Chapter Summaries

Su Ming organized the defenders during a lull in the monsters’ attacks, assigning Diana and Barry to strengthen the city while he investigated Maya with Mazikeen and Monark. He left with Deadpool as the monster remains vanished in sunlight and the group prepared for nightfall.

• Diana questioned Harley about her blood-soaked clothes, and Harley said she had explored Washington D.C.’s sewers with Deadpool to see how many people had died.
• Diana told Su Ming that Cyborg and the others had gone out with Zatanna to search for the Magic Circle behind the monsters’ nightly appearances.
• Su Ming decided to study Maya’s properties with Mazikeen and Monark, while Diana agreed to protect Bobo and help Barry defend the city.
• Su Ming ordered Barry to strengthen the walls, gates, and moat and to prepare Golden Fluid, explaining that the monsters’ remains vanished in sunlight.
• Deadpool insisted on joining Su Ming after Mazikeen flirted with him, and Su Ming allowed him to follow.

Su Ming brought his companions to Maya’s public library to search its records for clues to the dimension’s source and means of control. After entering, he ordered Wade and Monark to kill the suspicious readers he believed were spies, leaving them to begin the attack.

• Su Ming discussed Maya’s origins with Monark and Mazikeen while searching for Blue Devil.
• Su Ming found Blue Devil repairing the city and learned that Maya’s knowledge was kept in an unguarded library beneath the tallest tower.
• Su Ming told Blue Devil his companions wanted to study history, then led them to the library.
• Su Ming ordered Wade to kill everyone inside and conceal the bodies, and directed Monark to assist him.
• Monark agreed that the readers might be spies, and Wade entered the library to attack them.

Deadpool and Monark defeated the scouts in the library while Su Ming discussed the changing universe with Mazikeen and searched for clues about Lucifer and the missing angels. Su Ming continued deeper into the library with Monark, where stained-glass panels showing a rose’s growth gave him a new clue to consider.

• Deadpool attacked the scouts with M16 rifles, and Monark followed with Diablo’s lightning magic, killing the survivors.
• Mazikeen praised Deadpool’s strength as Su Ming explained that he had connected another Single Universe to Earth-0 and asked what Lucifer intended to do.
• Mazikeen recited a cryptic account of Lucifer’s return, and Su Ming inferred that Gabriel and the others had disappeared without her knowing where they went.
• Su Ming and Monark searched deeper in the library while Mazikeen restrained Deadpool and entered the flames with him.
• Su Ming noticed three stained-glass panels depicting a rose’s growth and stopped to consider what they meant.

Su Ming and Monark investigated the library’s strange stained-glass images and discovered that its magically altered door opened into a hidden inner space. They entered a second, seemingly ordinary library, where Monark became eager to study how it had been created and Su Ming found an open book beside a steaming cup.

• Su Ming and Monark found that the three rose images were set in ordinary glass without any magical fluctuations.
• Monark used magic to raise and reshape the library door into a fourth window, revealing a black circle that completed the sequence.
• Su Ming interpreted the circle as the end of one story and the beginning of another, then flew through the window.
• Monark followed Su Ming into a hidden library that resembled the first but contained ordinary, nonmagical objects.
• Monark excitedly examined the space while Su Ming sat beside an open book and a steaming cup, curious about its contents.

Su Ming met Ancient One in the Magic Dimension, where she strengthened his defenses and discussed Merlin, the Omniverse, and her uncertain lifespan. After she began teaching Monark about the Origin Magic Book, she warned Su Ming that enemies had arrived outside, leaving him to confront them.

• Su Ming realized Ancient One had entered the Magic Dimension and asked her how she had passed through the Spectre Universe unnoticed.
• Ancient One said the Vishanti had concealed her and that she had reinforced Su Ming's immigration controls.
• Ancient One reassured Su Ming about Merlin and his place in the Omniverse, then deflected his question about why he could not see himself in the Timelines.
• Ancient One gave Monark the Origin Magic Book and offered to teach him about Maya's source, Magic Knowledge.
• Su Ming promised to save Ancient One and asked her to return to Kamar-Taj, but she warned him that enemies had arrived outside.

Su Ming returned to the library while Wade and Mazikeen continued fighting, and the Lords of Order arrived in the royal city, trapping it inside a golden cage. As Cyborg and the others prepared to respond, Jessica and Dex-Starr argued while the heroes waited for Diana.

• Su Ming returned to the library, left Wade to fight Mazikeen, and broke through a wall to escape their battle.
• The chapter recounted how Nabu took over Kent's body after Doctor Fate was captured and trapped in a Nightmare.
• Cyborg and Blue Devil saw Doctor Fate lead four Lords of Order into the royal city, where they enclosed it in a golden cage.
• Blue Devil identified the newcomers as ancient sorcerers whose souls inhabited magical objects and warned that they were powerful gods of magic.
• Cyborg gathered Starfire, Blackfire, and the others as Blue Devil evacuated civilians and called for sorcerers to assemble.
• Jessica and Dex-Starr argued about their Lantern Corps, while Starfire and Orion tried to keep them apart.

Nabu led the Lords of Order to Maya and planned to destroy successive dimensions until Heaven and the Unlight Sea fell into the mortal realm, triggering a universe reboot. As the heroes assembled to face them, Su Ming revealed Nabu’s plan and Zatanna turned her anger toward the Lords of Order.

• Nabu explained to the Lords of Order that he intended to destroy Maya and force higher dimensions to descend until the universe rebooted.
• Sera, Hoku, and Nabu looked down on the chaotic defenders as the city raised its walls and prepared cauldrons.
• Diana gathered the heroes and considered negotiating with Nabu, while Zatanna explained that she could recognize but not dispel the Web of Order.
• Su Ming arrived, said Khalid had told him Nabu was planning a universe reboot, and revealed that Man-Bat had rescued Khalid from the jar.
• Zatanna confronted Su Ming over leaving her in Maya, then blamed Constantine and redirected her anger toward the Lords of Order.

Su Ming lured the five Lords of Order away from the royal city by taunting them, then trapped them outside with The Upside-Down Man’s magic. He left the city secure while he looked for a way to rescue Madame Xanadu intact.

• Su Ming stalled the Lords of Order by chatting with the women and provoking Nabu into chasing him upward.
• Diana, Barry, Cyborg, and Blue Devil watched Su Ming and the Lords of Order climb into the sky.
• Nabu ordered the Lords of Order to attack Su Ming, but their spells struck an energy illusion while the real Su Ming stayed on the ground.
• Su Ming summoned The Upside-Down Man, who sealed the Lords of Order outside the royal city and blocked their teleportation.
• Su Ming told Diana that he had drawn all five Lords away to protect the city and needed time to rescue Madame Xanadu intact.

Deathstroke recognized that Nabu was trying to use fear and division to break the city’s defenses, and he prepared the group for a coming battle with the Lords of Order. The chapter ended with the group gathering around him while the enemy continued shattering space outside the barrier.

• The Lords of Order shattered the space surrounding the city, while Deathstroke explained that Maya would survive because it existed as a thought and a story.
• Deathstroke realized Nabu wanted to frighten the city’s residents into demanding surrender, but he believed his influence and Ancient One’s power would prevent unrest.
• Deathstroke told Barry to dig the moat and accepted Cyborg’s offer of help for the coming battle.
• Blackfire asked which Lord of Order she should fight, and Deathstroke said he had prepared for the group to use Cosmic Energy against magic.
• Deathstroke told Orion to drink and sleep rather than join the coming fight.

Su Ming assigned the heroes to fight the Lords of Order and free the people whose bodies they controlled, relying on Mazikeen to restore their souls. The teams prepared to engage their targets, while Su Ming and Diana set out to confront Nabu.

• Mazikeen returned after breaking up with Deadpool, and Su Ming asked Barry to take the unconscious Orion somewhere safe.
• Su Ming explained that Mazikeen would free the possessed hosts while the others fought the Lords of Order, and Mazikeen affirmed that she could handle their souls.
• Su Ming assigned Dex-Starr and Mazikeen to fight Sera in Madame Xanadu’s body, warning them about Shangdu’s magic and the danger of soul removal.
• Su Ming assigned Blackfire and Starfire to distract Hoku’s host, Ibis The Invincible, and instructed them to claim they were Princess Taia’s reincarnation.
• Su Ming assigned Cyborg to fight Gregory de la Vega and Zatanna to fight Mark Merlin, whose magic her family’s Backward Speech could counter.
• Su Ming and Diana prepared to confront Nabu, and Diana drew Vulcan’s Sword.

Su Ming assigned the remaining team members and led the others into battle against the Lords of Order. The fight began with the Lords gaining the upper hand, while Mazikeen captured Sera and demanded to know where Nimue Inwudu's soul was hidden.

• Su Ming sent Jessica to help Barry dig the moat and told Harley to attack anyone who tried to make her surrender.
• Harley accepted a machine gun and ammunition, while Su Ming and the others took their positions against the Lords of Order.
• Diana warned Nabu to leave, and Nabu removed the golden dome before Deathstroke had The Upside-Down Man take down the inner barrier.
• The two sides clashed, and Hoku and Myrra overwhelmed their opponents with Order Magic.
• Mazikeen captured Sera using her chaos powers and demanded to know where Nimue Inwudu's soul was hidden.

Mazikeen severed Sera’s Cloak from Shangdu, freed Madame Xanadu, and destroyed the artifact before flying to help the others. Deathstroke and Diana continued holding off Nabu, who showed no concern about Sera’s defeat.

• Mazikeen used her Flame Sword to cut the Cloak’s connection to Shangdu and return Muni’s soul to her body.
• Mazikeen burned Sera’s Cloak to ash, and Dex-Starr rescued Muni as she fell.
• Mazikeen left Muni with Dex-Starr and flew toward the others, who were struggling against Nabu.
• Deathstroke attacked Nabu with Nightfall, but Nabu used a duplicate to counter him and blast him away.
• Diana charged Nabu to protect the others, while Deathstroke noticed that Nabu seemed unconcerned about Sera.

Su Ming and his allies struggled to find a weakness in Nabu as they fought him, while Luthor discovered that The Batman Who Laughs had infected several heroes and assembled a new team. Supergirl confronted Luthor in his bunker after her group killed his guards, leaving Luthor facing the corrupted Kryptonian without Carrion Eater.

• Nabu blasted Diana away and argued that only order could lead humanity into the future, while Su Ming and his allies continued attacking him.
• Luthor traced The Batman Who Laughs's movements and discovered that he had infected Commissioner Gordon, Wonder Girl, Supergirl, Blue Beetle, and Shazam, and had turned Hawkman into Sky Tyrant.
• Luthor realized The Batman Who Laughs had assembled a team of seven former Justice League members who could make it difficult for the League to fight back.
• Supergirl confronted Luthor in his bunker and explained that the group had tracked his device and killed his bodyguards with Donna's help.
• Luthor called for Carrion Eater, but the bodyguard was gone, and Luthor told Supergirl she knew nothing about power.

Luthor confronted The Batman Who Laughs and his infected team in the Safehouse, but used his knowledge and prepared defenses to turn the fight against them. The Red Sun Generator weakened Kara, leaving the rest of the team trapped without communications.

• Luthor claimed Perpetua's Cosmic Energy made him powerful enough to defeat the Justice League and attacked Shazam, but Shazam was unharmed.
• The Batman Who Laughs revealed that Perpetua had no authority in the Dark Multiverse, then sent his infected allies to attack Luthor.
• Luthor taunted the attackers and said his mind, not his new abilities, was what made him dangerous.
• Luthor broke through the screen and ordered the Safehouse to overwrite its system, block external communications, and activate Black Protocol and Red Sun.
• The Safehouse restarted and activated the Red Sun Generator, causing Kara to collapse after losing her strength.

Luthor used the Red Sun Generator and Artificial Kryptonite to cripple Kara, then unleashed his new martial-arts robots against Donna. The robots defeated Donna, while Luthor turned his attention to Hawkman and Shazam.

• Luthor activated the Red Sun Generator, stripping Kara of her powers and weakening her body.
• Luthor stabbed Kara with Artificial Kryptonite daggers, leaving her grievously wounded and pinned to the floor.
• Donna charged Luthor, but a metal arm blocked her sword strike as Luthor's robots emerged from the shadows.
• Luthor ordered more than a dozen robots to take down Donna, and their martial arts overwhelmed her within seconds.
• Luthor reflected on how martial-arts programs had improved his robots and walked toward Hawkman and Shazam.

Luthor transformed into a towering creature, escaped, and remotely hacked Blue Beetle’s Scarab, leaving him incapacitated. The chapter recounted the Scarab’s history and how Jaime Reyes became its wealthy third host, while Shazam and Hawkman remained to face the crisis.

• Luthor grew over four meters tall, used a Smoke Bomb to escape Shazam, and began hacking Blue Beetle’s Scarab.
• Blue Beetle collapsed as his armor’s computer fought to sever Luthor’s control.
• The chapter recounted how Ted Kord recognized the Scarab as alien technology, rejected it, and later died at Maxwell Lord’s hands.
• Shazam accidentally hurled Ted’s Scarab across the country, damaging its programming before it bonded with Jaime Reyes in Texas.
• Jaime became the third Blue Beetle, joined the Justice League as an on-call hero, and grew wealthy through hero work and Batwoman’s private jobs.

Luthor defeated the attackers at his base using his new armor and Martian mind-control abilities, then prepared to evacuate with information about the infected. He left the unconscious Kara behind as the base self-destructed and was teleported away.

• Luthor used his new armor to knock out Blue Beetle and Hawkman, then used his Martian genes to control Billy and strip him of Shazam's powers.
• Luthor ordered the base's self-destruct sequence and transferred its infected-related data to his battle suit.
• Kara criticized Luthor for serving an alien Goddess, but he dismissed her and took a blood sample after removing her Kryptonite dagger.
• Luthor knocked Kara unconscious, ordered Brainiac to execute the evacuation procedure, and was teleported away.
• The museum exploded, causing a district of Metropolis to collapse underground.

The Batman Who Laughs learned that Sky Tyrant’s team had survived their failed attack on Luthor and ordered them to keep Luthor occupied while they waited for the Director. In Slaughter Swamp, he tortured the imprisoned Phantom Stranger to discover how he could reclaim the Sin Money Necklace.

• The Batman Who Laughs received Sky Tyrant’s report that the attack had failed, but nobody had died.
• The Batman Who Laughs told Sky Tyrant to keep Luthor tied down and said he had sent out the Director.
• The Batman Who Laughs ended the call when he noticed the Phantom Stranger waking in a glass tank.
• The Batman Who Laughs questioned the Phantom Stranger about reclaiming his Sin Money Necklace, but the Stranger refused to cooperate.
• The Batman Who Laughs filled the tank with concentrated sulfuric acid and threatened to continue torturing the Phantom Stranger until he talked.

Batwoman rescued Owlman from Perpetua and negotiated for his support against her. Owlman agreed to help her return to Earth -3 and use its resources, while Batwoman prepared to put her plan into action.

• Batwoman rescued Owlman from Perpetua’s attack and treated their injuries on an unknown Earth in the Dark Multiverse.
• Batwoman revealed she knew Owlman’s history, including how he killed his parents and accidentally caused his younger brother Bruce’s death.
• Batwoman explained that Perpetua’s power seemed limited in the Dark Multiverse, though her army still threatened them.
• Batwoman asked Owlman for intelligence and control of Earth -3, and he agreed after confirming the Crime Syndicate’s other members were dead.
• Batwoman set off to find transportation and power for Luthor’s teleportation device, saying she had a plan to return to Owlman’s Earth.

Deathstroke and the others rescued the hostages, but Nabu revealed his complete form and dragged them into Order Space. Su Ming sent the Cloak to fetch something from Justice League Dark while he and Diana prepared to support Mazikeen against the Lord of Order.

• Su Ming endured Nabu's rule-bending attacks until Mazikeen freed the hostages and Satan destroyed the Horcruxes.
• Nabu warned the heroes that they could not defeat the Lord of Order, and Su Ming ordered most of them to land while he and the others confronted him.
• Nabu reassembled the divine artifacts and merged with them, transforming into a colossal golden Fire Giant in Order Space.
• Mazikeen charged the Lord of Order as the golden light harmed her, while Diana vowed to fight to the end.
• Su Ming sent the Cloak of Levitation to Justice League Dark for something he needed, then drew Godslayer and told Mazikeen to engage while he and Diana covered her.