The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

Before leaving, the mysterious man left a treasure for the Phantom King.

It was an eerie lantern, emitting the same dark green light as the strange lamp ring held by the mysterious man.

Li Zhen knew that it wasn't the lantern that the Oa Legion mass-produced to replenish Green Lantern's energy.

Because he witnessed the strange lantern-making process firsthand.

Some glass-like substances were forcibly melted and polymerized by a strange green light, and then an eyeball with blood that had not yet dried was placed in the center.

At first, Li Zhen was still wondering where the eyeball came from.

However, Phantom King soon showed him the source of the eyeball.

The eerie lantern is practically a low-end version of the lantern ring, while the Phantom King who holds the lantern finally possesses an authority commensurate with the title of "King".

The Phantom King can use the lantern to summon strange energy and materialize various items.

With the help of the lantern, Phantom King's power finally entered a period of rapid development.

Li Zhen once again refused the Phantom King's request for help in inventing more practical gadgets, because he realized that the Phantom King was no longer the Phantom King he knew.

Coupled with her past experiences and apprehension about those eerie green lights, Li Zhen naturally didn't want to have too much contact with them. But the Phantom King clearly didn't care much about Li Zhen anymore.

He simply held up the lantern and carried Li Zhen into the sky, flying towards the azure star in the heavens.

As the two traveled further away from the Crimson Continent, Li Zhen was surprised to find that the azure star did not follow the rule of near objects appearing larger and far objects appearing smaller.

Even as they get closer, the blue star remains at a fixed size.

When they finally flew close, Li Zhen realized that it was not a real star.

He didn't know if it was like that in the past, but at least now, that thing was actually a strange 'membrane'.

The nearly transparent membrane continuously emitted a blue light, while Ethel, who had disappeared after the great battle, was disemboweled and firmly fixed to the blue-glowing membrane by a dozen dark green crystal spikes.

One of his eyeballs was also gouged out, and he was bleeding profusely.

The Phantom King coldly threatened Li Zhen.

"Your knowledge still has value, but it's not as important to me as it used to be."

He grinned maliciously as he raised the lantern, from which two dark green daggers split off, which he plunged viciously into the body of Ethel, who was unable to struggle nearby.

A thin layer of flesh was peeled away. A painful hiss came from the god's rough mouth.

"With this thing, I can have as many men as I want, even if it takes longer, but you know I'll eventually have it all!"

The Phantom King held the thin membrane of flesh in his hand and brought Li Zhen back to the Crimson Continent.

Then, in front of Li Zhen, he used a lantern to make an "outer garment" out of the thin film, and after forcibly waking up a group of blue phantoms, he draped the outer garment over one of the phantoms.

The phantom quickly gained physical form, and after gaining a slight understanding of the situation, it tried to seize power from the Phantom King, but was easily defeated by the Phantom King relying on his lantern.

The Phantom King, who once held the god who had created the only material reality in the Phantom Zone that could sustain them, has vanished.

Instead, a tyrant who became increasingly ruthless and vicious emerged.

Seeing that the Phantom King's murderous intent towards him was growing stronger, Li Zhen finally followed the plot that Mon El had told him before and, under the threat of his life, joined the Phantom King's forces.

However, he still did not invent the Yellow Sun Bracelet. Li Zhen originally wanted to use it to kill the Phantom King, but he couldn't find any inspiration or design ideas for this thing.

However, the Phantom King was unaware of this and was quite satisfied with the practical gadgets that Li Zhen kept creating.

Until the intrusion of yet another uninvited guest changed everything.

That was Superman from the Unjust World, who had just found a job in reality and had not yet fully matured. Superman's appearance attracted the attention of the Phantom King, and after seeing the Star Bracelet on Superman's wrist, the Phantom King immediately judged that he was no match for him.

He confined Li Zhen again and fabricated a story about her being a repentant leader in the Phantom Zone, claiming that he was leading the Kryptonian prisoners to live a good life and reform themselves.

Superman, as expected, fell for the trap, was ambushed by the Phantom King who stole his two bracelets, and then imprisoned.

Then, the two friends, who had been friends since their youth, finally met and recognized each other in prison.

Superman tells Lee Jung that he still has some power remaining within him, while Lee Jung tells Superman that, based on his understanding of the current Phantom King, the Phantom King will soon take Lee Jung out and order her to develop more Star Bracelets.

As expected, Li Zhen was released once again, and after being implanted with a hidden mine by the lantern, she received a bracelet for research.

With an existing wristband, further development becomes much easier.

Li Zhen wanted to secretly develop a more powerful Stellar Collar, ostensibly researching the bracelet, but actually aiming to defeat the Phantom King, whether used by herself or Superman.

Unfortunately, he wasn't discreet enough, or he underestimated the extent of the Phantom King's surveillance on him.

With his collar taken away prematurely, and just as Lee Jung was about to be executed on the spot, Superman could no longer bear it and broke out of the prison to fight the Phantom King to the death.

However, Superman's remaining power was too little, and he was almost being unilaterally abused by the Phantom King.

But Phantom King's arrogance led to a mistake; he fought Superman and went far away, leaving Lee Jung behind. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lee Jung cleverly dealt with a group of guards and then boarded the sky sailboat she had recently invented to go to the blue 'star', where she met Ethel, who had been defeated and eternally fixed in the 'membrane'.

In fact, he had heard Ethel's voice the last time the Phantom King brought him here.

The communication of the mind can convey far more information than language. Li Zhen clearly knew that this original god of the Phantom Zone was very angry about the Phantom King's betrayal.

But He sensed Lee Jung's kindness and hoped that Lee Jung would become his representative and devotee from then on.

He promised to give Lee Jung enough power to defeat the Phantom King.

Li Zhen didn't trust him at first, but at this point she had no other choice.

A dazzling pearl flew out from between Ethel's eyebrows, and the already not very intelligent Ethel completely degenerated into a beast that could only howl.

The pearl disappeared into Li Zhen's brow, and the scene seemed to freeze for a moment.

The story then progresses into a familiar memory mode for Lee Jung.

It was taken over by the real Mon El.

The two were finally able to have a brief conversation.

The reason for the brevity was that Li Zhen noticed Mon El's strength was waning. "You're handing over the jewels and kryptonite to me, and you'll kill yourself?!"

Li Zhen couldn't help but connect the dots, and immediately expressed shock at Mon El's choice in reality.

Mon El's lingering memory gave a weak smile.

"Everyone is following the same old path, but I hope you can end it all."