Chapter Summaries

Su Ming held Diana back while Mazikeen fought the Lords of Order, then revealed that he had sent the Cloak of Levitation to retrieve a Black Diamond containing Eclipso. He planned to use Eclipso against the Lords of Order and waited for the Cloak to return.

• Diana tried to break free and join the battle, but Su Ming held her back while Mazikeen drew the Lords of Order's attention.
• Diana accepted that she could not help Mazikeen effectively and asked Su Ming how he planned to overcome the Lords of Order.
• Su Ming told Diana that he had sent the Cloak of Levitation to retrieve a Black Diamond containing Eclipso from Justice League Dark's Great Library.
• Diana warned that Eclipso could take over Su Ming and make him attack them, but Su Ming explained that Strangle would protect him and that he intended for Eclipso to choose one of the Lords of Order as a host.
• Su Ming waited for the Cloak to return and discussed the origins of gods with Diana while Mazikeen continued fighting.

Su Ming and Diana discussed Odin, Lucifer’s backup plan, and the differences between their worlds while waiting for Cloak. Diana shared her fear that Perpetua would discard Cheetah once she was no longer useful.

• Diana recalled meeting Odin, Loki, and Thor in the Dreaming, where they had spent 1,200 years trying to avoid Ragnarök.
• Su Ming connected Diana’s story of Odin’s crystal ball to Lucifer’s plan, reasoning that it contained a miniature multiverse that could be modified.
• Diana questioned Su Ming about his dealings with demons and admitted she had thought his life in Another World was easier than hers.
• Su Ming explained that Marvel’s Earth was like quicksand, while Diana’s Earth was a stormy sea, and briefly described Earth’s magical and cosmic importance.
• Diana worried that Perpetua would discard Cheetah as a tool, as Ares had done with his human agents.

Circe’s Witchcraft Squad attacked Justice League Dark’s headquarters to seize a powerful magic artifact, but laughing, infected heroes arrived and turned the assault into a brawl. Cloak arrived amid the chaos and considered how to carry out the Sorcerer Supreme’s assignment.

• Circe recruited Papa Midnite, Witch Boy, Plant Master, and Solomon Grundy to help defeat the Upside-Down Man.
• Circe’s squad teleported into Justice League Dark’s reception room, where Man-Bat and Khalid barricaded themselves inside a warehouse.
• Circe resurrected Dracul Karfan, the Red Dragon Queen, and promised to help her capture Diana in exchange for burning through the warehouse door.
• The Batman Who Laughs’s infected heroes entered the reception room with anti-magic Nth Metal, and Circe ordered her squad to attack them.
• Cloak arrived during the brawl and considered how to complete the Sorcerer Supreme’s task.

Circe’s hastily assembled team struggled against The Batman Who Laughs Family while the Great Red Dragon burned through the door hiding the Black Diamond. The battle remained chaotic, and Circe could only hope the dragon opened the way soon so she could take the diamond and escape.

• The Great Red Dragon focused on burning open the golden-inscribed door while Circe’s mages and warriors fought the laughing heroes.
• Cloak of Levitation chose to wait for the door to open and planned to sneak inside for the Black Diamond.
• Plant Master’s plants withered around Solomon Grundy, whose mindless rampage disrupted the team’s battle.
• The narration explained that Plant Master was a plant collective empowered by the Parliament of Flowers, while Grundy represented The Grey and the cycle of death and regrowth.
• Circe realized her limited knowledge of potential allies had left her with a badly mismatched team, and she hoped the Red Dragon would finish opening the door.

Circe tried to claim the Black Diamond and become Eclipso’s host, but an unseen figure stole it and she fled with the Witchcraft Squad. Luthor arrived at Justice League Dark’s headquarters, tested his antidote on the infected Heroes, and left with blood samples for further research.

• Circe used her magic to send the Black Diamond through the burned hole in the warehouse door, intending to make Eclipso her parasite and gain power.
• An unknown figure struck the Black Diamond with a strange teleportation effect and stole it, prompting Circe to unleash magic and demand to know who had taken it.
• Circe sent the Red Dragon Queen to hold off The Batman Who Laughs Gordon and his laughing lunatics, then teleported away with the Witchcraft Squad to pursue the Black Diamond.
• Gordon led his laughing lunatics against the Red Dragon Queen and prepared to raid the warehouse after they killed her.
• Luthor entered Justice League Dark’s headquarters and released Antidote Type One, causing the infected Heroes to lose their smiles and collapse while Gordon escaped.
• Luthor collected blood samples from unconscious Heroes, left Khalid and Man-Bat inside the warehouse, and ordered Brainiac to teleport him away.

Su Ming and Diana discussed Cloak’s warning about the Justice League Dark headquarters before planning to use Eclipso’s Black Diamond against the Lord of Order. They prepared to join Mazikeen and launch a coordinated surprise attack, leaving with the plan set to begin.

• Su Ming dismissed Cloak’s attempts to describe a dragon at the Justice League Dark headquarters, while Diana explained that Hades had assured her the Red Dragon Queen’s soul remained suppressed in the River Styx.
• Su Ming examined the Black Diamond containing Eclipso, who threatened him and offered money and power in exchange for release.
• Su Ming proposed stabbing the Lord of Order with the Black Diamond to exploit the conflict between Eclipso’s wrath and the Lord’s order, then sealing them both inside it.
• Su Ming planned for himself, Diana, and Mazikeen to attack from separate directions while Cloak used its speed and magical immunity to make a surprise strike.
• Diana agreed to cover Su Ming, and they withdrew Strangle and set out to begin the attack.

Deadpool and Harley confronted a Human-Headed Dog who urged them to surrender, but Deadpool killed him when he turned away. As the dog’s Mages prepared to attack, Deadpool blew them up before Harley could begin their proposed killing contest.

• The Human-Headed Dog claimed Maya’s people unanimously supported surrendering to the Lord of Order and tried to persuade Wade to join them.
• Harley revealed that the Human-Headed Dog wanted to seize power and planned to kill Bobo and Blue Devil after the outsiders left.
• The Human-Headed Dog dismissed Wade and turned to approach Cyborg, so Wade shot him in the back and killed him.
• Harley suggested a killing contest as the dog’s Mages began preparing spells against them.
• Wade pulled out grenades, removed their pins with his tongue, and threw them at the Mages, killing them in explosions.
• Harley protested that Wade had killed everyone already and knocked him to the ground with her machine gun.

Monark joined Harley and Cyborg after the battle on Earth, while Su Ming and Diana continued fighting Nabu inside his dimension. After Nabu nearly incapacitated Diana, she removed her bracelets and unleashed her sealed divine power, leaving the fight poised to escalate.

• Wade told Monark that a god had taken his brother and two women, and Monark recognized the sky as a Dimension Invasion.
• Harley explained that Deathstroke had ordered the enemy soldiers killed, and Monark disposed of their corpses while Cyborg worried about answering to Blue Devil.
• Harley argued that the dead soldiers had threatened Bobo, then hugged Dex-Starr as Cyborg struggled to respond.
• Nabu manipulated space to make Diana take a punch meant for Su Ming, badly injuring Su Ming despite his Tenth Metal skeleton remaining intact.
• Diana removed her bracelets, releasing the power sealed within her, and transformed into the God of War of Olympus.

Su Ming and his allies defeated Nabu’s Lord of Order by exploiting its overconfidence and sealing Eclipso inside the Black Diamond. After the group left Order Space, The Upside-Down Man revealed that Su Ming had spared the pure concept of Order and began negotiating with it.

• Su Ming distracted the Lord of Order with a staged fight and flashy magic while Diana and Mazikeen attacked its divine artifacts.
• The Upside-Down Man pretended to flee, and Su Ming used the Lord of Order’s lowered guard to signal Cloak to stab Nabu with the Black Diamond.
• Mazikeen seized the Black Diamond and sealed the struggling Lord of Order and Eclipso inside it.
• Mazikeen demanded half her promised movies before handing over the Black Diamond, and Su Ming agreed to pay her after they left.
• The Upside-Down Man repaired Diana’s damage and sent Su Ming, Diana, and Mazikeen back to Maya, then remained behind in Order Space.
• The Upside-Down Man explained to the surviving Lord of Order that Su Ming had targeted Nabu and the other former creators, then began negotiating with the weakened concept of Order.

Deathstroke returned to Maya and planned to put Diana in charge, arguing that the Amazons were best suited to protect the city. He and Diana reached the castle, where Blue Devil reported that people had demanded Bobo’s public trial before fleeing when they heard Deathstroke had returned.

• Monark reported that the Ancient One had left and that Wade had killed surrendering enemies, while others from the Surrender Faction had gone into hiding.
• Deathstroke ordered Cyborg to copy movies, sent the others to help Barry or find something to do, and assigned Wade to cook Golden Fluid.
• Deathstroke told Diana that Maya should be entrusted to her and promised that they would buy the city from Jim’s son if they ever found him.
• Diana agreed to manage Maya for now, provided she could join Deathstroke in negotiating with Jim’s son.
• Blue Devil told Deathstroke and Diana that people had demanded Bobo’s public trial, then left after learning Deathstroke had returned.

Su Ming learned that Blue Devil had no interest in Maya and announced a public hanging for Bobo to draw the city’s hidden enemies into the open. In the dungeon, Bobo dropped his brave act when Su Ming appeared to treat him as already dead.

• Su Ming questioned Blue Devil about Maya, and Blue Devil explained that Bobo had hired him to play the king but had never paid him.
• Blue Devil told Su Ming and Diana that Zatanna was guarding Bobo in the dungeon, and Su Ming ordered him to guard the entrance.
• Su Ming announced a hanging for Bobo in the central square, intending to lure the opposition out rather than rescue Bobo or hold a public trial.
• Su Ming and Diana found Zatanna with Bobo in his cell, where the ape pretended to face death with calm resolve.
• Su Ming made mock funeral offerings at Bobo’s cage, and Bobo panicked and begged Diana to save him.

The dukes set aside their dispute over Babuj XIII’s lands to watch Bobo’s execution and compete for Nightblade. After Blue Devil appeared to hang Bobo, the ape revealed he was still alive and began swinging from the gallows as he laughed.

• The dukes argued over how to divide Babuj XIII’s territory until Duke Skunk silenced them with his poisonous gas and urged them to deal with the outsiders first.
• The dukes agreed to attend Bobo’s execution so they could verify his death and seek a chance to inherit Nightblade.
• Blue Devil escorted Bobo to the gallows, where the ape said he had no regrets and allowed the executioner to pull the lever.
• Bobo recovered from the hanging, announced his trick, and swung from the noose to cheerful music while laughing.

Deathstroke and his allies trapped the Dukes at Bobo’s execution and began slaughtering them. In the golden dimension, The Upside-Down Man negotiated with the surviving Lord of Order and warned it about Deathstroke’s plans.

• Bobo performed in midair while Strangle secretly supported him, keeping the Dukes distracted as Monark sealed the plaza with the Book of Origin.
• Deathstroke revealed himself, and Diana shed her disguise while the crowd realized the plaza was enclosed by an invisible barrier.
• Deathstroke asked the Dukes to die, then attacked them with Godslayer as their magic failed to stop him.
• The Upside-Down Man explained that the Lord of Order had survived because it was a pure concept separated from humanity’s impurities.
• The Upside-Down Man said Deathstroke had considered replacing the Lord of Order with three beings at the universe’s junctions, but had changed his plan and left the weakened Lord alive.

Su Ming slaughtered the Dukes who had tried to execute Bobo, then threatened Maya’s civilians to push Diana toward taking responsibility for the realm. Diana accepted Maya’s crown and declared the surviving civilians innocent, leaving her in charge until Master Night Jim’s bloodline was found.

• Su Ming killed the Dukes in seconds, and Bobo and Monark watched as the surviving civilians gathered around the corpse-strewn square.
• Monark asked Su Ming to spare the civilians, while Su Ming threatened them with arbitrary executions and Diana sincerely pleaded for their lives.
• Su Ming gave Nightblade to Diana and told her the civilians would be her responsibility if she accepted Maya’s throne.
• Bobo remarked that he was finally free of Maya, and Blue Devil reminded him to pay his bill.
• Diana accepted the role of Maya’s queen and declared that everyone except the dead nobles was innocent and could go home.

With Circe still threatening them, Su Ming’s group prepared to defend the castle while Diana went to Paradise Island for Amazon reinforcements. As night fell, the sound of Circe’s monster army approaching came from beyond the walls.

• Diana entered Monark’s portal to summon Amazon Warriors from Paradise Island, while Su Ming said Donna was likely unavailable because The Batman Who Laughs had taken her.
• Su Ming and Bobo agreed to prioritize Circe and later have Cyborg contact the Hall of Justice about researching a cure for Donna’s infection.
• The group discussed using Black Diamond to seal Circe and relied on their knowledge of Maya and Molu to prepare for the coming battle.
• Wade made improvised cluster bombs, while Harley kept her distance and the others waited near the castle as night fell.
• Su Ming watched the darkness settle and heard what sounded like countless hands digging beyond the walls.

Su Ming’s group defended Maya’s city from Circe’s monster army by using Monark’s book to turn night into day, making the creatures vanish. Monark recovered from the spell’s cost, but no one else could operate the tome, so Su Ming told him to restore night and keep fighting.

• Su Ming told Monark to bring up the sun, and Monark used Maya’s source to change night into day.
• The sunlight made Circe’s monsters smoke, retreat, and disappear, while Barry asked Su Ming how Monark had defeated them.
• Monark paid for using the book by killing a rabbit and breaking down emotionally, so Su Ming looked for someone else to take over.
• Su Ming discovered Mazikeen was distracted by a tablet Cyborg had built, and Cyborg reported that Arthur had requested a meeting at the Hall of Justice.
• Zatanna tried the tome but could not understand it, and Monark said training another Mage to use it would take at least a month.
• Su Ming returned the book to Monark and told him to set Maya’s time back to night.

Su Ming investigated Maya’s strange lack of underground water and concluded that the monsters might be emerging from a dark twin dimension beneath it. He organized a group to test the theory by digging while Bobo prepared to secure the castle.

• Su Ming repeatedly had Monark switch Maya’s sky between night and day, observing that the monsters kept returning in growing numbers.
• Su Ming questioned Bobo about Maya’s geography and learned that the dimension had no oceans, rivers, or groundwater, and that its people relied on rainwater.
• Su Ming connected Maya’s square earth to the Orrery Theory, and Zatanna suggested that a dark version of Maya might lie beneath the ground.
• Su Ming assigned Mazikeen, Barry, and Deadpool to accompany him and search for a way to dig a deep well, while Bobo was to take everyone to the castle and shut the gates.

Su Ming prepared to confront Circe by giving Deadpool Molu for protection and recruiting Mazikeen, then used the promised reward to quiet their argument. The group was about to have Barry take them to Vivienne.

• Harley repeatedly mouthed "Kitty, kitty" to Su Ming as the main force followed Bobo away, while Blue Devil stayed behind to patrol Maya's royal city.
• Su Ming gave Deadpool Molu to eat as protection against Circe's magic and considered who might be supporting her.
• Su Ming interrupted Mazikeen's movie watching and offered her the remaining half of her reward to help find Circe.
• Mazikeen agreed to help but objected to bringing Deadpool, who argued with her about their encounter.
• Su Ming threatened to withhold the rest of the reward from anyone who spoke again and told Barry to take them to Vivienne.

Su Ming warned Barry about Deadpool, then tried to persuade him to marry many women and have descendants who could become a future Speed Force army. Barry fled the conversation, but Su Ming stopped him by revealing that he could bring Mina Dhawan back from the Speed Force.

• Barry set down the Wilson cousins, recoiled from Deadpool’s stench, and apologized after Wade framed his poor hygiene as a consequence of being broke.
• Su Ming punched Deadpool into a lake and gave Barry mint ointment, then warned him that Wade’s cancer and erratic mind made him dangerous.
• Su Ming teased Barry about his romantic history and proposed that he marry multiple wives so their descendants could strengthen their side with future Speed Force users.
• Barry rejected their plans and tried to escape to a quiet corner, but Su Ming told him he could bring Mina Dhawan back from the Speed Force.

Su Ming met Madame Xanadu, Vivienne, Muni, and the former hosts of the Lords of Order by a lake and asked them to locate Circe. They agreed to wait for Diana so they could use her Witch’s Mark to choose a reliable divination method.

• Barry fled while Su Ming and Wade discussed his escape and the Law of “It Smells So Good.”
• Su Ming approached Vivienne and the mages, introducing himself as Deathstroke and bringing liquor to share.
• Su Ming asked Vivienne and Muni to divine Circe’s location, and Vivienne asked whether they should use Water Divination or Tarot Cards.
• Su Ming said they should wait for Diana, whose Witch’s Mark could help determine the best method.
• Su Ming recalled how Madame Xanadu’s cryptic prophecy had once helped Constantine identify an ancient vampire threat.