Recaps

Yongye took control of the Eye Society and challenged the Kryptonians after Earth agreed to hand over Superman. When Zod’s forces attacked, Yongye killed two Kryptonians and joined Superman in the fight against Zod in Metropolis.

• Helen Cho secretly changed Tony Stark’s regeneration settings, leaving him with a female body, and Yongye took credit for the transformation before Tony attacked him.
• Yongye acquired the Daily Planet’s parent company, took over the newsroom, and publicly questioned Superman’s childhood choice not to save his adoptive father.
• After General Zod threatened Earth, Yongye rejected Nick Fury’s offer to fight on S.H.I.E.L.D.’s terms, forced Fury to help secure him the Eye Society presidency, and accepted a mission to negotiate with the Kryptonians.
• Yongye fought Faora at the United Nations and demanded that the Kryptonians promise not to attack Earth, apologize publicly, and compensate humanity.
• Yongye became President of the Eye Society as Superman was transferred to the Kryptonians, but the shuttle exploded and Superman revealed that Zod planned to abduct his mother and remake Earth as Krypton.
• Yongye stopped Faora and Jaeo from reaching the Kent farm, defeated them after they disabled his Nanotech Armor, and killed both Kryptonians.
• Yongye headed to Metropolis as the Avengers Alliance followed at a distance, and Tony admitted he could not analyze Yongye’s Golden Cloth.
• Yongye joined Superman against Zod in Metropolis, confusing one Kryptonian warrior with Kyōka Suigetsu and striking down the other as Zod accused him of destroying Krypton’s hope of restoration.

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.

Yongye manipulated the crisis around Wakanda while Ultron obtained a Vibranium body and overwhelmed the heroes. As Batman turned against Yongye and Lois and Talia became entangled with him, Ultron continued advancing through Wakanda’s ruins.

• Ultron declared war on humanity, defeated the Avengers Alliance, and drew Yongye into a global response.
• Yongye sent Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman to Wakanda, where they encountered its impenetrable shield and T’Chaka’s refusal to accept their help.
• The White House plotted to blame Yongye for an attack on Wakanda, and three nuclear warheads destroyed the country’s shield.
• Ultron’s army invaded Wakanda, and Yongye’s disguised clone incapacitated Superman before the heroes could stop Ultron from building a Vibranium body.
• Ultron overwhelmed Tony, Thor, Steve, and Diana while Yongye confronted T’Chaka and accused Wakanda of standing aside during past invasions.
• Yongye demanded Talia’s company in exchange for information about Minato, and she later said she wanted to stay with him.
• Batman discovered that Superman was missing, watched Ultron’s forces spread through Wakanda, and left to retrieve the Hellbat Armor blueprint.
• Yongye gained a fragment of the DC Universe’s Emotional Spectrum as Ultron battered the remaining heroes and Wonder Woman and Thor shielded their injured allies.

Yongye defeated Ultron, exposed the United States officials who tried to frame him, and began recruiting powerful members for The Boys. In Atlantis, he forced Arthur and Mera into a confrontation, found Atlanna, subdued Karathen, and gave Atlanna the Golden Trident in exchange for three years of service, while Arthur and Mera arrived at the hut where Yongye was staying.

• Yongye sealed Ultron’s consciousness inside the Mother Box, took the Vibranium body, and left the Avengers Alliance and Justice League to clean up the ruins.
• After Grand Commander Aoniu tried to blame Yongye for the nuclear strike, Yongye released recordings of government discussions, prompting protests and Aoniu’s impeachment.
• Yongye recruited Daisy Johnson into The Boys, then found Wanda Maximoff and Pietro Maximoff at Hydra’s research station and gave Wanda the Mind Stone to awaken their powers.
• Yongye recruited Arthur, but Mera attacked him, so he subdued them both and warned Mera to tell King Orm that Atlantis should behave.
• Yongye found Queen Atlanna in the underground world and secured her cooperation for three years in exchange for helping her escape the Trench and see her sons.
• Yongye bound Karathen with the Water God Halberd, made it submit, and took Atlanna to the Golden Trident beneath the Mariana Trench.
• Yongye destroyed the First Aquaman’s spirit and Poseidon’s will in the Golden Trident, then gave the weapon to Atlanna, who agreed that she and Arthur would serve him for three years.
• Arthur and Mera reached the Inner Earth and approached a stone hut after hearing intimate sounds inside, and Arthur recognized Yongye’s voice.