Chapter Summaries

Mera met Li Ang, Kate Kane, and the Amazons, who asked her to help find an underwater temple and offered friendship with Atlantis. After Mera reported their intentions to Queen Atlanna, the Queen ordered her to learn more about them and assist them.

• Mera introduced herself to General Antiope and explained that Queen Atlanna ruled Atlantis after the King's death, while Orm was unfit to lead.
• Li Ang described the underwater temple, and Mera agreed to relay the group's request and their offer of friendship to the Queen.
• After parting from the group, Mera returned to Atlantis and found Queen Atlanna dismissing Orm and Black Manta from the throne room.
• Mera warned Queen Atlanna that Orm trusted others too easily and was determined to attack the land, and she reported the land dwellers' wish for peace.
• Queen Atlanna ordered Mera to investigate the group's status, arrange a meeting if appropriate, and help them as much as possible.

Li Ang, Harley Quinn, and Poison Ivy planned to confront Intergang after learning LexCorp and the League of Assassins were backing the gang. Li Ang coordinated with Batwoman, while Kara and his other goddaughters volunteered to join the fight.

• Harley Quinn blamed Lex Luthor for supporting Intergang, and Poison Ivy warned that the gang had allied with the League of Assassins.
• Harley and Ivy told Li Ang that League assassins had targeted them, prompting him to insist they strike back before someone got hurt.
• Li Ang called Kate Kane and agreed that Batwoman would help them deal with Intergang while Batman handled the League of Assassins.
• Kate explained that Batman was tracking the League because its leader, Ra's al Ghul, was tied to Batman through Talia al Ghul and their son, Damian Wayne.
• Kara and Ciri approached Li Ang and asked to join the coming fight for real combat experience.

Li Ang and the Birds of Prey launched an assault on Intergang’s Riverwatch Ridge stronghold, with Kara, Ciri, and Rachel joining the battle. As Intergang fell, a female ninja escaped after cutting Black Canary, unaware that someone had followed her into the night.

• Li Ang agreed to let Kara, Ciri, and Rachel join the mission as long as they stayed with the group.
• Harley Quinn’s men ambushed Intergang, but Titans Formula and energy weapons gave Intergang the upper hand.
• Batwoman, Huntress, Poison Ivy, Black Canary, Kara, Ciri, and Rachel attacked from multiple directions, overwhelming Intergang.
• Li Ang told Black Canary to let a female ninja escape, and she allowed the ninja to wound her before fleeing.
• Someone watched the female ninja leave and followed her into the darkness, while Li Ang questioned Black Canary about her injury.

Li Ang and his allies defeated Intergang, while Batman tracked the female ninja to Ra's al Ghul and agreed to undergo a trial in exchange for Ra's blood to make an antidote. The trial began with Batman falling into an illusion, an eye appearing on his forehead.

• Li Ang healed Black Canary Dinah's abdominal wound, and Huntress arrived to check on them.
• Harley Quinn claimed Intergang's weapons, while Kate Kane accepted that the group's actions benefited Gotham and left.
• Li Ang took his three goddaughters home, and heavy rain began after the supplies were moved and the police were called.
• Batman followed the female ninja into Gotham's underground tunnels and confronted the Ninja Master, Ra's al Ghul.
• Batman asked Ra's for his blood to help create an antidote for the Joker, and Ra's agreed on the condition that Batman complete a trial.
• Ra's began the trial, trapping Batman in an illusion as an eye appeared on his forehead.

Talia helped Angela escape from Arkham Asylum while Batman collected the Ninja Master's blood and grew anxious about Talia's whereabouts. Li Ang, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and Kara searched for Angela, but they failed to find her, leaving her location unknown.

• Talia disabled Arkham's surveillance, knocked out a nurse, and smuggled Angela out of the asylum in disguise.
• Batman defeated the Ninja Master, collected his blood, and asked Alfred for news about Talia.
• Harley Quinn learned Angela had escaped and enlisted Li Ang, Poison Ivy, and Kara to search for her.
• Kara searched all of Gotham but found no trace of Angela, and Li Ang warned her not to tell Rachel everything.
• Harley Quinn and the others searched throughout the day but did not find Angela.

Lex Luthor learned that Bruno Mannheim’s operation in Gotham had failed and remained determined to uncover Superman’s weaknesses. At Arkham Asylum, Batman treated Joker’s Titan Formula poisoning, and Joker provoked him by accusing him of weakness before Batman struck back with a taunt about Harley Quinn.

• Mercy Graves told Bruno Mannheim that Lex Luthor was angry and ordered him into the ward.
• Lex Luthor dismissed Superman as a threat to humanity and berated Bruno after learning the Gotham operation had failed.
• Batman injected Joker with the antidote to the Titan Formula, easing his pain and restoring his green blood toward normal.
• Batman and Joker argued about fear, sacrifice, and the Multiverse, with Joker claiming Batman’s death would improve the world.
• Batman taunted Joker about Harley Quinn, triggering Joker as memories of her with someone else surfaced.

Li Ang took Kara, Ciri, and Rachel on a weekend outing with Diana, who had come to Gotham and attended Donna Troy’s photography exhibition with them. The chapter ended with Donna greeting Diana stiffly after her arrival drew attention away from the exhibition.

• After two weeks without any sign of Angela or further Intergang activity, Li Ang took the anxious Rachel and the others out for the weekend.
• Li Ang and the three girls met Diana at the airport, where she teased him about Harley Quinn and said she would speak with her.
• Li Ang and Diana shared an intimate moment at the hotel before rejoining the girls and heading to Donna’s photography exhibition.
• Diana’s arrival drew the crowd’s attention, and Donna asked her stiffly why she had come.

Donna attended her photography exhibition with Li Ang and Diana, while the group waited in vain for the Atlanteans to appear. That night, Rachel dreamed of Trigon trying to make her open a way to Earth, and Li Ang and Diana rushed home after Rachel woke and warned them that Trigon was approaching.

• Donna greeted Li Ang and joined him, Diana, and the girls for lunch after her exhibition.
• Donna asked Diana whether she had fallen for Li Ang and whether he had other women, and Diana said she had come to meet Harley Quinn.
• Li Ang, Diana, and Donna visited General Antiope before Li Ang returned to the hotel with Diana.
• Rachel dreamed that Trigon demanded she let him come to Earth, then woke in distress and told Kara she had seen him.
• Ciri called Li Ang, who returned to the estate with Diana and learned from Rachel that Trigon had reached her in a dream in Azarath and was approaching Earth.
• Li Ang explained Trigon’s identity and power to Diana, who reacted with surprise at Rachel’s parentage.

After Rachel’s magic left her vulnerable to Trigon, Li Ang visited Queen Karnilla to learn how to protect her. Back in Asgard, TVA agents confronted him and declared that they would prune him for changing the timeline.

• Li Ang sent Diana and the others to rest, then traveled alone to Asgard.
• Queen Karnilla summoned Li Ang and argued that Nornheim was independent of Asgard.
• Li Ang offered friendship in exchange for magic, and Karnilla taught him Isolation Magic to shield Rachel from Trigon’s power.
• Li Ang returned to Asgard Palace and encountered armed agents who identified themselves as TVA.
• The TVA leader accused Li Ang of causing a major timeline change and announced that they would prune him.

Li Ang escaped the TVA after learning the Sacred Timeline had long since ceased to exist, then protected Rachel from Trigon’s influence. Kara told him a Kryptonian ship was approaching Earth, and she and Clark planned to defeat General Zod and persuade the other Kryptonians to join them.

• Li Ang learned that the Sacred Timeline was gone, bound the TVA agents, took their timeline-travel tablet, and teleported them away.
• Li Ang left before the TVA could return and went to see Odin and Frigga.
• Rachel woke to find Li Ang at her bedside, and he told her his isolation spell would keep Trigon’s power from affecting her.
• Li Ang woke Kara and Ciri for school, and Kara revealed that the Fortress of Solitude had detected a Kryptonian ship near Earth.
• Kara said she and Clark planned to subdue the Kryptonians and live alongside them, with Clark challenging General Zod to a duel.

Li Ang and his allies prepared for the Kryptonians’ arrival while the League of Assassins searched the Atlantic for a temple. Angela sensed the temple’s location, and as the submarine headed into Trench territory, Mera monitored it and dealt with Orm.

• Li Ang learned the Kryptonians might reach Earth in a few months and sent Kara and the others to school.
• Talia and the Ninja Master discussed the strange vessels around their submarine and continued searching for the temple.
• Angela sensed Trigon’s guidance and identified the temple’s location, prompting Talia and the Ninja Master to accelerate toward it.
• Mera saw the submarine enter the direction of Trench territory and ordered her Atlanteans to watch it without provoking the Trench.
• Orm challenged Mera about letting surface-dwellers travel through Atlantean territory, and Mera replied that Queen Atlanna intended to speak with them.

Orm opposed Atlantis cooperating with surface dwellers and, encouraged by Black Manta, ordered a submarine watched so humanity could be taught a lesson. Meanwhile, Li Ang sought the Ancient One’s advice about killing Trigon to protect Rachel, and followed her through a portal to the Dark Dimension to learn more about dimensional demons.

• Mera invoked Queen Atlanna’s order to silence Orm, and Black Manta convinced him that surface dwellers would eventually wage war on Atlantis.
• Orm ordered people to watch the submarine and prepare to teach humanity a lesson.
• Li Ang became more proactive to protect his family from threats like Trigon and left Frank to manage the Iceberg Lounge.
• At Kamar-Taj, Li Ang told the Ancient One that Trigon had targeted Rachel and asked whether dimensional demons could be killed.
• The Ancient One explained that dimensional demons varied in strength, described Trigon as extremely powerful, and opened a portal to the Dark Dimension.
• The Ancient One entered the portal, and Li Ang followed her.

Li Ang learned about dimensional demon gods and heard Umar and Clea’s plan to trap Dormammu in a Pocket Universe and take control of the Dark Dimension. Dormammu appeared before them and confronted The Ancient One, leaving Li Ang facing the threat of the demon god.

• The Ancient One explained that dimensional demon gods were effectively immortal, invincible in their own domains, and could only be sealed or exiled.
• The Ancient One brought Li Ang to meet Umar and Clea, who wanted to depose Dormammu by trapping him in a Pocket Universe and claiming the Dark Dimension.
• The Ancient One warned that Dormammu would sense her power and that they lacked the strength to force him into a Pocket Universe.
• The Ancient One asked Li Ang whether he wanted to see Dormammu’s strength, then compared the idea to the Thunderbolts being sent after Sentry.
• Dormammu gathered the Dark Dimension’s energy into a colossal form and told The Ancient One she would not leave.

Li Ang tested his strength against Dormammu in the Dark Dimension, surviving the demon god’s attacks before The Ancient One took him back to Kamar-Taj. The Ancient One explained that Dormammu was far weaker outside his own dimension, leaving Li Ang wary of Trigon but reassured that the Three Sanctums could protect Earth.

• The Ancient One sent Li Ang to face Dormammu while she and others watched from a distance.
• Dormammu dismissed Li Ang as weak, but Li Ang smashed through his giant hand and resisted his sleep spell and bombardment.
• Li Ang endured Dormammu’s attacks with little injury and retaliated with spells that annoyed him.
• Dormammu closed the distance in a rage, but The Ancient One used the Three Sanctums’ power to withstand his attacks and protect Earth.
• The Ancient One took Li Ang back to Kamar-Taj, where she explained that Dormammu’s power diminished outside the Dark Dimension.

Li Ang investigated how to confront Trigon, then rushed to find Gwen after S.H.I.E.L.D. reported her missing. Gwen explained that she had visited another universe and returned safely, and Li Ang left after listening as she grew attached to him.

• Li Ang concluded that he would need to lure Trigon out of his Hell before fighting him, and considered preparing for a battle to protect Rachel.
• Barbara from S.H.I.E.L.D. told Li Ang that Gwen had disappeared, so he searched for her with magic and considered using a stolen TVA tablet.
• S.H.I.E.L.D. reported that Gwen had returned, and Li Ang teleported to New York to find her swinging through the city.
• Gwen told Li Ang that she had traveled to another universe, met Spider-Man variants including Miles, and helped stop Kingpin's scheme.
• Gwen shared her adventure with Li Ang on a rooftop and felt attached to him when he listened patiently, but he said he needed to return.

Li Ang comforted Gwen Stacy and flew her home before learning that Lex Luthor and other corporations were funding S.T.A.R. Labs, which was expanding into major cities. At Coast City’s new laboratory, Carol Ferris revealed that Kate Kane had arranged Ferris Aviation’s sponsorship, then encountered pilot Hal Jordan preparing for a test flight.

• Gwen Stacy asked Li Ang to hold her because she was scared, and he hugged her before flying her back to her balcony in Queens.
• A week after returning from Kamar-Taj, Li Ang heard that LexCorp and other companies were sponsoring Professor Garrison Lester’s S.T.A.R. Labs, while Wayne Enterprises had declined to fund it.
• Harley Quinn complained that S.T.A.R. Labs had not invited her and listed its planned branches, including Gotham, where Wayne Enterprises had refused entry.
• At S.T.A.R. Labs in Coast City, Carol Ferris told Professor Garrison that Kate Kane had asked her to sponsor the project despite Bruce Wayne’s opposition.
• Carol Ferris returned to Ferris Aviation, spotted a pilot preparing for a test flight, and learned that his name was Hal Jordan.

Superman joined S.T.A.R. Labs, boosting the laboratory’s recruitment and research prospects. A month later, the Ninja Master’s group reached an ancient temple in the Trench territory, where Angela absorbed Trigon’s power and became possessed by it.

• Professor Hamilton called S.T.A.R. Labs to announce that Superman had agreed to join, and the scientists celebrated.
• Clark joined S.T.A.R. Labs to gain access to advanced equipment for studying his limits, and his decision encouraged others, including The Flash, to join.
• The Ninja Master and his group fought through the Trench territory in a submarine and entered a protected temple after reaching its portal.
• Angela sensed that the temple’s teleportation array could still be used and led the group deeper inside.
• Angela approached the array, absorbed black mist containing Trigon’s power, and transformed as his power on Earth grew stronger.

Li Ang met Mera after the Atlanteans sought his help against a submarine that had massacred the Trench and was heading for Atlantis. Rachel sensed Trigon’s power had reached Earth, and Li Ang suspected both threats were connected to the temple.

• General Antiope summoned Li Ang to meet the Atlanteans, while Rachel warned him that Trigon’s power had arrived on Earth.
• Li Ang brought Rachel to Crimson Cape and agreed to help the Atlanteans, but told Kara and Ciri to stay home and study.
• Mera explained that a human submarine had entered Trench territory, vanished after an attack, then reappeared and killed every Trench attacker.
• Mera told Li Ang that the submarine was approaching Atlantis and that Queen Atlanna had ordered a defensive line, fearing the threat was tied to the temple.
• Li Ang asked Rachel what she sensed.

Li Ang and his companions accepted Mera’s invitation to help Atlantis confront the threat connected to Trigon, then traveled to the underwater kingdom. They learned Queen Atlanna had gone to the front lines, and Rachel sensed Trigon’s power there, so Mera led the group onward.

• Rachel confirmed that the danger was related to Trigon, and Mera formally invited Li Ang and his companions to Atlantis.
• Li Ang accepted the invitation, informed Kate Kane of their destination, and Diana joined the group after General Antiope contacted her.
• Mera gave the visitors underwater gear, and they followed her through the ocean to Atlantis.
• Mera told the group that Atlantis’s warriors had gone to the defense lines and that Queen Atlanna had headed to the front after something happened with Orm.
• Rachel sensed Trigon’s power at the front, and Li Ang hugged her before Mera led the group there.

Trigon possessed Orm and attacked Queen Atlanna, overwhelming her and taking the Golden Trident. As Orm thrust the trident at the queen, a figure stepped in front of her and stopped the weapon with a metallic clang.

• Trigon possessed Angela and empowered the Ninja Master’s followers, then led them toward Atlantis with surviving Trench as guides.
• Queen Atlanna sent Orm to investigate the disturbance, but Trigon possessed him and used him to slaughter Atlanteans.
• Queen Atlanna confronted Trigon in Orm’s body, but her Golden Trident could not overcome his power.
• Trigon defeated Queen Atlanna, seized the Golden Trident, and thrust it at her as Mera called out.
• An unidentified figure appeared before Queen Atlanna, and the trident struck them with a metallic clang.