Chapter Summaries

Damian persuaded Mister Mxyzptlk to investigate Superman’s disappearance by telling him that Superman had vanished and had previously been kidnapped by Blank. After checking Metropolis, Mister Mxyzptlk returned shocked, confirming that Superman was truly gone.

• Damian explained that he had contacted Mister Mxyzptlk because Superman had disappeared, and Mister Mxyzptlk stopped leaving to ask what had happened.
• Harley told Mister Mxyzptlk that Blank had kidnapped Superman before and that Deathstroke had rescued him.
• Mister Mxyzptlk realized that events in their world differed from the comics he knew and questioned the strange state of Gotham.
• Mister Mxyzptlk refused to believe Superman was missing and traveled to Metropolis to check Superman’s home.
• Mister Mxyzptlk returned after finding Superman gone and wondered why anyone would write him out of the story.

Su Ming and Bobo arrived with the tourists in Gold Sand Town, where Hermione set off with Jaina and Yrel to try Western activities. Su Ming and Bobo settled into the inn’s saloon, leaving the girls to pursue bounty hunting while they drank.

• Hermione and Su Ming surveyed Gold Sand Town, and Su Ming told her to enjoy the town with her sisters while he went to the saloon with Bobo.
• Hermione asked Su Ming for money and said she, Jaina, and Yrel would buy rifles, enter the lassoing contest, and take bounty hunter jobs.
• Su Ming gave the girls animal pelts to exchange for money and told them he would protect them from Pralaya.
• Su Ming and Bobo entered the inn’s saloon, where the bartender charged their drinks to Bobo’s tab.
• Bobo complained that the whiskey was watered down, and Su Ming joked about the rough life of Cowboys and offered to send gorilla prostitutes to serve him.

Su Ming realized that the word “god” might explain the Gods of Oblivion and contacted Batwoman with a possible answer. Batwoman’s team remained trapped in a cave with Deadpool, who amused himself by talking to a puddle.

• Su Ming and Bobo discussed Pralaya, the worlds she had captured, and why they had become trapped in her Cubes.
• Su Ming said Batwoman’s progress would let him use an advantage, but that his cousin was the real key to their plan.
• Bobo’s remark about becoming a chimp god prompted Su Ming to wonder who had defined the Gods of Oblivion as gods and whether the word itself mattered.
• Su Ming asked Adjutant to contact Batwoman and tell her that Bobo had found an answer for her side.
• Deadpool played both parts in a Magic Mirror routine at the cave entrance, prompting the others to retch.

Batwoman and Deathstroke compared their discoveries about the team’s journey into the ancient past, while Su Ming arranged food for the exhausted Flashes. They agreed that a third party had sent them to the era when the Gods of Oblivion were powerful, and Su Ming began explaining his theory about different kinds of gods.

• Batwoman and Deathstroke silently stared each other down until Diana called them childish and asked them to talk.
• Su Ming pointed out that the three Flashes needed food, but Deadpool’s supplies were mostly half-eaten, dirty, or spoiled.
• Su Ming told Deadpool to use his ability to get fresh food, and Batwoman then urged Deathstroke to discuss the reason for his call.
• Batwoman said a third party had deliberately sent her team to the ancient era, and Deathstroke agreed that the timing was too precise to be coincidence.
• Monkey Secretary explained Deathstroke’s theory that ape-men had created the concept of gods and made faith a channel for spiritual energy.
• Su Ming said his experience across many worlds had led him to identify five types of gods, prompting Barry to ask him to continue.

Deathstroke explained his five categories of gods, helping Batwoman identify the Gods of Oblivion as superpowered beings rather than concepts or demons. She understood his plan to make the ape-men worship the team instead, forcing Pralaya to intervene, and asked how he would handle her monsters and Red-haired Monkeys.

• Deadpool exposed his peeling backside until Su Ming threatened to dock his pay, making him pull up his pants.
• Deathstroke listed five categories of gods, and Diana, Barry, and Black Wally discussed examples that fit them.
• Batwoman reasoned that Pralaya was an abstract concept, while Amo and the other Gods of Oblivion were independent superpowered beings, not terrifying demons.
• Batwoman concluded that the team could replace the Gods of Oblivion in the ape-men's worship and thereby strip Pralaya of her followers.
• Batwoman asked how Deathstroke would handle Pralaya's monster hands and Red-haired Monkeys, and he said he would use his own concepts against them.

Su Ming explained that the lightning flashing in the dark sky served as the Gods of Oblivion’s display of power and a source of fear and faith among the ape-men. Batman said he already had a plan and ended the call, leaving the team waiting for his message.

• Su Ming asked Batman whether he knew Chinese and explained how the character for god contained the lightning character.
• Batman identified the lightning character, and Bobo explained how ancient people connected lightning with fire from the sun.
• Su Ming revealed that he had noticed lightning in the dark clouds during the communication and connected it to the ape-men’s beliefs.
• Diana suggested dispersing the clouds or stopping the lightning, while Su Ming warned Batman not to sacrifice anyone.
• Batman said he already had a plan, promised to send a message, and cut off the communication.

Deathstroke and Bobo waited in Gold Sand Town while their teammates carried out a mission, then went to the river to pan for gold and fish. As they discussed the strange nature of the world, a corpse floated downstream toward them.

• Deathstroke reassured Bobo that Batwoman's team could retreat if their mission became too dangerous, with Deadpool covering them.
• Bobo suggested trying the town's gold-panning game, so Deathstroke joined him in visiting the general store and heading to the river.
• After briefly digging in the riverbank, Deathstroke and Bobo made fishing rods and settled down to fish together.
• Bobo told Deathstroke he suspected something was wrong because their route through the Cube seemed to place Earth -16 inside Multiverse 1.
• Deathstroke proposed that Pralaya had merged Earth -16 with a Marvel universe and the Western World, then pointed out a corpse drifting downriver.

Deathstroke and Bobo found a murdered tourist and realized Pralaya had isolated them in a newly created world to delay and mislead Deathstroke. They left the riverbank after Pralaya cut off their communications, while Deathstroke trusted Batwoman to protect the others.

• Deathstroke and Bobo discovered a tourist's corpse in the river, bearing a severed neck, a machete wound, and bear-trap injuries.
• Su Ming concluded that Pralaya had cut the Western Exhibit off from Earth -16 and fashioned it into a separate world.
• Deathstroke found river water instead of a brain in the corpse, confirming Pralaya was preventing him from gathering information through Strangle.
• Su Ming explained that Pralaya was creating worlds while destroying others, using the new world as a delaying tactic to weaken his resolve.
• Deathstroke tested the communications system and found that Pralaya had blocked it, while Bobo worried that Little Dai and the others might be walking into a trap.
• Deathstroke reassured Bobo that Batwoman would anticipate the danger and have a backup plan.

Su Ming waited in the artificial world while Pralaya escalated its deadly scenarios, then agreed to keep the group together as they set out to inspect the wanted posters. He suspected Pralaya had stolen the Book of Destiny and realized the isolated world was blending in elements from other horror stories.

• Su Ming watched a tourist die in a staged gunfight and learned that the tourists could no longer contact the outside world.
• An undead army advanced on town, and Su Ming destroyed it with the White Lantern Ring.
• Hermione erased the nearby tourists’ memories of Su Ming’s attack, while he dismissed their chances of survival as hopeless.
• Su Ming told Hermione, Yrel, Jaina, and Bobo to stay with him after they asked to remain together.
• Su Ming called down the Cloak and led the group toward the wanted posters, noting that Pralaya’s world had been cut off from Earth -16 and incorporated other stories.

Harley and Damian persuaded Mister Mxyzptlk to join their effort to find Superman and counter Pralaya by warning that Earth-0 needed to be saved before Superman returned. They gave him his confiscated Drawing Board and asked him to restore Gotham’s electricity and humanity’s lost technological knowledge.

• Mister Mxyzptlk panicked over Pralaya and the mysterious Blank, insisting that Superman belonged with him.
• Harley asked Mister Mxyzptlk to use his powers to help their plan, and he warned them that Pralaya was beyond their understanding.
• Chief and Mister Mxyzptlk explained Pralaya’s abstract nature, while Harley said Little Bee would confront her directly.
• Damian persuaded Mister Mxyzptlk that helping save Earth-0 would make Superman’s return more enjoyable for them both.
• Mister Mxyzptlk watched images of Superman and agreed to join the plan.
• Psychologist handed Mister Mxyzptlk his Drawing Board and asked him to restore Gotham’s power and humanity’s lost technology; Harley revealed she had taken it from the Hall of Justice while changing clothes.

Mister Mxyzptlk used the Drawing Board to restore Gotham and modern civilization, then Damian explained that they would draw Superman out with a visible Yellow Sun. Batwoman proposed repeatedly empowering Djinn and Mister Mxyzptlk with wishes and magical oil lamps so they could reach Multiversal Level.

• Mister Mxyzptlk drew Earth back to its familiar state, restoring Gotham and the group's bodies and equipment.
• The group waited for Pralaya to react, but no side effects appeared, and Mister Mxyzptlk concluded that his overwrite had succeeded.
• Damian told Mister Mxyzptlk he planned to lure Superman by providing a Yellow Sun visible wherever Superman was.
• Batwoman suggested using Djinn, wishes, and increasingly powerful oil lamps to boost Djinn and Mister Mxyzptlk beyond Multiversal Level.

Constantine and Zatanna were trapped in the House of Mystery in the void while an unknown creature knocked at their door. After Zatanna stopped Constantine from sacrificing himself, he used a magic circle to send a plea for help to Deathstroke.

• An unknown presence knocked and laughed outside the House of Mystery as Constantine and Zatanna kept watch.
• Constantine proposed having sex and then revealed he planned to sacrifice himself so Zatanna could escape, but Zatanna recognized his plan and refused to let him do it.
• Zatanna could not use her Backward Speech Magic and urged Constantine to find another way to survive.
• Constantine drew a communication circle and explained that he could send a message through magical connections to reach Deathstroke.
• After Zatanna slapped him, Constantine activated the circle and called on Slade for help.

Constantine contacted the Adjutant from the House of Mystery, which was drifting through the void while an unknown creature tried to enter. He offered information on how to deal with Pralaya in exchange for asylum, leaving the Adjutant to assess his claim.

• Constantine told the Adjutant that the House of Mystery was trapped in the void and that a dangerous creature was trying to get inside.
• The Adjutant said she could not help under the Sheriff's authority and registered Constantine's asylum request for a response within seventy-two hours.
• Constantine offered to reveal how to deal with Pralaya if the Adjutant expedited his asylum application and passed the information to Deathstroke or Batwoman.
• The Adjutant questioned how Constantine knew about Pralaya and checked her surveillance records for evidence that he had shared intelligence.
• Constantine explained that he had deduced Pralaya was behind the threat after sensing the void and ruling out Mother Night.

Constantine tried to bargain with the Adjutant by claiming he knew how to deal with Pralaya, while Zatanna insisted on joining the fight. After the Adjutant sent Zatanna to Sepulk for treatment, Constantine admitted he had lied and used her injuries to prevent the Adjutant from sending them back.

• Constantine told the Adjutant that he had a method for dealing with Pralaya and demanded safe passage to Deathstroke's universe in exchange for it.
• Zatanna protested that she wanted to help Diana and the Justice League, but Constantine knocked her unconscious with a baseball bat.
• The Adjutant teleported Zatanna to Sepulk and sent her for treatment after scanning her head injury.
• The Adjutant demanded Constantine's promised method, and he admitted that he had fabricated the claim because no human book could explain how to defeat Pralaya.
• Constantine argued that Zatanna's serious injuries made it dangerous to send them back, betting that Deathstroke had not authorized the Adjutant to kill them.

Constantine convinced the Adjutant to help him confront the creature knocking at the House of Mystery, hoping to investigate its connection to Pralaya. He prepared his holy weapons and asked for fighters to assist, while the Adjutant agreed to support the risky plan.

• The Adjutant explained that she lacked authority to kill Constantine without Deathstroke's order, though she was angry that he had deceived her.
• Constantine insisted he had protected Zatanna and proposed investigating the strange creature knocking at the door.
• The Adjutant agreed that the creature's unusual behavior might connect it to Pralaya and accepted Constantine's plan to kill it and examine its brain.
• Constantine retrieved his Holy Light Double-Barreled Shotgun and packed blessed Bibles and Holy Relics.
• The Adjutant offered to send fighters, and Constantine welcomed the help while joking about whether Deathstroke would blame him if they died.

As the group sheltered from the hot black rain, Diana began suffering from drowsiness, and Batwoman suspected that airborne substances from the soil were affecting her. The oxygen tank eased Diana’s symptoms, but it would last only two hours, leaving the group under pressure to find a solution and escape.

• Deadpool told Barry that his livestream viewers said Zatanna had been injured while Constantine rescued her in Sepulk, and Diana grew concerned.
• Batwoman said their next move depended on the weather, while Diana checked on Jay and saw that the others remained safe.
• Diana became unusually sleepy after breathing the hot, humid air, and Batwoman gave her a miniature oxygen tank that improved her condition.
• Batwoman suspected the rain’s heat and water were releasing something from the soil into the air, and warned Diana that the oxygen supply would last only two hours.

The Adjutant sent a squad of horror-movie killers to help Constantine prepare for the unseen creature knocking at the House of Mystery’s door. Constantine set a flour trap and a magic circle, then arranged for the killers to attack when the door opened.

• The Adjutant teleported Jason, Mike, Pinhead, Leatherface, and Ghostface into the House of Mystery to assist Constantine.
• The Adjutant reported that she could hear knocking and laughter outside the door but could see nothing there.
• Constantine had Leatherface spread flour across the floor and balance the remaining sack above the door as a trap.
• Ghostface told Constantine that he was an ordinary college student who could be anyone and would be replaced if he died.
• Constantine began a Violet Light Formation around the doorway, and Pinhead joined him to complete it.
• Constantine planned for the killers to rush the creature when the door opened, while he stayed behind them.

Luthor joined the group searching for a way to stop Pralaya and warned them that simply increasing their strength would not solve the problem. He proposed using his ship Divinity to find Pralaya, but its current location remained unknown.

• Little Superman brought Luthor and Cheetah to the group and said he had sensed the world's changes and traced their source to Gotham.
• Harley recounted the group's discoveries about Amo, the Gods of Oblivion, Pralaya, and their plan to strengthen Mister Mxyzptlk and the genie.
• Luthor pointed out that the group did not know where Pralaya was and said they needed to locate her before they could fight her.
• Luthor revealed that Pralaya's information might be found in the Database of Divinity and described his ship's abilities.
• Mister Mxyzptlk asked Luthor where Divinity was, while privately recognizing that he was only a passerby in the story.

Luthor redirected the group toward the Omega Universe to confront Pralaya and the Gods of Oblivion, while Damian questioned how their mission had shifted away from finding Superman. The group prepared to travel, leaving Batwoman and several teammates to guard Gotham as Damian joined the expedition.

• Luthor explained that the Divinity was stationed in the Omega Universe as both his headquarters and escape route, while the Fortress of Doom served as transport between worlds.
• Raven enchanted Chief's wooden cart with Dark Magic so the group could travel together, and Superboy-Prime agreed to pull it between universes.
• Batwoman chose to stay in Gotham to handle the chaos caused by technology's return, while Damian considered whether Luthor had diverted their original mission to find Superman.
• Harley signaled that she had noticed Luthor's influence on the plan, but Damian decided to pursue the larger threat first.
• Damian ordered Emiko, Crush, and Djinn to stay and help Batwoman defend Gotham, then warned them to protect their minds and avoid killing people.
• Damian joined the expedition and instructed Red Arrow to watch the Justice League adults and prevent Martian Manhunter or Jar-ro from being exploited.

Little Superman led the group through the void toward the Omega Universe as Raven warned them about dangerous monsters that could imitate familiar sights. On the journey, Luthor asked Mister Mxyzptlk about Superman’s trail and Earth’s sudden streak of good fortune, which Mxyzptlk linked to the Gods of Oblivion rather than Pralaya.

• Little Superman pulled the upgraded cart out of the Solar System and into the void, with Luthor guiding the group toward the Omega Universe.
• Raven explained that void monsters could imitate familiar people and places to lure prey, while the Doom Patrol reacted with fear and Little Superman promised to protect them.
• The group passed a building resembling the House of Mystery, but Damian chose not to investigate it.
• Luthor asked Mister Mxyzptlk whether he could detect Superman’s trail, and Mxyzptlk said he could not.
• Luthor asked about people on Earth whose wishes had suddenly begun coming true, and Mister Mxyzptlk said the cause might be the Gods of Oblivion rather than Pralaya.