Chapter Summaries

Su Ming's group prepared to leave the Spectre Universe while Diana and Gin continued their sparring, and Bliss departed with Captain Rabbit. Harley returned with Magik, who had become unexpectedly close to her, and Su Ming sent Harley to stop the fight.

• Bliss explained that she and Captain Rabbit would leave to help Cindy and Slade deal with the Laughing Deathstrokes, then they returned to Earth through the Boom Tube.
• Su Ming told Wade that he was not worried about Diana and Gin's sparring so much as the possibility they might damage the Spectre Universe.
• Wade teased Barry and Bobo, while Bobo urged the group to move on and leave the women to their fight.
• Harley returned carrying Magik, who seemed pleased with her new closeness to Harley, and Harley offered to help Su Ming.
• Su Ming asked Harley to stop Diana and Gin, and she headed toward the battlefield with her hammer.

Harley stopped Gin and Diana from fighting by telling them Su Ming and Illyana were getting married. Diana remembered her years of life with Su Ming in the Sketchpad Dimension, and Su Ming embraced both women, declaring that neither would get away from him.

• Harley told Gin and Diana that Su Ming and Illyana were getting married, ending their fight.
• Diana confirmed she remembered everything from their more than twenty years in the Sketchpad Dimension, and Su Ming reflected on how those memories had changed his feelings toward her.
• Su Ming explained that Gin had acted to defend her position as his principal wife and that he had anticipated the women would settle their conflict through a contest.
• Su Ming pulled Gin and Diana into his arms and said neither of them was getting away; Gin accepted while Diana turned away in disgust and confusion.
• Deadpool volunteered to join them, and Magik knocked him unconscious with her Soulsword.

Su Ming sent Diana and Detective Chimp ahead, then divided his forces to guard Sepulk while he traveled with Barry, Deadpool, Monark, and Harley to Limbo. They reached Constantine’s House of Mystery to recruit him, but found it apparently deserted.

• Diana left with Detective Chimp after confronting Su Ming, while Gin remarked that Diana would not withdraw from their contest.
• Su Ming ordered Gin and Magik to guard Sepulk with the Imperial Fists, and took Barry, Deadpool, Monark, and Harley to Limbo.
• Su Ming persuaded Deadpool to come along by reminding him that he needed money to support Ellie.
• Monark opened a portal to Limbo, where the group found Constantine’s House of Mystery seemingly empty.
• Barry found no sign of anyone inside the house, and Deadpool suggested becoming Ellie’s godfather before Su Ming punched him.

Su Ming and his companions searched for a way into Justice League Dark headquarters after finding Constantine’s House of Mystery empty. They discovered a concealed passage in a well, and Harley tossed an explosive into it.

• Su Ming found Constantine’s House of Mystery empty and decided to look for him at Justice League Dark headquarters.
• Monark explained that the Hall of Justice’s shield blocked magical teleportation, so Su Ming ordered him to search for a hidden passage.
• Monark located an old well behind the House of Mystery and showed that a light cast into it fell far beyond sight.
• Su Ming reasoned that the well was likely a passage to Justice League Dark headquarters or Hell, and Harley threw an Iron Watermelon into it.

Luthor returned to his underground museum lair in a new body made with human and Martian genes and began investigating disturbances across dimensions and the Dark Multiverse. Meanwhile, Su Ming and his companions arrived at the Justice League Dark headquarters after the well exploded, and Su Ming sent Barry to check on Constantine while he questioned Khalid about Nabu.

• Luthor entered the Metropolis Museum of Technology and reflected on how he had become a superhuman alien hybrid after Perpetua gave him a new body.
• Luthor used the password "Superman is dead" to access his secret underground facility and ordered the Bleed Layer Sonar and Dark Matter Search protocols activated.
• Su Ming, Harley, Barry, and Monark survived the collapse of Limbo, but Wade was scattered into pieces that the group gathered together.
• Su Ming met Man-Bat and Khalid in the storage room of the Justice League Dark headquarters and learned that Khalid was no longer Doctor Fate.
• Su Ming sent Barry to investigate Constantine, then stayed with Monark to ask Khalid about Nabu while telling Harley to stop building a snowman from Wade's remains.

Khalid told Su Ming and Deathstroke how he discovered Nabu’s secret plan while eavesdropping inside the Tower of Fate. Nabu intended to unleash The Upside-Down Man to devour magic, then kill it and use its corpse to repair the Source Wall, but Khalid’s noise gave him away.

• Khalid credited Man-Bat with freeing him from the clay jar, and Man-Bat admitted he had used Justice League Dark artifacts to blast him out.
• Su Ming asked Khalid to explain Nabu and the Lords of Order, urging him to speak quickly because Diana and the others supposedly needed help at Maya.
• Khalid recounted overhearing Nabu tell the Lords of Order that they were humans who had stolen magic and invented the idea of order to protect their power.
• Nabu warned that the multiverse was dying and proposed opening The Doorway to let The Upside-Down Man devour all magic except theirs.
• Nabu planned to build the Tower of Order on the Rock of Eternity, wait for The Upside-Down Man to starve, then use its corpse to repair the Source Wall and claim godhood.
• Khalid dropped to the floor in panic, and Nabu turned toward the door after hearing the noise.

Su Ming and Khalid discussed Nabu’s plan and the danger of his possible return, while Su Ming prepared to leave with Monark and Harley. They headed toward the Hall of Justice to assess their enemies and rescue Madame Xanadu, who was connected to Death.

• Su Ming explained that Nabu had tried to bargain with The Upside-Down Man and told Khalid he would have a chance to avenge Kent.
• Khalid declined Su Ming’s offer of a gun and asked him to request a prayer room at the Hall of Justice.
• Su Ming left Khalid and Man-Bat behind to watch the place, then set off with Monark to find out why Barry had not returned.
• Harley showed Su Ming her Deadpool snowman and tried to persuade him to take her out to kill people.
• Su Ming asked Monark about the enemies’ strength and said rescuing Madame Xanadu was difficult because he owed Death a favor.

Su Ming found Arthur overwhelmed while covering the Justice League control room and took over a call from a hero facing a hostage crisis in Mumbai. He identified the hero as Nightwing, the son of Cheyenne Fremont from Earth-38, and began assessing what the inexperienced young man could do as the crisis continued.

• Su Ming sent Harley to find Barry and stayed to watch Arthur struggle with the control room's calls and surveillance feeds.
• A masked hero in Mumbai reported that a teacher had taken students hostage with Luthor's bombs and threatened to detonate them unless someone proved the Goldbach Conjecture.
• Arthur suggested sending the Flash, but the hero explained that the bombs would detonate in response to super-speed, leaving Arthur unable to offer a solution.
• Su Ming used a voice changer to impersonate Batwoman, took over the call, and prevented Arthur from revealing their identities.
• The hero identified himself as an untrained young man from Earth-38 and said his mother was Cheyenne Fremont.
• Su Ming recognized him as Cheyenne's son and asked about his powers and training while the Mumbai hostage crisis remained unresolved.

Su Ming guided Little Nightwing through a bluff to help free school hostages, then activated Brother Eye to coordinate the heroes responding to the global crisis. After Arthur left, Su Ming secretly began taking control of the Spectre Universe through Sepulk, using Brother Eye and his allies to carry out the plan.

• Su Ming told Little Nightwing to gather students’ scratch paper and bluff the hostage-taking lunatic into believing he held a proof of the Goldbach Conjecture.
• Su Ming activated Brother Eye with Batman’s voice and password, letting it provide tactical advice to heroes around the world.
• Su Ming sent Arthur away to rest, then ordered Monark, Strangle, Gin, and Magik to help seize Sepulk and bring the Adjutant.
• Strangle infiltrated the Hall of Justice mainframe as Su Ming took over Brother Eye’s coordination duties and began the operation to claim the Spectre Universe.

Su Ming secretly infiltrated Brother Eye and arranged for Strangle to connect the Adjutant to Sepulk and the Hall of Justice systems. While he waited for the transfer, Barry reported that Harley had killed a man, but Su Ming sent her to investigate the powerful person who had demanded donated supplies.

• Strangle infiltrated Brother Eye, and Su Ming kept the intrusion hidden while directing the Heroes through its system.
• Deadpool asked to help, but Su Ming gave him money to count instead.
• Barry told Su Ming that Harley had killed a driver who demanded donated food for an important person.
• Su Ming told Harley she should have captured the driver and learned who was behind him, then sent her out with Deadpool while Barry followed to supervise.
• Strangle connected to the Boom Tube and sent its computing power to Sepulk, where the Adjutant would need about half an hour to complete the transfer.
• Monark asked Su Ming for instant noodles as they waited for news about Constantine and the system transfer.

Adjutant used Batman’s voice to give Heroes bizarre but effective advice while Su Ming considered his plans. Damian brought the injured Teen Titans to the Hall of Justice, where he encountered Barry, Harley, and Deadpool.

• Adjutant took over Brother Eye’s advisory work, and Heroes mistook her tactics for Batman’s cunning.
• Su Ming and Monark noticed Damian and the Teen Titans approaching the control room.
• Damian brought the injured team to the Hall of Justice to eat, rest, and seek treatment at the Final Machine.
• Barry pulled Black Wally aside after Wally called him Uncle Barry, and the two argued about their family history and what to call him.
• Harley teased Damian and offered to treat him, but Damian warned Roundhouse that she was a psychologist and pointed out Deadpool beside her.

Damian and the Teen Titans returned to the Hall of Justice after Lobo’s attack, where Damian confronted Deathstroke and questioned his plans. Deathstroke ordered them to rest because he expected danger that night, and Damian accepted the warning before leaving.

• Wade Wilson introduced himself to Damian as Deadpool, gave him a Screaming Chicken toy, and left with Harley.
• Damian told the Teen Titans he would find the Otherworld Deathstroke, and they followed him despite his order not to interrupt.
• Damian entered the main Control Room and watched Deathstroke manage distress calls alongside an unfamiliar, aristocratic butler.
• Damian requested supplies and treatment for the team, and Deathstroke approved them but ordered them to stay overnight.
• Deathstroke warned that he had business in the Magic World and that the Legion of Doom and The Batman Who Laughs might attack, so Damian led the Titans away and told him to stay safe.

Su Ming analyzed the new intelligence with Monark and learned from Constantine that Donna had been captured and the Batman Who Laughs had reached Gotham. He planned to investigate the enemy’s lineup, support Constantine, and confront the threats in Maya.

• Monark judged Djinn talented enough to become a Dimensional Demon God, and Su Ming demonstrated that he could cast Lumos.
• Su Ming used Damian’s information to plan searches for Luthor and the Batman Who Laughs, then received a call from Constantine in Gotham.
• Constantine told Su Ming that Donna had been taken by the laughing Gordon and recounted how he had summoned Trigon to deal with Nabu.
• Su Ming ordered Constantine to remain in Gotham and cause trouble while he screened missing personnel and prepared to handle Maya.
• Constantine agreed to persuade Maze to help, then left the phone booth relieved that he had passed his responsibilities to Su Ming.

Su Ming summoned Flash to the Hall of Justice to discuss his plans for securing the Magic World and preparing to fight Perpetua. The World Forger and Starman proposed reuniting the Monitor and Anti-Monitor against their mother, but Su Ming rejected the plan.

• Su Ming broadcast a summons for Flash, while the exhausted heroes hoped the Justice League was finally preparing to strike back at Luthor.
• Starman arrived with the World Forger and announced that he had a plan.
• The World Forger explained that he and his brothers had once sealed Perpetua and created the Fourth Dimension, and admitted responsibility for Barbatos's destruction.
• The World Forger proposed finding the Monitor and Anti-Monitor so the three brothers could join forces against Perpetua.
• Starman supported the proposal, but Monark signaled his disagreement and Su Ming rejected the plan.

Su Ming rejected Starman and World Forger’s risky plan to weaken Perpetua through time travel, then took Barry and Monark to Hell to negotiate with Mazikeen for help against Circe and Nabu. The chapter ended with Mazikeen displeased by the interruption and facing Su Ming in her throne room.

• Starman proposed traveling into the past to weaken Perpetua, but Su Ming warned that Luthor and the Legion of Doom could trap them with the Still Force.
• World Forger offered to risk the journey to make amends, but Su Ming refused and told the pair to find Monitor and Anti-Monitor instead.
• After Starman and World Forger left, Su Ming told Barry and Monark that they would go to Hell without waiting for Harley or Wade.
• Su Ming, Barry, and Monark arrived at Mazikeen’s fortress to negotiate for Hell’s help, interrupting her self-inflicted torture.
• Mazikeen greeted Su Ming as Regent, dissatisfied that Constantine’s request and Su Ming’s arrival had interrupted her private indulgence.

Su Ming persuaded Mazikeen to help him deal with Maya by offering her AI-generated films featuring Lucifer. After signing the contract, Mazikeen agreed to aid him and promised to help keep him alive.

• Su Ming met Mazikeen in Hell, where she refused to help him and dismissed his warnings about monopolizing order and magic.
• Su Ming offered Mazikeen a collection of AI face-swapped films featuring Lucifer, including one that also showed Michael.
• Mazikeen accepted the films in exchange for helping Su Ming solve Maya's problem, and Vishanti's phantom sealed their contract.
• Mazikeen promised Lucifer and her Hell would reserve a Demon King's position for Su Ming if he died, while Su Ming insisted she would help keep him alive.
• Su Ming teased Mazikeen with more promised films featuring Lucifer and Constantine, Swamp Thing, and Killer Croc, and she trembled with laughter.

Mazikeen joined Su Ming’s team and opened a portal into Maya, while Cindy met Constantine in Gotham to hunt for Bane and Batwoman. The chapter ended with Cindy choosing a nearby target from Constantine’s spell map.

• Mazikeen joined the team, and Monark reacted warily to her appearance and behavior.
• Su Ming directed Mazikeen to use Hell Magic to open a passage into Maya, then stepped through it.
• Constantine waited in Gotham and met Cindy, who warned him not to betray her.
• Constantine used a blood spell to reveal nearby people burdened with sin on a map.
• Cindy pointed out a faint red dot several streets away and chose it as their first target.

For months, Maya had endured nightly monster attacks while Blue Devil led its people in defending the city and Bobo remained imprisoned amid public anger. Deathstroke arrived with reinforcements and asked Diana what had happened, leaving her to explain the crisis.

• At dawn, Blue Devil watched the monsters retreat and recalled how dragons and Harpies had nearly overwhelmed Maya's defenses the night before.
• Diana urged Blue Devil to release Bobo, but he explained that the people blamed Bobo and had threatened to stop fighting unless he was punished.
• Blue Devil said he had compromised with the Mage representatives by keeping Bobo in prison for his protection and promising his execution after the crisis.
• Diana warned that Deathstroke would retaliate against anyone who targeted Bobo, and Blue Devil recalled the mercenary's ruthless fighting and planning.
• Deathstroke arrived with Barry, Monark, and Queen of Pain Mazikeen, then questioned Diana after Blue Devil hurried away.

Su Ming explained how Myia's residents had used the Nightblade to preserve their freedom and why they resented Bobo and Blue Devil for exercising real power. He revealed that he had come to wield the Nightblade against the kingdom's magical creatures, while keeping Zatanna away so his intervention would remain concealed.

• Su Ming prodded Diana about Bobo's danger, and Diana realized he had already understood the situation.
• Su Ming described how Myia's subjects had overthrown a tyrant with the Nightblade, installed Jim as a powerless king, and later resented Bobo and Blue Devil for taking control.
• Su Ming explained that Myia's residents might cooperate with the Legion of Doom to protect their own survival, despite the threat Perpetua posed to the multiverse.
• Su Ming said he had come to use the Nightblade against Myia's magical creatures and explained that he had separated Diana from Zatanna to keep their attack hidden.

Su Ming planned to take the Spectre Universe from Diana and give her Maya, then assessed the kingdom’s defenses against Circe’s invasion. After Wade and Harley arrived, Wade immediately became infatuated with Mazikeen.

• Su Ming decided Maya would suit Diana, while he took the Spectre Universe because its advanced technology and connection between universes made it unsafe in her hands.
• Su Ming explained that Circe had chosen Maya as her route into the Main Dimension because it was weakly defended and connected to it, while his defenses blocked other paths.
• Su Ming knocked Wade down for playing music while he was thinking, then promised him another hundred dollars if he stayed quiet during the operation.
• Wade picked up a bone to use as a backscratcher, then flirted with Mazikeen and declared that he wanted information about her.