Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi defeated Batman in a fight and won the Batmobile, while learning that Batman upheld his no-kill rule to preserve Gotham City's last ray of light. Ling Yi planned to purge Gotham his own way and drove the Batmobile to the constabulary the next morning.

• Ling Yi argued that Batman's refusal to kill allowed criminals like Joker to keep slaughtering people, and challenged him for the Batmobile.
• Batman attacked Ling Yi with poisoned Batarangs and electrified armor, but Ling Yi resisted the poison and overpowered him with two punches.
• Batman admitted defeat, gave Ling Yi the Batmobile's reset key, and escaped while promising to win the car back.
• Ling Yi concluded that Batman's no-kill rule preserved Gotham's last ray of light and vowed to use his own method to save the city.
• Ling Yi drove the Batmobile around Donglai District late into the night, then brought it to the constabulary the next morning, stunning Bant and the others.

Ling Yi assigned Cobblepot to consolidate Gotham City’s legitimate businesses and build political influence while Ron formed a loyal force to grow stronger through fighting abroad. As the pair began carrying out his plans, Luthor Lex and Hali made a deal to obtain Ling Yi’s strength-enhancing technology.

• Ling Yi ordered Ron and Cobblepot to clear out Gotham City’s gangs, but agreed to leave gray-area businesses alone while they brought the city under control.
• Ling Yi put Cobblepot in charge of Gotham City and ordered him to gather a thousand people loyal only to Ling Yi for Ron to lead.
• Ling Yi told Ron to take his force to battlefields, including countries opposed to the Ancient Country, so their actions could make Ling Yi stronger.
• Ling Yi told Cobblepot that Gotham City was only the beginning and that he wanted to take control of all Amai Chou.
• Luthor Lex concluded that Ling Yi had technology capable of creating powerful soldiers and vowed to obtain it.
• Hali agreed to help Luthor Lex acquire Ling Yi’s technology in exchange for faster treatment and a Type Three gene serum for Jerome.

Harley Quinn, the Fraternity, Hush, and Catwoman all turned their attention to Ling Yi and the technology in Donglai District. While Ling Yi studied Penguin’s Mental Hypnosis, he discovered how to create and use a mental seed himself, leaving Penguin unconscious.

• Harley Quinn rejected Luthor’s offer of cloned soldiers and left to pursue Ling Yi after Joker was killed during his escape from Arkham Madhouse.
• Sloan assigned Fox to investigate Ling Yi, warning her that ordinary bullets could not hurt him, and secretly ordered two people to watch her.
• Hush hired Selene Kyle to steal Ling Yi’s strength-enhancing technical documents for ten million, and Selene prepared to accept the dangerous job despite her black cat Arthur’s warning.
• Ling Yi asked Penguin to plant a mental seed in his consciousness so he could study the technique, then destroyed the intent Penguin tried to implant.
• Ling Yi created a mental seed without intent and unleashed it inside Penguin’s consciousness, knocking him unconscious as Ling Yi realized he could imprint his intent directly onto another person’s mind.

Ling Yi stabilized Donglai District and discussed expanding his control across Gotham City as part of a plan to create independent states within Amai Chou. He visited the jail holding Harley Quinn, Fox, and Selene Kyle, and told them they would never be free again.

• Ling Yi’s rule turned Donglai District into a safe, prosperous area, while his attributes rose to ninety thousand times those of ordinary people.
• Cobblepot proposed beginning the Country Within a Country Plan by taking Gotham City, and Ling Yi agreed.
• Ling Yi’s jail held Harley Quinn, Fox, and Selene Kyle, whom Cobblepot and Ling Yi had captured for different reasons.
• Ling Yi entered the women’s cell and told the prisoners to follow him; Harley Quinn came out first and asked if he was releasing her.
• Ling Yi told Harley Quinn she would never have freedom again.

Ling Yi recruited Harley Quinn, Firefox Fox, and Catwoman Selene by forcibly raising their loyalty and sharing his power with them. After discovering how Fox’s curving bullets used mental force, he watched her gain the ability to control bullets and fly, then turned his attention to Catwoman’s cat-derived abilities.

• Harley Quinn agreed to join Ling Yi after learning that refusal meant death, and he told her that his subordinates had immense strength.
• At the officers’ shooting range, Fox demonstrated her curving bullets, and Ling Yi sensed that they relied on mental force that drained her lifespan.
• Ling Yi forcibly raised Fox’s loyalty to 100 and shared his stats, enabling her to control bullets and hover in the air.
• Harley Quinn asked for the same power, so Ling Yi also raised her and Catwoman Selene’s loyalty to 100 and shared his stats with them.
• Ling Yi turned to Catwoman Selene, curious about the abilities she had gained from a cat.

Ling Yi learned about Selene’s mysterious origins, then heard that Superman cloning had drawn Superman, Wonder Heroine, and Batman to Gotham City. Batman asked Ling Yi for help, but refused to become his subordinate, leaving without an agreement.

• Selene told Ling Yi that the black cat Arthur had restored her memories and said she would become a god after dying nine times, but Arthur had left a note saying she had broken free of fate.
• Over the next two months, Superman came to Gotham City to investigate the Luthor Corporation’s cloning project, the corporation moved its headquarters to a Kryptonite-protected island, and Wonder Heroine arrived.
• Bruce Wayne asked Ling Yi to help stop the Superman cloning, explaining that Superman and Wonder Heroine had refused his assistance.
• Ling Yi offered Bruce power and help in exchange for becoming his subordinate, but Bruce refused because Batman never worked for anyone.
• Bruce left on bad terms, and Ling Yi looked forward to facing Superman.

Harley Quinn killed Jerome to free him from Luthor's control, then mourned his death as Ling Yi offered to erase her memories. A week later, Cobblepot reported that Wonder Heroine had landed on Luthor Island.

• Harley Quinn told Ling Yi she planned to kill Jerome so Luthor could no longer use him to threaten her, and Ling Yi explained that Luthor had made Jerome his puppet.
• Ling Yi revealed that Jerome wanted Harley Quinn to kill him rather than remain under Luthor's control, and Harley Quinn returned having killed him.
• Ling Yi offered to erase Harley Quinn's memories of Jerome, but she refused and accepted that she would have to live as Harley Quinn without him.
• A week later, Cobblepot rushed into Ling Yi's office and announced that Wonder Heroine had landed on Luthor Island.

Ling Yi joined Superman and Wonder Heroine on Luthor Island to fight Doomsday, the prematurely released Kryptonian biological weapon created by Luthor Lex. After Doomsday overwhelmed the heroes, Ling Yi struck him down with a powerful kick, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Wonder Heroine nearly killed Luthor Lex, so he released the incomplete Superman clone Doomsday to save himself.
• Ling Yi told Cobblepot to keep the Amai Chou authorities from interfering, then flew to Luthor Island after Batman called for help.
• Batman and Wonder Heroine struggled against Doomsday, who grew stronger, healed rapidly, and learned Superman’s Heat Vision.
• Batman went into the sea to search for kryptonite after Wonder Heroine revealed she had thrown it away, while Ling Yi arrived and caught Superman.
• Superman, Wonder Heroine, and Ling Yi attacked Doomsday together, but Ling Yi’s kick caved in Doomsday’s head and sent him tumbling to the ground.

Ling Yi restrained Doomsday, discovered his weak mental defenses, and killed him after Kryptonite only temporarily weakened him and Doomsday adapted to mental attacks. Ling Yi gained Doomsday’s Infinite Evolution ability and enormous strength, then joined Diana for a drink after Superman disposed of the corpse and Batman left for treatment.

• Ling Yi used Psychic Power to restrain Doomsday and explained that Kryptonite might not defeat him because his primary genes were not Kryptonian.
• Batman brought Kryptonite, which weakened Doomsday at first, but Doomsday adapted and his strength surged past one hundred thousand tons.
• Doomsday broke free and adapted to Ling Yi’s repeated mental attacks, increasing both his strength and mental power.
• Ling Yi obliterated Doomsday’s consciousness and gained his attributes and Infinite Evolution ability, raising his attributes to twenty million times those of an ordinary person.
• Superman carried Doomsday’s corpse into the sun, while Batman left to seek treatment.
• Diana invited Ling Yi for a drink, and a golden whip wrapped around his waist as he flew away from the island.

After meeting Diana, Ling Yi learned that Amai Chou’s authorities were plotting against him and Superman, while Batman reconsidered his approach after seeing Donglai District’s peace. The chapter ended with Ling Yi hearing about the Crown of Sabac and the buried Gold of Eternity in Kahndaq.

• Diana drank with Ling Yi in Donglai District, while Superman and Batman separately reflected on Ling Yi’s strength and his impact on Gotham City.
• Bruce questioned Alfred about whether he had been wrong, then ordered Wayne Enterprises to establish a foundation in Donglai District.
• Cobblepot summoned Ling Yi and told him Amai Chou’s authorities had targeted their group, prompting Ling Yi to leave the response to his team.
• Cobblepot showed Ling Yi footage of a lightning-wielding man fighting Amai Chou soldiers, and Hali revealed the authorities’ plans to attack Luthor Island and target Ling Yi with a Gold of Eternity bomb.
• Hali explained that the Justice Society had been ordered to form a Suicide Squad to kill Ling Yi, find the Crown of Sabac in Destruction Continent, and bomb Luthor Island after Superman arrived.
• Ling Yi learned that Kahndaq’s Gold of Eternity and Crown of Sabac had been buried in the ruins after the ancient country fell to civil war.

Ling Yi continued his bloody takeover of Gotham City and rejected Batman’s plea to stop killing the city’s criminals. He left with Superman and Wonder Heroine to spar, while Diana revealed her Golden Eagle Armor.

• Ling Yi told Hali to watch for information about Teth-Adam and Kahndaq, and ordered Cobblepot to bring Gotham City under control.
• Cobblepot made Gotham’s police loyal to Ling Yi, expanded his forces, and sent teams abroad while the purge killed 170,000 people in a month.
• Batman, Superman, and Wonder Heroine confronted Ling Yi, but he defended his methods and refused to stop the killings.
• Superman challenged Ling Yi to spar while Batman hoped the fight would reveal Ling Yi’s weaknesses; Diana planned to use the Lasso of Truth on him.
• Diana transformed into her Golden Eagle Armor, explained its flight and combat abilities, and followed Ling Yi and Superman out to spar.

Ling Yi tested his new Mental Fantasy Manifestation ability by having Clark, Diana, and Bruce fight copies of themselves, then switched the copies into Marvel characters. The three defeated their new opponents, and Ling Yi continued testing the ability.

• The four returned to the ruined Luthor Island, where Ling Yi agreed to spar while only defending.
• Ling Yi manifested three soulless but solid copies of Clark, one wearing a Superman suit, one wearing Golden Eagle Armor, and one wearing a Batsuit, and explained his new ability.
• Clark, Diana, and Bruce fought their matching copies but struggled against their defenses and combat instincts.
• Ling Yi changed the copies into enhanced versions of Steve Rogers and Black Widow and a weakened Mark I Iron Man, promising to teach the technique if the three won.
• Clark, Diana, and Bruce defeated their new opponents by exploiting their rigid movements and weaknesses, while Ling Yi continued testing his ability.

Ling Yi tested the power of True Solar Fire and his newly developed copying, fusion, and evolution abilities, then discussed gods and magic with Diana, Clark, and Bruce. He planned to visit Kahndaq and the Gray Continent to investigate the world’s mages, while Diana, Clark, and Bruce agreed to join him.

• Ling Yi demonstrated True Solar Fire by slicing apart the Luthor Corporation building and blasting a hole into the ground, while Clark and the others watched in shock.
• Ling Yi explained that his transformed abilities let him learn others’ powers instantly and alter his genes, then finished testing his strength three hours later.
• At a beach barbecue, Ling Yi told Diana, Bruce, and Clark that using Mental Fantasy Manifestation required far more mental power than they currently had.
• Diana recalled Kahndaq’s ancient mage Shazam and explained the God Races, the God Realm, and four ways to enter it.
• Diana warned Ling Yi not to serve Satan or Mephisto and never to provoke the Ancient Country God Race, whose gods were overwhelmingly powerful.
• Ling Yi proposed visiting Kahndaq and the Gray Continent to meet mages, and Diana, Clark, and Bruce agreed to come along.

After Harley Quinn was injured by an Eternium Bomb while fighting the Suicide Squad, Ling Yi removed the energy from her wounds and sent Fox to confront the Justice Society. Cobblepot began securing his rule over Gotham City, while Ling Yi traveled to Kahndaq with his companions and identified a statue as “The Rock Johnson.”

• Harley Quinn explained that she had killed five members of the Suicide Squad before its sharpshooter wounded her with an Eternium Bomb.
• Ling Yi analyzed and absorbed the gold-of-eternity energy from Harley’s wounds, healing her completely.
• Ling Yi sent Fox to take the Justice Society’s valuables without killing anyone, then told Cobblepot to pursue the Gotham City mayoralty.
• Cobblepot argued that Gotham needed controlled darkness, and Ling Yi left him to handle the matter as he saw fit.
• Cobblepot arranged his bid for mayor, and over the next half month he became Gotham City’s mayor while rebuilding its government.
• Ling Yi traveled to Kahndaq with Superman, Batman, Wonder Heroine, and Selene, where he called a statue of Teth-Adam “The Rock Johnson.”

Ling Yi and his companions met Doctor Fate, who explained Teth-Adam’s history and warned that Adam would return to Kahndaq. Ling Yi copied Nabu’s helmet powers, then discovered the Justice Society was preparing to confront them because his group had killed nearly sixty million people.

• Doctor Fate, identifying himself as Kent Nelson, recounted how Teth-Adam overthrew the Acton Dynasty, became Kahndaq’s first king, and was later sealed away by Shazam.
• Ling Yi revealed and examined Nabu’s helmet, copied its divine power, and returned it to Doctor Fate.
• Doctor Fate said Adam would return to Kahndaq in half a month, while Ling Yi found he could see the past but not the future.
• Ling Yi created a separate valley dimension with illusion and fantasy powers, then brought everyone back to the statue plaza.
• Ling Yi identified Hawkman, Cyclone, and Atom Smasher as members of the Justice Society and complained that they were assembling a Suicide Squad to fight his group.
• Bruce said Ling Yi’s people had killed nearly sixty million people in under five months.

Ling Yi challenged Hawkman’s no-kill rule and reviewed the powers he had gained while Radiant Water Country suffered under Ron’s campaign. The next morning, Batman asked Ling Yi to stop Ron on behalf of his former ninjutsu teacher, but Ling Yi refused to spare Radiant Water Country.

• Hawkman condemned Ling Yi as a butcher, but Ling Yi questioned what happened to prisoners held by the Justice Society and exposed their fates as test subjects or Suicide Squad recruits.
• Ling Yi left Hawkman and settled into a hotel in Kahndaq City with Diana and Selene while Superman and Batman explored the city.
• Ling Yi examined his system, noting 62 million Attribute Points, nearly 200,000 loyal subordinates, and his newly advanced ninjutsu abilities.
• Ling Yi realized his Mental Fantasy Manifestation Art could create a small independent dimensional world and wondered whether that made him part of the God Race.
• The next morning, Batman asked Ling Yi to order Ron Rodman to stop because Batman’s former ninjutsu teacher wanted Radiant Water Country spared.
• Ling Yi told Batman that he was from Ancient Country and rejected the plea to spare Radiant Water Country.

Ling Yi explained Sabac’s threat to Clark, then watched Black Adam fight Intergang and the Justice Society, recognizing Adam’s divine powers and concluding Doctor Fate could not defeat him. After the heroes fought Adam to a draw, Adam flew away to pursue revenge and stop Sabac from appearing.

• Bruce left Kahndaq City and returned to Gotham after Ling Yi refused to spare Radiant Water Country.
• Clark told Ling Yi that Intergang was operating in Kahndaq with Amai Chou’s government behind it, and Ling Yi explained how the Crown of Sabac could summon Sabac and help Mephisto enter the mortal world.
• A week later, Ling Yi and his companions watched Black Adam battle Intergang while Hawkman, Cyclone, and Atom Smasher tried to stop him.
• Ling Yi sensed seven kinds of divine power in Adam, copied his spiritual power, and judged that Adam was a demigod with lightning abilities.
• Doctor Fate challenged Adam, but Adam overwhelmed him until Hawkman and the others intervened, and the fight ended in a narrow draw.
• Adam ignored Hawkman’s demand that he stop killing and flew away to seek revenge on King Acton’s descendants and prevent Sabac’s descent.

Ling Yi revealed that Adam had been sealed by mistake and that Sabac, not Adam, had destroyed Kahndaq, then helped Adam secure the Crown of Sabac. After Adam explained how to contact Shazam the Mage, Ling Yi used Gold of Eternity energy and was suddenly pulled away.

• Kahndaq's residents defended Adam and rejected Hawkman's claims that Adam was a demon, while Ling Yi identified Adrianna Tomaz as the woman who had freed him.
• Ling Yi challenged Doctor Fate's account and revealed that Osiris Adam had overthrown King Acton, transferred Shazam's power to Adam, and died in his father's arms.
• Ling Yi sealed Hawkman in a dimension and explained that King Acton had summoned Sabac, who had destroyed Kahndaq; he said Adam had been sealed by mistake.
• Adam asked about King Acton's descendant, and Ling Yi said the Crown of Sabac could draw the descendant out; Adrianna gave the crown to Adam.
• Ling Yi asked to meet Shazam the Mage, and Adam explained that Ling Yi could summon him using Gold of Eternity energy; Ling Yi revealed he had that energy.
• Ling Yi thought about calling to Shazam, felt a pulling force, and vanished.

Ling Yi learned from Shazam that his universe was an unstable multiverse at risk of being consumed by Barbatos, and that element X might let an outsider create a new universe. Shazam warned Ling Yi to avoid the Guardian, while Ling Yi began plotting to use his subordinates to grow stronger; Shazam then revealed that a second condition was needed to make their universe an Omniverse.

• Ling Yi read Shazam’s memories and learned that Teth-Adam had been stripped of his power and sealed, while Billy Batson was destined to become Shazam’s successor five years later.
• Shazam explained that Ling Yi’s universe was not one of DC’s fifty-two stable Omniverses and could eventually be eaten by Barbatos.
• Shazam gave Ling Yi element X and said an outsider might use it to create a universe if theirs reached an irreversible end.
• Shazam warned Ling Yi that the Guardian expelled outsiders and would not detect him as long as he stayed below Fixed Star Grade.
• Ling Yi considered using his subordinates to target heroes, villains, and higher-dimensional beings for the system’s rewards.
• Shazam began explaining that a second condition had to be met to make their universe an Omniverse.

Ling Yi learned about the chaotic divine realms of the DC universe and the Guardian’s restriction on Blue Star, then used his mental ability to control Shazam and restore his strength. He planned to grow stronger by hunting evil undead in Mephisto’s Hell, and Shazam revealed a way to enter it through the Crown of Sabac.

• Ling Yi reviewed Shazam’s memories about the Sphere of the Gods, its pantheons, the New Gods, and the Source Wall, and learned how Flashpoint reboots had changed characters such as Darkseid.
• Shazam explained that the Guardian could not set foot on Blue Star, but would be able to act there if Blue Star moved from its current position.
• Ling Yi used his mental ability to control Shazam and increased Shazam’s attributes beyond his former peak.
• Ling Yi explained that killing evil beings made him stronger and said he wanted to purge the evil undead in Mephisto’s Hell.
• Shazam said they could enter Mephisto’s Hell through the Crown of Sabac.