Chapter Summaries

Donnie confronted Death, who had appeared in the form of a little girl and then revealed her skeletal avatar. When Death demanded that he join her ranks, Donnie initially refused but quickly changed his tune when she threatened to kill him.

• Donnie sent Shockwave and Knock Out away with Clark, leaving himself alone with the little girl he recognized as Death.
• Donnie insulted Death’s youthful disguise, causing her to reveal her killing intent and prompting a prophecy mage to be injured while trying to glimpse the future.
• Donnie warned Death that he would rather fight than become like Thanos and prepared to use the Plot Gem if she pushed him too far.
• Death tore off her disguise, revealed her skeletal form, and recruited Donnie as a Unique God who had risen through his own efforts.
• Death threatened to kill him, and Donnie abruptly agreed to serve her, claiming it would be an honor.

Death tried to recruit Donnie and take him away, but he attacked her and refused to submit. Death departed after warning him that the other Unique Gods would learn his Divine Name when he ascended.

• Death explained that she had found Donnie because his life was untouched by death and urged him to come with her so she could help him become a Unique God.
• Donnie rejected Death’s offer and struck her, sending her crashing into the basement wall.
• Death called to the living and tried to overwhelm Donnie, but he unleashed the Unique God’s Information Set to resist her.
• Donnie warned Death to leave or die, sealed the basement entrance, and prepared to fight her.
• Death vanished, telling Donnie that she would return and that the other Unique Gods would learn his Divine Name when he ascended.

Death found Donnie and tried to recruit him, insisting that his unique trait alone was not enough to become a Unique God. Donnie resisted her and prepared to fight, but Death withdrew, warning that other Unique Gods would learn his Divine Name when he ascended.

• Death explained that Donnie's life, untouched by death, had made him conspicuous and urged him to come with her.
• Donnie rejected Death's offer, and when she reached for him, he blasted her into the wall.
• Death unleashed her call to the living, but Donnie used the Unique God's Information Set to resist her power.
• Donnie sealed the basement door and threatened to kill Death if she did not leave.
• Death vanished, warning Donnie that she would return and that other Unique Gods would learn his Divine Name when he ascended.

Lex Luthor considered the danger of Donnie leaving Earth and reviewed the catastrophic results of experiments using Donnie’s genes. He decided to seek Donnie out and settle the remaining matters before Donnie departed.

• General Sam asked Lex to help develop a super serum using Clark’s living tissue, and Lex agreed if Sam could obtain it.
• After General Sam left, Lex concluded that Donnie’s departure would embolden groups such as the Sky Eye Society and leave Earth vulnerable.
• Lex judged that keeping Donnie as Earth’s Guardian was more valuable than driving him away, especially since the Avengers could not face a stronger enemy.
• Lex opened a secure file and watched footage of Stryker’s experiments, which showed test subjects suffering genetic collapse and other fatal failures.
• Lex suspected that powerful groups would seek Kryptonian spacecraft and corpses from Donnie, then decided to find Donnie first and tie up the final loose ends.

Clark joined the Daily Planet and reunited with Lois, while Perry rallied the staff against the Daily Bugle after James attacked the newspaper. Elsewhere, Donnie’s attempt to reproduce Doomsday failed for the 190th time, leaving him convinced the experimental procedure was flawed.

• Clark arrived at the Daily Planet, revealed his identity to Lois by removing his glasses, and thanked her for taking a risk to help him.
• Clark told Lois about a terrifying recurring nightmare, and the two grew closer before agreeing to get a drink later.
• Perry showed the staff James’s insults against the Daily Planet and urged them to defend their newspaper’s reputation.
• Donnie’s 190th experiment to create a lifeform like Doomsday failed when the test cells died.
• Donnie dismissed the failed cells and solution as particles, while Ratchet and Knock Out questioned whether such a lifeform could exist.

Donnie and his assistants struggled to create a true Doomsday, as every attempt at a viable cell failed. Shockwave proposed using vast numbers of test subjects to find a successful genetic arrangement, and Donnie insisted on pursuing an Ancient Doomsday rather than a weaker version.

• Donnie reviewed the failed Genesis Chamber experiments and considered the risks of creating an uncontrollable Doomsday.
• Knock Out and Shockwave explained that their genetic templates either collapsed or produced unstable cells, and Shockwave proposed a new approach.
• Donnie identified Shockwave's proposal as large-scale human experimentation and considered using probability to produce viable Doomsdays.
• Knock Out realized the plan could require trillions of test subjects and feared they intended to turn the universe into a proving ground.
• Donnie rejected a weakened Doomsday and declared that he wanted to create the powerful Ancient Doomsday.

Donnie decided to spread a primitive Doomsday genetic template through another universe and use the resulting creatures to create a controlled Ancient Doomsday. After ordering an attack on Wakanda, he began engineering the template with Kryptonian genes and CNA, but his experiments kept failing.

• Donnie told Knock Out that he would use another universe as a testing ground to create Doomsdays and select the best genetic template.
• Donnie decided to mix CNA gene fragments into the Doomsday template so the creatures would be influenced by him, despite the risk of an uncontrolled Ancient Doomsday.
• Donnie ordered the Decepticon and Mechanical Insects armies to attack Wakanda and seize its Vibranium mines, and assigned the Sky Eye Society to excavate Antarctica's mines.
• Donnie began combining Kryptonian genes with primitive CNA in the Genesis Chamber, reflecting on the ancient Kryptonians' failed creation of Doomsday.
• Donnie recorded his one hundred and ninety-first and one hundred and ninety-second genetic-template experiments as failures.

Lex Luthor visited Klein at the Sky Eye Society to seek Kryptonian biological tissue, but Klein shot him and removed a poison-filled tooth. The chapter left Lex dying, with Klein revealing he had personally taken precautions against him.

• Lex Luthor entered the Sky Eye Society headquarters and met Klein in his office.
• Lex asked Klein for Kryptonian biological tissue and offered a partnership through LexCorp.
• Klein said neither of them could demand anything from Donnie, then shot Lex in the chest.
• Klein seized Lex’s jaw, snapped it, and removed a tooth containing an unknown liquid.

Klein killed Lex Luthor on Donnie’s orders after Lex sought cooperation, and Donnie turned Lex’s corpse into research material. Meanwhile, the Watchers’ warship returned through the blood domain toward the main universe, where it struck something unexpected.

• Klein told Lex that his signals were blocked, then shot him and watched him die without learning why Donnie wanted him killed.
• Klein called Donnie to confirm Lex’s death, and Donnie ordered him to send the body and further damage it in case Lex could resurrect.
• Donnie explained that Lex’s ambition made him too dangerous to recruit and continued his experiments with Lex’s corpse.
• The Watchers, returning to the main universe after hearing that its crisis had been resolved, regretted missing the battle against the Tri-Gong Demon and planned to find Wa Tu.
• The Watchers’ warship shook after a deafening collision in the blood domain, leaving its occupants wondering what it had hit.

The Watchers’ warship encountered Doomsday in the Blood Realm, where he revealed himself to be Ancient Doomsday and effortlessly annihilated them. Immune to the Blood Realm’s energy, he headed toward the main universe, drawn by something there.

• The Watchers dismissed reports of something inside the Blood Realm until an intruder tore through their warship.
• Doomsday burst into the main control room, and the Watchers identified him as Ancient Doomsday.
• Ancient Doomsday killed every Watcher aboard with one punch and split their planet-sized warship in half.
• Ancient Doomsday withstood the Blood Realm’s energy and raced toward the main universe, drawn by something there.

Wa Tu learned that Ancient Doomsday had attacked and killed his kin, so he rushed to Earth to seek Donnie’s help. As Black Bolt put the Inhumans on alert, he secretly sent a message about Wa Tu’s unusual movement and a continuing disguise plan.

• Wa Tu received a signal showing Ancient Doomsday attacking his kin and destroying their inter-universe warship.
• Wa Tu realized he could not escape Ancient Doomsday and decided to find Donnie for help and revenge.
• Wa Tu flew from the Moon toward Earth, and Black Bolt watched him leave without stopping him.
• Black Bolt ordered the Inhumans to remain on alert, then secretly messaged a planet about Wa Tu, a disguise plan, and S.H.I.E.L.D.

Wa Tu warned Donnie that Ancient Doomsday was coming after destroying the Watchers in the Blood Domain, but Donnie admitted he had no certain way to stop it. Wa Tu chose to stay and record the coming battle, while Donnie continued studying Lex Luthor’s brain and considered what he might learn from Doomsday.

• Wa Tu appeared in Donnie’s laboratory and warned him that Ancient Doomsday was coming after killing his people in the Blood Domain.
• Donnie told Wa Tu he had learned about Doomsday from a visitor from the Fifth Dimension and doubted he could defeat the Level Eight monster.
• Donnie dissected Lex Luthor’s brain and analyzed its neurons while Wa Tu struggled with the possibility of dying.
• Wa Tu decided not to flee and left the laboratory, determined to record the history of Ancient Doomsday’s arrival.
• Wanda hurried after Wa Tu, then asked Donnie who he was; Donnie reassured her and watched Wa Tu fly away.

Wa Tu warned Donnie that Ancient Doomsday was coming after destroying the Watchers in the Blood Domain, but Donnie admitted he had no certain way to stop the Level Eight monster. Wa Tu chose to stay and record the coming conflict, while Donnie continued studying Lex Luthor’s brain and considered how he might gain an advantage.

• Wa Tu appeared in Donnie’s laboratory and warned that Ancient Doomsday had killed his people in the Blood Domain and was heading for Earth.
• Donnie explained that he knew Doomsday was coming and said that even powerful beings lacked a reliable way to defeat him.
• Donnie dissected Lex Luthor’s brain and analyzed its cells while Wa Tu struggled with the prospect of dying.
• Wa Tu told Donnie he would not flee and left to face Ancient Doomsday, determined to record the coming history.
• Wanda pursued Wa Tu, then found Donnie outside the laboratory, where he concealed Lex’s corpse and watched the Watcher depart.

Batman infiltrated Donnie's Estate to investigate Lex Luthor’s disappearance and discovered a secret laboratory conducting experiments involving Kryptonian genes and Doomsday. He believed the brain in the chamber belonged to Lex and shut down the equipment, leaving him furious and determined to learn what Donnie wanted.

• Batman entered Donnie's Estate after Robin disabled its detectors and opened the underground entrance.
• Batman descended into the underground chamber despite Robin warning that the setup seemed like a trap.
• Batman found a brain suspended in a liquid-filled chamber and more than a hundred computers running experimental simulations.
• Batman read that the experiments involved Kryptonian genes and Doomsday, and suspected the brain belonged to Lex Luthor.
• Batman opened the chamber and shut down the laboratory equipment.

Batman stole brain tissue and experimental data from Donnie’s facility while realizing Donnie had allowed him to do so under constant surveillance. Meanwhile, Donnie’s forces began their advance on Wakanda’s Vibranium mines, and the chapter ended as Megatron warned that Su Rui was their greatest obstacle.

• Batman removed brain tissue from a transparent chamber, copied experimental data, and left without being challenged.
• Robin told Batman that Electro had watched him, and Batman and Robin escaped in the cloaked Batplane while Max observed them.
• World leaders learned that Donnie was sending hundreds of thousands of robots and hundreds of ships toward Wakanda to seize its Vibranium mines, and the Sky Eye Society confirmed that he planned to leave Earth afterward.
• Megatron led the Transformers through a Land Bridge to East Africa and warned Starscream not to underestimate Su Rui.

Wakanda prepared to defend its Vibranium mines as Megatron’s army arrived, while Su Rui recognized that war was unavoidable and feared the enemy’s leader. The Transformers attacked Wakanda’s protective shield, and Devastator began forcing his way through it at great cost to the attacking troops.

• Su Rui assessed the approaching Decepticons and Mechanical Insects, warning Wakanda’s leaders to prioritize the insects and explaining that they could not disrupt the portal.
• T'Chaka vowed to defend Wakanda’s Vibranium and ordered the nation to war, while Su Rui told T'Challa that neither compromise nor a plan could prevent the coming battle.
• Wakanda mobilized tens of thousands of warriors and strengthened its protective shield as Megatron’s forces approached.
• Megatron ordered nearly three hundred thousand Transformers to attack the shield, which revealed Wakanda’s hidden location but endured their opening bombardment.
• Devastator struck the shield and slowly forced his way into it, while the barrier’s counterforce and cutting particles killed many Transformers.

Wakanda faced an invasion by Donnie’s forces as Devastator forced his way through the shield and charged into battle. After Hook sprayed Bruticus green, Devastator’s components panicked and he fell over again, leaving Bruticus glaring at him.

• Oriye and T'Challa watched Devastator break through Wakanda’s shield and prepared to face the attack.
• Devastator’s six components argued and struggled to coordinate, but they agreed to charge Bruticus after he mocked them.
• Devastator charged through Wakandan fire and caught up with Bruticus near the enemy ranks.
• Hook sprayed Bruticus with green fuel, turning his silver exterior green and shocking Devastator’s components.
• Bruticus stopped and glared at Devastator, whose components panicked until he tripped and crashed to the ground.

Su Rui activated a weapon that damaged the Transformers’ Sparks, but Megatron’s forces responded with a renewed slaughter of Wakanda’s defenders. As T’Chaka ordered a retreat, an unseen voice declared that no one would escape.

• Su Rui ordered the barrier opened, allowing Transformers to enter while most of the enemy continued attacking the barrier instead of concentrating at the breach.
• Su Rui activated her radar device, which damaged the Sparks of half the Transformers gathered near the opening.
• Megatron called on Shockwave, who identified the device as a threat to the Transformers’ Sparks.
• The Transformers intensified their assault, and Devastator repeatedly smashed T’Challa against the ground.
• T’Chaka ordered the Wakandans to retreat into the forest, but a ghostly voice declared that none of them would escape.

Donnie took control of Wakanda, killed T’Chaka’s guards, and left the king unconscious while revealing that Su Rui had developed a weapon that could damage Transformer Sparks. He offered Su Rui a chance to join him and help build a planet in space.

• Donnie entered the royal hall, killed two guards, and defeated T’Chaka as Su Rui’s energy-gun shots failed to harm him.
• Donnie seized Su Rui by the throat, then released her and took the king’s seat.
• Donnie took control of Wakanda’s radar-linked systems, stopping the fighting and disabling Wakandan weapons.
• Donnie examined Su Rui’s research and discovered her weapon could affect the Sparks of low-level Transformers.
• Donnie told Su Rui that he could resurrect the dead and offered her a place at his side building a planet in space.

After Su Rui surrendered Wakanda to save its people, Donnie claimed all Vibranium and recruited her for Cybertron. He began surveying the mines and discovered that their reserves were astonishing and that Vibranium was slowly spreading through the surrounding soil.

• Su Rui surrendered to Donnie and pledged to work for him in exchange for Wakanda's survival, and Donnie accepted her as a valuable scientific mind.
• Donnie demanded Wakanda's mines and every object containing Vibranium, refusing Su Rui's request to keep any of the metal.
• Donnie promised Su Rui a Super Soldier Serum formula and commercial support so Wakanda could sustain its people without Vibranium.
• Donnie flew to a nearby mine, ordered Megatron to rest and regroup, and used the AllSpark to survey the underground deposits.
• Donnie discovered immense Vibranium reserves and saw that Vibranium was slowly transforming surrounding soil into ore.