▁from ▁beyond ▁the ▁grave ▁as ▁the ▁Spect re , ▁the ▁divine ▁Spirit ▁of ▁God ' s ▁Ven ge ance , ▁whom ▁Jordan ▁attempted ▁to ▁transform ▁into ▁a ▁Spirit ▁of ▁Red em ption , ▁which ▁ended ▁in ▁failure . ▁ ▁In ▁Green ▁Lan tern : ▁Reb irth , ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁Jordan ▁was ▁under ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁a ▁creature ▁known ▁as ▁Par alla x ▁when ▁he ▁turned ▁ren eg ade . ▁ ▁Par alla x ▁was ▁a ▁creature ▁of ▁pure ▁fear ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁imprison ed ▁in ▁the ▁Central ▁Power ▁B atter y ▁by ▁the ▁Guard ians ▁of ▁the ▁Un iverse ▁in ▁the ▁distant ▁past . ▁ ▁Im pr ison ment ▁had ▁rendered ▁the ▁creature ▁d orm ant ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁eventually ▁forgotten , ▁becoming ▁known ▁merely ▁as ▁the ▁" yellow ▁imp urity " ▁in ▁the ▁power ▁rings . ▁Sin estro ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁w ake ▁Par alla x ▁and ▁encou rage ▁it ▁to ▁seek ▁out ▁Hal ▁Jordan ▁as ▁a ▁host . ▁Although ▁Par alla x ▁had ▁been ▁trying ▁to ▁cor rupt ▁Jordan ▁( via ▁his ▁ring ) ▁for ▁some ▁time , ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁after ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁Coast ▁City ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁succeed . ▁It ▁took ▁advantage ▁of ▁Jordan ' s ▁weak ened ▁emot ional ▁state ▁to ▁l ure ▁him ▁to ▁O a ▁and ▁cause ▁him ▁to ▁attack ▁anyone ▁who ▁stood ▁in ▁his ▁way . ▁After ▁killing ▁several ▁Green ▁Lan tern s , ▁Jordan ▁finally ▁entered ▁the ▁Central ▁Power ▁B atter y ▁and ▁absor bed ▁all ▁the ▁power