Chapter Summaries

Arthur and Mera tried to reach First Aquaman’s resting place and claim the Golden Trident before Yongye, but Karathen captured them and revealed that it served Yongye. Yongye arrived carrying the Golden Trident, leaving Arthur and Mera trapped and unable to challenge him.

• Arthur recognized Yongye’s voice, and Mera decided they had to claim the Golden Trident before he could reach it.
• Arthur and Mera descended into the God-Burying Abyss, where Karathen seized them with its tentacles.
• Karathen told Arthur and Mera that it had begged Yongye to become its master and kept them suspended while Yongye finished what he was doing.
• Yongye emerged carrying the Golden Trident, with Atlanna following behind him.

Yongye reunited Arthur with his mother, Atlanna, after rescuing her from the Trench through a deal that required her to serve him for three years. Arthur was devastated by the revelation, and Yongye received a Super Blind Box for breaking him emotionally.

• Arthur recognized Atlanna and learned from Yongye that she had agreed to serve him for three years in exchange for her rescue and the Golden Trident.
• Atlanna confirmed to Arthur that the deal was her choice and that she believed the Golden Trident was worth the price.
• Arthur broke down as Atlanna explained her decision, while Karathen offered him silent support and Mera reflected on her own experience with Yongye.
• Yongye received a Super Blind Box after Arthur's emotional breakdown and opened it.

After receiving the Tear of Annihilation, Yongye agreed to speak privately with Arthur while Atlanna and Mera talked separately. Atlanna and Mera traded pointed barbs about their relationships with Yongye, Arthur, and Orm, and Mera left to speak with Arthur as Atlanna went to Yongye.

• Yongye received the Tear of Annihilation, a guide stone to the DC Universe's Tomb of the Gods, and stored it in his System Space.
• Arthur recovered and asked Yongye to talk in private, so the four of them split into pairs.
• Mera questioned Atlanna about her closeness with Yongye, and Atlanna said she had agreed to serve him for three years in exchange for her rescue.
• Atlanna teased Mera about her engagement to Orm and her reaction to Arthur, while Mera insisted she cared only about peace between the sea and surface peoples.
• Mera challenged Atlanna about her absolute cooperation with Yongye, and Atlanna threatened to give Mera the same treatment.
• Atlanna sent Mera to speak with Arthur and went to discuss Orm with Yongye; Mera headed toward Arthur, irritated by Atlanna's final jab about her clothing.

Yongye refused to release Atlanna and pressured Arthur to spy on the Justice League in exchange for treating her as a normal lover rather than a slave. Arthur accepted the spy mission but could not secure his mother's freedom, and Yongye left the choice of her treatment hanging over him.

• Arthur offered to join The Boys and obey Yongye if he released Atlanna, but Yongye rejected the deal and taunted him about his mother.
• Yongye told Arthur to infiltrate the Justice League and report on its members, and Arthur struggled with the idea of betraying his comrades.
• Arthur agreed to spy for Yongye if Atlanna would be released and left alone, but Yongye insisted he would keep her for the full three years.
• Yongye said Arthur's cooperation would earn Atlanna better treatment, while defiance could lead to her being enslaved or sent to Fusang to make movies.
• Arthur stared at Yongye in stunned disbelief as Yongye left him to choose whether to spy.

Yongye forced Arthur Curry to spy on the Justice League to protect his mother, then gained the Still Force from Arthur’s despair. Back in Manhattan, he found Pietro and Wanda making progress with their powers and took back the Mind Stone after Wanda silently invited him to stay close.

• Arthur Curry agreed to act as Yongye’s spy in the Justice League rather than risk his mother’s safety.
• Yongye opened an Ultimate Blind Box and received the Still Force, which he tested while leaving the Mariana Trench.
• Yongye returned to his Manhattan apartment and found Pietro racing with the beginnings of the Speed Force while Wanda practiced Chaos Magic.
• Yongye advised Pietro to keep pushing his limits and told Wanda to learn to control her emotions as she developed her magic.
• Wanda returned the Mind Stone to Yongye and traced his hand with her fingertips in a wordless invitation.

Yongye sent Pietro and Wanda to intervene in the street fight between Steve, Bucky, and Tony, telling them to protect civilians and win public support rather than seek revenge. Pietro arrived first, redirected Tony’s blast, and pulled Bucky out of danger, leaving Tony demanding to know who he was.

• A breaking news report showed Steve and Bucky fighting Tony in Lower Manhattan, and Yongye sent Pietro and Wanda to make a dazzling entrance.
• Yongye told Pietro and Wanda to protect civilians and earn public support before holding Stark accountable.
• Pietro and Wanda left together for Lower Manhattan at super speed.
• Tony accused Bucky of killing his parents while Bucky and Steve defended themselves against his attacks.
• Pietro diverted Tony’s palm-cannon blast away from Steve and moved Bucky behind overturned trucks.
• Tony saw only Pietro’s blurred trail and demanded to know who he was.

Pietro and Wanda intervened in the fight between Tony, Steve, and Bucky, using their powers to rescue civilians and prevent further destruction. After introducing themselves as Quicksilver and Scarlet, they confronted Tony over his pursuit of Bucky and accused him of killing their parents and loved ones.

• Pietro stopped the fighting to warn the heroes about civilians trapped in a building, while Wanda used her Chaos Magic to free injured people from the wreckage.
• Pietro separated Tony, Steve, and Bucky as Wanda rescued civilians, and livestream viewers praised the pair as new heroes.
• Pietro introduced himself as Quicksilver and Wanda as Scarlet, saying they belonged to no organization and had come to help.
• Wanda told Tony that Hydra had controlled Bucky, but Tony insisted that Bucky had killed his parents and deserved no mercy.
• Wanda and Pietro declared that Tony had killed their parents and countless loved ones, and Wanda’s Chaos Magic flared as they demanded revenge.

Wanda and Pietro attacked Tony, accusing Stark Industries weapons of killing their parents, while Steve and Bucky watched. Yongye arrived and vouched for the siblings, leaving Tony stunned and unable to deny their claims.

• Pietro battered Tony's armor while Wanda tore off his right arm with Chaos Magic and cracked his chest plate.
• Steve stopped Wanda from continuing the attack, and Wanda told him they wanted justice, not Tony's death.
• Tony accused Wanda and Pietro of lying and claimed they were helping the Winter Soldier.
• Yongye landed in the street and publicly vouched for Wanda and Pietro, saying their identities and claims could be verified.
• Tony fell silent, realizing Yongye would not lie publicly.

After Wanda and Pietro secured public acknowledgment of Tony Stark’s guilt, Yongye won a Super Blind Box and received Mjolnir, then decided Natasha could wield it as Female Thor. He condemned Tony and Steve for their choices and announced that the Eye Society would investigate them.

• Bucky left the street and disappeared into an alley while Wanda and Pietro walked away, satisfied that Tony’s guilt had been made undeniable.
• Yongye received a Super Blind Box for shattering Tony’s pride and opened it to obtain Mjolnir.
• Yongye considered giving Mjolnir to Natasha and recruiting her as Female Thor for The Boys.
• Yongye told Tony and Steve that the Eye Society would investigate their roles in Ultron and in hiding Bucky’s past, while onlookers and live viewers heard his condemnation.

After exposing Tony and Steve’s failures, Yongye returned home and recruited Pietro to infiltrate the Avengers Alliance. Pietro agreed to pose as an independent hero and report back to Yongye.

• Yongye’s criticism left Tony and Steve unable to defend their actions as he flew away from the ruined street.
• Back at the apartment, Wanda thanked Yongye for getting justice for her and Pietro.
• Yongye asked Pietro to join the Avengers Alliance undercover and monitor its operations, especially Tony Stark.
• Wanda worried about the danger, but accepted Yongye’s decision to send Pietro on his own.
• Yongye told Pietro to report to the Avengers Alliance base the next morning as Quicksilver and claim Steve’s loyalty had inspired him to join.

Wanda became Yongye’s apprentice after he helped stabilize her energy, and the next day Yongye gave Natasha a hammer that looked like Mjolnir. Thor mistook it for a cheap copy and angrily explained the real Mjolnir’s origins and power.

• Wanda asked Yongye what would happen after she became the Scarlet Witch, and he told her she had made it through the door and could formally become his apprentice.
• Yongye began teaching Wanda, first showing her the Chinese character for “kun” before moving on to other lessons.
• Yongye entered the Avengers Alliance training ground while Natasha and Hawkeye were sparring, then approached Natasha and offered her a gift.
• Yongye produced a dark gray hammer that resembled Mjolnir, and Thor froze when he saw it.
• Thor accused Yongye of giving Natasha a cheap knockoff and explained that the real Mjolnir was forged from Asgardian Uru and blessed with divine power.

Yongye gave Natasha the Square Hammer, which transformed her into an Asgardian-armored wielder of Mjolnir's power. Thor summoned his own hammer and challenged the Square Hammer as a fake, so Yongye suggested a match and Natasha eagerly accepted.

• Yongye handed the Square Hammer to Natasha, and lightning transformed her into an armored wielder of its power.
• Thor accused Yongye of stealing Mjolnir, but backed down after Yongye warned him.
• Thor summoned his own Mjolnir and confirmed it was still his.
• Thor dismissed Natasha's Square Hammer as a fake, and Yongye proposed that they test it in a match.
• Natasha agreed, eager to try her new hammer.

Natasha fought Thor with the Square Hammer, revealing that it carried power comparable to Mjolnir and that she could wield Thor’s power. Yongye left with Natasha, brushing off Thor’s questions, and she asked him privately where he had gotten the hammer.

• Natasha and Thor clashed across the Training Ground, and the Square Hammer matched Mjolnir’s force and lightning.
• Thor realized Natasha’s hammer was no cheap imitation and asked Yongye where he had gotten it.
• Yongye put an arm around Natasha and left with her, telling Thor they would talk afterward.
• Hawkeye told Thor that Yongye and Natasha’s sparring would not be a proper fight, then left him behind.
• In Natasha’s rest room, Natasha asked Yongye where the Square Hammer had come from.

Yongye helped Natasha awaken the power of Mjolnir, while Thor waited dejectedly outside. The chapter then shifted to Themyscira, where Hippolyta urgently summoned Diana and received her in the temple.

• Yongye told Natasha that Mjolnir had chosen her and guided her as Thor's power surged through her.
• Natasha challenged Yongye to a sparring session, and they went off together while Mjolnir stayed by her side.
• Thor waited outside the training area as Hawkeye told him Natasha and Yongye would be occupied for hours and might ignore him afterward.
• Diana returned to Themyscira after Hippolyta urgently summoned her and asked her mother what had happened.

Hippolyta told Diana that the Amazons and Zeus had ordered an investigation into Yongye, whose Mother Box might connect him to Darkseid. Diana set out to uncover Yongye’s identity, allies, origins, and aims, with orders to kill him if he proved to be Darkseid’s lackey.

• Hippolyta asked Diana to investigate Yongye and questioned her about the dark-gold cube he used against Ultron.
• Hippolyta identified the cube as a Mother Box from Apokolips and said the Amazons suspected Yongye served Darkseid.
• Diana explained that Yongye had claimed to belong to the Watchers, led by Doctor of the Unified System, who had given him the Mother Box and Gold Armor.
• Hippolyta revealed that Zeus had also ordered an investigation, though she did not know why.
• Hippolyta tasked Diana with learning who Yongye was, who stood behind him, where he got the Mother Box, and what he wanted.
• Diana left to investigate, and Hippolyta ordered her to kill Yongye if he was truly Darkseid’s lackey.

Clark Kent struggled to write a fair article about the Winter Soldier while worrying about how the public would judge Bucky Barnes. The chapter left him listening helplessly as Yongye entered Lois Lane’s office and ignored her protests.

• Clark Kent drafted an article arguing that Hydra, not the brainwashed Winter Soldier, should bear blame for his crimes.
• Clark wondered how the public and the law should judge Bucky Barnes, including for the deaths of Tony's parents.
• Yongye arrived at the Daily Planet, and Perry White tried to welcome him before Yongye brushed him aside.
• Yongye entered Lois Lane's office and lowered the blinds while Clark listened through his super-hearing.
• Lois protested that Yongye had come to her workplace, but he insisted he was visiting his own newspaper and wanted to see her.

Clark Kent overheard Yongye and Lois in Lois’s office and became convinced that Lois needed saving, but he restrained himself and did nothing. That night, two figures darted through a dark alley in Gotham’s East End.

• Clark overheard Yongye and Lois in her office and struggled with the urge to intervene.
• Clark stood up as if to act, then sat back down to think it through.
• Yongye left the newsroom and told Perry White to keep publishing articles criticizing Superheroes’ mistakes.
• Lois returned to her desk and resumed working without addressing what had happened.
• Clark wrote that Lois needed saving, crumpled the note, and put it in his pocket.
• That night, two figures darted past each other in a dim alley in Gotham’s East End.

Batman and Superman discussed their suspicion that Yongye was controlling several women with dark magic and decided to plan an attack against him. Superman remained uneasy about Batman’s proposal to cripple Yongye.

• Batman caught Catwoman during a rooftop chase and chained her to a rooftop light pole.
• Superman arrived and told Batman he suspected Yongye was using dark magic to control the women involved with him.
• Batman agreed that Natasha and Talia’s devotion to Yongye seemed suspicious, and Superman insisted they needed to save the women.
• Batman listed how willingly the women spent time with Yongye and challenged Superman to suggest a way to help them.
• Batman proposed that they make a plan to cripple Yongye, while Superman struggled to offer alternatives.

Superman and Batman agreed to seek a way to free Lois from Yongye's influence without confronting him recklessly. After Superman flew to Metropolis, Catwoman offered to investigate Yongye herself in exchange for Batman staying out of her way.

• Superman told Batman they should try to break Yongye's hold over Lois and the other women.
• Batman warned Superman that Yongye had unknown abilities and the Watchers behind him, then gave him an encrypted communicator and promised to help with Lois.
• Superman flew toward Metropolis, leaving Batman to return to Catwoman, who was still chained to a streetlamp.
• Catwoman revealed she had overheard their conversation and proposed trying to handle Yongye herself in exchange for Batman leaving her alone.
• Batman found and crushed the listening device Catwoman had planted on him, then warned her not to get herself killed.

Batman warned Catwoman not to seek out Yongye, but she remained determined to meet him. After Joker robbed Gotham First National Bank and took hostages, Batman left Catwoman behind, and she escaped her restraints and headed toward Manhattan.

• Batman warned Catwoman that Yongye was dangerous and tried to keep her from seeking him out, but she insisted she could handle him.
• Batman fastened Catwoman's Alloy Chain to the Batwing and received word that Joker had robbed Gotham First National Bank and taken hostages.
• Batman flew toward the emergency and told Catwoman to wait for him to return.
• Catwoman slipped out of her custom handcuffs, hid them, and leaped away across the rooftops.
• As the Batwing headed toward the explosions in Gotham City District, Catwoman traveled toward Manhattan.