Recaps

Thor, Tony, Natasha, Diana, and Wanda attacked Doomsday together, but it absorbed their energy and blasted them back before continuing toward a skyscraper full of civilians. The heroes regrouped and hesitated between attacking and risking a stronger counterblast or letting Doomsday destroy the building.

• Diana used the Lasso of Truth to pull Doomsday's arm aside while Wanda exploited a weakness behind its knee, setting up a five-way assault.
• Thor, Tony, Natasha, Diana, and Wanda struck Doomsday together, cracking its bone armor and exposing its wounds.
• Doomsday unleashed a burst of dark green energy that hurled the heroes backward, then bounded toward downtown Metropolis and crushed buildings along the way.
• Tony realized Doomsday absorbed energy from their attacks, while Natasha, Diana, and Wanda recognized that fighting it conventionally would make the danger worse.
• The five heroes regrouped as Doomsday approached a skyscraper with dozens of civilians trapped on its rooftop, but they hesitated over whether to attack.

Batman tried to weaken Doomsday with Kryptonite missiles while the heroes attacked together, but Doomsday destroyed the missiles with heat vision. Doomsday turned on the battered heroes and began gathering a dangerous power as his chest wound smoldered.

• Quake Daisy tried to slow Doomsday’s fall with shockwaves, but Batman arrived in the Batwing and called for everyone to attack.
• Natasha, Diana, Thor, Tony, and Wanda struck Doomsday from five directions, shattering his armor and worsening his injuries, but he unleashed an energy blast that hurled them away.
• Batman fired two Kryptonite missiles at Doomsday, who destroyed both warheads with heat vision before they could hit him.
• Batman realized his plan had failed again as Doomsday turned toward the five recovering heroes and gathered power in his dark red eyes.
• Doomsday’s chest wound smoldered as bone armor peeled away, and he opened his mouth.

Doomsday overwhelmed the five heroes and continued toward downtown Metropolis, while Natasha blamed Batman for a failed plan. Batman gave Diana a Kryptonite Spear and insisted it could kill Doomsday, leaving her to decide whether to risk another attack.

• Doomsday struck Natasha, Thor, Tony, Diana, and Wanda with five beams, injuring them and driving them back.
• Natasha accused Batman of misleading them, while Wonder Woman saw the devastation and could not defend him.
• Batman threw Diana a Kryptonite Spear and swore that it could weaken and kill Doomsday if it hit a vital spot.
• Diana considered the weapon's chances against Doomsday, then resolved that they had no choice but to risk everything.

Diana, Natasha, Thor, Tony, Wanda, Daisy, and Batman coordinated another assault on Doomsday, targeting cracks in his armor. Doomsday destroyed Batman’s Kryptonite bullets and melted Diana’s spear, leaving Batman stunned by the monster’s tactical intelligence.

• Natasha, Thor, Tony, Wanda, Diana, Daisy, and Batman prepared a coordinated attack on Doomsday’s weak points.
• Natasha, Thor, Tony, Wanda, and Diana struck Doomsday at once, shattering armor and making him stagger.
• Batman fired a barrage of Kryptonite bullets at the crack in Doomsday’s chest armor.
• Doomsday used Heat Vision to destroy the bullets and melt Diana’s Kryptonite Spear in half.
• Batman cursed as he realized Doomsday had anticipated his attacks and was more tactically capable than Superman.

For five days, Doomsday ravaged cities across the United States while the Superheroes failed to stop it and Superman remained too injured to fight. With the country in despair and Minato Namikaze missing, General Lane urged Laxington to contact the Eye Society because Lois believed Yongye was still alive.

• Doomsday healed from its Metropolis injuries and destroyed parts of Pittsburgh, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, and Los Angeles over five days as the Superheroes repeatedly failed to stop it.
• Batman tracked Doomsday's attacks and regretted having driven Yongye away, while people across the country demanded to know whether Yongye was dead.
• Laxington heard emergency recommendations as Doomsday destroyed Los Angeles and learned that Minato Namikaze had vanished since the Metropolis battle.
• General Lane told Laxington that Yongye was their remaining hope and that Lois believed he was alive.
• Laxington ordered the government to keep trying to contact the Eye Society.

Yongye returned to Manhattan after secretly traveling the world and claimed at a global press conference that Minato Namikaze had badly injured him. He then proposed moving Doomsday to Fusang to end the disaster in the United States.

• Sharon Carter told Nick Fury that Yongye had returned but was too badly injured to intervene immediately.
• Yongye reviewed footage of Doomsday's destruction, reflected on his travels, and told Sharon to arrange a worldwide press conference.
• Yongye addressed the global audience and blamed Minato Namikaze for ambushing him and destroying his apartment.
• Yongye announced that he could move Doomsday to Fusang and end the disaster for the United States.

Yongye proposed moving Doomsday to Fusang and letting Americans decide through a nationwide vote. General Lane failed to reach Yongye until Lois arranged a meeting, where Lane was stunned to see Yongye pull Lois into his lap.

• Yongye said he planned to move Doomsday to Fusang because Minato Namikaze was responsible for the crisis.
• Yongye announced two polls that would let Americans choose whether to move Doomsday, and said he would follow the results.
• Laxington told General Lane to persuade Yongye to send Doomsday to the Eastern Country or the Big Hairy Country, with Fusang as a fallback.
• Lane failed to get a meeting through Sharon Carter and asked Lois to arrange one with Yongye.
• Lois brought Lane into Yongye's office, where Yongye pulled her onto his lap in front of him.

Yongye rejected General Lane’s request to send Doomsday to Russia and backed transferring it to Fusang, where Minato Namikaze was held responsible. After a public poll overwhelmingly supported the transfer, Wonder Woman confronted Yongye and demanded that he not send Doomsday to Fusang.

• Yongye refused General Lane’s request to send Doomsday to Russia, insisting it would either stay put or go to Fusang because Minato Namikaze bore responsibility.
• General Lane left Yongye’s office after Yongye cut off their discussion and turned his attention back to Lois.
• The Eye Society posted a poll asking whether Doomsday should be transferred to Fusang, and option A won with 99.9 percent of the vote.
• Fusangese commenters reacted with despair and blamed Minato Namikaze as the poll result spread.
• Wonder Woman entered the President’s office and ordered Sharon to leave Yongye’s side before telling him not to transfer Doomsday to Fusang.

Wonder Woman confronted Yongye over sending Doomsday to Fusang, but he demanded she spend a night with him in exchange for replenishing the divine power in his Golden Cloth. She refused, then fled after seeing Yongye pretend to get intimate with Sharon Carter, leaving him laughing in his office.

• Yongye blamed Minato Namikaze and Fusang for America’s suffering and rejected Diana’s appeal to guide the public away from revenge.
• Diana agreed to sacrifice herself, and Yongye showed her the Golden Cloth and claimed it needed its divine power replenished to destroy Doomsday.
• Diana sensed that the Golden Cloth’s divine power resembled Athena’s and asked Yongye how he could restore it.
• Yongye said Diana had to keep him company for one night, but she refused and declared she would stay until he agreed to her request.
• Yongye pulled Sharon Carter into his arms and pretended to get intimate with her in front of Diana, who blushed and fled down the corridor.
• Yongye released Sharon Carter and laughed, saying Diana had run fast before telling Sharon to continue.

The exhausted heroes pursued Doomsday through the ruins of Los Angeles, unable to stop its destruction. Yongye arrived in Golden Cloth and ordered them to leave, while Tony accused him of using the crisis to settle a personal grudge; Yongye defended his actions by citing the American vote.

• Doomsday demolished buildings as Natasha, Tony, Thor, Daisy, Wanda, and Diana watched, battered and exhausted.
• Doomsday leaped northwest, and the heroes prepared to pursue it despite their injuries.
• A golden light struck the ruins, and Yongye emerged in Golden Cloth.
• Yongye mocked the heroes for eating Doomsday's dust and told them to leave while he dealt with the monster.
• Tony accused Yongye of dumping Doomsday in Fusang to settle a personal grudge, and Yongye replied that 99.9 percent of Americans had voted for it.

Yongye rejected Batman’s plan to use a Kryptonite weapon, threatened him over their past conflict, and pursued Doomsday alone. As the others withdrew, Yongye earned and opened a Super Blind Box, gaining the first-stage Super Saiyan state.

• Natasha asked Yongye how much strength he had recovered, but he said they could not kill Doomsday before it grew stronger.
• Batman offered a Kryptonite weapon and explained how it could weaken Doomsday, but Yongye rejected his help and reminded him they still had a score to settle.
• Yongye flew northwest after Doomsday, while Natasha, Tony, Thor, and Batman remained behind and Batman decided to return to Gotham.
• The system awarded Yongye a Super Blind Box after the heroes’ five-day pursuit of Doomsday ended without meaningful results.
• Yongye opened the box and received the first-stage Super Saiyan state as golden power surged through his body.

Yongye transformed into a Super Saiyan and defeated Doomsday, sending him through a portal into another dimension. After the battle, Diana Prince arrived and questioned whether Yongye was still recovering from his injuries.

• Yongye transformed into a Super Saiyan and charged at Doomsday near Santa Monica Beach.
• Yongye caught Doomsday's punch in one hand and kicked him through seaside villas and into a cliff.
• Yongye kicked Doomsday into an Alternate-Dimension Portal and sent him where he had intended.
• Yongye powered down and said he would watch the United States and Fusang tear each other apart.
• Diana Prince landed near Yongye and asked why he seemed immeasurably stronger despite supposedly recovering from his injuries.

Yongye mocked Diana and flew back to Manhattan, where Selina came to bargain for Batman’s safety. Yongye agreed to give her a chance, then began describing the Catwoman outfit he preferred while Batman’s hidden listening device transmitted their conversation.

• Yongye taunted Diana about her power and flew away, leaving her furious on the beach.
• Yongye settled into his luxurious Manhattan apartment and heard the doorbell ring.
• Selina arrived in her Catwoman suit and asked Yongye to leave Batman alone, offering to pay whatever he wanted.
• Yongye knew Batman was listening through a device Robin had hidden in the gramophone.
• Yongye agreed to give Selina a chance and said he preferred a Catwoman outfit with cutouts.

Selina sacrificed herself to persuade Yongye to leave Batman alone, while Batman listened helplessly from Gotham’s sewers. Yongye revealed that he had deliberately let Batman hear everything, and Selina responded by becoming even more passionate.

• Selina transformed the cat-eared hood as Yongye demanded, then agreed to do whatever he wanted if he would leave Batman alone.
• Yongye positioned Selina beside the phonograph and taunted her while Batman secretly listened through his earpiece.
• Batman heard Selina’s intimate encounter with Yongye and struggled with anger and helplessness as he realized he could not defeat him.
• Selina asked what it would take for Yongye to spare Batman, and Yongye told her to satisfy him.
• Yongye revealed that he had wanted Batman to hear how far Selina would go for him, and Selina responded by becoming even more passionate.

Yongye obtained the Justice Buster after Batman’s humiliation over the wiretap pushed his mental anguish off the charts. He invited Selina to join The Boys, and she was left weighing the offer and wondering whether she was strong enough.

• Selina openly defied Yongye while Batman listened to their exchange through his hidden wiretap in the Gotham sewers.
• Batman realized Selina had knowingly sacrificed herself for him but could neither stop the situation nor turn off the device, triggering a mental breakdown and earning Yongye a Super Blind Box.
• Yongye opened the box and received the Justice Buster armor, including systems designed to counter Justice League members.
• Selina said she would clean up and leave, but Yongye stopped her and asked her to join The Boys.
• Selina admitted she disliked being seen as a thief, and Yongye argued that joining The Boys would let her steal jewels without people calling her a criminal.
• Selina considered the offer and asked Yongye whether she was strong enough.

Yongye took Selina to a remote wilderness and gave her Matatabi's Tailed Beast Chakra Core, awakening her feline chakra powers. After she tested her new speed, a golden attacker descended toward her.

• Yongye used the Golden Cloth to take Selina through a portal, leaving Batman unable to track or reach them.
• Yongye brought Selina to the countryside and presented her with Matatabi's Tailed Beast Chakra Core.
• Selina touched the core and gained blue flames, altered eyes, and immense feline power.
• Selina tested her new abilities by sprinting and leaping rapidly through the wilderness.
• Yongye warned Selina that she had only mastered the basics before a golden figure shot down toward her with murderous intent.

Nōhime, an emissary of the Takamagahara Divine Kingdom, introduced herself to Yongye by attacking Selina and testing her control of Two-Tails' Chakra. She defeated Selina and held her by the neck, asking Yongye how he liked her display of sincerity.

• Nōhime appeared in the field and introduced herself as Amaterasu's emissary, then attacked Selina.
• Selina dodged Nōhime's strikes with Two-Tails' Chakra, but Nōhime criticized her reactions and poor control of her power.
• Nōhime launched a runic net at Selina, driving her backward and cracking the blue-flame armor around her arms.
• Selina unleashed more of Two-Tails' Chakra and charged Nōhime head-on, while Nōhime adjusted her attack to avoid seriously injuring her.
• Nōhime caught Selina's wrist, struck her diaphragm, and lifted her by the back of her neck before asking Yongye how her sincerity was.

Yongye overpowered Nōhime and agreed to hear her private offer, transporting them from the field to his Manhattan apartment. The chapter ended as Nōhime began loosening her sash.

• Yongye used an unseen force to make Nōhime kneel and release Selina.
• Nōhime offered Yongye something else and asked to speak with him privately.
• Selina left through Yongye’s Alternate-Dimension Portal and returned to Gotham.
• Yongye placed his hand on Nōhime’s shoulder and transported them to his Manhattan apartment.
• Nōhime regained her ability to move, then began loosening the sash at her waist.

Nōhime offered Yongye her cooperation and then revealed that Takamagahara wanted him to redirect Doomsday. She explained that the Divine Kingdom feared for its influence in the mortal world and lacked a champion like Wonder Woman, while Yongye questioned the Old Gods’ ability to act openly.

• Nōhime introduced herself as Oda Nobunaga’s wife and a Heroic Spirit serving Amaterasu, then offered her sincerity to Yongye.
• Afterward, Nōhime asked to discuss the real matter, and Yongye asked what Amaterasu wanted.
• Nōhime told Yongye that Takamagahara hoped he would throw Doomsday somewhere else.
• Nōhime explained that Zeus sent Wonder Woman into the mortal world to defend the Greek Divine Kingdom’s foothold among humanity.
• Nōhime admitted that Takamagahara had no one chosen by the Heavenly Mandate, and Yongye remarked that its gods were Old Gods who could not make trouble freely.

Yongye demanded more from Nōhime before agreeing to move Doomsday, insisting that Fusang was the only country where he could send the threat without facing global condemnation. Nōhime threatened him with Takamagahara’s force, but Yongye dismissed her warning and left the bargain unresolved.

• Yongye rejected Nōhime’s offer, saying it was not enough to make him deal with Doomsday.
• Nōhime asked him only to move Doomsday elsewhere, but Yongye argued that Fusang was the only politically acceptable destination.
• Nōhime asked what Yongye wanted, and he demanded five or six more women from Takamagahara, naming Himiko, Tamamo-no-Mae, and Kaguya-hime.
• Nōhime warned Yongye that Takamagahara offered courtesy before force and accused him of making things difficult.
• Yongye told Nōhime not to proceed if the task was difficult.

Nōhime left after warning Yongye that the Gods of Takamagahara would retaliate, while he welcomed the prospect of fighting them. Three days later, Diana visited Yongye and reported that Doomsday had devastated Fusang and that its leaders had sent students and refugees to their deaths.

• Nōhime threatened Yongye with the Gods of Takamagahara and leaped from his Manhattan window.
• Yongye watched Nōhime disappear, then looked forward to gaining divine authorities and challenging Takamagahara.
• Three days later, Diana entered Yongye’s new apartment while he ate steak and teased her about Zeus.
• Diana told Yongye that Doomsday had destroyed Fusang’s cities, killed all its superheroes, and prompted its leaders to send commuting students and refugees into danger.

Diana asked Yongye to join the Justice League’s attack on Doomsday, but he refused unless she helped replenish his armor’s divine power. After she left, Yongye transformed into Minato Namikaze, apparently preparing to act under another identity.

• Diana explained that Doomsday grew stronger with every battle and asked Yongye and The Boys to join the Justice League’s planned assault.
• Yongye refused to help unless Diana spent a night with him to replenish his armor’s divine power.
• Yongye blamed Batman and Minato Namikaze for his injuries and for Doomsday’s devastation, while Diana insisted she would not cross her personal boundaries.
• Diana left, warning Yongye that Doomsday might next threaten the Eastern Country.
• Yongye ate another steak, then used chakra to transform himself into Minato Namikaze.

Yongye, disguised as Minato Namikaze, arrived at the Ruins to watch Doomsday and encountered Nōhime, who offered to help him oppose Doomsday and Yongye. Nōhime revealed her hostility toward Yongye after he insulted her and demanded that she bring other goddesses.

• Yongye teleported to the destroyed Fusang Alps, where Doomsday searched for its next target.
• Yongye landed near Doomsday, but Doomsday ignored him and continued surveying the Ruins.
• Yongye called out Nōhime, who emerged from behind the ridgeline and introduced herself as Amaterasu’s divine envoy.
• Nōhime offered Minato Namikaze help against Doomsday and Yongye, saying the Takamagahara Divine Kingdom wanted Yongye dead.
• Nōhime said Yongye had insulted her by rejecting her offer and demanding that she bring Himiko, Tamamo-no-Mae, and Kaguya-hime.

Yongye, disguised as Minato Namikaze, ordered Nōhime to kneel and used her humiliation to pressure Takamagahara with warnings about Yongye and the Doctor of the Unified System. Afterward, Nōhime demanded intelligence about the Doctor and the Watchers, but Minato dismissed her as unqualified, leaving her without the information she sought.

• Yongye, disguised as Minato Namikaze, ordered Nōhime to kneel because she had mentioned him.
• Minato warned Nōhime that Yongye and the Doctor of the Unified System could destroy Fusang and threaten Takamagahara.
• Nōhime reluctantly knelt, warned Minato that Takamagahara would remember the insult, and endured his demand to begin.
• Half an hour later, Nōhime asked Minato for secrets about the Doctor of the Unified System and the Watchers.
• Minato called Nōhime an appetizer and said she was not qualified to receive the information.

Minato Namikaze demanded that Nōhime send a truly pure Heroic Spirit as the next Divine Envoy and warned her not to pass off another artificial body. Nōhime left in fury, while Minato laughed alone in the wilderness.

• Minato told Nōhime to send a truly pure Heroic Spirit and threatened to reveal every secret.
• Nōhime erupted in rage when Minato repeated Yongye’s words, “That was then. This is now.”
• Minato said Yongye wanted Tamamo-no-Mae, Himiko, and Kaguya-hime, while he wanted one pure Heroic Spirit, and ordered Nōhime to take his demands to the gods.
• Nōhime warned Minato that Takamagahara would remember the debt, then flew away toward the western horizon.
• Minato stood alone in the wilderness and laughed after Nōhime vanished.