Chapter Summaries

Deathstroke recognized the apparent Batman Who Laughs as a powerless Qlippoth actor who could mimic the dead. After the fake failed to demonstrate the real villain’s abilities, Deathstroke stopped him from fleeing and shattered him during a struggle.

• Mouse explained that Qlippoth could sense others’ resentment and impersonate people they had killed.
• Deathstroke confronted the fake Batman Who Laughs and challenged him to demonstrate the Bleakest Knight’s powers.
• The fake summoned a crowd of the dead to taunt Deathstroke, but their words did not stop him from pursuing it.
• Deathstroke blocked the fake’s escape and sang a song that made it desperate to flee.
• Deathstroke held on as the fake struggled, snapping its arm and sending its hollow body crashing to the ground, where it shattered like porcelain.

Deadpool attacked the weak suit creatures in the Employee Lounge while Su Ming questioned Black Mouse about their origins. Black Mouse urged him not to dwell on who the suits were, and Deadpool continued cutting them down as they fled through the lounge.

• Deadpool killed a suit creature and volunteered to fight the others while Deathstroke let him take over.
• Deadpool charged the suit impersonating Darkseid, and the fleeing creatures led him through the lounge’s shifting stairways and platforms.
• Su Ming asked Black Mouse whether any more cannon fodder awaited them and learned there was only one lounge in the Employee Passage.
• Black Mouse described the suits as actors and told Su Ming not to worry about their origins.
• Deadpool continued laughing and slashing at the suits as the chase carried on.

Steve and Bucky watched strange streaks of light in the sky above the Outpost while the Avengers investigated the unexplained phenomenon. Their conversation turned to their past and Steve’s uncertainty about Peggy and Sharon before Tony summoned them to the Avengers’ meeting.

• Steve and Bucky watched the colored streaks crossing the sky and discussed whether they posed a danger.
• Steve and Bucky recalled how much the world had changed since their childhood and joked about their age.
• Bucky asked Steve whether he planned to marry Peggy or Sharon, and Steve admitted he had been avoiding the decision.
• Steve and Bucky fell silent as the nightmare brought their past memories into sharper focus.
• Tony found Steve and Bucky and ordered them to join the Avengers’ meeting, joking that he could replace them with Deadpool and Taskmaster.

Daisy and Carol asked Adjutant about the cosmic energy network spreading across the universe. Adjutant explained that it was part of Deathstroke’s final-battle plan, while revealing that Deathstroke had vanished into Mystery and keeping the enemy’s identity secret.

• Daisy and Carol ignored the Avengers’ meeting and discussed the strange energy lines visible from the S.W.O.R.D. station.
• Daisy and Carol contacted Adjutant, who said Deathstroke had gone into Mystery and temporarily lost contact.
• Adjutant explained that the energy network connected Earth to the Chaos Dimension and did not physically overlap with Earth.
• Carol and Daisy asked to join the fight, but Adjutant said the target was classified and suggested they contact Scarlet Witch or Magik.

Daisy realized the Adjutant’s talk of a funeral sacrifice concerned Gin’s plans for the Sheriff, but the Adjutant assured her he would survive. Meanwhile, Su Ming and Deadpool inspected the remains of their enemies, and Deadpool celebrated his fight by turning their heads into a keepsake.

• Daisy asked why the Adjutant had mentioned a funeral sacrifice and whether the Sheriff’s enemy was unusually powerful.
• The Adjutant explained Asgardian funeral and shield-maiden customs, then told Daisy not to worry because the Sheriff would find a way to survive.
• Daisy went to talk with Gin, while Carol stayed at her post and asked the Adjutant to tell her about Deathstroke in another multiverse.
• Deadpool showed Su Ming a necklace made from the heads of the slain skinsuits, including versions of Darkseid, Perpetua, Machine Head, and Deathstroke.
• Deadpool pocketed the heads and asked Su Ming whether his performance had earned five hundred points.

Su Ming, Deadpool, and Black Mouse crossed a spatially disordered maze as Mouse explained how perspective could overcome it. Mouse warned them that CAAT was trapped between Mystery and reality, while the group discussed using Lucifer to keep it occupied and preparing to deal with TOBA.

• Su Ming asked Black Mouse to lead them through the chaotic employee break room, and Mouse used dimensional descent to guide them straight through it.
• Mouse explained the importance of perspective, while Deadpool misunderstood his lesson and joked about VR videos.
• Su Ming asked whether TOBA existed differently than he had expected, and Mouse told him to think of TOBA as TOAA's shadow.
• Su Ming lit Mouse's cigarette and considered how to provoke TOBA into attacking him.
• Deadpool proposed relying on Lucifer to hold CAAT at bay, and Mouse agreed the plan had merit but warned them about dealing with the devil.
• Deadpool claimed Lucifer was obsessed with Su Ming and that this gave them an advantage.

Su Ming, Deadpool, and Mouse entered the Abyss to confront TOBA, whose emotional influence stirred Su Ming’s anger. Deadpool’s taunts drew TOBA out, and the chapter ended with its enormous face descending from the blood-red sky.

• Mouse opened the door to TOBA’s realm, and Su Ming and Deadpool followed him into the scorched Abyss.
• Su Ming felt anger and other disturbing emotions rise as they sensed TOBA’s influence.
• Mouse pointed out TOBA’s location, and Su Ming told Deadpool to taunt it into appearing.
• Deadpool used a loudspeaker to insult TOBA, and Su Ming teased him for mixing Chinese wordplay into his curses.
• TOBA appeared as the sky turned blood-red, and Su Ming thought its face resembled the Molten Giant from League of Legends.

Su Ming and Deadpool prepared to confront TOBA in the Abyss, while the giant entity fixated on Black Mouse. They launched themselves toward TOBA’s mouth, leaving their plan’s outcome uncertain.

• Su Ming sensed that TOBA’s cloud-formed face hated him, but realized it was focused on Black Mouse and seemed hesitant to act.
• Su Ming warned Deadpool not to hate TOBA, and Deadpool said he would treat the encounter as a job rather than form an emotional connection.
• Su Ming and Deadpool discussed the danger of TOBA’s influence and joked about Hulk and Dr. Banner before agreeing to carry out Su Ming’s plan.
• Su Ming and Deadpool grabbed Black Mouse by the arms and told him that TOBA was his enemy.
• Cloak took Su Ming, Deadpool, and Black Mouse at Speed Force-boosted speed into TOBA’s enormous mouth.

After TOBA and Abyss vanished, Deathstroke decided to restore the broken balance by creating a new One Below All himself, while Mouse watched and Deadpool offered commentary. Deathstroke began painting a beautiful woman, though Deadpool hoped he would leave her unclothed.

• Deathstroke and Deadpool fed Mouse to TOBA, causing TOBA to vanish and Abyss to fall silent.
• Mouse told Deathstroke that killing TOBA had broken an important balance in the power system.
• Deathstroke rejected the old plan to use TOBA against CAAT and decided to create a replacement embodiment of Hate.
• Mouse explained that love and Hate could transform into one another, while Deathstroke chose to create the new One Below All without relying on Mouse or strengthening TOAA.
• Deathstroke used the Origin Codex and his multicolored blood to paint the new One Below All, as Deadpool watched and asked him not to paint her clothes.

Su Ming wondered whether Black Mouse had anticipated the victory, while Harley and Batwoman saw signs that the Anti-Everything had vanished from the Ninth Cosmos. Harley summoned the Time Ship Waverider to help them escape as the Timeline continued to change.

• Su Ming suspected Black Mouse had knowingly played along with the plan to defeat The One Below All and understood what would happen afterward.
• Harley noticed that the Thought Bubble and the giant death symbol had disappeared from the sky, and told Batwoman the Anti-Everything was gone.
• Batwoman cautiously examined the sky while Harley urged her to prepare to leave before the Firmament disappeared.
• Harley called for help, and the Time Ship Waverider appeared above the city despite the planet's defensive shield.
• Harley explained that the Waverider crew could rescue them regardless of the Timeline and began packing supplies.

Sara Lance arrived to take Harley away from Gotham and discussed her troubles with the demon Malus. Harley suggested asking Beelzebub or Maze to stop Malus before he emerged on the original Timeline, and Sara welcomed the idea.

• Sara climbed through the window, greeted Harley, and noticed Batwoman hiding in the room.
• Sara explained that Malus had pursued her across the Future Timeline and could not be killed outside Hell.
• Harley suggested having Beelzebub or Maze eliminate Malus before he became a threat.
• Sara thanked Harley and praised Slade as a good man, while Little Sugar Bean laughed.

Harley, Batwoman, and Sara prepared to leave as Pal Ai refused to abandon her people, while Deathstroke created a new One Below All. The group departed without Pal, and Deadpool objected to the new entity’s appearance.

• Sara asked why Slade was absent, and Harley explained that he had left on another mission that day.
• Harley urged Pal Ai to board the Waverider, but Pal refused because she had promised to protect her planet and its people.
• Pal Ai gave the departing group food and drinks and asked them to leave quickly without telling Deathstroke about her.
• Batwoman took Harley through a window toward the spaceship, and Sara followed after saying goodbye to Pal Ai.
• Deathstroke created a new TOBA using the Origin Codex, and Deadpool complained about how she looked.

Su Ming created a bird-bodied Concept Entity to restore balance in the Abyss, and Black Mouse confirmed the space was recovering. The group turned to the Crown Above All Things, but Black Mouse warned that they needed to understand its nature before confronting it, so Su Ming offered to help Black Mouse kill someone first.

• Su Ming created a beautiful, bird-bodied entity whose concepts of love and hate were intertwined, and she affectionately called him her enemy.
• Black Mouse praised Su Ming’s creation and observed that Ultimate Gamma was reviving as the Abyss’s hostility toward the group faded.
• Su Ming said he was reluctant to fight the Crown Above All Things on the reality level because of the risk of collateral damage.
• Deadpool asked Black Mouse what the Crown Above All Things was, but Black Mouse cautioned that they needed to understand its essence before confronting it.
• Su Ming offered to help Black Mouse kill someone in return for his help, and Black Mouse agreed to the proposed change of focus.

Mouse used a television remote to take Deathstroke and Deadpool out of the Abyss and into a cheerful dream kingdom. He brought them to his Wonder House, where they settled in as a tea service began.

• The Little Red Bird continued growing stronger as it flew through the sky, while Mouse and the mercenaries discussed how to describe killing a target.
• Mouse used a remote to summon a rainbow slide and carried himself, Deathstroke, and Deadpool away from the Abyss.
• The three traveled through a pink dream kingdom filled with playing children, cartoon scenery, and snacks.
• Mouse led Deathstroke and Deadpool into his villa, where the lights and fireplace turned on and animated teaware began serving tea.

Su Ming and Deadpool accepted Mouse’s request to stop a film casting he found intolerable, then entered the forest of Charcoal Princess to pursue their mission. Su Ming chose to investigate the story’s setting and target the seven Little Dwarves first.

• Mouse summoned maid-costumed hens to feed Deadpool pastries, leaving him shrieking as they stuffed food into his mouth.
• Su Ming understood Mouse’s complaint about casting an African native as a snow-white, black-haired storybook beauty and agreed to intervene before the film was made.
• After waiting about half an hour, Su Ming and a feather-covered Deadpool passed through a glowing door into a dense forest.
• Su Ming had Strangle build a cabin while he and Deadpool discussed their mission and the unknown progress of Charcoal Princess’s story.
• Su Ming decided to find and deal with the seven Little Dwarves rather than finish the mission remotely, hoping to explore the forest and understand CAAT.

Su Ming and Deadpool traveled through the forest toward the Dwarves’ home, while Su Ming hoped killing them might reveal the opportunity he needed to defeat CAAT. They spotted a crude house by the river and continued toward it.

• Su Ming decided to kill the seven Dwarves and considered hunting bears or deer afterward.
• Deadpool followed Su Ming through the forest and joked with the Nonexistent Audience during his livestream.
• Su Ming told Deadpool that he felt confident about defeating CAAT but still lacked the opportunity, which Black Mouse had hinted at.
• Deadpool guessed that Su Ming was trying to provoke inspiration by killing people and disrupting the original story.
• Su Ming followed the stream toward the Dwarves’ home and pointed out a large house two kilometers ahead.
• Deadpool called the house a crude shack and said the Dwarves should be killed for wasting good timber.

Su Ming and Deadpool reached the Dwarves’ shack and killed the lone cook, only to discover he was a human Gnome pretending to be a dwarf. They prepared to deal with the remaining six, while Su Ming questioned whether they should continue killing them.

• Su Ming and Deadpool found one figure cooking alone in the shack while the other six were away.
• Su Ming silently attacked the cook, forcing his head into a pot of boiling soup until he stopped moving.
• Deadpool praised the killing method and put on the victim’s fallen triangular hat.
• Su Ming had Strangle dismantle the body and noticed the house’s unusually tall beams and human-sized furniture.
• Strangle discovered the victim was a human Gnome, and Su Ming blamed him for pretending to be a dwarf.
• Deadpool asked whether they would kill the other six, offering to do it if Su Ming did not want to.

Su Ming and Deadpool explored the altered Little Dwarves’ house and planned to watch the survivors react to their meat soup. At the castle, the Queen asked her pitch-black Magic Mirror who was fairest and decided to hire a Hunter to kill Snow White.

• Su Ming told Wade he had enjoyed killing the Gnome with his bare hands and noted that the other supposed Little Dwarves seemed to be normal-sized adults.
• Wade described the six adults’ traits, and Su Ming mocked the politically correct group before suggesting they hide in the woods and watch the survivors eat.
• Su Ming planted a modified Claymore Mine at the bedroom door before he and Wade headed into the woods.
• The Queen asked the Magic Mirror who was the most beautiful, and it showed only darkness while Snow White slept in a dark room.
• After Snow White’s eyes and teeth appeared in the mirror, the Queen decided to hire a Hunter to bring her heart so she could drink it with wine.

Su Ming and Deadpool watched the Seven Dwarves eat soup made from their missing friend while Su Ming tested how the story’s protagonist and supporting characters were recorded by the Origin Codex. After the dwarves went to nap, Su Ming’s trap destroyed their house in a massive explosion.

• The six surviving Dwarves returned to their forest house with a huge tree while Su Ming and Deadpool watched from hiding.
• Su Ming confirmed that the Dwarves had not found their missing friend, whose meat Strangle had cooked in their soup.
• Su Ming explained to Deadpool that the Charcoal Princess was the story’s protagonist and that his words to the Dwarves appeared in the Origin Codex as an important turning point.
• The Dwarves ate the soup, saved a serving for their missing friend, and went into the bedroom to nap.
• A massive explosion destroyed the house and sent a mushroom cloud into the sky.

Su Ming and Deadpool tested an improved nuclear mine on the seven people in the crater and confirmed that the blast had destroyed them body and soul. They headed off to target the Charcoal Princess for the Queen, with Deadpool disguising himself as a Hunter.

• Su Ming detonated an improved nuclear mine, flattening the woods and reducing the six people and the one in the cauldron to ashes.
• Deadpool questioned the weapon’s power and worried about its radiation, while Su Ming explained that it was a New Element bomb developed by Howard.
• Su Ming inspected the crater and sensed no lingering souls, concluding that all seven had been completely annihilated.
• Deadpool suggested going after the Charcoal Princess, and Su Ming agreed to take the Queen’s commission as well.
• Deadpool put on a red Robin Hood-style hat and prepared to pose as a Hunter while they went to see the Queen.