Chapter Summaries

Su Ming's team battled the Original Celestials in the Beyond Realm while he tested whether a Logan-shaped Celestial could be infected by his anti-life virus. The infection worked, and Su Ming sent the resulting giant zombie to attack the other Colored Celestials.

• Su Ming assessed how his team’s abilities and the Beyond Realm’s unusual rules gave them an advantage against the Colorful Celestials.
• Deadpool and Su Ming attacked the giant Logan-shaped Celestial, with Deadpool stabbing its scalp and Su Ming cutting an opening into its skull.
• Su Ming poured anti-life virus into the giant Celestial’s brain while Death asked whether it would interfere with the cycle of souls.
• The giant Logan died and became a zombie, but Su Ming found it weaker than Zombie Tyrannomon.
• Su Ming ordered the giant zombie to launch a suicidal attack on the other Colored Celestials.

Deathstroke and Deadpool returned to the battlefield and saw Franklin slaughtering Colored Celestials with a giant artificial Symbiote. As the Exterminators were nearly wiped out and Celestial Destroyer faced encirclement, Deadpool warned Deathstroke that they needed to act quickly if they wanted to help him.

• Deadpool confronted Deathstroke over killing Logan again, then Deathstroke silenced him and flew off with him to deal with the Celestials before the Final Host arrived.
• Deathstroke and Deadpool saw Franklin enlarge himself and use a Symbiote imitation with Celestial-killing properties to fight the Colored Celestials.
• Deathstroke observed that Doom and The Grand Duke had stopped fighting to watch Franklin, whose understanding of the Celestials was growing.
• Deadpool reported that the Exterminators were nearly wiped out and warned that Celestial Destroyer was close to being surrounded.
• Deathstroke agreed that the Exterminators were pests that could not be left alive, while Celestial Destroyer remained in danger from the Colored Celestials.

Su Ming and Wanda transformed Deadpool into a vast flesh-and-blood drill so he could help protect Celestial Destroyer from the Colored Celestials. The drill breached the enemy ranks and trapped the Colored Celestials in a bizarre amusement park, where Deadpool's laughter echoed.

• Su Ming abandoned his plan to keep Exterminators and asked Wanda to use Little Guy's authority, Deadpool's gem, and her book to transform Wade into an enormous drill.
• Wanda fused monsters from the book into Deadpool, but the power overwhelmed her, and Deathstroke shut the book before it could reveal The Doorway.
• Cloak caught Little Guy and supported Wanda as she collapsed, while Su Ming checked that she was alive and sent her away.
• Su Ming braced the spinning Deadpool drill against his shoulder and charged with Deathstroke into the Colored Celestials' ranks.
• Su Ming opened the drill, releasing tentacles bearing Deadpool's face that entered the Colored Celestials and drew them into a strange amusement park.

Su Ming and his allies used the Old Ones’ power through Deadpool to incapacitate the Colored Celestials while the surviving fighters regrouped. The Celestials remained dazed after Deadpool returned to normal, and Deathstroke prepared for the possibility of the Final Host.

• Su Ming’s plan used the Lovecraft Manuscript and Little Guy’s power to make Deadpool’s altered body ensnare the Celestials’ minds.
• Deathstroke persuaded Celestial Destroyer to withdraw from the contaminated battle zone and conserve his strength.
• Death asked Su Ming whether she could visit his Earth after the operation, and he agreed.
• Su Ming continued attacking the remaining Colored Celestials while keeping his doubts about the Final Host and his own plans to himself.
• Deadpool reverted from a writhing mass of flesh to normal, then fell into the white desert as the affected Celestials stood motionless and mentally broken.

After defeating the Prime Celestials, Su Ming and the team cleaned up the Beyond Realm and went their separate ways. He left the Little Guy in charge of the realm’s systems and departed with Death to settle other accounts.

• Squirrel Girl mourned her fallen squirrels until Doom promised her surviving kin plenty of nuts, while Franklin checked Wanda’s condition and Dracula and Deadpool recounted their battles.
• Su Ming and Deadpool discussed whether the Final Host would attack, then the team spent half an hour cleaning the battlefield and repairing the town.
• Deadpool left to celebrate, Doom, Little Rich, Squirrel Girl, and Dracula went to Latveria, and Wanda was sent to Kamar-Taj for Ancient One to examine her soul.
• Celestial Destroyer agreed to find One Above All and introduce him to Deathstroke, while Su Ming assigned the Little Guy to become the Beyond Realm’s main system.
• The Little Guy begged to return with Su Ming, but he told her that her presence would destroy and reboot their universe, then left with Death to settle accounts.

Su Ming consulted Hoggoth about Infinity and Eternity’s betrayal, then took Death sightseeing in Mumbai. After trying Indian street food, they began their tour of Marvel 40K Earth at Kamar-Taj, Su Ming’s Sanctum Sanctorum.

• Su Ming summoned Hoggoth and explained how Infinity and Eternity had set him up and how First Firmament had targeted him.
• Hoggoth declined to interfere directly but agreed to notify Su Ming if he saw Infinity or Eternity, and he said Oshtur might contact Su Ming about spreading the Vishanti’s faith.
• Su Ming suspected Hoggoth already knew about the scheme and told Death he believed the Vishanti might have advised Infinity and Eternity.
• Su Ming took Death to Mumbai, where they sampled street food and she experienced diarrhea and used a pit toilet for the first time.
• Su Ming and Death began their sightseeing tour at Kamar-Taj, his Sanctum Sanctorum.

Su Ming returned to Kamar-Taj after defeating the ancient alien threat and showed Ancient One that Earth remained safe and unaware of the battle. He told her he was preparing to begin the Great Cosmic Voyage Plan, and she agreed to inform the Magic World and K'un-Lun while urging him to protect humanity.

• Su Ming reunited with Ancient One and Monark, who were caring for the sleeping Wanda, and reported that the ancient aliens had been defeated.
• Su Ming projected scenes of Earth, showing that the Avengers, Utopia Island, Wakanda, and other places had returned to ordinary life, though Beast had died.
• Ancient One greeted Death, and the two quickly became friendly as they discussed their roles and their regard for humanity.
• Su Ming told Ancient One he was preparing to begin the Great Cosmic Voyage Plan.
• Ancient One agreed to notify the Magic World and sacred martial arts sites such as K'un-Lun, and she supported Su Ming while reminding him to protect humanity.

After Wanda rested from overusing her Mental Power, Deathstroke toured Kamar-Taj with Death and discussed the coming space voyages with Monark. He left the tour to arrange business and sent Mordo to buy pastries for a guest.

• Monark gave Wanda medicine, and Deathstroke, Monark, and Ancient One took Death on a tour of Kamar-Taj.
• Monark worried that Deathstroke's space travel plans would unsettle the Magic World, but Deathstroke said the first Forerunners would be chosen from trusted factions.
• Deathstroke and Monark discussed Clea's relationship with Strange and agreed that Clea was on humanity's side.
• Monark criticized Deathstroke for letting Wanda use an Old Ones artifact, and Deathstroke said the danger was sometimes necessary to protect humanity.
• Deathstroke sent Mordo to Suzhou to buy pastries for a guest.

Su Ming told Zheng Xian that the Great Cosmic Voyage Plan would begin that night, sending S.P.E.A.R. personnel to establish a colony at Alpha Centauri. After confirming S.P.E.A.R. was ready, Su Ming left Sky Ring Base with Death.

• Su Ming and Death visited Zheng Xian at Sky Ring Base after leaving Kamar-Taj.
• Su Ming told Zheng Xian that the Wilson Group would announce widespread manned spaceflight and that S.P.E.A.R.'s first group would depart for Alpha Centauri that night.
• Zheng Xian agreed to send fifty thousand people under Professor Xu and accepted Su Ming's choice of destination.
• Su Ming reassured Zheng Xian that the United States would not obstruct the plan and urged him to explore space instead of remaining on Earth.
• Su Ming introduced Death as the Concept Manifestation of Death, declined Zheng Xian's invitation to eat, and left with her after asking him to await Adjutant's notice.

Zheng Xian warned Deathstroke that the Eternals might act against humanity after he killed many Celestials. Deathstroke agreed to prepare for the threat, and the group left to eat hotpot.

• Zheng Xian stopped Deathstroke and asked whether he had killed the Celestials.
• Zheng Xian explained the Celestials' experiments on Earth and how their surviving creations, the Eternals, had scattered or gone into hiding.
• Zheng Xian warned that the Eternals' directive to protect the Celestials could lead them to make trouble for humanity.
• Deathstroke said he would kill any Eternals who targeted humanity, while Zheng Xian urged him to distinguish between factions.
• Deathstroke accepted Zheng Xian's invitation to hotpot after Death showed she wanted to try ordinary human food.

After a feast with Death, Su Ming traveled to Latveria to find Doctor Doom and offered to take him to his mother. Doom eagerly accepted, hoping they could bring her back from Hell and reunite their family.

• Death ate so much hotpot lamb that she died, resurrected, and kept eating while Zheng Xian and Su Ming enjoyed the meal.
• Deathstroke told Zheng Xian and the Tao Yu brothers the story of Xiao He chasing Han Xin and gave them an ancient painting.
• Su Ming and Death traveled to Latveria, where Squirrel Girl happily swam through a massive pool filled with nuts.
• Su Ming went to Doom's underground technology center and found him playing with Franklin Von Doom and Little Rich.
• Su Ming offered to take Doom to find his mother, and Doom eagerly agreed.

Deathstroke explained that Death could help Doom track down his mother’s soul, which had been traded among Hell Lords, and Doom agreed to search with him. They traveled to Satana’s Thorn Hell to discuss the Blood War, where imps stopped them at her castle gates.

• Deathstroke told Doom that Death’s presence could make Hell Lords reveal the truth about his mother’s soul.
• Doom opened a portal, but Deathstroke insisted they visit Satana first to discuss the Blood War.
• Deathstroke, Doom, and Second Sister entered Thorn Hell and approached Satana’s thorn-covered castle.
• The imps politely stopped the visitors and announced their arrival to the castle.

Deathstroke, Death, and Doom entered Satana’s domain to ask about the Blood War, and Satana explained which Hell Lords were available. She also revealed that her brother Daimon was preaching in the Main Dimension to become a Dimensional Demon God.

• Death explained that creatures without an awareness of death could not see her, though none could escape death.
• Satana greeted Deathstroke and learned that Death was accompanying him, then teased him about his connection to Deadpool and Shakara.
• Deathstroke asked which Hell Lords were free during the Blood War, and Satana said that only she, Daimon, and Magik were largely uninvolved.
• Satana revealed that Daimon had gone to the Main Dimension to gather faith and become a Dimensional Demon God.
• Satana led the group into The Villa and described Daimon’s promise that believers could enter Hell and enjoy the company of beautiful women.

Su Ming asked Satana for help finding Cynthia von Doom, whose soul had disappeared somewhere in Hell, and learned that nearly every Hell Lord was involved in the Blood War. Satana offered a lead in exchange for a kiss, and Su Ming agreed to hear it.

• Su Ming ordered Satana to send away the demonesses, and she led him, Lady Death, and Doctor Doom to her Chamber of Secrets.
• Satana asked why Su Ming had brought Doctor Doom to Hell, and Su Ming explained that they were searching for Doom's mother, Cynthia von Doom.
• Su Ming asked Satana which Hell Lords had stayed out of the Blood War so they could question them with Lady Death present.
• Satana said every Hell Lord she knew had joined the war and suggested that Su Ming interrogate her father, Satannish.
• Su Ming rejected Satana's suggestion, and she offered another lead if he kissed her with tongues; Su Ming agreed.

Satana proposed that Doom’s mother might have escaped Hell rather than remain imprisoned there, leaving Doom and Deathstroke to consider searching beyond Earth. Before sharing her theory, she tried to exploit their bargain but was outmaneuvered by Deathstroke and Strangle.

• Satana made a contract with Deathstroke to kiss him, but Strangle licked her instead, fulfilling the bargain and forcing her to honor her promise.
• Satana suggested Doom’s mother might have been freed and escaped Hell, reasoning that the powerful spellcasters had no reason to lie about her whereabouts.
• Doom insisted he had seen his mother suffering in Hell when he was young, but admitted he had found no sign of her on Earth.
• Satana proposed that Doom’s mother might have fled to another planet, prompting Deathstroke and Doom to consider searching beyond Earth.

Death confirmed that Doctor Doom’s mother was alive and far away, so Deathstroke brought Doom to the Wilson Group headquarters to prepare to search for her. They planned to head into space with the main force that night, while Adjutant began preparations for a new product launch.

• Deathstroke considered Satana’s claim that Doom’s mother had escaped Hell, then asked Death to verify her condition.
• Death used Doom’s blood to sense his mother and confirmed that she was alive, though extremely far away.
• Deathstroke and Doom left Satana’s mansion and teleported to the Wilson Group headquarters in New York.
• Deathstroke told Doom to arrange matters at home and join the main force heading into space that night to search for his mother.
• Deathstroke entered the underground bunker with Doom and Death, where Adjutant appeared and began preparing for the new product launch.

After leaving Avengers Mansion, Jessica Jones stopped at a Hell’s Kitchen convenience store for cheap vodka and learned that Wilson Enterprises was about to launch a lottery with a $20 million prize for each of its thousand winners. She regretted that the money was being raffled away instead of given to her.

• Steve lectured Jessica about her drinking and urged her to take her private detective work and life seriously.
• Jessica returned to Hell’s Kitchen, worried about money after spending what Deathstroke had paid her.
• Jessica entered a convenience store and watched Joe of Wilson Enterprises speak during a televised launch event.
• The store owner explained that viewers could scan a QR code to enter a lottery offering a thousand prizes worth $20 million each.
• Jessica wished Deathstroke would give the prize money to her so she could buy liquor.

Jessica discovered that the shop owner was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and waited for Wilson Enterprises to reveal its new space-related product. The press conference built suspense about humanity’s stalled space exploration before inviting viewers to scan a QR code for prizes.

• Jessica learned that the shop owner worked for Director Fury and that the basement shop served as a S.H.I.E.L.D. safehouse.
• Jessica and the shop owner discussed S.H.I.E.L.D. salaries, and Jessica mocked Skye and took bottles of alcohol from the shelves.
• Wilson Enterprises’ press conference showcased humanity’s history of space exploration and the publicly advertised Sword Agency space station.
• The spokesperson questioned whether humanity had a future if space exploration remained stagnant, then urged viewers to scan a QR code for the first prize giveaway.

Jessica, Steve, Bucky, and the Avengers joined Deathstroke’s lottery, winning consolation prizes until Thor appeared to win the mysterious $20 million grand prize. Thor secretly planned to claim the prize himself after knocking out Loki, leaving the real winner’s identity in doubt.

• Jessica won a bottle of Skywalker malt whisky, while the shop owner won leakproof diapers for the elderly.
• Steve won vacuum-packed instant beef burgers, and Bucky won a high-powered motorcycle; Bucky persuaded Steve that the lottery could honor Godfather’s legacy.
• Tony and Ant-Man revealed their consolation prizes, while Thor discovered that he had won the grand prize and received a code to claim it at Wilson Supermarket.
• Thor told the Avengers he would bring his family to claim the prize, then secretly planned to knock out Loki and take it for himself.

Deathstroke explained how the prize drawing would lure people into space by making the rewards seem valuable and dangerous. As the second round began, Doom and Death joined the drawing, while the prizes remained a mystery.

• Doom questioned Deathstroke about why the first-round winners included Thor and other Superheroes, and Deathstroke explained that the winners would serve as bait for a wider scramble.
• Deathstroke arranged for Synthezoids to kill twenty winners and reclaim their prize codes, while media coverage would make the prizes appear more valuable.
• Deathstroke explained that he wanted people to enter space willingly for profit rather than forcing humanity into the Great Voyage Project.
• Doom scanned the second-round QR code, won a bouquet of carnations, and left through a Teleportation Portal to search for his mother.
• Death asked Deathstroke for a phone, entered the drawing, and watched as Deathstroke said he had won a prize.