Ch:231
He gave up Eternity, he gave up the future, he gave up everything! All for… this last chance to get revenge on Lin Feng!
"Lin… Feng…!!!"
Dormammu's voice was no longer grand and majestic as before.
Instead, it became hoarse and deep, each word seemingly squeezed from the ashes of his soul… filled with monstrous hatred capable of incinerating the Universe!
His eyes were no longer a collection of energy, but two empty sockets burning with a pale Fire.
That Fire was his killing intent, his last life!
He stared intently at Lin Feng, his killing intent condensed to the extreme.
It even caused the surrounding Space to spontaneously collapse and annihilate.
"I… want you… dead!!!"
There was no superfluous nonsense, no declaration of victory.
The moment he roared these words, Dormammu's figure transformed into a pale white stream of light.
Carrying destructive Power that made the entire Dark Dimension wail in sorrow, he charged fiercely towards Lin Feng!
...Up.
389: Singularity Big Bang!!
He staked everything he had on this one Impact!
At this moment, even Lin Feng's face…
Had shed all traces of indifference and playfulness, replaced by an unprecedented solemnity.
He could feel that the current Dormammu was no longer a Dimensional Demons.
He was a… vengeful undead, fueled by the burning of an entire Universe!
The Power he unleashed in an instant had already surpassed his normal state by a thousand, even ten thousand times!
"You have some backbone."
In Lin Feng's eyes, battle intent surged.
"Since you crave a fight, then I shall… grant your wish!"
He no longer held back, no longer toyed with him.
Facing this World-shattering Impact, staked on everything…
Lin Feng tightly clenched his left hand, which was encircled by the six Infinity Stones, into a fist!
Buzz—!!!
The six Infinity Stones, for the first time, under his will…
No longer glowed individually or in pairs.
Instead, they simultaneously, without reservation, erupted with their most fundamental, most brilliant light!
The purple Power Stone, the blue Space Stone, the red Reality Stone, the orange Soul Stone, the yellow Mind Stone, the green Time Stone!
Six forces of cosmic law, representing the very foundation of the Universe…
Converged and fused on his fist, forming a chaotic yet harmonious…
Creation Light capable of splitting heaven and earth!
"Come, Dormammu!"
"Let us see whether your vengeful Fire, burning with your origin, is fiercer…
Or if my creation fist, wielding the Universe… is stronger!"
Lin Feng's figure advanced instead of retreating, also transforming into a seven-colored stream of light.
He charged head-on into the pale white destructive torrent!
Boom—!!!
Fist and body, creation and destruction, seven colors and pale white…
At this instant, within this shattered Dark Dimension, they violently collided!
There was no sound.
Because at the moment of Impact, the concept of sound, along with light, Space, and Time, was utterly pulverized.
A "singularity" that could not be described by any language was born between them.
Followed by… a big bang!
A cosmic-level energy big bang, powerful enough to completely erase the entire Dark Dimension!
The destructive Impact spread wildly in all directions at a speed that transcended causality… The Space cage Lin Feng had set up earlier, trapping dozens of Loki, was as fragile as a soap bubble before this Impact, shattering instantly.
And the surviving Loki in the cage didn't even have time to let out a scream.
They were instantly vaporized in this ultimate energy storm, leaving not even the smallest particle behind.
Their death became an insignificant footnote in this battle of gods.
The entire Dark Dimension, this ancient Space that had existed for countless ages, began to disintegrate from its very foundation.
The earth was torn apart, the sky was overturned.
Innumerable pocket dimensions and fragmented Worldattached to the Dark Dimension…
Shattered and annihilated in pieces, like glass thrown into a shredder.
The boundaries of the Dimension were forcibly broken!
Looking from the outside Universe, one could see a giant "wound" suddenly appearing in the originally empty cosmic Space.
From the wound, an endless, chaotic energy storm gushed forth.
That was the "blood" of the Dark Dimension!
...390: Dormammu, Fallen?!
And at the center of this storm, two figures were still violently colliding and fighting!
"death! death! death!"
Dormammu had completely lost his mind; he had transformed into pure destruction.
His burning primordial Power became the sharpest claws; each swing tore open a bottomless Space rift.
What he spat out was a soul flame that could rot Time itself.
His body was the most powerful weapon; each Impactwas enough to shatter a star.
All his attacks had only one goal: to perish with Lin Feng!
Lin Feng, on the other hand, had fully entered battle mode.
His movement technique, aided by the Space Stone, became elusive, like dancing in the cracks of Time.
Although Dormammu's attacks were violent, it was difficult for him to truly hit Lin Feng's vital points.
The Power Stone provided him with infinite energy…
Allowing him to directly contend with Dormammu's origin-burning attacks without falling behind.
Each exchange of blows was like a prelude to a cosmic big bang.
The Reality Stone and Time Stone were used by him to repair this battleground, riddled with holes.
He could not allow the collapse of the Dark Dimension to affect the main Universe.
Red light and green light intertwined, constantly "restoring" shattered Space and "rewinding" chaotic energy.
But the speed of this repair was far from keeping up with the speed of their destruction.
This was a truly World-shattering battle!
Their battlefield extended from the core of the Dark Dimension to its boundaries…
And then from the dimensional boundaries, into the chaotic dimensional rifts!
Wherever they passed, all laws, all matter, turned into chaos!
"Not enough! Still not enough!!"
Dormammu roared madly; he could feel his burning origin rapidly depleting.
He was becoming stronger, but also closer to complete annihilation.
Lin Feng, on the other hand, was like a profound Universe.
No matter how big a storm he stirred up, the opponent could calmly receive it, unfathomably deep!
This sense of powerlessness made him even more insane!
"Lin Feng! Why! Why can you still be so calm!?"
Dormammu shrieked venomously.
"I've gambled everything! I've given up Eternity! Why… can I still not kill you?!"
Lin Feng's figure, after a fierce collision, pulled away from him.
He floated in the chaotic void.
The light of the six Infinity Stones slowly circulated around him, forming a perfect, self-sustaining cycle.
"You are wrong, Dormammu."
Lin Feng's voice penetrated the roar of energy, clearly reaching Dormammu's ears.
"You are burning only your own origin. But what I wield is the pulse of the entire Universe."
"You are betting yourself, and I… am the gamble itself."
Lin Feng slowly raised his hand.
The light of the six Infinity Stones began to converge towards his palm in an unprecedented way.
"Your revenge is respectable. So, in response, I will let you witness… true, Infinity."
He no longer used single Stone abilities, nor was it a simple superposition of energy… 391: Six Infinity Stones! Activate!
What he was about to do was truly unite the six cosmic root forces!
Space collapsed in his palm, Time solidified at his fingertips.
Reality was arbitrarily twisted, Power was infinitely compressed, souls lay dormant within it, and minds submitted to it.
A seemingly minuscule energy singularity, emitting a seven-colored light…
Yet containing all the information of a Universe from its birth to its destruction, slowly formed in his palm.
Seeing that singularity, Dormammu's burning soul, for the first time, felt… fear.
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It wasn't fear in the face of a powerful enemy, but rather… a primal fear stemming from existence itself, a complete crushing of his life's very essence!
From that tiny speck of light, he saw his past, his present, and… a future destined to be erased.
"It's over, Dormammu."
Lin Feng's voice was like a final judgment.
"No… I haven't lost!!!"
Dormammu let out his final, most unwilling roar!
He ignited all of his remaining origin, all his divine soul, all of his being, in an instant!
He transformed into a ghastly white supernova.
Infused with endless malice and destructive will, it surged towards Lin Feng!
This was his last, and most brilliant, curtain call!
Lin Feng watched the oncoming "Sun" with eyes as calm as Water.
He gently pushed the multicolored singularity in his palm forward.
"Final Judgment: All things turn to ash, the Universereturns to one."
The multicolored singularity and the ghastly white Sunmet.
There was no Earth-shattering explosion.
It was like a drop of Water merging into the ocean.
That ghastly white Sun, formed from Dormammu's entire being.
The moment it touched the multicolored singularity, it was silently "devoured."
Its light, its heat, its energy, its malice, its will… everything about it was decomposed, absorbed, and reduced to the most fundamental Universal laws by that tiny singularity.
Dormammu's figure emerged one last time within the ghastly white light.
The madness and malice on his face had faded, leaving only a sense of… bewilderment and liberation.
He looked at Lin Feng one last time, then, along with the ghastly white light, completely vanished.
It wasn't death, nor annihilation.
Rather… he was completely erased from the very concept of "existence."
From now on, whether in the past, present, or future, there would no longer be an entity named "Dormammu."
Lin Feng floated silently in the void, withdrawing his hand.
He looked around; the former Dark Dimension.
It had completely transformed into a chaotic, shattered, and slowly decaying void of chaos.
This encirclement, initiated by the Dimensional Demonsagainst him.
Thus concluded with the complete eradication of all enemies.
He won.
His victory… was self-evident.
Lin Feng stood silently in that dead chaotic void.
The light of the six Infinity Stones had faded, returning to their most unadorned forms, slowly revolving around him like loyal satellites.
He took one last look at this "grave" he had personally created.
This was once the core of the Dark Dimension; now only shattered laws and slowly dissipating energy embers remained… 392: Asgard Trembles!!
Dormammu, and those Dimensional Demons who came with him, attempting to get a share.
Their names, their history, their existence, were all completely erased from the timeline along with that "Universe Returning to One" singularity, as if they had never appeared.
This war was unequal from the start.
He raised his hand, the Space Stone glowed faintly, and a soft blue light tore open a rift before him.
The other end of the rift was a familiar, stable spatial coordinate belonging to Earth.
Before stepping into the rift, he turned back, looking at the massive "wound" torn open in the Universe by the collapse of the Dark Dimension.
Endless chaotic energy still spewed forth from it.
Like an unhealing scar, polluting the order of the Main Universe.
"I can't leave such loose ends," Lin Feng murmured softly.
253 He thought, and the Reality Stone and Time Stonesimultaneously emitted interwoven red and green light.
He did not go himself, but projected his will, along with the power of the two Stones, onto that vast cosmic wound.
In that void, red light spread.
Like the hand of God, it forcibly "defined" those chaotic energies and shattered spatial fragments into a stable state.
Immediately after, green light rolled back, and time in this area began to rewind at an astonishing speed.
The torn cosmic space, like a videotape on rewind, began to self-repair frame by frame.
The surging energy storm was forcibly pushed back into the collapsing dimensional wreckage.
In just a few breaths of time.
That cosmic wound, large enough to plunge a galaxy into eternal damnation, began to heal and contract at a visible rate, eventually disappearing as if it had never existed.
Only the extremely subtle disturbances of Time and Reality laws remaining in that space.
Proved what terrifying events had transpired there.
After completing all this, Lin Feng took a step, his figure disappearing into the chaotic void, returning to his long-absent Earth… At the same time, the Earth-shattering battle between Lin Feng and Dormammu and the Dimensional Demons.
Although the battlefield was isolated and the process unseen by anyone.
Its outcome, however, was like a nuclear bomb dropped into a calm lake, stirring up unprecedented monstrous waves throughout the entire Multiverse.
Asgard, the Golden Palace.
All-Father Odin suddenly rose from his divine throne.
The Eternal Spear Gungnir in his hand hummed with a low thrum due to the violent fluctuations in his Master's emotions.
In his single eye, an unprecedented shock and horror flickered.
Just now, he had felt a violent tremor originating from the very foundation of the Universe.
It was a… sense of emptiness from an "existence" being erased.
Dormammu, the dark lord who had plagued Asgard for countless ages, whom even he could only choose to banish and seal.
His aura, his vast, evil, cancerous presence… had vanished.
Completely vanished, as if such an entity had never existed in the Universe.
"Heimdall!"
Odin's majestic voice echoed throughout the Golden Palace.
Heimdall, the Guardian of the Bifrost Bridge, who could see across the Nine Realms and even more distant dimensions… 393: Mephisto! Cooperation!
His figure appeared almost instantly in the center of the hall as a projection. His expression was equally grave.
"All-Father, I saw… I saw a wound in the Universe. It appeared suddenly, then healed suddenly. I also felt many familiar yet evil stars… extinguish at the same time."
Heimdall's voice trembled slightly.
"The Dark Dimension… it collapsed."
Odin's single eye narrowed sharply.
Not just Dormammu! Also the Nightmare Lord, the Eye Demon Shuma-Gorath, Cyttorak, one of the Hell Lords… the aura of these ancient and powerful Dimensional Demons' avatars, all ceased at the same time!
This was not a battle; this was a… Carnage!
Who?
Who possessed such terrifying power, capable of uprooting demons who were almost omniscient and omnipotent in their own dimensions.
Along with their lairs, even erasing them from the concept of existence itself?!
"Father, what happened?"
Thor, the Thunder God, strode into the Golden Palace, Mjolnir in hand.
He too had felt that unsettling energy fluctuation.
Odin slowly sat back on his throne, his eyes as deep as the star sea. He was silent for a long time before slowly speaking:
"The cosmic chessboard has been overturned by a player unknown to us. Thor, the order we know may be about to change."
...The Hell Dimension.
Mephisto sat on his throne, forged from countless wailing souls, sipping a goblet filled with the blood of fallen heroes.
Suddenly, the stemware in his hand shattered with a "snap," crushed by an unseen force.
Crimson wine spilled onto his hand, but he didn't notice.
For the first time, an expression named "fear" appeared on his face.
"Dead… all dead?"
He felt it: those existences on his level, even older than him.
Their original imprints, one after another, extinguished in the Multiverse's sea of laws.
The feeling was like familiar stars in the night sky suddenly disappearing in swathes.
In their place, a completely new, domineering, yet perfectly integrated, terrifying aura, as if the will of the Universe itself, flashed and vanished.
0 --- Please give fresh flowers --- The source of that aura… seemed to be Midgard, that Earth he considered a "soul incubator"!
"Damn it… damn it! What kind of monster emerged on Earth!"
Mephisto leaped from his throne, losing all his usual composure and elegance… like a cat with its tail stepped on, pacing anxiously in his palace.
He had to re-evaluate his plans for Earth.
No, he had to immediately stop all plans targeting Earth!
Before figuring out the true nature of that mysterious entity, any rash move could lead to the same fate as Dormammu.
Ch: 233
..Deep in the cosmos, inside a colossal, city-sized spaceship.
Thanos sat on his hovering throne, eyes closed in contemplation.
His subordinate, Ebony Maw, was reporting the latest intelligence on the Infinity Stones.
Suddenly, Thanos's eyes snapped open, a startling gleam bursting forth from his purple pupils...
394: Artificial Intelligence, Friday!
"Stop."
His deep voice interrupted Ebony Maw's report.
"My master?"
Ebony Maw bowed, puzzled.
Thanos ignored him, instead raising the hand that wasn't adorned with the Infinity Gauntlet, as if sensing something.
He felt that the six fundamental laws of the universe had, in that instant, undergone an extremely active, yet incredibly harmonious resonance.
That "270" resonance pattern...was the supreme state he had always dreamed of, the perfect fusion of the power of the six stones!
Someone...had achieved "Infinity" before him!
Moreover, after that resonance, the energy balance of the multiverse had tilted dramatically.
Many powerful old gods had fallen.
"Interesting...truly interesting..."
Thanos's lips curled into a cruel, yet excited smile.
"It seems that on my path to bringing balance to the universe, an unexpected fellow traveler has appeared. Or perhaps...an obstacle."
He stood up and walked to the spaceship's viewport, gazing out at the endless star sea.
"Investigate! Spare no expense, find the source of this power for me! I want to know who touched my 'Infinity'!"
...Lin Feng was oblivious to the turmoil outside, nor did he care.
When he passed through the spatial gate and returned to his secret base deep underground in the suburbs of New York City, all the external noise was shut out.
The base was brightly lit, filled with a sense of futuristic technology.
The gentle voice of the intelligent housekeeper, "Friday," immediately sounded:
"Welcome back, Sir. Your vital signs are stable, but your energy fluctuations are unusually intense. Would you like me to prepare a medical procedure for you?"
"No need, Friday."
Lin Feng waved his hand, and his combat suit transformed into a stream of nanites, retracting into the portable device on his wrist, revealing his casual attire.
"I just need to rest. Also, please prepare a top-tier energy quiet room for me."
"Understood, Sir. The quiet room is ready, and the energy circulation system has been activated to maximum power."
Lin Feng nodded and walked directly to the deepest part of the base.
This was a massive spherical space constructed from a mixture of Vibranium and Adamantium alloys, with countless magical runes he had learned from Kamar-Taj inscribed within...as well as spatial stabilization devices he had created after analyzing the Cosmic Cube.
This place could withstand the energy impact of a planetary explosion without leaking a single trace.
Lin Feng sat cross-legged in the center of the quiet room, and with a thought, several items floated out of his storage space.
They were clusters of light emitting an ominous aura.
Each light cluster represented the core essence of a dimensional demon god.
These were the "trophies" that Lin Feng had specifically stripped and preserved from Dormammu and other beings after they were disintegrated by the "Cosmic Unification," using the Infinity Stones.
The largest cluster, presenting as a burning dark purple, was 3.7 in size.
Inside, countless stars seemed to be born and die, filled with a will of tyranny, conquest, and eternity—it was Dormammu's essence.
The other clusters varied; some emitted a haunting greenish glow that induced nightmares, while others resembled pure chaos and madness combined.
These were the universe's top-tier "supplements"...395: Power Level Exceeds Limit!!
An ordinary person, even a god, would be corrupted by the residual will of the demon god within, turning into a monster that only knew destruction, if they even touched a trace of it.
But for Lin Feng, who wielded the six Infinity Stones.
Especially with the Soul Stone and the Mind Stone, this was not a problem.
"Let's begin."
Lin Feng closed his eyes slightly, and the six Infinity Stones reappeared, forming a perfect hexagram array above his head.
He first absorbed the smallest of the light clusters, the core essence of an unknown demon god.
As the light cluster entered his body, a cold, despairing will, seeking to drag everything into eternal oblivion, furiously assaulted his spiritual sea of consciousness.
"Hmph."
Lin Feng let out a cold snort.
The Mind Stone emitted a brilliant blue light, like a bright sun, instantly illuminating his sea of consciousness.
In the face of this pure mental power, the foreign will.
Like ice meeting the scorching sun, was instantly purified, leaving behind only the purest insights into the law of "annihilation."
Immediately after, the orange light of the Soul Stone lit up.
It enveloped this pure essence, erasing all personal imprints on it, rendering it masterless.
The Power Stone flashed purple, beginning to decompose and crush this source energy in the most violent way, turning it into the smallest energy particles.
The red light of the Reality Stone then "reshaped" these particles.
Making their properties perfectly compatible with Lin Feng's own energy.
Finally, the green light of the Time Stone enveloped Lin Feng's entire body, accelerating the energy circulation speed within him by tens of millions of times.
Outside, it might have been just an instant, but in Lin Feng's perception, it felt like thousands of years of refinement.
That law of power representing "annihilation."
Was perfectly absorbed and digested by him, becoming a part of his own strength.
His aura deepened by another fraction.
"Very good, next."
Lin Feng did not stop, repeating the process, he began to absorb the second, then the third... Inside his base's quiet room, a terrifying energy storm was unleashed.
Six-colored divine light and various deviant energy clusters continuously collided, annihilated, and merged.
Lin Feng's body was like a true black hole, greedily devouring everything.
Transforming those powers that once made the universe tremble into stepping stones for his own ascent.
His power was skyrocketing at an inconceivable speed.
This was no longer a simple superposition of energy, but an understanding and mastery of the fundamental laws of the universe.
With each absorption of a demon god's essence, his understanding of a cosmic law deepened.
His existence was steadily transforming towards a higher-dimensional life form...Three days later.
The door to the quiet room slowly slid open.
Lin Feng emerged from it, his aura completely contained, looking like an ordinary boy next door, with clear eyes and a gentle demeanor.
But if a true master were present, they would notice.
The space around him subtly "submitted" to his presence, as if with sincere admiration.
With every gesture, he seemed to merge with the pulse of the entire universe.
"Sir, your energy level has exceeded my detection limit."
...396: Gwen! Throwing Herself at Him?!
Friday's voice carried a hint of human-like confusion.
"According to the database comparison, your current state cannot be explained by any known laws of physics."
"Then there's no need to explain it."
Lin Feng smiled, feeling exceptionally refreshed.
This seclusion had yielded immense gains.
He had not only absorbed all the spoils of war, but his strength had also reached a whole new level.
More importantly, his use of the six Infinity Stones had reached a new realm.
He no longer needed to deliberately activate a specific stone as he did before.
Instead, with a mere thought, the six fundamental powers could combine and operate as he wished, like an extension of his own arm.
He stretched, about to get something to eat to reward himself, but suddenly paused.
He saw a beautiful figure curled up on the sofa in the base's main hall, covered with a thin blanket, seemingly asleep.
It was Gwen.
She wore a simple white dress, her golden hair casually draped over her shoulders.
On her serene sleeping face, there was a subtle hint of worry and fatigue.
Lin Feng's heart warmed, and his steps unconsciously softened considerably.
He walked over and gently pulled the fallen blanket back over her.
Perhaps his proximity startled her, as Gwen's long eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes.
Her clear blue eyes, upon seeing Lin Feng, first showed a hint of confusion, then were filled with immense surprise and joy.
"Lin many 「!"
Gwen abruptly sat up from the sofa.
Ignoring the blanket that had slipped to the floor, she directly threw herself into Lin Feng's arms, hugging him tightly, as if wanting to melt into his body.
"You're back... You're finally back..."
Her voice was tinged with a sob, filled with endless longing and lingering fear.
Lin Feng hugged her back tightly, feeling the soft, delicate body in his arms and her familiar sweet scent.
The last trace of aggression remaining from the battle completely vanished from his heart.
He could feel Gwen's slight trembling, which was the release after extreme worry.
"I'm back, Gwen."
He lowered his head, kissed her gently on the forehead, and said softly.
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Sorry for making you worry."
"I… I heard the manor's butler say you were back and went straight in here… so I…"
Gwen buried her face in his chest, her voice muffled.
"I was afraid you were hurt, but I didn't dare disturb you… I could only wait for you here."
Lin Feng's heart ached.
He could imagine what the girl had gone through these past few days.
Although he spoke lightly when he left, she was intelligent and insightful; how could she not know what terrifying enemy he was going to face?
"Silly girl."
Lin Feng stroked her soft golden hair.
"Didn't I tell you? Your man is omnipotent. A few mere clowns can't hurt me."
Gwen lifted her head from his embrace, her eyes tearful as she looked at him.
She reached out her small hand, meticulously tracing his face and body, as if confirming he was truly unharmed.
"Really… not hurt?"
"Of course."
Lin Feng caught her small hand, kissed it, and said with a smile… 397: Dark Dimension, Erased?!
"Not only am I unharmed, but I've also grown much stronger. Now, even if the entire Universe's fleet came, they wouldn't be able to touch a single hair on your head."
Gwen chuckled at his words.
The tears in her eyes hadn't dried, but her smile was already as bright as sunshine.
"Smooth talker."
She rolled her eyes at him, but the love and reassurance in her gaze were impossibly thick.
"I'm telling the truth."
Lin Feng playfully flicked her nose.
"Alright, don't stay here. You probably haven't rested well these past few days, have you? Look, you have dark circles under your eyes."
"That's all because of you!"
Gwen pouted playfully.
"Yes, yes, it's all my fault."
Lin Feng admitted his mistake with a smile, then took her hand.
"To compensate my girlfriend, I've decided to do nothing but be with you today. Tell me, where do you want to go? From moonwalking to exploring the Mariana Trench, you choose."
Gwen looked at him, shook her head, a happy smile gracing her face:
"I don't want to go anywhere. I just want… to be with you, like a normal couple, walk down the street, eat ice cream, and watch a movie."
For them, who had experienced so many grand events,
This most ordinary daily life had become the most luxurious happiness.
"Okay."
Lin Feng's gaze was incredibly gentle.
"As you wish. We'll go on a date."
…Meanwhile, deep within the Himalayan mountain range, a mysterious sanctuary unknown to the world—Kamar-Taj.
Time here seemed to stand still.
Ancient architecture, pervasive incense, and Sorcerers in yellow robes meditating and training orderly in the courtyard.
However, today, this tranquility was broken by a distinguished guest.
Space subtly warped, and a golden portal opened before Kamar-Taj's main hall.
Clad in golden armor, wielding the Eternal Spear.
The All-Father Odin, whose single eye contained endless majesty and wisdom, slowly emerged from the portal.
He did not exude the domineering aura of a ruler, as he would in Asgard.
Instead, he restrained all his divine power, like an ordinary elder visiting, stepping onto the sanctuary's stairs one by one.
The main hall's doors opened silently.
The Sorcerer Supreme Gu Yi, dressed in a light yellow robe, with a gentle smile on her bald head.
Was seated on a meditation cushion.
Before her, a set of antique tea ware emitted wisps of hot steam.
"A rare guest, Odin. The last time you personally set foot in Kamar-Taj was to seal that little stone in Loki's scepter."
Gu Yi smiled, making a "please" gesture with her hand.
Odin walked to the meditation cushion opposite her, sat down unceremoniously, picked up a cup of hot tea, and drank it in one gulp.
"Gu Yi, you know I'm not here for tea."
Odin's voice was deep and powerful.
"You must have felt it too. The changes in the Dark Dimension."
"When the wind rises, leaves naturally fall."
Gu Yi said noncommittally, refilling his tea.
"Some decaying dead branches, it's time for them to be cleared away."
"Cleared away?"
Odin's single eye stared intently at Gu Yi.
"Can an entity like Dormammu be called a 'dead branch'?"
...398: The Age of Gods!!
"Gu Yi, stop playing riddles with me. That power originated from Earth. And you are Earth's Guardian. Tell me, who is he?"
Gu Yi picked up her teacup, gently blew on the hot steam, her gaze as calm as a still ancient well:
"Odin, you and I both know that the law of the Universe is balance. When one side's darkness becomes too strong, another side's light will naturally emerge. Perhaps, he is merely a manifestation of the Universe's self-correction."
"Self-correction?"
Odin sneered.
"What I felt was not some gentle correction. It was an… absolute, unquestionable, crushing power! Gu Yi, I saw the tip of the iceberg of the future, I saw the twilight of Asgard, I saw a purple giant, for a mad ideology, wanting to slaughter half of the Universe's living beings!
I need an ally, a strong enough ally."
There was a hint of imperceptible weariness and anxiety in his voice.
As the King of the Nine Realms, he bore too much and saw too far.
Gu Yi fell silent.
She, of course, knew who Odin was referring to.
Thanos, and his plan to collect the Infinity Stones. This was also something she had been guarding against all along.
And Lin Feng's appearance was indeed a huge variable. A variable… that even she couldn't fully comprehend.
"His name is Lin Feng."
After a long time, Gu Yi finally spoke.
She knew that complete concealment was impossible, and unnecessary. Odin's intention was not hostile.
"Lin Feng…"
Odin chewed on this unfamiliar name.
"An Earthling?"
"Yes."
"He controls… six Infinity Stones?"
Odin asked the most crucial question. Only this explanation could account for the source of that power.
Gu Yi did not answer directly this time, but instead asked in return:
"Do you think the Stones chose him, or did he master the Stones?"
Odin was stunned.
This was a very profound question.
In his view, the Infinity Stones were the embodiment of the Universe's origin, tools, weapons.
But Gu Yi's phrasing seemed to imply that Lin Feng's relationship with the Stones was not merely that of user and tool.
0 ---Request for flowers---"I understand."
Odin took a deep breath, his expression becoming incredibly solemn.
"Sorcerer Ancient One, I request that you introduce me. Asgard hopes to establish the most stable alliance with this Mr. Lin Feng."
He no longer spoke as the All-Father.
But as an equal seeking an ally, he made his request… 0
Gu Yi looked at him, a relieved smile on her face:
"Wisdom still accompanies you, Odin. I can open a door for you, but the scenery behind the door, you need to appreciate yourself. He might not have time to see you right now."
"Why?"
Gu Yi's gaze seemed to penetrate the barrier of space, seeing the bustling streets of New York City.
"Because, for a hero who has just saved the Universe, a date with his beloved is far more important than meeting a God King."
She picked up her teacup, took a light sip, a hint of a smile flashing in her eyes.
"Moreover, Odin, you must be prepared.
What is coming may not just be a war."
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