With the temporary fall of the Anti-Monitor, the anti-matter wall, now without a manipulator, began to dissipate, and the antimatter energy flowed back into the Antimatter Universe.
Shen Mu didn't pay too much attention to this; he simply reached out and collected the large mass of Origin left behind by the Anti-Monitor.
"Ding! The major event 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' has ended, and the treasure chest has finished charging. Do you wish to extract it immediately?"
Finally, a long-awaited treasure chest could be opened. Shen Mu wasn't in a hurry; he first stored the treasure chest in the system space.
He planned to go to the Antimatter Universe to see what the legendary Anti-Life Equation truly looked like.
Shen Mu arrived quietly and departed gracefully, leaving only a dominating figure for the Gods to ponder.
Watching the Anti-Monitor being so easily eliminated by Shen Mu, some ancient existences in the Multiverse and even the Domain of the Gods felt an inexplicable sense of crisis.
After all, this was a God born before the Multiverse, the controller of the Antimatter Universe, a crucial cornerstone of the Multiverse, and a member of the great and mysterious Monitor race.
However, such an existence was now eradicated by Shen Mu, a junior God whose rise to prominence among the Gods seemed to happen in an instant!
If Rao and the Kryptonian Pantheon he once ruled were seen by many as merely a spectacle, then the Anti-Monitor's demise plunged them into endless silence and shock.
"I never thought that the mighty Anti-Monitor would die so ignominiously. This era is no longer one I can comprehend!"
"I just don't know why he suddenly launched such a destructive attack on the Multiverse. If not for his actions, that fierce God probably wouldn't have intervened!"
"There must be an unknown secret behind this. I don't believe that Kryptonian God truly acted to resolve the Multiverse's disaster; he must have discovered something worth his intervention."
"Perhaps the secret hidden within is also related to the Anti-Monitor's full-scale invasion of the Multiverse."
"So what exactly is this secret?"
"Now that the Anti-Monitor has fallen, only that Kryptonian God knows this secret. If you want to know, you can go ask him."
"I'm not tired of living yet! He killed the Anti-Monitor with such ease; I'm certainly no match for him!"
"Alas! The wind is rising; a storm that will sweep through the Multiverse and the Domain of the Gods is now unstoppable!"
"I only pray this storm stays far away from me! I don't wish to be involved in any conflict, whether it was the Old Gods' war for Origin or the war of succession between the New Gods and Old Gods; I participated in neither."
The various Gods had different thoughts, but they all shared one consensus at this moment: Shen Mu was not to be provoked.
In a special dimension, a group of survivors from an old era were the most shocked by the Anti-Monitor's Death.
They were the rulers of the Second Era, but now they were merely lingering failures. They were the Old Gods who survived the changing of divine authority.
The civil war over the struggle for Origin and the rise of the New Gods had almost wiped them all out.
These remaining Old Gods fled the Domain of the Gods in disarray, finding this special dimension to continue the legacy of their Pantheon.
"That terrifying Kryptonian God killed the Anti-Monitor and took his Origin. In the face of absolute power, even the Creator God's son is insignificant."
"However, the Anti-Monitor's Death and the taking of his Origin, doesn't this prove that our war to seize Origin was correct?"
"We only survived by snatching enough Origin. Those without power could only become the lost souls under Yuga Khan."
"That Kryptonian God who killed the Anti-Monitor is neither like an Old God nor a New God, but judging by his attitude towards Origin, at least he is not aligned with the New Gods. Perhaps he can be brought to our side."
"I advise you to abandon that thought. That fellow is too dangerous; he feels even more terrifying to me than that monster Yuga."
"What we need to do now is wait. Wait for this Kryptonian God to stir up the muddy waters of the Domain of the Gods even more, and wait for the Source Wall to collapse. We have endless lifespans anyway; we've waited hundreds of billions of years, so a little more time won't hurt!"
"The glory of the Old Gods will sooner or later spread across the entire World again."
All the Old Gods couldn't help but begin to imagine the scene when that day arrived!
While Shen Mu headed to the Antimatter Universe, on the other side, his command for Metron to release Huo Rong was also proceeding smoothly.
Metron, having retrieved the mobius chair, once again became the lofty God of Knowledge, though with a slight reduction in his former arrogance.
When the Green Lantern used his life to relay the news of Huo Rong back to Oa, the Guardians' first reaction was disbelief.
They clearly knew of Huo Rong's terror and were well aware of his hatred for them.
Fleeing from such a terrifying outcome was merely their subconscious reaction, but they quickly realized they should ask the Lantern for more detailed information.
Just as they were about to contact the Lantern, they discovered that the power ring no longer had a host responding, yet the Lantern Ring had not been destroyed!
This seemed impossible to them, as the command they had programmed into the Lantern Ring was for it to automatically find a new host after the previous host's Death.
They could never have known that this Lantern Ring had indeed selected the most perfect host nearby, one with the most unyielding willpower.
However, this host was a bit different; his will was strong enough to resist the temptation of power, so he not only didn't recite the oath but instead sealed the Lantern Ring in his Batcave, preparing to study it.
"Now that the Anti-Monitor has been killed by that Kryptonian God, the invasion from the Antimatter Universe has receded. We must recall the Green Lanterns to guard the Shadow Cabinet. We absolutely cannot let that fellow Huo Rong escape."
"Agreed!"
"Agreed!"
The Guardians unanimously agreed with this viewpoint.
Subsequently, they issued an urgent command to all Green Lanterns, instructing them to go to the Planet Maltus, the birthplace of the Guardian.
Metron, using the mobius chair, had already located the Planet where Huo Rong was imprisoned: Maltus.
Utilizing the mobius chair, Metron opened a Boom Tube, and in an instant, the group traversed infinite distances and arrived on this seemingly desolate Planet.
"I feel it. This is the place. Those despicable Guardians sealed my true form here."
The part of Huo Rong's consciousness within the power ring felt the natural attraction emanating from his true form the moment he stepped onto this Planet.
Just as they were about to act, beams of Green Lantern light descended from the sky, surrounding them.