Chapter Summaries

Su Ming and his allies defended the Reich Chancellery against German Army assault squads while waiting for Apocalypse to return. Jim Hammond arrived and tried to stop the fighting, but Su Ming’s shouted command sent the soldiers’ fire toward him.

• Su Ming moved his group into the Reich Chancellery and assigned Rogue, Cable, Deadpool, and Sunspot defensive positions.
• Su Ming and his allies held off repeated attacks as he used Strangle to fire captured weapons and considered whether to use his trump card.
• Strangle decided against reproducing and began planning to evolve vocal organs so it could speak.
• Jim Hammond landed outside the Reich Chancellery and called for both sides to stop fighting.
• Su Ming shouted a German attack command, and the German soldiers engulfed Torchbearer in gunfire.

Su Ming and his allies held the Reich Chancellery against the German Army until Apocalypse returned from fighting Kang. After Kang’s defeat, Su Ming and Cable examined his armor and found a Time-Transfer Device.

• Torchbearer lost control of his power, destroying enemy soldiers and buildings before flying away in confusion.
• Su Ming and his allies continued defending the Reich Chancellery as German troops and Hydra soldiers attacked.
• Apocalypse returned with Kang’s corpse and used sand to slaughter the surrounding enemies before entering the Reich Chancellery to rest.
• Su Ming had Cable examine Kang’s armor, where Cable identified a stimulant injector and a Time-Transfer Device.
• Cable gave the Time-Transfer Device to Deathstroke as spoils from the operation.

Su Ming examined the damaged Watcher bracer and considered using it to return to the DC Universe. He then laid out a plan to draw Apocalypse away from the others and hinted that Cable’s connection to Apocalypse was the key to defeating him.

• Su Ming took the damaged bracer, and Cable explained that it could send him out of Earth but could no longer alter time.
• Su Ming reasoned that the bracer might let him cross into another universe and find a route back to DC, where he wanted to collect money from Batman.
• Su Ming told Cable to send everyone back to the future the next day, leaving himself, Cable, Wade, and Rogue behind.
• Su Ming planned to flatter Apocalypse into going to the Egyptian desert to build a capital, then reveal that Rogue’s power would be used on Cable.
• Cable questioned how he could be the weapon against Apocalypse, and Su Ming suggested that another relative regarded Cable as its child.

Su Ming prepared the Time-Space Bracelet gem for use and gathered the group to review their plan to confront Apocalypse. As the final battle approached, he sent most of the team toward Egypt and arranged for Dr. Holloway to wait in Cairo.

• Su Ming removed the gem from the damaged Time-Space Bracelet and implanted it in his arm, then reopened the wound when Cable explained that the gem was a display screen.
• Su Ming found the real Meta-X in the basement and knocked him unconscious to avoid changing the Timeline.
• Su Ming slept in an office while German soldiers surrounded the building but could not penetrate Apocalypse's barrier.
• Su Ming briefed the group on their plan, assigning Deadpool to hold Apocalypse off briefly while he promised to watch over the Mutants.
• Su Ming sent Magik and the others to contact the future and ordered the remaining group to detour to Egypt, find Modi and Weasel, and tell Dr. Holloway to wait near Cairo's governor's residence.

Su Ming persuaded Apocalypse to abandon plans to destroy the city and return to Egypt to build his empire. As they flew over the Mediterranean, Su Ming and Cable coordinated their plan against Apocalypse while Deadpool misread their signals.

• Su Ming praised Apocalypse and convinced him that he needed a grand palace in Egypt rather than a new empire built on the city's ruins.
• Apocalypse ordered Su Ming to gather everyone and decided to return to Egypt, while Su Ming lied that the missing people had stayed behind to spread Apocalypse's faith.
• Apocalypse imagined building a Mutant empire and secretly planned to make Deadpool father Mutant children with thousands of women.
• Apocalypse used telekinesis to carry the group through the Reich Chancellery roof and fly toward Egypt, leaving a bound man behind for arriving troops to find.
• Over the Mediterranean, Su Ming signaled Cable to follow the plan, but Deadpool misinterpreted the gestures and Su Ming decided to ignore him.

Su Ming and his allies used Rogue to drain Cable’s powers and lure Phoenix to Apocalypse, then escaped as the two fought. Cable survived after Su Ming stabilized him with Tenth Metal, while Apocalypse tried to flee Phoenix.

• Su Ming had Rogue drain Cable, leaving him unable to suppress the mechanical virus inside him.
• Deadpool distracted Apocalypse as Phoenix arrived, and Su Ming pulled Rogue and Wade away with the Cloak of Levitation.
• Phoenix attacked Apocalypse, who used layered defenses and fled rather than confront it directly.
• Su Ming and the others escaped the flames, though Wade was badly burned and Cable’s virus worsened.
• Su Ming placed Tenth Metal on Cable, stopping the virus’s spread and restoring his consciousness.

Apocalypse fled the Darkened Phoenix but tried to lead it toward Su Ming and his companions. After the Phoenix captured Apocalypse and turned back, Su Ming headed for Kamar-Taj, suspecting that the Phoenix would keep pursuing them because Cable was with them.

• Apocalypse exhausted his abilities while fleeing the Phoenix, then spotted Su Ming’s group and flew toward them.
• Su Ming urged the Cloak to fly faster as he and the others fled across the Suez Canal toward the Indian Ocean.
• The Phoenix caught Apocalypse, swallowed him, and restrained him with the Phoenix Force instead of killing him.
• Su Ming told Wade they were still in danger and steered the Cloak through India toward Kamar-Taj.
• Wade asked Su Ming to name him as beneficiary in his will, and Su Ming split him with the Nightfall Greatsword.
• Su Ming watched for the Phoenix and considered how to protect Cable, whom he believed had drawn Jean and the Phoenix to them.

Su Ming used an embarrassing dance to stir Jean Grey’s feelings and help her resist the Black Phoenix. Jean regained control and fell onto the cloak, leaving the Phoenix dormant within her mind.

• The Black Phoenix pursued Su Ming, Cable, and Rogue across the sea, scorching and disintegrating everything beneath it.
• Su Ming took Deadpool’s MP3 and had Rogue help him make Cable dance to music, hoping Jean’s maternal feelings and happy emotions would weaken the Phoenix.
• The Phoenix flickered and slowed as Jean began reclaiming control, while Cable endured the humiliating dance.
• The Phoenix’s flames dispersed, and Su Ming caught Jean Grey with his golden lasso and pulled her onto the cloak.
• Jean laughed uncontrollably at Cable until the Phoenix retreated into the depths of her mind to preserve its host.

Su Ming and the others defeated Kang and sealed Apocalypse away before returning to New York, while Jean struggled to stop laughing at Cable. In Cairo, Steve Rogers recruited Holloway into the Invaders, bringing together a team to fight the Nazis.

• Su Ming confirmed that Kang had been killed and Apocalypse sealed, then sent the others toward home while taking Cable and the rest back to New York.
• Su Ming returned to the New York Sanctum, greeted its new Great Mage, and left with Cable and the others.
• Holloway waited in Cairo for Su Ming when Steve Rogers recognized him as the doctor who had operated on him in Paris.
• Steve introduced Jim, the Torchbearer, and Namor, then invited Holloway to join the Invaders.
• Holloway accepted Steve's invitation and joined the team to fight The Mustache's dictatorship.

Su Ming settled matters with Deadpool and Cable, then discussed plans for Gin before Ancient One arrived to speak about the Timeline and offer him a deal. She told him Vishanti had already chosen him as the next Sorcerer Supreme, then began proposing an alternative arrangement, which Gin’s awkward pile of Wilson Enterprises products interrupted.

• Su Ming paid Deadpool and Cable their commissions, and both men left his office.
• Gin told Su Ming that Steve had gone to Egypt and assembled his team using the information they had released.
• Su Ming instructed Gin to prepare for Howard Stark to help administer the SSS Serum, but Gin hesitated.
• Ancient One arrived and explained that she had watched both Su Ming and Kang, avoiding Kang because he might discover the Magic World.
• Ancient One informed Su Ming that Vishanti had chosen him as the next Sorcerer Supreme, but Su Ming refused the responsibility.
• Ancient One began offering to hire Su Ming instead, just as Gin returned with Wilson Enterprises products, including black lingerie.

Su Ming accepted Ancient One’s terms to become the next Sorcerer Supreme and received a Cloak of Levitation enchanted for travel between worlds. He left his universe for the Megaverse, naming his altered world Earth-40K, but realized he had arrived too late for his plans in the DC universe.

• Ancient One offered Su Ming the Cloak of Levitation, the Eye of Agamotto, and Kamar-Taj’s obedience in exchange for accepting the Sorcerer Supreme role, and Su Ming agreed.
• Ancient One bound their agreement with the Vishanti and enchanted the Cloak of Levitation with Su Ming’s gem so it could cross worlds.
• Su Ming prepared to travel, told Gin to watch the company, and used the cloak to leave his universe.
• Su Ming saw that his world had changed after he took control of its Timeline and named it Earth-40K before heading toward the Megaverse.
• Su Ming planned to return to the DC universe, collect his debt from Batwoman, and prepare for the Omega Four Gods, but passing through the Source Wall’s hole showed him he was too late.

Su Ming found the Source Wall’s breach widening and the Light Multiverse seemingly lifeless, then headed for Earth-0 to learn what the Justice League was doing. The League had left its newly built Hall of Justice to confront a new crisis after the Watchtower detected unusual activity.

• Su Ming saw that the Source Wall’s breach had widened, found no Green Lanterns in space, and confirmed that the Dark Multiverse seemed peaceful.
• Su Ming abandoned his plan to visit Cindy on Earth -11 and decided to go to Earth-0 to check on the Justice League.
• The Justice League built the Hall of Justice in Washington D.C., with public exhibits and secret areas protected by Batwoman and the other heroes.
• The Justice League defeated the Omega Four Gods by luring them into killing one another, then gained a brief respite as the monsters departed.
• Batwoman detected unusual activity through the Justice League’s Watchtower, judged that Earth faced a crisis worse than Barbatos’s invasion, and sent the heroes out to respond.

The Justice League fought ape-men across Earth and discovered that their coordinated attacks were an Evolutionary War aimed at claiming the planet. The League remained connected through Martian Manhunter’s Psychic Network as the battles continued.

• Martian Manhunter coordinated the League’s scattered teams through his Psychic Network while Batwoman and Green Arrow fought ape-men beneath Star City.
• Barry, Mister Terrific, and Plastic Man disrupted the Arctic attackers’ electromagnetic devices by heating the ice and snow.
• Diana and Swamp Thing searched for the ape-men’s Grimoire at the Equator, while Aquaman fought amphibious attackers trying to poison the Seven Seas.
• Hawkgirl and Adam Strange battled attackers polluting the atmosphere, and J'onn linked the regional threats to Vandal Savage’s experiments in evolution.
• Superman and Cyborg defended the Cosmic Tuning Fork at Challenger Mountain as the League concluded that the ape-men were fighting to take Earth.

J'onn helped the Justice League stop the apes from tearing Earth apart by destroying the moon, then summoned the team to a Psychic Conference Room after sensing a greater darkness hidden in Savage's plan. Batwoman agreed that the attack had seemed rushed, leaving the League to investigate the larger threat.

• J'onn realized the apes were using Earth's magnetic field and the moon to pull pieces of Earth into space, then proposed destroying the moon.
• J'onn transformed into a Cosmic Dragon and rammed the moon while Batwoman detonated the bombs hidden inside it, shattering the moon and saving Earth.
• Batwoman checked in with Clark and Arthur, who continued dealing with threats on their fronts, including poisoned water and ocean currents.
• J'onn gathered the Justice League in the Psychic Conference Room and warned that he had sensed a much greater darkness behind Savage's plan.
• Batwoman said the operation had seemed rushed and poorly planned.

The Justice League debated whether to destroy The Totality, a golden comet carrying the Source Wall’s energy and information, or let it reach Earth. They voted to preserve it, and the chapter ended with the League waiting for its arrival.

• The Martian Manhunter revealed that The Totality would strike Earth within minutes and might hold information capable of helping the dying universe.
• Cyborg scanned the approaching golden comet, while Batwoman explained that John Stewart had prepared a Tenth Metal shell to transport it beyond the Source Wall and destroy it.
• Clark, Wonder Woman, Barry, and others argued that The Totality might help repair the universe, while Arthur, Hawkgirl, and Batwoman favored destroying it.
• The Martian Manhunter urged the League to stay connected and fight for the universe’s hope rather than destroy The Totality.
• Diana called a vote, and the majority chose to let The Totality land on Earth.

J'onn brought Su Ming to the Hall of Justice after they escaped the visions surrounding The Totality, and Su Ming demanded the payment he was owed. Barry arrived but stumbled because the Speed Force was resisting him, which he suspected was connected to Turtle and the Still Force.

• J'onn sensed an unfamiliar mind and saw a vision of a monster named Future destroying the universe before the vision vanished.
• J'onn recognized Su Ming as the other Deathstroke, whose immunity to Psionic Power let them communicate through gestures in space.
• J'onn brought Su Ming to the Hall of Justice, where frightened visitors fled at the sight of Deathstroke.
• Su Ming mocked the Hall's display of Justice League uniforms and reminded J'onn that he wanted his payment from last time.
• Barry appeared, stumbled because the Speed Force seemed to resist him, and blamed Turtle's work on the Still Force.

Su Ming warned Barry that the Still Force was real and learned that the Totality’s arrival threatened the multiverse with destruction within a year. After gathering information at the Hall of Justice, Su Ming left to pursue a way to join the crisis and make money.

• Su Ming explained to Barry that the Still Force opposed the Speed Force and had been trapped beyond the Source Wall until the League broke it.
• Barry told Su Ming that a strange, energy-shrouded Totality had landed in the Nevada desert and that the multiverse faced destruction within about a year.
• Barry brought Su Ming to the Hall of Justice cafeteria, where the heroes grew wary until Barry introduced him as a friend from a parallel world.
• Su Ming learned that only the Justice League Dark knew about the Totality and suspected its members were concealing the landing site.
• Su Ming declined Barry’s invitation to visit his room, asked him to tell Batwoman to prepare old cash bills, and flew away with a plan to join the incident and profit from it.

Amanda Waller ordered the Suicide Squad to investigate an alien object in the Nevada desert and retrieve it if possible, while the Justice League prepared to leave the area. Harley Quinn joined the mission with her fellow prisoners, still longing for freedom as the team set out under Waller’s control.

• A.R.G.U.S. staff reported that the Justice League had interfered with the military’s efforts to secure the alien object in Nevada.
• Amanda Waller concealed the truth from the President and Security Council, activated the bombs in the Suicide Squad members, and ordered the team assembled.
• Harley Quinn waited in her cell, bored and hoping for a chance to escape, before a guard took her to meet the team.
• Harley met Deadshot, Boomerang, Rick Flag, and Katana in the meeting room; Enchantress had left to join Justice League Dark.
• Amanda Waller ordered the Suicide Squad to investigate the alien object and bring it back if possible, while Harley worried about facing Superman.

Su Ming attacked ARGUS to force its leaders to negotiate, routed the troops outside, and broke into its underground facility. He confronted Rick and the Suicide Squad, then challenged them to attack as the chapter ended.

• Amanda prepared to deploy the Suicide Squad, but a base alarm announced that ARGUS was under attack.
• Amanda recognized the attacker as the Deathstroke from Detroit and learned the Justice League could not respond because it was being questioned by the United Nations Security Council.
• Su Ming routed the soldiers without killing them, entered the building, and cut through the steel door to the Underground Facility.
• Su Ming encountered Rick and the Suicide Squad in a corridor, where Rick tried to stop him and recalled Deathstroke's earlier escape from the squad.
• Su Ming refused to stop and told the Suicide Squad to attack him together.

Su Ming overpowered the Suicide Squad and forced Amanda Waller to let him lead them and investigate the barrier. The group arrived at the barrier, where Harley saw no visible entrance.

• Su Ming used the symbiote and Godslayer to knock Killer Croc unconscious, then defeated the rest of the Suicide Squad in the corridor.
• Su Ming had Harley take him to Amanda Waller, and Amanda agreed to cooperate after he broke into the command center.
• Su Ming demanded command of the squad and shot Rick in both legs when Amanda named him as the leader.
• Amanda agreed to let Su Ming lead the Suicide Squad while they investigated the barrier.
• Harley spat out sand and asked if they had reached the place, since she could see nothing there.