Chapter Summaries

Su Ming injected himself with Venom and used its fear to amplify his Yellow Lantern Ring, transforming it into a Triple Ring. He blew the storm clouds away from the city, while the ring urged him to seize control of the Lantern Corps.

• Su Ming asked Oliver where Scarecrow was and learned that Scarecrow had escaped Arkham during the flood and planned to meet Luthor.
• Su Ming injected more than a dozen syringes of Venom, explaining that his willpower let him resist its effects.
• Su Ming warned the others to find somewhere secure, then withdrew his willpower and invoked his Yellow Lantern Ring.
• Su Ming intensified his fear and used the Red Lantern, White Lantern, Invisible Spectrum, and Tenth Metal to repair and evolve the ring into a Triple Ring.
• Su Ming rejected the ring's demand to seize control of the Lantern Corps and formed a gigantic fan that blew the clouds out to sea.

Su Ming planned to find The Batman Who Laughs by tracking the demon behind his power and sought help from Lucifer, while Superman returned to Gotham and met Batwoman in the sewers. Batwoman began a serious discussion with Superman about whether helping others was always the right choice.

• Su Ming decided to track the demon empowering The Batman Who Laughs and rejected Diana's suggestions to seek help from Shadowpact or Zatanna.
• Su Ming proposed asking a Hell Lord who owed him a favor for help, then reunited with Barry and the others and opened a portal to Lucifer's Hell Plane.
• Superman returned to the base, greeted J'onn, and learned Batwoman was waiting for him in the sewers.
• Superman found Batwoman working at a device, and she began explaining why helping others was not always the right choice.

Superman and Batwoman argued over whether heroes should help with problems people could handle themselves, as Batwoman warned that their interventions were weakening human responsibility. After debating their differing views of justice, they joined J'onn to gather nearby Justice League and Justice Society members.

• Superman asked Batwoman about The Batman Who Laughs, and Batwoman said Deathstroke had gone after him with Diana, Barry, Arthur, and Oliver.
• Superman defended helping anyone in need, while Batwoman argued that repeated rescues could make people dependent and resentful.
• Batwoman accused Superman and Barry of undermining municipal workers and firefighters by solving problems for them, and Superman said he would be more mindful but would still save lives.
• Superman and Batwoman disagreed about whether justice should save people regardless of whether they were good or bad.
• Superman was surprised when Batwoman laughed, and Batwoman blamed it on spending time around Deathstroke.
• Batwoman told J'onn to summon every nearby Justice League and Justice Society member to Metropolis so they could concentrate their forces.

Su Ming and his companions fought through Heaven’s massive assault on Hell and advanced toward Black Stone Castle, with Thomas using a powerful rifle Su Ming lent him. Su Ming realized Bruce had trusted them to deal with The Batman Who Laughs without a backup plan and hurried onward, fearing Batwoman might lose control.

• Su Ming and the others emerged from the Teleportation Portal into a battle between Heaven’s angels and Hell’s forces, then fought their way toward Black Stone Castle.
• Arthur led the charge, Diana guarded the rear, and Barry and Green Arrow protected Thomas while Su Ming covered the group against powerful angels.
• Su Ming lent Thomas a God Metal Gauss rifle, and Thomas used it to shoot down angels as they advanced.
• Diana recognized Vulcan’s craftsmanship in the rifle and wondered why the god had made such an exquisite weapon for Su Ming.
• Su Ming realized Bruce had not followed them or arranged a backup plan, suggesting Batwoman trusted them to face The Batman Who Laughs.
• Worried that Batwoman might lose control, Su Ming decided he needed to catch up with him quickly.

Su Ming persuaded Mazikeen to leave Hell and help him search the Main World for a Demon Batman, while the Eternal War continued around Black Stone Castle. Mazikeen agreed to go, leaving Asmodeus in charge of receiving Izanami-no-Mikoto’s reinforcements and keeping the battle from failing.

• Mazikeen defended Black Stone Castle from attacking angels as Su Ming asked her to accompany him to the Main World.
• Su Ming revealed that Mazikeen had secured Izanami-no-Mikoto’s reinforcements by bargaining over her son Takehiko’s future domain.
• Su Ming invoked his debt, Death’s mission, and Mazikeen’s vulnerabilities until she agreed to help him.
• Su Ming summoned Asmodeus, mocked his true form, and learned that the demon belonged to Mazikeen along with the Seven Deadly Sins.
• Mazikeen ordered Asmodeus to join forces with Izanami-no-Mikoto’s arriving troops and protect the Eternal War before she left with Su Ming.

Batwoman prepared the Justice League for a risky plan to counter Luthor and Perpetua, while Superman was tasked with staging a prophecy’s apocalyptic scene. In Gotham, Su Ming and Diana brought Mazikeen to investigate the city’s dark energy, but she demanded living people before helping.

• Batwoman told J'onn she suspected Luthor had manipulated their actions at the Source Wall and warned that the Justice League needed to act before the truth reached the public.
• Batwoman rejected revealing the crisis to the world and insisted the League first had to defeat the Legion of Doom and Perpetua; J'onn agreed to prepare equipment.
• Batwoman told Superman to demolish buildings she had bought and recreate the ruined scene foretold by J'onn's Martian prophecy.
• Mazikeen arrived in Gotham with Su Ming and Diana and identified purple-black Negative Energy associated with Amber Gold in buildings altered by the Court of Owls.
• Mazikeen said she would delay helping until she had tasted living people, prompting Diana to confront her.

Su Ming persuaded Mazikeen to help find Lucifer by promising to locate him, then learned she needed filthy materials for the spell. He sent Oliver and Barry to Arkham to recruit Ratcatcher, leaving them to gather what she required.

• Su Ming stopped Diana from confronting Mazikeen and offered her Spicy Strips, but she refused and searched an explosion crater for fish.
• Su Ming warned Mazikeen that Lucifer was missing and vulnerable, convincing her to prepare a spell to find him and kill him.
• Mazikeen demanded decaying filth for the spell and offered to reveal how to track demons only if Su Ming slept with her, but he refused.
• Barry recoiled at the prospect of gathering filth, while Oliver considered possible sources in Gotham.
• Su Ming directed Oliver and Barry to Arkham to recruit Otis Flannegan, known as Ratcatcher, whose rat-controlling powers and knowledge of Gotham’s sewers made him suited to find the spell materials.

Damian monitored Gotham remotely and found a syringe Deathstroke had left behind, which contained concentrated Fear Toxin and traces of blood. He sent Wally to have the samples compared with his own DNA, insisting the results remain secret.

• The Teen Titans and Mera were overwhelmed by Atlanteans asking them questions about the surface exhibits while they rested at the amusement park.
• Billy spotted Deathstroke clearing clouds over Gotham on Brother Eye’s surveillance feed, and Damian noticed a syringe hidden in an alley.
• Damian persuaded Wally to retrieve the syringe by promising him new video games.
• Damian identified concentrated Fear Toxin on the syringe, collected its blood trace, and took a sample of his own blood.
• Damian asked Wally to get his aunt at STAR Labs to compare the DNA samples and made him promise to keep the samples and report secret.

Su Ming and Mazikeen opened a portal to a hidden tomb and confronted a demonized Batwoman, whom they identified as Demon Batman. Their group trapped him in the cramped chamber, but he continued fighting and looked for a way to break through.

• Damian explained why he trusted Wally to handle the DNA comparison while reserving judgment about the results.
• Su Ming and Mazikeen watched rats gather an offering at Grant Park, then Mazikeen used the burning offering to open a portal to Hell's destination.
• Su Ming's group entered the portal and found Demon Batman, while the Batman Who Laughs and Batman Owl were absent.
• Su Ming, Mazikeen, Diana, and Aquaman attacked Demon Batman as Green Arrow and another Batwoman supported them with ranged fire.
• Mazikeen unleashed her full power, and the group wounded and cornered Demon Batman in the hidden tomb.
• Demon Batman pinned his hopes on exploiting Aquaman's perceived weakness to escape.

Deathstroke and his allies fought Demon Batman, whom Su Ming identified as Gotham Nightmare, and drove him into the sky with the Upside-Down Man’s fireballs. The group regrouped at Knight Stadium, where Su Ming said two enemies still remained.

• Diana tried to ensnare Demon Batman with the Lasso of Truth while Su Ming attacked him and traded taunts with him.
• Demon Batman exploited Arthur’s pause to knock him through the ceiling and escape from the tomb beneath Knight Stadium.
• Su Ming revealed Thomas’s face to Gotham Nightmare, shocking the demon and exposing his escape route as part of Su Ming’s plan.
• The Upside-Down Man surrounded Gotham Nightmare with Magic Circles and launched a relentless barrage of fireballs that sent him soaring toward the sun.
• Oliver remarked on the unusual rocket launch, Arthur asked what Su Ming’s nod had meant, and Su Ming said two enemies remained.

Su Ming's team left Gotham Nightmare behind and planned to target Batman Owl, a mage connected to the Court of Owls. They traveled to a coastal hideout to investigate what the Court possessed and where Batman Owl might be.

• Su Ming took the team to the Gotham Police Department rooftop, confirmed that The Batman Who Laughs was not with Gotham Nightmare, and named Batman Owl as their next target.
• Su Ming assigned Green Arrow to interrupt Batman Owl's spells, asked Mazikeen to check whether Gotham Nightmare had died, and sent Barry to help Superman and J'onn after collecting information for him.
• Su Ming teleported the team to a derelict room near the coast and explained that the Court of Owls was a powerful cult with ties to Gotham's history.
• Su Ming and Green Arrow reasoned that The Batman Who Laughs had recruited Batman Owl for the Court's secrets, resources, and criminal connections.

Su Ming explained how Alan Wayne’s mystical building habits created hidden Twelfth-and-a-Half Floors that the Court of Owls used as Talon bases, then deduced Batman Owl’s location in Gotham. Prodigy confirmed the Shame Squad had found Mad Bat at one of Su Ming’s predicted sites, and the group prepared to go there.

• Su Ming told Thomas, Diana, and the others that Alan Wayne built interstitial floors to avoid the number thirteen, and that Talons could use them as concealed bases.
• Su Ming narrowed down Batman Owl’s likely hideout by considering the Court of Owls’ habit of taking over enemies’ nests and ruling out buildings Bruce had cleared.
• Su Ming contacted Prodigy, who confirmed that the Shame Squad had found Mad Bat at one of the suggested locations.
• Su Ming ended the call after seeing Prodigy touch up his makeup, then opened a Teleportation Portal for the group.
• Diana and Mazikeen joked with Oliver about where he should send any future children for their upbringing.

Su Ming met Sharice and her team near Wayne Tower after they searched Gotham for the person climbing its walls. He discussed the Court of Owls and Sharice’s vigilante methods before leading the team through a Teleportation Portal to attack Wayne Tower.

• Su Ming arrived at the rooftop and learned from Sharice that her team had searched Gotham and found someone climbing Wayne Tower’s outer wall.
• Sharice reported that the Court of Owls’ old meeting places were abandoned, and Su Ming explained that he knew which Gotham families belonged to the Court.
• Su Ming warned Sharice that their conversation might be monitored and learned that she had chosen a cross as her vigilante symbol after her family was murdered.
• Su Ming advised Sharice to charge for her work so people would value it, then gathered his team and opened the Teleportation Portal.
• Su Ming charged through the portal first as multicolored light erupted from Wayne Tower’s distant floors.

Su Ming and the Justice League confronted Batman Owl in Wayne Tower, but their attacks failed to kill him. Batman Owl explained that he had borrowed The Batman Who Laughs' power and saved his world from Barbatos by eliminating the dissenting Chi Hu and redirecting the God of Darkness toward other worlds.

• Su Ming emerged from a Teleportation Portal and struck the figure in Wayne Tower's hidden space with a Ten Power Ring Energy Cannon, apparently vaporizing Batman Owl.
• Batman Owl appeared unharmed through a Teleportation Portal, and Su Ming and Green Arrow attacked him with an Nth Metal arrow, tendrils, and a hammer.
• After Batman Owl reappeared again, Su Ming questioned him about his apparent immortality and learned that he had borrowed The Batman Who Laughs' power.
• Batman Owl said he had purged Chi Hu who opposed him and redirected Barbatos toward other worlds to keep his own world from being destroyed.

Su Ming questioned Match Malone, a Batman Owl who had become the God Among Men in his world, and rejected his offer of an alliance after deciding he was not trustworthy. In Death's Realm, Su Ming asked Death whether she would intervene against someone repeatedly rewinding their Timeline to escape death.

• Su Ming asked Batman Owl to explain his story, and Batman Owl introduced himself as Match Malone and described ruling alongside the Justice League.
• Batman Owl said he had helped The Batman Who Laughs find Bat-Metal and Amber Gold, then offered to ally with Su Ming against him.
• Su Ming rejected the offer, summoned the Upside-Down Man's Death's Realm, and said he had seen through Match Malone's revival trick.
• Death warned Su Ming that traveling to higher planes was dangerous, and Su Ming asked whether she would act against someone using magic to rewind their Timeline and escape death.

Su Ming killed Batman Owl by using Death to end his time-loop escape, leaving The Batman Who Laughs as their last enemy. After Mazikeen agreed to return to Hell and wait, Barry arrived with an urgent message.

• Su Ming explained that Batman Owl's time-loop spell had failed after Su Ming made a deal with Death, then had Strangle swallow Batman Owl and recovered his belongings.
• Diana proposed that the group find The Batman Who Laughs, but Mazikeen demanded that Su Ming come with her when he was finished.
• Su Ming warned Mazikeen against harming Green Arrow, citing the Judas's Silver Coins and their holy blood, and persuaded her to return to Hell.
• Mazikeen opened a lava pool and left for Hell after Su Ming gave her the torture-device blueprints Barry had found.
• Su Ming rested and shared liquor with the others, but Barry suddenly appeared amid crackling lightning with an urgent message.

Barry summoned the Justice League to a meeting while Su Ming and Thomas stayed behind to handle the Batman Who Laughs. At Metropolis, Batwoman staged a scene of nuclear winter and urged the League to take risks before Luthor could prepare for them.

• Barry told Su Ming that J'onn had called the Justice League back for a meeting, and Su Ming agreed to stay behind with Thomas.
• Thomas said he had let Bruce go and had fulfilled his wish to see his son, but Su Ming challenged him not to give up and described himself as the League's insurance against possible threats.
• Diana, Green Arrow, and the others arrived at the Justice League's temporary base in Metropolis, where Batwoman had arranged a simulated nuclear-winter scene.
• Batwoman warned that Luthor might be monitoring events in Gotham and said the League had to act before he could prepare.
• Batwoman said the League's earlier judgments about The Totality, the Door Handle of Destruction, and the seven kinds of Dark Power of Creation had been wrong, so they needed to take risks to save the world.

Batwoman’s plan to lure Mister Mxyzptlk to Metropolis and trap him in a repaired Black Diamond cage appeared to succeed. But as the Justice League gathered around the captive imp, he unleashed his power and twisted the city.

• Superman joined the Justice League, and Batwoman explained her plan to use Mister Mxyzptlk’s rivalry with Clark to turn him against Luthor and the others.
• Batwoman said J’onn would amplify a psychic signal with Starman’s remaining power from Perpetua’s dimension to lure Mister Mxyzptlk, while the Black Diamond cage would hold him.
• J’onn sent the signal, and Mister Mxyzptlk arrived in Metropolis and was drawn into the cage.
• The Justice League surrounded Mister Mxyzptlk, who recognized their real names and mocked their belief that the cage could restrain him.
• Mister Mxyzptlk activated his power, twisting all of Metropolis like a funhouse mirror.

Mister Mxyzptlk transformed Metropolis and battled the Justice League until Batwoman and J'onn used a mental attack to disable his powers. Trapped in the cage, he admitted he already knew about the multiverse’s trouble as Superman began asking for his help.

• Mister Mxyzptlk brought the Daily Planet building to life, froze Barry, and turned Green Lantern to ash before Green Arrow’s poisoned arrows failed to stop him.
• Mister Mxyzptlk transformed Metropolis’s cars into regenerating robots, and the Justice League struggled against them while Superman and J'onn were attacked by living appliances.
• Batwoman and J'onn restored the city by using J'onn’s telepathy to make Mister Mxyzptlk recite his name backward and disable his powers.
• J'onn warned that he could trap Mister Mxyzptlk in an illusory world, while Mister Mxyzptlk realized the cage was a Brainwave Amplifier.
• Superman told Mister Mxyzptlk that the Justice League wanted his help with the multiverse, and Mister Mxyzptlk said he already knew what they faced.

Mister Mxyzptlk explained that the Source Wall’s destruction was causing imagination to consume the Multiverse and revealed that Kendra’s wing map led to the Sixth Dimension. He began explaining the Multiverse’s structure to the Justice League but had not yet shown them where the Sixth Dimension was.

• Mister Mxyzptlk restored Washington, D.C., and the Hall of Justice, then led the Justice League there.
• Mister Mxyzptlk noticed his Fifth-Dimensional drawing board was missing from its display case and said he could not recreate it.
• Superman and Hawkgirl asked Mister Mxyzptlk about Kendra’s map, and he explained that the Justice League lived in the Fourth Dimension while he lived in the Fifth.
• Mister Mxyzptlk revealed that the broken Source Wall had unleashed chaotic imagination that was devouring the Multiverse and damaging the Fifth Dimension.
• Mister Mxyzptlk identified Kendra’s map as a route to the Sixth Dimension and showed the League a model of the Multiverse.
• Batwoman asked where the Sixth Dimension was as Mister Mxyzptlk began describing the Multiverse’s structure.