Chapter Summaries

Donnie sent Barry into a temporal tunnel to escape a Time Wraith, then returned to his main body on Cybertron and explained the time-travel encounter to Wanda. Meanwhile, the Green Lantern Corps arrived at Earth with a thousand Lanterns to join the fight against Steppenwolf.

• A Time Wraith pursued Barry, and Donnie warned him that it could kill speedsters by draining their life force and Speed Force.
• Barry outran the wraith and escaped through a temporal tunnel, with the Time Wraith following him back to the proper point in time.
• Donnie resolved to find a way to capture a Time Wraith, warned Wanda and the others to keep the encounter secret, and returned to his main body on Cybertron.
• Donnie told Wanda about Barry's trip through the timeline, and she remembered the strange fight as an event from half a year earlier.
• The Green Lantern Corps sent a thousand Lanterns toward Earth, where Optimus Prime assured Tomare that Cybertron had sent reinforcements.

The Green Lantern Corps and reinforcements from Cybertron, Krypton, and other forces joined Earth's battle against Apocalypse's Parademons, helping stabilize the front as casualties continued to mount. Steppenwolf then decided to personally slaughter Earth's inhabitants and pursue Donnie for stealing the Mother Box and exiling Doomsday.

• Optimus Prime assigned Green Lantern teams to regions across Earth and ordered them to support local forces against the Parademons.
• Cybertronian armies, Hant's five thousand Kryptonian soldiers, Magneto's Mutants, and other forces joined the fighting as millions of combatants filled Earth's battlefields.
• Magneto killed thousands of Parademons, while the narration explained that their numbers and ability to grow stronger by feeding on fear made the war increasingly dangerous.
• Kryptonians, Amazon Warriors, Kunlun practitioners, Iron Fist, and Green Lanterns helped stabilize the battle, though Earth's casualties continued to rise.
• Steppenwolf learned that Donnie had taken the Mother Box and exiled Doomsday, then set out to slaughter Earth's inhabitants and planned to go after Donnie.

Optimus Prime and Megatron fought Parademons with a thousand Green Lanterns after lethal force was authorized against Apocalypse. Optimus defended his reliance on his ring while Megatron considered its potential value in a seizure of Oa, then concluded that the Infinity Stones suited him better.

• The Green Lantern Corps received authorization to use lethal force against enemies from Apocalypse.
• Optimus Prime and Megatron slaughtered Parademons, and Megatron said Optimus was relying on the unreliable power of his Green Lantern Ring.
• Optimus said his own will would not betray him and flew back into battle, resolving to make the ring as great as Abin Sur’s.
• Megatron thought about Donnie’s plan to seize Oa and the Central Power Battery, then said the Infinity Stones suited him better.

Steppenwolf survived a nuclear bombardment and devastated North America before overpowering the heroes confronting him. Hant arrived to rescue Clark and delivered his master's warning, leaving Steppenwolf to face a new challenger from Cybertron.

• Steppenwolf crashed into North America, survived the nuclear strikes, and left a vast crater and fissures across the continent.
• Steppenwolf slaughtered the approaching symbiote soldiers and fought Diana, Clark, and the Eastern dragon, crushing the warriors around them.
• Steppenwolf seized Clark and Diana and began crushing Clark while mocking their weakness.
• Hant struck Steppenwolf and helped Clark escape his grasp as Stephen bound Steppenwolf's arm with magic.
• Hant identified himself as a Kryptonian from Cybertron and told Steppenwolf to leave or die.

Steppenwolf overwhelmed Hant, Superman, Wonder Woman, Shou Lao, and Iron Fist, boasting that most Kryptonians and their Superman counterparts were inferior to Gold Superman and Silver Superman. He left the heroes broken and tortured Superman, while warning that even Gold Superman dared not interfere.

• Steppenwolf charged Hant and sliced through his armor, leaving him badly wounded.
• Steppenwolf knocked Superman down and taunted him about Rao, then threw him into the ground.
• Steppenwolf flung Hant away, nearly killed Wonder Woman, and crushed Shou Lao before Iron Fist wounded him briefly and was cut in two.
• Steppenwolf compared Clark unfavorably to Gold Superman, Silver Superman, Bronze Superman, and other counterparts, claiming Gold Superman could not intervene safely.
• Steppenwolf lifted the bloodied Clark and tore away a chunk of his flesh as he screamed.

Steppenwolf told Clark that Rao had treated Kryptonians as livestock to be slaughtered, then brutalized him and challenged Hant. Donnie arrived on the Mobius Chair and declared he would protect the people of the planet from Steppenwolf.

• Steppenwolf explained that Rao had destroyed Krypton and regarded Kryptonians as livestock raised for slaughter.
• Steppenwolf mocked Clark's faith and cut off one of his arms as Clark struggled to stay conscious.
• Hant punched Steppenwolf and said Rao had never been his god.
• Steppenwolf struck Hant away and vowed to enslave the planet's people.
• Donnie appeared on the Mobius Chair and declared he would protect the people from Steppenwolf.

Donnie took control of the Chair of Moebius and drove Steppenwolf back, then ordered Hant to lead Cybertron’s forces in retreat while he stayed to face the invasion. He injected the dying Clark with a Doomsday virus and confronted Steppenwolf, who recognized what Donnie had used.

• Donnie protected the wounded and blocked Steppenwolf’s axe with the Chair of Moebius, then blasted him several kilometers away.
• Steppenwolf questioned how Donnie had controlled the chair, and Donnie told Hant to withdraw Cybertron’s army after reprimanding him for fighting Steppenwolf’s avatar.
• Donnie told Diana that he would end the war himself and refused to keep his soldiers fighting to protect Earth’s civilians.
• Donnie injected the dying Clark with a virus that might help him survive or turn him into a monster.
• Donnie confronted Steppenwolf, who recognized the virus as Doomsday.

Donnie fought Steppenwolf after taking control of three Mother Boxes, while Clark’s Doomsday Virus mutations forced Stephen to evacuate him and the others. Donnie dragged Steppenwolf into the Dark Dimension and prepared to kill him, sending a clue about the antimatter universe to Darkseid through Steppenwolf.

• Donnie controlled three Mother Boxes and threatened to cut off Steppenwolf’s head, enraging the Apokoliptian warrior.
• Clark unleashed enhanced Heat Vision on Steppenwolf as the Doomsday Virus began mutating him, so Donnie warned him and ordered Stephen to evacuate Clark, Shou Lao, Diana, and the others.
• Donnie and Steppenwolf clashed with Level Seven power, devastating the battlefield before Donnie struck Steppenwolf and opened a portal beneath them.
• In the Dark Dimension, Donnie fought Steppenwolf with the Chair of Moebius and said he would keep the Mother Boxes for now.
• Donnie told Steppenwolf to inform Darkseid that what he wanted might be in the antimatter universe, then declared that Steppenwolf could die in peace.

Donnie and the old wizard killed Steppenwolf, then discussed the missing Thor and Tian Jin Weng Xing and Megatron’s plan to use an Infinity Stone to alter his genes. Donnie returned to Cybertron to speak with Megatron, while the Flash arrived on Earth fleeing Time Wraiths.

• Donnie and the old wizard overwhelmed and killed Steppenwolf, and the old wizard returned the orange Infinity Stone to Donnie.
• Donnie and the old wizard discussed Thor and Tian Jin Weng Xing being trapped in the Blood Domain.
• The old wizard told Donnie that Megatron wanted to use an Infinity Stone to enhance his genetic chain, and Donnie went to Cybertron to talk him out of it.
• Earth’s coalition forces began gaining the upper hand against the remaining Parademons as the Cybertron army retreated in an orderly manner.
• The Flash emerged from a blue vortex on Earth, pursued by Time Wraiths, and protested that he had not changed history.

Clark woke after Donnie’s drug transformed his body, leaving him far stronger but visibly monstrous, and Lois fled in shock. Meanwhile, the Flash remained pursued by a Time Wraith as Harrison tried to manage the crisis and concealed his fear that it had come for him.

• Clark woke to find his body had undergone a powerful and unsettling transformation, and Tony explained that the drug had forced his genes to evolve.
• Clark accidentally tore a steel door from its frame, and Lois recoiled before leaving to calm down.
• Diana reassured Clark, then beat Tony after he joked that he wanted her to.
• Diana told Clark that Batman was battling Parademons in Gotham and that the Flash had returned from a trip back in time but was being pursued by Time Wraiths.
• The Flash fled across the Pacific while Harrison ordered Cisco to send the pursuer elsewhere and learned that Donnie had warned the Flash not to change history.
• Harrison hid his fear that the Time Wraiths had come for him.

Donnie rescued the exhausted Flash from a Time Wraith with Iceman Bobby’s help and warned Barry against changing the past to save his mother. On Apokolips, Steppenwolf learned about the Anti-Life Equation and decided to seek it in the antimatter universe.

• The Flash struggled to outrun a Time Wraith, and Harrison told him that extreme cold could restrain it.
• Donnie arrived with Iceman Bobby, who froze the pursuing Time Wraith after several attempts.
• Donnie warned Barry that trying to save his mother would alter history and lead to regret, then left with Bobby and the frozen Time Wraith.
• Barry told Harrison that Donnie had helped him but kept their conversation about time travel secret.
• Steppenwolf received his avatar’s memories, became intrigued by the Anti-Life Equation, and decided to visit the antimatter universe.

Superman protected Metropolis from a Parademon while Clark struggled with his transformed body and his relationship with Lois. After a final flight with Lois, Clark went to LexCorp Tower, where Diana found him and asked what was wrong.

• Superman killed a Parademon, reassured the grateful residents, and then used his glasses to resume his Clark identity in private.
• Clark sensed that his body was still evolving and greeted Lois, who arrived to talk with him.
• Clark carried Lois over Metropolis for what they both understood would be their last flight together, then left her at her home.
• General Sam Rane angrily blamed Clark for upsetting Lois, and Clark heard him from several kilometers away.
• Clark went to the roof of LexCorp Tower, where Diana told him she had found the cemetery guarded by three hundred Transformers and asked why he seemed troubled.

Diana comforted Clark after Lois left him, reminding him how much he had accepted and endured for her. As they walked beneath the moon, Clark proposed that Diana join his team, and she hinted that their relationship might change.

• Clark recalled that Donnie had buried his friend in a nearby cemetery, and Diana called out his attempt to change the subject.
• Diana told Clark that Lois had been frightened by his transformation and could not be expected to stay with him.
• Diana pointed out that Clark had accepted Lois despite his heightened senses revealing every aspect of her ordinary body and life.
• Diana offered Clark special liquor, and he laughed at the thought of her beating Tony to get it.
• Clark and Diana agreed that they would have to rely on themselves after Donnie's absence and the Parademon assault.
• Clark invited Diana to join his team with Batman and Green Arrow, and Diana said they needed to change too.

Donnie considered Red Skull’s return to Earth and the dangers posed by the Symbiote God while preparing to advance to level seven. Megatron chose to pursue power through the Infinity Stone fragments, and Donnie gave him the damaged Infinity Gauntlet to begin with the Power Stone.

• Donnie learned that Red Skull had returned to Earth, but reflected that he would have no Professor X’s brain to exploit because the Sky Eye Society had removed or tracked the Mutants.
• Donnie warned that the sleeping Symbiote God remained a dangerous threat and recalled that Venom was still sealed in the Academy of Sciences.
• Megatron asked Donnie about his plans, and Donnie explained that he was preparing to advance to level seven in the Nirvana Universe.
• Megatron requested permission to transplant Infinity Stone fragments into himself, rejecting Lantern Rings as a power source he did not trust.
• Donnie approved Megatron’s plan and gave him the damaged Infinity Gauntlet, instructing him to start with the Power Stone fragment.
• After Megatron left, Donnie imagined Optimus Prime becoming the God of the Spectrum and Megatron the God of Infinity.

Donnie watched Megatron endure the dangerous implantation of a Power Stone fragment while discussing Optimus Prime’s plan to rescue Sinestro. Donnie planned to use Sinestro’s journey to the antimatter universe and Parallax to create Yellow Lantern Rings, leaving him to prepare for the coming Spectrum War.

• Shockwave and the other scientists implanted a Power Stone fragment into Megatron’s Spark, and Donnie watched Megatron’s violent struggle begin to subside.
• Optimus Prime told Donnie he had learned the prison layout on OA and would soon rescue Sinestro amid the Kree-Skrull war.
• Donnie warned Optimus that Sinestro might betray him and said the Green Lantern Corps could strip his ring, imprison him, and expel him; Optimus accepted those risks to repay Sinestro.
• Donnie suggested Optimus could wield a Yellow Lantern Ring if he lost his Green Lantern Ring, and revealed he would act against Parallax while Sinestro traveled to the antimatter universe.
• Donnie explained that Sinestro would seek Weapon Master, who would forge a Yellow Lantern Ring, while Donnie used Parallax to make more rings.
• Donnie told Optimus that Starscream was searching for the Controllers and the Orange Lantern Ring, and that their Lantern forces would give them an advantage in the Spectrum War.

Optimus Prime freed Sinestro from the Green Lantern Corps prison after hearing his account of Korugar and his wife’s death. Sinestro escaped to pursue greater power, while Optimus remained committed to trusting others.

• Optimus Prime visited Sinestro in the Green Lantern Corps prison and offered to let him go if he left Korugar and never returned.
• Sinestro defended his harsh rule, described Arin-Su’s death during the revolution, and said the Green Lanterns had ignored the violence against his followers.
• Sinestro warned Optimus Prime that the Guardians would betray him and argued that only oneself could be trusted.
• Optimus Prime broke Sinestro’s prison and gave him a Green Lantern Ring so he could escape before the Guardians noticed.
• Sinestro flew away from OA, intending to seek Parallax and its fear power, as the Lanterns arrived to find him gone.

Sinestro allied with the Weapon Master on Kovalon Planet to create Yellow Lantern technology so he could build a corps and take revenge on the Green Lantern Corps. They planned to forge a Yellow Power Battery and enough rings before returning to the main universe to capture Parallax.

• Sinestro arrived on Kovalon Planet with the Weapon Master, who explained that rescuing him had been a coincidence.
• Sinestro traded Green Lantern Corps intelligence and a promise of technology for the Weapon Master’s help forging new rings.
• Sinestro and the Weapon Master agreed to use the Green Lantern Ring and Sinestro’s knowledge to develop Yellow Lantern Rings.
• The Weapon Master took Sinestro to his workshop, while Sinestro planned to form a Sinestro Corps and return for revenge.
• Sinestro said they would capture Parallax after making the battery and rings, but the Weapon Master refused to join any battle.

The Parallax monster tracked Hal Jordan, hoping to possess him and gain a powerful host, but Donnie intercepted it with Hal. Hal chose to accept power from Donnie, who welcomed him into the not-yet-established Yellow Lantern Corps as the Parallax monster fled.

• The Parallax monster sensed Hal Jordan and approached him, hoping to take over his body.
• Donnie appeared with Hal and explained that he would capture the monster and give Hal a weapon and power to protect his loved ones.
• The Parallax monster tried to tempt Hal into joining it so they could defeat Donnie.
• Hal told Donnie he wanted to receive power from him, and Donnie welcomed him to the Yellow Lantern Corps.
• The Parallax monster shuddered under Donnie's dangerous gaze, whipped its tail, and fled.

Donnie defeated Parallax and brought the battered fear Lantern beast back to Cybertron for the Academy of Sciences to study. He promised Hal a Yellow Lantern Ring to help protect Carol, then turned his attention to interfering with the Green Lanterns.

• Donnie overwhelmed Parallax with the Mobius Chair while Hal returned to Cybertron through a portal.
• Parallax tried to tempt Hal with power, but Hal rejected it and left, telling Parallax their trials would be connected.
• Donnie crushed Parallax’s resistance, refused its surrender, and transported its weakened body to Cybertron.
• Donnie promised Hal a Yellow Lantern Ring and handed Parallax over to the Academy of Sciences as research material.
• Donnie declared that he would next interfere with the Green Lanterns.

Donnie descended on Oa to demand that the Guardians release Optimus Prime, whom the Green Lanterns were preparing to judge for freeing Sinestro. He overwhelmed the Lanterns with a curtain of White Light and declared that he would stay until he saw Optimus Prime.

• Laira condemned Optimus Prime for helping Sinestro escape, while Tomare and Kilowog defended him and warned that Cybertron would intervene if the Guardians mistreated him.
• The Lanterns discussed Optimus Prime’s imprisonment and feared the consequences of expelling him, given Donnie’s power and Cybertron’s forces.
• Donnie arrived above Oa on a throne, and thousands of Green Lanterns rose to challenge him.
• Donnie’s White Light swept across Oa, knocking down many Lanterns and causing widespread destruction.
• Ganthet confronted Donnie, who said he had come for his subordinate and would remain until he saw Optimus Prime.