Recaps

Du Mu used a Giant Potion and solar energy to grow into a Kryptonian giant and overpower Karathen after Arthur tried to take the Sacred Trident. He kept beating Karathen when it refused to submit, just as Mera and Atlanna arrived and mistook Du Mu for the terrifying monster.

• Arthur entered the ruins, saw Du Mu fighting Karathen, and tried to take the Sacred Trident from Atlantis's first king.
• Karathen seized Arthur, but Du Mu's lightning struck both Arthur and the tentacle, freeing him and enraging Karathen further.
• Du Mu drank a Giant Potion, used a Solar Flower to empower his Sin of Pride, and grew into a ten-meter-tall Kryptonian giant.
• Du Mu burned Karathen with Hellfire, dragged its enormous body out from beneath the seabed, and struck it with lightning and a powerful punch.
• Karathen refused to submit, so Du Mu battered it until it was left battered and weak.
• Mera and Atlanna entered the cave, saw Du Mu standing on Karathen, and Mera mistakenly praised Karathen as the terrifying victor.

Du Mu defeated Karathen and let Arthur claim the Sacred Trident, making him Atlantis’s new king. After Arthur received the trident’s recognition, Du Mu celebrated with a barbecue featuring Karathen’s regenerative meat.

• Du Mu beat Karathen into surrender, then told it Arthur would attempt the Sacred Trident trial instead.
• Mera and Atlanna dug Arthur out, and he pulled the Sacred Trident from the ancient king’s remains without resistance.
• The trident transformed Arthur and announced him as Atlantis’s new king, while Karathen submitted to him.
• Du Mu received mission rewards and a new mission to unify Atlantis, which he dismissed as easy for Arthur to handle.
• Du Mu invited Karathen to Arthur’s celebratory barbecue, revealing that Karathen was the main course.
• Du Mu grilled Karathen’s regenerating meat, which increased the diners’ attributes, and everyone—including Karathen—ate it.

Du Mu declared himself King of the Lost Kingdom and used his shadow soldiers to prove his claim before announcing Arthur Curry as Atlantis’s new king. Orm was stunned when Atlanna, Arthur, and Mera arrived together, leaving the rival kings facing a sudden challenge to Orm’s rule.

• Du Mu rejected Arthur and Mera’s plans for unifying the undersea nations, then claimed to be King Doom, heir to the Lost Kingdom.
• Orm and Nereus tried to win Ricou’s support for war against the surface, but Ricou argued for peace.
• Du Mu burst into the Fisherman Kingdom’s council chamber and claimed to be the Lost Kingdom’s current king.
• Du Mu presented the Spear of Longinus as his royal trident and summoned shadow soldiers, forcing the assembled kings to accept his claim.
• Du Mu announced Arthur Curry as Atlantis’s new king, then Arthur, Mera, and Atlanna entered the chamber.
• Orm recognized Atlanna and was shocked to see her alive alongside Arthur and his missing fiancée, Mera.

Arthur’s claim to Atlantis’s throne gained support after he revealed the Sacred Trident, while Orm faced rejection from his closest allies and challenged the vote. Du Mu then called for the king of the Trench to enter the council chamber, leaving the other rulers stunned.

• Orm rejected Arthur’s claim to the throne, but Du Mu said the Sacred Trident recognized Arthur as Atlantis’s rightful king.
• Vulko identified Arthur’s weapon as the legendary Sacred Trident and openly switched his allegiance from Orm to Arthur.
• Orm sought support from Nereus and Ricou, but both kings abstained from the vote on Arthur’s claim.
• Du Mu pointed out that the Trench Kingdom had not voted and told Arthur to summon its king.
• A member of the Trench swam into the council chamber, shocking Orm, Nereus, and Ricou.

Du Mu secured Arthur Curry’s claim to the throne by using the Trench and their supposed king to force the vote, while Orm eventually yielded after Atlanna appealed to him. Karathen’s arrival prompted the Fisherman Kingdom and Xebel to submit to Arthur, and Du Mu ended the coronation by announcing a three-day feast.

• Du Mu introduced a Trench creature as the Trench King, and Arthur secretly used his power over marine life to control the Trench warriors and threaten the Fisherman Kingdom.
• Du Mu counted the Trench King’s vote in Arthur’s favor, giving Arthur the majority needed to become Atlantis’s king, while Orm objected and challenged him to a duel.
• Du Mu empowered Arthur with Hellfire and spells, but Arthur tried to persuade Orm to surrender; Orm demanded to know what would remain for him, and Atlanna comforted him until he gave up the king’s trident.
• Karathen tore open the assembly hall’s ceiling, and Ricou and Nereus pledged their kingdoms’ allegiance to Arthur.
• Du Mu declared Arthur the new king and announced a three-day feast featuring Karathen barbecue.

Arthur unified the remaining undersea kingdoms into the Atlantis Empire, and Du Mu claimed the mission rewards before helping Arthur plan defenses for the Mother Box. Back at Super Seven headquarters, Du Mu met Oliver Queen, whose alarm at Du Mu’s villainous-sounding boasts prompted Bruce to explain the situation.

• Arthur’s rule and the Atlantis Empire’s expansion won acceptance as Brine joined the other kingdoms, completing Du Mu’s unification mission and earning him several rewards.
• Du Mu distributed his free attribute points, while Arthur located the Mother Box and discussed guarding it; Du Mu proposed moving it and setting traps around it.
• Du Mu returned to the Super Seven headquarters and found Bruce talking with Oliver Queen, Green Arrow.
• Du Mu bragged about conquering the seas and controlling Atlantis, alarming Oliver, who feared he had joined a team of supervillains.
• Bruce reassured Oliver and began explaining the situation, while Du Mu realized Bruce trusted him because Oliver posed little threat.

Bruce and Du Mu coordinated Earth’s defenses against Darkseid and identified a Green Lantern active in Coast City as a possible ally. The chapter ended with Du Mu learning that news of the Green Lantern’s rescue had been buried beneath the online frenzy over Wonder Woman’s long legs.

• Bruce introduced Oliver as Green Arrow and an official Justice League member, and Oliver hurried away after Du Mu confused him with praise for his wife.
• Du Mu assured Bruce that Atlantis was secure under Arthur’s family and allies, while Bruce described the defenses around the Mother Boxes in Atlantis and Themyscira.
• Barry asked why the Mother Boxes could not be gathered together or sent into space, and Bruce explained that keeping them separated but nearby was safer.
• Bruce said Clark had declined to join the alliance but would offer limited assistance, and Du Mu explained that the Green Lantern Corps might also be contacted.
• Bruce searched for the Green Lantern responsible for Earth’s sector and found video evidence of a masked man using green energy to rescue people in Coast City.
• Bruce explained that a Wonder Woman game promotion had pushed the Green Lantern footage out of the news as people focused on Wonder Woman’s long legs.

After Hal Jordan became Green Lantern, Du Mu confronted him on the shore and urged him to remove the ring, warning that the Green Lantern Corps would be wiped out. Hal attacked Du Mu, but was overwhelmed and answered the beating by constructing a Green Lantern version of Omni-Man.

• Hal Jordan went to the shore after parting on bad terms with Carol, and Du Mu appeared with a gun, warning him to remove the Green Lantern Ring.
• Hal recognized that Du Mu knew about the Green Lantern Corps, but Du Mu warned that the Corps would be wiped out and that Hal was in danger.
• Hal attacked Du Mu with a giant green fist, but Du Mu shattered it and compared Hal's willpower unfavorably to that bat.
• Hal transformed and attacked with green restraints, a boulder, walls, and scissors, but Du Mu broke through each construct and knocked him into the sand.
• Angered and humiliated, Hal used the ring to create a towering green figure modeled on Omni-Man and smugly challenged Du Mu to be afraid.

Hal used the Green Lantern Ring to create a green Omni-Man construct and challenge Du Mu, but Du Mu revealed his own Omni-Man armor and defeated Hal’s confidence. After punishing him, Du Mu explained the emotional spectrum and the different Lantern Corps, then joked that Hal might have been chosen because he was a “pretty green guy.”

• Hal created a powerful Green Omni-Man construct and sent it to fight Du Mu.
• Du Mu held back against the construct, survived its attacks, and praised Omni-Man’s supposed strength.
• Du Mu revealed armor matching Omni-Man’s, causing Hal to realize he had been fighting the original and lose control of the construct.
• Du Mu hung Hal from a tree and had Shadow Soldiers kick him for ten minutes, fulfilling Hal’s earlier threat.
• Du Mu explained the Green Lantern Ring’s connection to willpower and described the other emotional spectrums and their Corps.
• Hal asked why green light had chosen him, and Du Mu joked that he might have received Green Hats from his girlfriend.

Du Mu invited Hal to join the Super Seven, then accompanied him to investigate a disturbance at an A.R.G.U.S. laboratory. There, Hector’s alien-powered abilities erupted, and Du Mu confronted him as Omni-Man, leaving Hector to claim he was a heroic ally.

• Du Mu invited Hal to join the Super Seven, and Hal’s Green Lantern Ring began flashing with an urgent mission signal.
• Du Mu explained that Hal would soon face Parallax and decided to accompany him to investigate.
• Hector, transformed by yellow energy from Abin Sur’s corpse, awoke restrained in A.R.G.U.S.’s laboratory and unleashed his telekinetic powers.
• Hector exposed Amanda Waller’s plan to recruit him into the Suicide Squad and threatened her and Hammond.
• Du Mu arrived in his Ultron Armor, and Hector abandoned his boasts and declared himself Omni-Man’s ally.

Du Mu warned Amanda Waller that dissecting Abin Sur could provoke the Green Lantern Corps, but the Suicide Squad arrived to rescue her and attacked him. Du Mu defeated King Shark with ease, leaving the rest of the team facing him.

• Hector surrendered to Du Mu, who offered to let him go if he could defeat Hal; the two began fighting in the laboratory.
• Du Mu identified the dissected Alien as Abin Sur, a legendary Green Lantern, and warned Amanda Waller that the Green Lantern Corps might retaliate.
• The Suicide Squad broke into the laboratory, rescued Amanda Waller from Du Mu, and launched an attack.
• Du Mu emerged unharmed from the explosions and brushed off Peacemaker's sonic blast and The Detachable Kid's flying arms.
• King Shark charged Du Mu, but Du Mu overpowered him, beat him unconscious, and slammed him into the floor.

Du Mu took control of the New Suicide Squad after defeating them, while Hal learned that Parallax was coming to Earth and accepted a mission to stop it. Du Mu gathered the Super Seven to prepare for the threat, which could feed on fear and corrupt minds.

• Amanda Waller identified Du Mu as Omni-Man, and he took control of the New Suicide Squad's nanobombs, renaming the team the Number Two Suicide Troopers.
• Hal defeated Hector Hammond, but Parallax briefly possessed Hammond and threatened to devour Earth before Hammond collapsed unconscious.
• Du Mu explained that Parallax was the embodiment of fear and accepted a mission to defeat it as Hal planned to seek help from the Green Lantern Corps on Oa.
• Amanda Waller arranged to have Abin Sur's body stitched back together, while Du Mu returned to Justice League headquarters to gather reinforcements.
• Du Mu briefed the assembled Super Seven on Parallax's ability to feed on fear and corrupt minds, prompting everyone to look at Clark because of his vulnerability to mind control.

Du Mu gave Clark magically enchanted red briefs to protect him from Parallax’s fear-based attacks, and the Super Seven headed to Coast City to intercept the cosmic monster. Clark fought Parallax in space, but it ignored him, survived a nuclear strike, and reached Coast City, where its arrival triggered an evacuation order.

• Du Mu gave Clark enchanted red briefs that resisted magical and mental attacks, and Clark reluctantly put them on over his suit after the team urged him to wear them.
• The Super Seven set out for Coast City, while Amanda Waller warned the government of Parallax’s imminent invasion and officials prepared for war.
• Clark spotted Parallax approaching Earth and tried to stop it, freezing and cutting its tentacles before striking its head, but the monster regenerated.
• Parallax’s fear energy failed to affect Clark because of the briefs, and absorbing Clark’s fear of accidentally killing someone unleashed Clark’s full strength without letting either fighter defeat the other.
• Parallax turned toward Earth to feed on humanity’s fear, and Clark pursued it, but a nuclear missile detonated against Parallax without harming it.
• Parallax crossed the atmosphere and covered the sky over Coast City, prompting emergency evacuation broadcasts as residents stared and took pictures.

Du Mu confronted Parallax above Coast City, using sand and Hellfire to protect people and battle the fear-powered entity. Parallax adapted by sending tentacles after civilians while the Super Seven defended them, and Hal was still on his way back to Earth.

• The military bombarded Parallax, but its black mist absorbed the attacks without slowing its descent as panicked civilians fled.
• Du Mu raised a sand dome over the district and tried to negotiate, but Parallax refused and threatened to destroy Earth to lure Green Lantern back.
• Du Mu discovered that Parallax could not sense his fear and fought off its attacks with sand and the Spear of Longinus.
• Du Mu used a Fire Flower to unleash Hellfire that burned Parallax's fear energy, forcing it to sever the affected mist and attack civilians elsewhere.
• Bruce deployed self-destruct drones while the Super Seven fought Parallax's ground-level tentacles, and Du Mu struck Parallax with a colossal fireball.
• Green Lantern Hal was still on his way back to Earth.

Du Mu battled Parallax in the skies above the city, using Hellfire, a sand giant, and a disguised gun-spear to burn away its fear energy. Parallax enveloped Du Mu and the fire titan, then broke through the flames and tried to make Du Mu its new vessel while Hal was still returning to Earth.

• Parallax shed burning black mist to escape Du Mu's Hellfire, then threatened him and attacked with yellow energy spheres.
• Du Mu and Parallax exchanged fireballs and energy blasts until Parallax unleashed a barrage that Du Mu blocked with the Ring of Water.
• Du Mu formed a Hellfire-covered sand giant, and he and Parallax created giant weapons and traded attacks in the sky.
• Du Mu battered Parallax with the fire titan's flaming fists, draining its fear energy, but Parallax expanded and charged through Du Mu's fireball barrage.
• Parallax formed a dark crimson curtain around Du Mu and the fire titan, then broke through the Hellfire barrier and thrust at Du Mu, declaring it would use him as its new vessel.

Du Mu let Parallax pour his fear energy into an Energy Storage Gem, then used the stolen power to trap and seal him. With Parallax contained and the quest complete, Du Mu received several new rewards.

• Parallax tried to corrupt Du Mu with fear energy, but Du Mu diverted it into the Energy Storage Gem while pretending to panic.
• Clark arrived and struck Parallax, but Parallax reformed and began considering Clark as a better vessel.
• Du Mu punched Clark out of the fight and kept fooling Parallax while the gem absorbed his remaining power.
• Du Mu used the stored fear energy to seize Parallax and seal him inside a transparent yellow crystal.
• Du Mu completed the quest and received experience, attribute points, a Double Four Symbols Seal, an Emotional Energy Cylinder, and a Carbonadium Steel Knife.

Du Mu completed the instance mission after sealing Parallax and gained powerful rewards, then refused to hand the entity over to the Green Lantern Corps. Hal joined the Super Seven, where Bruce collected his weaknesses and fears, and Du Mu revealed that Hal’s main value was helping them ally with the Green Lantern Corps against Darkseid.

• The Game System rewarded Du Mu for completing the instance mission, and he allocated his attribute points before Hal returned with Sinestro and a Green Lantern squad.
• Du Mu showed Sinestro the sealed Parallax, rejected his request to take it to Oa, and watched Sinestro leave with the squad while Hal remained on Earth.
• Du Mu brought Hal to Super Seven headquarters, where Bruce tricked him into listing his weaknesses, fears, and how to remove his Green Lantern Ring.
• Hal celebrated joining the team, bonded with Barry, and learned that a Green Lantern had died in the ancient battle against Darkseid.
• Du Mu reassured Hal that he was important because he could help the team contact the Green Lantern Corps, leaving Hal to realize he was being treated as a way to fetch reinforcements.

Du Mu turned Parallax into a source of Fear Power and returned to the Marvel universe to study magic while waiting for Ancient One. When Ancient One summoned him, he found her sitting in a pool of blood and reacted with a question about menopause.

• Hal persuaded the Guardians of the Universe to send Green Lantern Corps support if Apokolips attacked Earth.
• Du Mu assigned his daily missions to the Suicide Troopers and sealed Parallax inside the Magic White Robe, where he began tormenting it to obtain its Fear Power.
• Back in the Marvel universe, Du Mu studied magic at Kamar-Taj and decided against freely borrowing power from powerful Dimensional Demons.
• Ancient One left Du Mu a note asking him to visit after he finished reading, and he hurried to her meditation hall.
• Du Mu noticed blood on the floor beneath Ancient One and asked whether she had gone through menopause.

Ancient One returned mortally wounded, appointed Du Mu as the new Sorcerer Supreme, and later appeared at her own funeral feast to tell him to guide Stephen Strange toward Kamar-Taj. Du Mu accepted the role, arranged supplies for the Sanctums, and ordered Mordo to train Strange ruthlessly when he arrived.

• Ancient One told Du Mu that Dormammu had injured her, refused his Life Potion, and named him the next Sorcerer Supreme while assigning him a quest to train Stephen Strange.
• Ancient One collapsed, and Mordo confirmed that Du Mu would inherit command of Kamar-Taj; Du Mu unlocked the Sorcerer Supreme achievement and ordered a celebratory funeral feast.
• Ancient One's spirit attended the feast and told Du Mu that Strange had been in a car accident and needed his help to find Kamar-Taj.
• Mordo asked Du Mu for magical firearms for the other Sanctums, and Du Mu agreed to provide equipment while hearing that his weapons had reduced casualties.
• Du Mu gave Mordo Strange's photograph and ordered him to train the future Sorcerer Supreme as harshly as possible, as long as he survived.

After losing the use of his hands, Stephen Strange pursued a rumored cure and followed a trail to Kamar-Taj. There, Du Mu and Mordo watched Strange struggle to find the place, while Du Mu insisted they should let him endure more hardship.

• Stephen Strange lost his surgical career and fortune after a car crash left both his hands badly damaged.
• Christine told Strange about Nachi, whose once-disabled hands had recovered, and sent him the patient's records.
• Strange met Nachi, who said he had recovered after visiting Kamar-Taj, then reported to an encrypted contact that Strange had taken the bait and said, "Hail Hydra!"
• Strange borrowed money from Christine and traveled to search for Kamar-Taj, but found no leads and ran short of money.
• At Kamar-Taj, Du Mu played games with Mordo and dismissed Mordo's suggestion that they help Strange, claiming hardship would make him stronger.

Du Mu arranged a staged ordeal to humble Strange and lead him to Kamar-Taj, hoping to make him the next Sorcerer Supreme and take over his workload. After Wong brought the battered Strange to Kamar-Taj, Strange insulted Du Mu within earshot, and Du Mu struck Wong through the door.

• Du Mu revealed that Hydra had staged Strange’s journey to Kamar-Taj and recorded it as “Strange’s World.”
• Mordo gave up thoughts of becoming Sorcerer Supreme after seeing Strange’s miserable trials, while Du Mu decided Strange would make a useful successor and worker.
• Strange was robbed, beaten, and left penniless, but Wong found him in an alley and brought him to Kamar-Taj.
• Strange asked Wong to help heal his hands, and Wong agreed to take him to meet the Sorcerer Supreme.
• As Wong warned Strange to show Du Mu respect, Strange called the Sorcerer Supreme petty, and Du Mu’s giant hand struck Wong through the door.

Du Mu showed Stephen Strange magic—or a powerful hallucinogen-enhanced illusion—and offered him a way to heal his hands. Unable to afford Du Mu’s fee, Strange joined Kamar-Taj as an apprentice, then learned that the previous Sorcerer Supreme had died after tripping and falling.

• Du Mu confronted Strange about calling him petty, then brought him into his luxurious Kamar-Taj residence.
• Du Mu used shadow magic to serve cola and explained the existence of magic to Strange.
• Du Mu gave Strange a terrifying vision of the universe, secretly using hallucinogens and illusion magic before purifying him.
• Strange asked Du Mu to heal his hands, but Du Mu demanded one hundred million dollars.
• Du Mu offered Strange the chance to learn magic as an apprentice, and Strange accepted by kneeling before him.
• Du Mu pointed out the previous Sorcerer Supreme’s photograph and said she had died after tripping over her own feet and falling from a great height.

After Strange joined Kamar-Taj, Mordo showed him its unconventional training grounds and the underground Special Operations Office, where mages took missions and traded equipment. Strange was stunned by Kamar-Taj’s mix of magic, firearms, and modern systems, but the Life Potion in the trading department caught his attention.

• Strange became Ancient One’s disciple after Du Mu explained Kamar-Taj’s duties and the price of magic.
• Du Mu assigned Mordo to train Strange, beginning with physical conditioning and combat skills.
• Mordo showed Strange mage apprentices sparring with conjured weapons and other mages practicing with automatic rifles.
• Mordo took Strange underground to the Special Operations Office, where mages accepted missions and traded goods using points.
• Strange spotted a 500-point Life Potion and recognized its potential as a miracle medicine.

Strange registered with Kamar-Taj, received his beginner’s supplies, and resolved to train so he could earn points for Black Jade Ointment to repair his hands. Meanwhile, Du Mu and Wong found K’un-Lun’s hidden entrance and reached its mountain gate, where Du Mu introduced himself to the guards as Zhang Sanfeng.

• Strange found Black Jade Ointment in the shop, learned it cost 5,000 points, and asked Mordo how to accept missions.
• Mordo helped Strange register a Kamar-Taj account; Strange chose the codename Doctor Strange and received a white robe, a meditation manual, a Sling Ring, and a magically enhanced pistol.
• Strange discovered that beginners could only take low-paying chores, so he told Mordo he wanted to begin training and earn points for the ointment.
• Du Mu and Mordo discussed Strange’s progress while playing Gomoku, then Wong reported that the entrance to K’un-Lun had been found.
• Du Mu took Wong through a Portal to a Himalayan spatial rift, and they crossed a magical bridge to K’un-Lun.
• Two guards blocked Du Mu and Wong at the mountain gate, and Du Mu claimed to be the martial artist Zhang Sanfeng.

Du Mu and Wong entered K'un-Lun, where Du Mu introduced himself as its neighboring Kamar-Taj's new Sorcerer Supreme and negotiated for basic qi cultivation methods. The chapter ended with Lei Kung presenting the gravely injured Danny Rand as a test for Du Mu's Life Potion.

• Du Mu stopped two K'un-Lun guards with his Golden Desert Eagle after they attacked him and Wong for trespassing.
• Lei Kung welcomed Du Mu and Wong into K'un-Lun after learning Du Mu was the new Sorcerer Supreme.
• Du Mu told Lei Kung that Madame Gao had died after the traitors' attempt to summon an evil god backfired.
• Du Mu asked to trade Life Potions for K'un-Lun's basic qi cultivation method, and Lei Kung hesitated before agreeing to test the potion.
• Lei Kung had disciples carry in Danny Rand, who was near death after winning the Iron Fist succession trial.