Chapter Summaries

After absorbing Heaven Blood and the universe’s Speed Force, Ba Di repaired the cosmic breach and returned to Earth to trace Raven. Seeing Spectre and Phantom Stranger take her, he summoned all his legions.

• Ba Di absorbed the Heaven Blood pouring through the breach and used the Speed Force to repair the universe’s protective membrane.
• Ba Di drained the universe’s Speed Force, briefly stopping time, then returned it to restore the universe’s operation.
• Ba Di traveled to Ba Miu Luo Di Temple and used the universe’s time, space, and matter to replay Raven’s abduction.
• Ba Di saw that Spectre and Phantom Stranger had taken Raven, who sealed herself inside a crimson crystal.
• Ba Di accused them of trying to use Trigon and ordered all legions to assemble.

Ba Di assembled the legions of the Ba Miu Luo Di Universe at his temple and condemned them as too weak to help him destroy the multiverse. He ordered them to use ten thousand years, accelerated into a single day by the Speed Force, to build their numbers and strength while he sought the Anti-Life Equation.

• Volthoom and the Lantern Corps reported their assembly to Ba Di and knelt before him.
• General Otto reported that the Doomsday Legion and Kryptonian Legion were assembled, and Brainiac reported the Brainiac Legion.
• Jenny's, Pamela's, Diana's, and more than a thousand other legions gathered under their commanders in the temple.
• Ba Di told the assembled commanders that their forces were far too weak and recalled that Spectre and Phantom Stranger had infiltrated his temple.
• Ba Di ordered the legions to use ten thousand accelerated years to grow stronger and prepare to help him destroy the multiverse after he returned with the Anti-Life Equation.

Ba Di arrived on Earth 3 to meet Owlman and Alexander Luther, who intended to challenge him rather than serve him. Ba Di effortlessly killed Alexander Luther, leaving Owlman at the edge of a massive chasm.

• Alexander Luther told Owlman he would not submit to Ba Di unless Ba Di proved stronger than him.
• Ba Di emerged from a spatial wormhole, and his pressure made Alexander Luther’s two subordinates faint while Owlman knelt to welcome him.
• Alexander Luther transformed into Shazam and attacked Ba Di with a powerful lightning bolt.
• Ba Di flicked a finger and destroyed the lightning, Alexander Luther, and a vast section of the ground.
• Owlman stood trembling beside the chasm as Ba Di asked who the dumbass had been.

Ba Di sought Mobius and the Anti-Life Equation to accelerate the destruction of the Multiverse and find Raven, who had been taken by Trigon. After Mobius hung up on him, Ba Di crushed the communicator and prepared to act.

• Alexander Luther attacked Ba Di, who erased him with a flick of his finger.
• Owlman told Ba Di that he had used Alexander Luther's lightning to relay messages to Mobius and did not know where Mobius was hiding.
• Ba Di explained that he needed the Anti-Life Equation to destroy universes faster and gain enough power to rescue Raven from Trigon.
• Owlman gave Ba Di the communicator Mobius had provided, and Ba Di used it to trace the signal to the Antimatter Universe.
• Mobius answered Ba Di's call and immediately hung up, so Ba Di crushed the phone in anger.

The Anti-Monitor used the Mobius Chair to search for a way to survive after Ba Di, the Only God, had called and locked onto him. He hovered above Qward’s unfinished Antimatter Cannon as a pitch-black Space-Time Rift appeared before him and an overwhelming presence crushed down on him.

• The Anti-Monitor flew over lifeless Qward on the Mobius Chair, which calculated that escape and resistance were impossible.
• He realized Ba Di had traced his location through their call, leaving him unable to flee.
• The Anti-Monitor looked down at the unfinished Antimatter Cannon, which lacked the energy needed to destroy the Multiverse.
• He raged that Ba Di’s appearance had ruined his plan to finish the cannon and escape.
• A pitch-black Space-Time Rift appeared before the Anti-Monitor, and an immense presence pressed down on him.

Ba Miu Luo Di emerged from a Space-Time Rift and overwhelmed the Anti-Monitor, who offered his allegiance and the Anti-Life Equation to survive. Ba Miu Luo Di crushed him, leaving the Antimatter Universe without its ruler.

• Ba Miu Luo Di's arrival filled the Antimatter Universe with an oppressive aura that forced the Anti-Monitor to tremble.
• The Anti-Monitor offered to submit and give Ba Miu Luo Di the Anti-Life Equation, the Mobius Chair, and his power.
• Ba Miu Luo Di reached out and seized the Anti-Monitor despite his desperate pleas and threats.
• The Anti-Monitor cursed Ba Miu Luo Di and declared that he refused to accept defeat.
• Ba Miu Luo Di crushed the Anti-Monitor into a puddle of blood, saying, "From the moment you hung up on me... You have nothing."

Ba Di summoned Doctor Manhattan and demanded his help using the Anti-Life Equation to find the Source Universe and destroy the multiverse. Doctor Manhattan refused, and as Ba Di erased his identity as the universe’s agent, he warned that Mandrakk had manipulated Ba Di, Golden Superman, Phantom Stranger, and Spectre.

• Ba Di displayed the Anti-Life Equation, which he had taken from the Anti-Monitor, while seated on his throne.
• Ba Di summoned Doctor Manhattan, who had been freed when Terminal Hera and the legions destroyed one of Mandrakk’s outposts.
• Doctor Manhattan refused to help Ba Di use the Anti-Life Equation to locate the Source Universe and destroy the multiverse.
• Ba Di threatened to erase Doctor Manhattan’s status as the universe’s agent, then began making him disappear.
• Doctor Manhattan warned Ba Di that Mandrakk was plotting against the multiverse and had used him, Golden Superman, Phantom Stranger, and Spectre.

Ba Di erased Doctor Manhattan as the universe’s agent and made Hera Terminal the new Universe Will, then ordered her to find Mandrakk. Hera assembled Mandrakk’s hidden clone and brought him before Ba Di, where Mandrakk offered to return Ba Di’s wife.

• Ba Di destroyed Doctor Manhattan and took control of the universe’s underlying will.
• Ba Di commanded Hera Terminal to become the Universe Will, and Hera began replacing the old will of the Ba Miu Luo Di Universe.
• Ba Di ordered Hera to find Mandrakk, and she located his clone hidden as quarks in the Magellanic Galaxy.
• Hera assembled Mandrakk’s clone and transported him into the great hall before Ba Di.
• Mandrakk praised Ba Di’s power and offered to return his wife.

Ba Di confronted Mandrakk, who offered information about Raven and Thought Robot Superman in exchange for the Anti-Life Equation. Mandrakk left with the equation and coordinates to Golden Superman’s universe, while Hera warned that he would not bring Raven back.

• Mandrakk told Ba Di that he had arranged for Spectre to take Raven and offered to reveal the passage’s location and Thought Robot Superman’s weakness in exchange for the Anti-Life Equation.
• Ba Di concealed a drop of essence blood inside the Anti-Life Equation and demanded that Mandrakk bring Raven back.
• Ba Di handed Mandrakk the Anti-Life Equation and used his overwhelming power to make Mandrakk accept the demand to return Raven within two days.
• Ba Di ordered Mandrakk to leave the coordinates of Golden Superman’s universe, and Mandrakk did so before departing with the Anti-Life Equation.
• Hera appeared after Mandrakk left and told Ba Di that Mandrakk would not bring Raven back, which Ba Di already knew.

Mandrakk revealed that Ba Miu Luo Di had traded the Anti-Life Equation for his wife, but Phantom Stranger and Golden Superman kept the equation and refused to return her. After ending his cooperation with them, Mandrakk left, and Phantom Stranger proposed a new plan to stop Ba Miu Luo Di.

• Mandrakk told Phantom Stranger and Golden Superman that Ba Miu Luo Di had not entered the Monitor Channel because doing so would expose him to powerful enemies beyond the Speed Force Wall.
• Mandrakk handed Phantom Stranger the Anti-Life Equation and explained that he had traded it with Ba Miu Luo Di for his wife.
• Phantom Stranger kept the Anti-Life Equation instead of releasing Ba Miu Luo Di's wife, and Golden Superman agreed that they had done all they could to protect the multiverse.
• Mandrakk ended his cooperation with Phantom Stranger and Golden Superman, saying he would hide somewhere secluded.
• Phantom Stranger proposed contacting Superman Prime of the Source Universe and drawing him to death in the comics, shocking Golden Superman.

Ba Di arrived in the Superman Universe with vast legions and ordered them to destroy the Solar System and pursue their assigned targets. He pierced Earth’s protective shield, seized Louis, and left him trapped in his grasp.

• Li Ao detected a spatial wormhole, and Ba Di emerged in space before Earth with legions numbering beyond trillions kneeling behind him.
• Earth’s monitoring stations detected Ba Di’s forces, and humans who saw his image died from the intensity of his presence.
• Ba Di commanded his legions to disperse and destroy, sending General Otto and the Kryptonian and Doomsday Legions toward another Krypton.
• Ba Di pierced Earth’s silver-white protective shield, seized Louis, and laughed at the unexpected discovery.

Golden Superman and Phantom Stranger discussed whether the Source Universe could help defeat Ba Miu Luo Di, but Golden Superman refused to risk exposing it. When Ba Di seized Louis and threatened to destroy her, Golden Superman agreed to bring Ba Di's wife back.

• Phantom Stranger said the Source Universe's editors could create a monster to fight Ba Miu Luo Di, but Golden Superman refused to contact Superman Prime and risk exposing the Source Universe.
• Golden Superman sensed the destruction in the Superman Universe and rushed there.
• Ba Di held Louis in his hand and threatened to erase her completely unless Golden Superman returned his wife.
• Golden Superman agreed to Ba Di's demand and asked him to release Louis and spare the universe first.
• Ba Di rejected the bargain, ordered Golden Superman not to stop his subordinates, and left through a wormhole.

Golden Superman confronted Phantom Stranger over Ba Miu Luo Di’s destruction of his universe and demanded help rescuing his captured wife. Phantom Stranger agreed to revise their plan, but discovered that Spectre had vanished from contact, prompting Golden Superman to suspect Mandrakk and seek Superman Prime.

• Golden Superman left his ravaged universe and told Phantom Stranger that Ba Miu Luo Di had captured his wife and was threatening the multiverse.
• Golden Superman demanded that Phantom Stranger contact Spectre and negotiate with Ba Miu Luo Di, but Phantom Stranger initially insisted that they continue the plan to deliver Raven to Trigon.
• Golden Superman confronted Phantom Stranger, and Phantom Stranger agreed to contact Spectre and revise the plan while preparing to contact Superman Prime.
• Phantom Stranger tried to reach Spectre but discovered that their contact had been lost despite their last communication only ten hours earlier.
• Golden Superman and Phantom Stranger suspected Mandrakk’s Thought Robot Superman was connected to Spectre’s disappearance, and Golden Superman left to contact Superman Prime.

Phantom Stranger gave in to the Anti-Life Equation, while Mandrakk revealed that he had imprisoned Spectre and was using Raven to pursue his ambitions. Golden Superman contacted Superman Prime and urged him to have DC Comics create the strongest Superman to oppose Ba Miu Luo Di, leaving Superman Prime shaken awake with the message and its details in his mind.

• Phantom Stranger, overwhelmed by the loss of Spectre and the alliance’s collapse, devoured the Anti-Life Equation and began to transform.
• Spectre, trapped inside Thought Robot Superman, confronted Mandrakk, who dismissed his threat of judgment and revealed Raven imprisoned in a blood-colored crystal.
• Mandrakk thanked Spectre for bringing Ba Miu Luo Di’s wife to him and claimed Spectre did not understand how powerful he had become.
• Golden Superman reached Superman Prime in a dream and warned that Ba Miu Luo Di threatened the multiverse and Mandrakk had to be watched.
• Golden Superman urged Superman Prime to have DC Comics draw the strongest Superman, then sent him information through their link.
• Superman Prime woke in a cold sweat, and Laurie asked what was wrong; he told her to go back to sleep.

Superman Prime warned DC Comics head Lai Te that Ba Miu Luo Di threatened the multiverse, prompting the United States and DC Comics to search for the tyrant’s creator and create a powerful Superman. By the chapter’s end, Golden Superman and Superman Prime had brought the strongest Superman in history into existence somewhere in the multiverse.

• Superman Prime told Lai Te that Ba Miu Luo Di would eventually find and destroy the Source Universe, and urged him to gather DC’s creators to make a Superman strong enough to drive the tyrant out.
• The American military arrived at DC Comics, while editors debated how Ba Miu Luo Di could have appeared in their multiverse.
• Lai Te proposed that Ba Miu Luo Di had come from another story, and General Ba Dun ordered a worldwide search for his creator as DC Comics began preparing new comics.
• Lai Te used Superman Prime’s information to write a story closely following Ba Di’s path and development.
• Golden Superman and Superman Prime worked together to create the strongest Superman in history somewhere in the multiverse.

Ba Di captured Phantom Stranger, erased his consciousness, and ordered him used to power the Antimatter Cannon so it could destroy the multiverse. As Hera prepared to carry out his command, Ba Di learned that Quantum Batman and others had surrendered, but he refused to spare their universes and prepared to oversee the cannon’s activation.

• Ba Di pulled the Anti-Life Equation-corrupted Phantom Stranger before him, and Phantom Stranger accused him of tampering with the equation.
• Ba Di examined Phantom Stranger’s memories, discovered Raven was in Mandrakk’s hands, and concluded she was likely safe for now.
• Ba Di erased Phantom Stranger’s consciousness and ordered Hera to use his body to power the Antimatter Cannon and destroy the multiverse.
• Hera told Ba Di that Quantum Batman and others had surrendered and offered to let their universes merge into his, but Ba Di ordered their universes destroyed.
• Hera warned that surviving heroes might interfere with the Antimatter Cannon, and Ba Di said he would oversee the operation.

Ba Di activated the Antimatter Cannon after using Phantom Stranger as its energy source, then tore open the universe to confront Quantum Batman and the vast army of heroes gathered from across the multiverse. Ba Di crushed countless heroes with a casual attack, and the Antimatter Cannon began firing as the war started.

• Ba Di erased Phantom Stranger's consciousness and fed him into the Giant Star Launcher as its energy source.
• The Antimatter Cannon activated, causing terror across the Ba Miu Luo Di Universe as Ba Di appeared and tore open the universe to reveal the Blood Domain.
• Quantum Batman emerged from the Blood Domain with countless heroes and villains from across the multiverse, ready to face Ba Di.
• Quantum Batman, Barry Allen, Green Lantern, and Wonder Woman declared their resolve to fight Ba Di despite expecting to die.
• Ba Di crushed countless heroes with a casual strike, then activated the Antimatter Cannon as destruction and war began.

Ba Di used the Antimatter Cannon to destroy the multiverse and absorb its information, then began consuming the 52 Source Universes. As he reached the last one, a massive golden hand appeared to protect it.

• Ba Di swept aside the attacking superheroes while Flash entered the Antimatter Cannon and used Speed Force lightning to try to destroy it.
• The Antimatter Cannon healed, absorbed the Speed Force energy, and fired, destroying a third of the multiverse and strengthening Ba Di.
• Ba Di sent Flash back into the cannon to keep charging it as the superheroes attacked him, but their strongest strikes barely affected him.
• The cannon fired twice more, destroying the rest of the multiverse and wiping out the remaining superheroes.
• Ba Di ate the 52 Source Universes one by one until a massive golden hand shielded the final universe.

God Superman confronted Ba Di to protect the Source Universe, but Ba Di easily defeated him and prepared to devour the universe. Mandrakk arrived in a Monitor spaceship and offered Ba Di a deal.

• God Superman refused Ba Di’s demand to bring back Raven, declaring that preserving the Source Universe mattered more than one life.
• Ba Di attacked God Superman and pierced through his palm with a single punch.
• The pain restored God Superman’s original consciousness, but Ba Di continued beating him until he was unconscious.
• Ba Di dragged God Superman toward the Source Universe and reached to seize it.
• Mandrakk arrived in a Monitor spaceship and offered Ba Di a deal.

Mandrakk offered to move Ba Di’s universe into God's Domain and demanded God Superman’s corpse, but Ba Di realized Mandrakk planned to use it to complete a Superman powerful enough to challenge Only Gods. Ba Di devoured God Superman and the Source Universe, found Mandrakk’s hiding place, and pursued him as he fled.

• Ba Di’s overwhelming aura nearly crushed Mandrakk’s avatar, forcing Mandrakk to bow and offer Ba Di protection and power in God's Domain.
• Mandrakk revealed that he had rescued Ba Di’s wife from Spectre and demanded God Superman’s corpse.
• Ba Di deduced that Mandrakk wanted to combine God Superman with his Thought Robot Superman to create a complete, powerful Superman.
• Ba Di turned God Superman and the Source Universe into chocolate, devoured them, and used the destruction of the universe to locate Mandrakk.
• Mandrakk abandoned his avatar and fled in his true body, but Ba Di reached through the Heaven Blood toward the Monitor Channel to seize him.