After the multiverse is entirely saved, The End secretly survives the greatest battle as he quietly admits that while he himself doesn't go down like Kronos did, he won't fight those heroes & former villains again the way Kronos did either. The End later decided to call forth "certain dangerous villains" that can fight them in the new story such as "The New Era of the Multiversal Heroes". Those certain dangerous villains are Hades from Ghosts 'n Goblins, Calasmos,Zoma & Nokturnus from Dragon Quest, Shiny Arceus (Shiny Pokemon version of Arceus) from Pokemon, Millenniummon from Digimon, Apocalymon from Digimon Adventure, Inferno from Soulcalibur, Fortinbras & Guildenstern from original Onimusha, Mundus from original Devil May Cry, Director Phobos from Madness Combat, Ares from God of War, Akuro from Ōkami/Ōkamiden and Chakravartin from Asura's Wrath, as The End allowed them to experiment their own greatest powers on the heroes to see if they're truly currently as powerful as the old era's protectors of the multiverse before he left, leaving all the "fun" to The End's evil allies.