Chapter Summaries

Deathstroke and his team searched the White Multiverse for Death, who Thanos could sense somewhere within it, while fighting giant snowmen and crossing its Single Universes. Deadpool spotted a distinctive universe marked by a black flaming skull, and the group prepared to investigate it.

• Su Ming and Deadpool encountered giant snowmen, and Su Ming cut them down while Deadpool ate corrosive snow and melted part of his tongue.
• Thanos said he could not sense Death on that Earth but could locate her somewhere in the multiverse, so Deathstroke ordered Ezekiel to lead the way.
• Hela warned Slade that Blank might have fled after their presence was exposed, but Deathstroke continued searching and said he had sealed the multiverse with Dark Concepts.
• Deadpool spotted a Single Universe marked by a black flaming skull and suggested it might be the Punisher's universe, prompting the group to investigate.

Su Ming led the group into Blank’s Skull Universe, expecting the trap to reveal the fate of the abducted Goddess of Death. The group was scattered upon arrival, but Su Ming landed with Bobo in a shabby room beside a man who had died from a faulty computer.

• Su Ming decided to enter Blank’s obvious trap, reasoning that the Goddess of Death might be its bait, and ordered the group to regroup after they were separated.
• Su Ming warned everyone not to chase clues recklessly, especially Thanos, and told Wade to teleport to him if they became separated.
• An invisible force scattered the group as they entered the Skull Universe, but Bobo remained on Su Ming’s shoulder.
• Su Ming and Bobo landed in a shabby room where a half-naked man sat dead at an old computer.
• Bobo deduced that the man had been electrocuted by a faulty computer and found the accidental death darkly amusing.

Deathstroke discovered that the corpse in the shabby apartment was his own body from his previous life and checked its belongings for evidence that the scene was real. He left the story preparing to buy an urn for himself while Bobo waited for Deadpool to arrive.

• Deathstroke examined the corpse, unplugged the computer, and took its hard drive, money, phone, and clothes.
• Deathstroke told Bobo that the corpse was his former body and explained how the belongings convinced him the apartment was real.
• Bobo accepted the revelation and urged Deathstroke to focus on their business.
• Deathstroke sat down to search for a funeral shop and asked Bobo whether an Ultraman urn would look good.

Su Ming and Bobo examined the body of Su Ming’s former self and discussed why Blank had brought them to his old home. They decided to seek out Thanos, but first Su Ming waited for an urn delivery, then covered Bobo’s protest when the courier mistook him for a pet monkey.

• Su Ming suggested the world might be his former home, while Bobo tested whether it was a dream by pinching himself.
• Su Ming reasoned that Blank had deliberately brought him to the place where his former self died, but said he intended to push through her trap.
• Bobo asked whether Deadpool could teleport to them, and Su Ming explained that Wade’s belt worked unpredictably.
• Su Ming and Bobo agreed to find Thanos first because he was an unstable factor.
• Su Ming hid the corpse, changed his appearance, and answered the courier who delivered the urn.
• The courier asked how much Su Ming had paid for Bobo, and Su Ming covered the chimp’s mouth and said he was not for sale.

Su Ming prepared his own remains in a Black Cat sheriff urn and explained how Dream and its manifestations worked. He then revealed that he intended to counter Blank’s psychological trap by posting the Anti-Life Equation and infecting his old acquaintances before gathering his teammates to attack the enemy’s lair.

• Su Ming admired the Black Cat sheriff urn and explained to Bobo that Dream of a Thousand Cats was a Concept Manifestation of Dream.
• Su Ming reduced the corpse beneath his desk to ashes with Cosmic Energy, and Strangler gathered the ashes into the urn.
• Su Ming changed back into his Black and Yellow Armor and said he would gather his teammates before attacking the enemy’s lair.
• Su Ming explained that Blank had sent him to his former world to make him feel powerless and emotionally invested in it.
• Su Ming posted the Anti-Life Equation on social media, and Bobo realized he planned to infect his old acquaintances and spread it further.

Deathstroke spread the Anti-Life Equation across the universe to make infected people recite The Dark Side Endures and locate the scattered team. The team regrouped safely while Thanos remained in outer space, and Deadpool arrived with an outrageous excuse for being delayed.

• Deathstroke rejected Blank's trap and used the Anti-Life Equation to spread The Dark Side Endures through the internet and beyond.
• The Anti-Life Equation infected people in Deathstroke's neighborhood, and he rode with Bobo to a noodle shop while it spread.
• Deathstroke took over cooking when the restaurant owner became infected, then had Cloak fetch the others.
• The scattered teammates regrouped safely before finishing their noodles, while Thanos remained in outer space.
• Deadpool recounted his delay in Miami, and Deathstroke struck him after seeing the smoke rising from his crotch.

Su Ming traced the uninfected enemies to a pocket dimension near the universe’s origin point and led the group inside. Thanos charged a black-robed figure, eager to reach the Goddess of Death.

• Su Ming explained that the Anti-Life Equation had infected nearly every life-form and sensed the Goddess of Death and her followers in a blank spot.
• Su Ming led the group toward the universe’s bright origin point, where he believed the enemies were hiding.
• Cloak brought the group into a pocket dimension shaped like a stadium.
• Thanos sensed the Goddess of Death and leaped at a lone black-robed figure, shouting as he attacked.

Su Ming’s team used Thanos’s rampage to draw the black-robed enemies’ attention while Hela led them through the base toward the source of death. The enemies kept reviving after being killed, and Deathstroke decided they needed to destroy their minds.

• Thanos attacked a black-robed figure in a frenzy, killing him before the enemy revived nearby.
• Su Ming explained that Thanos was serving as bait while the team entered the base from another direction.
• Hela agreed to lead the group by sensing the scent of death, and Su Ming arranged the team into a single-file formation.
• Hela led the group through the building as black-robed figures repeatedly attacked and revived after being killed.
• Deathstroke proposed destroying the enemies’ minds to stop their relentless attacks.

Su Ming used Deadpool’s grotesque face to incapacitate the black-robed enemies as the team advanced through the Pocket Dimension. They reached the Goddess of Death, where Deathstroke sealed the space and trapped the fleeing spellcasters.

• Su Ming sent Deadpool to the front, and Deadpool’s appearance and stench made the black-robed figures vomit and collapse.
• Tracy vomited after seeing Deadpool’s face, while Bobo explained that people eventually adapted to its revulsive effect.
• The team advanced through the corridor, and Su Ming promised Deadpool an extra five hundred US dollars for his help.
• Hela found the door to the Goddess of Death, and Thanos caught up with the group before kicking it open and charging inside.
• The black-robed figures tried to escape by casting spells, but Deathstroke sealed the Pocket Dimension and trapped them.

Su Ming led the attack on Blank’s believers, reasoning that Blank’s wish-granting power only worked in the DC Universe. Thanos freed Death from the magic circle, where she began screaming as the Death Seed destabilized, while another believer challenged him over her.

• Su Ming ordered Little Dai and Carol to cover Thanos as he charged toward Death in the magic circle.
• Thanos tore Death free from her invisible restraints, and the destabilizing Death Seed released Negative Energy as she screamed.
• A black-robed figure attacked Carol and Diana, then declared that Death belonged to him and demanded Thanos let her go.
• Deadpool joked about the apparent rivalry over Death, and the gorilla covered Tracy’s ears.
• Su Ming handed a bound black-robed figure to Deadpool and forced its head toward Deadpool’s backside.

Su Ming and Deadpool watched the black-robed figures fight Thanos and Hela while Death suffered as the Death Seed emerged from her chest. Skilled Worker Jack offered to detach the Seed safely, leaving Su Ming to decide whether to let him try.

• Deadpool’s gas attack drove a black-robed figure mad, and Su Ming and Deadpool discussed Death’s worsening condition.
• A short black-robed fighter battled Thanos, while Hela faced the Ultimate Supreme, an agent of the Anti-Trinity.
• Su Ming assessed that the short fighter’s poor combat experience kept him from exploiting Thanos’s many openings.
• Su Ming used the Force to bring the screaming woman with Black Light vomiting closer and saw that more of the Death Seed had emerged from her chest.
• Skilled Worker Jack opened his tool kit and offered to detach the Death Seed safely.

Jack began repairing the Death Seed while Su Ming and Bobo watched the battle, and Thanos was distracted when he noticed Lady Death. Thanos returned to the fight after being blasted away and recognized his opponent, who declared he would prove himself stronger and claim the Goddess of Death.

• Su Ming let Jack touch the Death Seed and begin repairing it, warning him to check how long he had before his personality switched.
• Jack estimated the repair would take about five minutes, while Su Ming said the exhausted black-robed enemies were unlikely to outlast the fight.
• Thanos spotted Lady Death with Su Ming and Jack, lost focus, and was engulfed by a powerful golden beam from his opponent.
• The small black-robed figure celebrated defeating Thanos, and Deadpool tried to charge into the fight before Su Ming stopped him.
• Thanos returned, aflame with fury, recognized the short black-robed figure, and heard him vow to prove he was stronger and win the Goddess of Death.

Su Ming, Deadpool, and Bobo identified the purple-skinned child fighting Thanos as Zane, Thanos and Death’s biological son, and discussed his disturbing fixation on his mother. Su Ming planned to defeat Hela first, leaving Zane and Thanos to fight.

• Deathstroke removed the black robe and revealed a purple-skinned, bald man, whom Su Ming identified as Thanos.
• Su Ming explained to Deadpool and Bobo that the screaming woman was Marvel’s Goddess of Death, a concept capable of having children.
• Deadpool revealed that the child fighting Thanos was Zane, their biological son, and that Death was his mother.
• Bobo noticed Zane’s desire for Death, while Deadpool compared the behavior to Thanos’s notorious brother Starfox.
• Deadpool observed that Zane could fight Thanos to a draw, but Su Ming judged that the young boy could not win and said they would kill Hela first.

Su Ming considered Zane’s ties to Death and Ebony Maw’s manipulation while Jack worked to extract the Death Seed from the Goddess of Death. He left Deadpool to seize a black-robed foe so they could test the blade once Jack finished.

• Su Ming recalled Zane’s expected history and recognized the black-robed Mage as Ebony Maw, a former follower of Thanos.
• Jack continued cutting the Death Seed from the Goddess of Death as Su Ming waited to test whether her immortality could be broken.
• Su Ming told the ape that Ebony Maw was a cunning former subordinate of Thanos and reflected on how Thanos’s old allies had abandoned him.
• Su Ming joked about Thanos settling down with Proxima Midnight and Supergiant, prompting Deadpool to tease him about singing.
• Su Ming ordered Deadpool to capture a black-robed enemy for a blade test, then exposed Deadpool’s plan to win favor with Lucifer by offering him captives.

Deathstroke’s group recovered the Death Seed and tested whether it could stop Blank’s resurrected followers. The captive died permanently, but the Goddess of Death transformed and embraced Deadpool, leaving the group uncertain whether they could trust her.

• Deadpool dragged a vomiting, pale alien back to the group and made Tracy hold him while he cleaned his eyeball.
• Skilled Worker Jack removed the Death Seed from Death and modified it for use, then accepted Deathstroke’s chainsword as payment.
• Deathstroke asked Jack to write a product manual for the Death Seed and ordered Deadpool to get to work.
• Deadpool beheaded the pale alien, whose corpse did not resurrect, confirming that Blank’s followers’ revival depended on Death and the Death Seed.
• The Goddess of Death regained her voice, transformed into a beautiful woman, and kissed Deadpool while Bobo and Deathstroke remained wary of her.

Deadpool and Goddess of Death reunited and left to be alone while Su Ming and the others dealt with Thanos, Zane, and Ebony Maw. Su Ming took over the fight against Ebony Maw as Carol and Diana went to protect the others.

• Deadpool and Goddess of Death passionately kissed and left the hall together, while Little Bartender passed out after vomiting.
• Little Lucky Ape helped Little Bartender, and Su Ming asked Bobo to watch Tracy and Jack while he approached the battle.
• Thanos and Zane continued fighting outside as Carol, Diana, and Hela struggled to overcome Ebony Maw's space and gravity magic.
• Su Ming took over the fight against Ebony Maw, sending Hela to deal with the incapacitated enemies and Carol and Diana to protect Bobo, Jack, and Tracy.

Su Ming confronted Ebony Maw, who admitted that he had plotted to use others to kill Thanos because he feared Thanos would obey Death’s command to kill them all. As Hela finished off the incapacitated prisoners, Su Ming reflected on Thanos’s uncertain fate and realized his plan to reunite Thanos with Death needed adjustment.

• Hela killed the black-robed prisoners and collected their heads for her future Throne of Bones.
• Su Ming recognized Ebony Maw and ordered him to remove his hood.
• Ebony Maw revealed that he had never believed in Blank and had been trying to arrange Thanos’s death.
• Ebony Maw explained that Thanos would kill any of them if Death demanded it, and Su Ming agreed that the fear was justified.
• Su Ming recalled the Black Order’s motives and the collapse of Thanos’s former forces after Thanos retired.
• Su Ming felt guilty that Death had reunited with Deadpool instead of Thanos and decided he needed to revise his plan.

Deathstroke rejected Ebony Maw’s proposal to join forces against Thanos and declared that he would kill him for serving the Anti-Trinity against the Vishanti. He prepared to attack, leaving Ebony Maw with no way to avoid their conflict.

• Ebony Maw tried to persuade Deathstroke to help him kill Thanos and Zane, promising to retire afterward.
• Deathstroke refused to turn against Thanos and offered Ebony Maw a choice of ways to die.
• Ebony Maw offered to sign a magic contract and argued that Deathstroke also used the Vishanti for his own goals.
• Deathstroke explained that the Vishanti had helped him before, so killing their enemy’s agent would repay a debt.
• Deathstroke took an offensive sword stance and told Ebony Maw to stop struggling.

Deathstroke defeated Ebony Maw after his magic failed against the Sorcerer Supreme, while Hela killed the rest of Maw’s companions. Deathstroke then headed to watch Thanos fight his son, revealing that he had lied about Thanos being a threat.

• Deathstroke refused Ebony Maw’s plea for mercy because sparing the Anti-Trinity’s representative would damage the Vishanti’s standing.
• Ebony Maw attacked Deathstroke with powerful spells, but Deathstroke blocked or absorbed them as he steadily advanced.
• Ebony Maw exhausted his mental strength and went mad, and Deathstroke killed him with his Lightsaber.
• Hela arrived after killing the last of Ebony Maw’s companions, carrying their heads.
• Bobo joined Deathstroke, who admitted he had lied to Ebony Maw about Thanos being a threat, then set off to watch Thanos fight his son.

Su Ming watched Thanos and Zane’s destructive battle while explaining his choices concerning the Vishanti and the future of Asgard. As the fight continued, he asked his companions to wake Tracy so they could leave soon.

• Hela told Su Ming that Ebony Maw had misjudged him, and Su Ming explained that keeping the Vishanti’s protection over Earth benefited him.
• Su Ming said he had sent Hela’s brothers to Asgard’s ruins both to investigate clues about Blank and to show Loki what rebuilding Asgard would require.
• Carol realized that Su Ming wanted the Asgardians to understand that people, not buildings, formed the foundation of a society.
• Su Ming explained that Odin’s presence had made Asgard what it was and that Thor and Loki could not recreate it without him.
• Su Ming asked his companions to wake Tracy, who remained unconscious while Jack carried her.