Recaps

After the Dragon Emperor Temple was destroyed, Li Jiong was chosen by a Green Lantern Ring and began using its power to protect the people. As he earned the commoners’ gratitude, the emperor ordered General Shan to find and kill him, while also capturing the mysterious lantern-bearer.

• General Shan burned the Dragon Emperor Temple and captured Bi Yao, leaving Li Jiong to escape the ruins and learn from a farmer that the emperor’s rule had devastated the land.
• Roland, The Flash, and Green Lantern fed the hungry Li Chu, and that night an Alien gave Li Jiong a Green Lantern Ring and lantern.
• Li Jiong resisted his new calling and dreamed of Bi Yao, whose phantom urged him to accept his destiny; Green Lantern told him to follow his heart.
• Li Jiong drove off a tax collector who was seizing the villagers’ grain and returned their food to them.
• The emperor ordered General Shan to find and execute Li Jiong, then hunt down the mysterious lantern-wielding sorcerer.
• For a week, Li Jiong used the Ring to rescue commoners from the army and tax collectors, earning their love while the powerful nobles feared and hated him.

Li Jiong rescued Bi Yao from the Imperial Palace and reunited her with Li Chu, while struggling with whether his Green Lantern power conflicted with his Dragon Emperor Guardian vows. After Roland suggested placing Li Chu on the throne, Li Jiong was left considering a challenge to imperial rule.

• Li Jiong rejected the conflicting visions of his master and Bi Yao, accepted his Green Lantern power, and planned to enter the Imperial Palace with a troupe.
• Roland, Green Lantern, and The Flash met Guo Ziyi at court, where Li Jiong burst out carrying Bi Yao and flew away with her.
• Li Jiong and Bi Yao reunited and shared their feelings, then Bi Yao told him about her past and revealed that Li Chu was her son.
• Li Jiong contacted Green Lantern, reunited Bi Yao with Li Chu, and agreed that Roland could become the boy's adoptive father.
• Roland proposed making Li Chu emperor, and Li Jiong questioned whether the plan was possible.

Li Jiong cleansed Dragon Mountain without relying on the Green Lantern Ring, earned the Dragon Emperors’ blessing, and gained command of its power. He then returned to the Imperial Palace to confront Emperor Suzong, who saw him break into the rear garden.

• Li Jiong went alone to Dragon Mountain and fought his way through the bandits without the Green Lantern Ring.
• A bandit ignited the cave’s stockpile of gunpowder, but a green barrier appeared around Li Jiong and shielded him from the explosion.
• Li Jiong called upon the Dragon Emperors, who purified and strengthened his soul, while his master told him he was worthy of the ring’s power.
• Li Jiong swore to use his power to defend the world and protect others, then descended the mountain determined to give Great Tang a new emperor.
• Emperor Suzong learned that Li Jiong had fought into the Imperial Palace and realized the Green Lantern Ring had magical power.

Li Jiong killed the emperor, and Roland helped Li Chu secure the throne and restore peace to Great Tang. After Li Jiong and Bi Yao left the capital, Roland met Green Lantern and The Flash on Dragon Mountain, where The Flash could not see the dragons around them.

• Li Jiong strangled the emperor, while Roland prevented the change in power from causing unrest.
• Roland advised Li Chu to let the people recover and make good use of capable officials, then warned him not to marry his future daughter to Guo Ziyi's son.
• Bi Yao mourned Empress Zhang's transformation and left the Imperial Capital with Li Jiong.
• After Li Chu ascended the throne, Tibet invaded, so Roland empowered Guo Ziyi's army and helped it defeat Tibet and pacify the An Lushan Rebellion.
• Guo Ziyi requested retirement, but Li Chu stripped him of military command and gave him high honors, stabilizing Great Tang.
• On Dragon Mountain, Green Lantern recognized Roland's vision, while The Flash could not see the dragons Roland pointed out.

Green Lantern, Roland, and The Flash traveled to another universe after receiving a cross-universe distress signal from a Green Lantern. In Gotham, they found a strangely cheerful world where the heroes’ lives had taken unexpected turns, and suspected that this universe’s Green Lantern was connected to the crisis.

• Green Lantern formed a new ring after Roland’s soul-cleansing, then told Roland and The Flash about a distress signal from another universe.
• The three recovered in Great Tang before traveling to Gotham City to investigate the signal.
• At Wayne Manor, they saw Bruce living happily with his parents and noticed that the family’s warmth seemed oddly forced.
• The trio discovered that Gotham’s villains were easily defeated and that many heroes, including Clark, The Flash, Wonder Woman, and Cyborg, had unusual lives in this world.
• Roland noticed there was no news about Green Lantern, and the group suspected the local Green Lantern was behind the strange situation.
• Roland proposed checking Coast City and wondered whether this universe’s crisis involved Hal Jordan’s transformation into Parallax.

Green Lantern and Roland investigated a world where Hal Jordan did not exist, but The Flash vanished after traveling back in time and their escape route was sealed. At Jessica Jordan’s home, a confused Jessica mistook Green Lantern for one of her sons before a local Superman attacked, and Green Lantern and Roland suspected he was a Green Lantern construct.

• Green Lantern discovered that Coast City and Oa had no record of Hal Jordan, so The Flash traveled back in time to investigate.
• When The Flash failed to return and Roland’s portal would not open, Green Lantern and Roland flew to Jessica Jordan’s home.
• Jessica mistook Green Lantern for Jack and then confused him with Jim, while Green Lantern tried to explain that he was Hal.
• A local Superman appeared, and Green Lantern and Roland fought him with their Lantern powers and Roland’s sword.
• Green Lantern and Roland noticed a flash of green light around Superman and suspected he was a construct made by a Green Lantern Ring.

Roland and Green Lantern fought a Green Lantern-made Justice League, then combined their powers to attack Earth. The assault destroyed humanity and left the planet devastated.

• Roland and Green Lantern discovered that Superman resisted their attacks, while Green Lantern suspected the other approaching heroes were also made from Green Lantern constructs.
• Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, and Martian Manhunter joined the fight, overwhelmed Roland and Green Lantern, and left Green Lantern badly injured.
• Roland unleashed a devastating Ten-Slash Blade attack that destroyed Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman, while Green Lantern created a weaker Superman to fight the remaining enemies.
• Roland combined his Orange Lantern Ghost Superman with Green Lantern's construct, and the two Lanterns powered it up for a direct attack on Earth.
• Green Lantern Superman's barrage shattered Earth's surface, erased its seas, and left humanity extinct.

Roland and Green Lantern confronted an alternate Hal Jordan, who was controlled by a black Lantern Entity and overwhelmed them with his power. The Moon shattered as the two heroes struggled to survive, leaving them with no clear way to stop him or rescue Barry.

• Roland and Green Lantern met this world's silent, aged Hal Jordan and demanded that he hand over Barry.
• Hal Jordan attacked without warning, hurling Roland into the Moon's core before Green Lantern knocked him back down.
• Green Lantern recognized that a Lantern Entity was controlling Hal Jordan and identified its color as black.
• Hal Jordan shattered the Moon while Roland and Green Lantern tried to fend off his attacks.
• Roland asked whether they could talk while Green Lantern admitted he would soon be defeated without help from Little Red.

Roland and Green Lantern fought Hal Jordan, whose body held several powerful entities, and discovered that Ghost had taken possession of him. After they freed Hal Jordan from Ghost, Hal attacked again, leaving Roland to meet his punch with a sword strike.

• Roland drew Panti's handgun and Sitaojin's stockings, then fired holy-powered psionic bullets at Hal Jordan.
• The bullets released Ghost from Hal Jordan, but Ghost announced that he intended to destroy the world.
• Green Lantern and Roland attacked Ghost, and their assault allowed Hal Jordan's soul to regain control of his body.
• Hal Jordan charged the pair, and Roland stepped in front of Green Lantern to block his fist with the Hell Sword.

Three years into his battle with Hal Jordan, Roland and Green Lantern tried to free Hal from the force controlling him by sending Green Lantern’s soul into Hal’s mind. Inside, Green Lantern discovered the memories and tragedies that had led Hal to become Parallax and then a Black Lantern.

• Roland continued fighting Hal Jordan while Green Lantern searched for a way to reach Hal’s damaged mind.
• Green Lantern used the two Lantern Rings to create a Batman phantom, which used Soul Projection to send Green Lantern’s soul into Hal Jordan.
• Green Lantern’s soul entered Hal’s consciousness and saw that his life largely resembled the other Hal Jordan’s, though Batman had died in his world and Roland did not exist.
• After Coast City was destroyed, Hal became Parallax, reversed time to save the city, and inadvertently brought Batman back as a Black Lantern.
• Hal later let the Black Lantern Entity possess him to resurrect Earth’s dead, then defeated and sealed Ghost inside himself.

Green Lantern and Roland defeated Hal Jordan by exploiting his feelings for the people he had brought into his perfect world. After Hal let go of his Green Lantern Ring and died, Roland rebooted the world and returned to the Roland Universe with Green Lantern and The Flash.

• Green Lantern shared Hal Jordan's memories with Roland, and they realized that force was their only chance to stop him.
• Roland and Green Lantern attacked Hal Jordan, but his rings repeatedly healed him and kept him alive.
• Green Lantern took Hal Jordan's Black Lantern Ring and summoned Superman, Batman, The Flash, Tom Kalmaku, Carol Ferris, Kilowog, Sinestro, and Green Arrow to confront him.
• Moved by his friends' words, Hal Jordan removed his Green Lantern Ring, and his accumulated wounds destroyed his body.
• Roland accelerated the world to its reboot and returned to the Roland Universe with Green Lantern and The Flash.

Roland returned to Chang'an, reunited with Li Chu, and celebrated with a lavish Shaowei Feast before traveling back to Roland Cathedral. There, he learned Bruce Wayne had founded a company to serve superheroes, leaving him worried that the world had changed in a disturbing way.

• Roland reassured Li Chu that his wounds were healing, and Li Chu invited him, the Flash, and Green Lantern to a Shaowei Feast.
• Roland, the Flash, and Green Lantern devoured the extravagant banquet, then prepared to return to the future.
• At Roland Cathedral, Jeanne d'Arc urged Roland to have Doctor Roman examine his injuries.
• Doctor Roman examined Roland in a high-tech infirmary equipped with a Healing Pod donated by Bruce Wayne.
• Doctor Roman revealed that Bruce Wayne had founded a company to serve superheroes, and Roland feared Batman had become Vought.

Bruce Wayne announced plans to establish a superhero corporation that would provide heroes with logistical support and fund itself through promotions and merchandise. He vowed to cover any shortfall from his own wealth, leaving the company’s launch backed by his personal fortune.

• Penguin and Black Sun arrived at Bruce Wayne’s extravagant press event, where Penguin learned Bruce planned to open a superhero agency.
• Bruce startled Black Sun, apologized by giving him a Maybach, and went inside to prepare for the announcement.
• Reporters questioned Bruce about whether the corporation would make heroes charge people for rescues, and Bruce said its mission was to support heroes rather than turn them into private bodyguards.
• Bruce told reporters the company could earn money through promotions, advertising, movies, and merchandise, but said he would cover losses himself.
• Bruce promised the corporation would provide heroes with medical care, transportation, property-damage insurance, financial assistance, and legal aid, with his wealth backing any costs revenue could not cover.

Bruce announced that Wayne Enterprises had signed exclusive representation agreements with Superman and Batman, prompting business groups to fear his expanding medical services and seek Lex Luthor's help. Superman later explained that he supported Bruce because Bruce had covered his property-damage bills and paid off his apartment mortgage.

• Bruce introduced Superman and Batman as Wayne Enterprises' heroic partners, and they demonstrated their abilities before reporters.
• Superboy-Prime, disguised as Batman, flew beside Superman and admitted that he enjoyed cosplaying as the hero.
• Penguin and Black Sun discussed how Superman's involvement would discourage authorities from interfering with Bruce's company.
• Medical and pharmaceutical industry representatives condemned Bruce's free medical service centers, and Charles said he had contacted Lex Luthor to deal with Superman.
• At Roland Cathedral, Superman told Roland and Kara that Bruce's financial help had persuaded him to endorse the company.

Superman learned that Bruce Wayne had been criminally charged with colluding with communists and flew to see him. While he was gone, Roland foiled a government raid on Roland Cathedral and discovered that the pharmaceutical industry had targeted Bruce over his free hospital network.

• Kara scolded Superman for how he spoke to her, and Roland declined to intervene in their family dispute.
• Perry White told Superman that Bruce Wayne had been charged with colluding with communists, so Superman flew off to see him.
• A group led by Deputy Secretary Barrington entered Roland Cathedral to search for an allegedly unlicensed hospital.
• Roland used invisible blasts of force to throw the search party out and read their minds, learning that the pharmaceutical industry had sent them after Bruce.
• Roland explained to Kara that Bruce's Superhero Corporation threatened the pharmaceutical industry because it operated more than ten thousand free hospitals.

After Jason drove Bishop Caleb Perry out of Roland Cathedral, Lex Luthor discussed Roland with Professor Anthony Ivo, who decided to provoke him. Meanwhile, swimsuit Jeanne d'Arc hit Roland with her Big Sister Beam, leaving him trapped under her influence.

• Roland told Kara he planned to retire and explained that a fight with Hal Jordan had left him psychologically exhausted.
• Roland visited swimsuit Jeanne d'Arc, who said she was researching Saint Graphs, and asked to see her swimsuit.
• Bishop Caleb Perry claimed authority over Roland Cathedral, but Jason kicked him down and had students beat him and throw him out.
• Bishop Caleb Perry complained to Lex Luthor, who warned that Professor Anthony Ivo's plan to provoke Roland was dangerous, but Ivo went ahead with it.
• Swimsuit Jeanne d'Arc fired her Big Sister Beam at Roland, and Doctor Roman described an elaborate way to undo its year-long effect.

Roland confronted Amazo, a robot impersonating him and copying his powers, and defeated it with a spell that disabled machines. After Professor Anthony Ivo threatened Bruce Wayne and claimed Roland could never find him, Roland tracked him to his secret laboratory in Metropolis.

• Jeanne d'Arc teased Roland as her little brother while Kara watched, until Jason arrived with news that an impostor had been committing crimes in Roland's name.
• Jason led Roland, Kara, and Jeanne d'Arc to a street where Harvey was fighting the fake Roland, who turned out to be Amazo, a robot controlled by Professor Anthony Ivo.
• Roland took over the fight and matched Amazo's copied attacks before using Paralyze Machinery to disable the robot and send it to another dimension.
• Professor Anthony Ivo threatened Bruce Wayne and boasted that Roland could not find him, so Roland tracked him to a secret laboratory in Metropolis half an hour later.

Batman and Roland found Professor Anthony Ivo’s hidden laboratory, where Amazo No. 0 failed to stop them, and Roland punished Ivo for damaging his reputation. Meanwhile, Luthor revealed a Black Hole-powered robot in space, leaving Superman and Martian Manhunter facing a threat to Earth.

• Batman revealed that he had found Professor Anthony Ivo’s hidden laboratory because its lead shielding made it conspicuous to Superman.
• Professor Anthony Ivo sent Amazo No. 0 to attack Roland, but the robot copied bizarre abilities and failed to defeat him.
• Roland beat Professor Anthony Ivo, stripped him, and left him on a Metropolis street.
• At Lex Tower, Luthor discussed Ivo’s humiliation and kept his secret weapon, DX, hidden from the pharmaceutical merchant.
• In space, Superman and Martian Manhunter examined DX and realized it could destroy Earth, while Superman suspected Luthor had prepared countermeasures.

Martian Manhunter returned to Metropolis and met Superboy-Prime, who explained Batman’s Superhero Corporation and invited him to join its planned films and other projects. The chapter left Martian Manhunter hearing Superboy-Prime’s unusual casting idea for Green Lantern.

• Superman warned Martian Manhunter not to underestimate Lex Luthor and asked him to check Metropolis while he watched Luthor’s giant robot.
• Martian Manhunter returned to Metropolis and found it unusually peaceful.
• Superboy-Prime introduced himself as Clark Kent, Metropolis’s protector whenever Superman was away, and said he ran Superman’s social media accounts.
• Superboy-Prime described Batman’s Superhero Corporation and invited Martian Manhunter to join its planned projects.
• Superboy-Prime said he planned to recommend Dead Servant for the lead in Green Lantern, crediting Father Roland for the inspiration.

Professor Anthony Ivo explained that he had helped a pharmaceutical company pursue immortality and uncovered Dr. Isaac’s plan to release the T-Virus. Roland spared Ivo and sent Jason to stop the scheme in Raccoon City, where Jason and Kara arrived.

• Mr. Freeze asked Professor Anthony Ivo why he had created Amazo and provoked Roland, and Ivo admitted he wanted immortality.
• Ivo revealed that Dr. Isaac planned to use a virus and the genes of long-lived animals to wipe out humanity and preserve selected survivors.
• Roland identified the virus as the T-Virus, offered Ivo a path to immortality in Hell, then spared him and demanded a copy of his research.
• Roland told Jason to deal with the person trying to start Resident Evil.
• Jason and Kara arrived in Raccoon City, and Jason called the place creepy before Kara teased him about his fear.

Kara and Jason entered a Raccoon City pharmaceutical plant and discovered that Lex Luthor had set a bioweapon on them. Kara fought the massive creature while a scientist watched in disbelief as his test subject No. 9 was overwhelmed.

• Kara and Jason entered the pharmaceutical plant using Kara's press pass and were escorted to its first basement level.
• Lex Luthor appeared on a screen and revealed that one of his allies would fight them with a bioweapon.
• A six-meter monster attacked, and Kara flew at it, punched it, and struck it with heat vision.
• Jason judged that the monster was tough but posed little threat to Kara as she fought it.
• A young scientist watched the fight on a screen and questioned how his test subject No. 9 could be beaten.

Albert released his Final Experiment to stop Kara and her allies, but the monster was evenly matched with Jason. Lex Luthor mocked Albert and revealed he planned to use money against Roland’s followers.

• Kara easily defeated Experiment Subject Nine, terrifying Albert as he watched from the surveillance room.
• Albert argued with Lex Luthor over the price of kryptonite and threatened to unleash his Final Experiment.
• Jason confronted the armored Final Experiment in the pharmaceutical factory’s basement and fought it to a standstill.
• Lex Luthor laughed at Albert’s failure and said he had a trick for dealing with Roland’s followers: US dollars.

Jason, Kara, and Lex Luthor dealt with Albert and rescued his human experiment victims. As Kara prepared to face another dangerous enemy, Lex revealed he had donated ten million to Roland Cathedral.

• Lex Luthor argued that Roland had taught powerful people to restrain themselves, while Jason and Kara teased him about his bias against Superman.
• Jason used the Soul Spell to consume Albert’s soul after Lex suggested executing him for human experimentation.
• Jason sent Apollo through the basement floor to burn the failed experiments, then brought back several unconscious homeless men.
• Kara decided to take the rescued men to Bruce’s Hero Recovery Center for treatment.
• Kara proposed taking on another dangerous enemy, but Lex said he had just donated ten million to Roland Cathedral’s public account.

Jason and Kara discussed Lex Luthor’s sudden concessions and his obsession with Superman. In Lex Tower, Lex revealed to Mercy that he saw Superman’s acceptance by humanity as dangerous because Superman was not human.

• Lex Luthor told Jason and Kara he would leave the anti-Superhero Corporation alliance and move the DX away from the Solar System.
• Jason and Kara wondered why Lex was so determined to bring down Superman, and Kara recalled Roland’s advice to search a person’s soul.
• Lex spoke with Stan about his coming fortune before Mona reported that Superman had returned to Metropolis.
• Mona tried to seduce Lex, but he sent her to represent him at a charity gala and suggested Roland might appreciate her appearance.
• Mercy massaged Lex as he explained that people had come to see Superman as family, then declared that all men were equal but he was not a man.

Roland showed Jason the Sword of the Sacred Way, awakened its Mecha, and challenged Superboy-Prime. After Roland and Superboy-Prime damaged the ocean, they agreed to help Aquaman clean it up, leaving Aquaman shocked as seawater surged inland across Japan.

• Roland explained the Sword of the Sacred Way and stabbed Jason to demonstrate how the sword could be awakened by a fearless spirit of justice.
• The sword awakened in Jason’s hands, summoned a Mecha, and Roland climbed inside to wield it.
• Jason called Superboy-Prime, who met Roland above the Atlantic Ocean and caught the blast from Roland’s Righteous Qi Cosmos Cannon.
• The cannon blast exposed the seabed, and Aquaman arrived to confront Roland and Superboy-Prime over the damage to the ocean.
• Roland and Superboy-Prime agreed to clean up the ocean, but seawater then surged inland through Japan’s rivers and up the Aoyu Mountains, leaving Aquaman stunned.