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Antasma is not seen again until [[Prince Dreambert]]'s pillow is found and Luigi sleeps on it, opening a [[Dream Portal|a portal]] to the [[Dream World]]. From there, Antasma calls out to [[Princess Peach]], and proceeds to immobilize and suck her in when she approaches the portal. Mario gives chase into [[Dreamy Pi'illo Castle]], but Antasma distracts him with [[Dreamy Mario|a dream counterpart of him]] he creates on the spot, and opens up a hole to [[Dream's Deep]] after Mario defeats his counterpart, which he promptly departs to and seals up behind him. Despite this, Mario manages to save Prince Dreambert whose [[Nightmare Chunk]] is found later on in the Dream World, who explains to Mario what had transpired the last time Antasma had tried to conquer the world and worries Antasma was Peach's kidnapper.

With the help of [[Eldream]] and his [[Dreambunny|pet]], Mario manages to reach Dream's Deep, and doesn't take long for Mario, [[Dreamy Luigi]], and Prince Dreambert to reach Antasma; before he can react, however, Bowser appears and gives him a solid punch that knocks him away briefly. Antasma retaliates by leeching Bowser's face and screeching loudly, flooring everyone except Bowser, Dreambert, and himself, and then speaks for the first time in the game. He reveals that he had kidnapped Peach to exploit her power and escape the Dream World so he could conquer the [[Real World]], but that the appearance of Bowser - who, unlike Peach, is both strong and evil - caused him to change his plans, and he suggests that they work together. Bowser initially disagrees to this and insults Antasma, but Antasma ultimately convinces Bowser to form an alliance on the basis of giving him greater powers. Antasma then possesses Bowser, and together they manage to defeat Mario and Luigi before leaving the Dream World.

Later, after Eldream and Dreambunny escort the Bros. and the princess out of the Dream World, Prince Dreambert and [[Starlow]] recap that Antasma has escaped the Dream World, formed an alliance with Bowser, and explains the same story he told earlier to Peach, with Eldream adding that Bowser and Antasma were most likely going to go after the [[Dream Stone]] next. Mario and Luigi hurry off to [[Dozing Sands]] to stop them from acquiring it, but unfortunately arrive too late - Antasma and Bowser were already at the Dream Stone pedestal, and gloat over having already grabbed the gem.

To figure out where the evil duo were planning to go next, Mario and Luigi use the [[Dreampoint]] they were standing on to hopefully gather some information about the Dream Stone's new whereabouts. After the [[Dream Stone Soul]] informs Luigi that it had been taken to [[Mount Pajamaja]], the brothers sign up for a tour to the mountain's summit and in the end find Antasma - now accompanied not only by Bowser, but also by [[Kamek]] and the [[Elite Trio]] - at its peak. To channel the Dream Stone's power, [[Private Goomp]] turns on a set of speakers that begin to play the [[Dreambeats]], which promptly puts everyone on the island to sleep except for Antasma, [[Starlow]], [[Prince Dreambert]] (all three seemingly immune to the noise), Bowser (due to covering his ears) and Mario (who has to actively resist the lullaby). Luigi, who did not manage to resist the noise, falls asleep and with Mario's assistance rolls to a nearby Dreampoint, which Mario enters in order to escape the noise.

After the Dreambeats subside, the Bros. exit the Dream World to immediately encounter Antasma and Bowser by the Dreampoint, who gloat over their now usable Dream Stone. Upon the realization Peach was in danger, the Bros. hurry to [[Pi'illo Castle]] in order to protect Peach, who would surely be Bowser's first target. Back at Mount Pajamaja's summit, Antasma and his new allies begin discussing what to wish on the Dream stone to conquer the world with. Antasma suggests that they wish for an impenetrable castle; when this is quickly approved of by everyone else, Antasma wishes for this, which leads to the instantaneous creation of [[Neo Bowser Castle]]. Antasma then takes the castle for a 'test-drive', blowing up several islands near Pi'illo island with a large laser cannon situated on the bottom of the castle, sending the inhabitants of Pi'illo Island into a panic.

 

After [[Giant Bowser]] is defeated, Bowser is awoken and flees with Antasma to the next floor, where upon the Bros. arrival, Bowser reveals that he had been using Antasma all along. Declaring the castle and the Dream Stone to be solely his, Bowser warps to the top floor using the Dream Stone he claimed, leaving a frustrated Antasma to swear revenge for his former partner's betrayal and then challenge Dreambert to a duel. After a duel in the Real World proves indecisive, Antasma rips open another portal to the Dream World and flees inside while warning Dreambert that he has grown stronger: Dreambert follows and is soundly defeated. In Dreambert's stead, Mario enters Antasma's Dream World and confronts him; with the assistance of Dreamy Luigi and Dreambert, Mario eventually seals Antasma. When Mario leaves Antasma's Dream World, Antasma follows a few seconds later, inflates like a balloon, then bursts and dies, ending his evil schemes for good.