Recaps

Chu Men defeated the Justice League, enslaved its surviving members, and took control of Earth while Bruce escaped to build a resistance. Hal Jordan brought the Green Lanterns to Earth, but Chu Men corrupted them, drawing Darkseid’s attention and bringing an invasion fleet toward the Solar System.

• Doctor Fate and the Justice League nearly banished Chu Men through a dimensional rift, but Chu Men shattered the ritual and left the heroes badly wounded.
• Shazam died fighting Chu Men, and J’onn sacrificed himself by overwhelming Chu Men with the memories of Mars before Diana and Clark’s attacks also failed.
• Bruce exposed Chu Men’s use of Arthur as an informant, but Chu Men defeated the remaining heroes and used his Spiritual Imprint to make Barry, Victor, Diana, Clark, and others kneel to him.
• Chu Men dropped Bruce from the sky, but Alfred rescued him, and Bruce vowed to return with reinforcements after asking Alfred to contact Hal Jordan.
• Chu Men took control of the world as governments surrendered, while his enslaved heroes crushed resistance movements and Bruce watched from hiding.
• Hal led thirty Green Lanterns to Earth, but Chu Men crushed their Emerald Cage, seized their rings, and corrupted the Lanterns, including Hal.
• Darkseid learned that Chu Men had defeated Steppenwolf and ordered his fleets to Earth to destroy its inhabitants and bring Chu Men back alive.
• Chu Men displayed the enslaved Green Lanterns, used Hal’s ring to create a green canopy over the Greenhouse, and awaited Darkseid’s invasion.

Chu Men defeated Darkseid and his fleet, then stopped Earth from collapsing and restored Gotham Peninsula. He left Bruce alive after explaining that humanity’s fate remained entirely in his hands.

• Bruce used the Divine Frequency Emitter and a secret alliance to prepare to interfere in the coming battle as Apokolips invaded Earth.
• Chu Men killed Kalibak, the Furious Female Furies, and Granny Goodness before Darkseid arrived in Gotham and fought him across the ruined peninsula.
• Darkseid’s Omega Beams and Anti-Life Equation nearly defeated Chu Men, but Chu Men reached his full power and overwhelmed Darkseid.
• Chu Men annihilated the Apokolips fleet, reclaimed Arthur from Bruce’s attempted intervention, and stopped Darkseid from destroying Earth by stabilizing its core.
• Chu Men defeated Darkseid’s avatar and rejected the Fourth Dimension’s offer, destroying the omega source and driving the shadow away.
• Chu Men raised Gotham Peninsula from the ocean and fused its fractured land back together while Luthor organized cleanup and repairs.
• Luthor reported that Clark and Diana were stable and Bruce was trapped in his crashed Batwing, so Chu Men went to the Old Harbor to confront him.
• Bruce challenged Chu Men over the threat to Earth, and Chu Men said Bruce’s interference had improved the spectacle before declaring humanity’s fate his to decide.

Chu Men conquered Hell and invaded Heaven to stop its purification of Earth, defeating angels and the Supreme God’s manifestations along the way. After Lucifer betrayed him and failed, Chu Men left Lucifer pinned beneath his shoe as the Creator’s Genesis Primordial Codex sent flames toward Seventh Heaven.

• Bruce escaped with Alfred while Victor completed the Skynet takeover, disabling communications, military systems, and the finances of every country as Luthor declared the Divine Temple in control.
• Chu Men freed Constantine from his demonic contracts, then used the Shadow Key to enter the Desire Rift, defeat Asmodena, and enslave her.
• Chu Men froze the River Styx’s dragon, defeated Beelzebub and the First of the Fallen, and negotiated with Lucifer to attack Heaven before its purification protocol destroyed Earth.
• Chu Men seized Constantine for the One God Temple while Bruce activated Protocol Seven, but his simulations found no weakness in Chu Men and revealed that the resistance was collapsing.
• Lucifer led Hell’s army up Jacob’s Ladder, where Chu Men defeated Uriel’s forces, broke the Primordial Law Aegis through the Power of Idealism, and turned Michael’s sword into a plastic bow.
• Chu Men entered Seventh Heaven with Lucifer, silenced the angels, broke the Doomsday Horn, and turned the Supreme God’s Holy Spirit into a light bulb.
• Chu Men rewrote the elders’ incantations into labor contracts, destroyed their souls, and kicked the God’s Holy Spirit core through thousands of dimensions.
• As the Creator’s Genesis Primordial Codex sent flames toward Seventh Heaven, Lucifer stabbed Chu Men from behind, but Chu Men shattered the blade, beat him down, and pinned him beneath his shoe.