Chapter Summaries

Su Ming and his team entered the shattered space outside the Wall and searched for Michael while Su Ming heard a distant, mournful howl that the others could not detect. They continued onward, with Su Ming relying on the darkness to locate Michael and his opponent, Foot of God.

• Su Ming explored the distorted space and heard an intermittent, painful howl that seemed to come from far away.
• Dream of a Thousand Cats and Deadpool heard no unusual sound, and Dream of a Thousand Cats warned Su Ming that it might be a mental attack.
• Deadpool struggled with the changing gravity and vomited, then used the pink gem to remove his digestive system so he could keep going.
• Su Ming rewarded Deadpool with five hundred points, checked whether the others heard the howl, and found that only he and Strangle could hear it.
• Su Ming decided to search for Michael and Foot of God, using the darkness to sense his surroundings.

Su Ming and his companions searched the inverted space for Michael while avoiding dangerous fragments that trapped looping stories. They concluded that the fragments came from Perpetua’s lineage and that she had likely hidden an escape route there before Su Ming lured her into Channel 52, where Thought Robot killed her.

• Kitty sensed angels in the distance and explained that Michael smelled like sunlight, while Deathstroke said Lucifer’s scent was an aura of seduction.
• Kitty warned that Michael was still dozens of light-years away, and Su Ming said the fractured space made teleporting with the group risky.
• Deathstroke picked up a transparent shard showing Captain America battling Batwoman in a repeating scene, and Kitty identified it as an Unwritten Poem that could trap them.
• Kitty explained that poems created by God or The Source were outside Dream’s jurisdiction, and Su Ming connected the fragments to Perpetua’s lineage.
• Su Ming and Kitty deduced that Perpetua had hidden an escape route in the space, but she died after Su Ming tricked her into Channel 52, where Thought Robot awaited her.

Su Ming altered the Underworld Universe’s origin to stabilize its shattered space, allowing him, Deadpool, and Kitty to teleport to Michael. They found the archangel watching the strange sky, and Michael immediately criticized Su Ming for blowing Gabriel’s horn.

• Su Ming decided to rewrite the damaged universe’s origin so its fragments would become more stable without making its materials too powerful.
• Su Ming altered the Underworld Universe, making its surroundings more orderly and easing the danger of teleportation.
• Su Ming, Deadpool, and Kitty teleported to the place where Michael had sent his signal.
• Su Ming greeted Michael and patted him on the back as the archangel watched the purple sea overhead.
• Michael told Su Ming that blowing Gabriel’s horn had been wrong, and Su Ming and Kitty laughed at his rigid attitude.

Su Ming and his allies confronted Foot of God, whose concept of action made it appear only when it attacked. The chapter left Michael clashing with its enormous foot while the others watched and assessed the threat.

• Michael confirmed that Foot of God was above the high heavens, and Su Ming explained that it would appear only when it acted.
• Foot of God manifested as a massive sole and tried to stomp the group.
• Michael charged upward and met the sole with his Seraphim Sword, locking it in a shower of sparks.
• Dream of a Thousand Cats praised Michael’s strength, while Deadpool compared the clash to Gundam pushing an asteroid.
• Su Ming explained that he had used his notebook only to provoke Foot of God, then joked about the possibility of its foot having athlete’s foot.

As Michael and the Foot of God fought to a standstill, Su Ming and his companions discussed how to weaken the heavenly being. The chapter ended with Deadpool splattered against its ankle, then healing on the giant foot and preparing to defile it.

• Deadpool and Deathstroke judged that Michael and the Foot of God were evenly matched, while Kitty explained that heavenly battles lacked spectacular displays.
• Kitty told Deathstroke that Michael blamed himself for the Body of God’s death, and Su Ming suspected the Old Man had killed it.
• Deadpool proposed defiling the Foot of God, and Kitty said filth could weaken heavenly creatures.
• Su Ming swung Deadpool around and hurled him at the giant foot, where he struck its ankle and was crushed into a puddle.
• Deadpool healed on the Foot of God as Su Ming blew the Horn of Judgment Day, and the filth on the ankle set their plan in motion.

Su Ming persuaded Kitty to join the attack on the Foot of God while Michael held the front line. The allies prepared to injure the giant foot and obtain the third piece of the Jigsaw.

• Su Ming explained that the Foot of God’s toes and instep were vulnerable, then suggested that Kitty scratch its sole.
• Kitty hesitated because intervening could involve Endless, but Deathstroke argued that The Source was creating a new balance between humans and gods.
• Su Ming reassured Kitty that the struggle was about shaping the present and replacing the old God, and Kitty agreed to help.
• Dream of a Thousand Cats faded into the air and went ahead to scratch the Foot of God.
• Su Ming prepared to attack the toenails and asked Strangle which one they should pull first.

Dream of a Thousand Cats joined Michael and Deathstroke in attacking the Foot of God, while Deathstroke and Deadpool set out to remove its toenail and torment the wound with chili sauce. Deathstroke successfully pulled out the nail, but the injured Foot of God shook violently, sending Deadpool tumbling into the sauce.

• Dream of a Thousand Cats appeared beside Michael, grew enormous, and scratched the Foot of God’s sole to distract it for Deathstroke.
• Deathstroke and Deadpool flew to the Foot of God’s toes, where Deadpool prepared chili sauce and Deathstroke explained that he had made the giant remain physical.
• Deathstroke clamped golden pliers onto a toenail and yanked it free, drawing a fountain of golden blood.
• Deathstroke told the Adjutant to send the toenail for research and capture images of the wound.
• The Foot of God trembled in pain, and Deadpool fell into his basin of chili sauce as Deathstroke had the Adjutant record the mishap.

Su Ming tore off the Foot of God’s toenails, then amputated it as the Underworld Universe collapsed. The Foot’s fate remained unclear, but its universe’s spirit flowed into Marvel, and Su Ming prepared to summon Lucifer before Michael went to see Gabriel.

• Su Ming tore off another toenail from the Foot of God while discussing its nature with Strangle.
• Su Ming noticed the Underworld Universe shaking and ordered Michael to hold the Foot down as he began phase two: amputation.
• Deathstroke used the dying universe’s energy to sever the route connecting DC and Marvel, and the Underworld Universe collapsed.
• Su Ming returned with Kitty and Deadpool to San Francisco, where he said the Foot’s fate was unknown but the Underworld Universe’s spirit had flowed into Marvel.
• Su Ming decided to summon Lucifer and asked Michael what he would do next.
• Michael sensed Gabriel nearby and left to see his brother.

Deathstroke suspected that God had arranged a trap involving Michael and Gabriel, even as Michael went to knock on his brother’s door. When Michael suddenly reappeared beside Deathstroke, it became clear that something had blocked his next move and kept the brothers apart.

• Deathstroke, Kitty, and Deadpool discussed whether Michael could be trusted and suspected God had arranged events in the human world.
• Deathstroke reasoned that God’s plans might target the Great Darkness through the darkness now largely under his control.
• Deadpool suggested that God created crises to strengthen his influence over believers.
• Michael vanished while knocking on an apartment door and reappeared beside Deathstroke and the others.
• Deathstroke concluded that God’s arrangement had blocked Michael from reaching Gabriel and offered the confused Angel a cigarette.

Su Ming concluded that God had lured him toward a battlefield and reasoned that the trap lay in God's own Origin, where God held the greatest advantage. He teleported there with Deadpool and Kitty, arriving at another God's Origin Place.

• Su Ming ordered Michael to teleport Angels to a safe world, then went with Deathstroke and Kitty to look for Gabriel.
• Su Ming found Gabriel's home empty and suspected the Horn of Judgment Day had some hidden effect on Lucifer.
• Kitty warned Su Ming that blowing the horn might have exposed his own External Force, while Deadpool questioned whether seeking Lucifer would lead them into a trap.
• Su Ming deduced that God had prepared the trap in his Origin, where the Bible's story made him the absolute ruler.
• Su Ming used the green book to teleport himself, Deadpool, and Kitty to the Origin Place of another God.

Su Ming explained that the Old Man God was hiding inside the origin he was reshaping, and that the Origin Codex on Su Ming provided the way there. Elaine understood the scheme and prepared to confront him directly.

• Elaine asked Su Ming how he had entered her realm, and he said Lucifer had brought him there before.
• Su Ming invited Elaine to leave her realm and attack the Old Man God face-to-face, explaining that he knew where the old man was hiding.
• Su Ming explained that Elaine had separate human and divine origins, and that the realm beneath the apple tree was the origin of her life as God.
• Elaine realized the Old Man God was hiding inside his own origin and trying to reshape it.
• Su Ming revealed that the Origin Codex on him led to the Old Man God's hiding place and that the apparent leads to Gabriel and Lucifer were distractions.
• Elaine said she understood the plot and agreed it was time to end the conflict.

Su Ming and Elaine prepared to confront the old man, but they worried their small group lacked enough fighters to stop him from escaping. Elaine explained that the beings she had created were only companions, and she doubted a newly created life could be battle-ready in time.

• Su Ming agreed to help Elaine, saying her becoming God would give humanity more choices and a safer future.
• Su Ming warned Elaine that their few fighters might not be able to kill the old man before he escaped.
• Elaine said the Deer-Headed Person and the mannequin were her noncombatant companions, whom she had created to ease her loneliness.
• Su Ming asked what powerful being Elaine could create, but Elaine said a new creation would lack experience, adaptability, and guaranteed loyalty.

Su Ming and Elaine designed a magically created lioness to help fight The Old Man, combining Elaine’s creation ability with Su Ming’s combat experience. Su Ming added powerful healing and immortality, leaving the creature’s creation in progress as he chose a Devouring Method instead of vampirism.

• Su Ming explained that he could write combat experience into a being Elaine created, and Elaine agreed to make a lion.
• Dream of a Thousand Cats secretly recognized that a feline creation could fall under its influence, while Elaine chose a lion for its soft paws.
• Deadpool proposed making the lion politically correct in every possible way, but Su Ming dismissed the idea and chose a lioness.
• Su Ming wrote combat experience and thought patterns into the lioness, along with Super Healing and a Vampire progenitor’s immortality.
• Elaine asked for a vampire lion after mentioning Twilight, and Su Ming rejected bloodsucking in favor of giving it the Devouring Method.

Su Ming and Elaine created a creature that would grow into a powerful lioness, and Su Ming sought Agamotto’s help to accelerate its timeline and guide its future. When Agamotto balked at the request, Su Ming threatened to complain to Oshtur.

• Deathstroke wrote down the lioness’s origins and growth experiences for Elaine to use in creating it.
• Elaine created the creature, while Su Ming asked the Adjutant to contact Agamotto to speed up time in the African Wastelands.
• Su Ming sent Agamotto Origin Judge energy and asked him to oversee the creature’s life, death, and journey through Hypertime.
• Agamotto reacted smugly to Su Ming’s request, so Su Ming told the Adjutant to contact Oshtur and report Agamotto’s refusal.

Deathstroke pressured Agamotto into arranging the time flow and sending the Acolyte Lion to help fight their enemies. After the lioness arrived, Elaine and Dream of a Thousand Cats inspected her, and Deathstroke prepared to assess her abilities.

• Deathstroke invoked Elaine and threatened to report Agamotto to Oshtur until Agamotto agreed to help.
• Agamotto reviewed Adjutant’s task memo and agreed to arrange the time flow, though he asked whether Deathstroke had created a God Eater.
• Agamotto sent the prepared Acolyte Lion from the Future Timeline to the current Time Point, and Adjutant transported her into the present space.
• Elaine hugged the lioness and played with her paw pads before asking whether she understood her task.
• The lioness said she would eliminate Deathstroke’s enemies, and Dream of a Thousand Cats admired her while Deathstroke wondered about her conceptual attack methods.

Su Ming and his companions named Elaine’s newly empowered lion Sandwich, then used the Origin Codex to enter the Old Man’s origin story. They arrived on a vast pasture beneath a writhing black sphere, which Elaine identified as her grandfather, and she went to confront him.

• Elaine gave the lion all the Angel permissions she could grant.
• Elaine named the lion Sandwich, and the lion thanked her and the Sorcerer Supreme.
• Su Ming opened the Origin Codex and brought the group into the Old Man’s story.
• Su Ming and his companions arrived in a pasture filled with grazing lambs beneath a massive black sphere.
• Elaine recognized the sphere as her grandfather and walked toward it, announcing that the Future had arrived.

Deathstroke and Deadpool prepared to test the Black Ball, the Old Man God’s new form, while Elaine confronted him in the sky. Deathstroke planned to seal the space against the god’s escape, and Deadpool geared up to attack the Black Ball and discover its weakness.

• The Black Ball appeared above them, and Deathstroke sensed ordered darkness rather than the madness of an Old One.
• Kitty left with the lion to circle around the battlefield, while Deathstroke told Elaine he believed she could match the Old Man God.
• Deadpool asked Kitty to hide him in a dream if the fight turned dangerous, but Kitty refused and departed with the lion.
• Deathstroke ordered Deadpool to test the Black Ball while he worked to seal the space around it.
• Su Ming gave Deadpool Planet Bombs, and Deadpool strapped on a rocket jetpack before preparing to attack the Black Ball.

Elaine confronted the Old Man over his claim to control all life and light, while Deadpool attacked the giant black sphere with a Planet Bomb. The explosions exposed a humanoid silhouette inside, but the Old Man stopped everything in midair.

• The Old Man told Elaine that she was still human and argued that he alone defined life and controlled the light.
• Elaine rejected his ultimatum and began an all-out clash of white light against his black smoke.
• Deadpool flew toward the black sphere, dodged its tentacles, and threw a Planet Bomb into it.
• The bomb exploded, and Elaine followed with a sphere of light that triggered a second blast.
• A humanoid silhouette began to form in the light and smoke, but the Old Man froze the explosions and everything around them.

Deathstroke and Elaine faced Old Man God as he transformed and used Heaven to amplify his power, but he trapped Elaine in Hell and confronted Deathstroke alone. Old Man God revealed that he had intended Deathstroke to become King of Hell, while Deathstroke rejected the offer and prepared to fight.

• Deathstroke joined Elaine in the sky after she interrupted Old Man God's transformation, and Old Man God took on a dark-skinned appearance.
• Old Man God activated Word of God and transformed the pasture into Heaven, using its golden light to increase his power.
• Elaine charged into Heaven to attack, but its gates shut and trapped her in an illusionary prison that Old Man God cast into Hell.
• Old Man God told Deathstroke that he had planned for him to become King of Hell and continue the Millennium War after Lucifer returned.
• Deathstroke dismissed the plan, said he preferred being human, and faced Old Man God alone.

Deathstroke outmaneuvered Old Man God, who believed he had swallowed him and gained his Concepts. After Old Man God realized the meal had been Deadpool in disguise, Su Ming revealed the trick and prepared to face him with Kitty and the lion.

• Old Man God revealed that he had watched Deathstroke and Elaine through Elaine’s eyes and turned sheep into an army of six-winged Angels.
• Old Man God swallowed the figure he believed was Deathstroke and tried to extract his Concepts with the Devouring Method.
• Old Man God discovered that he had gained no Concepts, while a figure in Deadpool’s uniform appeared behind him and revealed the deception.
• Su Ming explained that Deadpool had been disguised with Polyjuice Potion and that the switch had relied on Symbiote communication and a flashback on the Narrative Layer.
• Su Ming summoned his Lightsaber, and Kitty emerged from the dream with the lion as he began explaining the plan.