Vol. 4The Multiverse Falls

Ba Di evolved into the God of Evolution, consolidated power across the universe, and reshaped Gotham before becoming Savitar and hiding within the Flash Contact Group. He gathered the Anti-Life Equation, destroyed the multiverse and Source Universes, then reached through the Heaven Blood to seize Mandrakk.

  • Ba Di escaped Flash’s time loop and became the God of Evolution after merging with countless past versions of himself, then returned to Earth and overpowered Mongul.
  • The Monitors detected a force damaging the universe as Ba Di’s power threatened the planet.
  • Ba Di spread his Source system across the universe, exposed and killed Joker, rescued Barbara, and gained government backing for his Gotham Project.
  • He transformed Gotham and secured support to oversee superheroes.
  • Ba Di transformed Gotham and passed Batman’s mantle to Dick before becoming Savitar and killing Barry Allen and Iris.
  • He hid his consciousness in the Flash Contact Group while multiverse heroes searched for him.
  • Ba Di gathered the Anti-Life Equation and unleashed his legions and the Antimatter Cannon, destroying the multiverse and consuming the Source Universes.
  • He reached through the Heaven Blood and seized Mandrakk.
Chapters 311–410 Read from ch. 311

Arc 13The God of Evolution

Ba Di broke free of Flash’s time loop by evolving into the God of Evolution, then returned to Earth with power so immense that even minor attacks threatened the planet. As he expanded his empire and confronted Mongul on Warworld, the Monitors detected a force damaging the universe.

  • Ba Di discovered that Flash had reset August millions of times, and he injected the Perfect Doomsday Serum before using Earth’s power to intercept Flash on Highway 6.
  • Ba Di followed Flash into the Speed Force, killed him, and merged with countless past versions of himself, becoming the God of Evolution.
  • Trapped in the Speed Force, Ba Di created Kang Na and escaped with her by eating through its prisons.
  • Back on Earth, Ba Di destroyed Johnny Quick with a single blow, accidentally splitting the planet, while Kang Na wept over the damage.
  • Ba Di sent Kang Na and Jenny to deal with Parallax, then trapped Superboy-Prime and the Crime Syndicate in an ambush and forced them to submit.
  • Ba Di named the transformed Parallax Ai Li, then watched General Otto face Bao Lang in Mongul’s gladiatorial arena as Kang Na and Ai Li rescued the Cosmic Dolphin.
  • Kara recognized her father, Mechanical Superman, in the arena, and Ba Di intervened to stop him from killing her before challenging Mongul.
  • Ba Di overpowered Mongul, whose attacks damaged the Emperor Armor and unleashed Ba Di’s magnetic field, while the Monitors detected a contamination source damaging the universe.
Chapters 311–335 Summaries Read

Arc 14Batman’s Gotham Project

Ba Di consolidated power across the universe while returning to Gotham as Batman and confronting the Joker, the Court of Owls, and the city’s crime. After rescuing Barbara and recruiting mercenaries, he secured the government’s backing for a project to transform Gotham and oversee superheroes.

  • Ba Di defeated Mongul, accepted Brainiac and Volthoom as dependents, and spread his Source system across the universe to gather information and power.
  • Ba Di took control of Gan Se and Zeus, learned about God's Domain, and ordered Volthoom to prepare the Lantern Corps to conquer Oa Star and the sectors.
  • Ba Di honored Jonathan Kent’s twelve years of loyalty by telling him Martha was waiting in Metropolis Central Hospital, then publicly admitted he was Batman and committed billions to reforming Gotham.
  • Ba Di exposed the Court of Owls at Wayne Enterprises and pursued Joker after Gordon told him Barbara had been kidnapped.
  • Ba Di killed Joker during the livestream, rescued Barbara, and synthesized a serum to counter the Laughing Gas Virus, while Superman warned him against killing again.
  • Ba Di found the Court of Owls gathered on Wayne Tower’s hidden thirteenth floor, hired Death Knell and hundreds of mercenaries, and sent them to capture Gotham’s criminals.
  • Ba Di presented the Gotham Project to the U.S. government, offering superhero oversight, Iron Man armor, and Cold Fusion Technology, and the President declared Batman Gotham’s hero.
Chapters 336–360 Summaries Read

Arc 15Savitar and the Contact Groups

Ba Di transformed Gotham, passed Batman’s mantle to Nightwing, and used his descents to reshape lives and gain power. After becoming Savitar and killing Barry Allen and Iris, he hid his consciousness in the Flash Contact Group while the multiverse’s heroes tried to find him.

  • Ba Di brought Gotham’s gangs to trial, formed the Superhero League, and oversaw reforms that transformed the city before telling Dick to become Batman.
  • Ba Di learned that Bruce’s body had become information across the universe, then descended into another universe as Clark’s relationship with Louis collapsed.
  • Louis reconciled with General Lane, and Ba Di helped prepare Red Tornado before financing the mass publication of her report exposing superheroes’ identities.
  • Batman and the League failed to suppress Louis’s book, and a man identifying himself as Phantom Stranger warned them that the Only Emperor was devouring the multiverse before vanishing.
  • Ba Di built Ba Miu Luo Di Temple, learned of the Anti-Monitor’s destruction, and escaped prison with other criminals to form the Rogues and trap Flash.
  • After many descents, Ba Di became Savitar, resisted the Speed Force, and absorbed Central City into the Calcified Speed Force.
  • Ba Di killed Iris and Barry, sent a Time Remnant into the past to become Savitar, and impersonated Barry while secretly joining the Flash Contact Group.
  • Phantom Stranger, Golden Superman, Spectre, Mandrakk, and Quantum Batman sought Ba Di’s hidden consciousness, with Quantum Batman narrowing its likely location to one of three unusually fast Flashes.
Chapters 361–385 Summaries Read

Arc 16The Multiverse Falls

Ba Di pursued Raven’s captors, gathered the Anti-Life Equation, and unleashed his legions and the Antimatter Cannon against the multiverse. After consuming the Source Universe, he tracked Mandrakk through the Heaven Blood and reached for him in the Monitor Channel.

  • Quantum Batman and the others lured Ba Di into a sealing array, but he escaped by abandoning the Flash body and later learned that Spectre and Phantom Stranger had taken Raven.
  • Ba Di attacked Oa Star, destroyed Golden Superman’s fleet, and ordered his legions to prepare for war while he sought the Anti-Life Equation.
  • Ba Di killed Alexander Luther and the Anti-Monitor, took the Anti-Life Equation, and forced Mandrakk to accept a demand to return Raven.
  • Mandrakk failed to return Raven, while Phantom Stranger kept the Anti-Life Equation and Golden Superman sought help from Superman Prime and DC’s creators.
  • Ba Di captured Louis to pressure Golden Superman, then erased Phantom Stranger and used his body to power the Antimatter Cannon.
  • Quantum Batman led heroes and villains against Ba Di, but the cannon destroyed the multiverse as Ba Di consumed the Source Universes.
  • God Superman tried to protect the final Source Universe, but Ba Di defeated him and consumed both him and the universe.
  • Mandrakk offered Ba Di a deal and revealed he had rescued Raven, but Ba Di deduced his plan, consumed the Source Universe, and reached through the Heaven Blood to seize Mandrakk.
Chapters 386–410 Summaries Read
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