It was written by G. Willow Wilson, Becky Cloonan, Michael Conrad, and Josie Campbell and ran through the pages of Wonder Woman and the titular miniseries.
[2] During Batman and Robin's early adventures, they team up with Superman and the Doom Patrol to deal with the demon Nezha who was wreaking havoc in Gotham City and Metropolis.
The Doom Patrol explain that over three millennia ago, Nezha was originally a human and the son of powerful war general Li Jing.
Batman subdues the Hunters but Damian wounds him and escapes to meet up with Nezha and Mother Soul, who have sent various malicious mystics to capture powerful relics across the world, causing Earth's magic to go into havoc.
Batman realizes that Nezha corrupted Damian and tricked him into freeing himself from his prison, and has taken control of Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Jason Todd, and Stephanie Brown.
[10] While traveling to Lazarus Island, Batman realizes that Nezha has incapacitated Barbara Gordon and Batwoman while Talia al Ghul is held prisoner by Damian and Mother Soul.
[12] Damian flies Batman, Talia, and Black Alice out of the Lazarus Volcano while Supergirl notes that there is a big storm wrecking havoc on Earth.
[13] One of Pigsy's clones visits the Monkey Prince at the Hall and explains Nezha's and King Fire Bull's origins.
Nezha ascended to deity status and became acquainted with Pigsy and his companions Monkey King and Sandy during their quest to reunite with their master.
Following the war between Apokolips and the Heavenly Realm centuries ago, Nezha adopted Red Boy as his son after Darkseid murdered his parents King Bull Demon and Princess Iron Fan.
Black Alice makes Jim Corrigan the Spectre once more as well as have Enchantress use magic on her to seemingly sacrifice herself, which allows Nezha (possessing Batman) to find King Fire Bull.
[15] While talking to Cat Grant about being part of the Daily Planet, Nia Nal is knocked unconscious after entering Batman's dream and the eruption of Lazarus Volcano.
However, it is revealed that the human was originally one of the amphibious monsters in the Trench and starts attacking the family, but Aquaman intervenes and saves them.
Theseus reveals that the explosion from Lazarus Volcano has opened the gates of Hades, allowing the undead to return to the mortal world.
Mary Marvel meets Black Adam's new heir Malik, and they try to free Billy Batson from the Rock of Eternity.
[17] Renee Montoya learns that a man named George Dennis Elroy (a suspect who killed ten people) mysteriously disappeared.
Labs scientist Dr. Ramirez to defeat the shadow demon, but realizes that the Matrix has been corrupted by Lazarus resin and now steals the youth of others for power.
[18] Red Hood stops a group of vigilantes called the Vigil from obtaining leftover Lazarus resin.
Flatline fights off Ubu and his bodyguards to find an urn that has the ashes of Ra's al Ghul and sees him in front of her.
While visiting their grandmother's grave in Gotham City's Chinatown, demon hunter Xanthe Zhou fends off an attack from several jiangshi with help from Cassandra Cain.
[21] Possessing Batman's body, Nezha takes Damian back to the Batcave and demands King Fire Bull's whereabouts.
The three sorcerers transfer and bind Nezha's spirit back into his body with the Red Armillary Sash, but Batman is mortally wounded.
[22] An unnamed Chinese demoness and her skeletal soldiers release a weakened King Fire Bull from his prison in the Atlantic Ocean.
While the Monkey Prince is shaken by the revelation, the soldiers are able to capture Supergirl due to her weakness to magic and take her to King Fire Bull's lair, who proceeds to consume her qi to revitalize himself.
While the three pursue the soldiers, Pigsy views the Monkey Prince's memories which confirm he was a clone created from the King's hairs.