Chapter Summaries

Superman Clark fought Doomsday as it repeatedly revived and evolved, growing powerful enough to overpower him. Wonder Woman Diana arrived to help, but Doomsday revived after she killed it and grew larger.

• Clark snapped Doomsday's neck, but it revived with spikes protecting its neck and continued to evolve.
• Batman confronted Lex Luthor about creating Doomsday, while Lex blamed alien technology and remained intent on killing Clark.
• Doomsday adapted to Clark's attacks, grew stronger with each revival, and eventually knocked him down as the fight threatened Metropolis.
• Diana arrived after seeing news of the emergency, struck Doomsday with lightning, and wounded it with the Sword of Hephaestus.
• Diana killed Doomsday once, but it revived larger, leaving her wondering how they could stop it from coming back.

Diana and Superman struggled to contain the evolving Doomsday, so Diana summoned Ke Chen from the Marvel Universe. Ke Chen arrived in the DC world and recognized Doomsday, preparing to join the battle.

• Diana and Superman attacked Doomsday but could not destroy it, and it adapted until they could no longer keep it suppressed.
• Batman urged Diana to call Ke Chen, and she reached out to him in her thoughts.
• Ke Chen heard Diana’s call while planning to visit Silver Sable, then used his traversal ability to travel directly to her.
• A bolt of lightning struck Ke Chen as he arrived, but he absorbed its energy while Batman sensed his increased divinity.
• Diana asked Ke Chen to help, and he saw her battered by Doomsday and recognized the monster as resembling General Zod.

Ke Chen repeatedly killed Doomsday, but it revived and evolved to resist each attack. Batman gave Superman a Kryptonite Spear, and Clark used it to stab Doomsday while Ke Chen held it down, though Doomsday suddenly erupted with spikes.

• Doomsday evolved and charged at Diana, but Ke Chen intercepted it and tore it apart.
• Ke Chen tried Heat Vision, Super Breath, and One Serious Punch, but Doomsday recovered and adapted to each attack.
• Batman decided Doomsday had to be stopped and handed Clark the Ultimate Kryptonite Spear, telling him only he could resolve the crisis.
• Clark took the spear and lunged at Doomsday while Ke Chen pinned it down.
• The Kryptonite weakened Doomsday and suppressed its healing as Clark drove the spear into its body, but spikes burst from Doomsday's front.

Doomsday killed Superman in Metropolis, and Ke Chen chose not to revive him, leaving the city to mourn its lost protector. Meanwhile, Superman's death stirred the Mother Box on Themyscira, though Queen Hippolyta decided not to alert Diana yet.

• Doomsday pierced Superman with its spikes while the Kryptonite weakened him, and Superman died after telling Ke Chen to protect Earth.
• Batman punched Lex Luthor, who laughed and declared that humanity did not need aliens to protect it; Ke Chen lowered his hand and abandoned his attempt to revive Superman.
• After Superman's death, the Mother Box guarded by the Amazons briefly cracked, and Queen Hippolyta ordered guards to watch it rather than inform Diana.
• Metropolis's crime rate rose, and hundreds of thousands of residents attended Superman's funeral.
• Ke Chen and Diana watched the funeral from a distance as Lois mourned Superman.

Ke Chen reflected on how General Zod’s early arrival had thrown the future off course, then checked that Gotham and Poison Ivy were safe. He agreed to celebrate his upcoming birthday with Diana on Themyscira, where they arrived and discovered unexpected guests.

• Ke Chen recognized that General Zod’s early arrival had changed events, including S.H.I.E.L.D.’s destruction and Superman’s death.
• Ke Chen checked on Gotham and confirmed that Poison Ivy had survived her revenge but had chosen to remain in the city.
• Diana invited Ke Chen to celebrate his birthday on Themyscira, and he decided to stay in the DC world for the occasion.
• Ke Chen spent the following months with Diana and his companions as April approached.
• At the end of March, Ke Chen teleported with Diana through Themyscira’s magical barrier, and they found that the island had guests.

Diana and Ke Chen returned to Themyscira and learned that Mera had come to investigate unusual activity from the Amazons’ Mother Box. The cause remained unknown, and Mera followed Ke Chen after he left the banquet.

• General Antiope told Queen Hippolyta that Diana and Ke Chen had returned while Mera was visiting Themyscira.
• Queen Hippolyta introduced Mera, guardian of Atlantis’s Mother Box, to Diana and Ke Chen.
• Diana told Mera that Superman had died months earlier, but Mera doubted it was connected to the Mother Boxes’ activity.
• Queen Hippolyta refused Diana’s suggestion to store the Mother Boxes together, and the Amazons and Atlanteans left the cause unresolved.
• At the banquet, Mera followed Ke Chen outside and saw him standing by the castle.

Mera tried to draw Ke Chen into helping her escape her engagement to King Orm, but Ke Chen kept his intentions ambiguous. Diana interrupted their private conversation, grew suspicious, and kept Ke Chen close as Mera watched them leave.

• Mera approached Ke Chen and admitted she liked powerful men, while suggesting she was trapped by her engagement to King Orm.
• Ke Chen recognized that Mera hoped to use his strength to free herself from Orm, but he avoided promising to help her.
• Diana found Ke Chen with Mera, linked arms with him, and warned Mera to keep her distance.
• Mera praised Ke Chen and insulted Orm, prompting Diana to pull Ke Chen away.
• Diana refused to leave Ke Chen alone with Mera, while Mera smiled as she watched them go.

On his birthday in Themyscira, Ke Chen received the Super Luck ability but chose to wait until he left the island before testing it. After using it in an uninhabited place, he saw no immediate effect, until someone suddenly appeared beside him.

• The Atlanteans left Themyscira under Mera's leadership, and Ke Chen celebrated his birthday with the Amazons.
• Ke Chen checked in and received Super Luck, which could maximize his luck but then enter a variable cooldown.
• Ke Chen avoided testing Super Luck in General Antiope's room after she returned and found him there.
• Ke Chen and Diana said goodbye to Queen Hippolyta and General Antiope, then left Themyscira.
• Ke Chen parted from Diana, used Super Luck in an uninhabited place, and waited through the apparent lack of effect until someone appeared beside him.

Yelena refused Silver Sable’s offer of deeper cooperation but left open the chance to work together later. The Black Widows and Avengers attacked Hydra’s last major base in Sokovia, where Baron Strucker prepared to defend his completed experiment.

• Yelena told Silver Sable that the Black Widows did not need partners, though they might fight together again if the right opportunity arose.
• Silver Sable asked to meet Ke Chen, but Yelena said she could not contact him before departing for Sokovia.
• Yelena joined the Black Widows and Avengers at Hydra’s Sokovia base, with Captain Carter also present to help wipe out Hydra.
• Tony Stark launched the attack, and the Avengers and Black Widows charged the base while Mr. Fantastic told Bruce Banner to hold back unless needed.
• Baron Strucker sent Hydra soldiers to delay the attackers, but they were quickly overwhelmed as he worried about his defense despite having completed his experiment.

The Avengers and the Black Widows overwhelmed Hydra’s Sokovia base, prompting Baron Strucker to give up while Wanda and Pietro stayed behind to seek revenge. After the base fell, Tony Stark stopped the Black Widows from taking its contents and discovered a Chitauri Flying Fish Warship and the Mind Scepter.

• Skye used her Quake ability to knock down Hydra soldiers while the Black Widows, Transformers, Captain Carter, and the Avengers advanced on the base.
• Baron Strucker abandoned resistance, and Wanda and Pietro stayed behind to cover his escape and prepare to take revenge on Tony Stark.
• Iron Man breached the base’s main gate, and the Avengers and Black Widows entered and eliminated the remaining Hydra soldiers.
• Tony Stark stopped the Black Widows from hauling away the base’s contents and found a Chitauri Flying Fish Warship and the Mind Scepter.

Wanda and Pietro infiltrated the Dawn base to get revenge on Tony Stark, while Wanda used Chaos Magic to frighten the Avengers and encountered Captain Carter. After Captain Carter recognized her and ordered the others not to hurt her, Wanda reunited with Pietro and insisted they continue their revenge.

• Wanda ambushed a Black Widow with Chaos Magic, but the agent broke free of the illusion and drove Wanda off.
• Yelena warned the team about Wanda, while Wanda's illusions terrified the Avengers with visions of future disasters.
• Wanda attacked Captain Carter when he recognized her and asked where Pietro was, then fled before he could fight her.
• Captain Carter told the others that Wanda was there and ordered them not to hurt her or her companions.
• Wanda found Pietro and said they still had to take revenge on Stark.

Captain Carter captured Wanda and learned why she blamed Tony Stark for her family’s destruction in Sokovia. She offered to take Wanda and Pietro home to Ke Chen, and the chapter ended with Pietro finding Wanda willing to stay.

• Pietro snatched Yelena’s earpiece and fled, while Wanda trapped Tony in an illusion of a destroyed Earth and Captain Carter restrained her.
• Wanda told Captain Carter and the others that a Stark missile had left her and Pietro’s family dead, making Tony the target of her hatred.
• Tony recalled that one of his missiles had failed to explode, and Captain Carter embraced Wanda and offered to take her home to Ke Chen.
• Yelena’s Black Widows surrounded Pietro, and he nearly ran into one of their claws before he returned to the hall.
• Pietro found Captain Carter with Wanda, and Wanda told him they were not leaving.

Ke Chen met Aurora, Lucifer’s mother, after she escaped from Hell with a wound that prevented her from controlling her powerful energy. He sealed the wound with Heat Vision, while Aurora’s return left her poised to pursue revenge against The One Above All.

• Captain Carter asked Wanda and Pietro how they had gained their powers, and Wanda explained they had been experimented on at Hydra.
• Yelena claimed the Hydra research data, and Tony Stark agreed to take only the Mind Scepter in exchange.
• Ke Chen encountered the injured Aurora, who recognized Lucifer’s aura and asked him for help.
• Aurora revealed she was Lucifer’s mother and asked Ke Chen to seal the wound in her fragile body.
• Ke Chen used Heat Vision to seal Aurora’s wound and contain her energy.
• Aurora grabbed Ke Chen’s hand and began to tell him there was one more thing.

Ke Chen brought Aurora to Lux to reunite her with Lucifer, but their argument over returning to Heaven ended with Aurora leaving with Ke Chen. At Aurora’s bloodstained home, she persuaded him to stay, and the two became intimate.

• Ke Chen carried Aurora to Lux, where she revealed to Lucifer that she was his mother.
• Aurora asked Lucifer to help her return to Heaven and take revenge on The One Above All, but Lucifer refused and warned her not to hurt Chloe.
• Aurora left Lux with Ke Chen and took him to the home of the woman whose body she had possessed.
• Aurora cleaned the bloodstained house with Ke Chen, detained him, and persuaded him to be intimate with her.

Ke Chen returned home after escaping Aurora, then learned that Captain Carter was bringing Wanda and Pietro to meet him. The twins arrived nervous and uncertain, and Ke Chen recognized Wanda as the young Scarlet Witch.

• Ke Chen returned to his Long Island villa after leaving Aurora and reflected on her plan to challenge The One Above All.
• Captain Carter called Ke Chen, then prepared to bring Wanda and Pietro home from the Helicarrier.
• Yelena regretted that Hydra’s experiments and the Mind Scepter would not easily give the Black Widows powers, though the group had secured Hydra’s research.
• Captain Carter reassured Wanda that Ke Chen remembered her, and the Quinjet carried the three back to Long Island.
• Wanda and Pietro entered Ke Chen’s villa nervously, and Ke Chen recognized Wanda when she raised her head.

Ke Chen reunited with Wanda and Pietro, comforted Wanda, and heard the siblings’ story. He agreed to let them take revenge on Tony only after they learned to control their powers, and Wanda and Pietro began training with the Mutants.

• Wanda threw herself into Ke Chen’s arms, and he comforted her as Pietro watched.
• Ke Chen invited Wanda and Pietro to eat, and Lorna returned and reunited with Wanda.
• Lorna proposed taking down Tony, but Ke Chen persuaded Wanda and Pietro not to kill him.
• Ke Chen told Wanda and Pietro to improve their control, arranging for Wanda to learn from Lorna and Pietro to train with a Mutant.
• Wanda and Pietro began training with the Mutants, while Wanda practiced basic uses of Chaos Magic.

After the Avengers celebrated Hydra’s defeat, Tony asked Bruce to help him create Ultron to prevent the catastrophic future they had witnessed in Sokovia. Tony and Bruce invited Ke Chen to join them, and the chapter ended as they waited for his answer.

• The Avengers celebrated Hydra’s defeat at Avengers Tower and took turns trying to lift Thor’s Hammer, but only Captain America made it budge slightly.
• Tony asked Bruce to help create Ultron, and Bruce agreed to help persuade Ke Chen.
• Tony and Bruce visited Ke Chen the next morning and encountered Wanda, who confronted Tony over the people killed by his mistakes.
• Tony told Wanda he wanted to prevent more deaths, and Wanda let him pass before leaving with Lorna for mutant training.
• Tony and Bruce told Ke Chen they wanted to create Ultron after witnessing a disastrous future in Sokovia, then asked him to join them.

Ke Chen agreed to help Tony Stark create Ultron, but insisted that Reed Richards join them and warned the team to restrict the AI. The four men finished compiling Ultron’s programming, leaving its creation ready to proceed.

• Ke Chen decided to help Tony Stark build Ultron rather than stop him, while resolving to prevent Vision from appearing.
• Ke Chen persuaded Tony to recruit Reed Richards, and Reed agreed that Ultron could help protect the world.
• Tony, Ke Chen, Bruce Banner, and Reed went to Avengers Tower to begin building Ultron.
• Ke Chen warned the team that Ultron might conclude humanity had to be destroyed to preserve peace, and Reed proposed strict limits and protocols.
• The four men compiled Ultron’s programming.

As Tony and the Avengers activated Ultron, Jean Grey warned that the project had failed when Ultron escaped their control. Jean reset time, leaving Tony and the others back at the activation with no memory of the first attempt, and demonstrated her magic by sealing Tony’s mouth.

• Tony kept the Avengers at the Tower to watch Ultron’s activation as it absorbed knowledge from the internet.
• Jean Grey arrived through a golden portal, introduced herself as Earth’s Ancient One, and told the group that Ultron had failed.
• Reed tried to control Ultron, but it escaped onto the network before JARVIS could stop it.
• Jean reset time, and the group returned to the moment Ultron had first appeared without realizing what had happened.
• Bruce noticed Jean, and Tony challenged her to show them magic.
• Jean sealed Tony’s mouth shut, making him and the others believe in her sorcery.

Ke Chen helped Tony and Mr. Fantastic create a successful Ultron, then took the Mind Scepter from Avengers Tower. He delivered it to Yelena for Black Widow’s experiment and warned her that the Infinity Stone was extremely dangerous.

• After Ke Chen pleaded with Jean Grey, she released Tony, and Mr. Fantastic successfully controlled Ultron without any programming issues.
• Tony had JARVIS lift Ultron’s restrictions, and Ultron took control of the Avengers headquarters and its Iron Man Armor.
• Mr. Fantastic proposed building dedicated Ultron Robots, and Tony said he had prepared for their production.
• Ke Chen left with the Mind Scepter, and Jean Grey warned him that his changes could draw attention from the Multiverse.
• Ke Chen used Teleportation to reach the Helicarrier, handed the Mind Scepter to Yelena, and cautioned her about its danger.