Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye captured Aquaman Arthur and Diana and tried to force the human authorities to accept his proposal, threatening to hand them over to the Sea Race if they refused. Arthur and Diana were left terrified by what Bai Ye had done to them.

• Bai Ye demanded that Arthur make the Sea Race submit, then left him in the hands of four navy soldiers who tortured him.
• Luthor told Bai Ye that the human higher-ups wanted to know his identity and his relationship with Barry Allen while they considered his proposal.
• Bai Ye gave the authorities ten minutes to agree and threatened to have the Sea Race punish them if they refused.
• Bai Ye taunted the chained Diana and subjected her to a humiliating ordeal while she heard Arthur suffering nearby.
• After an hour, Arthur endured the navy soldiers' torture without surrendering, then heard Diana warn him not to turn around.

Bai Ye forced Arthur and Diana to surrender by threatening their people with torture and public humiliation. While Barry searched for Bai Ye in Central City, he learned that the war had ended and humanity was celebrating Bai Ye as its hero.

• The Four Navy Generals praised Arthur’s endurance while Arthur and Diana were horrified to face each other in captivity.
• Bai Ye threatened to have the Sea Race and Amazons tortured and expose Arthur and Diana’s humiliation unless they surrendered.
• Arthur and Diana agreed to surrender to protect their people, and Bai Ye ordered Arthur not to turn around or make a sound until the warship reached shore.
• Barry searched Central City for Bai Ye after he disappeared, then heard crowds celebrating peace in the streets.
• A young man told Barry that Atlantis and Amazon had surrendered, and Barry saw a news report naming Bai Ye humanity’s hero.
• Barry recognized Bai Ye in the widely shared photo and marveled that he had ended the war during one meal.

Bai Ye returned to a jubilant harbor, where he crushed the Sea Race attackers and was hailed as humanity’s hero. When politicians demanded that Diana and Aquaman sign a treaty of defeat and pay reparations, Bai Ye rejected their claim to his victory and reaffirmed that he had come as a mediator to enforce peace.

• Bai Ye swung the returning ship into the attacking Sea Race, killing many of them, then dragged it into the harbor by hand.
• Cyborg presented Bai Ye to the cheering crowd and escorted him to a welcome ceremony while Diana and Aquaman faced curses and boos.
• England’s Wandering Prime Minister demanded that Diana and Aquaman sign a Treaty of Defeat and compensate Europe.
• Bai Ye challenged the politicians’ claim that humanity had defeated the two races and said he had fought only to uphold his Peace Treaty.
• Bai Ye warned that he would also punish humans who tried to destroy the peace.

Bai Ye returned to Marvel after forcing humanity to abandon its victory treaty and restore equal relations with Atlantis and the Amazons. Finding the peaceful world dull, he asked Tony how many Criminal Reserves remained in prison.

• Bai Ye told Cyborg he would protect peace but would not let humanity use his intervention to impose a victor's treaty on Atlantis and the Amazons.
• Cyborg agreed to revise the treaty, and Bai Ye met Barry Allen, reminding him to preserve the Timeline and avoid repeated time travel.
• Bai Ye returned to Marvel, where Barry found a copy of "Everyone Can Practice 4.0" and discovered it contained an ability to resurrect the dead.
• Bai Ye surveyed a peaceful New York where safety collars were being introduced and realized that his power had made many familiar Marvel storylines impossible.
• Bai Ye called Tony Stark and asked how many Criminal Reserves were left in the prisons.

Bai Ye ordered a global competition for death row inmates, where winners would have their sentences commuted and all other competitors would be executed. Kingpin began organizing the event, and Yalishi learned he could compete in the superpowered division for a chance to survive.

• Bai Ye proposed dividing about seventy thousand death row inmates into seventy competition categories, with one winner pardoned from death in each category and the rest executed.
• Stark agreed to pass the plan to Kingpin, who enlisted Rodriguez and arranged for arenas in Antarctica and an AI referee.
• Kingpin considered adding Bullseye and other criminals to make the fights more intense, but Bai Ye refused.
• An officer told imprisoned Yalishi about the competition and offered him a chance to win a commuted sentence in the superpowered division.
• Yalishi learned that regional officials also stood to gain resources and promotions from their prisoners' success, and the officer promised him special training and a possible path to release.

Bai Ye announced a global criminal deathmatch, while a masked girl arrived in his universe and discovered that his life had become the subject of school curricula. After she found the deathmatch discussions online, Bai Ye confronted her about reading his deeds.

• Bai Ye announced that criminals worldwide would compete in a livestreamed deathmatch, with pardons for winners and resources for the districts they represented.
• People around the world debated the competition, and the official website published the criminals' names, records, and arrests.
• Bai Ye relaxed at his villa and waited for the competition to begin.
• A masked girl arrived in New York to investigate the being who had traveled through space-time and began gathering information about the universe.
• The girl listened to a lesson from Bai Ye Treatise and discovered that schools taught Bai Ye's life and influence across multiple subjects.
• The girl searched the internet for information about the criminal deathmatch, and Bai Ye appeared behind her and asked why she was reading about his deeds.

Bai Ye mistook Gwen for someone else and grabbed her before realizing she was a powerful stranger. He stopped her escape and forced her to agree to cooperate, leaving her in his custody.

• Bai Ye found a hooded girl reading the Bai Ye Treatise and grabbed her from behind, mistaking her for Gwen.
• Bai Ye pulled off the girl's hood and learned that she was Gwen, then demanded her name, identity, and reason for coming.
• Gwen accused Bai Ye of being a fascist, while Bai Ye realized she was probably connected to a plot he had triggered.
• When Gwen tried to flee, Bai Ye blasted a hole through a distant mountain and warned that he could have her mind controlled.
• Bai Ye took Gwen's wrist device and sent it through a spatial passage to Reed's laboratory, leaving Gwen with no escape.
• Gwen agreed to cooperate rather than risk being mentally controlled.

Bai Ye learned that Gwen came from a Spider-Man organization that monitored dangerous travel between universes, and discovered that his earlier actions had killed several of its members. He kept Gwen trapped on his planet, withholding her compatibility watch as he waited for her teammates to come after her.

• Gwen explained that outsiders from universes with incompatible versions could be erased or damage the worlds they entered, and her body briefly glitched after Bai Ye took her wristwatch.
• Bai Ye realized Gwen came from the animated Spider-Verse and asked why his own universe crossings had not caused the same rejection.
• Gwen revealed that Bai Ye's arrival in another universe had created a black hole that shifted a galaxy's gravitational field and indirectly killed several Spider Squad members, who were later revived.
• Gwen explained that Bai Ye's universes had similar parameters, so they did not reject him, and asked him to let her go after she shared what she knew.
• Bai Ye refused to return Gwen's watch, gave her cash, and declared that she could not leave the planet while he studied the device.
• Bai Ye vanished, while Gwen realized her missing teammates would likely come looking for her and fall into his trap.

Reed began studying Bai Ye’s multiverse-travel device while the Nine Realms approached a rare alignment. In London, Andrew fused with the Aether Particles, gained rapidly growing power, and accidentally destroyed a building and killed his senior.

• Bai Ye told Reed to prioritize researching a solution to universal rejection and suggested that Ancient One could help accelerate his work.
• As the Nine Realms neared alignment, a force-field disturbance appeared in an abandoned London building, and Andrew was pulled into a dark space where the Aether Particles fused with him.
• Malekith sensed the Aether’s return and prepared to seize it so he could plunge the universe into darkness.
• Andrew returned to the building with immense power, then accidentally blasted his senior away and destroyed the building, killing him in the aftermath.
• Andrew realized his strength was increasing at a terrifying rate, and ambition began to grow alongside his power.

Andrew gained immense power from an unfamiliar energy source and fled after destroying a building and apparently vaporizing his senior. Stark and Future Stark connected the London incident to the Reality Stone and prepared to investigate, while Malekith arrived in Asgard and found it abandoned.

• Andrew discovered that an unfamiliar energy was rapidly strengthening his body and powers after his strike reduced a building to rubble.
• Andrew decided to hide from his organization rather than let it capture him and study the energy, then fled before investigators arrived.
• Stark and Future Stark linked the London incident to the Reality Stone, bickered over changes to the timeline, and decided to consult the Ancient One before sending a team.
• Malekith revived the Cursed Warriors with a fragment of the Aether and led his fleet through a spatial breach toward Asgard.
• Malekith looked down at Asgard and found its former site deserted, with belongings scattered as though its people had hurriedly moved out.

Malekith found Asgard abandoned and ordered the Dark Elf fleet to Midgard to reclaim the Aether. On Earth, Bai Ye’s Crime Bidding Tournament began in an enormous Pym Particle-expanded arena, while rival regions traded taunts online.

• Malekith’s subordinates confirmed that Asgard was deserted, and he suspected its people had fled before his arrival.
• Malekith ordered the Dark Elf fleet through a spatial rift toward Midgard to reclaim the Aether.
• People from Israel Zone and E Zone flooded each other’s comment sections with rival taunts as the Crime Bidding Tournament drew near.
• Kingpin and Rodriguez’s crews built the Antarctic tournament venue in two days, and Bai Ye watched with Rogue, Camilla, Gwen, and Susan.
• The hosts used tens of thousands of canisters of Pym Particles to enlarge the arena, and Bai Ye’s tournament began with criminals fighting in the superpower division.

On Antarctica, Alex used his future-predicting power and the strength lent by England’s E Zone to fight, but Mashiva Tea killed him with overwhelming speed and power. Mashiva Tea’s victory revealed India Zone’s vast superpowered resources and its advantage in the competition.

• Alex, empowered with the prisoners’ energy and combat knowledge, attacked Mashiva Tea with a flaming blade aura.
• Alex’s predictions showed that every possible response would end in death, and Mashiva Tea blasted him apart as he stood still.
• Mashiva Tea wondered why Alex had not fought back, unaware that Alex’s power had shown him no path to survival.
• The chapter explained that Mashiva Tea had entered prison voluntarily to compete and received extensive enhancements from India Zone’s superpowered population.
• India Zone fielded three other contestants of comparable strength, while the competition’s outcome depended on the resources of each zone.

Alex hid and used recursive precognition to study his opponents, while nuclear strikes from the neighboring firearms competition zone devastated the Superpower Battlefield. As Bai Ye was with Gwen, Camilla, and the others aboard Sky Fortress, he sensed enormous Dark Elves spacecraft entering Earth’s vicinity.

• Alex revealed that his apparent fight and victory had been predictions within predictions, and continued gathering information while hidden.
• Nuclear explosions from the neighboring competition zone reached the Superpower Battlefield and killed several criminals, including a favored contestant.
• Stark questioned the use of nuclear weapons, but Rodriguez and Kingpin defended the rules allowing them in the firearms competition.
• A contestant complained to Kingpin about the nuclear strikes crossing competition zones, and Kingpin dismissed his concerns.
• Bai Ye began a meal with Gwen, Camilla, and the others aboard Sky Fortress, then sensed enormous Dark Elves spacecraft flying toward Earth through Asgard’s space.

Reed consulted Ancient One about the Reality Stone and used a simulated month to advance his research. Meanwhile, Bai Ye spotted a Dark Elf fleet approaching Earth and attacked it with a spit.

• Reed arrived at Kamar-Taj and asked Ancient One about the Reality Stone.
• Ancient One warned Reed that the Aether was on a dangerous young man's body and that subduing him could destroy Earth.
• Ancient One gave Reed a month of simulated research time, and Reed returned to Kamar-Taj with his research completed.
• Bai Ye detected the Dark Elf fleet heading toward Earth and saw through its concealment.
• Bai Ye sent a supersonic spit through a spatial passage toward the Dark Elf fleet.

Bai Ye attacked Malekith’s fleet over London, then Gwen sent the surviving damaged spacecraft to the Antarctic competition. Bai Ye offered contestants rewards for killing the aliens and Malekith, but the battle escalated when Mashiva Tea destroyed a spacecraft and the Firearms Zone launched a hydrogen bomb.

• Bai Ye’s breath and storm tore through Malekith’s fleet, while his Force Field protected London from the destruction.
• Gwen transported the surviving spacecraft to the Antarctic battlefield, where they crashed among the competing contestants.
• Bai Ye announced that the top five alien killers would earn guaranteed qualification, victory, and exemption from death, with an extra slot for whoever killed Malekith.
• Contestants from nearby zones abandoned their matches and charged the spacecraft, leaving Malekith stunned by the oncoming crowd.
• Mashiva Tea punched a Dark Elf spacecraft in half, then a hydrogen bomb warhead from the Firearms Zone swallowed him in a flash.

On the Antarctic battlefield, contestants unleashed nuclear weapons and superpowers on one another while hunting the Dark Elves. Malekith hid aboard his ship, but after the slaughter he was captured and tried to trick the contestants by claiming he was not himself.

• A Firearms Zone contestant struck Mashiva Tea with a Hydrogen Bomb, but Mashiva Tea survived, regenerated, and killed the attacker.
• Mashiva Tea used the contestant’s weapon to bombard the battlefield, triggering a brutal brawl that killed more than half the contestants.
• Malekith and the remaining Dark Elves hid aboard their spacecraft as the contestants fought, but the ship was destroyed within minutes.
• Five contestants ripped open Malekith’s ship and pulled him out, mistaking him for their target and questioning his strength.
• Malekith claimed his name was not Malekith and pointed the contestants toward a supposed leader, but one of them raised a hand to strike him.

Mashiva Tea and four other criminals won the superhuman competition after Mashiva Tea killed Malekith, and Kingpin offered them a chance to join the Global Defense Force. Bai Ye arrived at the White House to award them medals, and Mashiva Tea asked him for an autograph.

• Mashiva Tea killed Malekith, and the spatial ability user transported the five victors from the arena to Kingpin, Stark, and the others.
• Kingpin told the criminals they could qualify to join the Global Defense Force, while Rodriguez reminded them to thank Bai Ye for the opportunity.
• Kingpin said Bai Ye would present the champions with medals, but the criminals had to wait because Bai Ye was busy.
• The guards handcuffed the criminals, and an hour later Bai Ye arrived, tore apart their shackles, and awarded them gold medals.
• Bai Ye praised Mashiva Tea for killing the Dark Elf leader, and Mashiva Tea asked him to autograph his back.

Bai Ye searched Earth for the person who had taken the Aether, finding Andrew, whose rapidly growing strength made him a threat to the planet. Bai Ye vanished to confront him away from Earth, while Andrew wondered why Bai Ye could become emperor but he could not.

• Mashiva Tea asked Bai Ye for an authentic signature, and Bai Ye signed his back while Mashiva excitedly planned how to preserve it.
• Stark told Bai Ye that the Aether had appeared but was taken by a powerful opponent near London, whom Earth’s forces could not safely fight.
• Bai Ye spread his Force Field across Earth, found the opponent, and detected that the man’s body and energy could repel his probing force.
• Bai Ye vanished from the White House to move the confrontation away from Earth.
• Andrew, alone in London, felt his strength growing to the point that he could destroy Earth and wondered why Bai Ye could sit on the emperor’s throne but he could not.

Bai Ye confronted Andrew, who had absorbed the Aether Particles and grown stronger, and defeated him on Jupiter. Bai Ye retrieved the particles and returned them to Stark, while worrying that the fight had multiplied his own strength a thousandfold.

• Bai Ye pulled Andrew through a spatial passage to Jupiter and demanded that he surrender the Aether Particles and return to the Empire.
• Andrew refused, and Bai Ye attacked him, but Andrew countered the first punch and believed he had surpassed Bai Ye.
• Bai Ye's strength increased, and his next punch blasted apart half of Andrew's head before Andrew regenerated with the Reality Stone's energy.
• Bai Ye kept growing stronger with each exchange, ignored Andrew's surrender, and struck him into dust, then collected the Aether Particles.
• Bai Ye opened a Space Gate and gave the Aether Particles to Stark, who was surprised at how quickly the fight had ended.

Bai Ye received Reed’s Multiverse Shuttle Device, which could travel between universes and prevent universal rejection. When it detected an intruder in Earth’s India Zone, Bai Ye ordered the administrator to capture them, then prepared to travel to another universe himself.

• The Chat Group members noticed Bai Ye had reached Level 9 and speculated about how quickly he might reach Level 10.
• The Crime Competition ended after three days, with failed contestants sent to serve as targets in the shooting event.
• Reed reported that he had reverse-engineered multiversal travel technology and that its bracelet could block universal rejection.
• Bai Ye gave the bracelet to Gwen, and Reed’s equipment detected an intruder in Earth’s India Zone.
• Bai Ye ordered the India Zone administrator to capture the intruder and then decided to travel to another universe.