Returning home to his realm of The Dreaming with the Key to Hell in his possession, Morpheus finds himself approached by gods, deities and entities from across the whole of existence, all of whom hope to lay their hands on the former realm of the damned for one purpose or another…

Odin travels receives word from his ravens that Lucifer has abdicated his throne and that Hell lies empty. He travels to the Cavern Beneath the World to recruit Loki to aid him in his plan to avoid Ragnarok by moving the Aesir to Hell. Meanwhile, Morpheus has returned to his own realm with the Key to Hell and broods over what to do with it. But the Asgardians aren't the only ones interested in Hell, deities from many different pantheons have interest in the place, not the least of which are the demons that were forced out by Lucifer. And they all show up on Morpheus' doorstep simultaneously.