Vol. 2Gotham’s Shifting Alliances

Li Jie and the Eastern District Precinct faced supernatural threats, assassins, cultists, and Gotham’s rival factions while Li Jie helped new allies and recruits. The stretch ends with Clark and Kara agreeing to join an embedded police report under Li Jie’s rules.

  • Li Jie returned to Gotham, helped protect Raven, and joined Bob and the precinct in resisting the League of Assassins’ attack.
  • Raven closed the demons’ portals, but Shadow Demons possessed Hopkins and other officers, leaving Li Jie’s team to restrain them and drive the demons out.
  • Li Jie and Harleen thwarted Hugo Strange’s manipulation of Nygma and pursued threats from Crane and the Church of Blood.
  • Ra's al Ghul sent the League of Assassins toward Gotham to summon Trigon and preserve the fading Lazarus Pit.
  • Li Jie and the precinct survived a coordinated assault by the League of Assassins and Brother Blood’s cult, with Raven helping them destroy Brother Blood.
  • Li Jie began training cadets and led recruits on patrol, where Nicholas Hawthorne broke a thief’s ankle.
  • Li Jie helped Poison Ivy, Barbara Gordon, and Kara while navigating Gotham’s gang politics and training new recruits.
  • Clark and Kara agreed to join Li Jie’s embedded police report under his instructions.
Chapters 101–200 Read from ch. 101

Arc 5The Precinct Under Siege

Li Jie’s travels brought him into contact with heroes, criminals, and divine beings before he returned to Gotham and helped protect Raven. The Eastern District Precinct survived the League of Assassins’ attack, but Shadow Demons possessed officers, leaving the threat within the station unresolved.

  • Li Jie traveled through Midway City and Star City, declined offers to join Leonard’s bank robbery, confronted Green Arrow, and raised millions for Gotham’s children’s aid program.
  • In Florida, Li Jie resisted Dionysus’s powers until Diana intervened, then returned to Gotham and told Bob that supernatural beings were real.
  • Bob kept Raven under precinct protection, and Li Jie discovered that Trigon’s magic could not corrupt him before agreeing to help Raven understand their powers.
  • Li Jie brought Raven to the station, where Harleen sought to treat her and Bruce Wayne prepared to protect the precinct from the League of Assassins.
  • Li Jie, Bob, Gordon, and their teams fortified the precinct, defeating several waves of assassins with traps and coordinated defenses.
  • Batman confronted Talia, learned that the League had been ordered to capture Raven, and left her behind as demons emerged through portals in the precinct cafeteria.
  • Raven closed the portals, but Shadow Demons possessed Hopkins and other officers, forcing Li Jie and the team to restrain them and drive the demons out.
Chapters 101–125 Summaries Read

Arc 6Cultists and Assassins

Li Jie strengthened the East End precinct while confronting Hugo Strange’s manipulation, Jonathan Crane’s fear gas, and the Church of Blood’s pursuit of Raven. The arc ended with Ra's al Ghul sending the League of Assassins toward Gotham to summon Trigon and save the fading Lazarus Pit.

  • Li Jie helped bring Oliver Queen and Bruce Wayne’s rival donations to five million dollars each, then learned that Bruce planned to seek advice about Raven and the supernatural attacks.
  • Li Jie investigated Dr. Edgar Morris’s death and arranged for Harleen Quinzel to observe Hugo Strange’s psychological assessments at the precinct.
  • Harleen recognized that Strange was pushing Edward Nygma toward a second personality, and Li Jie interrupted the session before Nygma accepted the idea.
  • Batman discovered Jonathan Crane’s fear laboratory, while Li Jie and Wilson searched Krain Manor and chased Crane into the woods, where Gordon inhaled fear gas and Crane escaped.
  • Li Jie learned that a follower was tracking Raven for the Daughter of Chaos, then raided an abandoned mill and discovered that the Church of Blood wanted Raven as its leader’s bride.
  • Chief Bob arranged for Ian Fleming to show Li Jie and Wilson a large cache of military weapons and tactical equipment for the precinct to test.
  • Ra's al Ghul told Talia that he intended to use the Church of Blood to summon Trigon and preserve the fading Lazarus Pit, then sent the League of Assassins toward Gotham.
Chapters 126–150 Summaries Read

Arc 7The Precinct Under Siege

Li Jie and the Eastern District Precinct prepared for and survived a coordinated assault by the League of Assassins and Brother Blood’s cult, with Raven helping them destroy Brother Blood. Afterward, Li Jie began training new cadets and took recruits on patrol, where they encountered Nicholas Hawthorne.

  • Li Jie strengthened the precinct’s defenses with weapons and supplies as Cobblepot and Wilson assisted, while the Eternal Church urged believers to protest and Brother Blood killed Finn.
  • Nygma tested Fear Toxin, confronted the Riddler in his mind, and overcame the toxin with Li Jie and the others’ support.
  • Li Jie and Wilson faced protesters demanding Raven, then searched for her after she fled and brought her back to safety.
  • Li Jie and Gordon arranged a transfer of rifles to Central Headquarters, while Nygma’s detector helped the team discover signs of an impending attack.
  • The League of Assassins attacked Gotham as Li Jie’s team evacuated and defended the precinct, and Bruce fought Ra's al Ghul in the Riot Armor.
  • Brother Blood led cultists against the precinct, but Li Jie and the officers disrupted his regeneration before Li Jie burned his remains with Firefly’s equipment.
  • Nygma received a lieutenant’s badge, and Li Jie evaluated the eight cadets assigned to the precinct and warned them about the East End.
  • After John and Mary Grayson died during a performance, Bruce took Dick in as his ward, and Li Jie led recruits on patrol, where Nicholas Hawthorne broke a thief’s ankle.
Chapters 151–175 Summaries Read

Arc 8Gotham’s New Alliances

Li Jie balanced gang politics, new recruits, and threats across Gotham while helping Poison Ivy, Barbara Gordon, and Kara. The arc ended with Clark and Kara agreeing to join an embedded police report under Li Jie’s rules.

  • FBI agents and U.S. Marshals arrested Arthur Brown, and Li Jie asked Gordon to screen West District officers as potential recruits.
  • Cobblepot asked Li Jie to help eliminate Sofia Falcone, but Li Jie refused and arranged a neutral meeting to hear her intentions.
  • Li Jie rescued a student from an illegal experiment and suspected she was Pamela Isley, who later became Poison Ivy and confronted ACE Chemicals over pollution.
  • Li Jie persuaded Poison Ivy to avoid attacking the plant, while Harleen urged her to stay until they found who had harmed her.
  • Bruce Wayne took Dick Grayson in as his ward, and Dick chose the name Robin before joining Batman in investigating Sal Maroni.
  • Li Jie hired Harleen, helped Gordon reconcile with Barbara after she posed as a Batman copycat, and had Nygma alter museum footage to protect her.
  • Li Jie helped Kara deter her classmates’ bullying by presenting her as an underworld heiress at the Iceberg Lounge, where Clark later met them.
  • Clark thanked Li Jie for helping Kara, and Li Jie invited Clark and Kara to join an embedded police report under his instructions.
Chapters 176–200 Summaries Read
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