Chapter Summaries

Ke Chen proved that Kryptonite could not harm him, convincing Faora and the other Kryptonians that he was their god. Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne began investigating Ke Chen, Diana, and Clark and resolved to find a way to make a god bleed, while Ke Chen returned to Gotham and reunited with Selina.

• Ke Chen crushed Kryptonite without suffering its effects, and Faora and the others accepted him as the Kryptonian God.
• Bruce Wayne examined photographs of Diana and Ke Chen and reviewed information about Clark while Alfred warned him not to act rashly.
• Bruce Wayne declared that gods must have weaknesses and decided humanity needed someone willing to oppose them.
• Ke Chen comforted Diana after leaving her during the emergency, then traveled to Gotham to handle other matters.
• Catwoman Selina greeted Ke Chen in Gotham and eagerly asked whether he had been the person seen in Metropolis.

Ke Chen visited Poison Ivy Pamela on her island, then spent his birthday in Paris with Diana. After signing in, he obtained the System AllSpark, which could turn electronic devices into loyal lifeforms.

• Harley Quinn told Ke Chen that Pamela had left Gotham City and bought an island, and Ke Chen flew there to visit her.
• Pamela welcomed Ke Chen by binding him with branches and having a giant carnivorous flower swallow him.
• On April 1, 2011, Ke Chen celebrated his birthday in Paris with Diana and received the System AllSpark through a sign-in.
• Ke Chen examined the AllSpark and his updated status panel after Diana released him.

Ke Chen used the AllSpark to bring his phone to life as Ji Ge, then transformed Diana’s Mercedes into a Transformer. Diana named the new Autobot Silver Moon, which drove her to work and left Ke Chen alone.

• Ke Chen touched his phone to the AllSpark, bringing it to life as a robot named Ji Ge.
• Ke Chen showed Diana the AllSpark and explained that it could create life.
• Ke Chen placed the AllSpark on Diana’s Mercedes, which spoke and transformed into a Transformer.
• Ke Chen told Diana the Transformer could protect her, and she named it Silver Moon after the Amazonian shield symbol.
• Silver Moon transformed back into a car and drove Diana away, leaving Ke Chen behind.

Ke Chen returned to the Kryptonian Ship, used the AllSpark to bring it to life as Legion, and moved Faora and the other Kryptonians into his Pocket Universe. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor warned an associate that Superman could one day rule the world and insisted that the alien had a weakness.

• Ke Chen gave Harley Quinn and his other Gotham companions Autobot bodyguards, then said farewell to the women and returned to the Kryptonian Ship.
• Faora and the surviving Kryptonians welcomed Ke Chen and agreed to follow him to a new world.
• Ke Chen placed the AllSpark on the Kryptonian Ship, transforming it into the living ship Legion.
• Ke Chen explained his Pocket Universe to Faora and the others, then brought the ship and its passengers inside and checked that they could absorb its yellow sun.
• Ke Chen used God's Whip and vanished from the universe.
• Lex Luthor discussed Superman's influence on humanity with an associate and warned that Superman could choose to rule the world, though he had a weakness.

Lex Luthor negotiated for the alien corpse and spaceship so he could kill Superman, while Ke Chen brought Bumblebee to life and introduced him to Captain Carter. He later released Faora and the Kryptonians’ ship in a new world, where Faora began assessing their unfamiliar surroundings.

• Lex Luthor offered to slay Superman if a powerful man gave him the alien corpse and spaceship, and the man agreed after requesting Batman’s involvement.
• Ke Chen used the AllSpark to bring a new Camaro to life as Bumblebee and took him for a drive.
• Ke Chen introduced Bumblebee to Captain Carter, who was shocked to learn he was an Autobot.
• Ke Chen released the Kryptonian spaceship in space in a new world and reunited with Faora and her soldiers.
• Faora’s soldiers reported that their star charts did not match, and Faora led them outside to meet Ke Chen.

Ke Chen brought Faora and the other Kryptonians to the Celestial Court after they absorbed solar radiation, and their advanced spacecraft arrived undetected. The Legion was welcomed inside, where Faora explained that the Kryptonian Empire had once possessed countless stations and vast technological infrastructure.

• Faora and the other Kryptonians absorbed solar radiation near the sun, growing stronger before Ke Chen brought them back aboard the spacecraft.
• Ke Chen ordered the Legion to take them to the Celestial Court, and the ship reached the station while remaining undetected.
• The Legion revealed itself near the Celestial Court, alarming the Black Widows, who reported the arrival to Commander Julia and prepared to defend the station.
• Julia established contact with Faora, then recognized Ke Chen and let the Legion enter the Celestial Court.
• Faora told Ke Chen that the Kryptonian Empire had once maintained countless stations and enormous outposts, while their ship retained records of advanced technologies.

Ke Chen introduced Julia and the Black Widows to Faora and the Kryptonians, then used the AllSpark to transform the Celestial Court and its docked craft into Transformers. He showed Faora the Key of Life, which could restore the Kryptonians, leaving their revival within reach.

• Julia greeted Ke Chen and met Faora, and the two women competed to assert their groups' standing.
• Ke Chen stopped Julia and Faora from arguing and transformed the Celestial Court with the AllSpark.
• The Black Widows watched as the Celestial Court and its spacecraft became Transformers, including Megatron and Starscream.
• Ke Chen assigned the Kryptonians their own quarters and entered their spacecraft with Faora.
• Ke Chen placed the key to the Codex into a gestation chamber, revealing genetic sequences that could be used to revive the Kryptonians.

Ke Chen used the Kryptonian ship’s gestation chambers to begin cultivating five baby girls from combat-oriented bloodlines and discussed natural childbirth with Faora. He left Faora in the Celestial Court with Julia while he returned to Earth, and Faora hoped her union with Ke Chen might help restore Krypton.

• Ke Chen selected House of Zod and military-family genes for five baby girls, and the gestation chambers began cultivating them.
• Ke Chen told Faora that Clark had been naturally born and suggested natural childbirth as another way to increase the Kryptonian population.
• Ke Chen took Faora to the master bedroom, then later left her in the Celestial Court while he returned to Earth.
• Julia welcomed Faora as a fellow servant of their master, and Faora affirmed that she would work to restore Krypton.
• Faora touched her stomach and wondered whether she might be pregnant, while Julia knew that previous attempts by Melina and herself had not succeeded.

Faora sent the Legion Kryptonian Ship to attack Chitauri warships that had come to investigate Earth, rejecting Julia’s offer to negotiate or provide help. As the Chitauri prepared to fire back, Kryptonian soldiers flew out of the Legion, leaving Julia stunned by their abilities.

• Julia identified the approaching ships as Chitauri warships and explained that the Chitauri were infamous for slaughtering others.
• Faora refused Julia’s suggestion to negotiate and ordered the Legion Kryptonian Ship to deal with the Chitauri.
• The Legion attacked and destroyed one Chitauri Flying Fish Warship before the others turned their weapons on it.
• Faora dismissed Julia’s offer to send help, confident that the Chitauri weapons could not penetrate the Legion’s defenses.
• The Legion opened its hatch, and several Kryptonians in combat suits and helmets flew into space.

Julia saw Kryptonian soldiers destroy the Chitauri warships and learned that Faora considered their master the Kryptonian God. After the Chitauri chief reported the lost fleet to Thanos, Thanos planned to let someone within the Nine Realms invade Asgard’s territory while the Dark Order reaped the benefits.

• Kryptonian soldiers flew through the Chitauri Flying Fish Warships, destroying the ships and killing their crews.
• Julia asked Faora whether she and the soldiers were Kryptonians, and Faora confirmed it and called their master the Kryptonian God.
• Julia changed the subject to the Chitauri’s presence in the Nine Realms and sent a warning back to Earth.
• The Chitauri chief told The Other that the scouting fleet had lost contact after an attack by unknown spacecraft, and The Other blamed Asgardians.
• The Chitauri chief reported to Thanos that the Asgardians had destroyed the fleet, and Thanos proposed using another method to invade their territory and reap the benefits.

After learning the Chitauri were coming to Earth, Ke Chen planned to turn their invasion into a counterattack and let the X-Men earn credit. In 2012, he attended Tony Stark’s New Year’s gathering, where Tony said he had good news to share.

• Melina told Ke Chen that the Celestial Court had destroyed Chitauri warships, and Ke Chen realized the Chitauri invasion of Earth was imminent.
• Ke Chen ordered preparations to attack the Chitauri and had Wakanda build spacecraft at full speed.
• Lorna proposed using the alien invasion to improve Mutants’ standing, and Ke Chen offered the X-Men a chance to fight the Chitauri.
• Ke Chen reconsidered his plan and decided New York was the most suitable place for the invasion, while worrying that a nuclear strike there could provoke Asgard.
• On New Year’s Eve in 2012, Ke Chen accepted Tony Stark’s invitation to a Stark Industries gathering, where Tony welcomed him and promised good news.

Tony told Ke Chen that the New Element reactor had been connected to New York’s power grid and revealed that he had designed a black Iron Man Armor for him. Ke Chen tried the armor on and inspected its systems.

• Tony said Stark Industries had connected a large New Element reactor to New York’s power grid, supplying the city with a year of electricity.
• Tony told Ke Chen he had designed an Iron Man Armor for him, and Ke Chen thanked him.
• Tony led Ke Chen to his office and opened a concealed compartment containing a graphite-black, stealth-focused armor.
• Tony explained the armor’s upgraded thrusters and defenses, noting that its weapons were weaker because Ke Chen did not need much attack power.
• Ke Chen stepped into the armor, which scanned him and closed around him, then displayed its energy, weapons, and durability readings.

Ke Chen tested the Dark Night Armor and flew over New York, where he encountered Ghost-Spider confronting armed criminals. The chapter ended with Ghost-Spider dodging their gunfire while Ke Chen watched.

• Ke Chen connected to Lingling, named his armor Dark Night, and took off from Stark Tower.
• Tony told Pepper Potts that Ke Chen had left, then went to hunt for his own prey.
• Ke Chen patrolled New York in the Dark Night Armor and intervened in several crimes.
• Ke Chen spotted Ghost-Spider fighting criminals amid the chaos left by Kingpin's death.
• Ghost-Spider attacked the gunmen, drew their fire, and dodged the barrage with her Spider-Sense and reflexes.

Ghost-Spider Gwen and Ke Chen fought criminals together before meeting atop a skyscraper. Gwen explained that she had come from another world and wanted to learn what had happened to this world’s Spider-Man.

• Gwen fought a group of criminals but struggled against their numbers.
• Ke Chen arrived in the Dark Night Armor and helped Gwen defeat the criminals.
• Gwen asked Ke Chen if he was Iron Man, and he told her he was not and asked why she was Spider-Man.
• Ke Chen and Gwen fled the police sirens and talked atop a skyscraper, where Gwen removed her mask.
• Gwen told Ke Chen that she had come from another world after a S.H.I.E.L.D. experiment pulled her through a black hole.

Ke Chen comforted Ghost-Spider as she recalled how Peter Parker became a lizard-like monster and died in her world, then promised to help her meet this world’s Peter. After Gwen returned to her S.H.I.E.L.D.-provided apartment, Ke Chen found her number and texted her Happy New Year.

• Ke Chen introduced himself to Gwen Stacy and asked how she became Spider-Man and what had happened to Peter Parker in her world.
• Gwen told Ke Chen that Peter had injected himself with a serum, become a lizard-like monster, and died after she fought him; his last words about great power and responsibility had helped her through her depression.
• Ke Chen confirmed that Peter Parker was Spider-Man in this world and said he would take Gwen to meet him when they had time.
• Gwen left Ke Chen and returned to the apartment S.H.I.E.L.D. had provided, then searched online and learned he was a Stark Industries shareholder.
• As Gwen watched the New Year's Eve fireworks and felt lonely, Ke Chen texted her that he had found her and then wished her a Happy New Year.

Ke Chen celebrated New Year with Pepper Potts, then met Gwen for coffee and learned she was staying in an apartment. The chapter left Gwen hoping to see Ke Chen again the next day, while Ke Chen suspected S.H.I.E.L.D. had helped her arrive in this world.

• Ji Ge helped Ke Chen send Gwen a New Year greeting, and Ke Chen left Pepper Potts after they exchanged New Year wishes.
• Ke Chen returned home wearing the Dark Night Armor, pleased that Tony had made it for him.
• Gwen wondered about the other Gwen Stacy in this world before Ke Chen happened to meet her and offer her coffee.
• Ke Chen asked where Gwen was staying and suspected S.H.I.E.L.D. had arranged her records and was still pursuing its Quantum Collider project.
• Ke Chen left for Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, and Gwen asked when they would meet again before agreeing to wait for him tomorrow.

Ke Chen reassured Professor X that Jean Grey was doing well at Kamar-Taj, then carefully paced his conversations with Gwen to keep her eager to talk to him. Meanwhile, Thanos offered Loki an army to help him conquer Earth, with Loki’s interest in the deal left unresolved.

• Professor X asked Ke Chen about Jean Grey, and Ke Chen said she was doing well and could return to the school anytime.
• Ke Chen left Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and ended his chats with Gwen while they were still going well, leaving her thinking about him.
• Thanos gathered his Chitauri forces on a dead planet and had their leader bring Loki before him.
• Loki asked Thanos why he had summoned him, and Thanos offered him an army to help conquer Earth in exchange for the territory.

Thanos gave Loki the Mind Scepter and encouraged him to invade Earth as part of a test and a way to keep the Infinity Stones there. Meanwhile, Ke Chen helped Gwen start a new life by securing her admission to Empire State University.

• Thanos told Loki he wanted life and offered to work with him, and Loki agreed to lead the invasion of Earth.
• Thanos handed Loki the Mind Scepter, which contained the Mind Stone, intending to leave it on Earth for the time being.
• Gwen decided to rebuild her life in this world by pursuing her education instead of spending all her time as Spider-Man.
• Ke Chen gave Gwen an acceptance letter to Empire State University, explaining that he had secured it with a donation.
• Gwen was deeply moved by Ke Chen's gesture and happily clutched his hand.

Nick Fury and Maria Hill discussed Ke Chen taking Gwen Stacy to a hotel and considered using Maria as a honey trap to approach him. Nick then revealed that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., leaving Maria questioning whom they could trust.

• S.H.I.E.L.D. agents reported that Ke Chen had taken Gwen Stacy to a hotel, and Nick Fury learned that Ke Chen had helped Gwen get into Empire State University.
• Nick Fury suggested using a honey trap to get close to Ke Chen, and Maria Hill realized he was considering her for the role.
• Nick Fury tested Maria Hill's trustworthiness, then told her that Hydra had grown inside S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Maria examined documents and photographs Captain Carter had obtained from a destroyed Hydra base and asked whether S.H.I.E.L.D. could trust anyone else.

Nick Fury learned that Loki had stolen the Tesseract and taken Dr. Erik and Hawkeye Barton, while Ke Chen and Lorna prepared the Mutants to respond to the coming invasion. In Asgard, Odin learned of Loki’s plan to conquer Midgard and said he would imprison him.

• Nick Fury assigned Maria Hill to secretly identify trustworthy S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and decided to delay the Helicarrier.
• Coulson reported dangerous energy fluctuations in the Tesseract, but Loki arrived, stole it, and took Dr. Erik and Hawkeye Barton.
• An explosion shook Long Island, and Gwen went to investigate while Ke Chen returned home and told Lorna that Loki had arrived.
• Ke Chen and Lorna put their departments into position, and Ke Chen contacted Melina to stop a nuclear missile from being launched at New York.
• Ke Chen put on his black Kryptonian Suit and flew into space.
• Heimdall told Odin that Loki planned to conquer Midgard, and Odin said he would imprison Loki in Asgard.