I, the anti-superman, have hacked into the chat group.

Looking down at the universe, Carl prepared to leave with a slight sense of disappointment.

The Black Death Emperor's attack arrived in an instant. Karl's body was affected and he couldn't dodge it. He prepared to take the hit and then use the power to leave the vicinity of the universe.

The black light, carrying a chilling aura of death, swept in. Karl was mentally prepared; death would surely strike everyone in the universe from now on… (Never mind, that's none of my business. I've done what I could.)

Just when the ending seemed inevitable, a ray of white light finally shone through the universe.

Chapter 165 The White Light Appears

Saving the world should never be the responsibility of one person alone. Carl did it because he had the ability, but most of the time one person is enough to solve the problem.

But human strength has its limits, and everyone needs help sometimes, including him. So when he was unable to defeat the Black Death Emperor, Karl tried to seek help from that universe.

His strike into the outer reaches of the universe was actually a way of knocking on a door; if there were anyone willing to help him, they would naturally appear once they sensed it.

A beam of white light emanating from the universe blocked the black light in front of Carl.

The white beam of light focused in front of Karl, gradually softening and revealing its true inner form: a white lamp.

"It's you again, intruder!" the Black Death Emperor roared angrily.

At that moment, Karl had already reached for the dazzling white lamp.

"Karl from Earth 3, destiny has been waiting for you for a long time!"

The lamp furnace transformed into a white ring on his hand, and his uniform and cloak also turned white, while a strange symbol appeared on his chest.

This is the white light of life.

The white light logo is somewhat similar to the black light logo, both featuring a triangle at the bottom and square stripes. However, the white light stripes are sharper, appearing as if they pierce through some kind of boundary, unlike the black hole stripes which are so wide they resemble a tombstone.

"No, no! You can't stop me again!" The Black Death Emperor was furious. He had only recently been banished from the material world by the White Lanterns and could not accept that such a thing would happen again.

The Black Death Emperor raised a withered arm, attempting to regain control of Karl's dead cells.

However, at that moment, the White Lantern Ring emitted a dazzling light.

Conventional resurrection methods are ineffective against Blacklight's judgment. As long as a person has experienced death, Blacklight can forcibly control them, and resurrection cannot erase the fact that an individual has died.

There is only one exception: the resurrection of White Lantern.

It is fundamentally different from ordinary methods of resurrection, because strictly speaking, those can no longer be called resurrection.

“Karl from Earth 3”.

"Rebirth!"

A flash of white light, and Karl's dead cells were reborn. The Black Emperor could no longer control them, and the rebirth severed the boundary between his past death and his rebirth.

"Black Death Emperor, you have lost," Karl declared.

"It's not certain who will win or lose! Having the power to live just means you can compete with me on the same stage."

The Black Death Emperor swung his scythe, unleashing a barrage of blade energy that symbolized death.

However, Karl neither dodged nor avoided the blow, letting it strike his chest; the blade's energy dissipated upon impact.

"This is impossible!" the Black Death Emperor exclaimed. "The boost to power from the Spirit of Existence is definitely not that great!"

The Black Death Emperor knew very well that he and the Spirit of Existence, as embodiments of death and life, were not known for their combat prowess. In fact, the Spirit of Existence was even inferior to him in this regard. For example, when White Lantern possessed Sinestro, he had defeated him.

At this moment, the combined power of the opponent and Karl might be greater than his, but it would never present such a near-overwhelming situation as it is now, which is abnormal.

Karl unleashed a hurricane in the air, and the Black Death Emperor's body melted away like snow in the face of this power.

The power of the Spirit of Existence certainly wouldn't give someone such a significant boost in combat ability, but Karl's situation is different. He is a Kryptonian, a Kryptonian who can enhance his abilities through specific substances.

The life force seemed to produce some kind of special reaction within him, similar to kryptonite, but much stronger, and because it was full of vitality, it did not cause the side effect of overcharging.

After consuming an excessive amount of kryptonite, the energy within his body reached its limit, enabling him to propel the universe forward. In other words, at this point, he was considered a quasi-cosmic level being.

After absorbing the power of the white lamp, his body evolved once again, becoming a true cosmic-level powerhouse. Although there is only one word difference, the gap between the two is like heaven and earth.

There is no comparison between using all one's strength to move the universe and being able to truly contend with the entire universe.

Therefore, setting aside the authority over death, he completely overwhelms the Black Death Emperor in terms of combat power.

After the Black Death Emperor's body was destroyed again, Karl used the ring on his right hand to condense a large amount of white light of life, and then punched the surface of the universe.

The vast black shadows clinging to the universe were completely shattered by this attack, and the intense white light banished death. It's estimated that the Black Death Emperor won't be able to plot against this universe for a long time.

The purple branches were finally able to operate with peace of mind, and began to slowly send the universe away from here.

Karl didn't rush to help speed up the process to avoid any further accidents. Instead, he prepared to turn around and go to the universe on the other side of Honkai first.

"Hmm..." At this moment, Karl felt something unusual about the ring on his hand: "Are you leaving?"

Just as there is a Black Death Emperor for black lights, there is naturally a corresponding being for white lights, namely the Spirit of Existence.

The Black Death Emperor's goal is to return all universes to a state of death, while the Spirit of Existence's purpose is to protect the order of life, which is to protect destiny.

Now that fate is returning to normal, the spirit that has consciously fulfilled its mission naturally intends to depart.

“Wait a minute, there’s still one thing to resolve,” Karl said. “The fact that your universe ended up here wasn’t an accident; it was the result of someone deliberately guiding it. If we don’t resolve this, there might be another cosmic shift in the future.”

The ring responded to Karl's words.

"That is the fate of other worlds, and I cannot interfere."

To allow the spirit of existence to intervene in fate is tantamount to asking the Black Death Emperor to truly resurrect a person, both of which are absolutely impossible.

"Even if it affects your universe?" Karl countered.

Bai Deng remained silent. The reversal of the universe would indeed affect the order of life he wanted to protect, but if he helped, it would inevitably affect the fate of other universes, which was something he could not accept.

"The order of life should not be interfered with by external forces," White Lantern said.

Karl was somewhat troubled. It was really hard to convince them of the existence of this concept. Asking them to do things they wouldn't do was tantamount to violating the concept itself. But he needed White Lantern's help to be absolutely certain of destroying the Honkai consciousness outside the universe.

“Wait a minute.” Karl thought of something: “Since life should not be interfered with by external forces, what if I want to eliminate that is an external force, and it is not a life form in the universe?”

The Honkai consciousness exists outside the universe. Whether it is a biological entity or not is uncertain for Karl, but that doesn't stop him from saying so.

And White Lantern seemed to have similar thoughts to him.

"I don't know if the entity you mentioned is similar to the Black Death Emperor, but I don't intend to find out. Let's just assume it is. I will leave some energy to help you."

The furnace left the ring and flew back into space, but the ring itself remained in Karl's hand.

Chapter 166 Nightmare Ends

White Lantern left, and he would not interfere with the order of life. His mission was complete after stopping Black Lantern. However, in order to prevent the universe from being pulled away from its original position again, White Lantern deliberately did not ask too many questions and left Carl with a White Lantern Ring.

With the ring in hand, Karl arrived at the periphery of the Honkai Universe. The white light represented the power of life. Upon arriving, Karl immediately activated the scanning function on the ring.

"There aren't many life forms that can survive outside the universe, so it's time for you to show yourself, Honkai Consciousness."

The White Lantern Ring only found one life form in the vicinity, which, needless to say, must be the Honkai consciousness.

The white, unidentified humanoid figure reappeared, but this time Karl met it in reality.

Karl had no intention of wasting words; he had already planned to kill his opponent. However, the Honkai Consciousness released a lot of information, which Karl's super senses read in an instant.

That is the development history of several civilizations, and the data of Earth is also included. The changes from before the Collapse to after the Collapse are very obvious.

"You're trying to say that the Honkai isn't a disaster targeting civilization, right?" Karl read the other person's intended meaning.

There is some truth to that. Honkai is never just a simple disaster; its existence has brought about earth-shattering changes to civilization.

Before the Honkai erupted, the previous civilization's technological level was not much higher than that of the current civilization. However, after the Honkai selected its first Herrscher, this civilization accomplished countless incredible feats in just over a decade.

Spaceships capable of wandering the universe, observing parallel worlds, creating world bubbles, transforming weak human bodies into super monsters capable of destroying continents, and even storing knowledge in genes for generational transmission through holy marks.

Civilization developed rapidly because of the existence of Honkai. Karl had to admit that without Honkai, the technological level of civilization would have been far behind. For example, sending him into the imaginary space outside the universe would have been absolutely impossible.

The Honkai consciousness sent out more messages, this time about the struggle between the Imaginary Tree and the Quantum Sea.

'Only through the existence of Honkai can civilization barely develop to the point where it is qualified to intervene in this struggle. Otherwise, if the art fails in the struggle, all civilizations will vanish into nothingness within the quantum realm. You should understand this by now.'

The Honkai consciousness tried to explain to Karl the necessity of Honkai's existence. As a person's strength increases, their perspective on problems will inevitably change. Now that Karl possesses cosmic-level strength, it hoped that Karl would view problems from a cosmic perspective.

Individual lives, or even individual civilizations, are insignificant in the face of the universe. The sacrifice of some ant-like civilizations can increase the chances of the tree's victory, which is worthwhile, according to the Honkai consciousness.

“What you said makes some sense,” Karl replied.

But before the Honkai consciousness could rejoice, Karl continued, "However, I am still a living being, a person. I can understand what you are saying, but I cannot agree with it. People always put people first."

Karl's ring emitted a white light, binding the Honkai consciousness to its spot. The power of life bound the Honkai consciousness's life force, preventing it from escaping.

'Your life is endless, and one day you will understand that those lives below you are not worth protecting.' The Honkai consciousness doesn't seem to have much fear of death.

"Perhaps." Karl didn't rule it out. He was still too young, and barring any unforeseen circumstances, his strength would definitely grow stronger and stronger, widening the gap between him and ordinary people. He wasn't sure if he would change his mind in the future.

“But at least for now, I think eliminating you is the right thing to do.” Karl’s eyes emitted crimson rays, burning the Honkai consciousness bit by bit into nothingness, leaving not even ashes.

The collapse that had plagued countless civilizations has finally come to an end, and the goal that countless people had worked so hard for has finally been achieved. This happened very suddenly, but the major civilizations will gradually realize it in the future.

After doing all this, Karl took off the white lamp ring on his hand. The spirit of existence had already left, and the life energy inside was dwindling with every bit used.

The white light left him with energy, not to let him act recklessly. He didn't want to disrupt the order of life because of his own actions, so the energy of this ring was very limited.

"According to preliminary estimates, the remaining life energy is only enough for me to maintain the white light form for three minutes, or to unconditionally revive one person... How stingy."

Karl casually made a sarcastic remark about the Spirit of Existence. He didn't really think the other party was stingy. After all, getting the White Lantern was an unexpected bonus, and being too greedy would only bring trouble upon oneself.

After removing the ring, Karl's uniform returned to its original state, and the damage on it seemed to have been repaired by the energy of the white lamp.

Carl took a moment to examine his current physical state.

"The effects of the black light are completely eliminated, and the side effects of the previous overload state are also offset by the white light."

The excessive absorption of kryptonite caused Carl's cells to operate in an overloaded state, which was very harmful to his body. Without White Lantern, he would definitely become weak later.

This weakness cannot be recovered by replenishing energy, because it was caused by excessive energy in the first place. What the cells need is rest, not anything else.

"Let's use up this energy first. Anyway, we won't be short of kryptonite again. Besides, the Dark Lord is definitely not the only one in the DC universe who doesn't want to leave. Before others realize the accident, let's get the universe out of here as soon as possible."

Before Karl flew to the DC universe, to avoid any unforeseen complications, he placed his hand on the outer layer of the universe to help the Tree of Imaginary Numbers repel the universe.

The closer you get to the boundary of the tree of imaginary numbers, the faster the repulsion process becomes, since taking something from inside the body is definitely not as fast as taking something from outside.

A few hours later, Karl gave a powerful push, watching as the branches of the Imaginary Tree, like an elastic net, ejected the DC universe from its territory.

"Phew... That's good enough. Go back to where you came from and never come back." Karl said goodbye to that universe: "I should go back too. No matter what, it's definitely not as comfortable outside the universe as Earth."