Chapter Summaries

Doctor Doom used Earth’s technology and magic to raise a shield against the Universal Truth Church fleet’s assault. As Planet Eater emerged from the fleet, Doom activated Protocol Three and faced it as the Lord of Latveria and ruler of Earth.

• Latveria’s emergency systems and magical circuits awakened as a worldwide surge of magic disabled power and communications.
• Blood Baron led the Blood Nest survivors outside, where he and the others recognized the Sanctum Sanctorum’s magical array and identified Doom as its likely creator.
• Songbird realized that Doom must be using the magic to protect Earth from the enemy in space.
• Doctor Doom drew on Earth’s power to shield the planet, and the Universal Truth Church fleet opened fire on him.
• Planet Eater emerged from the fleet, and Doom activated Protocol Three, awakening the Doombot army.
• Doom confronted Planet Eater and declared himself the Lord of Latveria, the ruler of Earth, and Doom.

Doctor Doom unleashed Protocol Three against Planet Eater, but his Doombots were destroyed and his magical barrier shattered. As Doom fell toward Earth, he saw Susan and Reed in his final moments and entrusted what came next to Reed.

• Doctor Doom activated Protocol Three and sent his Doombots to attack Planet Eater.
• Planet Eater destroyed the Doombots with a burst of Cosmic Might, causing Doom to spit blood.
• Planet Eater shattered Doom’s protective barrier, extinguishing Earth’s remaining magical defenses and hurling Doom toward the planet.
• As Doom fell, he accepted that Earth would fall and remembered Susan and Reed.
• Doom told Reed Richards that he had done his best and left what came next to him.

Clark and Black Canary led the Justice League team across Apokolips to find its control systems, while the Robins split off to scout ahead. Their advance was interrupted by corrupted versions of Hawkman, Diana, and Mera, leaving Damian to face the transformed Mera.

• Clark returned to Apokolips determined to correct the League’s past failure and bring everyone home safely.
• Damian Wayne failed to hack Apokolips’s network, so the team relied on Lex Luthor’s downloaded map as Jason, Dick Grayson, and Damian slipped away to scout.
• Clark and Black Canary ran across a platform toward the strange buildings, with the three Robins moving ahead through the shadows.
• Clark sensed danger and saw Hawkman dive toward them while carrying Diana, whom he released to attack.
• Damian cut down an ice spike aimed at Black Canary and discovered that Mera had been transformed into an Apokolips machine.

Clark and the others fought their mind-controlled, mechanically modified Justice League allies on Apokolips while Dick discovered that the heroes’ memories could be restored through a central control console. Black Canary stayed behind to hold off the attackers as the others moved to reach the console, where Dick suspected Batman was waiting.

• Wonder Woman, Hawkman, Starfire, and Martian Manhunter appeared as mechanical enemies, and Clark apologized for failing to protect them.
• Jason fought Martian Manhunter while Black Canary used Mjolnir to battle Wonder Woman, and Clark subdued Starfire and Hawkman.
• Dick discovered that Darkseid had preserved the heroes’ memories and located the central control console, where he suspected Batman was.
• Jason and Damian urged the group to hurry to the console, but Clark warned that stopping their attackers would take time.
• Black Canary volunteered to hold off the Justice League members while the others went to the central control console.

Jason, Dick, Damian Wayne, and Clark headed for Apokolips’s energy station while Black Canary held off the controlled heroes. They rescued the Flash, but Barry remained dangerously exhausted and uncontrollable, so the group left him in relative safety and continued onward.

• Black Canary ordered Jason to join Dick, Clark, and Damian Wayne in reaching the central tower while she fought Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, and Mera.
• Clark spotted a red figure running inside Apokolips’s energy station and rushed in, where the group discovered the Flash powering the facility on a Cosmic Treadmill.
• Clark freed Barry Allen by tearing off his mind-control device and destroyed the Cosmic Treadmill, but Barry woke still convulsing and begged them to stop him.
• Jason knocked Barry unconscious to ease his convulsions, then argued that the group should continue their mission rather than leave someone behind to guard him.
• Jason, Dick, and Damian Wayne proceeded deeper into the station, and Clark placed Barry somewhere relatively safe before following them.

Clark, Dick Grayson, Jason, and Damian Wayne reached Apokolips’s central console and found Cyborg fused into the Source Wall. After Damian failed to free him, Clark destroyed Cyborg, and Batman appeared behind the group on the Mobius Chair.

• Clark destroyed the automated weapons in the corridor so Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, and Jason could advance.
• The group found Cyborg embedded in the Source Wall, where he declared that Darkseid had ordered him to capture the invaders.
• Damian tried to crack Cyborg’s control with his Bat-computer, but Jason and Clark argued that Cyborg had to be destroyed.
• Jason pulled Damian away, and Clark used his heat vision to destroy Cyborg and the central console’s main body.
• Batman appeared on the Mobius Chair and told the group he had not expected them to do it.

Batman confronted Clark, Jason, Damian, and Dick Grayson, provoking them into fighting while the Mobius Chair attacked Clark. On Earth, Lois and the assembled heroes prepared to defend Luthor Tower from the approaching Doomsday Para-demons, as Zhang Ye confirmed Kara’s dread came from Darkseid.

• Batman used a Kryptonite ring to warn Clark and revealed that Darkseid had gone to Earth, while he mocked Jason, Damian, and Dick Grayson.
• Jason, Damian, and Dick Grayson charged Batman, while Clark flew off to draw the Mobius Chair’s Red Sun attack away from them.
• Lois checked on the heroes gathered at Luthor Tower and learned that Captain Boomerang had sacrificed himself to cover their retreat.
• Lois warned that the Doomsday Para-demons were approaching and urged the heroes to hold the tower so Clark and the others could return.
• Kara told Zhang Ye that she felt an unfamiliar dread, and Zhang Ye identified its source as Darkseid.

Zhang Ye explained that Barry Allen’s Speed Force was needed to create another Flashpoint and prevent the universes from colliding. Darkseid arrived on Earth and demanded that Zhang Ye submit, but Zhang Ye prepared to fight him.

• Kara asked why Zhang Ye had sent Clark to Apokolips, and Zhang Ye explained that Barry Allen needed to use the Speed Force to sever the timeline.
• Zhang Ye and Kara sensed Darkseid approaching Earth and left Ashley to hold off the weakened Doomsday Para-demons with the Suicide Squad.
• Zhang Ye and Kara confronted Darkseid, who identified Zhang Ye as a wizard from another world and offered him a chance to join Apokolips.
• Zhang Ye revealed that he had not been considering Darkseid’s offer and formed two magic arrays aimed at him.

Zhang Ye and Kara battled Darkseid, but his overwhelming power left them badly injured. Zhang Ye opened a rift to another universe and summoned someone whose power could challenge Darkseid.

• Darkseid attacked Zhang Ye with Omega Beams, blasting through his Seraphim Shield, while Kara tried to keep him occupied.
• Darkseid overwhelmed Kara until Zhang Ye switched places with her, shot out Darkseid's right eye, and trapped him briefly with the Black Umbrella's shadow tentacles.
• Darkseid broke free and pursued Zhang Ye and Kara with Omega Beams, forcing Zhang Ye to use demonic power and breathe ghostly flames at him.
• Darkseid knocked Zhang Ye to the ground, repelled Kara's sneak attack, and destroyed Zhang Ye's summoned dragons with his Omega Beams.
• Zhang Ye revealed that no one on Earth could stop Darkseid and tore open a rift to another universe, summoning a powerful arrival.

Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Wolverine, and their children returned to the Wasteland Universe as the Sanctum Sanctorum’s protective barrier collapsed. They rescued the dying Doom, heard his final words through Constantine’s spell, and learned from Zhang Ye that Darkseid had already been lured to Earth.

• Mister Fantastic brought the Time Sled back to its time anchor, where Susan realized night had fallen and the Sanctum Sanctorum’s magical barrier was breaking apart.
• Logan warned that they had arrived too late, but Mister Fantastic and Susan resolved to stop Planet Eater from threatening Earth.
• Susan used her force field to slow a falling figure and recognized the badly injured man as Doom.
• Constantine used a spell to let Doom’s remaining soul residue speak, and Doom told Reed he was leaving the rest to him before his body turned to ash.
• Zhang Ye contacted Constantine and warned that he had already lured Darkseid to Earth, prompting Constantine to realize the plan was overdue.

Constantine returned to the Baxter Building ruins and used the Cursed Ostrovian Dagger to shatter Raven’s forehead crystal, releasing Trigon, while preparing the Ultimate Nullifier to erase the barrier between timelines. As Constantine readied his move, Zhang Ye asked for three seconds to threaten Darkseid.

• Constantine left the Time Sled with the Ultimate Nullifier and the other weapons, prompting Mister Fantastic to realize what he had taken.
• Logan guessed Constantine had gone to the Baxter Building, where Star-Lord and Madame Masque were arguing over control of the ruins.
• Constantine appeared beside Raven and stabbed her forehead crystal with the Cursed Ostrovian Dagger, freeing Trigon.
• Constantine summoned the Ultimate Nullifier and prepared to erase the barrier between the two timelines.
• Zhang Ye asked Constantine for three seconds so he could threaten Darkseid.

Constantine and Zhang Ye used the Ultimate Nullifier and Trigon’s power to open a passage between two universes and link their timelines. Constantine reunited with the dead Zatanna, and together they began a forbidden exchange to trade Trigon for every human on Earth in the other world.

• Constantine fired the Ultimate Nullifier, erasing the Baxter Building and opening a vast rift across the sky.
• Raven lost control of Trigon’s power, and part of the demon’s energy crossed the rift into the Apokolips War universe.
• Zhang Ye absorbed Trigon’s energy, transformed into a demon, and struck Darkseid aside before Miss Minutes began linking the universes with the Time Twister.
• Zatanna appeared beside Constantine and revealed that Batman had used a Compulsion Spell to make Constantine flee when she died.
• Constantine and Zatanna invoked forbidden magic together, and Zhang Ye declared they were trading Trigon for every human being on Earth in the other world.

Zhang Ye used borrowed demonic and heavenly power to banish Trigon and teleport the surviving people of the Apokolips War universe to another universe. Across Earth, people vanished in white light, leaving the outcome of their migration unresolved.

• Zhang Ye combined power from the universes, Heaven, and Trigon to begin a mass teleportation spell, while the universe itself rejected Trigon.
• Trigon begged Zhang Ye to let him stay with Raven, but Zhang Ye continued the spell, and Trigon vanished after Constantine and Zatanna completed their chanting.
• At Gotham City Harbor, Batwing saw the civilians and himself begin glowing white, and Lady Shiva told him they would meet again in another world.
• At Luthor Tower, Lois, Lex Luthor, Ashley, Venom, and the remaining fighters glowed as the spell took effect, then vanished together.
• People across Earth, including those hiding in remote areas, were teleported away.

Trigon emerged in the Apokolips War universe and was forced into battle with Darkseid while trying to escape back to his own universe. Outside Earth, Planet Eater chose to invade the newly discovered universe and sent his fleet through the dimensional rift.

• Darkseid sensed Trigon manifesting and struck him with an Omega Beam before he could return through the rift.
• Trigon recovered, recognized Darkseid as a New God, and charged at him in fury.
• Trigon and Darkseid clashed in a fierce battle, with Trigon knocking Darkseid backward with a punch.
• Planet Eater observed the dimensional rift and learned from Female Pope that it connected to another world.
• Planet Eater chose to advance into the new universe and ordered his forces to announce the arrival of their great god.

After Kara was badly injured fighting Darkseid, Zhang Ye sent her back to the Wasteland Universe and reunited with Constantine. The Planet Eater then emerged through the rift with his fleets, forcing Darkseid and Trigon to halt their fight and join forces against the new threat.

• Zhang Ye healed Kara and persuaded her to leave the battle, then used the Time Twister to send her to the Wasteland Universe.
• Constantine appeared with the Ultimate Nullifier, which he had tried and failed to use against Darkseid and Trigon.
• Zhang Ye and Constantine saw the Planet Eater's true form pressing through the rift between universes.
• The Planet Eater and his interstellar fleets emerged, interrupting Trigon and Darkseid's fight and blocking Trigon's route home.
• Darkseid summoned the Doomsday Para-demons, and Trigon agreed to fight alongside him against the Planet Eater.

Darkseid and Trigon fought the Universal Truth Church’s invasion while Zhang Ye and Constantine left the battlefield for Luthor Tower. Zhang Ye reached the Boom Tube control console and contacted Clark, preparing to continue their plan.

• The Universal Truth Church fleet arrived over Earth, and its Female Pope announced that the planet would be consumed for Planet Eater.
• Darkseid ordered his Doomsday Para-demons to attack the fleet, and the two armies clashed across the sky.
• Zhang Ye urged Constantine to leave the battle and finish their task; Constantine teleported them to Luthor Tower.
• Zhang Ye and Constantine found the tower deserted and saw the bodies of Black Manta, Cheetah, Bane, Doomsday Para-demons, and human soldiers.
• Zhang Ye went to the Boom Tube control console and used Lois’s cross-universe communicator to contact Clark.

Zhang Ye brought Clark and the rescued Justice League members back from Apokolips after they restarted its self-destruct system, then prepared to send everyone to the Wasteland Universe. Batman and Constantine confronted each other over the plan that had doomed their timeline.

• Clark told Zhang Ye that the Justice League had been rescued, Cyborg was the only one left behind, and Batman had restarted Apokolips's self-destruct system.
• Zhang Ye opened a Boom Tube, and Clark, Batman, the three Robins, and the rescued Justice League members returned to Luthor Tower.
• Clark asked about Lois, and Zhang Ye assured him that she and the surviving humans had been sent to another Earth.
• The Justice League saw Apokolips's army fighting another universe's Dark lord outside the tower.
• Batman told Constantine that he had not betrayed his trust, but Constantine blamed Batman for helping destroy their timeline and noted that someone had already beaten him up.
• Zhang Ye told the Justice League that their universe was destined to perish and that they would begin new lives in the Wasteland Universe.

Zhang Ye helped the Justice League escape their ruined universe through a portal, while Barry Allen chose to run and create another Flashpoint. Constantine stayed behind as the Apokolips War universe was engulfed by a streak of white light.

• Constantine, Batman, and Black Canary persuaded the Justice League to accept that their people could make a new home in another world, and the heroes entered Zhang Ye's portal.
• Batman thanked Zhang Ye before joining the others, while Barry Allen hesitated to create another Flashpoint because of his promise to Iris.
• Seeing Planet Eater, Trigon, and Darkseid battling across the devastated world, Barry Allen accepted Zhang Ye and Constantine's encouragement and ran beyond the horizon.
• Constantine gave Zhang Ye his House of Mystery, declined to join him because he had a date, and left through the shadows.
• A streak of white light rushed from the horizon and spread across the Apokolips War universe.

After Barry Allen created a new Flashpoint timeline, Zhang Ye sealed the opening between the universes and considered how to separate and control the Wasteland Universe. Inspired by the Multiverse World Tree, he began planning a Sacred Timeline and proposed using the Ultimate Nullifier as a timeline pruning device.

• Barry Allen changed history and created a new timeline, leaving the apocalyptic universe isolated in the Multiverse.
• Zhang Ye and Miss Minutes sealed the gap between the two universes, though the risk of them colliding remained.
• Zhang Ye glimpsed the World Tree and suspected that Loki was keeping him at a distance.
• Zhang Ye asked Miss Minutes how to establish a Sacred Timeline, and she explained that it required an external headquarters and a timeline pruning device.
• Zhang Ye summoned Constantine's House of Mystery as a possible headquarters for the timeline authority.
• Zhang Ye showed Miss Minutes the Ultimate Nullifier and suggested using it as the pruning device.

Zhang Ye hesitated to claim the Wasteland Universe and establish a Sacred Timeline because he feared the burden of controlling countless lives. He decided to recruit Reed Richards, Susan, Valeria, and Franklin to help run a timeline oversight organization, while the Justice League would help rebuild the world.

• Zhang Ye worried that he lacked the strength and knowledge to control a Sacred Timeline and protect everyone on it.
• Miss Minutes suggested Barry Allen as an agent, but Zhang Ye explained Barry would reject pruning parallel timelines and needed to return to the Apokolips War universe.
• Miss Minutes suggested recruiting Justice League members, and Zhang Ye revealed he had already chosen Reed Richards and his family.
• Zhang Ye explained that Reed's scientific expertise, Susan's intelligence, Franklin's potential, and Valeria's intellect would make them valuable overseers.
• Zhang Ye planned to leave heroes such as Batman and Clark to rebuild the new world alongside the Wasteland Avengers.