Chapter Summaries

Su Ming left the staged Holy Grail War plan in Deadpool’s hands and went to retrieve the Cube he had taken from Pralaya. He found the Cube surrounded by void monsters and began fighting them.

• Su Ming told Deadpool to watch the house and not touch Little Superman’s figurines, then teleported away.
• Su Ming found the Cube stored inside a singularity in the Endless Void, with monsters crowding around it.
• A void monster noticed Su Ming, and he killed it with a golden slash.
• More monsters swarmed toward Su Ming, who welcomed the chance to stretch and attacked with a leaping cleave.

Su Ming defeated a horde in the Void and met Tias Casridis, a wizard abducted by Merlin who offered intelligence about The Source in exchange for a return to Multiverse 1. Su Ming brought Tias to the Reservoir of Light but suspected the conveniently timed encounter was arranged.

• Su Ming wiped out the Void monsters and questioned the lone survivor, Tias Casridis.
• Tias revealed he had once been a human wizard and had become trapped in the Void after Merlin abducted him.
• Su Ming identified Tias as one of Merlin's kidnapped wizards and learned that he had survived by erasing his human scent.
• Su Ming agreed to hear Tias's offer and moved him to the Reservoir of Light, where Void monsters were less likely to attack.
• Tias offered to trade what he knew about The Source for Su Ming's help returning to Multiverse 1.
• Su Ming suspected the encounter was too perfectly timed to be a coincidence.

Deathstroke brought Tias Casridis back to Earth-0 after the fat wizard signed a contract for a ride. At the Oblivion Bar, Tias explained that Merlin had tricked him into leaving and that he had survived only by chance.

• Deathstroke drafted a contract, and Tias Casridis signed it without reading it.
• Tias asked Deathstroke to take him to the Oblivion Bar because he had burned down his former home and had nowhere to stay.
• Deathstroke transported Tias from the void to the Oblivion Bar on Earth-0.
• Deathstroke restored the drink Bobo dropped when he appeared, then ordered two drinks and charged them to Batwoman’s tab.
• Bobo recognized Tias and asked how he had become involved with void monsters.
• Tias told Bobo that Merlin had tricked him into leaving and that he had been lucky to meet Deathstroke.

Tias Casridis described his encounter with The Source after Deathstroke reminded him to fulfill their deal. Bobo and Deathstroke considered The Source an indeterminate starting point, then Bobo brought Ezekiel into the conversation.

• Bobo noticed that Tias had a physical body but no heartbeat or pulse, and Tias discovered he could no longer taste his drink.
• Deathstroke reminded Tias that he had fulfilled his part of their deal and expected Tias to keep his promise.
• Tias said he had no intention of defaulting and described being surrounded by the universe’s stars, galaxies, births, and deaths when he met The Source.
• Tias explained that The Source had imprinted on him the universe’s connections and humanity’s smallness within it.
• Bobo agreed with Deathstroke’s guess that The Source was more like a process or an indeterminate starting point, then lifted Ezekiel from the sink.
• Ezekiel complained that Bobo had interrupted his bread and dragged him into a conversation he did not want to hear.

Deathstroke questioned Mr. Cassidy about his encounter with The Source, while Ezekiel the cockroach insisted he could help. Ezekiel concluded that The Source had taken something from Mr. Cassidy, leaving Deathstroke to determine what it was and what it meant for humanity.

• Su Ming stopped Bobo from tormenting Ezekiel, but Ezekiel demanded to hear Mr. Cassidy's account of The Source.
• Mr. Cassidy described seeing a dazzling nebula and feeling that The Source was interested in and desired him.
• Deathstroke asked what The Source had wanted from Mr. Cassidy, and Ezekiel asked whether his physical condition changed after the encounter.
• Ezekiel concluded that The Source had obtained something from Mr. Cassidy and told Deathstroke to identify what he had lost.

Su Ming examined Tias and concluded that the wizard had returned from death only long enough to deliver a message about The Source. After Tias vanished, Su Ming and Detective Chimp decided to treat his testimony cautiously, though it confirmed that The Source wanted something.

• Su Ming used Quantum Concepts to examine Tias but found only that he contained considerable energy and had an elusive form of existence.
• Su Ming and Detective Chimp agreed that Tias's testimony was their only clue, but they should not act rashly or hear the rest of his story.
• Su Ming told Tias their agreement was fulfilled, and Tias prepared to leave the bar to meet some friends.
• Tias began to dissolve in brilliant seven-colored light and vanished after completing his message-delivery mission.
• Detective Chimp calmed the bar's patrons, while Cockroach questioned the disappearance and Detective Chimp concluded that The Source truly wanted something.

Deathstroke asked Prophet Ezekiel how to handle The Source, and Ezekiel suggested seeking Heaven’s help until Bobo and Deathstroke explained why Michael was unreliable. Deathstroke revealed that Lucifer had regained his angelic status, leaving Ezekiel shaken before he refused to predict Earth’s next crisis.

• Deathstroke asked Prophet Ezekiel for an effortless way to deal with The Source, and Ezekiel suggested contacting Michael.
• Bobo and Deathstroke warned that Michael was too obedient to God to be a reliable partner, while Ezekiel cautioned against working with the Devil.
• Deathstroke told Ezekiel that Elaine had restored Lucifer’s status as a Seraph, and Bobo confirmed he had seen it.
• Ezekiel was stunned to learn Lucifer was no longer The Great Enemy and retreated toward the sink with Sugar Bean.
• Deathstroke stopped Ezekiel and asked whether Earth faced another World Annihilation Crisis, but Ezekiel said he had grown tired of looking at dark futures.

Su Ming gave Bobo ten synthezoids to handle the busy bar before leaving to deal with the worlds he had taken over. In Gotham, Batwoman finished a violent patrol and watched the city from Wayne Tower until someone crept up behind her.

• Su Ming said Earth still faced an apocalyptic threat but chose to postpone dealing with it and focus on the worlds he had taken over.
• Su Ming sent ten service synthezoids to Bobo, who put them to work at the bar and considered taking a vacation with the goth girl.
• Su Ming left the Oblivion Bar, telling Bobo and the goth girl they could visit Hawaii if her father agreed.
• Batwoman broke a robber's spine, returned the victim's handbag, and left the injured punks behind as she grappled toward a rooftop.
• Batwoman reached Wayne Tower and checked that Gotham's lights had returned after the blackout.
• Someone reached from behind to cover Batwoman's eyes and laughed beside her.

Batwoman confronted the Joker after his escape from Arkham and admitted she feared an enemy might take him from her. The Joker reassured her in his own way, but she discovered that the figure she captured was only a decoy, leaving the real Joker’s game underway.

• Batwoman dodged the Joker’s attack and told him she was taking him back to Arkham.
• The Joker teased Batwoman about her fear, and she admitted she might soon face an enemy she could not handle and feared losing him.
• The Joker told Batwoman that he was difficult to kill and offered himself as bait, but she refused to use him that way.
• Batwoman captured the Joker and bound his wrists, but the apparent prisoner released laughing gas and died.
• Batwoman discovered the corpse was a fake and realized the real Joker was likely nearby, watching her.

Deathstroke returned to TVA headquarters and erased a Loki Variant who had tried to alter the Timeline by running for President of the United States. In his room, he examined the Cube containing at least thirty thousand universes and speculated about Pralaya’s plans for them.

• Deathstroke arrived at TVA headquarters and took Infinity Stones from the service desk for Cloak.
• Deathstroke learned that Loki had tried to run for President of the United States and explained that the attempt violated the Main Timeline.
• Loki asked about Thor and Ragnarök, and Deathstroke reassured him that Thor was alive and Asgard’s cycle of reincarnation had ended.
• Deathstroke used TVA equipment to erase the Loki Variant and joked about whether he could return.
• Deathstroke returned to his room and asked Strangle why Pralaya had carried so many universes inside the Cube.
• Strangle suggested the universes might serve as a massive bomb, and Deathstroke speculated that Pralaya could instead use them as batteries for a machine.

Su Ming decided to keep the rescued universes isolated while they acclimated to the Marvel Universe, then began inspecting them with Strangle. In Doomstadt, Luthor made a handwritten record of Superhumans to guard against altered memories and planned to entrust it to the Shining Trapezohedron.

• Su Ming decided not to release the universes from their Cubes yet and planned to let them acclimate to the Marvel Universe.
• Su Ming watched Mindy train and clean her secret base, then chose to let her grow with only occasional help from a Synthezoid.
• Su Ming and Strangle began inspecting the universes he had taken over, recording or adjusting details and looking for useful discoveries.
• Luthor told Brainiac he backed up his memories digitally and was also writing down the Superheroes and Supervillains he knew.
• Luthor carried his handwritten list to the Shining Trapezohedron, believing it would remember people even if the world forgot them.

Little Superman confronted the Lizardfolk that had devastated India and began fighting them after they rejected his demand to surrender. As the Holy Grail War and Earth’s collapse continued, Deadpool watched the chaos he had scripted unfold.

• Little Superman, dressed as Homelander, demanded that the Lizardfolk surrender atop a mountain of A'San corpses in New Delhi.
• The Lizardfolk laid eggs in response, and Little Superman began battling them as blood flowed down Bone Mountain.
• Deadpool observed that humanity’s survivors had grown desperate while the Holy Grail War’s competitors dwindled from ten million to five hundred thousand.
• The Adjutant kept China isolated behind Green Dam and controlled the Lizardfolk, whose ability to reproduce would end when their original Masters died.

Little Superman slaughtered the Lizardfolk army while Deadpool criticized his tactics from a basement livestream. Deadpool proposed a crude, attention-grabbing alternative, but the chapter ended before Little Superman could hear or use it.

• Little Superman fought through the Lizardfolk colony, helping Deathstroke achieve his objective as India was nearly wiped out.
• Deadpool watched the battle from a basement and complained that Little Superman's fighting style was too ordinary to attract an audience.
• Deadpool argued that the Holy Grail War rewarded entertaining performances more than efficient victories.
• Deadpool pitched an obscene tactic for Little Superman and tried to draw it, but censorship mosaics blocked the image.

Deadpool directed the Holy Grail War’s escalating battles while asking the Split Program to intensify the crisis, but an alarm interrupted him when surveillance detected a mysterious member of the Hand of Creation near Earth Prime. He called for Slade to return and handle the threat.

• Deadpool abandoned his plan to have Little Superman use milk against the Lizardfolk and continued painting scenes of the war.
• Deadpool asked the Split Program to upgrade the Servants, but it denied him for lack of authorization.
• Deadpool ordered two electronic crickets and their Masters sent to Yellowstone Volcano Park to provoke more destruction.
• An alarm alerted Deadpool that a white-robed figure from the Hand of Creation had appeared in Mars’s orbit.
• Deadpool told the Split Program to contact Cousin for help with the unknown threat.

Deathstroke left his hunt on an unknown Earth after Adjutant alerted him to a threat to Earth Prime, then confronted a white-robed member of the Hand of Creation in Mars’s orbit. He rejected the stranger’s offer to replace Multiverse 1 and warned him not to touch it, leaving a fight imminent.

• Deathstroke raced a tire-shaped creature across an African savanna while Strangle hoped to eat it.
• Adjutant alerted Deathstroke that events on Earth Prime had changed, and he teleported to Mars’s orbit.
• Deathstroke confronted the fifteen-meter-tall, white-robed Hand of Creation, who criticized his use of Dark Metal and Crisis Energy and demanded that he withdraw.
• The Hand of Creation offered to destroy Multiverse 1 and let Deathstroke supervise a replacement Multiverse.
• Deathstroke refused the offer, threatened the Hand of Creation, and prepared to fight.

Su Ming confronted a white-robed Hand of Creation and probed its knowledge and motives instead of rushing into battle. He suspected the Origin Court had kept Perpetua alive as a hidden experiment, but the Hand had not confirmed his theory.

• Su Ming faced the Hand of Creation while wielding Darkness, Quantum, and Sigma, and challenged its claim that darkness caused madness.
• The Hand of Creation dismissed Su Ming’s understanding and insisted that its own words were the truth.
• Su Ming inferred that the Hands of Creation lacked knowledge of higher Mysteries and avoided subjects they could not understand.
• Su Ming mocked the Hand and suggested that the Origin Court had sealed Perpetua away to study her attempt to forge a multiverse with Crisis Energy.

Su Ming deduced that the Hand of Creation had come to pass intelligence to his kin and sought death to conceal the exchange from the Origin Court. He killed the white-robed Giant, but Strangle found no memories in its brain.

• Su Ming concluded that the Hand of Creation was provoking him to kill it so it could secretly pass information to its kin.
• The white-robed Giant blocked Su Ming’s Lightsaber with a sphere, but Su Ming cut off its shoulder.
• The Giant created and hurled a planet at Su Ming, who teleported it into the void beyond the multiverse.
• Su Ming pinned the Giant with dark energy and cut off its head with the Lightsaber.
• Su Ming ordered Strangle to inspect the corpse, but Bean Sprout reported that its brain had no memories.

After killing a member of the Hand of Creation, Su Ming wondered what had slipped away from its corpse and sent the body to the Masters of the Council for study. He returned to Earth Prime and checked on his companions, who were still enjoying Game Land, while warning them to stay away because the Origin Court might target him.

• Su Ming and Strangle discussed the Hand of Creation's physical bodies and the uncertain motives of DC's highest powers.
• Su Ming ordered Adjutant to take the headless corpse to the Masters of the Council, then flew to Earth Prime.
• Adjutant showed Su Ming that Harley, Hermione, and the Silver-haired Maiden could play indefinitely in Game Land because the dimension kept them happy and tireless.
• Su Ming told Harley and the others to remain in Game Land because the Origin Court might be watching him, and he said Little Dai was returning to Paradise Island with Cheetah.
• Su Ming reassured Hermione that a Synthezoid had temporarily taken over her Ministry of Magic duties and warned her not to adopt Harley's unusual lessons.
• Harley proposed visiting Game Land's cannibal attraction, curious about what it would feel like to be eaten.

Su Ming found Deadpool behaving bizarrely in the basement, then discussed Superboy-Prime’s fight and checked on Laurie’s investigation. Laurie uncovered fabricated evidence of a government conspiracy against her boyfriend and began searching the Dark Web for more information.

• Su Ming found Deadpool painting with his feet while standing naked and upside down, then told him to get dressed and report on his condition.
• Deadpool put on his suit and joked about Su Ming’s tactical criticism as they watched Superboy-Prime fight the Lizardfolk.
• Su Ming learned from Deadpool that Laurie had been working late at the Kent family cabin.
• Laurie examined fabricated documents claiming the government had spread lies about Superboy-Prime to protect business interests from Superhumans.
• Laurie believed she had uncovered a conspiracy and searched the Dark Web for further intelligence.

Laurie investigated the Dark Web for evidence that the government had framed Clark, then received a link to a forum exposing secret operations against Superman. She found more than a million entries of evidence and realized she had an overwhelming amount to review.

• Laurie searched the Dark Web for government operations targeting Superman but found no useful information.
• An unknown sender texted Laurie a forum address and claimed to be Batwoman.
• Laurie logged into the forum, searched for Superman and the United States Government, and found countless posts documenting government slander and suppression of Little Superman.
• Laurie saw that the forum contained over a million entries and despaired at how much evidence she would have to investigate.