Chapter Summaries

Su Ming and his allies infected dreams in the Dreaming with the Anti-Life Equation, then escaped before Daniel could catch them. Dream of a Thousand Cats delayed Daniel from restoring the affected dreams, leaving the infection to spread unchecked for now.

• Su Ming asked Zorn Batman about the limits of willpower while Strangle and the Adjutant began infecting dreams with the Anti-Life Equation.
• The infected dreamers began chanting, “The Dark Side Endures!” as their dream bubbles turned black and the sky over the Dreaming turned red.
• Dream of a Thousand Cats urged Su Ming and his allies to flee, and Su Ming paid the cat with a yellowfin tuna before leading everyone through the Spider Web.
• Daniel arrived and questioned Dream of a Thousand Cats about the infected dreams, while the cat pretended not to know what had happened.
• Dream of a Thousand Cats persuaded Daniel to let the infected dreams run their course rather than restore them immediately.

Su Ming waited in Deathstroke’s New Guinea Safehouse after blocking Blank’s wish-granting route, then checked on Deadpool’s group and planned to address Black Maggot’s endless revivals. He left the group preparing to bring the others to the Safehouse while Maze kept Black Maggot occupied.

• Su Ming’s group settled in old Deathstroke’s New Guinea Safehouse, where he blocked Blank’s route for granting wishes and decided to wait for her response.
• Bobo reasoned that Blank was not omniscient because the other Mothers had not found them in the Dreaming and Dream had evaded her gaze.
• Su Ming called Deadpool and learned that Lucifer and Death were still occupied together while Black Maggot remained under control.
• Thanos reminded Su Ming of his promise to deal with Black Maggot’s endless revival, and Su Ming agreed to handle it next.
• Su Ming planned to have Maze distract Black Maggot while the Adjutant teleported the others to the Safehouse.

Su Ming introduced the cockroach prophet Ezekiel and asked him to divine the location of Death so the group could retrieve her. Ezekiel agreed to help only if Su Ming offered him money and a chance to live like a human.

• The group escaped the giant black maggot, and Su Ming had Bobo bring Ezekiel from the bar.
• Hela complained about handling the filthy monster, while Thanos demanded that Deathstroke help him find Death.
• Su Ming introduced Ezekiel as a prophet and explained that he wanted the cockroach to locate the Goddess of Death.
• Ezekiel dismissed the idea of helping for free, and Su Ming offered to find him female cockroaches.
• Ezekiel rejected the offer and demanded money, luxury, and a chance to live like a human.

Su Ming tried to hire Ezekiel to find the Black-robed figures and the altered Goddess of Death, bargaining over the cockroach prophet’s fee. Ezekiel agreed to work for one hundred thousand US Dollars, and Deathstroke asked Thanos for an item Death had used before she changed.

• Ezekiel explained that finding people required personal clues, while finding places was easier.
• Su Ming asked Zorn for money, and Zorn wrote a check for one hundred thousand US Dollars.
• When Ezekiel demanded more money, Su Ming pretended to abandon the deal and leave for Madame Xanadu.
• Wade offered to track the targets by smell, but Deathstroke stabbed him and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Ezekiel accepted the original payment and asked for something connected to the targets.
• Deathstroke asked Thanos for something Death had used before she changed.

Su Ming sought something connected to Death to use in a locating spell, but Thanos had no keepsake from her. Just as the group considered other ways to find her, Deadpool revealed that he had a stash of her personal belongings.

• Su Ming asked Thanos for something Death had used, but Thanos said he had only her love and their memories.
• Su Ming realized they lacked a personal item for the locating spell, and Bobo suggested searching for the Wishing Machine instead.
• Zorn Batman suggested that Deathstroke read Adam Warlock's mind, but Su Ming chose to keep him captive and preserve his plans.
• Deadpool emerged from the darkness and claimed he had everything they needed from Death.
• Deadpool emptied his stash of Death's clothing and assorted personal items into a pile for Su Ming to choose from.

Deathstroke’s group persuaded the Cockroach Prophet to help while Thanos attacked Deadpool over his infidelity. Elsewhere, an unnamed young master and his teacher planned to build the young man’s reputation as he pursued the Goddess of Death.

• Tracy pointed out that Thanos’s face had turned green, and Thanos attacked Deadpool in a rage.
• Thanos dragged Deadpool into another room and beat him while Deathstroke inspected the fallen lingerie.
• Bobo explained that Deadpool could regenerate, and the Cockroach Prophet agreed to help Deathstroke.
• A younger black-robed figure worried that the Sorcerer had not returned, while his teacher urged him to be patient.
• The young master asked how to make himself famous and said he wanted women; his teacher led him to unconscious female aliens.

After the Cockroach Prophet led the group to the edge of the Bleed Layer without finding Death, Su Ming concluded that the black-robed figures were hiding outside the DC Universe and influencing it from elsewhere. The group relocated to Sepulk to try the prophecy again using a personal item of Death’s as the spellcasting medium.

• Deadpool confronted the Cockroach Prophet after its directions brought the group to a dead end at the edge of the Bleed Layer.
• The Cockroach Prophet said its prophecies were not guaranteed, while Deadpool demanded compensation for being beaten by Thanos.
• Su Ming reasoned that the black-robed figures had taken Death outside the DC Universe and could still affect the Multiverse from there.
• Batwoman asked whether the Hand of the Void could use similar methods, and Su Ming decided to test the prophecy again from Sepulk.
• The Adjutant teleported the group to Sepulk, where Su Ming asked Deadpool for a personal item of Death’s to use as a new spellcasting medium.

Su Ming moved the group from Sepulk to a devastated Earth in the MonsterVerse, where they met Diana and prepared to evade Blank’s approaching multiverse. The chapter left them hiding in a basement as Blank’s multiverse redirected toward their location.

• Adjutant warned that Blank’s multiverse was approaching DC Multiverse 1, so Su Ming ordered Sepulk evacuated under contingency plan K-33.
• The group arrived in a ruined world, and Adjutant reported that Blank’s multiverse had changed course to target Batwoman.
• Su Ming brought the group to a fortified observatory in the MonsterVerse, where Diana confronted him for leaving her behind.
• Su Ming ordered Adjutant to alter the Survivors’ memories, then teleported the group and Diana to a basement hiding place.
• Adjutant reported that Blank’s multiverse had corrected its course and was heading toward them, while Su Ming invited everyone to rest and ask questions.

Deathstroke brought his team to Martha Earth, the former site of Darkseid’s Underground City, to wait and see whether Blank and the Hand of the Void would clash while continuing their plan to help Thanos find Death. Diana recognized that Deathstroke had taken her to an unfamiliar Earth because something had changed, and he left Batwoman to explain the situation.

• Deadpool recited a long menu, so Deathstroke sent him away with instant noodles and an electric kettle to find water.
• Deathstroke told the team that they were on Martha Earth beneath the Hand of the Void and that their goal of helping Thanos find Death remained unchanged.
• Zorn objected to Deathstroke’s joking name for the planet because it reminded him of his mother’s death, and Deathstroke felt embarrassed.
• Diana questioned whether Zorn was Bruce and, after he identified himself as Bruce’s second personality, agreed to hold off on fighting Deathstroke until they returned.
• Deathstroke introduced Diana to Thanos and the others and told the team to wait and see whether Blank and the Hand of the Void clashed before proceeding.

Su Ming explained why Blank’s secretive tactics differed from the Hand of the Void’s direct attacks and planned to use the two enemies against each other. A sudden jolt signaled that the Hand of the Void had intercepted the Multiverse Blank sent toward Martha Earth.

• Su Ming concluded that Blank was not the Hand of the Void because Blank and her subordinates relied on secrecy, deception, and ambushes.
• Su Ming told Bobo that Blank and the Hand of the Void could not join forces, and he expected the Hand of the Void to engage Blank’s incoming Multiverse.
• Su Ming planned to use the clash to help Thanos find Death and stop Blank’s subordinates from endlessly reviving.
• Deadpool returned with noodles and a kettle, then asked where he could find an electrical outlet.
• A muffled boom shook the underground base, and Su Ming said the Hand of the Void had intercepted Blank’s Multiverse before asking Adjutant to show them what was happening outside.

The Adjutant observed a fierce battle between Blank’s forces and the multiverse army, while Su Ming’s group discussed Earth-0’s defenses and Superman’s death. Su Ming called for a powerful spellcaster, but Guy’s next personality was Skilled Worker Jack, leaving the team without the magic support he wanted.

• The Adjutant magnified the point where the multiverses touched and showed dense armies of monsters and white Elemental Creature-like shadows fighting.
• Diana urged the group to contact the Justice Incarnate, and Bobo told her that Superman had died.
• Su Ming asked Director to return and let another personality emerge, but the next personality introduced himself as Skilled Worker Jack.
• Su Ming recognized Jack’s talent for repairing technology and providing practical support, though Jack knew nothing about magic.
• Deadpool asked Jack for food, and Jack shared half a delicious sandwich with him.

Deathstroke’s team followed Prophet Ezekiel’s directions while Blank’s Multiverse Drop Pod remained trapped. As they set out to find their target, Deathstroke sent Batwoman away for safety, and Diana accepted that Paradise Island’s future now rested with her.

• Cockroach pointed Deathstroke toward the distant target, and the group boarded Cloak to continue their search.
• Zorn explained to Wonder Woman how Deathstroke had killed Zeus and First Born and placed Diana on Paradise Island’s throne.
• Deathstroke ordered Adjutant to send Batwoman to meet Barry, and Adjutant whisked her away.
• Diana said she would explain the situation to Hippolyta and accepted that she would need to lead Paradise Island.
• Ezekiel directed the group straight ahead, and Deathstroke told Cloak to enter stealth mode before they departed.

Deathstroke’s group left Martha Earth and watched the battle between Blank’s forces and the Hand of the Void from the void. They identified Blank’s white troops as elemental creatures and wondered whether they were beings made of light.

• Deathstroke’s group escaped Martha Earth through the multiverse and traveled toward the battlefield.
• Diana, Bobo, Carol, and Thanos discussed the grotesque multiverse and the opposing forces of life and death.
• Deadpool baffled Skilled Worker Jack by asking whether his skills would make him a skilled gigolo.
• Deathstroke used Cloak to approach the boundary between Blank’s white multiverse and the Hand of the Void’s corrupted Multiverse 2.
• Bobo observed that Blank’s troops resembled white elemental creatures that could reassemble after being struck, and noted that beings made of light were called Angels.

Su Ming named the blank, soulless creatures Blank Elementals and sent the team onward after finding no useful clues in their battle. Meanwhile, Batwoman explained to Barry that Deathstroke had sent him to the coast not only to avoid a leadership conflict but also to observe humanity’s voyage into space, while Arthur joined them after fighting in the sea.

• Hela told Bobo that the battling creatures had no souls, and Su Ming called the white, blank creatures Blank Elementals.
• Su Ming ended the observation and told Ezekiel to lead the group forward.
• Zorn complained to Barry that he had nearly been killed when Deathstroke teleported him into Barry’s path.
• Batwoman told Barry that Deathstroke had split him from the team to avoid a command dispute and to have him observe humanity’s journey into the cosmos.
• Arthur emerged from the water, complimented Batwoman’s purple outfit, and accepted his unexplained smile.

Barry, Arthur, and Batwoman celebrated defeating the Hex before a Golden-Armed giant called Mother attacked them. Batwoman protected Arthur from Mother's mental influence, and the team prepared to fight as she urged Barry to go all out.

• Arthur explained that the Hex would have been more dangerous on land, while Barry said they were Ancient Remnants threatening humanity.
• Barry described the battle to Batwoman and Zorn, who suspected Deathstroke had a reason for sending the League to fight the Hex.
• Barry used the Speed Force to move Batwoman and Arthur out of the way when Mother struck at them with her greatsword.
• Mother's voice influenced Arthur and drew him toward her, but Batwoman used Tenth Metal to bring him back to his senses.
• Batwoman told Barry that Mother was not human and urged him to fight without holding back.

Batwoman analyzed the Golden-Armor Giant’s weaknesses and decided the team should delay it rather than try to kill it, while Barry fought it with restrained attacks. Batman guided the others from the sidelines, and Aquaman stayed out of the fight as the chapter ended with Batman joking about knowing the team’s drinking habits.

• Batwoman identified the Giant’s helmet slit as a possible weakness but concluded the team could only delay the Mothers until Deathstroke resolved their immortality.
• Barry attacked the Golden-Armor Giant with light, high-speed pushes and checks instead of lethal blows.
• Batman encouraged Barry and explained that the Giant would return after death, so Aquaman should not interfere with the fight.
• Aquaman accepted that he should watch from the side and invited Batwoman to drink with him that night.
• Batman teased Aquaman by revealing that he knew the Justice League had gotten drunk together two days earlier.

As Su Ming's group traveled through the void toward Blank, he considered her rigid behavior and the rules governing Concept Manifestations. The group continued onward, with Tracy eager for more danger despite the war she had witnessed.

• The Adjutant reported that another Mother had found Batwoman's team, and the Flash was holding it off while Su Ming's group hurried on.
• Su Ming asked the smoking Cockroach how much farther they had to travel, and it could only point them forward.
• Su Ming and Bobo discussed Blank's mechanical behavior and whether she was a Concept Manifestation bound by rules.
• Thanos vowed to destroy anything that threatened his Goddess, while Deadpool joked that he could defeat Blank and save Death as the protagonist.
• Tracy admitted that the battle had frightened her, but after Bobo scolded her, she excitedly declared that she still wanted more adventures.

Su Ming’s team followed Cockroach’s signal through the void to a strange white, flat-looking universe. To avoid risking the others, Su Ming threw Deadpool in first to test what awaited them inside.

• Cockroach’s eyes glowed as it announced that the target was nearby, then pointed the way before returning to normal.
• Su Ming ordered the team to prepare for battle and said he would seal the space once the fight began.
• The team reached a vast white plane that Bobo suspected might be a two-dimensional universe, though Su Ming warned its appearance could be misleading.
• Su Ming handed Cockroach’s jar to Tracy and hurled Deadpool into the white world to test it.

Su Ming sent Deadpool into an unknown white world, then prepared to enter it himself after Deadpool returned frightened and described its hostile inhabitants. On 40K Earth, Ancient One arrived to confront Mother and moved the battle into the Mirror Dimension.

• Deadpool returned from the unknown world and told Su Ming that it was a blindingly white Single Universe filled with hostile creatures.
• Su Ming paid Deadpool five hundred US Dollars for his report and prepared to enter the white plane with Cloak.
• Cyborg, Green Lantern John, Batwoman, Zorn, and Barry continued fighting on 40K Earth after the Hexes had been wiped out.
• Ancient One arrived at the beach, cast a spell that pulled everyone into the Mirror Dimension, and Barry warned her about the Golden Armor man's weapon.
• Ancient One identified herself as an ordinary human Mage and launched her Rings of Raggadorr disks at Mother.

Ancient One captured the Golden Armor figure and arranged for the Vishanti to keep it for research. Zorn told the team that Blank had killed Superman and led them toward Deathstroke’s home, where they hoped to learn whether Superman could be resurrected.

• Ancient One bound the Golden Armor figure with layered spells, and the Vishanti took it for research.
• Barry complained that magic made the fight look easy, while Zorn spoke privately with Ancient One.
• Zorn told the team that Clark had been Blank’s first target and that she had killed him.
• Zorn reassured the team that Deathstroke might have a resurrection plan and that Luthor could be a backup.
• Zorn said Deathstroke wanted the team to go to his home and looked to Barry for a ride.