Chapter Summaries

Su Ming and his team infiltrated the Yongjia People’s enormous Homeworld Ship and explored its artificial wilderness. Su Ming claimed the ship for himself, named it the Oreo, and planned to find the aliens’ Dak-Sha and deal with their family.

• Wally led the team beneath a shuttle, and Strangle and Cloak concealed them as it entered the Homeworld Ship.
• Su Ming and Bobo discussed how enormous wonders could bring down civilizations while the shuttle passed through the ship’s dock.
• Wally carried the team to an empty forest inside the sparsely populated ship so they could plan.
• Bobo examined the ship’s planetlike environment, and Colonel Sanders imagined raising chickens there.
• Su Ming claimed the Homeworld Ship, named it the Oreo, and decided to find Dak-Sha and deal with the alien’s family.

Su Ming used a dead Yongjia warrior’s terminal glasses to explore Dak-Sha’s voting system and led his team down an air-current shaft into the Oreo’s underground city. Seeing the spacious alien settlement, he decided to seize Dak-Sha and claim the ship’s advantages for humanity.

• Su Ming learned how Dak-Sha counted votes and used Strangle to imitate the dead warrior’s genome, gaining access to the system.
• Su Ming answered dozens of pending proposals by voting no, then followed his memories to an elevator shaft with his teammates.
• Deathstroke jumped into the shaft with the ape, and the rest of the team followed after him.
• An invisible current carried the team safely into the underground city, where they saw the Yongjia People’s vast, brightly lit settlement.
• Su Ming sent Wally to lead the team toward Dak-Sha so they could take control of it and explore the Oreo afterward.

Wally’s group fought a squad of Yongjia soldiers and learned that their advanced armor could match speedsters, then entered the fortress with Colonel Sanders. The Colonel opened a locked door by offering KFC delivery, leaving Wally baffled as the group continued inside.

• Wally’s group encountered a Yongjia patrol, and Deathstroke defeated the soldiers while Wally realized their armor let them move faster than light.
• Deathstroke treated Donna’s shoulder wound, while Shazam admitted he had frozen in fear and Bobo tried to comfort him.
• Su Ming decided the group would enter through the gap in the patrol route, with Colonel Sanders leading and Su Ming guarding the rear.
• Colonel Sanders knocked on a locked fortress door and announced KFC Home Delivery, causing the door to open despite no one being behind it.
• Wally stared in disbelief as Colonel Sanders entered and explained that his seemingly crazy action was right because it was Crazy Thursday.

Su Ming’s team infiltrated the Yongjia People’s underground fortress with Colonel Sanders opening every door, until the alarm brought an armed squad to confront them. The Colonel transformed into his Super Saiyan 3-like form and prepared to unleash his Finishing Move as the blast door opened.

• Colonel Sanders led the team through the fortress by declaring each door a KFC delivery, while Bobo and Deathstroke joked as they walked.
• The fortress alarm sounded after the Yongjia People noticed the missing patrol squad, and Donna warned the others to focus against enemies who could move faster than light.
• Colonel Sanders opened a massive blast door and revealed an armed squad waiting on the other side.
• Colonel Sanders crushed his glasses, flared with red energy, and transformed into a powerful fighter with towering white hair.
• Deathstroke explained that the Colonel’s KFC Super Simulation Reality APP form could use classic menu discounts to trigger his Finishing Move.

Deathstroke and the Colonel fought their way through the alien base, with the Colonel defeating wave after wave by forcing the Aliens to eat KFC and making them work off their unpaid meals. Deathstroke reached what he called the Main Control Room and asked Bobo to enter with him while the others defended the doorway.

• Su Ming explained to Bobo that powerful sponsors could make their characters unusually strong, then watched the Colonel charge the Aliens.
• The Colonel defeated the Aliens by stuffing them with food, and his dancers carried the fallen away to work off their debts.
• Donna, Wally, and Shazam reacted to the Colonel's strength as Su Ming told him to keep leading the way.
• The Colonel continued defeating successive groups of Aliens, while Su Ming and the others followed through the corridors.
• Deathstroke cut open the gate to the Main Control Room, ordered Bobo to accompany him inside, and told the others to hold the defensive line.

Su Ming and Bobo infiltrated the Yongjia server room and used the Anti-Life Equation to seize control of the Dak-Sha network. They left the Yongjia People falling under Su Ming’s dark influence as they withdrew.

• Su Ming followed Bobo’s intuition through the enormous server room to a hidden alley containing the network’s central controls.
• Bobo triggered the alien interfaces and used his uncanny instincts to gain programming authority over Dak-Sha.
• Su Ming activated the Dark Concepts and injected the Anti-Life Equation into the Yongjia central system, spreading it through their network.
• The projections displayed “DARK IS!” as the Yongjia People began chanting the words and falling under Su Ming’s influence.
• Su Ming picked up Bobo and withdrew, while Bobo expressed unease about the Anti-Life Equation.

Su Ming used the Anti-Life Equation to seize control of the Yongjia fleet, ordering the Adjutant to spread it through every available channel. As the infection spread and the fleet descended into violence, Bobo reflected on Su Ming’s fear of loneliness and wondered what Batman was doing in Gotham.

• Su Ming explained that the Yongjia People were especially vulnerable to the Anti-Life Equation and guarded the Oreo’s main energy system to prevent survivors from destroying it.
• Su Ming ordered the Adjutant to take control of the fleet and broadcast the Anti-Life Equation through every possible medium.
• The Adjutant accelerated the infection and used brainwashed Yongjia People to capture or kill those who remained free.
• Bobo reasoned that Su Ming’s need for company meant he would not use the Anti-Life Equation on humans, though he considered whether this might be a ruse.
• Bobo wondered whether Batman and The Last 52 Legion were in Gotham.

Su Ming and his team defeated the Yongjia People, and Su Ming sold the captured Aliens to Colonel Sanders for factory labor. With the team preparing to face the remaining factions, Su Ming chose Rao, the Kryptonian God, as their next target.

• Su Ming reunited with his injured teammates and found the Yongjia People under his control, chanting "Darkseid is!"
• Colonel Sanders offered to buy the captured Aliens, and Su Ming handed them over to work at the Colonel's factory.
• Colonel Sanders departed, and the Adjutant stripped the Yongjia People of their equipment and teleported them away.
• Wally asked who the team would target next, and Su Ming said they would leave Earth's defenders to hold the line while they dealt with external threats.
• Donna identified Rao as a name Clark invoked, and Su Ming explained that the Life Codex recorded Rao as the Kryptonian God.
• Su Ming announced that the team would find and kill the Alien God Superman worshipped.

Su Ming explained Rao’s history as Krypton’s legendary founder and Sun God, then told the team that a Kryptonian named Rao had joined “My Lord” and threatened Earth. He planned to test Kryptonite against Rao first and arrange Luthor’s help if needed.

• Su Ming recounted how Rao had advanced ancient Krypton, how his companions became mythological gods, and how Rao eventually became known as the Kryptonian God.
• Su Ming connected the modern Rao to reports from a captive’s mind and decided that the team would find and kill him, regardless of whether he was the true Rao.
• Su Ming showed the team his collection of colored Kryptonite and said he would turn to a Red Sun and Luthor if Kryptonite failed.
• Bobo joked that Luthor would be thrilled to learn about a Kryptonian God, and Shazam took Bobo’s figure of speech about Luthor doing the splits literally.

Constantine waited in a rainy Gotham street for the person foretold by Madame Xanadu, hoping the encounter might help Zatanna. When a Mexican man carrying a package collided with him, Constantine brought him through a magical door into a gloomy manor.

• Constantine waited at a Gotham crossroads for the mysterious person Madame Xanadu had foretold, enduring rain, hunger for alcohol, and coughing blood.
• A Mexican man carrying a square package ran into Constantine, fell, and agreed to follow him after Constantine warned that someone might be hunting him.
• Constantine searched the man for weapons, cigarettes, and alcohol, then opened a magical door and kicked him through it.
• Constantine followed the man into a gray world and revealed that the door had led to a dilapidated manor.

After Barry and the other Justice League members woke up hungover, Gin arranged a replacement team to help Diana return to Earth-0. Deadpool and five killer companions joined her, and the Adjutant prepared to teleport them.

• Barry woke up beside Arthur and realized that he, Cyborg, and Stewart had spent the night drinking at Deathstroke's villa.
• Diana told Barry that he had stolen a tiger while drunk, then said the group could not deploy until they sobered up.
• Gin offered Diana another team, explaining that she meant mercenaries rather than mages.
• Deadpool arrived with his wife Shakara and five killers: Jason, Mike, Leatherface, Ghostface, and Pinhead.
• Shakara threw Deadpool into a crater, and he insisted that the injury was part of their intimacy game.
• Gin assigned the killers to Diana, and the Adjutant prepared a teleportation and wheelchair for Deadpool.

Su Ming brought his team to Al's fast-food restaurant in space to find information on Rao. After killing an Alien to establish his reputation, he led the group inside to speak with Linda.

• The chapter explained how Lobo had destroyed Al's planet while trying to make the restaurant successful, then relocated the restaurant to a busy space hub.
• Su Ming brought his team to the restaurant to seek intelligence about Rao, the conspicuous bald Kryptonian.
• When a nearby Alien spoke to Su Ming, Strangle killed him on Su Ming's command.
• Su Ming claimed the Alien had insulted humanity and explained that the killing would deter information brokers from deceiving him.
• Su Ming patted Strangle and entered the restaurant to talk with Linda as other Aliens looted the corpse and spacecraft.

Deathstroke and his team visited Lobo’s diner, where waitress Linda recognized their connection to Lobo and asked how he was doing. Deathstroke hinted that Linda was more concerned about her daughter, leaving her response to come.

• Shazam hurried to claim a booth, and Deathstroke praised him and gave him a chocolate bar.
• Wally remarked that the aliens seemed much like humans, while the gorilla and Donna discussed carbon-based and silicon-based lifeforms.
• Linda introduced herself and brusquely asked the group to order from the diner’s limited menu.
• Deathstroke told Linda they were Lobo’s friends, prompting her to sit beside him and ask how Lobo was doing.
• Deathstroke described Lobo’s usual habits and asked Linda whether she really wanted news about her daughter.

Deathstroke questioned Linda about Rao and offered to reunite her with Lobo’s daughter, Crush, in exchange for information. After Linda and Bobo identified two dead Kryptonian prophets, she asked whether the team had heard of New Krypton.

• Deathstroke told Linda that Lobo’s daughter, Crush, might want to find family beyond her father, and offered to bring her to meet Linda.
• Linda agreed to answer Deathstroke’s questions about Rao, while Bobo vouched for Deathstroke’s honesty.
• Linda confirmed that Jay-Erm had died after swallowing Kryptonite, and Bobo said Jaf-Al had died when Krypton exploded.
• Deathstroke narrowed the remaining living prophets to Tar-Al and Yul-Al, who might know Rao’s whereabouts.
• Linda asked The Flash and Wonder Girl whether they had heard of New Krypton.

Wally explained how Clark had resettled Kandor’s survivors on the hidden planet New Krypton, and the group suspected Rao was there. Su Ming contacted Lex Luthor, who immediately supplied the planet’s coordinates and revealed he had long monitored the Kryptonians.

• Wally told Donna and the others that Clark had restored Kandor and moved its citizens to the concealed planet Rokyn, renamed New Krypton.
• Wally explained that Van-Zee led New Krypton while Clark and Kara secretly visited, and that Clark kept the Kryptonians away from Earth to prevent conflict.
• Donna realized the group suspected Rao or his representative was on New Krypton but lacked the planet’s coordinates.
• Su Ming said he could learn the location without questioning Clark or Kara and called Lex Luthor for information.
• Luthor gave Su Ming New Krypton’s coordinates and admitted he had been monitoring the planet to prove himself superior to Clark.

After learning New Krypton’s coordinates from Luthor, Deathstroke gathered his team and prepared to travel to Kandor, bringing Damian along to help with Kryptonite tactics. Crush stayed with them after receiving instructions on how to return to Earth, and the team left to deal with the Kryptonians.

• Adjutant locked onto New Krypton’s coordinates, and Luthor said he knew nothing about Remnant.
• Deathstroke questioned Luthor about his Artificial Kryptonite stock while Wally worried that he had endangered New Krypton by revealing its location.
• Donna dragged Wally outside to confront him about repeatedly questioning Deathstroke, while Bobo reassured Shazam that the teammates would be fine.
• Deathstroke returned with Damian and Crush, and Damian explained that his Kryptonite experience would help against the Kryptonians.
• Deathstroke told Crush how to return to Earth with Adjutant, then took the team aboard his Cloak and headed for Kandor.

Deadpool led a group of horror killers in hunting the grotesque Penguin in Gotham, where they captured and brutally killed him. The group moved on to seek another target while Diana worried that she did not fit in with them.

• The grotesque Penguin sensed someone following him in a Gotham alley and attacked Jason with a submachine gun.
• Jason ignored the bullets and fought the Penguin with his axe, but could not defeat him before Deadpool called in Pinhead.
• Pinhead bound the Penguin with chains from his cube, and Leatherface, Ghostface, and Mike joined Jason in killing him.
• Deadpool complained that the killers had left him no chance to attack, then stabbed the remains to show he had participated.
• Deadpool sent Pinhead and Ghostface to find the next prey, while Diana realized she felt out of place among the group.

Deathstroke and his team traveled toward New Krypton while a secretive group discussed their plans and the loss of contact with the Yongjia People. The team found a Yellow Sun in the target star system, increasing the chance that Rao was there.

• The white-haired man in green robes, the concealed old man, the bald man, and Deathstroke discussed their setbacks and agreed to begin their plan early.
• Deathstroke opened a wormhole and left, while the bald man and the old man vanished and the green-robed man dispersed into smoke.
• As the team flew through space, Su Ming explained Kandor's artistic traditions and told Damian to watch for anything that clashed with the city's style.
• Su Ming and his companions discussed the danger that Kryptonians exposed to a Yellow Sun might pose and continued toward the target star system.
• The team reached the system and saw a bright Yellow Sun, which Su Ming said made it more likely that Rao was hiding there.

Su Ming and his companions observed New Krypton and found its Kryptonians living calmly despite gaining superpowers under a Yellow Sun. Suspecting their behavior was abnormal and possibly controlled, Su Ming decided to enter the planet disguised as a Kryptonian and investigate.

• Su Ming had Adjutant project live images of Kandor while Cloak hovered in space.
• The group saw that the Yellow Sun had awakened superpowers in the Kryptonians, though none had left the atmosphere.
• Bobo, Damian, Donna, and Wally discussed the threat posed by a planet full of Kryptonian warriors and Batwoman's distrust of Superman.
• Su Ming noted that Kandor seemed sparsely populated and peaceful, while Bobo argued that such calm behavior was suspicious.
• Su Ming considered that the Kryptonians might think differently from humans or be under someone else's control, and found that Adjutant could not access their network.
• Su Ming decided to pose as a Kryptonian and enter New Krypton to gather information.

Su Ming and his team disguised themselves as House of Zod survivors to infiltrate Kandor. After meeting a Kandorian plant researcher, they learned that the city’s residents knew Yellow Sunlight made them stronger, and the man invited them to his home to share exciting news.

• Su Ming ordered the team to wear black-and-red House of Zod uniforms, while Bobo insisted on a bodysuit and regretted it when it revealed his physique.
• Su Ming warned the team to speak English and told Shazam to stay silent before leading them toward Kandor with The Force.
• A Kandorian farmer greeted the team and recognized the House of Zod emblem, saying he had last seen it during the battle when they were captured.
• Su Ming and the farmer tested each other's strength while greeting one another, and the farmer revealed that he studied plants and knew Yellow Sunlight made Kryptonians stronger.
• The farmer invited Su Ming and his team to his home, promising to treat his injured arm and tell them exciting news.