Chapter Summaries

Donnie defeated Dark Superman and prepared to kill him, but Silver Superman intervened on Golden Superman’s behalf and took the unconscious Dark Superman away. Donnie then turned to Steppenwolf, who again offered him a place in Apocalypse.

• Donnie confronted the defeated Dark Superman and said killing him would complete his goal of killing half of his targets.
• Silver Superman arrived and stood between Donnie and Dark Superman while Steppenwolf refused to intervene.
• Dark Superman rejected Silver Superman’s help, but Silver Superman struck him unconscious and said he had come at Golden Superman’s request.
• Silver Superman thanked Donnie and said both Golden Superman and the Fifth Dimension supported his position, then departed with Dark Superman.
• Steppenwolf approached Donnie and renewed his offer for Donnie to join Apocalypse.

Donnie rejected Steppenwolf’s offer to join Apocalypse and killed him with the help of the resurrected Black Dwarf, then drove the survivors away and claimed glory for Cybertron. As the dying universe fell silent, Death appeared with Thanos and reached into his chest.

• Donnie refused Steppenwolf’s offer and demanded that Darkseid come to him for the Mother Box.
• Donnie attacked Steppenwolf, using the scythe and a mass of flesh to awaken Black Dwarf, who dealt Steppenwolf a fatal blow.
• Donnie threw Steppenwolf and Black Dwarf onto Apocalypse, then ordered the surviving attackers to flee and spread word of the God of Cybertron.
• The battered universe began to die, and Death appeared before Donnie, praising his evolution.
• Death summoned Thanos and pierced his chest while Donnie watched.

Death used Thanos’s soul to attack Donnie’s godhead, but Donnie’s Mother Box destroyed her avatar. Inside his godhead, Thanos’s soul faced relentless rejection, while Donnie discovered that the Plot Gem could no longer alter anything there and had begun to crack.

• Donnie recognized that Death intended to use Thanos as a vessel to seize his godhead and become a powerful Quasi-Unique God, then attacked Thanos with the Mother Box.
• Death killed Thanos, extracted his soul, and sent it into Donnie’s godhead, explaining that Donnie’s killings had filled him with her aura of death.
• Donnie challenged Death, and the Mother Box fought her until her avatar died, though Donnie knew her true body might still be hidden.
• Thanos’s soul appeared inside Donnie’s godhead and endured the destructive rejection of its Unique power.
• Donnie tried to use the Plot Gem to change what was happening inside his godhead, but the gem cracked, revealing that it could no longer influence his source.

Death used Thanos to probe Donnie’s godhead, but Donnie erased Death’s influence from Thanos with the AllSpark and turned him into a loyal servant before killing him permanently. Donnie’s godhead stabilized, and he observed that the Nirvana Universe was transforming into a Cancerous Universe.

• Death told Eternity that she had sent Thanos into Donnie’s godhead to study it and planned to use the result as a powerful trump card.
• Donnie repeatedly crushed Thanos’s soul as the godhead’s power reshaped it, then used the AllSpark to erase Death’s traces and imprint his own will on Thanos.
• Donnie threatened Death and invoked Chthon’s protection of Wanda, while Death demanded that he return Thanos and Donnie demanded her life.
• Donnie’s godhead stabilized, and he summoned Thanos, who addressed him as his master.
• Donnie crushed Thanos’s soul completely, then sat on the Mobius Chair and saw that the Nirvana Universe was transforming into a Cancerous Universe.

After repairing the collapsing Nirvana Universe, Donnie discovered its emerging consciousness trusted Red Lantern Hulk rather than him. He confronted Hulk on dying Earth and demanded that he submit or die.

• Donnie used the cracked Plot Gem’s Plot Correction Force to repair the Nirvana Universe, but its Gaia Consciousness rejected his attempt to control it.
• Donnie realized that Red Lantern Hulk was the universe’s chosen enforcer and decided he had to kill or enslave him to take control.
• Donnie considered the danger of the Nirvana Universe becoming cancerous and using its knowledge to create Ancient Doomsdays.
• Donnie flew to Earth, where Hulk watched the planet’s destruction from Mount Everest.
• Donnie faced Hulk and demanded that he submit or die.

Donnie convinced Red Lantern Hulk to remove his ring and die so he could use the Plot Gem to repair the Nirvana Universe and restore Hulk’s family. After reviving them, Donnie returned the ring to Hulk, though he regretted giving it back.

• Donnie offered to revive Hulk’s wife and children if Hulk pledged loyalty, and Hulk agreed but warned he would kill Donnie if the promise was broken.
• Hulk removed the Red Lantern Ring, causing his heart to shatter, and Donnie used the ring and the Plot Gem to alter the Nirvana Universe’s emerging consciousness.
• Donnie repaired the universe and brought Hulk’s wife and child back from the shattered timeline.
• Hulk struggled to recover and reunited with his family, while Donnie returned the Red Lantern Ring and complained that the deal felt unfair.

Donnie returned to Cybertron as a newly born Unique God after defeating more than two thousand universe-level powerhouses, a feat that shook the multiverse. He reunited with his waiting allies and family, and his presence sparked another evolution among the Transformers.

• News spread throughout the multiverse that Donnie had become a Unique God after more than two thousand universe-level powerhouses fell.
• Donnie returned to the main universe, where Wa Tu confirmed that he had succeeded and eagerly began recording the event.
• Donnie arrived on Cybertron, where the Transformers and their people welcomed him as their creator.
• The old mage congratulated Donnie, Wanda embraced him, and Donnie kicked Dormammu out of the atmosphere.
• Donnie publicly announced his new status, and his arrival triggered another race-wide evolution among the Transformers.
• Donnie considered resurrecting his parents but decided to wait until he could keep them safe permanently.

Donnie planned to reshape the Dark Dimension into a defensive Lesser Universe for Cybertron while the birth of a New God drew the attention of ancient deities. On Earth, as Red Skull’s forces devastated the heroes, Constantine summoned Trigon.

• Donnie walked through Cybertron’s forest and planned to merge the Dark Dimension with the Cybertronian Galaxy to create a protective Lesser Universe.
• Donnie recalled defeating Dormammu and sealing the Dark Dimension’s core code, and considered the work ahead for Cybertron and the Nirvana Universe.
• The multiverse’s ancient deities took notice of Donnie’s birth as a New God, while his combat power remained below what he needed to challenge the God Realm’s strongest beings.
• Red Skull united Hydra factions and recruited allies, helping devastate S.H.I.E.L.D. and the superheroes as Mutants nearly vanished from Earth.
• Constantine completed a magic circle that summoned Trigon, who recognized him by name.

Ares attacked Diana and revealed that he wanted to conquer Themyscira and uncover the secret behind Earth’s connection to the New God Donnie. Superman arrived after defeating Grave Demon, and he and Diana teamed up against Ares while other heroes remained occupied fighting Red Skull’s forces.

• Ares struck Diana down and declared his intention to kill her, rebuild Olympus on Earth, and claim Themyscira.
• Ares told Diana that he sought the secret behind Donnie’s emergence as a New God and battered her with a barrage of axe strikes.
• Superman arrived after defeating Grave Demon and told Diana that the Flash, Tony, and the other heroes were still battling Red Skull’s forces.
• Ares recognized Superman as a Kryptonian and asked whether he served Donnie, then relaxed when Clark said he served Earth.
• Superman warned Ares that he would face imprisonment, and he and Diana charged him together.

Clark defeated Ares and planned to transfer him to Tony’s prison, while Diana took Ares’s helmet. Red Skull exploited the heroes’ divided battles and prepared a new law to turn their opposing beliefs against them.

• Clark overwhelmed Ares, carried him into the air, and agreed with Diana to take him to Tony’s prison before moving powerful criminals to a space base.
• Diana removed Ares’s helmet but hesitated to put it on herself.
• The chapter recounted how Red Skull lured Wolf Rob to Earth with news of a Cosmic Dolphin, whose slaughter in Japan drove Wolf Rob to massacre the Japanese islands.
• Red Skull confirmed that the Transformers remained inactive and assessed the conflicts tying up the Avengers and Justice League while Green Arrow and Black Widow escorted Grave Demon.
• Red Skull ordered Zola to contact former S.H.I.E.L.D. director Pierce and declared that the new law would be called the Superhero Registration Act.

The Flash struggled to contain Stryker’s nearly indestructible Sentinels while waiting for help. Stephen arrived and killed Stryker, then helped stop the robots, leaving the Flash shocked by Stephen’s decision to take justice into his own hands.

• The Flash trapped Stryker’s Sentinels in a lightning cage but could neither destroy them nor prevent them from regenerating and teleporting.
• Stryker taunted the Flash and blamed superheroes for disasters, while the Flash accused him of being brainwashed by Red Skull.
• Stephen arrived through a portal and killed Stryker with a contracting ring of light.
• A Sentinel struck the distracted Flash, who condemned Stephen for denying Stryker a trial.
• Stephen defended his decision and temporarily dismembered several rampaging Sentinels with portals.

After Red Skull was captured, he predicted that politicians would exploit him and use the Superhero Registration Act to control heroes. The heroes split over the proposal as public debate intensified, and Iron Man’s support and Thor’s arrival pushed the conflict to a new peak.

• Red Skull mocked Captain America and the other heroes, predicting that authorities would secretly bargain with him instead of executing him.
• A councillor announced the Superhero Registration Act, which would require people with superpowers to register their identities, addresses, and abilities.
• Batman called for the heroes to find a legal way to stop the act, while Superman refused to accept it and worried about the danger to his hidden identity and Martha.
• The heroes dispersed as debate over the act spread across Earth and Hydra’s remaining forces were purged.
• Iron Man publicly supported the act, and Thor returned to Earth, escalating the situation.

Donnie dismissed the coming superhero civil war as Earth’s problem until Raven’s demonic transformation revealed that Constantine had summoned the Tri-Gong Demon. After confronting Constantine, Donnie flew him toward New York to deal with the demon’s avatar.

• Donnie said the Superhero Registration Act was only a spark for deeper conflicts and refused to intervene in the coming war.
• Raven’s demonic bloodline surged, and Donnie suppressed her transformation with the power of the Unique God.
• Donnie went to Earth and found Constantine at the site of a collapsed magic circle, then punched and confronted him.
• Constantine explained that he had contacted the Tri-Gong Demon to prevent the civil war, promising to return the demon’s daughter in exchange for help.
• Donnie realized the Tri-Gong Demon had sent an avatar and that he would have to deal with it, then flew toward New York with Constantine.

Donnie returned to Kamar-Taj and used a ritual to reach the God Realm, where he met Agamotto, Oosite, and Hoggs. After they invited him to join Vishanti, Donnie said he would consider it and asked them for help with something.

• Donnie took Constantine to the New York Sanctum and ordered him to stay there until the crisis was settled.
• Donnie told Stephen that Tri-Gong's avatar would soon reach the main universe and then began a ritual to contact Vishanti.
• Donnie crossed the Speed Force Wall and saw Tri-Gong try to seize his spirit in the God Realm.
• Agamotto, Oosite, and Hoggs guided Donnie to their realm and explained that together they formed the Unique God Vishanti.
• Agamotto invited Donnie to join Vishanti, and Donnie said he would consider the offer before asking the three gods to teach him something.

Donnie questioned Vishanti about the Speed Force Wall and Chthon, learning that Tri-Gong Demon might breach the wall under rare circumstances and that Chthon’s whereabouts were unknown. As Donnie returned toward the wall, Tri-Gong confronted him, accused him of ruining Raven’s future, and killed his spiritual body.

• Donnie asked Agamotto how strong the Speed Force Wall was, and Oosite explained that a powerful summoning might let Tri-Gong Demon’s true body break through.
• Donnie asked about Chthon’s power, motives, and location, and learned that Chthon was as strong as Oosite but had vanished after Vishanti crippled him.
• Donnie said Wanda’s use of Chthon’s Chaos Magic posed a danger, and Hoggs explained that the only solutions were for Chthon to reclaim it or for Donnie to kill him.
• Agamotto warned Donnie to use physical avatars rather than expose his true body, while Hoggs again invited him to join Vishanti.
• Donnie asked to be sent to the edge of the Speed Force Wall, where Tri-Gong Demon accused him of stealing Raven and ruining her chance to become a Unique God.
• Donnie warned Tri-Gong that he would kill him whenever he came to the main universe, and Tri-Gong destroyed Donnie’s spiritual body.

Donnie searched the Earth's core for the Rhythm Stone but found no trace of it, then prepared to confront Tri-Gong Demon in the Blood Realm. On Earth, Tony urged the Avengers to sign a document placing them under government oversight, while Captain America remained unconvinced.

• Donnie warned Stephen not to get involved in the heroes’ civil war, then traveled toward the Earth's core to search for the Rhythm Stone.
• Donnie sensed the sleeping Cosmic Locusts but found no Infinity Stone, and returned to the surface without disturbing them.
• Donnie entered the Blood Realm and planned to defeat Tri-Gong Demon using the Mother Box.
• Stephen, Nicktimus, Wong, and Mordo activated magic arrays to monitor Earth as divisions widened between the Justice League and the Avengers.
• Tony asked the Avengers to sign an oversight document, while Captain America questioned the proposal and held the document without agreeing.

Captain America and Spider-Man signed the Superhero Registration Act while the Justice League rejected it, pushing the heroes toward civil war. As Donnie fortified the main universe with the Mother Box, the Tri-Gong Demon approached, destroying universes along the way.

• Captain America signed the Act, while Thor refused to accept Earth's authority.
• Tony reassured Spider-Man that his family would be protected after Spider-Man signed.
• Batman, Diana, Superman, and the Flash agreed that the Justice League would not sign and prepared for possible conflict with the Avengers.
• Iron Man became Secretary of Defense and announced the Act, intensifying public controversy and making civil war seem unavoidable.
• Donnie used the Mother Box to shield the main universe and prepared for the Tri-Gong Demon, who flew toward it after destroying several universes.

Donnie faced Tri-Gong Demon in the Blood Realm and unleashed the Mother Box against his attack. The Mother Box covered Donnie in its ultimate battle armor, leaving him equipped for their second fight as Unique Gods.

• Tri-Gong Demon rampaged through the Blood Realm and charged toward Donnie, who left the Mobius Chair behind in the main universe.
• Donnie warned Tri-Gong that he could destroy his Level Eight avatar and urged him to retreat.
• Tri-Gong fired six beams at Donnie and claimed that neither the Plot Gem nor the Mother Box would save him.
• Donnie used the Mother Box to block Tri-Gong’s beams, and the two enemies faced each other after the energy clash.
• The Mother Box enveloped Donnie in black armor powered by its full strength, creating the Mother Box Armor.

Donnie used a Mother Box to equip himself with powerful armor and challenged Tri-Gong Demon again. The armor let him withstand Tri-Gong Demon’s attack unharmed, and their battle continued.

• Tri-Gong Demon questioned Donnie about the unfamiliar Mother Box Armor and recalled how Donnie had defeated him before with the Plot Gem.
• Donnie explained that he had studied the Mother Box’s hidden abilities and revealed that it had equipped his body, soul, and mind with armor.
• Tri-Gong Demon attacked Donnie, and the two clashed with enough force to tear through the Blood Domain and destroy a vast stretch of spacetime.
• Donnie slashed Tri-Gong Demon with a Mother Box weapon, opening a large wound, before Tri-Gong Demon struck him across several universes.
• Donnie discovered that the Mother Box Armor had left him completely unharmed and marveled at its power.

Donnie battled Tri-Gong Demon in the Blood Domain, using the AllSpark to command the Mother Boxes and withstand Tri-Gong Demon’s attacks. Tri-Gong Demon recognized Donnie as the God of Technology and summoned another version of himself, leaving Donnie facing a new threat.

• Donnie and Tri-Gong Demon’s battle unleashed destructive waves that breached universe barriers and destroyed countless nearby universes.
• Tri-Gong Demon blasted Donnie with demonic power, but Donnie’s Mother Box Armor blocked the attack without damage.
• Donnie revealed his Divine Name as the God of Technology and explained that the AllSpark let him control the Mother Boxes.
• Tri-Gong Demon recalled how he devoured the Heart of Darkness and became a Unique God, then deduced that Donnie’s God of Technology identity had enabled his own ascension.
• Tri-Gong Demon tore open space-time and pulled another Tri-Gong Demon through the rift.