Chapter Summaries

Diana left Lin Li to confront Ares and stop the war, while Lin Li stayed behind and sent Ares after her. As Ares rushed away, the gods’ cannon appeared in the sky and aimed at Lin Li.

• Diana thanked Lin Li for the seven years they spent together, then left to face Ares and promised not to disappoint him.
• Lin Li accepted Diana’s departure and forgave her before confronting Ares about why he had stayed.
• Ares revealed his belief that Diana could not harm him, and Lin Li challenged him to face her and the gods he had gathered.
• Overwhelmed by Lin Li’s Haki, Ares vanished and rushed toward Diana.
• A gigantic cannon forged by the god of smithing appeared above Lin Li and began to blaze with light.

The gods used the Gaia Energy Cannon against Lin Li, forcing him to withstand its blast to protect Earth from catastrophic damage. He survived at the bottom of the crater, but nearly all his energy was spent, and the gods celebrated because they believed they could now leave the universe and become Unique.

• The Gaia Energy Cannon locked onto Lin Li, and Earth’s consciousness rejected him as the weapon prepared to fire.
• Lin Li stood his ground and formed a Knight Guardian Shield, refusing to dodge because the cannon could devastate the planet and kill hundreds of millions.
• The Gaia Energy Cannon struck Lin Li, battering him with immense force and divine curses while he used his armor and Speed Force to endure the blast.
• The beam left an eighty-meter-wide, seven-hundred-meter-deep crater, and the gods gathered above it to see whether Lin Li had died.
• The gods found Lin Li battered but alive at the crater’s bottom, with ninety-five percent of his energy spent, and Athena declared that they had hope of becoming Unique and leaving the universe.

After the gods divided up Lin Li’s body and Apollo fired at him, Lin Li restored himself with energy from the Speed Force space and crushed Apollo’s arrow. Athena and the gods fled, leaving Lin Li poised to pursue them.

• Shanshan 2.0 told Lin Li that the Gaia Energy Cannon could be countered with less energy through evasion, but Lin Li chose to take the blast head-on to prevent mass casualties.
• The gods divided Lin Li’s body among themselves while Diana fought Ares and cut off half his palm with the upgraded Godslayer Sword.
• The Gaia Energy Cannon struck Lin Li, but he replenished his energy from the Speed Force space and restored his body and Transcendence Armor.
• Apollo fired a golden arrow at Lin Li, who caught it in his Demon Claw, shattered it, and tossed it into the lava.
• Athena ordered the gods to run, and they vanished into the darkness as Lin Li prepared to pursue them.

Lin Li survived the Gaia Energy Cannon and pursued the fleeing gods to Mount Olympus, where the Olympians prepared to escape. As Hermes hesitated to help them, Apollo rejected flight and unleashed the Sun God's Wrath.

• Lin Li emerged from the crater and pursued the six gods, while Diana renewed her attack on Ares.
• Lin Li tore open the spatial barrier and entered Mount Olympus as the gods discussed their failed hunt.
• Hermes mocked the gods for ignoring his warning, and Apollo confronted him in anger.
• Hera revealed Lin Li had arrived, and Athena urged Hermes to teleport the gods to safety.
• Apollo refused to flee and erupted in crimson flames with the Sun God's Wrath.

Lin Li defeated Apollo in a devastating clash and turned toward the fleeing gods of Olympus. As Hermes tried to teleport the gods away, Lin Li seized him and dragged him from the spell.

• Athena urged Apollo to stick to the plan, but Apollo erupted in flames and declared himself the strongest deity before attacking Lin Li as a blazing sun.
• Lin Li charged upward and struck Apollo with a Vibrational Wave Fist, shattering his arm and blasting him away.
• The gods panicked when Lin Li turned toward them, and Athena ordered Hera to attack while Hermes prepared a teleportation spell.
• Hera's lightning failed to stop Lin Li, who emerged from the storm as Hermes's teleportation faltered.
• Lin Li appeared before Hermes, grabbed him by the neck, and pulled him out of the white dome.

Lin Li learned that killing Hermes would bind him to the universe, but he crushed Hermes anyway after Apollo threatened to burn London’s 2.35 million people unless Lin Li left. The chapter ended with the threat unresolved and the gods of Olympus horrified by Lin Li’s choice.

• Hermes warned Lin Li that killing him would transfer the Divine Seat of the God of Speed and bind Lin Li to the universe.
• Athena confirmed the danger and urged Lin Li not to kill Hermes.
• Apollo appeared in a projection above London, holding a little girl and threatening to burn the city’s 2.35 million people unless Lin Li left the universe.
• Athena promised the gods would never harm humanity if Lin Li accepted Apollo’s demand.
• Lin Li crushed Hermes to death in the Demon Claw.

Lin Li absorbed Hermes’s Divine Seat and became the God of Speed, then raced to London and killed Apollo before he could destroy the city. After saving a little girl and dispersing Apollo’s fireball, Lin Li gained the Sun God’s Divine Seat.

• Lin Li accepted Hermes’s Divine Seat and used his understanding of speed to surpass light speed and become the God of Speed.
• Athena fled Olympus, and the other gods scattered after realizing Lin Li had left to save London’s 2.35 million people.
• Apollo prepared to destroy London and crush the little girl he was holding, unaware that Lin Li had arrived behind him.
• Lin Li shattered Apollo’s body, caught the falling girl, and returned her to her mother.
• Lin Li destroyed Apollo’s fireball and received the Sun God’s Divine Seat as the city’s night sky returned to normal.

Lin Li hunted down the fleeing Olympian gods, killing Artemis, Hera, Hephaestus, and Aphrodite while absorbing their Divine Duties. After defeating Aphrodite’s Law of Desire, he continued his godslaying with his new divine powers.

• Lin Li killed Artemis, and the moon brightened as her Divine Duties passed to him.
• Hera tried to escape and attack Lin Li with the Lightning Spear, but he killed her and took her divine authority over marriage and childbirth.
• Lin Li hurled the Lightning Spear through Hephaestus’s Divine Armor, killing him and inheriting his crafts and fires.
• Aphrodite used her Law of Desire to distract Lin Li, but he regained control and killed her without giving in to his desire to break her legs.
• Lin Li became the god of love, beauty, and desire, gaining an aura that could stir the hearts of women who saw him.

Lin Li killed Athena and absorbed the Divine Duties of six Olympian gods, then struggled to keep their conflicting divine laws from binding him to the universe. After Shanshan 2.0 sorted the laws, Poseidon and Hades arrived on the deserted island, where Lin Li’s pressure pinned them to the ground.

• Athena tried to bargain for her life by offering to reveal how to escape the Divine Seat’s restrictions, but Lin Li killed her.
• The divine laws of Athena and the other five slain Olympian gods descended upon Lin Li, burdening his will with 122 Divine Duties.
• Lin Li left Mount Olympus and secluded himself on a deserted island while Shanshan 2.0 sorted the conflicting divine laws.
• Poseidon and Hades arrived on the island and were crushed against the ground by the overwhelming pressure from its center.

Lin Li overpowered Poseidon and Hades, then learned that becoming God King was the only way to escape the restrictions of his Divine Seats. He agreed to grant the sea and the Underworld autonomy and prepared to confer new gods in three days.

• Lin Li crushed Poseidon and Hades with his Haki, and Hades explained that they had come to help him escape the restrictions of his Divine Seats.
• Lin Li released the two kings and learned that he would need to sit on the God King's throne to redistribute his Divine Duties.
• Poseidon and Hades asked to leave the Olympian pantheon and rule the sea and the Underworld autonomously rather than become God King.
• Lin Li declared that the Olympian pantheon would end, ordered the Amazons summoned, and announced that he would confer the gods in three days.

Lin Li abolished the Olympian pantheon and invested the Amazons with divine seats to establish the Guardian Gods, appointing Diana as the next God King. After passing the role to her, he left Guardian Peak, while Diana resolved to fulfill her duties and protect humanity and Earth.

• Lin Li declared the Olympian pantheon extinct, renamed the peak Guardian Peak, and allowed Poseidon and Hades to establish their own pantheons so long as they protected Earth and its living beings.
• Lin Li appointed Hippolyta Goddess of Marriage and Childbirth and granted Antiope, Artemis, Melanippe, Penira, and other Amazons divine seats suited to their abilities.
• Lin Li named Diana Goddess of Love and Beauty, Goddess of Wisdom, and the next God King, and ordered the Amazons to live among humans and defend Earth.
• Diana promised that the Amazons would not become like the Olympians, and Lin Li transferred the God King's position to her before leaving the palace.
• Hippolyta asked Diana why she had not asked Lin Li to stay, and Diana said she would become a worthy God King while pressing a hand to her abdomen.

Lin Li returned to the deserted island to purge the lingering divine energy from his body, while four years passed and Diana raised their son, Lin Shen, on Guardian Peak. Diana decided to send Lin Shen to meet Lin Li, and Lin Shen reluctantly accepted the idea before Diana scolded him for acting too grown-up.

• Lin Li meditated on the deserted island and used the Speed Force to cleanse his cells of lingering faith thoughts and divine energy.
• Four years later, Diana sat on the God King's throne in the former palace of Olympus on Guardian Peak.
• Lin Shen visited Diana, and she told him that he would meet his father, Lin Li.
• Lin Shen resisted, saying he preferred books and found it difficult to get to know another relative.
• Diana explained that Lin Shen needed to leave Guardian Peak to develop his talents, and he reluctantly agreed to meet Lin Li.
• Diana smacked Lin Shen's butt and told him to prepare to meet his father and act like a lively child.

After four years on the deserted island, Lin Li restored his real body and gained stronger control over matter before preparing to return and deal with Savitar. Diana arrived as a God King with Lin Li’s young son, Lin Shen, leaving Lin Li stunned when the boy called him Dad.

• Lin Li completed his transformation on the deserted island, restoring his real body and gaining the ability to create and control matter.
• Lin Li sensed a god’s approach and went to the beach, where Diana emerged from the mist as a God King.
• Lin Li noticed Diana was holding a child who looked just like him and froze in shock.
• Shanshan 2.0 scanned Lin Shen and confirmed that he was Lin Li’s son.
• Diana brought Lin Shen to Lin Li, and the boy called him Dad.

Lin Li met his three-year-old son, Lin Shen, for the first time when Diana brought the boy to him and asked him to teach him. After Diana left them together, Lin Li and Lin Shen stood hand in hand, beginning their life as father and son.

• Lin Li struggled to respond when Lin Shen called him Dad, and Diana explained the boy's name and extraordinary talent.
• Diana asked Lin Li to take Lin Shen away and teach him, and Lin Li agreed after holding his son's hand.
• Diana said goodbye to Lin Shen, comforted him, and embraced and kissed Lin Li before leaving.
• Diana walked into the sea mist, leaving Lin Li and Lin Shen holding hands as they watched her go.
• Lin Shen called Lin Li Dad again, and Lin Li answered, “Mm, son...”

The Legends located Lin Li in 1985 and found him on an island with his three-year-old son, Lin Shen. Lin Li boarded the Waverider with Lin Shen and asked the team to take them to Central City to deal with Savitar.

• Sara piloted the Waverider through a dimensional rift after Gideon locked onto Lin Li's parallel world in 1985.
• Lin Li and Lin Shen struggled through an awkward conversation about Diana and their new father-son relationship.
• Lin Li sensed that Lin Shen was lying about Diana never hitting him and began considering how to raise his son.
• The Waverider landed on the island, and the Legends were surprised to find Lin Li with a son.
• Lin Li boarded the Waverider with Lin Shen and asked Sara and the Legends to return them to Central City to face Savitar.

Lin Li returned to STAR Labs with his son after refusing the Legends’ help against Savitar. Barry and the others planned to change the chain of events behind Savitar’s prophecy, but Barry’s sudden recognition of something in his future vision was interrupted by Lin Li’s arrival.

• Lin Li refused the Legends’ help and the Spear of Destiny, then left with Lin Shen and promised to teach him how to build a Waverider.
• At STAR Labs, Barry and the others discussed their failed search for the injured Savitar and worried that his prophecy was coming true.
• Barry proposed changing the events that led to the future, and Cisco began writing down the details Barry had witnessed.
• Barry recalled future headlines and mentioned a child at the bell tower before Lin Li appeared with Lin Shen.
• Barry’s expression changed drastically when he saw Lin Li’s son.

Lin Li returned to STAR Labs with his son, Lin Shen, and learned that Barry had seen a grim future involving Savitar. The prophecy was not that Lin Shen would be hanged from the clock tower, but that Lin Li himself would be, leaving Team Flash stunned.

• Lin Li introduced Lin Shen to Team Flash and explained that he had spent ten years in a parallel world.
• Barry revealed that he had traveled to the future and that Team Flash planned to change it by acting on what he had learned.
• Lin Li noticed Caitlin was missing and learned that she had become Killer Frost after Savitar dragged him into the Speed Force.
• Barry said Savitar’s prophecy concerned Lin Li and his son, prompting the team to plan to protect Lin Shen.
• Barry clarified that Lin Shen would not be hanged from the clock tower and revealed that the future headline named Lin Li as the victim.
• Team Flash reacted with disbelief as Barry said Lin Li would be hanged on June twenty-fourth and that his killer had not been found.

Lin Li explained that the future version Barry saw hanged from a clock tower was a false projection, then warned that the Speed Force or an unknown enemy was manipulating events around him. He urged Barry to prepare for Savitar and continue changing the future to prevent Iris’s death.

• Lin Li told the team that only his present self was real and that the future version Barry saw was a copy created by the world.
• Barry and the others relaxed after Lin Li assured them that hanging could not kill him.
• Lin Li suspected the Speed Force or an unknown enemy had arranged Barry’s vision and guided the events surrounding his son.
• Barry realized his actions after escaping Flashpoint had damaged the world, and Lin Li said Savitar and his unknown enemy were manifestations of that damage.
• Lin Li named the plaza outside STAR Labs as a possible place to confront Savitar in three days, then asked Barry to continue describing the future he had seen.

Lin Li assigned Team Flash tasks to change the future Barry had recorded, including finding Caitlin and preventing threats to Central City. The chapter ended when Cisco located Caitlin and the team prepared to bring her back.

• Lin Li crossed out the predicted events involving a child and himself on the clock tower, then told Joe to postpone his City Hall honor instead of refusing it.
• Lin Li ordered Cisco to use Caitlin's data to locate her, while also having him monitor Louis Restaurants to prevent a murder.
• Lin Li assigned Iris, Wally, and Joe to help HR reopen the STAR Labs Museum and arrange advertising, then promised to secure emergency funding for Team Flash.
• Lin Li told Barry to warn Lyla at The Eye that Grodd and King Shark might escape custody and attack Central City.
• Lin Li reassured the team that the future could be changed, and Cisco announced that he had found Caitlin.

Caitlin, now in Killer Frost mode, confronted Savitar after Lin Li disappeared, and Savitar tried to recruit her by promising to bring Lin Li back. Lin Li soon appeared, but he immediately left to track Savitar’s lingering Speed Force trail.

• Caitlin recovered in the frozen warehouse and longed for Lin Li before Savitar appeared.
• Caitlin demanded to know where Savitar had taken Lin Li, and Savitar offered to return him in exchange for her help.
• Caitlin agreed but remained suspicious when Savitar began to reveal the person inside his armor, then left without showing his face.
• Lin Li appeared in the warehouse, and Caitlin recognized him with relief.
• Lin Li sensed Savitar’s Speed Force trace and vanished to pursue him.