Chapter Summaries

Su Ming exposed Remnant’s simulated world by recognizing flaws in the fabricated Legion of Doom, then confronted Remnant about his plan to give people perfect lives. Remnant refused to surrender and insisted he would continue creating his own worlds.

• Su Ming tested the Legion of Doom’s behavior and the false coordinate map, confirmed that Remnant had trapped him in a simulated universe, and destroyed the world’s inhabitants.
• Remnant canceled the false world and spoke to Su Ming, claiming his power could fulfill everyone’s wishes without harming others.
• Su Ming deduced that Remnant had observed people to build convincing replicas and had once planned to use Clayface Plasma.
• Su Ming challenged Remnant’s belief that perfect, arranged lives would make people happy and told him to come out so he could kill him.
• Remnant refused to surrender and declared that his plan to give people their own worlds was not over.

Su Ming challenged the Remnant’s manufactured utopia by questioning whether simulated happiness could prepare people to face real threats. The Remnant showed him Wally’s invented family life, and Su Ming went along with the birthday gathering as Wally led him toward the underground garage.

• Su Ming argued that the Remnant’s simulated lives would leave Earth without heroes able to face stronger outside threats, but the Remnant insisted people wanted happiness and shifted the scene to Wally’s new life.
• Deathstroke appeared in a comfortable American neighborhood, where the Remnant’s shadow pointed him toward a house filled with Wally’s laughter.
• Wally welcomed Deathstroke as an early guest at his supposed birthday celebration and introduced him to his children, Jai West and Iris West II.
• Deathstroke gave the children a block of C4, but the Remnant had turned it into a toy that produced streamers and candy instead of exploding.
• Linda greeted Deathstroke and described the lunch she was cooking, then Wally brought him beer and led him toward the underground garage.

Su Ming brought Wally out of the Remnant’s simulated life by restoring his memories, and Wally chose to return to reality rather than stay with his fake family. They escaped the collapsing world with several luxury cars, then confronted the Remnant as Su Ming prepared to rescue his next teammate.

• Wally became absorbed in the luxury-car garage until Su Ming used Strangle to restore his memories of the Remnant’s deception.
• Wally accepted that his real family and friends were waiting on Earth-0 and transformed back into The Flash.
• Su Ming offered to take Wally’s favorite cars, and Wally chose a Ferrari before they left the simulated world.
• Su Ming destroyed the world’s sun, and he and Wally returned to the wasteland as the Remnant condemned him.
• Wally objected to the Remnant’s fake family and said he wanted to fight him, while Su Ming announced he would test the Remnant’s next illusion.

Harley’s forces destroyed the Out of Control Protocol and prepared to pursue the remaining Last 52 allies, while Deathstroke found Bobo in the enemy’s fabricated reality. Bobo revealed he had recognized the deception and waited for Deathstroke to retrieve him.

• Deadpool mocked the destroyed Out of Control Protocol and tallied his kills as Harley’s robots dismantled it.
• Harley asked the Adjutant to locate Constantine from Another World, and she vowed to take revenge on him.
• Deathstroke entered the unchanged Oblivion Bar with Wally and called Bobo to come to work.
• Bobo admitted he had recognized the false reality, pretended to be fooled, and urged Deathstroke to destroy it.

Su Ming and Bobo confronted Remnant in the crater and questioned his claim that he created simulated worlds to make everyone happy. Su Ming suspected Remnant was secretly trying to trigger a universe-wide reboot, and the group remained in the desolate world as Wally accepted that he could not unravel the plan himself.

• Bobo dismissed the crater world, and Remnant accused him of abandoning the simulated life he had enjoyed.
• Su Ming asked Remnant why he insisted on making everyone happy, and Remnant argued that an ideal society required mutual aid and equality.
• Su Ming concluded that Remnant was using simulated worlds to pacify people while growing Single Universes until the DC Universe reached its limit and rebooted.
• Wally said Remnant's ideal of equality seemed reasonable, but Su Ming warned that Remnant would become a god over everyone living in his simulations.
• Wally agreed with Su Ming and said he would leave the larger questions to him.

Su Ming used his Omega power to illuminate the Speed Force Plane while Wally searched for the common starting point of the Simulated Lives. After explaining that he planned to use the Remnant as bait for Blank, Su Ming sent Wally to retrieve Luthor.

• Su Ming had Wally carry the group into the Speed Force Plane to find the main Timeline connecting the Simulated Lives.
• Su Ming summoned a Black Sun and revealed that he had become the Omega Universe's true ruler.
• Bobo guessed that Su Ming was keeping the Remnant alive to lure Blank, and Su Ming confirmed the plan while asking the others to play along.
• Wally found the point where the Timelines began, and Su Ming ordered him to retrieve Luthor.
• Wally followed a black vortex of entangled Time Points and locked onto Luthor.

Su Ming and Bobo found Luthor indulging in a false reality where Superman served him, then brought him back to the barren reverse side of Omega Earth. Damian and Shazam also escaped their Simulated Lives, but the Remnant did not respond when Su Ming called it out.

• Su Ming and Bobo found Luthor enjoying a false world where Clark acted as his submissive secretary, and Luthor admitted he had recognized the illusion but wanted to play along.
• The Remnant's fake Superman attacked Luthor, who weakened him with Kryptonite and killed him using his Anti-Superman Armor and a Red Sun Generator.
• Su Ming, Bobo, and Luthor returned to the barren reverse side of Omega Earth, where Damian and Shazam were waiting.
• Damian explained that he had used one of King Robin's tools to destroy his false Gotham and had persuaded Shazam to leave his fantasy of living with his family.
• Su Ming praised Damian and challenged the Remnant to give up its plan, but it did not answer.

Su Ming captured Remnant and pressured him for information about Blank, offering to resurrect his wife and daughter in exchange for help. Remnant revealed that Blank was a powerful woman, then died after Su Ming sprinkled silver dust over him.

• Su Ming used the Black Sun to seize Remnant before he could escape and pinned him to the ground.
• Su Ming offered to resurrect Remnant’s wife and daughter if he helped lure Blank to the Omega Universe.
• Remnant named his wife as Sally after Luthor mocked him with the name Martha.
• Remnant told Su Ming that Blank was a woman far more powerful than all of them combined.
• Su Ming sprinkled silver dust over Remnant, who died with a blissful smile.

Su Ming killed the Remnant, recovered the Panacea formula, and learned that Blank had explained the Sand of Time’s effects. The chapter then shifted to Kyle Mossa’s dreamlike anniversary dinner, where Principal Wilson praised his past invention and urged him to develop a life-extending medicine.

• Su Ming gave the Remnant’s head to Strangle and handed Luthor the body, then absorbed the Remnant’s memories and recovered the Panacea formula.
• Damian explained to Shazam that the Sand of Time had trapped the Remnant’s soul between Dreaming and Death Space, while Bobo questioned how Damian had learned about it.
• Damian told Bobo that he intended to learn everything Deathstroke knew or cared about.
• Kyle Mossa, his wife, and their daughter arrived at a restaurant for their anniversary, where Principal Wilson welcomed them and arranged their meal.
• The restaurant’s guests applauded Kyle for his contribution to humanity, and Principal Wilson asked him to develop a medicine that could greatly extend human life.

Su Ming left the Dreaming after imprisoning the Remnant in an eternal dream of forced service, then prepared to return to Gotham to seek clues about Blank. Before departing, he learned Dream was away at the First Ring Council and tried to borrow several of Dream’s artifacts, settling on asking for Sand of Time.

• Su Ming explained that the Remnant would spend eternity serving him in a dream, researching drugs without pay, while Wally and Damian reacted to his punishment.
• Su Ming said the group would go to Gotham for one final gamble to find clues about Blank, whom he believed was a powerful being behind the organization.
• A butler told Su Ming that Dream and several other Endless had gone to the First Ring Council and would be away for some time.
• Su Ming asked to borrow Dream’s Mask and ruby, but the butler said Dream had taken both artifacts with him.
• Su Ming asked the butler for two jin of Sand of Time in exchange for good tea, leaving the butler questioning whether he was serious.

Su Ming traded tea for Sand of Time in the Dreaming, then returned to Gotham and learned that Batwoman had come back to the Batcave in a worrying condition. Jason brought her inside, but she refused treatment and disappeared into a hidden cavern.

• Su Ming exchanged a silver briefcase of tea for the Sand of Time and left the Dreaming.
• Su Ming returned to Gotham, where the Adjutant reported that Harley's team was searching for Doomsday Blues and the final 52 Legion was causing chaos across Earth-0.
• Wally headed to Paris to confront Sulfur Man, while Su Ming ordered Wade to bring him Doomsday Blues's head if he killed him.
• Su Ming learned that Batwoman had returned to the Batcave staggering and went there to check on her.
• Jason brought Batwoman into the Batcave and urged her to seek medical treatment, but she pushed him away and entered a hidden cavern.

Batwoman followed a ticking sound through a hidden cavern and opened a chest, recovering a forgotten identity. While she was inside, Su Ming hired Jason to hunt the spellcaster Doomsday Blues; Batwoman then emerged transformed into a muscular man wearing her cape.

• Batwoman followed the increasingly loud ticking to a wooden chest deep in the cavern and opened it, causing her eyes to snap open.
• Su Ming arrived with his group as Jason finished a call with Bizarro and stopped Shazam from entering the cave.
• Su Ming offered Jason one million US Dollars to kill Doomsday Blues, and Jason accepted after receiving intelligence about the target.
• Batwoman emerged from the cave in a red bodysuit and purple Batwoman cape, appearing as a muscular man and assuring Jason that she was still a good guy.

A cheerful backup personality named Zorn Aier Batman took over Bruce Wayne’s body after Bruce lost consciousness, and he explained how Superman and Jar-ro had created him as a safeguard against Bruce’s Joker Virus infection. As Zorn mobilized the Justice League, Su Ming warned him about the mysterious Blank-linked opponent and her possible Hypertime-level threat.

• Zorn Aier Batman appeared in the Batcave, greeting Su Ming, Bobo, Jason, Damian, and Shazam with unusual warmth and a Spanish accent.
• Zorn revealed that Bruce and Superman had secretly created him with help from Jar-ro, using Bruce, Kal-El, and Zorro as personality templates.
• Zorn explained that Bruce was fighting the Joker personality in his subconscious, leaving Zorn in control until Bruce won.
• Jason left to carry out Su Ming’s assignments, while Zorn descended into his hidden Batcave and began directing Justice League deployments.
• Su Ming told Zorn that the mysterious person representing Blank might be Hypertime-level, and Zorn asked him to explain the threat while offering to cook paella.

Su Ming, Bobo, and Batwoman reviewed the recent attacks and concluded that the enemies’ motives and choices made little sense, suggesting someone had arranged them as tests. Batwoman continued cooking in his newly cheerful personality while the group considered who might be directing events.

• Zorn Batman cooked seafood paella while using his hands and feet to prepare food and coordinate the Justice League Collective’s strategy.
• Damian struggled with complicated feelings about Batwoman’s transformation, while Bobo was amused and tempted by the cooking.
• Su Ming told Batwoman about his recent actions, and Batwoman agreed that the six letters linked to “My Lord” mostly represented decoys or tests.
• Su Ming and Batwoman discussed the supposed enemies, including the Yongjia Race, Deathstroke, Zeus, and the Remnant, and questioned why they had been deployed separately.
• Bobo argued that the enemies’ motives did not hold up, since the Yongjia Race could have targeted weaker Earths or consumed stars and the Remnant could have created universes for them.
• Bobo concluded that the early criminals seemed to lack sufficient motives and raised the possibility that someone had deliberately driven events.

Su Ming and his companions questioned why Old Six joined “My Lord,” concluding that his motives and the group’s structure did not add up. They set aside the possibility of inspecting his painful memories and gathered for dinner, leaving the mystery unresolved.

• Su Ming explained that Old Six’s memories contained no knowledge of the Remnants or their panacea, and Damian noted that Old Six could have been cured if either of them had known about it.
• Bobo pointed out that Old Six could have asked Su Ming for help and said his envy, lack of hatred, and fabricated Rao story did not explain his actions.
• Batwoman suggested that the plan involving New Krypton, Rao, and Mind Control was aimed at Superman, while Su Ming said he could not safely examine Old Six’s painful memories.
• Su Ming reassured Bobo that he had a contingency plan in case he went mad, and joked that Bobo could simply be knocked out with a wine bottle.
• Zorn Batman served dinner and explained that Bruce was still complaining in his head, then called Shazam away from his video games to join the meal.

Su Ming and the others discussed the 52 Legion over dinner and agreed their surviving members posed little threat. Su Ming proposed that Batwoman investigate why Zeus received special treatment from the Remnant as a possible clue to Blank’s identity, and the team raised a toast before the next trial.

• Detective Chimp asked whether the 52 Legion had come to avenge The Batman Who Laughs, and Batwoman and Su Ming judged them to be opportunistic villains rather than devoted followers.
• Damian urged the team to capture Doomsday Blues, but Su Ming and Batwoman explained that Constantine might know little or be impossible to interrogate, so they planned to withdraw after the meal.
• Enzo noticed that Su Ming had not mentioned the Old Gods, and Su Ming pointed out that Zeus had received a world created for him by a Remnant.
• Su Ming suggested that Batwoman investigate the reason for Zeus’s special treatment to find a clue to Blank’s identity.
• Batwoman raised her glass and toasted the team for passing the first test before the next trial.

Su Ming confirmed that Zorn Batman was stable and left Gotham after offering his Killer Squad to help. He returned Bobo to the Oblivion Bar, where the ape resumed his familiar quarrels with Tracy and Cockroach.

• Su Ming judged that Zorn Batman was hiding things but had completed his check of Batwoman’s mental state.
• Su Ming offered to leave his Killer Squad in Gotham to help Zorn Batman clear out trouble, then departed with Bobo.
• Su Ming took Damian and Shazam to Titans Tower, where they joined the Titans and helped with repairs.
• Su Ming returned with Bobo to the Oblivion Bar and told Tracy he had brought her boss back safely.
• Bobo ordered the bar’s staff to work and buried Cockroach beneath a basket of trash.
• Su Ming left the bar, intending to handle one more matter before returning to Marvel.

Deathstroke met Dream of a Thousand Cats in secret on Sepulk to hear what the First Ring Council had learned about Mother Night. The cat moved their conversation into its dream before revealing the information.

• Deathstroke waited in a sealed meditation room on Sepulk for Dream of a Thousand Cats.
• Dream of a Thousand Cats arrived, and Deathstroke inferred that its earlier ink-circle hint had pointed to Sepulk.
• Deathstroke had Adjutant isolate Sepulk in time and space and activate its defenses to protect their conversation.
• Dream of a Thousand Cats said the First Ring Council had discussed Mother Night and shared deductions made by Glory.
• Dream of a Thousand Cats wrapped itself and Deathstroke in dream mist and took them into its dream to continue the confidential discussion.

Su Ming woke from a nightmare on Sepulk and returned with the Adjutant to oversee humanity’s expansion into space. After reviewing China’s Alpha Centauri development and the United States’ response to limited starship sales, he prepared to open selective sales to Americans but decided to check on Spider-Man first.

• Su Ming stopped Sepulk’s jump, asked the Adjutant about her new body and dreams, then had her teleport them to the command hall.
• Su Ming examined the 40K Multiverse and asked to see the S.P.E.A.R. Agency’s experimental field at Alpha Centauri.
• Su Ming watched Professor Xu train recruits as a high-tech city rapidly rose, while the Adjutant reported that Director Zheng was interviewing candidates to replace staff lost to the Great Voyage Project.
• The Adjutant said Americans were arguing online over the limited starship sales and blaming the president, so Su Ming ordered selective sales to begin in the United States.
• The Adjutant modified a Droplet starship with extra weapons for American buyers, and Su Ming told her to wait while they checked whether Spider-Man and his girlfriends wanted to join in.

Peter dreamed of buying a spaceship to take the girls he liked into space, but his family could barely afford their expenses. After a wealthy student arrived at school in a new ship, Ned urged Peter to help him build one from scrap, and Peter refused.

• Peter considered buying a spaceship for a trip with the girls he liked, but he had no money and still had to work after school.
• The Wilson Group announced that its North America spaceship model had extra speed and firepower and could be ordered online at a discount.
• A rich student landed a spaceship on the school playground and left with his cheerleader girlfriend while the class watched.
• Peter told Ned that money had helped the student get both a girlfriend and a spaceship, then returned to his seat.
• Ned proposed that he and Peter collect junk and build a spaceship, but Peter rolled his eyes and rested his head on the desk.