Chapter Summaries

Barry and Cyborg escaped through ruined Dublin as Barry’s Speed Force and memories faded, then split up so Barry could confront Fury while Cyborg contacted the resistance. In America, Hal Jordan accepted a one-way mission to stop Atlantis’s doomsday weapon, while Batman sent Lin Li to the English Channel to find Barry and Cyborg.

• Barry and the battered Cyborg hid from Hawkgirl in Dublin, where the Amazon invasion had left the city in ruins.
• Barry told Cyborg to contact the resistance forces in America and Britain while he confronted Fury, and Cyborg reluctantly agreed to separate.
• General Lane showed Hal Jordan an alien spacecraft and its dead pilot, whose ring had flown away, then assigned Hal a one-way mission to infiltrate Atlantis’s weapon site.
• After Lin Li cleared the fear gas from the Batcave, Batman identified the English Channel as Barry and Cyborg’s last known location.
• Lin Li thanked Batman with a string of insults, and Batman roared at him to get out.

Aquaman and Orm prepared to defend their doomsday weapon from a human aircraft, but Lin Li rescued its pilot, Hal Jordan, from an Atlantean sea beast and escaped a massive explosion. Back aboard the battleship, Aquaman recognized Lin Li as a surface dweller and struck Orm for mentioning Queen Mera.

• An Atlantean warrior warned Aquaman and Orm that humans had located the doomsday weapon and sent an aircraft toward it.
• Hal Jordan piloted the alien craft toward the weapon while a tentacled sea beast attacked and swallowed it.
• Lin Li pierced the sea beast with blazing light, destroyed it, and rescued Hal as a vast explosion and tsunami spread across the ocean.
• Orm watched footage of Lin Li escaping the blast and urged Aquaman to avenge Queen Mera's death.
• Aquaman knocked Orm down for speaking Mera's name, and Orm rose while concealing a faint smile.

Lin Li and Hal Jordan surveyed the devastation of Britain and sought Cyborg’s latest location so they could stop the war. Lin Li offered Hal extraordinary power in exchange for his help, and Hal eagerly accepted the mission.

• Lin Li flew Hal Jordan to New Themyscira, where Hal saw drowned cities and the bodies left by the destruction of Britain.
• Hal urged Lin Li to stop the war, while Lin Li called Batman to ask for Cyborg’s location.
• Batman told Lin Li to seek Cyborg’s latest location through the National Security and Defense Agency, and Lin Li asked him to find out more.
• Hal offered to contact a general he knew, and Lin Li proposed giving him extraordinary power if he helped stop the war.
• Hal resolved to complete the mission even if it cost him his life.

Lin Li received Cyborg’s location in Dublin and agreed to rescue him, while Batman separately learned the same address. Before setting out, Lin Li bestowed the Speed Force on Hal, whose new lightning turned green.

• Hal called General Lane, reported that Lin Li had saved him, and asked for Cyborg’s location.
• General Lane told Lin Li that Cyborg was trapped in the basement of the Betty Library in Dublin and asked him to rescue Cyborg.
• Batman called Lin Li with the same location and threatened to break his legs if he failed to bring Cyborg back.
• Lin Li warned Hal that he was too weak to face the Amazons and decided to grant him the Speed Force.
• Hal accepted Lin Li’s power, and green lightning spread across his body.

Lin Li and Hal reached Dublin, where Giant Woman had captured Cyborg and was destroying the city. Lin Li sent Hal to rescue Cyborg and killed Giant Woman with a high-speed strike, leaving Fury’s members screaming in rage.

• Lin Li flew Hal across the English Channel to Dublin, where Hal grew accustomed to his Speed Force and noticed it drew kinetic energy into Lin Li’s Speed Force space.
• Giant Woman tore through Dublin and captured the badly injured Cyborg in her fist, while he despaired that he could not deliver intelligence that might stop the war.
• Vixen spotted silver light approaching and warned Giant Woman that danger was coming, but Giant Woman could not hear her clearly.
• Lin Li protected Hal with Speed Force, then released him and urged him to be a hero as they split toward Cyborg and Giant Woman.
• Lin Li pierced Giant Woman’s hand and head at high speed, killing her as the members of Fury cried out in terror and rage.

Lin Li killed Giant Woman and fought Artemis as the Furies attacked, while Hal escaped with the unconscious Cyborg. The chapter ended with Vixen, Leopard Woman, and Huntress pursuing them.

• Hal blasted through Giant Woman’s hand and rescued Cyborg, while Lin Li killed Giant Woman with a streak of light.
• Artemis fired magically enhanced arrows at Lin Li, but he dodged them with his speed.
• Artemis struck Lin Li with a powerful punch and sent him skidding across the ground.
• Artemis ordered Vixen, Leopard Woman, and Huntress to deal with Cyborg while she faced Lin Li.
• Hal fled with Cyborg, and Vixen, Leopard Woman, and Huntress set off in pursuit.

Lin Li and Artemis fought a destructive close-quarters battle until Artemis absorbed the energy of her magical equipment and unleashed her power. After seeing her exposed body, Lin Li closed his eyes and attacked with the Tearing Crescent, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Lin Li and Artemis traded dozens of powerful punches, and Lin Li found that her instincts let her block attacks despite his superior speed.
• Lin Li landed a Supersonic Vibrational Fist on Artemis's magical bracelet, which exploded and hurled her into the ruins.
• Artemis rose from the rubble after absorbing energy from her equipment, which cracked apart and exposed her body.
• Lin Li declared that he would kill Artemis quickly to preserve her honor, then closed his eyes and struck with the Tearing Crescent.

Lin Li fought Artemis in a brutal battle, ultimately killing her with Supersonic Vibrational Fist: Kinetic Release and gaining a deeper understanding of kinetic energy in the Speed Force. As he stood remembering Artemis, Hal arrived carrying Cyborg and begged Lin Li to save him from Leopard Woman.

• Lin Li closed his eyes to honor Artemis and attacked with Tearing Crescent, but Artemis angrily declared that Amazon Warriors needed no pity and charged him.
• Lin Li and Artemis traded powerful blows, but Artemis's superior combat skills gave her the advantage in their hand-to-hand struggle.
• Lin Li used high-frequency Speed Force lightning to break Artemis's grapple, and the two resumed fighting until they prepared their final strikes.
• Lin Li opened his eyes, faced Artemis, and unleashed Supersonic Vibrational Fist: Kinetic Release, reducing her to ashes.
• Lin Li reflected on Artemis and gained insight into kinetic energy before Hal arrived carrying Cyborg and asked Lin Li to save him from Leopard Woman.

Lin Li captured Vixen, Leopard Woman, Huntress, and her beast to question them about Barry, but they refused to cooperate. Cyborg woke and revealed that Barry had been taken to New Themyscira.

• Hal fled from Leopard Woman, Vixen, and Huntress before reaching Lin Li with the unconscious Cyborg.
• Lin Li swiftly captured the three women and Huntress's beast, draining their strength with Kinetic Absorption.
• Lin Li asked the women where the speedster in the red bodysuit had gone, but Vixen and the others refused to answer.
• Cyborg woke from his coma and told Lin Li and Hal that Barry had been taken back to New Themyscira.

Lin Li headed alone to New Themyscira to rescue Barry after Cyborg revealed the resistance’s defeat and gave him intelligence on the island’s defenses. As Lin Li attacked from the southwest, Diana learned of the assault and ordered the resistance and the boy in red executed before the American fleet arrived.

• Cyborg told Lin Li that Barry had been captured by Artemis and gave him a device containing maps and troop information before leaving with Hal and the three captured Fury.
• Lin Li flew toward New Themyscira, then ran across the sea and climbed onto the island from its lightly defended southwest side.
• Amazon Warriors spotted Lin Li and attacked him with a volley of magical arrows.
• Diana heard that an unfamiliar warrior in Dark Armor had attacked from the southwest and ordered him monitored.
• Diana ordered the resistance and the boy in red brought out and beheaded before the American fleet, then commanded that they be destroyed.

Lin Li questioned Haina about a prison holding people with special abilities and learned that Barry was among the prisoners slated for execution. After discovering the execution’s time and location, Lin Li prepared to act before the Amazons could kill Barry.

• Haina, an Amazon-modified British woman, returned home and complained about her life under Amazon rule.
• Lin Li confronted Haina and asked where the Amazons held humans with special abilities, and Haina gave him the prison’s location and a rough layout.
• Donna called Haina and ordered her to attend an execution of American heroes and resistance leaders.
• At Lin Li’s prompting, Haina asked Donna about the American hero, and Donna identified him as a young man in a red bodysuit.
• Lin Li realized the prisoner was Barry, and Haina learned the execution’s exact time and place before ending the call.

Lin Li disguised himself as Haina to get close to Barry, but learned the prisoners had been transferred to the Queen’s Guard and brought his disguise into Buckingham Palace, where Wonder Woman was waiting. He reached Wonder Woman’s bath, leaving him face-to-face with the queen as he continued his attempt to find Barry.

• Lin Li knocked out Haina and impersonated her after learning that Barry and the resistance prisoners were due to be executed by the coast.
• Lin Li entered Buckingham Palace with Commander Donna’s escort, wary of the magical defenses, Wonder Woman, and the powerful Amazons inside.
• Shanshan 2.0 urged Lin Li to act more convincingly like Haina, while Lin Li complained about having to wear women’s clothes.
• An Amazon Warrior announced Haina Olsop’s arrival to Wonder Woman and left to supervise preparations.
• Lin Li entered Wonder Woman’s cavern-like bath after being invited to scrub her back.

Lin Li, disguised as Haina, was sent to bathe Diana Prince while Donna prepared the Amazons for battle. As he wiped Diana’s back, she explained her ambition to conquer the world and declared herself its rightful ruler.

• Donna arrived and ordered Lin Li, disguised as Haina, to scrub Diana’s back while she supervised the warriors’ preparations.
• Donna pushed Lin Li into Diana’s bath after Diana told her not to frighten him.
• Lin Li reluctantly wiped Diana’s back while planning how to save Barry.
• Diana told Lin Li that she intended to conquer the world because she was a king by birth.
• Diana said the Amazon warriors willingly risked their lives for her ambition and declared herself the king of the Amazons and the world.

Lin Li watched Diana gather the Amazon forces and set out, while searching for Barry and learning that Philippus was escorting the captured American superheroes in secret. The chapter ended with Lin Li realizing he would have to rescue them before Barry was used to consecrate the banner.

• Lin Li nervously dried Diana after her bath, then watched her dress in her armor and queen’s battle cloak.
• The Griffin Legion, Dragon Legion, and Amazon army assembled before Diana and declared themselves ready.
• Diana ordered the legions to move out in a flying chariot, while Donna Troy brought Lin Li, disguised as Haina, onto a Griffin.
• Lin Li asked Shanshan 2.0 to locate Barry, but she found no Speed Force signatures.
• Diana’s adjutant told Lin Li that Philippus was secretly escorting the captured American superheroes.

The Amazons brought Barry and several captives to Diana aboard an American supercarrier as the assembled forces prepared for a confrontation. Lin Li discovered that Barry had lost his Speed Force and pre-Flashpoint memories, and hoped he could now live peacefully with his parents.

• America's carrier battle group faced Pegasus, the Griffin and Feathered Serpent legions, and war beasts charging across the sea.
• Pegasus landed on the carrier, and commanders from the Griffin and Dragon legions joined the Amazons on deck.
• Philippus arrived with Barry, several other captives, and an oversized green cricket.
• Barry pleaded for a lawyer and insisted the Amazons had captured the wrong person.
• Shanshan 2.0 told Lin Li that Barry had lost his Speed Force and his memories from before Flashpoint.
• Philippus made the captives kneel before Diana as General Aldis and armed American soldiers stood opposite the Amazon queen.

On the Super Nimitz, Diana rejected the United Nations’ appeal for peace and declared that she would conquer the world to protect it. As the Amazons prepared to execute Barry and the Resistance leaders, Haina offered to carry out the executions herself and received Diana’s Sword of Vulcan.

• Diana faced General Aldis’s delegation while Philippus condemned humanity’s damage to Earth and rejected its offer to admit the Amazons into the Earth Federation.
• Donna Troy drove the soldiers back with a devastating shout, and Diana declared that she would rule the world and protect it.
• United Nations council members demanded an attack on New Themyscira as Diana’s warriors called for Barry and the Resistance leaders to be executed.
• Haina offered to execute the captives, and Diana granted her the Sword of Vulcan.

Lin Li freed Barry and the other rebels before revealing that he had impersonated Haina and deceived Diana. Diana turned on him, and a clash aboard the aircraft carrier became imminent.

• Diana gave Lin Li the Sword of Vulcan as Donna Troy and the Amazons confronted General Aldis over Barry and the rebels.
• After Cassie Sandmark listed the rebels’ crimes, Lin Li cut their handcuffs and shackles, prompting the Swindler and the others to stand.
• The atmosphere turned cold as Lin Li’s disguise broke apart, revealing his Lightning Knight armor and his original male voice.
• Donna Troy apologized to Diana, who ordered her to turn her anger into strength and clear away anyone in their path.
• Lin Li apologized and demanded safe passage, while Diana threatened to stop him and General Aldis called for the Amazons to die; the standoff edged toward battle.

Lin Li threatened Diana to deter her from attacking, but she retaliated by unleashing an electromagnetic pulse and sending her forces against the fleet. The chapter ended with the Amazons destroying a destroyer and overwhelming its crew while the fleet’s weapons and communications were disabled.

• Lin Li asked Shanshan 2.0 how long Barry could survive in his Speed Force space and learned he had ten minutes to release him.
• Lin Li threatened Diana with the carrier’s weapons and claimed its nuclear reactors could become two nuclear bombs.
• Diana blasted soldiers across the carrier deck and ordered her forces to sink a destroyer.
• Shanshan 2.0 warned Lin Li that sorcerers had launched an electromagnetic pulse that disabled communications, weapons, and electronics across the fleet.
• Aldis ordered an attack, but his forces could not launch missiles as the Amazons’ creatures destroyed the destroyer and killed its soldiers.

Lin Li confronted Diana after she slaughtered the soldiers to demonstrate her power. He saved Aldis and the others from her returning bullets, then challenged Diana to a fight on the aircraft carrier in exchange for their safe departure.

• Diana displayed a mountain of slain soldiers, and Aldis ordered his men to open fire on her.
• Diana stopped the bullets with a force field and sent them flying back toward the soldiers.
• Lin Li intercepted the bullets with the Sword of Hephaestus, protecting Aldis and the other soldiers.
• Diana demanded that Lin Li submit to her, but he refused and challenged her to fight after she let the others leave.
• Diana rejected a safe departure for the soldiers, then accepted Lin Li's offer to trade the Sword of Hephaestus for their escape if he lost.

Lin Li and Diana fought fiercely aboard an aircraft carrier while the defeated fleet withdrew and left them to battle. Barry struggled to understand why Lin Li had saved him, and Lin Li ended the chapter charging Diana with his newly transformed Vibrational Hand Blade.

• The fleet withdrew after its weapons failed against the Amazon Warriors, leaving an aircraft carrier as the battlefield for Lin Li and Diana.
• Barry asked the Trickster why he trusted Lin Li, and the Trickster concealed Lin Li’s instructions to keep Barry out of the war.
• Diana and Lin Li exchanged hundreds of blows inside the carrier, wrecking the dining hall and kitchen.
• Diana landed a powerful roundhouse kick that sent Lin Li through a wall, but his armor and body quickly recovered.
• Lin Li activated his kinetic Vibrational Hand Blade and advanced on Diana with both hands striking.