Recaps

Su Chen gathered the seven former Lantern Legions and completed the Fourth Legion after the Blue Lantern Legion, Indigo Tribe, and Star Sapphires joined him. On the planet beyond the Solar System, he addressed the assembled legions and began merging the seven Supreme Rings to create white energy.

• The leaders of the Blue Lantern Legion, Indigo Tribe, and Star Sapphires accepted Su Chen’s offer and handed over their Supreme Rings.
• The rings declared the three legions belonged to Su Chen, and he ordered all seven former legions to assemble near Earth.
• Emma Frost and Hela watched the remaining legions arrive and discussed the nature of the coming Fourth Legion.
• Su Chen addressed the assembled legions, criticized their failure to protect the universe, and said he would show them the truth about the Guardians through action.
• Su Chen arranged the seven Supreme Rings across his hands, and their colored lights began merging into white energy around him.

Su Chen opened a white gate to the Guardians’ realm and overheard them planning to seek help from former enemies. The Fourth Legion heard the Guardians’ words through the gate, and Su Chen returned to them after exposing the Guardians’ willingness to betray the universe.

• The Guardians argued over losing contact with the seven legions and considered allying with former enemies to survive Su Chen.
• Su Chen appeared among the Guardians and revealed his identity after hearing their plans.
• The Guardians’ panicked remarks and earlier discussion reached the Fourth Legion through Su Chen’s open gate, shattering their faith in the Guardians.
• A Guardian tried to negotiate with Su Chen, who said he had already accomplished what he came for and thanked them for cooperating.
• Su Chen returned through the gate to the assembled legion and told them he had let them hear what they needed to hear.

Su Chen drove the Fourth Legion to attack the Guardians, then reorganized the seven Lantern groups as the Genesis Legion and ordered them to spread their power across the universe. Meanwhile, Earth 1 enjoyed a long period of peace and began mobilizing its resources to build forces for the Utopia Alliance’s next campaign: conquering Universe 1.

• Su Chen urged the Fourth Legion to confront the Guardians, and six squads entered the white door and attacked them.
• The six squads returned after defeating the immortal Guardians, and Su Chen named the reorganized force the Genesis Legion.
• Earth 1 stabilized under the Utopia Alliance as S.W.O.R.D. and S.H.I.E.L.D. resumed operations and people gained access to activated X-Genes.
• The Utopia Alliance ordered Earth 1’s resources mobilized to build weapons, Sentinels, and spaceships for the next stage of its plans.
• Emma Frost reviewed the preparations as the First and Third Legions expanded, while the Second Legion recovered from its losses on Earth 1.

Su Chen returned to Knowhere to confront the Goddess of Death over the Black Lantern energy that had vanished after his battle with Nekron. She admitted taking it and agreed to compensate him, promising the interference would not happen again.

• Emma Frost coordinated the legions and urged the Dwarves to study an unfamiliar piece of engineering, even if it slowed Sentinel and Amazo development.
• Su Chen returned to his home universe without the seven Supreme Rings, then used the Space Stone to travel to the deserted planet where the path to Knowhere lay.
• Red Skull respectfully greeted Su Chen, who remarked that another version of him in Universe 1 had met a worse fate.
• Su Chen followed the Soul Stone into Knowhere, where the Goddess of Death congratulated him on controlling his home universe and preparing to attack Universe 1.
• Su Chen accused the Goddess of Death of taking the Black Lantern energy and weakening his Second Legion, and she agreed to compensate him and prevent a repeat.

Su Chen negotiated compensation with the Goddess of Death, who warned him that forces connected to Universe 1 threatened his plans to conquer more universes. She revealed that the Anti-Monitor sought to destroy every universe, leaving Su Chen to consider what could be learned from the name and the threat.

• Su Chen secured the Goddess of Death's promise of compensation, and she said he should meet someone first.
• The Goddess of Death congratulated Su Chen for eliminating the Celestials and becoming the uncrowned king of his home universe.
• The Goddess of Death warned Su Chen that hostile forces had been kept beyond the Guardians' defenses and could obstruct his conquest of Universe 1 and other universes.
• The Goddess of Death recounted how the Anti-Monitor's consciousness had revealed its plan to destroy every universe and grow stronger through their destruction.
• Su Chen considered the Anti-Monitor's name useful, and the Goddess of Death criticized him for focusing on it.

Su Chen learned that Universe 1’s weakened barriers had made it easier for him to enter than for other invaders, and he decided to put the Fourth Legion to work against the threats beyond the universe. Meanwhile, a powerful ruler ordered Steppenwolf to lead an invasion with the Parademons, a test subject, and Doomsday, aiming to conquer Universe 1.

• The Goddess of Death explained that the collision between Su Chen’s home universe and Universe 1 had weakened their barrier and reduced the suppression he faced, while other invaders still had to overcome formidable obstacles.
• Su Chen argued that the Utopia Alliance and Fourth Legion could defend Universe 1, then decided it was time for the Fourth Legion to act against potential enemies.
• A massive ruler celebrated the Guardians’ disappearance and prepared to launch a long-awaited plan with his swarm-like legion.
• The ruler ordered the axe-wielding Steppenwolf to lead the vanguard and use a test subject against the legions.
• Steppenwolf agreed to the invasion, and the ruler ordered him to bring Doomsday to fight the Kryptonian on Earth.

Steppenwolf unleashed the Parademon army and set course for Earth as the Guardians’ disappearance plunged the universe into chaos. While Emma prepared the Utopia Alliance’s legions to advance, the Fourth Legion received word that enemies were approaching Earth.

• Steppenwolf ordered the test subject transported aboard his ship and Doomsday cast into space, then led his Parademon army toward Earth.
• Steppenwolf’s public appearance confirmed that the Guardians were gone, prompting dark forces across the universe to raid and slaughter while avoiding Earth.
• The Utopia Alliance commanders reported that the First, Third, and Fourth Legions had regrouped, while Amazo research continued.
• Emma and the Fourth Legion discussed trying to reproduce the Guardians’ ring-forging technology but made no progress.
• Emma named the Fourth Legion as the force that would lead the Alliance’s advance into the universe.
• The Fourth Legion commander received a warning that enemies were heading toward Earth.

Steppenwolf sent Volthoom to fight the Fourth Legion while he took his Parademons through a Boom Tube to Earth to recover the Mother Boxes. Emma Frost, unable to reach Su Chen, prepared the Utopia Alliance to face the invasion themselves.

• Steppenwolf's forces encountered the Fourth Legion, and he released Volthoom, the First Lantern, to hold them off.
• The Fourth Legion's first-generation members recognized Volthoom and warned Earth that he had appeared while Steppenwolf headed there.
• Steppenwolf landed in South America and sent his Parademons to spread fear and search for the Mother Boxes.
• The Utopia Alliance raised a red alert as its local branch confronted the Parademon attack.
• Emma Frost learned Su Chen was unreachable and ordered the Alliance to deal with the threat without waiting for him.

Steppenwolf’s Parademons invaded Earth 1, slaughtering villages as Emma Frost mobilized the Utopia Alliance’s legions to stop them. The Sentinels and Amazo engaged Steppenwolf while Su Chen watched from Manhattan, explaining that he would not join the battle yet.

• Steppenwolf ordered the Parademons to spread across Earth 1, and they massacred nearby villages, assimilating the dead into their ranks.
• Steppenwolf learned from the assimilated villagers that Earth’s superheroes had disappeared, then ordered his forces to find the Mother Box and search the planet.
• Emma Frost deployed the First Legion, and the Sentinels clashed with the Parademons as Amazo charged toward Steppenwolf.
• Steppenwolf raised his axe and struck at Amazo as the two forces fought for control of the battlefield.
• Su Shan asked Su Chen why he was watching the battle instead of joining it, and he replied that the fight was not suited to his participation yet.

Su Chen let the Utopia Alliance fight without his help so its legions could grow, while the First Legion left Earth to aid the Fourth Legion against the First Lantern. The Third Legion took over the battle against Steppenwolf, whose surprise at facing Mutants left the chapter on the verge of their clash.

• Su Chen explained to Su Shan that Emma had deployed the Sentinels to show the Utopia Alliance could carry some of his burdens, and he intended to let the legions learn through battle.
• The Third Legion arrived on Earth and replaced the First Legion in an orderly handoff as the First Legion prepared to support the Fourth Legion.
• Emma learned that the First Lantern was overwhelming the Fourth Legion by absorbing its members’ Emotional Spectrum powers, prompting the First Legion to leave Earth and assist.
• Amazo withdrew from the fight with Steppenwolf and headed to support the Fourth Legion, while the Third Legion’s commander vowed to defeat the enemy or die fighting.
• Steppenwolf saw the Third Legion replace the Sentinels and mocked the Mutants as weak creatures.

The Third Legion fought the Parademons Legion with reckless force, pushing it back as its commander battled Steppenwolf. At Utopia Alliance headquarters, Emma Frost received a signal from the Supreme’s residence, while the Sentinels and First prepared to attack elsewhere.

• The Third Legion commander unleashed his strength, and his soldiers combined their abilities in deadly attacks that forced the Parademons Legion to retreat.
• Steppenwolf recalled his earlier defeat on Earth and charged the Third Legion commander, who faced his axe without retreating.
• The Third Legion commander grew stronger as he endured Steppenwolf’s blows, while Steppenwolf searched for the Mother Box.
• A staff member told Emma Frost that a signal from the Supreme’s residence in Manhattan had connected, and she granted it access to battlefield monitoring.
• Emma Frost asked about the First and Fourth Legions as the Sentinels moved into position and First used seven rings against the Fourth Legion.

The Fourth Legion struggled to coordinate against First until Emma Frost used the Sentinels to isolate him and give the squads a chance to regroup. Meanwhile, Steppenwolf’s forces used the fighting as a distraction while Parademons secretly retrieved a mysterious box from the ruins of Atlantis and escaped through a Boom Tube.

• First overwhelmed the Fourth Legion until Emma Frost ordered the Sentinels to surround him with particle beams, allowing the seven squads to regroup and resolve to cooperate.
• Emma Frost refused to have the Sentinels attack First directly, while Su Chen watched the battle and wondered whether the Third Legion had noticed something.
• Steppenwolf ordered the Parademons to find and steal their objective as he struggled to hold off the Third Legion’s commander.
• Parademons escaped the main battlefield and gathered in secret, with one squad diving to the ruins of Atlantis beneath the sea.
• The squad uncovered a riveted square box from an ancient tower and used a signal device to escape with it through a Boom Tube.

Parademons stole the Amazon Tribe’s Mother Box from Paradise Island and joined it with another aboard Steppenwolf’s ship, unleashing a corrosive Power of Unity across the battlefield. The spread stopped because the third Mother Box was missing, leaving Steppenwolf furious and ordering his Parademons to find it.

• A Parademons squad flew through Paradise Island’s hidden defenses and blasted open a stone wall to seize the Amazon Tribe’s red Mother Box.
• Paradise Island’s guards found the empty passage and reported the theft to alliance headquarters, while the Parademons escaped through a Boom Tube.
• Steppenwolf’s cloaked followers used an incantation to open the two recovered Mother Boxes and release their power.
• The Power of Unity spread black foam across the battlefield, withering plants and weakening the Third Legion while strengthening Steppenwolf and his Parademons.
• The spread stopped after covering only the battlefield, and Steppenwolf realized that only two of the three Mother Boxes had been found.
• Steppenwolf tore a Parademon apart in anger and ordered his forces to locate the missing Mother Box.

The command center identified Steppenwolf’s black substance as the effect of two Mother Boxes and located the human-held third box, while Emma prepared the First Legion to defend headquarters. As the Third Legion continued fighting Steppenwolf, the battle in space neared its end, where the Fourth Legion’s squad captains coordinated an attack on a first-generation enemy.

• The Utopia Alliance command center searched historical records and learned that Steppenwolf’s forces had found two of the three Mother Boxes, while the human-held box remained missing.
• Emma ordered a search for the third Mother Box, and Nick Fury revealed it was stored in a lead box at Utopia Alliance headquarters.
• Su Chen explained to Su Shan and Hit-Girl that Steppenwolf had been trying to alter Earth’s environment and criticized his parademons for failing to complete their task.
• Soldiers brought the human Mother Box to Emma, who ordered the First Legion to return and prepare to defend headquarters, with instructions to open the box if the Third Legion faltered.
• At an asteroid outside the Solar System, the seven captains of the Fourth Legion’s Fourth Squad combined their Emotional Spectrum powers against a transparent first-generation enemy.
• The Fourth Legion’s captains recalled that they had struggled to coordinate earlier, and one suggested their opponent’s first-generation status might be the real obstacle.

The seven squad captains united their forces against First, and their combined attack let Amazo wound him and damage the device concealing his allegiance. Meanwhile, Steppenwolf remained locked in a growing-power stalemate with the legion commander as he grew frustrated over his failure to find the third Mother Box.

• The seven squad captains agreed to fight First together, and First escaped the Sentinels’ particle-beam cage by tunneling underground.
• The captains and Sentinels attacked First in unison, blending their seven spectrum energies as Amazo dived in to strike.
• A faint trace of Creation Energy disrupted First’s powers, allowing Amazo to punch him hard and send him flying.
• The captains noticed that Amazo’s blow had damaged the device on First’s neck and suspected it explained why he had sided with their enemies.
• Steppenwolf and the legion commander continued matching each other under the Power of Unity while Steppenwolf complained that his forces had not found the third Mother Box.

After Utopia Alliance activated the Human Mother Box with an Arc Reactor, Steppenwolf sensed its signal and led the Special Legion toward headquarters. Emma Frost prepared the Alliance’s defenses and planned to destroy the invading force and its aircraft.

• At Utopia Alliance headquarters, Emma Frost ordered staff to use an Arc Reactor to activate the sealed Human Mother Box.
• The Arc Reactor’s surge activated the Mother Box, and Steppenwolf sensed its powerful signal on the battlefield.
• Steppenwolf ordered the Special Legion to withdraw from its battle with the Third Legion and fly toward the last Mother Box.
• Emma Frost ordered the Third Legion to retreat toward headquarters and join the First Legion in forming a defensive network.
• Emma Frost prepared two repaired Cosmic Energy cannons, powered by Arc Reactors, to fire on the enemy aircraft, while staff and noncombatants evacuated to the Helicarrier.

The Fourth Legion and the Sentinels freed First by destroying the controller on his neck, then First departed after praising the new warriors. As Steppenwolf headed for the Utopia Alliance headquarters, Emma prepared it for the final battle and the Third Legion followed him there.

• The Fourth Legion began coordinating as individuals while its squad leaders worked with the Sentinels and Amazo to attack First and target his controller.
• The squad leaders restrained First, and the leader of the anger squad shattered the controller with a red-light strike.
• First stopped fighting, recovered his memories, praised the warriors, and left the asteroid after his transparent lines healed.
• Emma ordered the Fourth Legion to stay on the asteroid and keep practicing its coordination while the First Legion returned to Earth.
• The First Legion arrived at the Utopia Alliance headquarters, where Emma and Nick Fury prepared weapons, including the two Cosmic Energy cannons.
• Steppenwolf abandoned the former battlefield and flew toward the Utopia Alliance headquarters, followed by the Parademons and the Third Legion.

Emma Frost’s forces met Steppenwolf’s assault at Utopia Alliance headquarters, using overwhelming firepower and relentless Sentinels to contain his army. Steppenwolf broke free from the Sentinel pile, only to find his Parademons had vanished from the battlefield.

• Su Chen praised the Utopia Alliance’s performance and left to watch the battle from closer by.
• Emma Frost ordered the headquarters’ cannons to fire on Steppenwolf’s approaching ship, which broke apart and released Steppenwolf and a swarm of Parademons.
• Steppenwolf sacrificed a Parademon to activate the joined Mother Boxes, then led his army toward the headquarters.
• Emma Frost sent the First Legion and Sentinels to meet the attack; Steppenwolf’s Mother Box energy weakened Amazo, while the Sentinels and Utopia fighters joined battle.
• The Third Legion arrived and helped the First Legion destroy the Parademons and pin Steppenwolf beneath layers of Sentinels.
• Steppenwolf unleashed a powerful shockwave to free himself and discovered that his Parademon soldiers were gone.

The Utopia Alliance defeated Steppenwolf’s invading forces and captured him, securing all three Mother Boxes. Su Chen ordered researchers to reverse the boxes’ method of contacting Darkseid and planned to prepare the legions for a future conquest.

• The Utopia Alliance wiped out nearly all of Steppenwolf’s Parademons, leaving only a few scattered survivors.
• Steppenwolf hurled his axe at Emma Frost, but the Third Legion commander kicked it off course and suffered a shattered foot.
• Su Chen appeared after the battle and praised the Third Legion commander for protecting Emma Frost.
• The Utopia Alliance began recovering battlefield technology, including the Boom Tube and Parademon biotechnology, and studied all three Mother Boxes.
• Su Chen ordered the researchers to find and reverse the Mother Boxes’ method of summoning Darkseid.
• Su Chen told Emma Frost to keep training the legions together until they were ready to become the Genesis Legion and conquer the universe.

Su Chen reassured Emma Frost about the legions’ heavy losses and praised the Utopia Alliance for defeating Steppenwolf’s forces. He revealed himself at the battlefield, punished Steppenwolf, and ordered the alliance to treat him as spoils of war as it prepared to conquer the universe.

• Emma Frost reported that the First Legion had lost or damaged many Sentinels, while the Third and Fourth Legions had each been reduced to roughly half strength.
• Su Chen told Emma Frost that the alliance could recover and that defeating powerful enemies mattered more than the number of legions.
• Su Chen secretly followed the alliance to the battlefield and caught Steppenwolf’s axe after the Third Legion’s commander kicked it away from Emma Frost.
• Su Chen praised the alliance, commended the Third Legion’s commander, and warned Emma Frost to stay alert.
• Su Chen kicked Steppenwolf into a distant hill and told the alliance to restrain him.
• Su Chen corrected the commander, declaring that the alliance took spoils of war rather than prisoners as it prepared to conquer the universe.

After the Fourth Legion detected another hostile figure heading toward Earth, Su Chen left to intercept it himself. He reached the Legion’s asteroid base and ordered its members to stand down, preparing to confront the slow-moving target alone.

• Su Chen reassured Emma Frost that the Utopia Alliance had met his expectations and could leave the remaining difficulties to him.
• The Fourth Legion detected an unusual object approaching Earth from the direction Steppenwolf had come and alerted Su Chen.
• Su Chen told Emma Frost to rest and flew toward the Fourth Legion’s asteroid base.
• The Fourth Legion reported that the target would arrive in a few hours and proposed intercepting it before it reached Earth.
• Su Chen identified the target on the monitoring screen and ordered the Fourth Legion to lock onto its trajectory, then return to resting.

Su Chen intercepted a meteorite-like creature that had destroyed a planet and pierced its shell with a cosmic-energy attack. The creature revived, adapted to his energy, and revealed a powerful body, leaving Su Chen facing its crimson eye beams.

• Su Chen ignored the squad leaders’ warnings and pursued the incoming target after the Fourth Legion reported it had destroyed a planet.
• Su Chen pierced the meteorite-like target, breaking its shell and exposing biological tissue inside.
• The creature’s fragments reassembled, and its revived shell resisted Su Chen’s cosmic-energy beam.
• The creature opened its shell, revealed a towering monster, and silently roared at Su Chen in space.
• The monster fired crimson beams from its eyes, and Su Chen dodged as it swept the beams sideways.

Su Chen recognized the monster’s Kryptonian aura, captured it in a Green Lantern cage, and brought it back to the asteroid for study. The Utopia Alliance learned the creature was Doomsday and recalled the destruction it had caused on Earth, while Su Chen anticipated the coming invasion and the legions recovered.

• Su Chen dodged the monster’s laser beams until they weakened, then watched it break free of its protective shell and expose its aura.
• Su Chen recognized the monster’s resemblance to Superman and trapped it inside a sphere of emerald-green branches.
• Su Chen brought the captured monster to the asteroid, assigned the Fourth Legion to guard it, and ordered the alliance on Earth to study it as biological material.
• Su Chen returned to Earth while the legions prepared to recover their strength before the coming all-out attack.
• The Utopia Alliance identified the monster as Doomsday and recalled its past battles on Earth, including the time it had gravely wounded and killed Superman.
• The staff members reacted with alarm as they remembered Doomsday’s history, explaining why the Fourth Legion had treated it as a serious threat.

Su Chen decided to establish a research institute to bring the Utopia Alliance’s scattered scientific projects under coordinated management. At the Fourth Legion’s base, its members mourned that Doomsday’s arrival had interrupted the planet’s transformation just as it neared completion.

• Researchers traveled to the asteroid to study the imprisoned Doomsday and collect biological samples.
• Su Chen told Emma Frost that the Utopia Alliance’s research efforts were disorganized and needed coordination.
• Emma Frost agreed to establish a research institute as the Alliance’s third major system alongside command and combat.
• Researchers began taking tissue from Doomsday and discussing how his resistance to death might develop.
• At the Fourth Legion’s assembly point, its members lamented that the transformed asteroid had been one step away from completion.

The Utopia Alliance established its Research Department, including a Biochemical Division beside the cosmic prison, after researchers discovered that the Doomsday they had studied was likely a clone that collapsed when its safeguards were triggered. With Earth 1 settling into the Alliance’s new order, its legions rebuilt their forces and prepared for further expansion, while the Fourth Legion began conquering other planets and galaxies.

• Researchers concluded that the Doomsday who turned into water was probably a weakened clone whose genetic safeguards had been triggered.
• The researchers secured permission to study criminals deemed beyond redemption and organized the institute into Magic, Technology, and Biochemical divisions.
• The Research Department’s new work accelerated, helping heal Third Legion veterans and other wounded soldiers.
• The First Legion rebuilt and expanded its Sentinel forces, while the Third Legion recovered, trained, and recruited newcomers.
• The Second Legion remained with Hela on Asgard as its undead soldiers processed their battle experiences into new intelligence.
• The Fourth Legion took charge of the cosmic prison and Biochemical Division, then began expanding its conquest across planets and galaxies.