Recaps

Bane met Gotham official Jones Howard, who revealed that his god had chosen Bane for a blessing. When Bane rejected the offer and threatened Jones, Jones overpowered him with strength granted by a Symbiote serum.

• Bane agreed to meet the Gotham locals who had helped him find the sewers.
• Two days later, Bane arrived at Jones Howard’s estate after placing his men in sniper positions.
• Jones welcomed Bane and led him into a room arranged as an altar to the Heavenly Venerable of Ten Thousand Desires.
• Jones told Bane that his god had chosen him and intended to bless him with power.
• Bane threatened Jones, but Jones restrained him with strength from his Symbiote serum.
• Jones asked Bane to show his god respect as he held him down.

Jones forced Bane to show respect to Xu Xiao, then offered him an Aberrant Serum as a divine gift. Bane left with the serum to test it, while Jones expected him to soon join Xu Xiao’s followers.

• Jones overpowered Bane and made him apologize for insulting Xu Xiao, then restored his dislocated arms.
• Bane asked whether Jones’s strength came from his god and what price the power required.
• Jones showed Bane an Aberrant Serum and explained that it needed a special item to reach its full potential.
• Bane took the serum and left, saying he might worship Xu Xiao if it worked.
• Jones prayed before Xu Xiao’s statue and reported that he had given Bane the serum.

Bane analyzed the pale purple drug Jones had given him but could not understand its composition, leaving him torn over whether to use it. Before he could decide, his men reported that a giant rat had appeared in the laboratory and killed Paul.

• Bane returned to his sewer laboratory and spent hours testing the pale purple drug Jones had given him.
• Bane found that the drug had some virus-like properties but could identify little else, and he wondered whether it really came from an evil god.
• Bane debated using the drug to gain power, but hesitated through the night over the possible consequences.
• Bane's men reported gunfire in the laboratory and said a huge rat had killed Paul.
• Bane took a weapon, opened his door, and demanded that his men take him to the rat.

Bane discovered that the lab rat he had dismembered had revived as a bullet-resistant mutant and attacked his men. After injecting himself with the pale-purple serum, he grew to nearly three meters tall and killed the rat with one punch.

• Bane's men told him the mutant rat had killed Paul and Kejin and was attacking them from the laboratory.
• Bane realized the monster was the test rat he had dismembered after injecting it with serum.
• The mutant rat pushed out of the laboratory, but Bane's men drove it back with heavy machine guns.
• Bane injected himself with the pale-purple serum, drawing the rat out as the serum's scent drove it into a frenzy.
• Bane grew into a giant and punched the mutant rat into shredded flesh.

After the Aberrant Serum transformed Bane and gave him extraordinary powers, he returned to Jones to demand the rest of the power. Jones brought him before his god, Xu Xiao, leaving Bane face-to-face with the being he believed had granted him his abilities.

• Bane crushed the mutated rat with one punch and discovered that the Aberrant Serum had made him immensely strong.
• Bane’s body grew larger, healed its old wounds, and revealed powers including flight, regeneration, and laser eyes.
• Bane returned to Jones and asked what he would have to pay for the other half of the power.
• Jones led Bane into the manor and brought him before the statue of his god.
• Bane was transported to a strange, colorful space, where Xu Xiao invited him to sit across from him.

Xu Xiao gave Bane the Virus Core and instructed him to wait for permission before carrying out his plan to kill Batman. After showing Bane his original defeat, Xu Xiao sent him back with the Core and warned that unusual people would arrive to help him conquer and rule a world.

• Xu Xiao offered Bane the Virus Core, which he said would greatly increase Bane’s strength when combined with Compound Number Eight.
• Bane asked what price the power would demand, and Xu Xiao told him to wait for permission before causing trouble and killing Batman.
• Xu Xiao showed Bane scenes of his original future, in which he seized Gotham, defeated Batman once, then lost and returned to prison.
• Bane vowed not to underestimate Batman again, and Xu Xiao told him to follow his original plan when the time came.
• Xu Xiao sent Bane back to his room with the Virus Core and warned him that unusual people would appear as his helpers.
• Bane woke beneath the statue, still holding the pulsing Core, and accepted that he could not refuse the coming events.

Xu Xiao traveled to the timeline where Kal-El arrived on Earth, intending to interfere with Superman’s destiny and create another anchor. The Kents adopted the baby from the crashed Kryptonian spaceship, while Xu Xiao watched from nearby.

• Xu Xiao arrived in early America and sensed the force of destiny surrounding Kal-El’s arrival.
• Jonathan and Martha Kent saw a spaceship crash onto their farm and discovered a sleeping baby inside.
• Martha urged Jonathan to adopt the child, and he agreed to keep the discovery secret.
• Martha carried the baby away with Jonathan, and a figure appeared beside the crater after they left.

Xu Xiao traced the Kryptonian capsule’s causal link to Krypton, where he arrived during General Zod’s failed coup and the council’s sentencing of him to exile. Xu Xiao revealed his overwhelming power aboard the exile ship and offered Zod an opportunity, leaving Zod to hear his proposal.

• Xu Xiao followed the capsule’s causal thread across the universe to Krypton, where Zod’s coup against the council was failing.
• Zod was captured, sentenced to the Phantom Zone, and taken aboard an exile ship with his followers.
• Xu Xiao appeared aboard the ship and subdued Zod and the Kryptonian warriors with his presence.
• Xu Xiao told Zod he had come specifically to offer him an opportunity, and Zod asked to hear the proposal while warning that he could not do the impossible.

Xu Xiao offered Zod a habitable planet for Kryptonians in exchange for waiting for his signal before attacking its inhabitants, then freed Zod’s group from the Phantom Universe. He left to steal Kryptonian genetic technology, taking the Genesis Chamber and its unhatched embryos for Orochimaru to study.

• Xu Xiao showed Zod a living planet near Krypton and required him to wait for a signal before destroying its native intelligent inhabitants.
• Zod accepted the condition, allowed Xu Xiao to place a Seed of Desire inside him, and thanked him for helping Krypton survive.
• Xu Xiao tore open the Phantom Universe and freed Zod’s group, whose ships cloaked themselves in the real universe.
• Zod’s followers questioned whether Xu Xiao’s offer was a scheme, but Zod declared that they would accept any risk for Krypton.
• Xu Xiao entered Krypton unseen, took the Genesis Chamber and its Codex of Life embryos, and planned to have Orochimaru study them.

Xu Xiao arrived in the DC Universe to claim the Emotional Spectrum and merge it with his Dao of Desire as part of his path toward Daluo. He sensed Abin Sur’s spacecraft approaching Earth and headed for its crash site to study Green Lantern power.

• Xu Xiao used his Divine Sense and Golden Pupil of Myriad Phenomena to confirm he had reached the DC spacetime he wanted.
• Xu Xiao planned to take control of the Emotional Spectrum and combine it with his Dao of Desire to establish a fundamental law in the DC Universe.
• Xu Xiao reflected on Nüwa’s guidance to strengthen and develop his powers across more universes rather than rely on the Transmigrators' Alliance.
• Xu Xiao sensed Parallax’s power spiral out of control and realized that Hal Jordan’s rise as a Green Lantern was near.
• Xu Xiao sensed Abin Sur’s spacecraft arriving on Earth, concealed himself, and headed toward its crash site to study Green Lantern power.

Xu Xiao intercepted Abin Sur’s Green Lantern Ring, examined how it converted willpower into power, and refused to become its master. After releasing the ring to find Hal Jordan, Xu Xiao decided to visit Planet OA.

• Abin Sur sent the Green Lantern Ring to find a successor who could warn the Guardians that Parallax had returned.
• Xu Xiao caught the ring, overwhelmed its resistance, and declined its attempt to choose him as its master.
• Xu Xiao examined the ring and determined that it converted willpower into Reality Interference, drawing on energy stored through its connection to Planet Oa.
• Xu Xiao severed the ring’s attempt to form a connection with him and released it to seek Hal Jordan.
• Xu Xiao saw a thread of cause and effect and decided to go to Planet OA.

Xu Xiao infiltrated Planet Oa and used Seeds of Desire to strengthen the Ion Shark and Parallax. As they fought and the Green Lantern Corps rushed to contain them, Xu Xiao escaped to target the other Lantern Corps before the first wave of attacks began.

• Xu Xiao secretly entered Planet Oa and reached the power batteries guarded by the Ion Shark.
• Xu Xiao fed the Ion Shark a Seed of Desire, then slipped past it into Parallax’s prison.
• Xu Xiao planted another Seed of Desire in the dormant Parallax, boosting its power and waking it.
• Parallax attacked the prison, and the Ion Shark fought it as the Guardians and Green Lantern Corps mobilized to contain them.
• Xu Xiao left Planet Oa and headed for another galaxy to target the other Lantern Corps.

Bane released Polluters into Gotham and sent his followers to spread the virus across America while Xu Xiao directed a summoning ritual to connect the DC and Marvel worlds. The passage opened before the DC beings could respond, allowing special beings to descend.

• Bane released a Polluter in his laboratory and ordered it to hunt in Gotham.
• Bane sent his modified followers to release animal Polluters and distribute Polluter Serum across America.
• Bane activated a summoning array prepared with help from Xu Xiao and the Marvel side.
• Xu Xiao used the Seed of Desire in Bane’s mind to guide the ritual as power linked the two worlds.
• The passage formed, and special beings descended before the DC beings discovered what had happened.

Xu Xiao oversaw Marvel’s first invasion forces as Hela and the Symbiotes set out to attack the other world, while Bane flew to Gotham to kill Batman. In the Superman Universe, Thanos arrived empowered by the Heart of the Universe, and his presence drew a powerful being toward him.

• Hela, the Symbiotes, Frost Giants, wolves, and starships appeared through the summoning formation as Xu Xiao explained they were only the first wave.
• Xu Xiao told Bane to find and kill the child of destiny, and Bane flew toward Gotham to target Batman.
• Hela led the invading forces into the world while the Symbiotes refused to serve her and went to seek hosts.
• Xu Xiao encountered Thanos and learned he had brought the Heart of the Universe to the Superman Universe.
• Thanos discussed his ambitions with Xu Xiao, and a being powerful enough to match him began to descend.

Xu Xiao intervened when Darkseid attacked Zod's departing ship, then killed Darkseid's dimensional projection with a single World Power-empowered punch. Xu Xiao's consciousness began to dissipate after using the power, leaving Thanos and the others stunned.

• Xu Xiao sent Zod and his men toward Earth while he stayed behind to face the power emerging from an alternate space.
• Darkseid arrived with his children and Parademon army, confronted Thanos, and targeted the Kryptonians' ship with his Omega Beams.
• Xu Xiao appeared before the beams could hit and caught them with his golden divine power.
• Xu Xiao struck Darkseid with a World Power-empowered Destruction Fist, erasing his body.
• Thanos and the others stared in shock as Xu Xiao's consciousness began to fade from the strain of using World Power.

Xu Xiao began drawing in the emotional power of the Green Lantern universe through his desire clone, Xu Xuanpin, while leaving Thanos to handle the remaining threat from a defeated projection. As the Lantern Entities and Corps lost their power, they followed the emotional traces toward the source.

• Xu Xiao told Thanos to deal with the surviving higher-dimensional being’s future clones after its projection dissipated.
• Xu Xiao reviewed his plans in the DC worlds and prepared to lure in the Lantern Entities of the Seven Lantern Corps.
• Xu Xuanpin revealed the Divinity of Desire and began absorbing the universe’s emotional power, growing into a colossal true form.
• Xu Xiao accepted the risk that Xu Xuanpin might one day overpower him, and let his desire clone continue to grow.
• The Ion Shark and Parallax rampaged on Planet Oa as emotional power drained from the power battery and Green Lanterns lost their ring powers.
• The Lantern Entities across the universe flew toward the source of the emotional traces.

Xu Xiao attacked the Blue Lantern Corps after they arrived to investigate the giant consuming emotional energy, killing Saint Walker and his teammates before turning on Adara. He overwhelmed Adara with Space Slashes that drained its power of hope, leaving it unable to counterattack.

• Adara brought Saint Walker and the Blue Lantern Corps to investigate Xu Xuanpin, whose giant body was consuming emotional energy across the universe.
• Xu Xiao crossed several light-years and killed Saint Walker with a single punch.
• Xu Xiao killed the other Blue Lantern Corps members as Adara tried to revive them.
• Xu Xiao dodged Adara's attack and tore open its body with a Space Slash.
• Xu Xiao struck Adara with a storm of Space Slashes, forcing it to spend its power of hope healing while it could barely fight back.

Xu Xiao attacked the Lantern beasts and their allies, draining their emotional power to fuel Xu Xuanpin’s ascending divine form. As their energy dwindled, Xu Xiao began drawing out the rules at the cores of the Lantern beasts.

• Xu Xiao killed Adara and sent her power of hope to Xu Xuanpin through the Divinity.
• Parallax and the other Lantern beasts arrived with Sinestro and Lantern ring bearers, surrounding Xu Xiao.
• Xu Xiao sealed off the area and drained Butcher’s rage, killing several Red Lantern Corps members.
• Xu Xiao struck Parallax and pierced the Lantern beasts’ cores with seven-colored light, drawing their power into Xu Xuanpin’s divine form.
• As the Lantern beasts’ energy was nearly exhausted, Xu Xiao began extracting the rules within their cores.

Xu Xiao devoured four Lantern Entities and absorbed their emotional powers into his Divinity of Desire. As he prepared to take another core, the Death Black Lantern appeared, revealing that the universe’s will and a higher-dimensional force had begun to oppose him.

• Xu Xiao destroyed Ophidian’s core and absorbed greed, causing the Lantern Entities to realize he could permanently kill them.
• Xu Xiao ignored Parallax’s plea, destroyed the Butcher’s core, and absorbed rage.
• Xu Xiao crushed the Predator Beast’s core and absorbed love, leaving the Ion Shark, Proselyte, and Parallax among the remaining Lantern Entities.
• A warning from fate shifted Xu Xiao away just before the Death Black Lantern appeared in his former position.
• Xu Xiao sensed a karmic thread connecting the Black Lantern to a higher dimension and realized the DC Universe’s higher-dimensional beings were relying on its will to confront him while they fought Marvel’s higher-dimensional beings.

Xu Xiao tested the Death Black Lantern and found that its power of death countered his power of desire. He sent Xu Yuantui to fight the Death Superman, who was destroyed by the clone’s Dao-powered strikes, though the Black Lantern’s flame remained lit.

• Xu Xiao struck the Death Black Lantern with golden divine power, but the lantern absorbed the attack and strengthened its black flame.
• A deathly hand seized the lantern and revealed a powerful, controlled Death Superman, who charged Xu Xiao and was knocked back in their clash.
• Xu Xiao sent Xu Yuantui to face Death Superman while he continued dealing with the Lantern Entity cores.
• Xu Yuantui’s corpse-like body resisted the power of death, and his Dao-infused fists battered Death Superman and scattered the death Qi.
• Xu Yuantui unleashed Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, destroying Death Superman and the surrounding death Qi, but the Black Lantern’s flame persisted.

Xu Yuantui resisted the Death Black Lantern while Xu Xiao completed the collection of the seven emotional powers by destroying the Ion Shark, Hal Jordan, and Parallax. Xu Xuanpin reclaimed his completed divinity and announced that he lacked nothing.

• Xu Yuantui seized the Death Black Lantern and repelled its death Qi and black mud with his glazed body and lightning.
• Xu Xiao broke down the Ion Shark and Hal Jordan’s will, then destroyed the Ion Shark and erased Hal after his ring shattered.
• The universe’s will reacted violently to Hal’s death, while Xu Xiao crushed and absorbed Parallax’s fear core.
• Xu Xuanpin reclaimed the completed divinity from his chest as his vast consciousness swept across the universe.
• Xu Xuanpin declared, “I lack nothing!”

Xu Xuanpin gathered the seven emotional powers and began ascending, only to face the Death Black Lantern and the DC Universe’s will as they unleashed death to destroy the universe. He purified the river of death with the desires of living beings, while Xu Xiao hinted that the universe’s collapse had been anticipated.

• Xu Xuanpin’s divine body grew to a hundred times the sun’s size as he gathered the seven emotional powers and prepared to ascend.
• Xu Yuantui released the Death Black Lantern when the universe’s death Qi overwhelmed him, then returned to Xu Xiao and merged with him.
• The Death Black Lantern and the universe’s will unleashed a river of death that devoured stars, energy, and laws across the universe.
• Xu Xuanpin entered the river of death and used a multicolored curtain formed from living beings’ desires to purify it.
• The incarnation of death warned Xu Xuanpin that the sealed universe’s collapse would strengthen it, but Xu Xiao said the situation was within his expectations.

The First Firmament and Darkseid led Marvel and DC’s higher-dimensional beings into a war across their multiverses. When Xu Xiao’s rise to a new Dao resonance revealed that he had stolen DC’s origin power, Darkseid and the other DC beings turned their wrath on the universe where Green Lantern was.

• The First Firmament and Darkseid clashed while Marvel and DC’s supreme beings fought across higher-dimensional spacetime.
• The First Firmament and Darkseid exchanged attacks with the laws of creation and destruction, while other beings fought over death, time, and nothingness.
• Darkseid noticed a change in destiny and realized Xu Xiao had become a new being of their stature.
• The First Firmament revealed that Xu Xiao had exploited the multiversal conflict to steal DC’s origin power.
• Darkseid and the DC beings unleashed their rules upon the three-dimensional world and surrounded the universe where Green Lantern was.

Higher-dimensional DC beings sealed the collapsing Green Lantern Universe to trap Xu Xiao until its destruction, while Marvel’s powerful beings watched without helping. Xu Xiao revealed that the World-Crossing Gate could still let him escape and began a plan to use the Emotional Spectrum to help Xu Xuanpin resist the Long River of Death.

• DC’s supreme beings isolated the Green Lantern Universe from all parallel universes, timelines, and dimensions, intending to kill Xu Xiao after its collapse.
• The First Firmament and other Marvel powerhouses chose to watch, treating the confrontation as entertainment and refusing to intervene.
• Xu Xiao sensed the higher-dimensional beings and mocked their attempt to trap him, confident that the World-Crossing Gate could overcome their seal.
• Xu Xiao recalled that he had secretly gathered Emotional Spectrum power during the Marvel–DC conflict, seeking to combine it with Xu Xuanpin’s Dao of Desire and pursue the power of life.
• Xu Xiao opened his Golden Pupil of Myriad Phenomena and sent a beam of light toward Xu Xuanpin, who released seven-colored divine light into the Long River of Death.

Xu Xuanpin poured out his divine power to purify the Long River of Death, while Death Essence retreated and waited for him to weaken. As Xu Xuanpin began burning his own divine body, emotional illusions appeared in the cleared regions of the universe.

• Xu Xuanpin pursued Death Essence and used his seven-colored divine light to drive the Death Qi back, despite the rapid loss of divine power.
• Death Essence avoided fighting and conserved his strength, expecting Xu Xuanpin to run out of power before the universe collapsed.
• The heroic spirits of Xu Xuanpin's believers sacrificed themselves to replenish his divine power as he continued his assault.
• Xu Xiao used the Golden Pupil of Myriad Phenomena to calculate the situation and told Xu Xuanpin they were approaching equilibrium.
• Xu Xuanpin began burning his divine body, and emotional illusions appeared in the regions where his light had cleared the Death Qi.