What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 952 First Lantern Knight + Black Lantern Corpse Visionary Mohal = ?

"This is what you planned to do, this is your trump card?"

Perpetua has discovered the director behind all of this. Batman Dragon is trying to strengthen the first Lantern. Following the timeline upstream of the time gap, Perpetua finally found the past that Batman Dragon has verified for this upstream of the time stream.

This is a very simple case of reverse cause and effect.

Papetua discovered the mystery. At a certain point in the past, the first Lantern, who had failed in his attempt to restore Earth-15, met with utter defeat, a failure that ultimately led to his death.

However, in the current timeline, Batman Dragon, having borrowed the power of Manhattan and the strength and status of the Anti-Monitor, intervened and altered the timeline's history. He reversed the mind of the first Lantern Man, preventing him from committing suicide upon discovering the inability to restore history, and instead allowing him to continue trying one last time. (Chapter 807)
This is equivalent to directly bestowing upon the first Lantern Knight a "destined death," meaning he can only die at that specific point in time (Chapter 807), and absolutely cannot die at any other time, otherwise that period of history will collapse and be disrupted.

He turned the first Green Lantern into a humanoid Earth-15 event! His death, like Earth-15 supporting the Green Lantern Corps and the entire history of the DC multiverse, supports the reality of Papetua coming down from the wall.

Meanwhile, Batman: Dragon designed three opportunities for the first Genie to return. What exactly did the first Genie experience during these three revisitings of history?
How did he go from cursing Batman to being convinced of his worth, and finally accepting his death?

Nobody knows how this happened, not even Batman Dragon, who deliberately created this outcome.

This is an opening deliberately left for Batman Dragon. He has already fulfilled one of these three returns, and is about to fulfill the second. And the third time, is it when she, Papetua, is trapped back on the Origin Wall?
Even though Batman's Dragon was already trapped in the cycle of the nameless old dragon, he still had the ability to launch such a counterattack, giving Perpetua a destined defeat, just as Perpetua gave herself a destined victory.
This is terrifying. He's only possessed sixth-dimensional divine power for a short time, yet he can reverse cause and effect and create such a counterattack? How can I break through this...?

Calm down.

Papetua was only momentarily stunned, but quickly recovered.

Her knowledge of the trans-temporal flow and the entire multiverse far surpassed that of Batman Dragon, and she immediately realized that even Batman himself could not control the impact of the first Lantern's three returns on the current situation.

He simply didn't have the ability to create a future timeline where he had already won a great victory in the downstream of the hypertime stream like Perpetua did, or even to create a predetermined victory. He only changed the reality of the First Lantern's death on the spot at that time point (Chapter 807), then postponed the other party's death, and then used the other party to leave himself some room for maneuver in the future. But Perpetua could also turn that room into nothing!

Who said that after three returns, the first Genie would be able to help Batman Dragon defeat Perpetua? That fact is completely unfounded. The only fact that is established is that the first Genie died after the third return.

As long as this death remains unchanged, any opportunity painstakingly created will ultimately only lead to emptiness.

But now the past created by Batman Dragon has become a fait accompli. One of the three returns has already been completed, and the more favorable destiny trajectory that Batman Dragon shaped using the first Lantern is already underway. Fortunately, Perpetual had already discovered the little game that Batman Dragon wanted to play. Once the trick was seen through, it would no longer have the intended effect...

The sword that the first Green Lantern is wielding has now absorbed all the power of that replica Earth-15, along with the last bit of Green Lantern power left by Parallax Morhal, but so what?

Perpetua took action, choosing to seal off Genie I's ability to escape from the current reality. In other words, no matter what form Genie I takes, he cannot escape the current timeline, Perpetua knew. Genie I was an extremely powerful time traveler, so he was deliberately going all out. Unless... Genie I's current power is roughly equivalent to Superman Prime or Parallax Morhal, he would have no chance of breaking free.

Perpetual also made a point of observation: Superman Supreme and Parallax Morhal were both dead. And within the DC multiverse, who else possessed the ability to help Genie I escape?

Barbatos?

That's right. Barbatos has collaborated with Batman Dragon multiple times. If we simply use the process of elimination, he is the only one in Batman Dragon's camp who is capable of taking action.

Since the timeline was thrown into chaos, Barbatos has been in hiding, and Papetua has no idea what he's up to. This could very well be another hidden conspiracy by Batman: Dragon.

Papetua had come to realize how much caution he needed to exercise when facing a small, cunning monster like Batman Dragon, who was powerless. Rather than letting Barbatos linger on the sidelines and become a true destabilizing factor, it was better to settle things once and for all now.

At this moment.

Within the melting pot of the world.

Barbatos was terrified once again.

Since reality descended into chaos and Batman Dragon acquired the title of Anti-Monitor Bat, he once again retreated back into the Forge of the World and remained secluded.

But in reality, Barbatos wasn't running away; he was accumulating strength, waiting for the opportune moment. He actually possessed great ambition, but was temporarily retreating.

Okay, I can't go on like this, but at least that's what Barbatos thinks.

He has always been adept at assessing situations. For Barbatos, waiting for Batman Dragon, Perpetua, and Dr. Manhattan to fight to a standstill, resulting in all three being severely weakened, and then reap the benefits of the outcome, is arguably his most desired outcome.

But the reality is that no one has forgotten him. Even though Batman Dragon seems to have forgotten him and has not taken any action to bring him into the plan, when Papetua realized the potential threat he might pose, he immediately launched an attack on him.

You don't really think you can stay out of this, do you?

Everyone is watching you. You will be drawn into this conflict sooner or later. This is the curse of those who possess power, Barbatos.

As Barbatos was attacked by Papetua, the voice of Batman Dragon echoed deep in Barbatos' ears.

"Damn it, you think I can't—"

Before Barbatos could finish his tirade, his power began to dissipate uncontrollably. Perpetua was punishing him from the upstream of the trans-temporal flow, erasing his history of possessing power. Barbatos was being dismantled by Perpetua, his state being restored to the day he was created by the World Forger—weak, insignificant, possessing nothing except the power that his innate status barely sustains him. But Barbatos was no pushover. He roared in fury and resisted, though it was a little too late, having already lost the initiative, but it was better than nothing. Barbatos had, after all, accumulated power over countless years and had once come incredibly close to the realm of a sixth-dimensional god.

He was not as weak as many people imagined when facing Papetua, but he still suffered a complete suppression from Papetua.

This has achieved Pappettoa's goal; his intention is not to kill Barbatos immediately, but to prevent Barbatos from helping Genie 1.

The first Lantern was like an insect trapped in amber. No one could break the amber from the outside, so he would be sealed inside forever. Batman Dragon? He didn't have the spare power to help.

But Papetour sensed a rule of death taking shape before the first Lantern: a dead creature, even if its soul had gone to the realm of the Black Death Emperor, its body should still exist normally in the material universe.

This is the rule of death, and Perpetua intends to break it, but the Mother of the Multiverse instantly senses resistance, not from the Endless Family Death itself that Perpetua imagined, nor from the Black Death Emperor, but from Dr. Manhattan!
Damn it, that's right. Forcibly interfering with the rules of death, in Dr. Manhattan's view, is like the experimental subject using brute force to create variables in the experiment. After all, if someone in the DC multiverse abuses resurrection or similar means to forcibly violate the rules of death, that would be the ultimate destruction of the experiment.

For example, in the New 52 era, Superman's parents died because Dr. Manhattan stole 10 years from the multiverse. If someone then ran over and used a resurrection spell to pull Superman's parents, who had just died, out of their coffins, and Superman's family was happily reunited, eating and drinking as usual, what would be the point of Dr. Manhattan's experiment?

Dr. Manhattan stole 10 years, indirectly causing the deaths of countless superheroes. But if someone were to resurrect these superheroes using a resurrection technique, the history of the main universe might not change much, and the experiment would be completely over.

Therefore, the blue bald man will not allow anyone to break the basic rules of the experiment, not even a powerful figure like Papetua.

The rules of death cannot be reversed. You can wait for the opponent's corpse to fly out and then use the white light to revive it, or you can destroy the corpse to ashes, but you cannot prevent the corpse from returning to the material universe!
Papetu wanted to forcefully take action, but then he sensed the Black Death Emperor maintaining the rules of his Death Domain and the shadow standing beside the Black Death Emperor, the Death from the Endless Family.

One of these two men was a defender of the law of death, and the other was the law of death itself. They were not targeting Papetua, but it was a duty they had to fulfill.

But, so what?
I'd like to see what kind of trick you're going to pull, and what will fall out of there? A resurrected Parallax Morhal?
With a splat, Parallax Mohal, who had already turned into a zombie in the dark, flew out from inside.

Papetua: ...

That's so unoriginal. It really is Hal Jordan in a blacked-out zombie form. What other classic scenes are there? Driving the Black Death Emperor?

Bring it all on, these are all the tricks Batman: Dragon can think of anyway.

None of this was enough to fight against her. Even if she combined the power of Parallax Morhal, Black Death, and the first Genie, she still couldn't break through her defenses against the first Genie. The first Genie was destined never to return to the past and complete the three returns of the first Genie created by Batman.

If she stops it, the history that has already formed upstream in the trans-time stream will gradually dissipate and then vanish into thin air.

Parallax Demon Hal tore through space and appeared in front of the first Lantern. He had a deathly look on his face, clenched his teeth, and his mouth was full of black blood.

This isn't the first time Parallax Morhal has been tainted by the power of the Black Lantern. Previously, when the World Forgers used the Black Death Emperor to manipulate him, they had already thoroughly corrupted him.

But at that time, Parallax Mohal still had some power to resist. Although he had been transformed, his power remained and he was not completely dead.

But now that Parallax Morhal is completely dead, the downside is that he is now even more under the control of the Black Death Emperor…

The benefit is... a deeper embrace of darkness.

He held up his ring, the insignia on his chest now blacked out, and he was still wearing his menacing combat suit, with only a sliver of white at his temples clearly visible.

"I understand now. Parallax Hal the Black Lantern is the trump card that Batman Dragon prepared." The first Lantern seemed to realize something. He held his sword, still vaguely thinking about his mother, but this did not affect his intelligence: "I feel that time and space are imprisoned, I cannot escape—this Black Lantern corpse, I mean Parallax Hal, how will it help me break free?"

He looked at William Hand, who was standing there, with an inquiring gaze, but William Hand did not answer him immediately. To be honest, the first Lantern Knight had thought that Parallax Morhal's transformation into a black lantern would bring him an army, but it seemed that he was the only one.

The next second, Black Lantern Corpse Hal appeared next to the first Lantern. Calamity thought he was about to do something, but he did not fight alongside him as the first Lantern had expected.

Out of courtesy, Huo Rong waited for a while for Blacklight Corpse Hal.

But there was still no response.

"What's wrong with this guy?" First Lantern turned to ask William Hand.

Black Lantern Corpse Hal reacted this time. He flew straight to the first Lantern, face to face with him, his empty eyes staring intently at the other.

Seriously, it is indeed a bit creepy. A corpse is just floating in front of you, without saying a word.

"Wait, what does this guy mean?" the first Lantern Knight asked again, and then he received a leisurely reply from William Hand.

"Have you forgotten what you once wanted to do to Hal, Calamity?"

(End of this chapter)