Chapter Summaries

Mother Night and Pralaya fought a silent battle of concepts while Su Ming and Mimi watched from behind Mother Night’s barrier. Mother Night appeared to have the advantage, but Su Ming worried the stalemate could leave them trapped for ages.

• Mother Night and Pralaya countered each other’s powers in a battle of minds, concepts, space, and fate.
• Mother Night blocked Su Ming and Mimi from interfering, while Su Ming noted that the fight could drag on without either goddess controlling time.
• Su Ming reasoned that Deadpool and the others could keep Amo occupied, but he still wanted to escape the cage of nothingness.
• Su Ming asked Mimi whether she had met Pralaya before, and Mimi said she had not.
• Su Ming and Mimi taunted Pralaya by speculating about the Gods of Oblivion, before Su Ming hugged Mimi and she pushed him away.

Pralaya unleashed the Dream of a Thousand Dead, trapping Deathstroke and the cat in a blank world while Mother Night disappeared. The cat explained that Pralaya was using the reanimated dead as leverage, and Deathstroke recognized her hypocrisy as a weakness.

• Mother Night gradually gained control of the space as she and Pralaya fought over concepts.
• Pralaya summoned countless bodiless heads carrying blue Starros, then used them to unleash a blinding white light before the cat could warn Mother Night.
• Deathstroke found himself in a blank world with the cat, while Mother Night and Pralaya were gone.
• The cat identified the attack as the Dream of a Thousand Dead and explained that the Starros used the heads' brains to control them.
• The cat said Pralaya might be holding Deathstroke and the cat hostage to force Mother Night to let her go.
• Deathstroke pointed out that Pralaya's use of human heads contradicted her claim that human existence had no value.

Su Ming and Dream of a Thousand Cats searched for a way out of Pralaya’s empty dream, and Su Ming used Lucifer’s feather to summon him. Lucifer arrived through a breach in the blank world and invited them to join him in killing Pralaya.

• Su Ming questioned Dream of a Thousand Cats about escaping the Dream of a Thousand Dead, and she admitted she had no solution.
• Su Ming revealed that he had taken one of Lucifer’s feathers and planned to use Tenth Metal to make it resonate.
• Su Ming used Strangle to remove his gauntlet and snap his finger bones in rhythm, triggering the feather and restoring three-dimensional space.
• Lucifer cut through the blank world with his golden sword and emerged through the opening.
• Lucifer set Dream of a Thousand Cats aside and invited Su Ming to help him kill Pralaya.

Lucifer joined Su Ming and broke through the barrier to confront Mother Night and Pralaya, disrupting the sisters’ stalemate. Su Ming revealed that he had anticipated Mother Night’s attempts to delay the fight, and the Future God’s power began pouring through Lucifer’s wings.

• Lucifer carved a passage through the white barrier with the Seraphim Blade and returned to the space where Mother Night and Pralaya were fighting.
• Mother Night and Pralaya reacted grimly to Lucifer’s arrival, which ended Mother Night’s hope of persuading her sister to surrender.
• Su Ming recognized that Mother Night had been trying to protect Pralaya and prolong the battle, and he explained that he had planned to use Lucifer to break the deadlock.
• Lucifer greeted the two sisters and spread six pairs of golden wings, filling the dark space with positive energy from Elaine, the Future God.

Lucifer joined Su Ming to confront Pralaya, who wanted to return everything to nothingness and exterminate humanity. Mother Night chose not to defend her sister, and Su Ming prepared to fight alongside Lucifer as the conflict reached its decisive moment.

• Lucifer arrived and declared that he would kill Pralaya because she threatened humanity.
• Pralaya argued that Heaven had no right to interfere with Nothingness, while Lucifer explained that God had arranged his role as a demon and that humans were his reason for acting.
• Lucifer drew Su Ming into the confrontation, and Su Ming joked that he had only come to buy soy sauce.
• Mother Night weighed her options and told Pralaya she could not protect her after realizing the odds were against her.
• Su Ming urged Mother Night to help kill Pralaya and joked that she could return to Agamotto afterward.
• Su Ming reassured Dream of a Thousand Cats that he could ask The Void to give it another mother if both goddesses died.

Su Ming, Lucifer, and Mother Night defeated Pralaya in the Endless Void, then recovered the injured Jar-ro. Su Ming left Lucifer and Mother Night behind to deal with their conflict and headed to the other battlefield to confront Amo.

• Su Ming pressured Mother Night to fight Pralaya, while Lucifer protected him and prepared to attack.
• Mother Night and Lucifer engaged Pralaya, and Su Ming joined in with his concept and Lightsaber.
• Lucifer and Su Ming overwhelmed Pralaya, who collapsed and dissolved into black smoke.
• Lucifer retrieved the badly injured Jar-ro, and Su Ming promised to take him to Batwoman.
• Su Ming left Mother Night and Lucifer together and asked Lucifer to teleport him to the other battlefield.

Su Ming left Lucifer after discussing Mother Night, the Void, and God's plans, then used Lucifer's playing card to travel to the Circus in space. He arrived as Superman fought Amo and Deadpool cheered, and startled Batwoman from behind.

• Su Ming and Lucifer left Mother Night with Mimi, who stayed to comfort her mother.
• Lucifer said he had no knowledge of God's plans and gave Su Ming a playing card that could send him wherever he pictured.
• Lucifer went to join Elaine beneath the apple tree while Su Ming used the card to travel away.
• Deadpool shouted encouragement during Superman's battle with Amo as Batwoman and Diana endured the Circus's noise.
• Su Ming appeared behind Batwoman, covered her eyes, and imitated the Joker to scare her.

After Pralaya was killed, Deathstroke prepared to pursue Amo, who had flown away with Superman. Batwoman left to assess the damage and plan repairs, while Deadpool chased after her to collect his payment.

• Deathstroke told Batwoman that he had summoned help to kill Pralaya, leaving Amo and his remaining minions as the threats still to handle.
• Batwoman took Jar-ro and left the Circus to consider the casualties, damaged planets, and changes to Earth's Timeline.
• Diana said Amo had flown away with Superman, and Deathstroke warned that Amo could lure Superman toward a Red Sun.
• Deadpool remembered that Batwoman still owed him his fee and ran after her to collect it.
• Deathstroke asked Adjutant to locate Superman and Amo and bring the people from Destiny's Garden, then flew off to pursue them.

Su Ming joined Superman to stop Amo, who had taken refuge near a Red Sun that stripped Superman of his powers. Su Ming attacked Amo with a conceptual Lightsaber and provoked him by mocking Pralaya’s death, leaving Amo enraged and charging back into the fight.

• Superman told Su Ming that Amo was trapped near a Red Sun, where Superman could not safely follow, and agreed to block his escape.
• Su Ming entered the planetary system, struck Amo from behind with a conceptual Lightsaber, and pierced his kidney.
• Amo fled as Su Ming pursued him and taunted him about Pralaya’s death.
• Amo stopped running, and Su Ming slapped him into a planet’s surface.
• Su Ming falsely described Pralaya’s death in graphic terms, driving Amo into a rage as he leaped from the crater and attacked.

Su Ming killed Amo after Pralaya’s death and sent Superman to repair the damage to ancient Earth-0. He then restrained Khorne and Nurgle’s influence, before rejoining his companions as they discussed the next threats to Multiverse 1.

• Su Ming used Dark Concepts and a flurry of strikes to kill Amo, then ordered Strangle to consume the remains.
• Su Ming joined Superman and told him to repair Earth-0 and the other planets damaged in the battle, so Superman began gathering matter to restore them.
• Diana warned Su Ming that Deadpool had used the Chaos Gods’ power and pointed out the red and green traces over Earth.
• Su Ming went into the Circus to speak with Khorne and Nurgle, asking them to rein in their powers and keep their faith from spreading on ancient Earth-0.
• Adjutant brought Bobo and several young girls to the Circus, where they feasted and watched Superman repair Earth as Su Ming discussed the temporary respite from threats such as the Origin Court and the Hand of Creation.

After the crisis, Su Ming delegated the work of returning billions of captives to their worlds and decided to take Harley and Hermione on vacation. The three set off by train from the Rock of Eternity for Game Land, an amusement-park dimension.

• Su Ming left the Adjutant to return the creatures imprisoned in Pralaya’s Cubes to their original worlds.
• Jaina and Yrel returned to Azeroth to deal with the aftermath, while Harley, Hermione, and Su Ming stayed behind.
• Harley and Hermione agreed to visit a quieter amusement park, and Su Ming chose Game Land.
• The Adjutant teleported the group to the Rock of Eternity, where Su Ming led them to the train platform.
• Deathstroke drove the train toward Game Land as Harley and Hermione eagerly anticipated the attractions.

Su Ming took Harley and Hermione to the abandoned Game Land amusement park and let them enjoy its rides. While he rested, the Voice of God arrived in the form of a schnauzer to speak with him.

• Su Ming and Harley and Hermione rode a magical train to Game Land, where he ordered Synthezoids to reopen the attractions.
• Harley and Hermione explored rides and later went off together to try the Haunted Houses and Escape Rooms without Su Ming.
• Su Ming rested on a bench with Strangler Sprout and joked about the women’s hobbies and leisure activities.
• The Voice of God appeared as a schnauzer and asked to sit beside Su Ming.

Su Ming met the Voice of God, which praised him for his role in Pralaya’s death and said God considered humanity its beloved children. The Voice suggested the Sound of God had also been meant to deal with Pralaya, but she was difficult to find.

• The chapter explained how the Voice of God differed from the Sound of God, a merciless killer sent to punish those who defied God.
• The Sound of God nearly killed Swamp Thing after the Parliament of Trees plotted to destroy humanity, but Constantine temporarily turned Swamp Thing back into Alec Holland and escaped its target list.
• The Sound of God destroyed most of the Parliament of Trees, leaving the Green weakened and the Red in the leading position among the Parliaments of Life.
• Su Ming recognized the small dog at the amusement park as the Voice of God and suspected it had come to assess him.
• The Voice of God praised Su Ming and said Pralaya had brought destruction upon herself, while the Sound of God had been unable to find her.

Su Ming negotiated with Voice of God for humanity to remain neutral in the conflict between Past God and Future God, then considered how to respond if the divine dispute drew him in. After Voice of God departed, Su Ming returned to enjoying the amusement park and began thinking about the next threats and how to strengthen his cloak.

• Su Ming offered Voice of God a grilled sausage and listened as it explained that Mother Night's plan to wait for All Things Return to Nothingness went against God's wishes.
• Su Ming told Voice of God that humans and gods should make their own choices and that humans should belong to humans while gods belonged to gods.
• Voice of God accepted Su Ming's position, tied its balloon to its wrist, and vanished in a flash of white light.
• Su Ming discussed the possibility of being drawn into the conflict with Strangle and said he leaned toward Elaine, though he hoped not to get involved.
• Su Ming decided to enjoy the amusement park while considering upcoming threats and ways to increase his cloak's offensive power.

Superboy-Prime asked Su Ming to help improve his reputation on his home Earth, where people had become even more afraid of him after watching his documentaries. Su Ming proposed creating an apocalyptic crisis for the world and took Superboy-Prime to Sepulk to choose a script.

• Superboy-Prime visited Su Ming at Game Land after helping repair the Hall of Justice and Superman’s balcony, then explained that Batwoman had directed him there.
• Superboy-Prime reported heavy casualties across Earth-0 and other worlds, so Su Ming had Adjutant summon Death to enjoy the amusement park with Harley and Hermione.
• Death told Su Ming that Mother Night praised him and suggested he could take Destiny’s place, but Su Ming dismissed the idea and sent her to the Haunted House.
• Superboy-Prime asked Su Ming for help because people on his home Earth feared him more after his documentaries aired.
• Su Ming explained that Superboy-Prime’s world lacked a crisis to provide contrast, then took him to Sepulk to choose an apocalyptic scenario.

Su Ming brought Little Superman to Sepulk and showed him the GG Series backup plans for making Earth appear endangered. Little Superman began reviewing the remaining disasters, increasingly disturbed by their cruelty.

• The Adjutant teleported Su Ming and Little Superman back to Sepulk, where Su Ming took him to the command center.
• Su Ming asked the Adjutant to display the GG Series plans and explained that they would stage a threat on Little Superman’s Earth to establish his importance.
• Little Superman asked for disasters that would not kill too many people, so Su Ming had the Adjutant hide plans projected to eliminate more than 99 percent of Earth’s population.
• Little Superman used his super speed and vision to review the hundreds of remaining plans, growing more unsettled as he saw how dark they were.

Little Superman reviewed Deathstroke’s increasingly disturbing plans to destroy humanity and asked for a safer scheme that would make him look like a hero without causing many deaths. Deathstroke directed him to the “Just Kidding” plans, where he found a ridiculous alien invasion scheme modeled on Macross.

• Little Superman read plans involving grotesque human hybrids, human-eating Rare Humans, and a lifespan-stealing contest, and worried they would cause too many deaths.
• Clark from Another World asked Deathstroke for a safer plan that would kill only a few hundred people while making everyone appreciate him.
• Su Ming told the Adjutant to show Little Superman the “Just Kidding” series instead of the world-ending contingency plans.
• Little Superman read a plan in which alien Zerg invaded Earth but became friendly Insectoid Maidens after hearing a girl perform pop songs.
• Little Superman recognized the plan as a live-action version of Macross, and Deathstroke admitted he had borrowed the idea and offered to teach him to dance.

Little Superman chose a summoning plan for his world, and Deathstroke began putting it into action by recruiting teenagers with magical Grimoires. The chapter ended as Pipi discovered the official Holy Grail War website, which already had millions of visitors.

• Little Superman reviewed the plans, rejected the Music-Loving Zerg idea because he did not want to become an idol, and chose another plan.
• Su Ming and the Adjutant confirmed that the selected plan would work easily in the high-magic DC Universe, and Deathstroke set off to prepare.
• In Westwood City, a beggar sold Pipi a summoning Grimoire and told him that winning a mysterious competition could grant any wish.
• Pipi returned home, scanned the QR code in the Grimoire, and opened the Holy Grail War website.
• Pipi saw that more than five million people had already visited the website, and the number was rising.

Pipi used an old toy car to summon a Servant through the Grimoire and became his master in the Holy Vat War. The yellow-haired Servant kept his identity secret and ordered Pipi to find him food.

• Pipi registered on the forum and read the Grimoire instructions for joining the Holy Vat War.
• Pipi took the old toy car to the basement and used it as a Holy Relic to activate the summoning circle.
• The toy car dissolved into the Grimoire, a Servant appeared, and three red bars burned onto the back of Pipi's hand.
• Pipi confirmed that he was the Servant's master and completed their contract.
• The Servant refused to reveal his name, complained about their shabby surroundings, and told Pipi to prepare food.

Blonde Hero told Pipi that the Holy Grail War was a lethal battle royale and urged him to get weapons, while Su Ming accompanied Clark home in Kansas. Clark reunited with his terrified parents, leaving him unsure how to reconnect with them.

• Blonde Hero introduced himself to Pipi as an Assassin whose specialties were stealth and stealing other people's wives, then asked for the family's armory.
• Pipi learned from the agreement on his phone that the Holy Grail War had no withdrawals and would continue until only one participant remained.
• Blonde Hero told Pipi to find weapons and went to approach their neighbor's wife.
• Su Ming told Clark that he had distributed the Grimoire and planned to record and livestream the Holy Grail War.
• Clark returned home and found that his parents were still frightened of his powers, despite the heroic deeds shown in Su Ming's documentaries.
• Clark's parents shrank away from him, and he sighed, unsure how to speak with them.