Iliaster ' s Four Stars of Destruction Iliaster ' s Four Stars of Destruction are the founding members of Iliaster and last four surviving members of humanity from the Meklord Emperor Genocide 200 years in the future , who aim at all costs to prevent their terrible future from occurring . They serve as the final group of antagonists in " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " . History . After taking the form of Yusei Fudo , the hero of the past , Z - one tried to move people and their hearts forward in the right direction through guidance from information he learned about Yusei , but ultimately failed due to his efforts being too late . At some point after this , Z - one manages to save Antinomy ( whose real name was Johnny ) from a " Meklord Emperor Granel " that was about to kill him using his Duel Runner . Afterwards , Antinomy joined Z - one , and later the duo meet and recruit a man who went by the name Paradox . Many years later , the three , now old men , find a fourth survivor , another elderly man named Aporia . Aporia is soon inducted into the group , and the four of them begin laying plans to try to save the future from its disastrous fate . Unfortunately , one by one , they eventually die of natural causes , unable to fix the future in their lifetimes ( In the dub , they died of diseases due to their excessive work taking a toll on their bodies ) . First to die was Paradox , then Antinomy , and finally Aporia , leaving Z - one , who was able to connect himself to a machine that extends his lifespan , as the last surviving human . On their deathbeds , though , each one of them proclaimed they wanted to lend their strength to Z - one , even after they were gone . With these promises , Z - one constructed android copies of them to assist him in his plans . Aporia , however , was special in that he requested that Z - one build 3 copies of him ; one of him in his youth , one of him in his prime , and one of him in his old age , what he considered to be the three times of despair in his life . After having created the five different copies of his friends , Z - one gave each of them different missions to help save the future . Paradox was sent into the past to destroy the creator of " Duel Monsters " , Maximillion Pegasus , to stop Duel Monsters from ever being created in the first place ( even though the evil forces he spoke of would probably just find another , less fair , way to take over ) . Antinomy was sent to the past to guide Yusei to discover a new power , the power of Accel Synchro ( and later Delta Accel Synchro ) , in the hopes that he could find an alternative method of Synchro Summoning ( which uses the power of Ener - D ) that wouldn ' t cause humanity ' s destruction . Finally , the three copies of Aporia were sent to infiltrate Iliaster and prevent the development of Ener - D . Initially they caused Zero Reverse at the time of the discovery of Ener - D , and much later used the energy of the Signers to complete the Grand Design , which would summon the Divine Temple to the past to crash into and destroy New Domino City , preventing humanity from ruining the future . Ultimately , they all fail in their missions and die . Paradox was the first to die , being destroyed in the past after he initially succeeded in his mission until the Crimson Dragon brought Yusei Fudo , Jaden Yuki , and Yugi Muto into the past before his arrival , allowing them to challenge Paradox and defeat him . Antinomy was next , after losing to Yusei on the Death Course on board the Ark Cradle , and is sucked into a black hole and dies when his Duel Runner explodes after he assists Yusei in escaping the black hole . Aporia , merges back into one during his Duel against Team 5D ' s during the final match of the World Racing Grand Prix in a last effort to defeat Yusei and bring the Divine Temple into the past . After finding hope in humanity again after a Duel against Leo , Luna , and Jack Atlas , he challenges Z - one himself in the place of Yusei . In an attempt to convince Z - one that humanity can be trusted with the future , he is defeated , and his body , already heavily damaged from his previous Duel , begins to fail . Before his death , however , he gives the Yusei Go ( Yusei ' s Duel Runner ) the capacity for flight , allowing Yusei to challenge Z - one . Z - one , once again the last from the future , battles Yusei in a battle above New Domino City , eventually losing the Duel and preventing the Divine Temple from collapsing on New Domino City . Seeing the error of his methods , he entrusts Yusei with the future . With the thoughts of his friends in his head , Z - one pushes Yusei aside and crashes himself into the Ark Cradle ' s reactor , causing the citadel to disappear from the past , but at the cost of his own life . Despite all of their plans failing , the Four Stars of Destruction still were able to change the future after all . It was thanks to their actions that Yusei was able to create the Fortune program which keeps the Ener - D from going berserk , preventing the Meklord Genocide from ever occurring .