Chapter Summaries

Zhang Ye discovered that his connection to the Time Twister had briefly failed while he encountered an unknown contamination affecting Sentry and the Void. He sent Zombie Sentry to the Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe dimension, where Sentry emerged into a city filled with monsters.

• Zhang Ye learned from Miss Minutes that his connection to the Time Twister had briefly gone offline after he encountered the contamination.
• Sentry lost control as the contamination erupted, and Zhang Ye saw spider-like limbs emerge from the shadows behind him.
• Zhang Ye struck Sentry to stop him, then sent him through a rift into the Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe dimension rather than killing him.
• Zombie Sentry emerged from a crater in New York and faced the grotesque creatures gathering around him.

After Zombie Sentry left, Zhang Ye tried to decode the numbers it had revealed and considered whether the contamination had its own will. The Watcher reported that contamination was fading, but Zhang Ye suspected it might have deliberately turned away instead.

• Zhang Ye described the strange emotions he felt from the contamination and warned Miss Minutes that the Worms might act with free will and a larger objective.
• Zhang Ye asked Miss Minutes to search the Time Twister archives and brought the numbers to Tony Stark for help decoding.
• Tony Stark entered the numbers into his computer, while Zhang Ye promised supplies and planned to deal with the zombies outside.
• Zhang Ye noticed an unusual green Iron Suit under construction in Stark Tower and had Miss Minutes send the numbers to Reed Richards and Susan as well.
• The Watcher told Zhang Ye that contamination was weakening after Zombie Sentry was removed, and Zhang Ye wondered whether it had deliberately looked away.

Zhang Ye learned that the Watcher needed his help containing the Zombie Virus and repairing the damage to reality, but he suspected a larger force was shaping events. He decided to return to the Supernatural Universe and recruit help, intending to negotiate for resources to upgrade the Wasteland Universe.

• The Watcher told Zhang Ye that the Zombie Virus and the damage to timelines and reality still threatened the Multiverse, and said Zhang Ye was already part of the story.
• Zhang Ye suspected the Watcher had withheld information and reflected that contamination might reach far beyond the Marvel Universe.
• Miss Minutes reported that the Wasteland Universe was rebuilding successfully, though Pietro and Kara were searching for Zhang Ye.
• Zhang Ye asked Miss Minutes to open a portal to the Supernatural Universe so he could return to the Wasteland Universe by way of that transit point.
• Zhang Ye decided to recruit his allies to help with the aftermath in exchange for access to the civilizations and treasures of two universes.

Sam and Dean were trapped in a demon-overrun Colorado town while trying to reach Ellen and the survivors, and Jo and Rufus faced danger in a convenience store. The chapter ended when a purple light appeared beneath the store-room door and someone knocked.

• Sam told Dean that Lucifer had returned after Sam killed Lilith, and that the demons were seeking him as Lucifer’s vessel.
• Sam explained that Ellen had taken survivors to safety, while Jo had been possessed and the town swarmed with demons.
• Dean insisted on reaching the church despite his wounded thigh, and Sam helped him stand.
• Rufus warned Jo that demons had possessed Ellen and destroyed the bridges, but Jo believed Hunters would come to help.
• Purple light flashed beneath the convenience-store door, and Jo and Rufus loaded their guns as someone knocked.

Zhang Ye returned to the demon-overrun town and reunited with Jo, then recognized that the apparent possessions were hallucinations connected to the Apocalypse. He told Jo that Ellen and the townspeople had not actually been possessed, leaving Jo shocked by what she had nearly done to her mother.

• Rufus stopped Jo from opening the door, but a golden portal sent him to the Hunter's Tavern.
• Zhang Ye arrived, and Jo told him that more than two years had passed and the town was overrun by demons.
• Jo explained that Ellen appeared possessed, and Zhang Ye realized the town's events were tied to the Apocalypse and the War Knight.
• Zhang Ye explained that the War Knight had made the townspeople see one another as possessed demons.
• Jo remembered that she had nearly electrocuted Ellen and reacted with shock.

Zhang Ye and Jo discovered that the War Knight's illusion had made Hunters mistake ordinary people for demons and attack one another. They reunited with Dean and Sam, then Zhang Ye hinted that his reinforcements could reach the isolated city without crossing the guarded bridge.

• Jo realized the War Knight's illusion had made her and the others misread one another, and she worried that demons had infiltrated the survivors.
• Zhang Ye led Jo through the streets by disguising their demonic energy, and they passed the War Knight's Demon Guards without a fight.
• Zhang Ye and Jo found Dean and Sam, who tested them with holy water before welcoming them inside.
• Zhang Ye healed Dean's leg, and the group learned that the War Knight's illusion had caused humans to kill one another.
• After Sam explained that the bridge was destroyed and guarded by demons, Zhang Ye said his reinforcements did not take the bridge.

Zhang Ye revealed that reinforcements were coming to help fight the demons, and Bruce Wayne began eliminating the enemy sentries. In town, a silver-haired newcomer knocked out Blake, while a mysterious Superman appeared above a firefight between two groups of survivors.

• Zhang Ye told Dean and Sam that he had summoned allies to help deal with the demons before they traveled to the Zombie Heroes world.
• Bruce Wayne used a cursed blade and holy water to kill two demons guarding the road.
• Blake tried to shoot a silver-haired young man, but the young man vanished and then knocked Blake unconscious.
• Two groups of armed survivors mistook each other for demons and exchanged fire until an eerie wind interrupted them.
• A caped figure in a red-and-blue suit appeared above the battlefield, and the survivors recognized him as Superman.

Clark persuaded the survivors that demons had tricked them into killing one another and began escorting them to safety, while Damian fought demons in town with the Bat-family. Two hidden witnesses saw Batman fighting demons and reported it to Ellen.

• Clark descended and convinced the survivors that demons had deceived them, despite one man shooting him.
• A little girl asked Clark to save them, and he promised to protect the survivors and avenge her father.
• Clark told the survivors he would take them to the church while his friends rescued others in town.
• Damian encountered three demons and fought them using weapons marked to harm demons.
• Two witnesses spotted Batman fighting the demons and called Ellen to report what they had seen.

Zhang Ye brought the remnants of the Justice League and the new generation of the Wasteland Avengers to the Supernatural Universe, where Dean and Sam identified the town’s chaos as the work of War, one of the Four Horsemen. Kara confronted War, and the assembled heroes arrived as he recognized the danger they posed.

• Zhang Ye told Dean and Sam that the remnants of the Justice League and the new generation of the Wasteland Avengers had gathered in the Supernatural Universe.
• Sam connected the contaminated river and falling meteor to Revelation, and Dean identified War’s red Mustang in town.
• Zhang Ye said someone had already gone after the one responsible, while Kara confronted Roger in the city’s main district.
• Roger admitted that he had used illusions and violence to turn the town’s residents against one another, and Kara recognized him as War.
• A cyborg woman and her group arrived behind Roger, and she asked whether he was the one called War.

Dean, Sam, Jo, and Ellen recounted how the superheroes overwhelmed War and recovered his ring, while the rescued residents waited for help in the church. Outside, Batman argued for erasing the humans’ memories, but Shazam Billy and Wonder Woman opposed him, and Superman stayed silent.

• Dean, Sam, and Jo told Ellen how the superheroes had attacked and incapacitated War before he could use his powers.
• Sam explained that War drew power from conflict and could eventually recover, but Wonder Woman had cut off his ring-bearing finger and taken the ring.
• Ellen confronted Dean, Sam, and Jo for hiding Zhang Ye’s identity and the existence of other Multiverses from her.
• The rescued residents remained in the church, unable to contact the outside world and waiting until dawn to send for help.
• Batman proposed erasing the residents’ memories to protect them and avoid exposure, but Shazam Billy and Wonder Woman objected.
• Superman declined to support Batman and watched the moon in silence.

Zhang Ye reunited with Pietro and Kara, explained why he had left them behind, and discussed the dangerous balance governing the Supernatural Universe. The chapter left Zhang Ye uncertain why its Primal God was ignoring their presence.

• Pietro and Kara confronted Zhang Ye for leaving them in the Wasteland Universe for over three months, and he explained the crises that had kept him away.
• Pietro revealed that his birthday was approaching, and Zhang Ye realized he had overlooked it.
• Kara and Pietro told Zhang Ye they wanted to stand beside him and help protect their shared home, and the three reaffirmed their bond as family.
• Zhang Ye explained that Hunters and monsters maintained a fragile balance, and described the catastrophic endgame that would follow if it broke.
• Zhang Ye said he had hoped to draw the Primal God out, but the God had neither contacted them nor driven them away.

After the town's demons were defeated, Zhang Ye and the heroes discussed how to help the survivors and prepare for the zombie crisis threatening the Multiverse. They agreed to regroup at Hunter's Tavern, where Zhang Ye could explain the danger and ask for their help.

• Bruce Wayne sent an anonymous distress signal, and Zhang Ye thanked the Justice League for helping protect the town.
• Zhang Ye reassured the half-cyborg heroes that they might eventually be restored, giving them renewed hope.
• Zhang Ye decided the survivors should remember the demonic attack rather than have their memories altered, and Dean said many were ready to become Hunters.
• Sam explained that Ellen and the other Hunters would handle the aftermath with help from their police contacts.
• Zhang Ye revealed that the zombie crisis could trigger a Multiverse war and asked everyone to help prevent it.
• Jo invited the group to Hunter's Tavern, and Zhang Ye opened a golden portal to take them there.

Balder and Mercury led a group of gods to Hunter's Tavern, intending to seize Dean and Sam and feast on the Hunters inside. Mercury entered first, sensed the terrifying power within, and tried to flee, but the tavern's patrons surrounded him.

• The chapter revealed that the Yellow-Eyed Demon had destroyed the original Hunter's Tavern, and Jo and the Hunters rebuilt it as a protected refuge.
• Balder, Mercury, Kali, and other gods gathered outside Hunter's Tavern, believing Dean and Sam were inside and planning to eat the humans there.
• Kali and Mercury sensed something unusual about the tavern, but Balder dismissed their concerns and urged Mercury to prepare the gods' feast.
• Mercury transformed into a monster and kicked open the tavern door, only to be overwhelmed by the pressure and revert to his human form.
• Mercury claimed he was only a delivery guy, but the gods fled, and the people inside stood up as a silver-haired youth grabbed Mercury by the shoulder.

Mercury explained that the gods were created to take the blame for human suffering and to keep humans fearing them, leaving Dean, Sam, and Jo troubled by the truth about their universe. Zhang Ye reassured them that their choices were their own, then accepted that even if he was part of a story, it was still his story.

• Wonder Woman and the other heroes confronted Mercury, who insisted they did not belong in his world and must have been created by Primal God.
• Zhang Ye explained that Mercury had mistaken the heroes for beings created to replace the world's gods, and Clark told Mercury they came from a separate, peaceful world.
• Mercury admitted that the gods received human sacrifices and used their powers to aid people, while Primal God had created them to take blame for suffering and disasters.
• Jason concluded that Primal God had made the gods into wolves who could be blamed and had made humans their prey to keep them from competing for faith.
• Dean, Sam, and Jo struggled with what Mercury's revelations meant for their lives, but Dean reminded them that their work had saved people.
• Zhang Ye urged Sam and Jo to trust their own choices, then said that if he was part of a story, it was still his story.

Mercury revealed that the gods had gathered because a holy war between Heaven and Hell was approaching, and Zhang Ye’s group debated how to respond to the Apocalypse and the absent Primal God. Zhang Ye decided they would give Michael and Lucifer the war they wanted and end the conflict once and for all.

• Dean threatened Mercury until Mercury confessed that the gods had gathered to discuss the coming holy war and what to do about the vessels of Michael and Lucifer.
• Zhang Ye had Dick Grayson and Damian Wayne escort Mercury to the tavern basement while the group concluded the gods would avoid Hunter's Tavern.
• Jason raised the unresolved zombie universe and Apocalypse crisis, while Bruce Wayne urged caution about provoking the entity behind the world.
• Zhang Ye said he believed Primal God had left the universe, and Reed Richards noted that searching tens of thousands of parallel universes would be impractical.
• Barbara Gordon identified Primal God as Prophet Chuck, shocking Dean and Sam when they realized Chuck had written their lives as novels.
• Zhang Ye declared that the group would give Michael and Lucifer their war and settle the conflict once and for all.

Zhang Ye brought Dean and Sam to a remote Pacific island to confront Lucifer and Michael, but Gabriel appeared disguised as Castiel to warn them away. After Zhang Ye exposed him, Gabriel revealed his true form and warned that it was too late to leave.

• Zhang Ye and the others took Dean and Sam to a remote Pacific island after removing their tracking restraints, while Jo, Ellen, and the Hunters stayed behind.
• Dean and Sam talked with Zhang Ye about their story being written in books and fanfiction before the approaching Angels interrupted them.
• Castiel appeared and urged Dean and Sam to abandon their plan, but Zhang Ye realized the man was an impostor.
• The impostor transformed into Gabriel, who revealed that Lucifer and Michael had already arrived and asked Dean and Sam if they were satisfied.

Lucifer arrived on the beach seeking Sam as his vessel, but Gabriel stood in his way and declared that he fought for humanity. Zhang Ye stopped Lucifer from attacking Dean just as a host of Angels approached, including Michael.

• Lucifer appeared on the beach and told Sam and Dean that he had come for his designated vessel.
• Gabriel confronted Lucifer, explained that he would fight for humanity rather than take Michael's side, and was thrown aside by Lucifer.
• Lucifer urged Sam to accept his role in the apocalypse, but Sam refused and cursed him.
• Lucifer prepared to attack Dean, but Zhang Ye seized his wrist and stopped him.
• Zhang Ye sensed Angels approaching, and Lucifer identified the strongest among them as Michael.

Michael arrived in Adam's revived body to confront Lucifer, while Zhang Ye sealed the island into an arena with help from Raven, Shazam, Mera, Hawkman, and Wonder Woman. As Michael and Lucifer prepared to fight, Zhang Ye summoned countless figures through purple portals, turning the battle into a confrontation against a much larger force.

• Michael appeared in Adam's body, revealing himself as another vessel prepared to kill Lucifer, and Dean and Sam recognized their long-dead half-brother.
• Michael rejected Lucifer's plea to defy their father and insisted that killing his brother was the right thing to do.
• Zhang Ye repelled an Angel who tried to stop him, then used glowing runes to seal the island away from reality.
• Raven, Shazam, Mera, Hawkman, and Wonder Woman helped Zhang Ye create an isolated arena, alarming Michael and Lucifer with unfamiliar energy.
• Zhang Ye opened purple portals and summoned countless figures, telling Michael and Lucifer that they were the ones trapped with his side.

Clark, Kara, and the assembled heroes fought Lucifer, Michael, and Heaven’s Angels after the Archangels realized they had been lured into a trap. The battle left Lucifer’s vessel badly damaged while Zhang Ye secretly devoured the energy released by the combatants.

• Lucifer recognized the heroes’ arrival as a trap and attacked them with a blast of destructive energy.
• Clark and Kara countered Lucifer, while Michael charged at Clark and Pietro intercepted him with his Vibranium arm.
• Jason, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, and Batman joined the fight against Michael with enchanted weapons, while Wolverine and the others battled the Angels.
• Batman wounded Michael’s vessel with a cursed blade, forcing Michael to cover and heal the injury.
• Clark struck Lucifer hard enough to shatter his breastbone and bury him in a deep crater, but Lucifer retaliated with an invisible blast and emerged with demonic claws.
• Dean, Sam, and Gabriel watched from the sidelines as Zhang Ye concealed himself and used his Devouring Power to absorb the battle’s energy.

Zhang Ye absorbed energy from Lucifer and Michael’s battle, then enchanted Dean and Sam with a vast array of buffs. Dean charged Lucifer as Sam went after Michael, and Dean’s glowing punch rushed toward Lucifer.

• Zhang Ye gained energy while watching the battle and decided not to destroy the universe to absorb more.
• Batman and the Bat-Family targeted Adam’s body to limit Michael’s power through his vessel.
• Zhang Ye offered Dean and Sam a chance to join the fight and enchanted them with numerous protections, enhancements, and curses.
• Dean charged toward Lucifer while Sam ran toward Michael.
• Lucifer sent Clark and Kara flying, then saw Dean’s multicolored fist rushing toward him.