Chapter Summaries

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.

Yongye, disguised as Minato Namikaze, met Kikyo, a Shrine Maiden sent by Amaterasu to obtain information from him. He accepted her offer as Doomsday advanced through Sendai and the Justice League approached.

• Yongye watched Doomsday move through Sendai and welcomed the arrival of the Justice League.
• Kikyo arrived and introduced herself as a Divine Envoy sent by Amaterasu, offering to do anything in exchange for information.
• Yongye sensed Kikyo's sorrow and recognized that she had been forced into the role, but he chose to accept her offer.
• Kikyo knelt as Doomsday crushed another building and the Justice League raced toward them.

Disguised as Minato Namikaze, Yongye watched Doomsday approach Sendai City while keeping most of his attention on Kikyo. The Justice League began its assault, but Doomsday quickly injured Cyborg and threatened the other heroes as they regrouped to fight.

• Yongye watched Doomsday from a rooftop while Kikyo sat nearby in the doorway, struggling with her feelings.
• The Flash rescued two elderly people from a collapsing building, and Superman destroyed a falling slab before it could crush him or the trapped civilians.
• Doomsday struck Cyborg with Heat Vision, shattered his shield, and sent him flying through a shop.
• Wonder Woman caught Cyborg with her Lasso of Truth, pulled him to safety, and warned him not to block Doomsday's Heat Vision.
• Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, and Cyborg regrouped and prepared to attack Doomsday, with Superman urging them to survive first and seek an opening.

Superman, the Flash, Cyborg, and Wonder Woman coordinated attacks that exposed Doomsday’s bone-armor regeneration cycle. Batman then sent the Flash the last Kryptonite bomb and spear, leaving the team preparing for a single attempt to kill Doomsday.

• Cyborg dodged Doomsday’s Heat Vision and identified the warning in his pupils.
• The Flash distracted Doomsday while Cyborg reopened the crack in his left knee’s bone armor, allowing Superman to strike his crown and Wonder Woman to restrain his right arm.
• Cyborg calculated that the damaged armor regenerated about every forty seconds, and the Flash praised his analysis.
• Batman brought the Batwing over Sendai City and ordered the Flash to use the Kryptonite bomb to slow Doomsday before driving the spear through his heart.
• The Flash caught the two weapons as Superman, Cyborg, and Wonder Woman prepared to hold Doomsday off.

The Justice League’s plan weakened Doomsday with a Kryptonite bomb, but Minato Namikaze intercepted the Flash’s spear strike and broke Wonder Woman’s hold on the monster. Doomsday’s right wrist came free as the battle turned against the heroes.

• Superman blocked Doomsday’s Heat Vision while the Flash hurled the Kryptonite bomb, and Yongye, disguised as Minato Namikaze, struck Kikyo and left her furious.
• The bomb’s Kryptonite dust damaged Doomsday’s left knee, and Wonder Woman pinned his arms with the Lasso of Truth.
• Superman shielded the Flash again as the Flash charged Doomsday with the Kryptonite Spear.
• Minato Namikaze appeared, seized the Flash’s wrist, caught the spear, and stopped his attack.
• Minato struck the Lasso of Truth with the spear, breaking its hold and freeing Doomsday’s right wrist.

Minato Namikaze ordered Doomsday to keep destroying the world and let it escape, then demanded that the heroes kneel and beg him if they wanted him to stop. He vanished with the Kryptonite Spear, leaving the heroes stunned as Doomsday raced toward the mountains west of Sendai City.

• Minato Namikaze released the Kryptonite Spear and ordered Doomsday to keep destroying the world, causing it to flee toward the mountains west of Sendai City.
• Superman, Batman, the Flash, Cyborg, and Wonder Woman confronted Minato after he let Doomsday escape.
• Minato declared that he would become the villain if he could not be the savior and threatened to deny the heroes peace unless they knelt and begged him.
• Minato pulled the Kryptonite Spear from the rubble and promised to hold on to Doomsday, then vanished in a golden flash.
• Barry Allen collapsed in frustration, and Victor Stone wondered how someone like Minato had come from Fusang.