Across countless parallel universes and timelines, Elder Gods and New Gods, heroes and villains-everyone capable of sensing the ripples of this battle gathered anxiously at the edges of their universes.
They dared not face the battle between the Creator God and the Ultimate Lifeform directly. Like people peering outside through a door's peephole, they clung to the Universe Barriers and looked into the Multiversal In-Between.
Many had long anticipated Perpetua's return and had even prepared to choose sides. After all, once the Creator God had been sealed within the Source Wall, they had seized considerable authority beyond her control and reaped immeasurable benefits.
But now that the Creator God had returned, many deities would inevitably find her at their doors, demanding what was rightfully hers.
They could only hope Perpetua would be magnanimous enough to forgive their crimes, or obediently offer up their powers first, praying that she would let them remain at her side and throw their weight around under her protection.
Yet the fusion of Golden Amazo and Multiversal Doomsday could briefly hold its own against the weakened Perpetua. This gave quite a few deities other ideas, and they began watching the war unfold.
There was no doubt that Perpetua, a deity who had established her dominion over the DC Multiverse long ago, was stronger than the Ultimate Lifeform.
The only question now was how much strength Perpetua would have left after defeating her opponent.
If Perpetua was left weakened, the gods would swarm her without hesitation and divide every last scrap of her divine power among themselves.
But if Perpetua remained sufficiently powerful after the battle, they could always return their powers when the moment called for it-or simply flee far away and hide.
Of course, the battlefield in the Multiversal In-Between was not entirely devoid of