Arc 17Scarlet Witch and the Nether

Yang Bo helped defeat General Zod, then was pulled into a multiversal crisis and used an Ultimate Iron Golem Titan to kill the Scarlet Witch. He took the Titan into the Nether, where he discovered Joker had become a rebirthing monster.

  • Yang Bo helped Alfred gain the Omega Effect, then stored Darkseid’s body before it could heal and sent the fighters home to rebuild Apokolips.
  • Yang Bo protected his companions from Barry’s time reversal, rescued Kara with Clark, and helped stop General Zod before returning to New York.
  • Yang Bo, Tony, and Doctor Strange followed America Chavez through a portal to universe 838, where Mordo handed them over to the Illuminati.
  • Yang Bo freed Tony and America as Wanda attacked the Illuminati, then suppressed the Scarlet Witch’s magic and used Wanda’s help to drive her out of her body.
  • Yang Bo coached America to open portals and brought Wanda and Vision from his world, then followed America to confront the Scarlet Witch.
  • Yang Bo grew an Ultimate Iron Golem Titan that battered the Scarlet Witch to death, then revived her so Wanda could drain her remaining energy.
  • Yang Bo took the Titan into the Nether, where Joker attacked and was repeatedly crushed, revealing that Joker copies could rebirth and gain traits.
Chapters 401–425 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 401Reinforcements arrived

Mephisto and his demon army joined the battle against Darkseid’s Parademons while Batman regained his resolve after Alfred’s advice. Yang Bo continued fighting Darkseid, and with Infinity Thanos’s help, he decapitated him and stored his body in his inventory.

  • Two men emerged from the teleportation light, and Kaecilius merged his Nether with the world as Mephisto transformed and unleashed hellfire on the Parademons.
  • Mephisto summoned an army of demons, which charged into battle against the Parademons.
  • Alfred reminded Batman that he could still save people with his intelligence, then jokingly suggested he rescue cats; Batman renewed his resolve and considered countermeasures against Yang Bo.
  • Yang Bo taunted Darkseid and used the Red Matter Katar to wound him, while Darkseid’s omega energy rapidly healed the damage.
  • Infinity Thanos joined the fight and used the Time Stone on Darkseid, allowing Yang Bo to strike him with a second Red Matter Katar and cut off his head.
  • Yang Bo put Darkseid’s body into his inventory before omega energy could heal him.

Ch. 402The Omega Effect's new host

After Darkseid died, the Omega Effect searched for a new host and chose Alfred, who immediately fired Omega Beams at the Parademons. Yang Bo’s forces then overwhelmed the leaderless Parademons, though Ivan’s mechanical army suffered heavy losses.

  • Yang Bo chased the ownerless Omega Effect energy after Darkseid blew himself up.
  • The Omega Effect chose Alfred instead of Bruce, and Alfred used an Omega Beam to kill Parademons.
  • Alfred joked that he could now accompany Bruce on rescues, and Bruce felt delighted by Alfred’s new power.
  • Darkseid’s death threw the Parademons into disarray, and they began attacking and devouring one another.
  • The two Groots grew spikes and greenery that killed Parademons and healed nearby wounded fighters.
  • Ivan’s mechanical army took the heaviest losses, but the Parademon armor left behind promised to expand the Iron Legion.

Ch. 403Cleanup

After Darkseid’s defeat, Yang Bo sent his allies home and began assigning Apokolips’s development to Ivan and Groot. Half a month later, he returned to the DC world, where Quicksilver practiced with the Speed Force and Barry revealed that Bruce had become a part-time vigilante for the Police Department.

  • Yang Bo and the Ancient One discussed the danger of other powerful beings noticing Darkseid’s death, while Yang Bo insisted they had nothing to fear from those watching.
  • Yang Bo praised Thanos for helping defeat Darkseid, then sent most of the fighters home.
  • Yang Bo tasked Ivan with developing Apokolips’s resources and mechanical army, and Groot with restoring its greenery; he also left Teleportation Stone Tablets and Kryptonians to guard the planet.
  • Half a month later, Yang Bo returned to the DC world and found Quicksilver practicing with the Speed Force, which Barry had shared with him after the battle.
  • Barry arrived hungry, and Yang Bo explained that Barry generated the Speed Force while Quicksilver only consumed it.
  • Barry told Yang Bo that Bruce had been working part-time as a vigilante for the Police Department and said he was considering becoming one too.

Ch. 404Reversing the world

After the celebration, Barry accidentally began reversing time, pulling the world into the Speed Force. Yang Bo protected his companions with Time-Flow Pocket Watches, and they found Barry running backward inside a sphere of reality, leaving them to wait for him to reach his destination.

  • Yang Bo celebrated the victory over Darkseid with his companions and teased Barry for drinking orange juice.
  • Skye suggested Yang Bo was trying to get Wonder Woman drunk, and Yang Bo joined Diana for a toast.
  • Quicksilver told Yang Bo that Barry had started running and vanished after thinking about his parents.
  • Yang Bo discovered his Time-Flow Pocket Watch had activated, gave more watches to Quicksilver, and protected the group from Barry's time reversal.
  • Yang Bo and the others entered a world of spheres and spotted Barry running backward inside a sphere made of images of reality.

Ch. 405A parallel universe in the DC world

Yang Bo confirmed that he and the others could return to their original world, then explained why he had stayed: General Zod threatened this timeline’s Kryptonians, including Clark’s imprisoned older sister, Kara Zor-El. When this world’s Barry Allen appeared and asked for help saving Earth, Yang Bo promised to help despite knowing Barry would disappear if the timeline changed.

  • Yang Bo confirmed the original world still existed and set up a Teleportation Stone Tablet so the others could return.
  • Yang Bo told Clark and Bruce that General Zod would soon arrive and that Kara Zor-El was imprisoned in a Siberian rocket facility.
  • Bruce found no information about Supergirl, and Yang Bo explained that Barry’s actions had created this timeline.
  • Clark offered to rescue Kara, but this world’s Barry Allen appeared and said he had repeatedly failed to save Earth from General Zod.
  • Yang Bo removed the black substance covering Barry and promised to help him, though he knew Barry would disappear if the timeline changed.

Ch. 406Kara-El

Yang Bo, Clark, Bruce, and Barry Allen rescued Kara from her prison beneath a Siberian rocket launch base. After Yang Bo restored her with sunlight and magic, Kara recognized Clark as Kal-El and revealed she was his older sister, leaving them to talk after returning to the base.

  • Yang Bo turned the group invisible and led them into the rocket launch base without being detected.
  • Yang Bo destroyed the metal sphere holding Kara, and Clark caught her as she fell out.
  • Clark carried Kara into sunlight, and Yang Bo used spells to restore her strength.
  • Kara woke, recognized Clark as Kal-El, and said she was his older sister sent by their father to protect him.
  • Barry Allen tried to taste an iron rod after Yang Bo claimed Siberian iron was sweet, and Yang Bo admitted he had lied.
  • Yang Bo handed Clark Kara's suit and suggested they return to the base to talk.

Ch. 407Batman, again

Yang Bo and the group learned that General Zod had arrived and planned to take the Kryptonians with them, while Bruce was shocked to hear that Gotham was now the safest city in the world. Barry and Allen searched for this world's Batman and found Wayne at Wayne Manor, where Yang Bo and his group arrived soon afterward.

  • Kara struggled to adjust to Earth's overwhelming sounds and powers, and Clark helped her settle in at the Gotham base.
  • Yang Bo watched General Zod's message on television and told the group he intended to take the Kryptonians home.
  • Yang Bo said they would visit this world's Batman, surprising Bruce by claiming Gotham City was now the safest city in the world.
  • Barry and Allen found the Justice League headquarters abandoned, then traveled to Wayne Manor to look for Batman.
  • Barry found this world's Batman, Wayne, inside Wayne Manor after a playful scuffle with Allen in the kitchen.
  • Yang Bo arrived at the manor with Bruce, who grew quiet as Yang suggested Alfred might be absent or dead in this world.

Ch. 408You agreed just like that?

Yang Bo and Bruce met this world's retired Wayne and explained their plans to retrieve Barry and stop General Zod's invasion. Meanwhile, Clark convinced Barry that he would help despite his anger at humanity, leaving Barry stunned by how easily Superman agreed.

  • Yang Bo and his companions watched Barry leave with Allen, then went to meet this world's Wayne in the castle study.
  • Yang Bo explained that they had come to take their Barry home and stop General Zod, while their Bruce hoped to learn from Wayne.
  • Barry searched the Batcave and found reports about Kara's imprisonment and the rocket base attack.
  • Wayne and Clark approached Barry, and Clark demanded a reason to help humanity after humans had imprisoned him for more than twenty years.
  • Barry could only insist that Clark was Superman, and Clark agreed to stop General Zod, leaving Barry bewildered.

Ch. 409An Introduction to the Flashpoint World

Yang Bo said goodbye to the vanishing Barry Allen, then told Bruce about the Flashpoint World and invited Kara to join his group. As General Zod’s deadline arrived, Yang Bo prepared his Kryptonians to confront Zod’s forces, leaving Zod for Clark.

  • Barry Allen vanished after asking Yang Bo to let Barry taste the iron rod, and Yang Bo promised to do so.
  • Yang Bo described the Flashpoint World to Bruce, where young Bruce died and Thomas Wayne became a lethal Batman.
  • Yang Bo asked Kara to join them, and she agreed to go wherever Carl went to protect her.
  • Yang Bo planned to bring his Kryptonians to Wayne Manor and use them to persuade Zod’s forces to surrender.
  • When Zod’s Spaceship arrived, Ophira said she could interfere with the ships but could not take control, and Yang Bo assigned her group to fight the Kryptonians while Clark faced General Zod.

Ch. 410General Zod, Please Die Again

Clark confronted General Zod while Kara attacked him, and Ophira turned against Zod as dozens of caped figures flew toward his ship. Barry and Allen found Yang Bo, who explained that this world’s Superman was Kara and gave Barry an Ice Iron Rod from someone who said it would turn sweet once frozen.

  • Zod landed with his adjutant and demanded that the humans hand over a Kryptonian traitor, but Clark appeared, broke Zod’s wrist blade, and revealed himself as Kal-El.
  • Kara charged Zod in a fury, but her blows could not harm him; Zod’s adjutant, Ophira, then told him to die again as control of the spaceship was taken from her.
  • Clark struck Zod and sent him flying, while Barry and Allen watched from the Batwing and wondered how Superman would handle the Kryptonians.
  • Barry and Allen returned to Bruce Wayne and found Yang Bo there; Barry embraced Yang Bo, relieved to see him again.
  • Yang Bo explained that Kara was this world’s Superman and gave Barry an Ice Iron Rod, saying someone had asked him to pass it along.

Ch. 411Allen, I'm sorry

Yang Bo hid the Iron Rod from Allen while Clark defeated and killed General Zod, whose forces had surrendered to Ophira. After the Kryptonians departed, Kara chose to stay with Clark, whom she recognized as her cousin.

  • Yang Bo put the Iron Rod away when Allen appeared and asked whether it was a spatial ability.
  • Clark beat General Zod while Kara watched, and Ophira reported that the Kryptonian ships and soldiers were under control.
  • Ophira offered to kill Zod, but Clark killed him himself and ordered her to take his body to Tivan, the Collector.
  • Ophira led the Kryptonians away, leaving the United States soldiers behind.
  • At Wayne's Manor, Kara decided to live with Clark and said she would protect her cousin forever.

Ch. 412The arrival of the Titan mod

Yang Bo returned to the Marvel Universe, built hundreds of thousands of snow golems in Central Park for a Christmas event, and spoke with Coulson, who had become S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Director. The Titan creatures mod then loaded successfully, sending Yang Bo flying into space in alarm.

  • Yang Bo gave Commissioner Gordon a Ghost Rider badge, making him a full member of the Justice League.
  • Yang Bo returned to New York, discovered it was December 20, and built hundreds of thousands of snow golems in Central Park.
  • Coulson called Yang Bo about the golems, and Yang Bo explained that they were for a harmless Christmas event.
  • Coulson revealed that he was now Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Yang Bo promptly hung up.
  • The Titan creatures mod loaded successfully, and Yang Bo flew into space while demanding to uninstall it and file a complaint.

Ch. 413I was already invincible

Yang Bo activated the Titan Mod and discovered that Titans would appear only when someone died, then returned to New York to find his Snow Golems had spread across Manhattan. As Yang Bo and Tony talked on a frozen lake, a girl fell through a portal and pulled them both into another portal.

  • Yang Bo read the Titan Mod guide and learned that Titan Creatures spawned at a player's death and could drop any item.
  • Yang Bo returned to New York and found that his Snow Golems had spread through Manhattan, where residents began fighting back with snowballs.
  • Tony saw the Snow Golems, traced their origin to Central Park, and found Yang Bo ice fishing.
  • Tony asked Yang Bo about his recent fight on another planet, and Yang Bo explained that he had only returned the night before.
  • A girl fell through a five-pointed-star-shaped Portal, and Yang Bo and Tony fell through another portal beneath them.

Ch. 414Your Name Really Helps Bring People Together

Yang Bo, Tony, and Doctor Strange arrived in universe 838 with America Chavez, whom Yang Bo healed after she escaped the Scarlet Witch. After setting up a Teleportation Stone Tablet, Yang Bo offered America a place in his company for protection.

  • Doctor Strange crashed onto Tony as they emerged from America Chavez’s star-shaped Portal onto a rooftop in New York.
  • Yang Bo recognized America Chavez and identified their destination as universe 838, a parallel world covered in flowers.
  • Yang Bo healed America’s injuries with his Wand, and she asked whether he was a wizard.
  • Doctor Strange climbed out of a flower bed, vomited, and apologized to Yang Bo and Tony for bringing them along.
  • Yang Bo placed a Teleportation Stone Tablet on the rooftop and asked America to join his company for protection from the Scarlet Witch.

Ch. 415Baron Mordo, the Sorcerer Supreme

Yang Bo, Tony, Doctor Strange, and America Chavez searched for another Doctor Strange who might know where to find the Book of the Vishanti. At the New York Sanctum in a world where Doctor Strange had died defeating Thanos, they encountered a robed man who made Strange tense.

  • Yang Bo reassured America Chavez that he would not take her power, while Doctor Strange urged her to open a portal back to Kamar-Taj to help Wong fight Wanda.
  • America explained that she could not control her power and that no other version of her existed in any universe she had visited.
  • America mentioned the Book of the Vishanti, prompting Doctor Strange to realize that this universe might have another version of him who knew where it was.
  • Yang Bo and Tony accompanied Doctor Strange and America to the New York Sanctum, where they saw a statue honoring the Doctor Strange who had died defeating Thanos.
  • A man wearing a Kamar-Taj-style Wizard Robe walked out of the Sanctum, and Doctor Strange tensed at the sight of him.

Ch. 416A stab in the back from a fellow countryman

Mordo welcomed Doctor Strange, America Chavez, Tony Stark, and Yang Bo into the Sanctum Sanctorum, then warned them that Wanda could use the Darkhold’s Dreamwalking spell. He drugged the group and captured them, but Yang Bo remained unaffected and willingly went with Mordo to face the Illuminati.

  • Doctor Strange recognized Mordo as the former Kamar-Taj sorcerer who had vowed to kill those who misused magic.
  • Mordo hosted the group at the Sanctum Sanctorum and explained that the Darkhold could let Wanda possess her alternate self through Dreamwalking.
  • Doctor Strange asked Mordo to help find the Book of the Vishanti, but Nishanti Sand made him and Tony Stark lose consciousness.
  • Yang Bo stayed awake, while Tony briefly discussed dividing the Sanctum’s valuables with him before passing out.
  • Mordo summoned two Ultron robots to handcuff Yang Bo and opened a Portal to take him before the Illuminati.
  • Yang Bo agreed to go and asked Mordo to place him in the same room as Tony or in a nearby one.

Ch. 417The Scarlet Witch's Killing Spree

Yang Bo, Tony, America Chavez, and Doctor Strange remained imprisoned in a high-security facility, where Christine Palmer explained that the Illuminati had ordered their observation. After Mordo took Doctor Strange to meet the Illuminati, Yang Bo warned Tony to stay out of the coming fight with the Scarlet Witch and prepare to film it.

  • America Chavez tried and failed to break the Glass Wall, and Yang Bo encouraged her to master the power inside her.
  • Doctor Strange woke up, discovered that the Power-Limiting Bracelet prevented him from using magic, and recognized Christine Palmer among the researchers.
  • Christine explained that the facility was testing the visitors from other universes and identified their universe as 616; Tony proposed naming his universe 19999.
  • Mordo arrived with four Ultron Robots and took Doctor Strange to meet the Illuminati.
  • Yang Bo told Tony not to join the coming fight against the Scarlet Witch and assigned him to film it.

Ch. 418I never heard Wanda was this strong

Yang Bo freed Tony and America Chavez from the Illuminati’s laboratory as the Scarlet Witch attacked, then prepared to confront her himself. Wanda killed Black Bolt with her reality-warping power, and Yang Bo left America in Tony’s care before Professor X tried to stop him.

  • Yang Bo broke through the laboratory’s glass wall, freed Tony and America Chavez, and told Christine that the Scarlet Witch would destroy the Illuminati.
  • Wanda arrived and tore through the Ultron Robots, while Yang Bo told America how to use the Teleportation Stone Tablet if he died.
  • Mister Fantastic and the Illuminati confronted Wanda, but she erased Black Bolt’s mouth and caused his head to explode when he tried to use his power.
  • Yang Bo took out a Wand intended to counter the Scarlet Witch and entrusted America to Tony as Professor X emerged and tried to make him wait.
  • Yang Bo mocked Professor X and said that bald men no longer ran the show.

Ch. 419Scarlet Witch? Nothing special

Yang Bo stopped the Scarlet Witch by silencing her Chaos Magic, taking possession of Wanda’s body, and expelling the Scarlet Witch’s psychic power. He then persuaded America Chavez to try opening a portal to Earth-616, and she punched at the space before her.

  • The Scarlet Witch cut Captain Carter in half with Captain America’s shield, and Yang Bo ended Carter’s suffering with his Red Matter Katar.
  • The Scarlet Witch attacked Yang Bo, but her attempt to alter reality failed; Yang Bo warned her to leave so he could claim America Chavez.
  • Yang Bo used Arcane Interference to suppress the Scarlet Witch’s Chaos Magic, then possessed Wanda’s body and drove out the Scarlet Witch’s psychic power with Wanda’s help.
  • Yang Bo kept control of Wanda’s body to protect her from further Dreamwalking and asked America Chavez to open a spatial barrier to Earth-616.
  • America followed Yang Bo’s instructions, gathered her strength, and punched the space in front of her.

Ch. 420His own Wanda had grown too

Yang Bo trained America Chavez to open portals while preparing to confront the Scarlet Witch in another universe. He brought in his own Wanda and Vision, and Wanda recognized the Scarlet Witch as the alternate self hunting her.

  • Yang Bo asked Tony to bring Wanda and Vision from their world, then prepared Growth Serum and Iron Golem materials for the coming fight.
  • Doctor Strange arrived and learned from Christine that Yang Bo had driven the Scarlet Witch out of the universe with ease.
  • Yang Bo coached America Chavez until she opened a portal to the ruins of Kamar-Taj, then told her to wait until the others arrived before searching for the Scarlet Witch.
  • Wanda and Vision arrived carrying the Book of the Vishanti and the Darkhold, and Wanda told Yang Bo that the Scarlet Witch was using Dreamwalking to hunt alternate versions of her.

Ch. 421Hehe, found you.

Yang Bo and Doctor Strange entered Mount Wundagore to confront the Scarlet Witch, and Yang Bo created an Ultimate Iron Golem Titan to fight her. After the Titan crushed the monsters beside her, Yang Bo ordered it to kill the Scarlet Witch.

  • America Chavez opened a portal to the Scarlet Witch’s location, and Yang Bo went through before Doctor Strange followed.
  • The Scarlet Witch attacked Yang Bo and created several duplicates, but Yang Bo’s Arcane Interference briefly disrupted her chaos energy.
  • Yang Bo assembled an Iron Golem and used Growth Serum to transform it into a sixty-four-meter Ultimate Iron Golem Titan.
  • The Titan crushed the approaching monsters, and Yang Bo ordered it to kill the Scarlet Witch.

Ch. 422The Scarlet Witch's end

Yang Bo used the Titan Iron Golem to fight and kill the Scarlet Witch. After confirming her death by storing her body in his inventory, he wondered how he could take the enormous golem with him.

  • Doctor Strange rescued the unconscious Wong from a cliff and complained about his weight.
  • The Scarlet Witch resisted Yang Bo and attacked the Titan Iron Golem with chaos energy.
  • The Titan Iron Golem threw an iron block and struck the Scarlet Witch with its Titan attack, badly injuring her.
  • The Titan Iron Golem battered the Scarlet Witch with repeated attacks until she died.
  • Yang Bo cleared rubble from the Scarlet Witch's corpse, stored it in his inventory, and wondered how to take the Titan Iron Golem with him.

Ch. 423Draining the Scarlet Witch's Power

Yang Bo summoned his allies after the Ultimate Iron Golem Titan killed the Scarlet Witch, then revived her so Wanda could absorb her remaining chaos energy. The Scarlet Witch resisted and was smashed down by the Titan, while Wanda asked Yang Bo to spare her once the absorption was complete.

  • Yang Bo decided to find a way to contain the Ultimate Iron Golem Titan, and Doctor Strange asked him to put the creature away.
  • Yang Bo contacted Wanda and the others, told Tony that the Scarlet Witch was dead, and brought out her body for Wanda to drain.
  • Wanda found almost no energy left in the Scarlet Witch, so Yang Bo used Hero Immortal to revive her and ordered the Titan to stop her if she resisted.
  • The revived Scarlet Witch attacked Wanda, but the Titan struck her into a crater and dispersed her chaos power.
  • As Wanda absorbed her energy, she asked Yang Bo to spare the Scarlet Witch after she finished.

Ch. 424The Joker in the Nether

Yang Bo sent the Ultimate Iron Golem Titan through a Nether Portal, while Wong and Doctor Strange realized Yang Bo could resurrect the dead and considered seeking his help. In the Nether, Yang Bo appeared atop the bedrock and faced a charging figure named Joker.

  • Yang Bo agreed to Vision's request, warned him to watch out for Wanda, and opened a portal to the Nether.
  • Tony asked to study the Ultimate Iron Golem Titan, and Yang Bo allowed it as long as Tony did not touch or provoke him.
  • Yang Bo led the Ultimate Iron Golem Titan through the portal, leaving Doctor Strange relieved and Wanda sitting dazed in a crater.
  • Wong realized Yang Bo could resurrect people and urged Doctor Strange to find a way to win him over; Doctor Strange suggested Yang Bo might help Kamar-Taj for a price.
  • Yang Bo arrived atop the Nether's bedrock, where a boss health bar appeared with the name Joker as the figure charged toward him.

Ch. 425You can actually drop loot?

Yang Bo discovered that Joker had become a Nether monster whose copies dropped ordinary items, and tested him against the Ultimate Iron Golem Titan. Joker was repeatedly killed and revived, leaving Yang Bo puzzled about how to manage the immortal prisoner.

  • Yang Bo destroyed the Portal, killed a charging Joker, and discovered that Joker dropped a miniature car when he died.
  • Yang Bo learned that Joker wanted to return to his world and promised to send him back if he defeated the Ultimate Iron Golem Titan.
  • Joker explained that copies appeared around him on their own and returned after being killed, leading Yang Bo to realize Joker had become a native Nether monster.
  • Joker attacked the Titan with a dagger but was crushed in one blow, dropping several ordinary items before rebirthing.
  • The reborn Joker was crushed again, and his rebirth trait vanished, but another Joker copy gained traits and appeared to become the new original.
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