Chapter Summaries

At the Heroes' Conference, the superheroes argued over whether to destroy another Earth but failed to reach a consensus. Afterward, Yongye stopped General Lane from discussing the issue and took Lois away, claiming they had something urgent to handle.

• Yongye told the heroes that the Eye Society would only supervise and left them to decide among themselves.
• Amanda challenged Superman and Thor over their objections to voting, while T'Chaka and Arthur said Wakanda and Atlantis would not join an operation to destroy the other Earth.
• Diana warned that the other universe might already have chosen to destroy their Earth, silencing the conference.
• The conference ended after three hours without even a provisional agreement, and the superheroes left angry and divided.
• Yongye met General Lane outside the President's office, cut off his warning, and drew Lois to his side.
• Yongye told General Lane to wait while he and Lois handled something urgent.

General Lane waited outside the President’s office while Yongye was with Lois, growing increasingly furious as he overheard them. He left without discussing the Multiversal Incursion crisis, defeated by the knowledge that he could do nothing to stop them.

• Yongye took Lois into the office and shut the door in General Lane’s face.
• General Lane waited in the corridor, reminding himself that he needed to reach an agreement with Yongye about the Multiversal Incursion crisis.
• General Lane heard repeated smacking sounds from inside and realized what Yongye’s urgent business was.
• General Lane raised a fist toward the office door but stopped, knowing he could not break through it.
• General Lane walked to the elevator, glanced back at the office, and cursed.

Yongye gained multiversal access to the Illuminati after General Lane left in frustration, and he considered traveling to a universe facing a Multiversal Incursion. Later, Himiko returned to his apartment with another divine envoy, whom Yongye sensed through the door.

• General Lane left the office after being refused entry while Yongye and Lois continued their private business inside.
• Yongye received an Advanced Blind Box and obtained the Illuminati key with multiversal access privileges.
• Yongye considered visiting a universe threatened by a Multiversal Incursion to find Captain Carter and Sharon Carter, while Lois asked about the multiverse situation.
• Yongye and Lois traveled through an Alternate-Dimension Portal to his penthouse, where Lois left after asking whether he would address the multiverse situation.
• Himiko rang Yongye's doorbell alongside a shorter, black-haired woman whose spiritual energy was purer and denser than hers.
• Yongye opened the door slightly and saw Himiko waiting outside in a dark silver robe.

Himiko brought Asano Nene to Yongye and offered Kaguya-hime as a further sign of Takamagahara’s sincerity, inviting him to the Divine Kingdom. Yongye recognized the invitation as a trap and decided to postpone dealing with Takamagahara until after the multiversal crisis.

• Himiko apologized for her behavior seven days earlier and gave Yongye a dark gold Tomoe, saying Amaterasu was grateful for Kikyo’s choice.
• Himiko introduced Asano Nene as Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s principal wife and a respected Heroic Spirit of Takamagahara.
• Himiko said Takamagahara had seriously considered Yongye’s proposal and offered Kaguya-hime’s reception as an even greater token of sincerity.
• Himiko invited Yongye to visit Takamagahara, explaining that Kaguya-hime could not leave the Lunar Palace and would welcome him there.
• Yongye suspected Takamagahara intended to lure him into its Divine Kingdom, so he resolved to wait until he had dealt with the multiversal crisis and other threats.

Yongye agreed to visit Takamagahara after his busy spell, and Himiko left to prepare for his arrival. He then questioned Asano Nene about her past with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and led her toward the bedroom to break her old habits and teach her anew.

• Yongye told Himiko he would visit Takamagahara once the multiverse crisis eased, and Himiko departed to arrange his welcome.
• Himiko silently urged Asano Nene to follow their plan before leaving, and Asano Nene nodded.
• Yongye ordered Asano Nene to enter and treated her as a servant rather than a noblewoman.
• Asano Nene said Toyotomi Hideyoshi was small only by comparison, then submitted to Yongye's examination.
• Yongye identified Asano Nene's formal manners as habits learned while serving as Hideyoshi's principal wife and said he would replace them.
• Asano Nene asked Yongye to instruct her and followed him toward the bedroom.

Yongye spent the night teaching Asano Nene new rules, with Tamamo-no-Mae and Kikyo joining in. The next morning, Kikyo served an elaborate breakfast, and Asano Nene crawled beneath the dining table at Tamamo-no-Mae’s urging.

• Asano Nene invited Yongye to take her to see Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Takamagahara and show him his power.
• Yongye stayed in and taught Asano Nene new rules, while Tamamo-no-Mae joined enthusiastically and Kikyo offered suggestions that deeply unsettled her.
• After a day and a sleepless night, Kikyo prepared an elaborate breakfast and called Yongye to the table.
• Yongye praised Kikyo’s cooking and began eating as Kikyo knelt nearby, ready to attend him.
• Tamamo-no-Mae and Asano Nene emerged from the bedroom, and Tamamo-no-Mae urged Asano Nene to crawl beneath the table for Yongye.

Yongye delayed responding to the multiversal collision above Manhattan while he finished breakfast, then eventually joined The Boys as the vortex expanded. The team assembled in the sky to confront the growing threat of another Earth appearing through the rift.

• Selina Kyle told Yongye that a massive Space-Time Vortex had appeared over Manhattan and that the Avengers Alliance and Justice League were mobilizing.
• Yongye said he would wait because he was busy educating Toyotomi Hideyoshi's wife, Lady Kita no Mandokoro, Asada Nene.
• As the vortex expanded and heroes gathered, Kikyo offered to help, and Yongye agreed to join the response.
• An hour later, Yongye put on the Golden Cloth and joined The Boys above Manhattan.
• Natasha, Wanda, Daisy, Mera, Diana, and Catwoman Selina assembled with Yongye before the vortex.

Yongye recognized the people emerging through the space-time vortex as the X-Men and sensed that Charles Xavier secretly intended to destroy their Earth. Superman offered to cooperate to prevent the universes from colliding, while Charles claimed he had verified Superman was telling the truth.

• The vortex revealed Charles Xavier and the X-Men facing the heroes from a floating platform in another universe.
• Yongye recognized the X-Men and used Clear Sword Heart to sense Charles's hidden sorrow and resolve to destroy the Earth on this side.
• Superman approached the vortex and explained that the universes' collision would annihilate both, asking the X-Men to work with them.
• Charles told Superman he had examined his condition and confirmed he was sincere, while Yongye recognized the claim as a lie.

Professor X and Superman agreed to exchange delegations across the Space-Time Vortex to explore cooperation between their Earths. The chapter ended with both sides preparing to send representatives in one day, while Batman warned Superman not to reveal Yongye’s abilities.

• Professor X introduced himself to Superman and proposed that both Earths exchange delegations to build understanding and find a solution to the crisis.
• Superman introduced Tony Stark, Batman, and Yongye to Professor X, praising their intelligence and Yongye’s feats, including slaying a Chief God.
• Professor X introduced Hank McCoy as his side’s leading scientist, and Superman recognized him with respect.
• Batman subtly signaled Superman to keep Yongye’s specific abilities secret, so Superman redirected the discussion toward cooperation.
• Professor X named Hank, Cyclops, Phoenix Girl, and Wolverine as his delegation, and Superman agreed to send representatives in one day.

Yongye opened the Second Heroes' Conference and laid out plans for receiving a delegation from the other Earth and sending one in return. When he tried to leave, Batman and other heroes insisted that he stay and chair the meeting.

• Representatives from both superhero alliances and other factions gathered as the Space-Time Vortex continued to expand.
• Yongye proposed choosing a delegation to welcome the other Earth's visitors while concealing their own secrets, and another delegation to visit the other Earth and investigate it.
• Yongye turned toward Sharon Carter and prepared to leave after announcing that the attendees should decide the details themselves.
• Batman, Tony, Steve, and Thor objected and demanded that Yongye remain for the meeting.
• Diana watched Yongye with complicated feelings as the conference hall pressed him to stay.

Yongye rejected the Heroes' Conference and urged the factions to destroy the other Earth's planet, then left after they opposed him. Back at the Eye Society headquarters, he learned his departure had earned him a Super Blind Box and opened it.

• Yongye proposed a surprise attack to destroy the other Earth's planet, but Superman, Steve, Thor, Diana, T'Chaka, Arthur, and Mera opposed the plan.
• Yongye dismissed the meeting and insulted everyone before leaving, while Batman insisted the conference continue without him.
• Batman resumed the meeting and began discussing a unified statement and the delegation's members.
• Yongye watched the expanding vortex from his office and received a Super Blind Box for the heroes' emotional breakdowns.
• Yongye opened the Super Blind Box.

Yongye gained the Phoenix Force, which transformed his body and expanded his psychic perception across the planet. As the public speculated about his absence from the heroes’ conference, he decided to make Fusang suffer a little more.

• Yongye absorbed the Phoenix Force, reshaping his body into an ordinary-looking form while filling him with cosmic power.
• Yongye used his expanded perception to sense life across the planet and spread a calming halo over his neighborhood.
• Yongye checked online arguments about his absence from the heroes’ conference and the Multiversal Incursion crisis.
• Yongye dismissed the speculation and decided to use his old method to make Fusang suffer more.

Yongye arranged for Tamamo-no-Mae to summon Nōhime to Manhattan, intending to use her status as Oda Nobunaga’s wife alongside Asano Nene’s to advance his plans. As the television announced the Heroes’ Conference teams, a Wood Clone of Yongye slipped away unnoticed.

• Yongye asked Tamamo-no-Mae to contact Takamagahara and bring Nōhime to Manhattan.
• Tamamo-no-Mae sent a message through the mirror and said Amaterasu-Ōmikami would ensure Nōhime arrived within half a day.
• The television announced Natasha Romanoff as leader of the reception team, with Tony Stark, Diana, Superman, and Princess Mera as members.
• The television announced Batman as leader of the Delegation, with the Flash, Thor, Selina Kyle, and Cyborg as members.
• As Kikyo, Asano Nene, and Tamamo-no-Mae watched the broadcast, a Wood Clone of Yongye emerged from behind the sofa and vanished.

Yongye invited Lois Lane to his apartment for an exclusive interview, but made her wait while they went into the bedroom. When Nōhime arrived, Yongye ordered her to massage him in front of Lois’s camera, leaving her to endure another public humiliation.

• Yongye invited Lois Lane over for an exclusive interview, and she hurried to his apartment.
• Lois entered and met Tamamo-no-Mae, Asano Nene, and Kikyo before Yongye led her into the bedroom.
• Kikyo told Asano Nene she was used to Yongye’s behavior, startling her.
• Nōhime arrived at two in the afternoon and scanned the living room warily before sitting beside Asano Nene.
• Lois returned, set up her camera, and watched as Yongye ordered Nōhime to massage his shoulders and pound his back.

Yongye explained to Lois why he had skipped the Heroes' Conference, dismissing its cautious approach to the Multiversal Incursion and claiming he was busy helping Nōhime and Asano Nene. He left both women massaging him while Lois continued her interview, visibly skeptical of his explanation.

• Nōhime and Asano Nene reluctantly massaged Yongye while Lois prepared to interview him.
• Lois asked why Yongye had skipped the Heroes' Conference, and he said he favored striking first by destroying the other universe's Earth.
• Yongye criticized Superman, Steve, Thor, and Diana for opposing his plan and said he had no time to waste talking with them.
• When Lois asked what he had done instead, Yongye introduced Nōhime and Asano Nene and claimed he was teaching them.
• Yongye invented a five-phases explanation for why the women needed his help, while Nōhime angrily continued massaging him and Asano Nene blushed in silence.

Lois interviewed Yongye about his belief that the other Earth’s Professor X planned to destroy their world and his decision to wait for the Superheroes to fail. After Lois left, Yongye resumed instructing Nōhime and Asano Nene, while the broadcast of the interview caused a worldwide online frenzy.

• Lois asked why Yongye believed Professor X intended to destroy their Earth, and Yongye said he judged the other side by his own willingness to destroy an Earth to save his world.
• Yongye said he would wait for the other side to act and for the Superheroes to fail before they came to him for help.
• Lois ended the interview and left, while Nōhime and Asano Nene remained with Yongye.
• Yongye told Asano Nene to prepare for the next lesson, and Nōhime later left the apartment unsteadily, cursing him.
• Lois Lane’s interview aired on the Daily Planet, crashed social media platforms, and sparked worldwide arguments about Yongye and the other Earth.

Yongye’s public treatment of Nōhime and Asano Nene sparked worldwide ridicule and humiliation for Fusang and Takamagahara. In the Divine Council Hall, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi lost their restraint and set out to kill Yongye.

• People across the world mocked Fusang as Nōhime and Asano Nene massaged Yongye during a global livestream.
• Fusang’s social media users condemned Takamagahara for sending its Divine Envoys to sue for peace and surrendering the country’s dignity.
• Amaterasu-Ōmikami and the other gods discussed Yongye’s public humiliation of Takamagahara and admitted they could not avenge Susanoo-no-Mikoto’s death.
• Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, enraged by their wives’ public humiliation, drew their swords and declared they would kill Yongye.

Amaterasu-Ōmikami stopped Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi from attacking Yongye, planning instead to lure him to Takamagahara. After sending Selina Kyle to question the X-Men about Spider-Man, Yongye gained Ultimate Authority over Takamagahara and prepared to confront Amaterasu-Ōmikami and Kaguya-hime.

• Amaterasu-Ōmikami warned Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi that they would die if they went after Yongye, and said they would punish him once he came to Takamagahara.
• Selina Kyle asked Yongye what to watch for in the X-Men world, and he told her to ask whether they remembered the Spider-Man whose home they had destroyed.
• Yongye told Selina to watch for guilty reactions and said he would take action if she found any; she left for the X-Men world.
• Yongye received an Ultimate Blind Box after the people of Fusang and the gods of Takamagahara suffered linked emotional breakdowns.
• Yongye opened the blind box and gained Ultimate Authority over Takamagahara, revealing its structures, defenses, and Amaterasu-Ōmikami’s hidden contingency to him.
• Yongye resolved to go to Takamagahara and confront Amaterasu-Ōmikami and Kaguya-hime.

Jean Grey secretly used her telepathy to assess the heroes of this Earth and discovered that their strength far surpassed the X-Men’s, while Yongye’s true power remained an unreadable abyss. She returned to the surface conversation without revealing her alarm.

• Natasha welcomed Hank McCoy, Scott Summers, Jean Grey, and Logan, while Tony and Hank began discussing technology.
• Jean spread her telepathy through the reception corridor and quietly examined the team’s mental surfaces.
• As Tony and Hank paused to discuss dimensional energy, Jean probed deeper through Natasha and Superman’s shared memories.
• Jean witnessed visions of the Golden Armor God of War, Yongye defeating General Zod, the Justice League’s defeat, and Yongye’s willingness to destroy the other Earth first.
• Jean’s probe touched the edge of Yongye’s hidden darkness and was repelled, leaving her convinced that the X-Men faced overwhelming danger.

The Delegation visited the X-Men’s world and saw the memorials and school that reflected the persecution mutants had endured. At Xavier’s School, Charles welcomed them and described the X-Men’s sacrifices, while Jean concealed her growing fear about his true intentions.

• Jean recalled Professor X’s plan to destroy the other universe and worried that Natasha might discover it.
• Storm guided the Delegation past memorials to mutants who had been killed or disappeared, and described how past resistance had led to harsher persecution.
• Storm showed the Delegation the mutant children living at Xavier’s School, including students whose abilities appeared as they played.
• Charles welcomed the Delegation in a room lined with photographs of X-Men and told them the X-Men had paid a great price to preserve world peace.