Chapter Summaries

Deathstroke drove Set into retreat after using the Ultimate Nullifier to scare off the watching Chthon. He pursued Set underground with his team, leaving the snake god fleeing toward God Eater and the First Generation Demons.

• Deathstroke fired the Ultimate Nullifier at the place where Chthon was hiding, then guessed that Chthon had dodged and would keep observing from the shadows.
• Set realized Deathstroke had outmaneuvered him, covered the streets with poisonous fog, shrank himself, and fled toward God Eater and the First Generation Demons.
• Harley recognized that Set was using the demons as cannon fodder to buy time and hoped Chthon would intervene.
• Deathstroke decided to pursue Set but let him get a head start, then opened a manhole and led the team into the sewers.

Set fled through the ruins while weighing whether to turn on Chthon, and Deathstroke's group tracked him through the sewers. The group neared the battle between the God Eater and the First Generation Demons, with Deathstroke confident they could trap Chthon long enough to kill Set.

• Set shrank and burrowed through ruined buildings, hoping to delay Deathstroke until the group reached Great Shadow.
• Harley used the golden eyeball artifact to share Set's thoughts with Deathstroke, who joked with her and Wonder Woman.
• Diana stayed ready for battle while Harley pounced on her and was restrained with the Lasso of Truth.
• Wanda warned that the nearby clash between the God Eater and the First Generation Demons could overwhelm her barrier, and said Chthon was trying to break through it.
• Deathstroke said the group could draw on the Sanctum Sanctorum's Earth Protection Spell Formation to keep Chthon trapped while he killed Set.

Set reached the battle between God Eater and the First Generation Demons, then disguised himself as a strand of fur to infiltrate the melee. Harley lost track of Set’s thoughts, and Deathstroke concluded that Set had entered suspended animation to hide from them.

• Set reached the unstable battlefield where God Eater fought the First Generation Demons and recognized that God Eater held the advantage.
• Set shrank to the size of a thread, attached himself to a demon’s fur, and disguised himself as a strand of hair.
• Harley reported that Set’s thought bubble had vanished, while Diana, Polaris, Squirrel Girl, and Gwenpool discussed the mystery and their disrupted plans.
• Deathstroke reasoned that Set could not have acquired Element Zero or Tenth Metal and concluded that he was playing dead in a state of suspended animation.

Su Ming deduced that Set had faked his death by using the cold to hibernate and was hiding among frost-adapted demons. He had the Adjutant mark every white-furred demon on the battlefield so they could find Set.

• Set used his Serpent Crown to gain human knowledge and abilities, but his Devouring Method did not make him omnipotent.
• Harley and Deathstroke explained that Set could have cooled his body and hibernated like a cold-blooded snake to evade pursuit.
• Su Ming led the group to ruins overlooking the battlefield and reasoned that Set would be hiding near demons with ice powers.
• Diana connected the demons' frost abilities to their cold habitats, white or gray camouflage, and long fur.
• Su Ming concluded that Set was concealed in an animal's fur and asked the Adjutant to mark every white-furred demon on the battlefield.

Deathstroke sent Strangle to hunt First Generation Demons while Victor Doom extracted strange matter from an egg, and Deadpool watched Tony at a TVA wedding banquet. The chapter left Strangle searching for a useful demon, Doom celebrating a new beginning, and Deadpool heading off to find Cousin.

• Deathstroke marked the First Generation Demons and ordered Strangle to capture the isolated, upside-down white fox-like monster.
• Strangle devoured the monster, but it gained only the creature’s fox-tail genes, so Deathstroke told it to catch another target.
• Deathstroke offered food to the women, and Harley asked him to make ice cream from the next demon’s abilities.
• Victor Doom watched the irregular egg in the Antarctic Sanctum Sanctorum, then used magic and the Cosmic Cube to extract pale purple matter when it cracked open.
• Deadpool watched Tony on a monitor at the TVA honeymoon banquet, teased Howard about him, and left to find Cousin.

Su Ming hunted for Set while Strangle devoured the white-furred monsters, and Deadpool joined the fight after Su Ming paid him to help Wanda hold off Chthon. With Wanda’s barrier stabilized, Su Ming resumed the hunt, leaving the battle with Chthon contained for now.

• Deadpool arrived to mooch off Su Ming’s popularity, joked with Harley, and annoyed Su Ming while Strangle hunted the monsters.
• Strangle devoured a second white-furred monster, but Set was not among its remains.
• Wanda warned Su Ming that she could hold off Chthon for only a few more minutes.
• Su Ming paid Deadpool to use his Infinity Stones to support Wanda, and Deadpool agreed after requesting more money.
• Deadpool joined Wanda’s mental battle against Chthon, forcing the black tsunami to recede and stabilizing the barrier.
• Su Ming ordered Strangle to catch another white-furred creature and continued searching for Set.

Deathstroke and his allies searched the resurrected First Generation Demons for Set while Strangle devoured them, until Harley spotted Set asleep inside a white-haired monster. Set awakened and swallowed the entire group.

• The First Generation Demons charged the God Eater, seeking power and a chance to shape the universe’s future.
• Strangle ate seven monsters, but Deathstroke found no useful genes among them.
• Deathstroke gave ice cream to Diana and Harley while they waited for the Serpent God to appear.
• Harley spotted a tiny green Thought Bubble beneath the fur of a deer-headed mouse and identified the sleeping Set inside it.
• Set revealed his true form and swallowed everyone in a massive snap.

After Set swallowed Deathstroke and his companions, Deathstroke transformed into the Great Sage Equal to Heaven and began attacking the ancient god from inside. Set thrashed helplessly as Deathstroke sent his companions to harvest his organs and Deadpool to defile his mouth.

• Deadpool joked that Set would die quickly, while Deathstroke changed into golden armor and explained his Great Sage-inspired plan.
• Deathstroke enlarged his Golden Staff and stabbed Set’s liver, prompting Set to writhe and destroy much of the ruined city.
• Set swallowed rubble to crush the intruders, but Deathstroke remained inside and ordered Little Dai to find Set’s gallbladder.
• Deathstroke sent Squirrel Girl and Polaris to collect the shredded liver and build a cargo platform from scrap metal.
• Deathstroke told Deadpool to crawl into Set’s mouth and defecate there, and Deadpool eagerly ran off to do it.

Deathstroke and his companions turned Set’s insides into an amusement park, damaging his organs while he pleaded to negotiate. The group continued their games as Set’s condition worsened, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Deathstroke led Harley, Gwenpool, and Wanda through Set’s stomach toward his lungs while Diana and Polaris went to cut meat.
• Set offered to negotiate and promised Kamar-Taj his power, but Deathstroke refused and said he intended to kill him and use his soul as fuel.
• Deathstroke pierced Set’s lungs and began popping his enormous alveoli, while Harley and Gwenpool joined in and Strangle plucked them by the billions.
• Set’s healing could not keep up with the damage to his lungs and other organs, and he begged Deathstroke to come out and negotiate.
• Deathstroke ordered Strangle to arrange alveoli as targets and invited Gwenpool to join a balloon-shooting contest.

Deathstroke and the others searched through Set’s body while shooting balloons and eating the snake god’s liver, but Set refused to seek help from Chthon. They continued toward Set’s heart to kill him, only to be attacked by a First Generation Demon that had escaped from his stomach.

• Gwenpool, Harley, and the Enchantress took turns shooting balloons while Strangle harvested Set’s alveoli.
• Polaris and Squirrel Girl returned with liver fragments, and Deathstroke grilled some for the group.
• Diana brought back Set’s enormous gallbladder, and Wade joined the picnic after relieving himself in Set’s mouth.
• Deathstroke concluded that Set would not go to Chthon for help and decided to kill him by destroying his heart and brain.
• The group headed toward Set’s heart, but an escaped First Generation Demon attacked them from behind, and Deathstroke prepared to fight it.

Deathstroke and Diana killed Set from inside his body, while Strangle fed on the demons Set had swallowed. With Set dead, the group headed to harvest his brain and prepare to deal with the remaining demons, though they still did not know where Chthon was.

• Set swallowed more demons to exhaust Deathstroke, but Strangle digested them and turned their flesh into energy.
• Deathstroke and Diana reached Set’s heart, and Diana destroyed it, causing Set to die in agony.
• The First Generation Demons fighting the God Eater froze in shock as Set’s body collapsed.
• Deathstroke’s group flew toward Set’s head to take his brain, while Wade joked about killing demons by sitting on them.
• Deathstroke set Wade’s backside on fire and told the group to focus on the mission, since Chthon was still missing.

Su Ming learned from Set’s memories that the Serpent God had little knowledge of Chthon’s invasion plans, though Strangle had copied the Serpent Crown system’s techniques. The group discussed the threat Chthon posed and joked about the color red on Wanda’s magic and Deadpool’s uniform.

• While Strangle consumed Set’s brain, Su Ming and Strangle discussed Set’s weakness and why he could not have become a symbiote host.
• Strangle reported that Set knew little about Chthon, who had kept his plans secret, and that Set’s own plan to provoke nuclear war and unleash Atlantean tsunamis had been foiled.
• Strangle revealed that it had copied the Serpent Crown system’s techniques and found information about the Sea of Snakes dimension among Set’s memories.
• Su Ming warned that Chthon would be harder to defeat than Set, and Wanda said no one knew what the Great Shadow truly looked like.
• Polaris asked whether Wanda’s red Chaos Magic represented blood, while Squirrel Girl asked Deadpool what the red on his uniform represented.
• Deadpool compared himself to a passionate rose, and Squirrel Girl gagged at his answer.

Deathstroke led the group out of Set’s corpse and fought the First Generation Demons while preparing to retreat with the snake’s body. He evacuated everyone through the sewers, leaving Deadpool behind as bait and rear guard.

• Harley explained her theory about the colors of Deathstroke’s armor, and the group discussed their preferred costume colors.
• Deathstroke led the group out through Set’s eye, then ordered them to hide the corpse while God Eater resumed fighting the demons.
• Deathstroke directed Deadpool to battle a Wind Elemental Demon and ordered Polaris to coil up Set’s corpse with her powers.
• Polaris secured the corpse, and Deathstroke shrank it before Strangle carried the group into the sewer, where Cloak transported them far away.
• Harley noticed Deadpool had been left behind, and Deathstroke said Wade was acting as bait and covering their retreat.

Deathstroke and the others watched Deadpool use the power of the Infinity Stones to disgust demons to death and chase another with an unavoidable flying kick. The group remained in the sewers as Deathstroke explained that Deadpool had turned the kick into a Rider-style finishing move.

• Deathstroke showed the women a projection of Deadpool fighting alone while the group rested in a sewer maintenance room.
• Deadpool killed a demon by making it smell his stinking feet until it vomited itself to death, and God Eater seemed sickened as well.
• Deathstroke explained that Deadpool was using disgust to counter the First Generation Demons’ Devouring Method while they waited to see whether Chthon would appear.
• Deadpool emerged from the vomit and flew after a tentacled kangaroo-like demon, which fled in terror as he brushed his teeth and pretended to trim his toenails.
• Deathstroke said Deadpool’s Infinity Stone-powered flying kick was a disgusting parody of a Rider Kick that was guaranteed to hit.

Deadpool used his foul foot odor to defeat another First Generation Demon and continued hunting while explaining his tactics to the livestream. In the sewers, Deathstroke prepared Wanda to devour Chthon’s soul if Chthon revived the demons.

• Deadpool’s flying kick struck the kangaroo demon’s nose, and his foot odor overwhelmed it until it vomited and died.
• Deadpool told the livestream that he turned his body odor into a weapon because Cousin paid him, then flew off to target another demon.
• Deadpool explained his Popularity Theory while hunting, and the First Generation Demons feared him more than the God Eater.
• Diana questioned whether Deadpool’s attacks would lure out Chthon, and Deathstroke said they were clearing demons while waiting for Chthon to intervene.
• Wanda asked what would happen if Chthon revived the demons, so Deathstroke had Strangle prepare to transmit Set’s Devouring Method to her so she could devour Chthon’s soul.

Harley suggested that Diana’s life seemed to turn against her wishes, prompting the others to suspect someone had manipulated her fate. Diana left determined to confront the Fates and Zeus.

• Diana objected to becoming a god and explained how becoming the new God of War had left her surrounded by battles.
• Harley teased Diana about her love of fighting and explained that Luthor had spread Batwoman’s Tower of Babel Protocol out of jealousy.
• Harley pointed out that Diana repeatedly got the opposite of what she wanted, citing events from her life.
• Wanda, Squirrel Girl, Gwenpool, and Polaris suggested that someone might be controlling Diana’s destiny.
• Diana began sharpening Vulcan's Sword and vowed to confront the Fates and Zeus.

Deadpool finished helping God Eater consume the First Generation Demons while Su Ming searched for Chthon. Su Ming regrouped with Deadpool and planned to erase the Broken Domain so Chthon would be forced to reveal himself.

• Deadpool chased the First Generation Demons into God Eater’s mouth with Rider Flying Kicks, while God Eater swallowed the remaining creatures.
• Deadpool told Su Ming he had not seen Chthon and asked whether the demons he killed would be saved for fertilizer.
• Su Ming explained that the demon corpses would supplement Set as fertilizer and told Deadpool to meet him by a storm drain.
• Deadpool reunited with Su Ming, complained about a groin injury, and received five hundred more for the mission.
• Su Ming said they would Oblivion the temporary dimension to force Chthon into the open, then went with Deadpool to speak to God Eater.

Deathstroke met with God Eater after the Old One finished eating, and they discussed confronting Chthon and destroying the Totality’s other material existences. Deathstroke then arranged for God Eater to retrieve and guard the New York Sanctum Sanctorum’s furnace before the group headed there.

• God Eater recoiled from Deadpool but praised Deathstroke and offered to face Chthon.
• Deathstroke explained that he wanted to erase the other material existences inside the Totality and expose Great Shadow.
• Deathstroke asked God Eater to retrieve the furnace containing an unnamed Old One from the New York Sanctum Sanctorum and keep it safe.
• God Eater agreed, and Deathstroke took his group toward the New York Sanctum Sanctorum on a flying carpet.

Su Ming and his companions entered the evacuated New York Sanctum Sanctorum to look for Chthon and the Old One hidden inside. They found no sign of Chthon and began making their way through the distorted building toward its boiler room.

• Deadpool warned that Chthon might be waiting inside the open Sanctum, and Diana led the group in with her shield raised.
• The group found the Sanctum’s hall and stairways buried in snow, and Deathstroke took the enchanted grandfather clock and a Tower of Babel toy.
• The God Eater said Chthon was absent but sensed a dark life-form without thoughts or morality inside the building.
• Su Ming identified the dark presence as the Old One being used as the Sanctum’s boiler, then sent Cloak to collect the dead Old Gods.
• Deathstroke led the group upstairs and through the Sanctum’s twisted routes toward the boiler room on the second basement level.

Deathstroke led the group through the dangerous Sanctum Sanctorum, where Deadpool triggered a mine but survived, before they reached the boiler sealing the awakened Old Ones. He sent the God Eater to remove it, and the God Eater began by striking the magic array with his tongue.

• Deathstroke pulled Diana back after a Fourth Dimension slug attacked her and paid Deadpool to scout ahead.
• Deadpool stepped on a hidden World War II mine, survived the blast, and patched his wounds with Sewer Adhesive.
• Deathstroke explained that he had ordered Kamar-Taj students to destroy records and set traps when evacuating safehouses.
• The group reached the boiler room, where crimson firelight showed that the Old Ones sealed inside had awakened.
• Deathstroke asked the God Eater to lift the boiler, and the God Eater whipped his tongue into the magical array securing it.