Chapter Summaries

Deathstroke knocked Bobo unconscious and carried him into the basement, while the others realized the Sheriff had arranged a formula change for him. In the Oblivion Bar, Kitty explained why she could detect the spying eye and discussed God’s response to Elaine’s birth, as Deadpool waited for Deathstroke to return.

• Deathstroke struck Bobo unconscious with a frying pan and carried him through the basement door.
• The Adjutant realized the Sheriff had arranged for Bobo’s formula to be modified, and Kitty warned Eyes to report back before it was too late.
• Kitty explained that the spying eye had vanished and that she could detect it because the Oblivion Bar’s barrier was thin.
• Kitty said she could not act directly against God because the Endless had to remain neutral, then explained that Elaine’s birth had been the first thing to escape God’s control.
• Deadpool speculated that The Source had caused Elaine’s birth and asked Kitty what she knew, but she refused to confirm anything.
• Deadpool waited for Deathstroke to emerge and tried to connect to the bar’s Wi-Fi to find Animal World for Kitty.

Su Ming waited for Bobo to stabilize after the serum injection, then learned that the Eye of God had vanished after God recalled it. He chose to target God’s clones rather than join the higher-level battle, setting out to confront the Spectre in space.

• Su Ming watched over the unconscious Bobo while studying the changed Origin Codex.
• Adjutant reported that she had lost track of the Eye of God, and Su Ming concluded that God had recalled it to prevent anyone from tracing him.
• Su Ming sent Bobo to Sepulk for protection and demonstrated a darkness clone to explain how God might recall his own clone.
• Su Ming rejected Adjutant’s suggestion to meet Lucifer or Elaine and decided to attack God’s clones first.
• Su Ming chose the Spectre as their target, learned that he was fighting Green Lanterns outside the atmosphere, and set off with Kitty and Deadpool.

Deathstroke watched the Green Lanterns battle The Spectre from the International Space Station with Deadpool and Dream of a Thousand Cats, then disguised himself as an alien Green Lantern. He planned to infiltrate the Corps and ambush The Spectre while the fight distracted him.

• The Adjutant transported Deathstroke, Deadpool, and Dream of a Thousand Cats to the International Space Station while Deathstroke reflected on how hard ordinary life was.
• Deadpool and Dream of a Thousand Cats traded jokes about pet costs and Deadpool's smell as Deathstroke observed the battle.
• The Green Lanterns temporarily held The Spectre back, but their attacks failed to harm him or his green Cloak.
• Deathstroke transformed his armor into a Green Lantern uniform, disguised himself as an alien, and prepared to join the fight unnoticed.
• Deathstroke left Deadpool and Dream of a Thousand Cats to watch from the station and set out to ambush The Spectre.

Green Lantern Hal and his allies struggled to contain The Spectre in space, but they could not effectively hurt him. Deathstroke, disguised as a new Green Lantern recruit called Little Chick, joined Hal and headed into the fight.

• Hal and the other Green Lanterns forced The Spectre into space after he erupted from his host and attacked them.
• The Spectre punched Hal, but another Lantern caught him and healed his injuries.
• Hal checked the new recruit’s credentials and accepted that Little Chick had come from Sector 9527 to help.
• Deathstroke, disguised as Little Chick, flew with Hal toward The Spectre as Hal struggled to explain what an ant and an insect were.

Hal Jordan returned to the Green Lanterns’ chaotic battle against The Spectre and coordinated their effort to keep him from teleporting back to Earth. Su Ming, disguised as an Alien Lantern, concealed himself and waited for a chance to strike The Spectre from behind.

• Hal and Su Ming flew back to the battlefield, where Green Lanterns fought The Spectre while dodging his attacks.
• Su Ming saw John Stewart, Simon Baz, Kyle Rayner, Jessica Cruz, Sojourner "Jo" Mullein, Sodam Yat, and other Lanterns assembled, and wondered why they had not summoned the Lantern Beast or outside help.
• Hal told Kilowog to coordinate the Lanterns and disrupt space so The Spectre could not teleport back to Earth.
• Su Ming entered the encirclement under quantum concealment and prepared to stab The Spectre while using Strangle, Cloak, and the Soul Stone.
• Hal charged The Spectre with a conjured sword and shield, and his shield bash briefly distracted the giant so another Lantern could dodge a punch.

The Green Lantern Corps fought The Spectre near Earth while disasters ravaged the planet, and Hal Jordan tried to hold the entity back. Deathstroke arrived as planned, but the Lanterns still had to buy time for him to act, and Hal expected Superman to join the fight within three hours.

• The Green Lantern Corps battled The Spectre in space, while Deathstroke secretly joined them and fired a toy-like energy pistol at the entity.
• Su Ming circled behind The Spectre as Hal Jordan shouted at it and Kyle Rayner asked whether Batwoman had given them a plan.
• Hal told Kyle that Batwoman had ordered them to hold The Spectre back by any means necessary.
• A Latino Lantern warned Hal that most of the Corps could fight for only three more hours before their rings ran out and they risked dying in space.
• Hal ordered the Lanterns to hold out for three hours and said Superman should be free to help by then.

Deathstroke ambushed and consumed The Spectre, then reunited with Hal and headed back to the International Space Station. After meeting Kitty and Deadpool, he chose the Word of God as their next target and teleported the group to Washington D.C.

• Deathstroke pierced The Spectre from behind with his Lightsaber, and Strangle and Cloak consumed the Spectre and its cloak.
• Deathstroke collected the soul of The Spectre's host in a Soul Stone while Hal left for Coast City with the other Lanterns.
• Deathstroke returned to the International Space Station and met up with Kitty and Deadpool.
• Kitty listed the remaining targets, and Deathstroke chose the Word of God before teleporting the group to Washington D.C.
• Kitty warned Deathstroke that the Word of God was immune to physical and energy attacks.

Su Ming watched Asmodeus battle Word of God outside the Hall of Justice and criticized the demon’s tactics. He left Kitty to cheer from the sidelines as he prepared to intervene.

• Deadpool landed in the lava-filled plaza and climbed onto Deathstroke to keep his feet off the scorching ground.
• Su Ming observed the battle through the smoke and discussed the Millennium War with Dream of a Thousand Cats.
• Dream of a Thousand Cats explained that the Millennium War usually involved lesser angels and demons, unlike the powerful combatants fighting now.
• Su Ming judged Asmodeus’s attacks monotonous and pointed out that the demon could have tried throwing debris into Word of God’s eyes.
• Dream of a Thousand Cats called Asmodeus a perennial runner-up and urged Su Ming to fight while it stayed behind to cheer.

Su Ming took over the fight against The Word after Asmodeus was forced to retreat, using the Lightsaber to pierce its defenses while Strangle recorded something in a notebook. The Word fled from him, but Su Ming’s borrowed Speed Force let him keep pace.

• Asmodeus and The Word fought to a stalemate, though the Main Dimension gradually wore down the Great Demon.
• Su Ming stepped in to relieve Asmodeus and blocked The Word’s punch with his Lightsaber, cutting its fist and exposing its defenses.
• Asmodeus protested that Su Ming was stealing his prey, then fled back to Hell after Su Ming invoked Lucifer.
• Su Ming pursued The Word and attacked with his Lightsaber while Strangle used its tendrils to write in a notebook.
• The Word fled, but Su Ming’s Golden Light and borrowed Speed Force let him catch up.

Su Ming chased Word of God through dimensions and used the Origin Codex to strip away its defenses before killing it. Word of God erased itself, returning its energy and concept to God, and Su Ming returned to Justice Square to wait for the opponent’s response.

• Word of God tried to flee through different dimensions, but Su Ming followed it each time.
• Su Ming used the Origin Codex to make Word of God vulnerable and taunted it about Elaine taking the throne.
• Su Ming slashed Word of God repeatedly as it accused him of rebelling against God.
• Word of God fled toward the black hole’s center, then detonated itself when Su Ming mocked its escape.
• Su Ming sensed that Word of God had returned its energy and concept to God, then teleported to Justice Square with Little Sprout to wait for the opponent’s reaction.

Deathstroke returned after defeating the Word of God and asked Kitty to restore Justice Square while leaving the rest of the ruined city to humanity. He settled down for tea with Kitty and waited to see God’s next move after God reclaimed the Word’s power.

• Kitty asked Deathstroke whether he had dealt with the Word of God, and Deathstroke confirmed that another piece of the Jigsaw was in place.
• Deathstroke asked Kitty to restore Justice Square, including the fountain and the hidden passage to the Hall of Justice.
• Kitty restored the square with a breath, while Deathstroke explained that rebuilding the rest of the city should be humanity’s own work.
• Deathstroke created a table and chairs, summoned tea from Kamar-Taj, and told Kitty he wanted to see how much power God had replenished.

Su Ming and Kitty waited as the fires died down and the heroes dealt with disasters, including a deadly rat swarm in Coast City. Su Ming arranged repairs to Earth-0’s drainage system and sent Harley to another universe, then prepared to leave to confront Old Man God.

• Dream of a Thousand Cats suggested waiting before searching for the third Jigsaw piece, while Su Ming docked Deadpool a hundred Credit Points.
• The fires across the city died down as superheroes rescued people and took shelter at the Hall of Justice.
• The Adjutant showed Su Ming that Green Lanterns were evacuating Coast City and fighting millions of vicious rats.
• Su Ming ordered a Master from the Council of the Sky to help repair Earth-0’s drainage system and sent Harley to The Boys Universe instead of Earth-0.
• Su Ming decided to set off, and Deadpool asked to join him while Kitty corrected his confusion about film awards.

Su Ming searched for the hidden battlefield where Lucifer fought Hand and Michael fought Foot, but even his scan of Hypertime found nothing. Suspecting the fight might be in the demons’ Dream, he went to Lucifer’s nightclub and got Gabriel’s phone number from Maze.

• Deadpool told Su Ming that Lucifer was fighting Hand and Michael was fighting Foot somewhere beyond Earth, but he had no precise information.
• Su Ming searched the Material Worlds and Hypertime with darkness and quantum, but found no trace of the fighters.
• Kitty suggested the battle might be in the demons’ Dream, though it warned that it could not help there.
• Su Ming teleported to the Light of the Afterlife nightclub in Los Angeles to find Lucifer, but instead asked Maze for a way to contact Gabriel.
• Maze gave Su Ming Gabriel’s phone number and told him Gabriel was somewhere in the city.

Deathstroke found the troubled Gabriel and tried to comfort him as he struggled to decide between God, his brothers, and the future. The chapter left Gabriel still unsure what to do.

• Deathstroke, Deadpool, and Dream of a Thousand Cats tracked Gabriel down and found him brooding by the roadside.
• Deathstroke saw that Gabriel had fallen far from his former power and explained that he had not come to recruit him for a fight.
• Gabriel recognized Deathstroke and Dream of a Thousand Cats, while Deadpool objected to being called their relative.
• Deathstroke gave Gabriel liquor and peanuts, and Gabriel admitted he no longer knew who was right or what he should do.
• Kitty suggested that Gabriel had been wrestling with the choice ever since Lucifer fell.

Su Ming helped Gabriel accept his life as a human rather than worry about God’s plans. After drinks, Su Ming asked to borrow Gabriel’s Horn of Judgment Day, though Gabriel did not have it on him.

• Gabriel reflected on how living among humans had changed his view of humanity and asked whether his situation was part of God’s arrangement.
• Su Ming told Gabriel to focus on building an ordinary human life, and Gabriel seemed calmer after considering the advice.
• Deadpool questioned why Su Ming had suggested Gabriel find a boyfriend, while Kitty silently agreed with him.
• Su Ming offered to connect Gabriel with a psychologist, then asked to borrow the Horn of Judgment Day.
• Su Ming noted that Strangle had searched Gabriel earlier and found that he was not carrying the horn.

Su Ming asked Gabriel to blow the ancient horn so its signal would draw Lucifer or Michael to them. Gabriel led Su Ming and the others to his rented house to retrieve it.

• Gabriel explained that the horn had been silent for ages, but Su Ming told him that Last Day had arrived and asked him to blow it.
• Deadpool joked about Gabriel blowing the horn, and Su Ming stabbed him and sent him flying down the street.
• Gabriel agreed to help and explained that all Angels, including Lucifer, could hear the horn wherever they were.
• Su Ming explained that he planned to use the horn to locate Lucifer or Michael, then followed Gabriel to his rented house.
• Gabriel welcomed the group inside and went down to the basement to find the horn.

Deathstroke visited Gabriel to obtain the Horn of Judgment Day, while Kitty explained why Gabriel remained a dangerous Angel despite his humble life. Deathstroke confirmed the horn’s identity and prepared to play it, leaving the group unsure what would happen next.

• Deadpool inspected Gabriel’s shabby home, while Kitty explained that Gabriel had once been a Seraph and remained powerful despite losing much of his strength.
• Gabriel returned from the basement and gave Deathstroke the small, dusty Horn of Judgment Day.
• Deathstroke examined the horn and questioned whether it was genuine, but Gabriel assured him it was the real thing.
• Gabriel said Lucifer had taken him to learn about the history of Anglo-Saxon violence against Indigenous Americans.
• Deathstroke announced that he would play “Big Flower Sedan Chair,” and Deadpool questioned whether the little horn could produce a tune.
• Deathstroke raised the horn and prepared to blow it, claiming that Kamar-Taj was the hometown of traditional music.

Deathstroke used Gabriel’s Horn of Judgment Day to contact Michael, then explained that the battlefield between the Old Man God and the Maiden God lay at a hidden passage between universes. The group prepared to go there, though Su Ming said he had believed the passage was destroyed.

• Deathstroke played Gabriel’s Horn of Judgment Day, and Michael answered the call.
• Kitty told Gabriel not to worry about which God was right and to support whoever won.
• Su Ming took the horn from Gabriel and left with Deadpool and Kitty.
• Su Ming explained that the battlefield lay at a third channel between the Marvel and DC universes, separate from the routes he already knew.
• Su Ming told Kitty that he had considered the location before but dismissed it because he remembered it being destroyed.

Su Ming explained Kronos’s history and the Underworld Universe, the ladder Kronos built to reach beyond the wall. The Underworld Universe had been brought into the present Time Point and appeared to have already been used.

• Su Ming asked Kitty whether it recognized Kronos, and Kitty identified him as the former Guardian known as the Mad Blue Man.
• Su Ming recounted Kronos’s experiments, which had caused major crises and reboots across the Multiverse.
• Su Ming told Kitty and his cousin that Kronos had created the Underworld Universe using the Anti-Monitor’s power as a ladder beyond the wall.
• Su Ming explained that Kronos had connected the Underworld Universe to Earth-616, where Eternity and the Living Tribunal defeated him and destroyed his ladder.
• Su Ming said Kronos had died at Atrocitus’s hands, but the broken Underworld Universe had been brought from the Pre-New 52 era to the present Time Point and appeared to have been used.

Su Ming briefed his team about the Underworld Universe and its hybrid origins before teleporting with Deadpool and Kitty to investigate it. They arrived in a shattered, disordered world and began their search.

• Deathstroke shared what intelligence he had about the Underworld Universe while Deadpool praised Su Ming for eliminating Reed before he could become a threat.
• Kitty explained that the Underworld Universe combined matter and concepts from their universe and Marvel, and Su Ming identified Kronos as its creator.
• Su Ming warned Kitty to report anything unusual, then urged Deadpool to stay focused as they prepared to leave.
• Su Ming found that the coordinates were too unstable for precise teleportation, so he transported himself, Deadpool, and Kitty into the Underworld Universe.
• Su Ming and his companions arrived in a shattered world where mountains and rivers hung upside down and heaven and earth were inverted.