Vol. 44The Hunt Beyond Earth

Su Ming uncovered the My Lord plot, seized the Yongjia fleet, and tracked Rao to New Krypton, where he defeated Rao and Old Six. He returned to Sepulk with Kell Mossa, Zeus, and the unidentified Blank still among his targets.

  • Su Ming destroyed the corrupted Reincarnation Pool, subdued Michael, and traced a dog’s murder to Delly, who had been directed by a stranger called L.
  • Batwoman faced Joker’s deadly game in Gotham while Deathstroke’s team visited the Doom Patrol mansion and encountered the Chief’s strange behavior.
  • Su Ming traced Delly’s messages to Blüdhaven, took the Hunting Blade, and uncovered the My Lord organization’s killings and plot.
  • Deathstroke killed Maxwell Lord and Colonel Steve Trevor, found intelligence about Ulysses, and left with Bobo to pursue his next move against his lord.
  • Su Ming trapped Kaine, took control of the Yongjia Homeworld Ship and its fleet with the Anti-Life Equation, and set out to find Rao.
  • Su Ming learned from Lex Luthor where New Krypton was and took his team there to pursue Rao.
  • Su Ming exposed the plot involving H'el, Rao, Van-Zee, and Old Six, then killed Rao and defeated Old Six.
  • Su Ming left a Van-Zee Synthezoid to help New Krypton and returned to Sepulk with Kell Mossa, Zeus, and Blank still to find.
Chapters 4305–4404 Read from ch. 4305

Arc 173Heaven’s Trap and Gotham’s Game

Su Ming’s group reached Heaven, destroyed the corrupted Reincarnation Pool, and subdued Michael before investigating the dog’s murder and tracing it to a criminal recruited by a mysterious L. Meanwhile, Batwoman faced Joker’s deadly game in Gotham, and Deathstroke’s team arrived at the Doom Patrol mansion, where the Chief’s strange behavior left them with new questions.

  • Gabriel led Su Ming’s group through decaying Heaven to the Reincarnation Pool, where Su Ming discovered that it turned test subjects into red-eyed Angels and destroyed it.
  • Michael confronted the group, but Deathstroke exploited his missing powers and lack of resistance to sleep, captured him, and sent Gabriel to take him to Lucifer.
  • At Sepulk, the Adjutant placed the dog’s soul in a mechanical body, and Su Ming investigated its former handler’s murder with Dog Leftovers.
  • Su Ming’s team identified Delly as the likely killer, raided his mansion, and learned that a stranger called L had given him armor and ordered him to inject a dog with nanomachines.
  • Batwoman tracked Joker to Gotham City Hall, where he revealed a photograph of a captive in a Deathstroke uniform and invited her to begin his game.
  • Deathstroke and the Justice League visited the Doom Patrol mansion, where the Chief’s strange behavior disrupted introductions to the team.
  • Wally caught the Chief, who sprayed the group with liquid, and Deathstroke knocked him unconscious before Wally could mistake the incident for his death.
  • Polly appeared beside Wally, and Su Ming invited her to dance while Strangle cleared the Chief and the stained carpet from the room.
Chapters 4305–4329 Summaries Read

Arc 174The Blüdhaven Hunt

Su Ming investigated the message to Delly, the Hunting Blade, and the groups gathering in Blüdhaven, uncovering a plot involving impostor Deathstrokes and an organization called “My Lord.” After killing Maxwell Lord and Colonel Steve Trevor, he left with Bobo to pursue the next move against his lord.

  • Su Ming traced Delly’s messages to Blüdhaven and learned that the Chief’s curse and Hunting Blade might be tied to a wider threat.
  • Batman’s investigation went awry as the Batman Who Laughs Virus clouded his judgment, while Deathstroke monitored Gotham and gathered his team.
  • Deathstroke recruited Blockbuster for information, then took the team to a theater where the Court of Owls and League of Assassins were fighting over the Hunting Blade.
  • Su Ming took the Hunting Blade from Talia and learned that a masked employer resembling him had hired the League to find the Court of Owls and deliver the dagger at sea coordinates.
  • The team traced Delly’s messages to a dead shut-in and used Wally’s time-traveling speed to capture footage of four members of “My Lord” torturing and killing him.
  • Su Ming identified the killers as a group rather than one person and sent the footage to the Justice League for help identifying them.
  • Deathstroke took the team to New Colony’s base at Bick Beach, killed Colonel Steve Trevor and Maxwell Lord, and found Ulysses’s photograph and intelligence in Maxwell’s memories.
  • Deathstroke left the Shogi Society for Director Bones or The Question to handle and departed with Bobo, saying he had cards to play against his lord.
Chapters 4330–4354 Summaries Read

Arc 175The Free Trade Troupe

Su Ming’s team trapped Kaine, infiltrated the Yongjia Homeworld Ship, and used the Anti-Life Equation to take control of its people and fleet. They then pursued Rao through an alien diner and learned New Krypton’s location from Lex Luthor.

  • Su Ming baited the My Lord organization with a trap at Nightwing’s Batcave, where Deathstroke impersonated Ulysses and the Adjutant hijacked Kaine’s drones to turn his troops against him.
  • Deathstroke reported that My Lord united seven hostile forces, and Su Ming identified the Yongjia Race and the Last 52 Multiverse as threats while preparing to leave Earth-0.
  • Wally took Su Ming’s team to the Yongjia Homeworld Ship, which Su Ming claimed and named the Oreo, and they made their way to Dak-Sha’s underground city.
  • Colonel Sanders transformed and defeated Yongjia forces as Deathstroke and Bobo reached the Main Control Room, where Bobo gained access to Dak-Sha’s network.
  • Su Ming injected the Anti-Life Equation into the Yongjia system, took control of the people and fleet, and sent Colonel Sanders away with captured aliens.
  • Su Ming decided to find and kill Rao, whom he identified as the Kryptonian God, and took his team to Lobo’s restaurant to seek information.
  • Deathstroke questioned Linda about Rao and learned that Tar-Al and Yul-Al were the remaining living prophets, while Wally revealed that Kandor’s people lived on New Krypton.
  • Su Ming called Lex Luthor, who gave him New Krypton’s coordinates and admitted he had been monitoring the planet.
Chapters 4355–4379 Summaries Read

Arc 176The Fall of New Krypton

Su Ming led his team to New Krypton, where they uncovered a plot involving H'el, Rao, Van-Zee, and a dark alternate Deathstroke. After defeating Rao and Old Six, Su Ming left New Krypton under the care of a Van-Zee Synthezoid and returned to Sepulk with Kell Mossa, Zeus, and the still-unknown Blank as remaining targets.

  • Deathstroke took Su Ming’s team aboard his Cloak to Kandor, where Su Ming used a House of Zod disguise to investigate the returned Rao and the missing Van-Zee.
  • Su Ming found blood in Van-Zee’s office and realized another Deathstroke had framed the team with a Kryptonite bomb, while the disguised H'el confronted them.
  • Su Ming had Wally order the Adjutant to flood New Krypton, then subdued H'el with Kryptonite as the transformed sun revealed itself as Rao.
  • Su Ming challenged Rao’s plan to reset the universe, wounded him with Kryptonite, and killed him inside a sealed Mirror Dimension.
  • Su Ming appeared to stab Shazam, but revealed that Old Six had trapped him in a mental illusion and that he had escaped by using Strangle to bite off his tongue.
  • Su Ming killed Old Six and destroyed his soul, then learned that Old Six was a dark alternate version of himself and that the real Van-Zee had been sent to the Unlight Sea.
  • Su Ming left a Van-Zee Synthezoid to help the Kryptonians reconcile with the House of Zod and organize relief after the flood.
  • Su Ming returned to Sepulk and told his team that Kell Mossa, Zeus, and the unidentified Blank remained among their targets.
Chapters 4380–4404 Summaries Read
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