Chapter Summaries

Mobius traveled through the Blood Domain, where Mandrak confronted him over his changed appearance and power. Mandrak attacked and overpowered Mobius, then vanished after warning him to keep Ultraman alive and offering to protect his secret.

• Mobius cautiously crossed the Blood Domain, worried that Apocalypse had noticed him.
• Mandrak appeared and mocked Mobius's sudden change in size, then reminded him of their agreement.
• Mobius asked why Mandrak wanted Ultraman kept alive, but Mandrak refused to explain and offered to trade the answer for Mobius's secret.
• Mandrak attacked Mobius, and the two Monitors fought violently through the Blood Domain.
• Mandrak overpowered Mobius, taunted him for refusing to use the Anti-Life Equation, and vanished after repeating that Ultraman must stay alive.

Mobius encountered Mandrak in the Blood Domain, where Mandrak demanded that he honor their agreement to keep Ultraman alive and discovered that Mobius had gained a new power. The two Monitors fought, and Mandrak left after warning Mobius that he knew his secrets.

• Mobius cautiously waited in the Blood Domain until Mandrak appeared and questioned his sudden change in size and power.
• Mobius asked why Mandrak wanted Ultraman kept alive, but Mandrak withheld the reason and offered to trade it for Mobius's secret.
• Mandrak attacked Mobius, and their battle left Mobius badly beaten as he refused to use the Anti-Life Equation.
• Mandrak ordered Mobius to keep Ultraman alive and vanished after saying he would help protect Mobius's secret.

Supreme Little Superman devastated Oa while the Supreme Lanterns and Green Lantern officers tried to stop him. After he crushed Worrix’s head without killing him, Tomare sent Optimus Prime a message declaring Oa and the Green Lantern Corps finished.

• Supreme Little Superman slaughtered Green Lanterns across Oa while Sinestro’s forces attacked.
• Worrix returned with the Supreme Lanterns and ordered them to fight the Sinestro Corps while he confronted Supreme Little Superman.
• Worrix, Kilowog, Tomare, and Laira joined forces against Supreme Little Superman, but his Yellow Lantern Ring gave him the advantage.
• Supreme Little Superman broke Worrix’s thigh and burst his head, leaving him alive but badly damaged.
• Tomare messaged Optimus Prime that Oa and the Green Lantern Corps were finished.

Ultraman attacked Oa while the Guardians debated unleashing the Machine Hunters and moving against the attackers. As the ancient robots awakened, Megatron arrived through a Space Bridge, looking for a target to fight.

• Ultraman flew toward Oa to destroy it, and Sinestro watched over him to honor his forced promise to Mobius.
• Ultraman beat aside a Green Lantern while Yellow Lanterns held the other defenders back.
• The Guardians argued over whether to activate the Machine Hunters, then voted to awaken them and confront Ultraman while seeking to exile Supreme Little Superman.
• Ganthet concealed his concern as the red Machine Hunters restarted after a long dormancy.
• Cybertron answered Tomare's message, and Megatron emerged from a Space Bridge with two crystal gems in his hands.

Megatron and Optimus Prime entered the Lantern Corps war to preserve the Green Lantern Corps and uncover the Guardians’ secrets. Megatron sent Supreme Little Superman flying with a blow, while the Guardians emerged from Oa with a force of red-dominated constructs.

• Megatron and Optimus Prime arrived at the Lantern Corps battlefield, where Megatron revealed he had mastered the Power Stone and Mind Stone.
• Optimus Prime explained their mission to preserve the Green Lantern Corps and its knowledge, while Megatron charged into battle to fight Supreme Little Superman.
• Optimus Prime followed Megatron into the battlefield’s death zone, caught the injured Tomare, and faced Supreme Little Superman alongside him.
• Megatron struck Supreme Little Superman with a Power Stone-enhanced blow that sent him flying into space, though the collision briefly injured Megatron.
• Seven Guardians emerged from Oa with more than thirty red-dominated humanoid constructs, shocking Laira.

The Guardians and Machine Hunters joined the battle and tried to stop Ultraman from reaching Oa, while Megatron remained locked in a brutal stalemate with Supreme Little Superman. Optimus Prime confronted Sinestro and insisted on taking him back to Cybertron, setting up a clash between their Green and Yellow Lantern rings.

• Laira stared in shock at the Machine Hunters as Optimus Prime told her that what she was seeing was reality.
• Ganthet redirected the Guardians to trap Ultraman before he could reach Oa, and Ultraman broke through their chains with Heat Vision as the Machine Hunters attacked.
• Megatron and Supreme Little Superman traded devastating blows, but neither could gain the upper hand.
• Optimus Prime urged Sinestro to stop the fighting, and Sinestro mocked him for submitting to the Guardians' control.
• Optimus Prime raised his Green Lantern ring and told Sinestro he would take him back to Cybertron.

Optimus Prime fought Sinestro while Tomare, Kilowog, and Laira struggled against Bedovan and the other Yellow Lanterns. Sinestro realized Donnie had secretly created a Yellow Lantern Ring, and Optimus Prime put it on alongside his Green Lantern Ring as their battle continued.

• Tomare, Kilowog, and Laira joined forces against Bedovan, who threatened to eat the wounded Lanterns.
• Optimus Prime and Sinestro began a fierce battle, exchanging fire and sword strikes while arguing over fear, order, and the Guardians.
• Sinestro guessed that Optimus Prime was protecting Ganthet and accused Donnie of plotting to seize the Emotional Spectrum.
• Optimus Prime revealed a Yellow Lantern Ring, which Sinestro could neither control nor identify, and Sinestro realized Donnie had created more Corps than he knew.
• Optimus Prime put on the Yellow Lantern Ring beside his Green Lantern Ring and suppressed the intense reaction between them.

Optimus Prime defeated Sinestro with the combined power of the Green and Yellow Lantern rings, captured him, and ordered the Green Lanterns to hunt down the fleeing Sinestro Corps. The battle around Ultraman continued, while Megatron fell behind in his fight with Supreme Little Superman.

• Optimus Prime used his will to control his fear and overwhelmed Sinestro in their second clash.
• Optimus Prime told Sinestro that he knew Donnie's plan, then took Sinestro's ring and sealed him inside a metal sphere.
• The Yellow Lanterns abandoned Sinestro and fled after learning of his defeat.
• Optimus Prime ordered the Green Lanterns to pursue and kill the remaining users of Yellow Lantern rings.
• Most Green Lanterns pursued the fleeing Corps, while others joined the Supreme Lanterns in attacking Ultraman.
• Megatron struggled against Supreme Little Superman and remained at a disadvantage.

Supreme Little Superman battered Megatron until Optimus Prime arrived and chose to withdraw with him rather than risk fighting for Sinestro. In the Blood Domain, Mobius decided to destroy universes to empower the Anti-Life Equation, then noticed a small black sphere that appeared to be moving.

• Supreme Little Superman overwhelmed Megatron, whose damaged Infinity Stones and body could no longer withstand the assault.
• Optimus Prime arrived to help Megatron and proposed leaving, while Supreme Little Superman refused to fight for Sinestro.
• Mobius deciphered the Anti-Life Equation and learned it could grow without limit but might draw the attention of powerful beings.
• Mobius decided to destroy positive-matter universes carefully to charge the equation.
• Mobius spotted a small black sphere moving in the distance, and it abruptly stopped.

Mobius discovered Donnie’s hidden headquarters in the Blood Domain and tried to flee, but Donnie pursued and blocked him. Donnie returned the Mobius Chair transformed into a tiny stool, leaving Mobius stunned and furious.

• Mobius noticed a small universe moving and suspected it might be a self-aware Cancerous Universe.
• Donnie invited Mobius into the universe, revealing that it was his territory, but Mobius fled when he realized he had found the New Gods’ hidden headquarters.
• Donnie used the Mother Box to pursue Mobius through the Blood Domain and blocked his path.
• Donnie tossed Mobius what remained of his chair, and Mobius saw that it had been reduced to a palm-sized stool.
• Mobius denied that the stool was his chair while staring at Donnie in anger.

Donnie confronted Mobius, who had acquired the Anti-Life Equation and transformed into a body resembling Darkseid’s. Donnie let him leave after warning him not to reveal their encounter, while deciding that he was not ready to pursue the equation or face Darkseid.

• Donnie questioned Mobius about his transformation and accused him of risking Donnie’s base in the Blood Domain.
• Donnie recognized that Mobius’s body resembled Darkseid’s and inferred that he had obtained the Anti-Life Equation.
• Donnie considered how the Anti-Life Equation was linked to Darkseid’s Omega Effect and concluded that pursuing it would expose him to a fatal confrontation.
• Donnie warned Mobius not to provoke him or disclose their meeting, and claimed Ultraman as his own.
• Mobius left the Blood Domain, and Donnie watched him go, deciding that the time was not right.

Donnie considered the Anti-Life Equation’s limitless potential and returned to the main universe, deciding to wait before confronting Mobius. Meanwhile, the Guardians captured Ultraman, while Optimus Prime and Megatron continued their fierce battle against Supreme Little Superman.

• Donnie judged that Mobius could not withstand the power of many more destroyed universes and chose to wait before trying to take the Anti-Life Equation.
• Donnie used the Mother Box to open a Boom Tube and returned from the Nirvana Universe to the main universe.
• The Guardians and Machine Hunters subdued Ultraman, and the Guardians ordered him taken to Oa and imprisoned under layers of Green Lantern energy.
• Ganthet proposed helping Optimus Prime capture Supreme Little Superman, but the other Guardians refused to interfere in Cybertron’s conflict.
• Optimus Prime and Megatron fought Supreme Little Superman as he battled them in a feral rage.

The Academy of Sciences activated the experimental Universe Bridge to use Supreme Little Superman to locate the hidden Origin Universe. As Optimus Prime and Megatron fought Supreme Little Superman in Sector 0, Optimus Prime’s signal sent him into the bridge’s beam.

• The Academy of Sciences analyzed footage and DNA from Supreme Little Superman and decided to use him to trace the Origin Universe.
• Wheeljack and the scientists activated the Universe Bridge, powered by the Speed Force, and instructed Optimus Prime and Megatron to capture Supreme Little Superman.
• Supreme Little Superman attacked Optimus Prime and Megatron, raging that he had only wanted to go home and insisting that everyone else was wrong.
• Optimus Prime drained two rings to bind Supreme Little Superman in shackles, then called for the scientists to act.
• A beam crossed spacetime and swallowed Supreme Little Superman in white light.

Supreme Little Superman was exiled from the multiverse and crash-landed in the Origin Universe. After confirming where he was, he flew off to find Laurie.

• Saito and the others watched as White Light swallowed Supreme Little Superman and vanished, while Megatron vowed to defeat him if they met again.
• Cybertron's scientists lost Supreme Little Superman's coordinates when an unknown barrier cut off the Universe Bridge, and Donnie chose not to follow the trail.
• The Universe Bridge's light failed to cross a multiversal fault line and crashed Supreme Little Superman into the ground in the Origin Universe.
• A reporter repeatedly questioned Supreme Little Superman, who restrained his urge to kill him and demanded to know which Earth he was on.
• Supreme Little Superman read comic books, realized he had returned to the Origin Universe, and flew off to find Laurie.

Supreme Little Superman saw that New God had become a global entertainment phenomenon, but he noticed its latest comic issue lagged behind events in the main universe. He stormed into the Editorial Department to confront the editors, who had been discussing a dangerous plan and feared his arrival.

• New God comics, novels, and films broke records and dominated popular culture around the world.
• Supreme Little Superman had no money for Laurie’s requested comic, so he intimidated a passerby into giving up his copy.
• Supreme Little Superman noticed Issue 10 had not caught up with the Annihilation Insectoid Race’s emergence from Negative Space and wondered why the Editorial Department was holding back.
• The editors discussed the editor-in-chief’s refusal to use a dangerous larval form and their plans to research a bomb while waiting for instructions.
• An editor warned that the Internet’s biggest troll had arrived, and Supreme Little Superman smashed through the Fourth Wall and barged into the Editorial Department.

Supreme Little Superman bullied the Editorial Department into giving him unreleased comics, while the editors secretly plotted and chose not to tell him what had happened in the main universe. Donnie learned that the trail to the Origin Universe had been cut off and decided to go to Oa to trade for Ultraman, who had been captured along with Sinestro.

• Supreme Little Superman broke into the Editorial Department and demanded its latest issue, blaming the editors for the plot falling behind.
• The editors explained that New God’s presence in the main universe made it too risky to observe him, and Supreme Little Superman read unreleased comics featuring his appearance.
• The editors secretly discussed killing Supreme Little Superman but agreed to wait and withhold the truth about the main universe.
• Shockwave reported that an unknown force had severed the tracking trail to the Origin Universe and cut off the Speed Force.
• Donnie accepted that the Universe Bridge could not locate the Origin Universe and decided to go to Oa to exchange for Ultraman, while dismissing Sinestro as worthless.

Donnie exchanged Sinestro for Ultraman and explained why he needed to keep the antimatter Superman from the Monitors. He left Ultraman beaten and forced to call him Dad, intending to make him stronger.

• The Guardians agreed to give Ultraman to Donnie in exchange for Sinestro, and Ganthet asked Donnie how many Corps and rings he controlled.
• Donnie took Ultraman and rejected his offer to serve, then beat him for suggesting Donnie had romantic interest in him.
• Donnie explained that Ultraman was necessary to activate Thought Superman and that keeping him would deny the Monitors a powerful weapon.
• Donnie told Ultraman he had a better opportunity than becoming Darkseid's godson and ordered him to call Donnie Dad.
• Ultraman refused, so Donnie beat him until he screamed and called Donnie Dad.

Hal Jordan left the rebuilt Seaside City and returned to Cybertron, choosing to stay with Carol rather than risk becoming obsessed with restoring his old home. Donnie welcomed him and tasked him with gathering more rings to build additional Lantern Corps, beginning with a plan for the Spectrum War.

• Hal watched Seaside City and decided against rebuilding it with his Yellow Lantern Ring because Carol was waiting for him on Cybertron.
• Hal returned to Cybertron and told Donnie he had made his decision to stay with Carol.
• Donnie introduced Hal to Ultraman, who boasted about being superior to Superman before Donnie kicked him through a building.
• Donnie asked Hal to acquire more rings and establish additional Lantern Corps.
• Hal read Donnie's plan for a civil war among the seven Corps and asked if it was the Spectrum War.

Trapped in the Speed Force Prison, Donnie refused to let the Spectre escape, while the Spectre searched for a flaw in the prison. Donnie reflected on how the prison’s evolving defenses resembled the world’s rule that every Unique God’s path to advancement was sealed, leaving the pair still imprisoned.

• The Spectre searched the Speed Force Prison for a weakness while Donnie followed and vowed to keep him trapped.
• The Spectre threatened to kill Donnie, but Donnie said he was willing to sacrifice part of his divine spark to make the Spectre suffer.
• Donnie explained that the Speed Force Wall patched flaws whenever prisoners escaped, using them to find and seal loopholes.
• The Spectre asked why the Speed Force Wall existed, and Donnie connected its evolution to the world’s rule that each Unique God’s birth permanently closed a path to becoming Unique.
• Donnie imagined living beings as donkeys chasing a carrot called the Unique God, while an unseen owner used the carrot to make them work.

Donnie learned that the Flash who created the Speed Force Wall had mastered the mysteries of speed and time, and the Spectre hinted that the Flash’s knowledge could reveal secrets from an ancient era. Back in his own body, Donnie questioned Ultraman about the Speed Force Prison, then sent him to train.

• The Spectre explained that the Ultimate Flash had exhausted every form of speed, created the Speed Force Wall, and defeated Savitar at the end of time.
• The Spectre said gods were searching for the Speed Force Wall’s core code and believed the Flash had discovered ancient secrets; he told Donnie that being born in a world sealed by the Wall made him different.
• Donnie followed the Spectre, suspecting that he had chosen Old Bartender’s body for a reason.
• Donnie reflected on how the Speed Force Prison fragmented information reaching his true body, then asked Ultraman for his thoughts.
• Ultraman privately considered luring away the steel Doomsday so he could rule the multiverse, but Donnie smacked him and ordered him to train.