Chapter Summaries

Su Ming explained that Green Arrow would be upgraded with powerful sinful artifacts so he could exploit The Batman Who Laughs’s disregard for him. He led Oliver, Diana, and Green Arrow toward Blood Field to obtain the Sin Money Necklace, the first part of a plan to arm Oliver for the coming conflict.

• Green Arrow overcame his doubts after Su Ming explained how The Batman Who Laughs’s underestimation of him could provide an advantage.
• Su Ming reasoned that The Batman Who Laughs wanted to defeat Batwoman as Bruce Wayne and would likely keep potential witnesses alive until then.
• Su Ming said Joker’s unpredictability could disrupt The Batman Who Laughs’s plan and noted that Hal was helping repair the Source Wall with several Lantern Corps.
• Su Ming opened a Teleportation Portal and told Green Arrow they would strengthen him to +15, beginning with the Sin Money Necklace at Blood Field.
• Su Ming explained that The Phantom Stranger was Judas and that his necklace contained immense sin and granted powerful heavenly and magical abilities.
• Su Ming outlined plans to obtain The Question’s Key to Eden and Pandora’s Pandora’s Box, combining the artifacts into a Guilty Trinity Set for Green Arrow.

Su Ming went to Judas’s grave with Diana and Green Arrow to summon The Stranger and negotiate for his help against The Batman Who Laughs. After The Stranger appeared and tried to leave, Su Ming captured and beat him, while Green Arrow took the Stranger’s necklace.

• Su Ming explained that Blood Field was Judas’s burial ground and described The Stranger’s past and weaknesses to Diana and Green Arrow.
• Su Ming blew up Judas’s grave, but The Stranger did not appear, so he chanted a Buddhist rebirth mantra over the grave to provoke him.
• The Stranger appeared and ordered the group to leave, then restored his graveyard and tried to walk away when Su Ming said he had come to negotiate.
• Su Ming used Cloak to restrain The Stranger and Strangle to hang him from a tree, then tore off his necklace and gave it to Green Arrow.
• Su Ming transformed Godslayer into a frying pan and beat The Stranger until he lay motionless, then told the others to move on.

Su Ming, Oliver, and Diana sought The Question’s key while Oliver tested the Sin Money Necklace’s powers. Oliver’s prophecy revealed Batwoman crying, and Diana returned with The Question’s location: Chicago.

• Su Ming brought Oliver and Diana to ARGUS’s Detroit headquarters, where Diana asked Amanda for The Question’s contact information.
• While waiting, Oliver tested the necklace’s teleportation and mind-reading powers on ARGUS soldiers.
• Su Ming urged Oliver to try the Prophecy Spell, and Oliver foresaw Batwoman crying beneath her mask.
• Diana returned with The Question’s phone number and the information that he was in Chicago.
• Su Ming opened a Teleportation Portal to Chicago.

Su Ming, Diana, and Oliver searched a Chicago phone book for the Question’s address and found his Mr. Thirteen Detective Agency. They reached the run-down apartment building where it was located, ready to investigate.

• Su Ming, Diana, and Oliver broke into a telecom company and searched its Yellow Pages for the Question’s listing.
• Su Ming discussed Oliver’s potential future as the Justice League’s magical archer and thanked him for his help.
• Diana found the listing for Mr. Thirteen Detective Agency and identified it as the Question’s business.
• Su Ming, Diana, and Oliver traveled through Chicago by horse, flight, and teleportation.
• The three arrived at the second floor of a run-down apartment building beneath the agency’s crooked sign.

Su Ming, Wonder Woman, and Green Arrow negotiated with The Question for the Golden Light key needed to reach Pandora’s Box. The Question gave it to them after securing money from Oliver and a promise from Diana to find him a girlfriend, and Su Ming left confident the League could save the world.

• Su Ming entered The Question’s alcohol-soaked detective agency with Diana and Green Arrow and proposed a deal.
• Su Ming offered The Question a selection of liquor in exchange for the key he held.
• The Question recognized Su Ming’s knowledge of Heaven’s manipulation and agreed to trade the key for liquor and additional conditions.
• Oliver agreed to give The Question money, and Diana promised to introduce him to a girlfriend.
• The Question handed over the Golden Light key, which Su Ming tossed to Green Arrow.
• The Question warned them about the significance of the Three Sins and the box, while Su Ming said he understood and departed.

Su Ming, Diana, and Oliver traveled to Limbo to find Constantine and enlist his magical help, while Diana planned to introduce The Question to General Philippus. They reached the House of Mystery and forced Constantine to let them in, where Su Ming revealed himself as Deathstroke.

• The narration recounted Pandora opening the skull-shaped Pandora's Box, releasing the Seven Deadly Sins, and later recovering it after the Trinity War and Crime Syndicate's invasion.
• Diana said she planned to introduce The Question to General Philippus, and Su Ming agreed they seemed suitable.
• Su Ming brought Diana and Oliver through Limbo toward the House of Mystery, explaining that he needed Constantine's help finding someone.
• Diana joined Su Ming in pounding on the House of Mystery's door and accused Constantine of deceiving Little Zatanna.
• Constantine opened the door, recognized Diana and Oliver, and called Su Ming Zorro.
• Su Ming dragged Constantine inside, transformed into Deathstroke, and left Constantine gasping for air as the House of Mystery's ghosts laughed.

Su Ming confronted Constantine at the House of Mystery and pressured him into helping locate Pandora, the greatest sinner. Constantine agreed to devise a method, while Su Ming made the Cloak of Levitation follow him so he could not escape.

• Su Ming brought Constantine into the reception room and accused him of selling his butler to Hell; Constantine admitted he had left the butler to handle a crisis alone.
• When Constantine denied knowing how to help with The Totality and the Legion of Doom, Su Ming said he needed help finding Pandora instead.
• Constantine refused to use magic to investigate Pandora, fearing God's reaction, and Su Ming threatened him with Godslayer while Diana watched approvingly.
• Constantine agreed to help after Su Ming and Diana intimidated him, then promised he had a plan.
• Su Ming released Constantine but ordered the Cloak of Levitation to follow him, while Constantine kept his knowledge of The Totality to himself.

Constantine summoned Wrath so Su Ming could use the demon’s connection to Pandora’s Box to locate it. Su Ming proved strong enough to break Wrath’s arm, but Wrath’s fury turned back toward Constantine, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Su Ming pressured Constantine into drawing a summoning circle and sent Green Arrow to gather the required materials.
• Constantine summoned Wrath, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and Su Ming told Diana he would handle the demon.
• Wrath charged at Constantine, but Su Ming intercepted him and carved a Z into his chest.
• Su Ming exchanged a punch with Wrath and broke the demon’s arm, prompting Wrath to recognize his strength.
• Wrath complained about the sacrifice Constantine had used, and Constantine insulted him until he grew furious again.
• Su Ming stepped aside as Wrath turned to chase Constantine.

The Justice League traveled aboard a refitted submarine to the Source Wall, hoping to repair the breach despite the Lantern Corps’ limited progress. As the heroes arrived, Hawkgirl felt an unsettling connection to the Wall, while M'gann teased J'onn about his growing closeness with her.

• Barry piloted the converted Javelin toward the Source Wall while Clark and the other heroes endured the unstable journey.
• Kyle Rayner told Starman that the five Lantern Corps had held back the escaped Colossi but had failed to repair the breach, which the Totality had widened.
• The Justice League reached the Source Wall, and its immense presence disturbed the heroes as they prepared to attempt Starman's plan.
• Hawkgirl told J'onn that her soul felt as though it were boiling while she stared at the Wall.
• M'gann interrupted J'onn and Hawkgirl's telepathic conversation, apologized for intruding, and teased them about their relationship.
• Hawkgirl glared at J'onn and walked away after noticing M'gann's suggestive look.

Starman coordinated the Justice League, Lantern Corps, New Gods, Guardians, and Thanagarians in bringing the three remaining Omega Titans to the Source Wall to seal its breaches. After the Titans filled most of the damage, an unsealed humanoid crack remained, and Hawkgirl flew toward it as Cindy watched from the ship.

• Starman left the ship, opened a portal, and summoned Wonder with Highfather and the New Gods to help repair the Source Wall.
• The Green Lantern Corps dragged Wonder into a breach, while the Guardians arrived with Knowledge.
• Deathstroke refused to help without payment, and J'onn left the ship with Hawkgirl and M'gann while Cindy stayed behind.
• Hy'siarra used Thanagar's fleet to lure Mystery into a trap, and the Lantern Corps captured it.
• The three Titans were bound into the Source Wall, but a bright humanoid crack remained because Entropy had been destroyed.
• Hawkgirl flew toward the remaining crack as Cindy moved to the window to see what would happen.

Hawkgirl prepared to sacrifice herself to seal the Source Wall, while J'onn gave her a mental refuge and revealed his feelings through his actions. Brainiac and Luthor ambushed the Justice League with a vast fleet, leaving Superman weakened and The Totality dangerously alive as the battle descended into chaos.

• Starman's plan revealed that Kendra's Nth Metal wings could guide her to the Source Wall, where she would become a statue sealing its breach.
• Kendra chose to sacrifice herself, and J'onn showed her a mental world built from the landscapes she had loved across her lives.
• Kendra kissed J'onn, but he interrupted their farewell to warn that Brainiac's skull-shaped fleet had arrived.
• Brainiac's ships attacked the Lanterns and the Justice League, trapping them between the fleet and the Colossi emerging from the Source Wall.
• Superman struck Brainiac's flagship and was weakened by Kryptonite Ceramic Armor created by Luthor.
• Luthor and Brainiac watched The Totality throb with energy as Brainiac relied on explosive ships that would create miniature suns and keep J'onn away.

Brainiac and Lex Luthor’s intervention caused Starman to surrender Perpetua’s energy to the Totality, awakening Perpetua before the heroes could activate the Source Wall. As the New Gods vanished and the Source Wall began to explode, the multiverse faced imminent destruction.

• Hal took command of the battle and sent Starman and Kendra to the Source Wall to carry out their plan.
• Starman drew entropy energy from Kendra, but Brainiac’s control device made him send Perpetua’s energy into the Skull Mothership and drained his power.
• The Totality awakened Perpetua, whose eyes appeared through the Source Wall and terrified everyone present.
• John rescued the powerless Starman as Brainiac’s fleet fled and the heroes realized their plan had failed.
• Perpetua’s awakening caused Highfather and the other New Gods to vanish, while Ganthet warned the Lanterns that the Source Wall was about to explode.

The Justice League’s plan to stabilize the Source Wall failed, and its collapse began as Su Ming dealt with the Seven Deadly Sins. After learning from Cindy that the crisis had worsened, Su Ming warned that Perpetua would soon awaken and defended Batwoman’s choice to return to Gotham.

• Luthor and Brainiac escaped after leaving the Source Wall unstable, and Hawkgirl became trapped while trying to absorb its energy.
• J'onn and Superman pulled Kendra free as the Source Wall shattered, sending a catastrophic ripple across the multiverse.
• Darkseid felt the tremor in the Spectre Sector and prepared to begin his plan, while Bobo sensed that something had gone wrong at the Rock of Eternity.
• Su Ming subdued Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Envy, and Lust, while Gluttony became distracted by a mountain of food.
• The Tenth Metal carried Cindy’s message to Su Ming, who learned that the Justice League’s plan had failed and Perpetua’s awakening was approaching.
• Su Ming told Diana that Batwoman had wisely returned to Gotham to deal with the Joker, then redirected Diana’s questions toward Oliver.

Su Ming and Constantine sought Satan’s help in finding Pandora, while Satan revealed that he had a way to survive the Multiverse’s destruction. The chapter ended with Satan accepting Constantine’s offer of the Seven Deadly Sins and information about Gotham in exchange for helping capture Pandora.

• Diana questioned Oliver about Batwoman’s attack on the Joker and concluded that Oliver had grown strong enough to resist the Lasso of Truth.
• Su Ming and Constantine discussed the soul-shaking tremor, and Su Ming asked Constantine to locate Pandora while he dealt with The Batman Who Laughs.
• Constantine summoned Satan, who said the Multiverse had at most one month left and hinted that the Unlight Sea could provide a way out.
• Satan recognized Su Ming and warned that he would collect on their contract for The Devastator after the Multiverse was destroyed.
• Constantine offered Satan the Seven Deadly Sins in exchange for help capturing Pandora, then added information about people in Gotham falling into Despair.
• Satan accepted Constantine’s deal.

Su Ming and Diana secured Pandora after Satan delivered her, while the Source Wall’s destruction made clear that the multiverse was in danger. In Gotham, Joker revealed that he had captured Batgirl and the Trench Coat Fighter and forced Batwoman to choose which one would live.

• Satan delivered the injured Pandora after Constantine and Su Ming completed their deal, then both Satan and Constantine left.
• Diana tried to persuade Pandora to hand over Pandora’s Box, but Su Ming took over and explained that the multiverse needed it because the Source Wall had shattered.
• Pandora questioned what the Source Wall was, and Su Ming prepared to return to Earth with Diana.
• In Gotham, Batwoman confronted Joker after the cosmic shockwave froze him briefly, and he taunted her about Luthor and the choices she had faced during his game.
• Joker showed Batwoman that Batgirl and the Trench Coat Fighter were trapped, then asked her which one she would choose to save.

Batwoman faced the Joker’s deadly games while Harley Quinn and Damian found and destroyed one of his hidden cameras. Su Ming arrived in Gotham with Diana and Pandora, saw an explosion in the park, and sent Green Arrow ahead to investigate.

• Batwoman tried to stall the Joker and secretly told Alfred to arrange Barbara’s rescue, but Harley and Damian appeared on the camera feed and destroyed it.
• The Joker laughed at Harley’s mockery, then triggered an explosion and claimed Barbara had been electrocuted; he discovered Trench Coat Fighter had escaped and believed Barbara was dead.
• Batwoman resisted the Joker’s attempt to make her imagine choosing Barbara’s life over a stranger’s and resolved to capture him.
• Su Ming returned to Gotham with Diana and Pandora, noticed a large explosion in the park, and sent Green Arrow ahead.
• Su Ming and Diana flew toward the park, where they saw Harley and a group gathered around a huge crater.

Green Arrow arrived at the park after the group rescued Barbara from the explosives, while Harley and Damian used the Joker’s camera to draw him out. Sharice and Barbara resumed their argument over killing criminals as the group prepared for another clash.

• Green Arrow recognized the Teen Titans and the Shame Squad at the crater and approached them.
• Harley, Damian, Sharice, and the others agreed to pursue the Joker, with Damian hoping to capture him rather than kill him.
• Harley led the group to the park, where they found Barbara trapped in a pile of explosives and a Joker doll containing a camera.
• Harley and Damian provoked the Joker through the camera while Ivy used a giant plant to swallow the explosives and spit them onto a nearby road.
• After the explosives detonated, Sharice mocked Barbara and challenged her no-kill principles, beginning another argument.

Wonder Woman, Su Ming, and their allies split up to pursue separate objectives in Gotham, while Batwoman raced through the sewers to rescue Catwoman from Joker’s deadly game. The chapter ended with Batwoman confronting Bane and firing rubber rounds at him from the Bat-plane.

• Harley arrived with Poison Ivy and joined Diana, while Su Ming explained that they needed to deal with The Batman Who Laughs and free Batwoman.
• Su Ming sent Harley to lead the main group and took Diana and Green Arrow on a separate mission; Barbara stayed behind after Su Ming reassured her that Fallen Knight wanted to kill her personally.
• Batwoman hurried through the sewers to reach Catwoman, whom Joker had trapped with a collar that could explode if her heartbeat changed too much.
• Batwoman blasted through a manhole, boarded the Bat-plane, and flew to the location Joker had named.
• Bane waited at the destination and challenged Batwoman, who fired rubber rounds at him from the Bat-plane.

Batwoman pursued Bane into a subway station while the Legion of Doom secured Perpetua and escaped the Justice League. After the Source Wall’s destruction devastated the universe, the Justice League’s allies abandoned them, leaving the heroes to return to Earth and seek Batwoman’s backup plan.

• Batwoman followed Bane into the subway station, where she had to defeat him to reach Catwoman.
• Brainiac, Luthor, and Sinestro admired Perpetua’s physical form inside the Fortress of Eternity, then jumped to a new location.
• The Justice League regrouped after the Source Wall’s destruction, and Hy'siarra led the surviving Thanagarian fleet away in anger.
• The Red Lantern Corps confronted the Green Lanterns before departing, and the Blue, Indigo, and Violet Lantern Corps also left.
• Ganthet ordered Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, and John Stewart to keep their friends on Earth, then took the Green Lantern Corps back to Oa.
• The Justice League decided to return to Earth and look for Batwoman’s backup plan, while agreeing Starman should not plan their next move.

Su Ming, Diana, and Green Arrow deduced that The Batman Who Laughs was using bombings to lure Batwoman while Joker trapped her with a different game, then went to the Penguin for information about Gotham’s weapons. They arrived at the Iceberg Lounge and found its entrance smashed and the place eerily silent.

• Cindy decided to keep Jane Doe alive and secretly negotiate with her, while Su Ming speculated that Joker’s game would exploit Batwoman’s expectations with familiar challenges followed by a sudden new trap.
• Su Ming sent Pandora to the Rock of Eternity, but the group found Pandora’s Box empty after opening it to search for Hope.
• Su Ming, Diana, and Green Arrow reasoned that the citywide bombings used waterproof explosives brought from the Dark Multiverse to draw Batwoman away from Joker.
• Su Ming proposed asking the Penguin about Gotham’s weapons trade, and the three teleported to the Iceberg Lounge.
• Su Ming led Diana and Green Arrow into the Iceberg Lounge after they found its entrance smashed and the place silent.