You Sing, I Follow: William Hand's Scheme? Emperor Joker's Defeat?

My name is Hal Jordan, and today is the day I will die—right here, right now.

I had fought with all my strength to escape the restraints of the Over-Time Stream, fighting with all my strength to flee a history that should have ended in failure. But none of it saved me. Instead, it dragged me into an even deeper abyss.

I once believed that overwhelming power could help me change history, alter my homeland's tragic fate, and create a more perfect world. In the end, however, it had all been nothing more than a dreamlike bubble.

A tiny Spirit of Existence was embedded in my chest by Batman Dragon. It was an inferior projection of a Spirit of Existence from the Dark Multiverse. This thing had helped me escape Black Death Emperor's call of death during the previous battle, giving me the ability to calmly flee through layers of encirclement into the lower reaches of the Over-Time Stream.

This thing had originally been unrelated to my life, merely a tool to help me resist Black Death Emperor's summons. I had planned to remove Batman Dragon's gift from my chest after reaching somewhere safe. But before I could do that, I had already been captured by Emperor Joker and his evil allies.

Now, after Emperor Joker's modifications, this thing had become some sort of switch linked to my life.

Once this tiny Spirit of Existence vanished, my life would end with it. At the same time, all the energy within my body would erupt.

Yes, all my energy. The energy of the Anti-Matter Universe, all the energy I had absorbed from the Green Lantern Central Power Battery, the energy absorbed from tens of thousands of Green Lanterns...

All the various energies I had absorbed would explode in an instant. The