden power that defeated him. After Injustice Superman revealed the Supreme Alliance’s plan, Doomsday awakened as an ancient god and began draining the Kryptonians, but Morpheus intervened and Clark received the returned power as Injustice Superman’s did not return to him.

• Ian turned his Stellar Eyes’ light into red-sun radiation and weakened Injustice Superman while Clark attacked him.
• Injustice Superman adapted to the weakening and dragged Clark into space, where he regained strength and nearly killed him on the moon.
• When Injustice Superman threatened Clark’s family, Clark awakened golden power from his love for them and defeated him.
• Injustice Superman explained the Supreme Alliance’s plan to gather the power of hunted Superman counterparts, and Clark crushed his deceptive Metal Belt.
• Clark sensed the soul inside Doomsday awaken, and the Ancient God began absorbing power from Clark, Injustice Superman, and Jordan until Ian stopped the drain on Jordan.
• Morpheus pulled the Ancient God’s soul from Doomsday, and its stored power returned to Clark while Injustice Superman received none.

Clark defeated Doomsday and spared Injustice Superman, who warned him that The Batman Who Laughs led the Supreme Alliance before black chains dragged him away. As the heroes helped rebuild Metropolis, Ian bargained with Morpheus for three favors in exchange for finding his missing sand pouch, then caused further trouble during the rescue effort; the chapter ended with Batman calling Diana to repeat Ian’s boast about being the most valuable player.

• Clark refused to kill Injustice Superman and told him to atone in the universes he had harmed.
• Injustice Superman warned Clark to beware The Batman Who Laughs and was seized by black chains that pulled him out of reality.
• Ian convinced Morpheus to owe him three favors for locating the missing sand pouch, and Morpheus departed without reclaiming the soul Ian held.
• Clark and his family returned to Metropolis and joined the Justice League and civilians in rescuing survivors and clearing rubble.
• Wonder Woman brought Ian back bound by the Lasso of Truth after he raided Luthor's New Factory, while Ian taunted her and escaped her control.
• Batman called Diana and told her Ian really was the most valuable player and that she had been carried to a win.

Diana discovered that Ian had altered her Lasso of Truth so it made people praise him, while Ian and the Kents rebuilt their destroyed home and discussed threats affecting the heroes. Ian then directed Diana to a popular video platform, where she found a convincing video depicting his death and the Justice League weeping over him.

• Diana searched her home while Batman used a voice-changing disguise and surveillance tricks to pressure her into apologizing to Ian and continuing her vigilante work.
• Diana tested the Lasso of Truth on a drunk ATM robber and discovered it made him chant praise to God-Emperor Ian and recite bizarre poetry.
• Clark brought Ian back to the ruins of the Kent home, where Lois mourned their lost belongings and Ian learned that Little Punk Girl had taken his property.
• Batman told Clark that their Luthor might be dead and warned that a cosmic counterpart was influencing his personality; he asked Clark to kill him if he became dangerous.
• Ian explained to Diana that he had modified the lasso with Ian's Whisper, then urged her to visit the Superhero Popularity Center and promote his work.
• Diana opened the recommended videos and found a realistic-looking montage showing Ian dead while Superman, Flash, and the other Justice League members mourned him.

Diana watched the viral Stocking Superman tribute and failed to verify her account, while Batman discovered that Ian’s hacked website had taken over the internet’s superhero discourse. After investigating Barry Allen’s dream and the Red Death’s body, Batman fell asleep and found himself confronted by a powerful being in a strange realm.

• Diana watched a fabricated, emotional video portraying Stocking Superman as a heroic sacrifice, then tried and failed to verify her identity on the hacked Superhero Popularity Center.
• Batman and Barry Allen tested a Dream Detection Instrument, and Barry remembered a boy who said his people were Mutants from a broken-off universe searching for home.
• Batman discovered that Ian’s hacker had seized the Superhero Popularity Center, spread Stocking Superman tributes through fake verified accounts, and drawn hundreds of millions of viewers into the trend.
• Batman examined the Red Death’s body but could not detect or sample it, then took a powerful sleeping pill to rest.
• Batman dreamed of a brutal space war and was addressed by a shapeshifting being who welcomed him into its realm and mentioned the Red Death.

Ian became the master of a tiny Extra Dimension, where his accidental arrival empowered a tribe of Orcs and inspired them to worship him. He reshaped the world into an eccentric magical domain, then returned to the Marvel Universe and discovered that Stark Tower and a gigantic New Tony statue had appeared.

• The system pulled Ian into the Extra Dimension while he was in the bathroom, and his movements terrified a tribe of primitive Orcs.
• The Orcs mistook Ian's spilled milk tea for divine water, and Grom Hungry gained extraordinary strength after approaching the lake.
• Blackhand Starving and other Orcs tested the lake's power, while Garrosh Starving named it the Fountain of Life and declared Ian a god.
• Ian used his Dimension Lord authority to reshape the world, creating bizarre magical features, a laughing sun, a black-faced moon, and magic that began awakening life.
• Ian considered expanding his dimension with universe fragments, then was summoned back to the Marvel Universe when his timer reached its mark.
• Ian arrived unnoticed in a city where Stark Tower had become enormous and a gigantic statue of Strong Artificial Intelligence, New Tony, dominated the center.

Ian arrived in a New York dominated by New Tony’s presidential campaign, then joined a chaotic superhero battle against Carnage. After Ian defeated Carnage and absorbed its essence, Knull appeared inside a strange scroll and attacked from beyond it.

• Ian found New York covered in Tony’s likeness and learned New Tony was campaigning to become president of America.
• Gwen, Doctor Strange, Thor, and Captain America struggled against Carnage, who threatened to detonate Obadiah’s nuclear warhead before New Tony remotely disabled the weapons.
• Ian arrived, overpowered Carnage, and learned from its threats that Knull was waiting to welcome back his power.
• Ian vaporized Carnage with Solar Ray, while Thor electrocuted its remaining slime, and Ian’s system absorbed its essence to create his Mimicry Armor.
• Knull appeared within a scroll-like boundary, and Ian realized ancient beings might be sealed away as Knull raised his hand to attack from beyond the story.

Ian devoured Knull’s dark power, leveled up, and returned to the Sanctum Sanctorum, where Thor and New Tony revealed more about their allies and the cosmic cycle. New Tony explained that Howard Stark had uncovered why Tony Stark remained in the past and had arranged for Ian to help bring him back.

• Ian used Carnage’s mimicry to widen his mouth and swallowed Knull’s attack until Knull ended the encounter by vanishing with the comic-panel frame.
• Ian gained experience from the sleeping Kryptonian Ancient God in his thermos and reached Entropy Annihilation Lord level 10, while Thor carried the unconscious Captain America, Doctor Strange, and Spider-Woman.
• Reporters praised Ian as a divine messenger, and he renamed the group’s headquarters the New Justice League before Thor hurried back to Asgard through the Bifrost.
• Ian found that the Sanctum’s janitor was Nick Fury, who escaped through a secret passage, and New Tony explained that Howard Stark had hired him as a butler.
• New Tony revealed that Howard had built a mysterious machine and deduced that Tony Stark had remained in the past to preserve souls until Ian reopened the Multiverse, and that Howard wanted Ian to help bring his son back.

Ian learned that Howard Stark had uncovered how Tony used erased stretches of the past to patch the universe’s future, and that Howard had left plans to recover him and restore the universe’s heroic potential. After Ian returned home, Odin began a new path by swearing allegiance to God-Emperor Ian, then broke the oath and surrendered much of his Divine Power to prepare Asgard to confront the Frost Giants.

• New Tony explained that Howard Stark discovered the universe’s past and future were being rewritten, with Tony sacrificing his own existence to patch the Main Universe’s timeline.
• Ian agreed to help restore the universe’s heroic spirit, while New Tony suggested he guide the weakened heroes like a psychiatrist; Ian proposed giving them dramatic Origin Stories instead.
• Ian worried about Knull, the God of Darkness, and then returned home after eating Doctor Strange’s food and emptying his refrigerator.
• Nick Fury revived Doctor Strange, Captain America, and Gwen with Hydra Stun Guns, but fled when they questioned him about Captain America’s missing pension and Hydra ties.
• Doctor Strange tried to summon Thor back to cook, interrupting Thor’s boastful account of the battle as Hela revealed herself and mocked his weakness.
• Odin swore allegiance to God-Emperor Ian, then broke the oath and lost half his Divine Power and forty percent of his future growth before declaring that the Frost Giants would pay for starting the war.

Odin restored his strength and led Asgard into war against Jotunheim, where he confronted King Loki, who wielded All-Black the Necrosword and claimed to be the God of Stories. Meanwhile, Ian returned to his universe, drew stories about Marvel figures, and called Hannibal for help with his superhero friends before a sudden explosion lit the night sky.

• Odin shed excess Divine Power, regained his former might, and rallied Asgard’s warriors for war against the Frost Giants.
• Hela mocked Thor as the army assembled, while Frigga blessed the warriors and privately warned Odin about betraying the mysterious Ancient God.
• Asgard’s army rescued a border village, where Hela slaughtered Frost Giants and Thor discovered that his erratic lightning strikes became accurate while riding a goat.
• Odin found Laufey dead and faced the young King Loki, who blocked Gungnir with All-Black the Necrosword and fought Odin while declaring himself the God of Stories.
• Knull watched Odin and Loki battle from his prison among comic-like frames and said his return was near.
• Ian drew stories at home and called Hannibal to ask for help with his superhero friends; after Ian’s body began glowing and the call ended, Hannibal saw the midnight sky blaze brighter than day.

Ian received half of Odin’s divine power, gained an eternal-life blessing, and glowed so brightly that Batman recruited him to help forge the Hellbat Armor for a billion dollars. While Ian and Clark worked in space, Lois discovered that Jonathan and Jordan had been selling barbecue beside their burning new home.

• Ian absorbed half of Odin’s divine power, stored the excess in his Extra Dimension, and gained an eternal lifespan with steadily increasing physical strength.
• Clark found Ian glowing above Metropolis, and Ian gave him a fanciful explanation before Diana called to question the transformation and ask for her account access back.
• Batman arrived and asked Clark and Ian to use Ian’s power as a furnace to forge the Hellbat Armor; Ian agreed after Batman offered him one billion dollars.
• Ian and Clark flew to the moon, where Ian contained his divine power around the materials as they began forging Batman’s armor.
• At the Daily Planet, Lois learned that Jonathan and Jordan had been selling barbecue beside the burning house, and she realized the meat had been cooked over wood from her new home.

Ian returned from forging Bruce Wayne’s armor, used his billion-dollar payment to plan a new home and launch a technology company, and recruited Leonard and Sheldon. Meanwhile, Madison remained bound in an abandoned factory as the Minotaur Demon carefully freed her.

• Ian and Clark finished the first stage of Bruce Wayne’s armor, and Clark advised Ian to build hundreds of hidden backdoors into it.
• Ian received Bruce Wayne’s billion-dollar payment, found his family barbecuing in the ruins of their home, and hired Phil Dunphy to find them a mansion.
• At school, Ian learned that Madison was absent, met new chemistry teacher Jesse Pinkman, and used Mr. White’s soul to complete a test before classes ended early.
• Ian recruited Leonard and Sheldon for Ian’s Ultimate Umbrella Technology Group and pitched them on selling technology products funded by his fortune.
• At an abandoned factory, the Minotaur Demon cautiously untied the bound Madison while appearing wary of being discovered.

Madison escaped a demon cult’s ritual with Baal, and together they defeated Ravenclaw after Madison’s faith in Ian empowered a Cross. Ian searched for Madison and was led to Crowley, who revealed a captive Black Angel and claimed Heaven was about to fall.

• Madison recovered her memories, learned Baal had infiltrated the demons holding her, and escaped the altar while her magic remained sealed.
• Madison and Baal found John Constantine imprisoned, but left him behind until a Crossroads Demon attacked them and knocked Baal apart.
• Baal revealed he had evolved his head, and Madison used holy water and The Cross while invoking God Ian to destroy Ravenclaw.
• Ian visited Madison’s grieving parents, then followed a demoness to a manor where Crowley introduced himself as Hell’s manager and claimed he had brought Madison there to watch a show.
• Crowley revealed a Black Angel imprisoned in a cage and told Ian that Heaven was about to fall.

Ian learned that Manny the Angel had brought an Outer Universe plague into Heaven’s shared Great Library, threatening to infect the angels. After Crowley gave Ian the Manor and explained the danger, a rift opened in the sky as Manny began screaming and a gateway to Heaven appeared.

• Ian recognized the imprisoned angel as Manny, a Plague Angel contaminated by the Outer Universe, and Crowley explained that Manny had carried the source of infection into Heaven’s Great Library.
• Crowley gave Ian the Manor, Demon Butler, Bone Piano, and Ian’s Grimoire of Wrath, while Ian explained that the Grimoire had fallen from the wall surrounding the Multiverse.
• Crowley explained that Heaven’s shared power could spread the contamination to every angel, and Ian warned Dad and Batman about the possible outbreak.
• Crowley received a power boost from Lucifer, then confronted Meg Masters, who demanded to know what he had learned from divining Ian.
• The Manor shook as the sky split open, and Crowley declared that the show was starting while Manny screamed and a gateway to Heaven appeared.

As the Gates of Heaven appeared and angels succumbed to Filth Disease, Ian purified Manny the Angel and negotiated with Crowley, while Madison and Baal arrived at the Manor. The crisis spread across Earth, and Superman saw Batman driving toward the Gates of Heaven to join Ian in an attack.

• Ian destroyed Crowley's Crystal Cage while trying to silence the corrupted Manny the Angel, and Crowley used Lucifer's feather to purify him.
• Ian ate Lucifer's Angel Feather, while Crowley agreed to finance Madison's acting career and Ian's movie scripts before leaving to move Lucifer's wine.
• Madison arrived with Baal, and Crowley killed his traitorous demon subordinates before persuading Madison to accept a Hollywood deal.
• The corrupted Gates of Heaven appeared above Earth, and Madison's Bronze Cross shielded her from their whispers while Baal praised Ian.
• Wonder Woman discovered that her Lasso of Truth had gained a god-targeting mode as criminals across New York praised Ian.
• Reverse-Flash freed Barry Allen and urged him to find Batman, then Superman revealed that Batman was driving toward the Gates of Heaven to join Ian.

As the Gates of Heaven fell and the angels crashed into Gotham, Batman forced Ian through a gap into Heaven while Superman collapsed. Ian awoke in a paradise threatened by black contamination and found his long-absent grandfather having tea with a mysterious woman.

• Superman and the Justice League cleared Gotham’s criminals and evacuated its residents while Batman and Ian tried to reach the Gates of Heaven.
• Madison packed Jonathan and Jordan into sacks and carried them away to keep them safe, while the Justice League searched for Batman’s hidden base.
• Flash realized Batman was focused on someone trapped inside Heaven, and Superman suddenly broke through the barrier to join Batman and Ian at the gate.
• The angels fell into the mortal world as the Gates of Heaven plunged toward Gotham; Superman forced the gate open, and Batman shoved Ian inside before the gate crashed down.
• The Justice League rescued the unconscious Superman and injured Batman, while a suited man knocked out Amenadiel and dragged him away through Gotham’s shadows.
• Ian woke in a flower-filled paradise beside a contaminated Holy City and found his grandfather drinking tea with a mysterious woman.