Arc 14Gotham’s Nuclear Crisis

Yongye defied government orders to enter Gotham, where he rescued Batman, defeated the Joker’s forces, and stopped the nuclear-bomb threat. He left Batman discredited, gained new powers, and gave Lois Lane an exclusive interview under his own conditions.

  • Yongye killed Zod, then condemned Superman for the casualties and damage before publicly blaming him and criticizing Wonder Woman’s absence.
  • Yongye threatened officials opposing him, while Tony Stark revived Ultron and Batman began seeking intelligence to build armor capable of defeating Yongye.
  • Yongye appointed Sharon Carter as his secretary, accepted Wonder Woman’s challenge, and later launched a public poll on whether he should intervene in Gotham.
  • After the poll backed intervention, Yongye ignored orders from Grand Commander Aoniu and General Lane, disguised himself as Minato Namikaze, and flew to Gotham.
  • Yongye found Batman chained and injured in an abandoned vault, fought Talia al Ghul’s Shadow Assassins, healed Batman, and agreed to draw attention while Batman approached the bomb’s control terminal.
  • Yongye defeated Bane and the Joker Gang at Central Square, then destroyed Joker’s Anti-Yongye Armor as Joker threatened to detonate the nuclear bomb.
  • Joker pressed the detonator, but Minato Namikaze revealed the bomb and remote had been tampered with, ending the crisis and leaving Batman’s reputation in tatters.
  • Yongye received the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book, then granted Lois Lane an exclusive interview at his apartment and claimed the Watchers secretly guarded peace in the universe.
Chapters 326–350 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 326Avengers Alliance, Get Down Here and Clean Up!

Yongye used Mount Lu Hundred Dragons to kill Zod, then ordered the arriving Avengers to clean up Metropolis. Superman confronted Yongye over Zod’s death, telling him he should have shown mercy.

  • Yongye opened a Super Blind Box and learned Galaxian Explosion.
  • Zod knocked Superman through a building and charged at Yongye.
  • Yongye unleashed Mount Lu Hundred Dragons and tore Zod apart.
  • The Quinjet arrived, and Yongye ordered the Avengers Alliance to clean up the city.
  • Wonder Woman heard Yongye’s order and slipped away rather than help clean up.
  • Superman returned to the rooftop and told Yongye he should have shown Zod mercy.

Ch. 327I'll Spare Them My Ass!

Yongye blamed Superman for the deaths and destruction caused by the battle with Zod, then gained a new ability from Superman’s guilt. The next morning, Yongye held a press conference in Metropolis to publicize the damage and condemn Superman.

  • Yongye confronted Superman with the devastation and a grieving boy, insisting Superman was responsible for the casualties and should compensate the victims.
  • Superman fell silent and abandoned his attempt to lecture Yongye about killing, overwhelmed by the destruction and his own debts.
  • Yongye received and mastered the Life-Taking Buddhist Chant from an advanced blind box, then told Superman to remember the scene and do his job.
  • Yongye left Superman alone on the rooftop as sirens approached and emergency crews prepared to respond.
  • The next morning, Yongye held a press conference, listed the casualties and damage, blamed Superman, and declared, “I’ll spare them my ass!”

Ch. 328Cyberbullying... Wonder Woman!

Yongye publicly criticized Superman for asking people to go easy on the Kryptonians and accused Wonder Woman of abandoning the fight, igniting a global backlash. Clark watched the criticism spread online as the chapter ended with Superman facing waves of anger and mockery.

  • Yongye condemned Superman for asking for mercy after the battle caused more than two hundred deaths and six billion in damages.
  • Yongye accused Wonder Woman of failing to join the fight and possibly leaving after seeing how dangerous it was.
  • Yongye questioned whether superheroes were ready to accept the responsibility of their roles, then left the press conference.
  • The press conference fueled viral posts and fierce arguments online about Superman's casualties and past rescues, as well as Wonder Woman's absence.
  • Clark watched the replay at the Daily Planet and scrolled through online attacks against Superman.

Ch. 329I'll Let You See for Yourself Whether I Only Pick on the Weak!

Diana Prince was driven to fury by online accusations that she had fled from Yongye, while Yongye gained a powerful mental technique from the system. Nick Fury then warned Yongye that powerful figures planned to remove him as President of the Eye Society through a Senate vote.

  • Diana Prince read accusations that she had fled the battlefield and resolved to prove she did not fear strong opponents.
  • Yongye received a Super Blind Box for Diana’s distress and obtained Phoenix Ikki’s Phoenix Illusion Demon Fist.
  • Nick Fury visited Yongye and revealed that opponents planned a Vote of No Confidence to remove him as President of the Eye Society.
  • Fury warned Yongye that General Lane and Grand Commander Aoniu could secure enough Senate votes to remove him as early as the following week.

Ch. 330Don't Say I Didn't Warn You!

Yongye threatened General Lane and Grand Commander Aoniu through Nick Fury, who reluctantly agreed to pass on the warning. Humiliated by Yongye, Tony Stark began developing Ultron as a weapon to fight back, despite Pepper Potts's concern.

  • Yongye told Nick Fury to warn General Lane and Grand Commander Aoniu that their families would suffer if he was not comfortable as President of the Eye Society.
  • Yongye dismissed Fury's warnings about the consequences of threatening the Grand Commander, and Fury left after reluctantly yielding.
  • Tony Stark watched Yongye insult him in a press conference clip and grew furious as Pepper Potts tried to calm him.
  • Tony reopened his dormant Ultron project and began completing its framework, planning to obtain a core energy source and control module from Helen Cho.
  • Tony assured Pepper that Ultron had three directives: protect Earth, never attack a human, and obey Tony's commands.

Ch. 331The Weak Strike Back, but It Only Excites the Strong!

Tony Stark launched the Ultron Project after Yongye mocked him, while Yongye received Andromeda Shun’s Nebula Chain from an advanced blind box. In Gotham, Batman struggled to analyze Yongye’s Golden Cloth and turned to outside sources for intelligence.

  • Tony Stark completed Ultron’s initialization, intending to obtain Helen Cho’s Regeneration Cradle next.
  • Yongye opened an advanced blind box and received Andromeda Shun’s Nebula Chain, mastering its techniques through Clear Sword Heart.
  • Yongye watched Batman publicly frame the insult as motivation and announce that he had begun upgrading his armor.
  • Batman reviewed battle footage of Yongye, but his AI could not identify the Golden Cloth and advised him to gather intelligence instead.
  • Batman sent encrypted requests to intelligence brokers and other contacts, offering an unlimited reward for verified information about the Golden Cloth.

Ch. 332You're Too Damn Ugly!

Batman sent an encrypted, unlimited bounty for a target whose weakness he hoped to discover, attracting Catwoman and Red Hood. At Eye Society headquarters, Yongye fired Amanda Waller as chief secretary and settled on someone else for the job.

  • Batman sent an encrypted bounty notice signed B and vowed to build armor that could defeat the target.
  • Catwoman cracked Batman’s bounty notice and set out to claim the reward.
  • Red Hood read the notice in a Bludhaven warehouse and decided to get involved.
  • Yongye arrived at Eye Society’s new Manhattan headquarters and reviewed the handover documents.
  • Yongye insulted Amanda Waller’s appearance and fired her from the chief secretary position.
  • Yongye thought of a candidate to replace Waller as secretary.

Ch. 333Power in My Hands, and I'm Going to Abuse It!

Yongye appointed Sharon Carter as his secretary and made crude demands about Lois Lane and Wonder Woman. Sharon relayed Wonder Woman’s challenge, and Yongye accepted only on the condition that she sleep with him if she lost.

  • Yongye requested Sharon Carter from S.H.I.E.L.D. and appointed her as his secretary at Eye Society headquarters.
  • Sharon reported that Lois Lane had repeatedly sought an interview, and Yongye told her to offer one in exchange for spending the night with him.
  • Sharon warned Yongye that his demand could provoke public backlash, but he ordered her to relay his words exactly and reminded her to obey his instructions.
  • Sharon reported that Wonder Woman had challenged Yongye to a one-on-one fight at the summit of Mount Everest.
  • Yongye accepted the challenge and demanded that Wonder Woman sleep with him if she lost, leaving Sharon shocked and unable to maintain her composure.

Ch. 334America Needs You to Make a Sacrifice!

Yongye imposed a sexual condition on Wonder Woman’s challenge and pressured Sharon to accept his advances as a condition of keeping her job. After Sharon asked to leave the assignment, Nick Fury and the President’s chief of staff urged her to stay, saying the United States needed her to monitor Yongye.

  • Yongye told Sharon that Wonder Woman would have to sleep with him if she lost their fight, framing it as an appearance fee.
  • Yongye ordered Sharon to have lunch with him and threatened to fire her if she did not come to his office by three.
  • Sharon called Nick Fury and requested a transfer, explaining that Yongye was demanding she sleep with him.
  • Fury urged Sharon to remain at the Eye Society, citing Yongye’s power, unknown origins, and the government’s need to monitor him.
  • Sharon hung up on Fury, then answered a call from the White House chief of staff, who repeated that the President needed her to stay.

Ch. 335An Outstanding Secretary!

Sharon Carter obeyed orders to serve as Yongye’s secretary, and their new arrangement continued through the week. When the Joker threatened Gotham with a nuclear bomb and warned Yongye and the caped Boy Scout not to interfere, Yongye reacted to the crisis as Sharon emerged from beneath his desk.

  • Sharon Carter returned to Yongye’s office after her superior ordered her to cooperate, and she agreed to serve as his secretary.
  • Sharon stayed late in Yongye’s office, then promised to report for work on time the next day.
  • A week passed without Lois or Wonder Woman responding to Yongye.
  • A breaking-news broadcast reported that the Joker had seized Gotham’s television station and threatened to detonate a nuclear bomb if anyone tried to flee or if the caped Boy Scout or armored golden bastard intervened.
  • Yongye slammed his desk as the broadcast showed signs of the Joker’s agents entering underground facilities, and Sharon emerged from beneath the desk.

Ch. 336The Blade of Public Opinion!

Yongye used a public poll to decide whether the Golden Armor God of War should intervene in Gotham, where Joker had seized control and threatened the city with a Nuclear Bomb. After the poll strongly backed intervention, Yongye dismissed the Grand Commander's order to stay out, leaving him poised to act despite the threat.

  • Yongye rejected Sharon's proposal to assemble heroes and instead ordered her to launch a poll asking whether he should intervene in Gotham.
  • That evening, the poll drew a surge of votes, with support for intervention reaching seventy-two percent by two in the morning.
  • Yongye celebrated the public's verdict after the poll reached seventy-three percent.
  • Grand Commander Aoniu ordered Yongye to keep superheroes out of Gotham without White House authorization, warning that Joker might detonate the Nuclear Bomb.
  • Yongye challenged Aoniu to let the public decide whose orders to follow, mocked his low approval rating and approaching departure from office, and the call ended.

Ch. 337No Restrictions on Length—Submissions Welcome!

Yongye rejected General Lane’s warning not to intervene in Gotham and provoked him over Lois. After earning a Super Blind Box, Yongye received a cultivation technique and invited Helen Cho to come over.

  • General Lane delivered the Supreme Leader’s order forbidding superheroes from interfering in Gotham while the government worked to stop the Joker’s nuclear bomb.
  • Yongye showed Lane a poll supporting his intervention and dismissed his threats, including his demand that Yongye stay away from Lois.
  • Lane warned Yongye to watch himself and left, punching the hallway wall after the door closed.
  • Yongye received a Super Blind Box for enraging Lane and obtained the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon: Art of the Bedroom.
  • Yongye assessed the technique’s benefits, then messaged Helen Cho to come over that night.

Ch. 338I Want to Nuke It!

Yongye abandoned his plan to nuke Gotham after the world’s heavenly order threatened him, then disguised himself as Minato Namikaze and entered the city. In an abandoned bank vault, he found Batman chained up and wearing an adult diaper.

  • Yongye spent the night with Helen Cho, whose health and energy improved after they used the Art of the Bedroom.
  • Yongye prepared to go to Gotham and considered detonating Joker’s nuclear bomb himself, but the heavenly order warned him away from threatening the city’s foundations.
  • Yongye created a Wood Clone to prepare for a press conference, disguised himself as Minato Namikaze, and flew to Gotham.
  • Yongye sensed strange activity beneath Gotham and located Bruce Wayne in an abandoned bank vault.
  • Yongye found Batman suspended by alloy chains, injured and wearing an adult diaper.

Ch. 339The Rot Starts at the Top!

Yongye, disguised as Minato Namikaze, found Batman injured in the vault and teased him while claiming he would handle the Nuclear Bomb. Talia al Ghul and six Shadow Assassins confronted him, and Yongye vanished as they attacked.

  • Yongye photographed Batman, introduced himself as Minato Namikaze, and said he had come to save Gotham and find the Nuclear Bomb.
  • Batman asked Yongye to free him, but Yongye took more pictures of his medical garment before approaching the chains.
  • Talia al Ghul entered the vault with six Shadow Assassins and asked Batman who Yongye was.
  • Yongye introduced himself to Talia and mocked her relationship with Batman, prompting her to attack with her Shadow Assassins.
  • Yongye vanished in a flash of gold as Talia and the assassins struck.

Ch. 340Batman Was Furious!

Yongye defeated Talia’s six Shadow Assassins and immobilized Talia in the vault. He began tearing her tactical suit while mocking her threats, leaving Batman furious and unable to intervene.

  • Yongye used his Flying Thunder God Mark to ambush and incapacitate all six Shadow Assassins in moments.
  • Yongye caught Talia’s wrist, disarmed her, and held her immobile after she tried to strike him.
  • Talia threatened Yongye with the League of Assassins and Trigon, but Yongye dismissed her threats.
  • Yongye taunted Batman and began tearing Talia’s tactical suit, claiming he was attacking the enemy’s weak point.
  • Batman shouted for Yongye to stop as Talia warned that Trigon would punish him, but Yongye continued.

Ch. 341You Should've Said So Sooner, Damn It!

Yongye gained the Beginner Causality and Fate Law after breaking Batman emotionally, then freed and healed Batman. Batman attacked him as soon as he could move, but Yongye quickly overpowered and pinned him.

  • Yongye used the Nebula Chain to restrain Talia and gagged Batman as Batman protested.
  • The system awarded Yongye a Super Blind Box, which granted him the Beginner Causality and Fate Law and let him perceive and shift probabilities.
  • Yongye crushed Batman’s chain fittings, caught him as he fell, and used Medical Chakra to heal his broken back.
  • Yongye pulled the gag from Batman’s mouth and demanded a hundred million for the treatment.
  • Batman sprang up and punched at Yongye, but Yongye caught the blow, struck him down, and pinned him under his boot.

Ch. 342Batman: I've Never Met Anyone So Shameless!

Yongye mocked Batman after defeating him and rejected Talia when she demanded he take responsibility for their encounter. He knocked Talia unconscious and urged Batman to continue their work, leaving Batman furious but focused on the mission.

  • Yongye taunted Batman, who accused him of taking advantage of Talia, while Talia denied being Batman's lover.
  • Talia softened toward Yongye and demanded that he take responsibility for her and let her stay with him.
  • Yongye refused Talia, struck her neck to knock her unconscious, and laid her on shredded banknotes.
  • Yongye told Batman to get moving because they had work to do and no other superheroes would help them.
  • Batman swallowed his anger and turned his thoughts back to the task at hand.

Ch. 343Batman: I Was Careless Last Time!

Yongye and Batman learned that Joker had one nuclear bomb controlled from a terminal beneath Gotham's Central Square, then split up to stop it. Yongye drew the criminals' attention at the square and attacked Bane's forces with a massive fire technique.

  • Batman revealed that Joker's bomb had a single detonator control module beneath Central Square and explained that he would enter through the underground tunnels to cut its power.
  • Yongye agreed to draw attention at the square, while Batman headed through a side tunnel toward the bomb's control terminal.
  • Yongye arrived at Central Square, where Bane and more than a hundred armed criminals confronted him.
  • After the gunmen opened fire, Yongye dodged their bullets and unleashed Majestic Destroyer Flame across the square.
  • Bane raised a steel cable to shield himself as the flames swept through his forces, catching many of them in the fire.

Ch. 344Your Ancestors Blessed You? I'll Leave You Smoking!

Yongye annihilated the Joker Gang gunmen in the square and fought Bane, who injected himself with a drug to increase his strength and speed. Yongye struck Bane with Kirin, leaving him frozen and limp beneath the lightning.

  • Yongye used fire and wind techniques, then a storm of phantom kunai, to kill the remaining Joker Gang gunmen.
  • Bane injected himself with a green drug, grew larger, and charged Yongye with increased strength and speed.
  • Yongye dodged Bane's attacks, struck his breathing-mask seam, and ruptured one of the power lines on his shoulder.
  • Yongye used Kirin to call down a massive lightning bolt that struck Bane and left his body rigid before it went slack.

Ch. 345Anti-Yongye Armor!

Yongye killed Bane and obtained a Mother Box, while Joker unveiled Batman’s stolen Anti-Yongye Armor in Gotham. With Yongye still in Manhattan, Joker prepared to use the armor against Minato Namikaze.

  • Yongye killed Bane in one blow and received a Super Blind Box from the system.
  • Yongye opened the blind box and obtained a DC Universe Mother Box, learning how to use its powers.
  • Military leaders watched footage of Gotham and learned that Minato Namikaze claimed to be Yongye’s junior disciple and a Watcher.
  • Grand Commander Aoniu ordered his staff to contact Minato and warn him not to provoke Joker, but Joker hijacked the broadcast and threatened to detonate the nuclear bomb.
  • Joker revealed Batman’s stolen Anti-Yongye Armor and announced that he would use it against Minato Namikaze.

Ch. 346Batman: Stupid and Rotten!

Yongye fought Joker in the Anti-Yongye Armor at Gotham's Central Square and defeated its gravity field and laser attacks with his speed and Flying Thunder God Technique. His broadcast insulted Superman, who heard it from a Kansas farm and protested that he was a purebred Kryptonian, not a bastard.

  • Yongye mocked Batman and challenged Joker while Joker activated the Anti-Yongye Armor's super-gravity field.
  • Joker fired two laser beams, but Yongye dodged them with bursts of speed and taunted Joker about the armor's poor aim.
  • Yongye used his custom Kunai and the Flying Thunder God Technique to redirect a concentrated laser beam into empty ground.
  • Yongye declared that he and the Watchers were skilled fighters, then angrily rejected Joker's claim that he was Superman in disguise.
  • The battlefield broadcast carried Yongye's insult across the planet, and Superman heard it at a Kansas farm and protested that he was a purebred Kryptonian.

Ch. 347I Bet Your Gun Is Empty!

Yongye destroyed Batman's Anti-Yongye Armor with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, leaving Joker holding the nuclear detonator. Yongye dared Joker to press it, and Joker hesitated as the world watched.

  • Yongye entered Sage Mode and smashed the armor's chest with an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, breaking the machine apart.
  • Joker climbed out of the wreckage with the red remote and mocked Batman's failed armor.
  • Yongye taunted Batman and called Joker trash, while Joker threatened to detonate the nuclear bomb.
  • Yongye calmly walked toward Joker and dared him to press the button, stunning observers around the world.
  • Joker hesitated with his thumb over the detonator as Yongye urged him not to chicken out.

Ch. 348The Deadliest Curse: Whoever It Targets Dies!

Minato Namikaze revealed that he had disabled Joker’s nuclear bomb, ending the Gotham crisis and leaving Joker broken. Back in his apartment, Yongye received the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book from the system and decided to keep the dangerous curse in his System Space for now.

  • Joker repeatedly pressed the detonator, but Minato Namikaze revealed that he had tampered with the bomb and the remote, leaving Joker in despair.
  • Yongye mocked Joker, announced that the crisis was over, warned Gotham’s citizens to watch Batman, and vanished.
  • Batman admitted that he had disabled the bomb’s pulse trigger and wondered how Minato Namikaze had known.
  • Yongye returned to his apartment, and the system rewarded him with a Super Blind Box after Batman’s breakdown and loss of Gotham’s trust.
  • Yongye received the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Book, learned its deadly causality-targeting curse, and stored it in his System Space before browsing Twitter.

Ch. 349I Like That Her Father Is a General!

Yongye enjoyed the backlash against Batman and the mystery surrounding Minato Namikaze while intelligence agencies shifted their focus to investigating him. Lois Lane agreed to Yongye’s interview terms, and the chapter ended as she arrived at his apartment.

  • Yongye read online comments praising Minato Namikaze and condemning Batman.
  • Intelligence agencies failed to identify Minato Namikaze and redirected their investigations toward Yongye.
  • Lois Lane set aside the Daily Planet’s planned front page to arrange an exclusive interview with Yongye.
  • Yongye told Sharon Carter to schedule the interview at his apartment, saying he liked that Lois’s father was a general.
  • Lois arrived at Yongye’s apartment, and he opened the security door with Chakra.

Ch. 350Welcome, Submissions!

Lois interviewed Yongye about his organization, the Watchers, and its mission to protect peace in the universe. After their interview, Lois fulfilled Yongye’s condition, then remarked that Black Widow was also involved with him.

  • Lois arrived at Yongye’s home and agreed to his conditions for an exclusive interview.
  • Lois asked Yongye about his relationship with Minato Namikaze and the Watchers.
  • Yongye claimed the Watchers were led by the Doctor of the Unified System and secretly guarded peace in the universe.
  • Lois interviewed Yongye for another half hour, then turned off her recorder and fulfilled his condition.
  • Lois praised Yongye afterward and said he had Black Widow wrapped around his finger, prompting him to ask whether they had compared notes.
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