The Need for Judgment
The Desire Fruit Tree had become a symbol of hope, power, and reflection across the multiverse. But with its growing legend came growing risk. Many sought its fruits—not to fulfill noble dreams, but to exploit its gifts for conquest, vengeance, or chaos.
William, ever vigilant, knew that desire alone was not enough. There must be a trial. A threshold. A way to ensure that only those whose souls were aligned with truth, kindness, and purpose could receive the fruit's blessing.
So he created the Gate of Justice.
🚪 The Gate of Justice
Structure: A towering arch of mirrorstone and living flame, inscribed with the Laws of Life and etched with the reflections of every soul who approached.
Function: It does not open by force. It opens only when the soul is pure—untainted by greed, hatred, or deception.
Judgment: The gate does not judge by deeds alone, but by intention. Even a repentant soul may pass, if their heart is truly changed.
But most importantly:
You do not choose the Desire Fruit. The Desire Fruit chooses you.
🌳 The Fruit's Will
The fruits of the tree began to glow faintly whenever a worthy soul approached the Gate. If the gate opened, one fruit would detach, float gently toward the chosen, and merge with their essence.
Each fruit whispered its own name, its own power, its own purpose.
One granted the ability to heal entire worlds.
Another allowed the bearer to speak across dimensions.
A third gave the power to reflect any attack back to its source.
But none could be claimed. They could only be received.
🧙♂️ The First Chosen
A young sorcerer from Earth-999, named Kael, approached the Gate. He had once sought power for revenge—but had turned away, choosing instead to protect his realm from temporal collapse.
The Gate shimmered. It opened.
A silver fruit floated toward him, glowing with mirrorlight.
"I am Echoflare," it whispered. "I reflect pain and restore peace."
Kael wept. He had not come to claim power. He had come to ask forgiveness. And the fruit had answered.
🧠 The Multiverse Reacts
The creation of the Gate sent ripples across existence.
⚖️ The Living Tribunal
"Judgment without violence. Selection without bias. This gate is balance incarnate."
He placed a seal of cosmic neutrality upon it, ensuring it could not be tampered with.
🕊️ The Five Creation Gods
Eon: "It respects time."
Aether: "It honors soul."
Chronos: "It preserves order."
Nyx: "It reflects dreams."
Solon: "It is justice."
They declared the Gate a Divine Threshold, a sacred construct beyond mortal comprehension.
🧛♂️ Mephisto's Frustration
Mephisto sent dozens of corrupted souls to the Gate, hoping one might slip through. Each was rejected. Their reflections turned to ash.
"The fruit chooses? Then I shall corrupt the fruit itself…"
He began crafting illusions to mimic purity—but the Gate saw through every lie.
⚔️ Doom's Attempt
Doctor Doom approached the Gate—not to claim, but to understand.
The Gate did not open. But it did not reject him violently. It showed him a vision—of a future where he chose peace over pride.
Doom turned away, silent.
"I am not ready. But I will be."
🌠 Liora's Role
Liora, Guardian of the Eraser and Firstborn of the realm, stood beside the Gate as its protector.
"This is not a gate. It is a mirror. And mirrors do not lie."
She guided the chosen through their transformation, helping them understand their fruit's power and purpose.
📖 The Book of Truth Reveals
A new prophecy appeared:
"When the unworthy force the gate, the tree shall cry. And the god shall awaken the flame of judgment."
William knew the time would come when someone tried to break the Gate. And when that day arrived, he would be ready.
The Flame of Judgment and the Restoration of Worlds🌌 The Gate Trembles
The Gate of Justice, forged from mirrorstone and living flame, had stood unchallenged since its creation. It allowed only the pure-hearted to pass, and only those chosen by the Desire Fruit itself could receive its power.
But purity is rare. And corruption is persistent.
From the shadows of a dying dimension came a soul twisted by ambition and grief—Malek, once a noble guardian of the Astral Plane, now consumed by vengeance after losing his realm to temporal collapse. He believed the fruit could restore what was lost. But his heart was poisoned by rage.
Malek approached the Gate.
It did not open.
Instead, it shook.
The mirrorlight flickered. The flame dimmed. The tree of Desire whispered in warning.
⚖️ The Flame of Judgment Awakens
William, sensing the disturbance, appeared at the Gate. His eyes reflected Malek's soul—not just its corruption, but its pain.
The Book of Truth opened:
"When the unworthy force the gate, the flame shall rise. And the god must choose: to burn or to redeem."
William raised his hand. The Flame of Judgment, a divine fire born from white magic and mirror truth, surged from the Gate's core.
It did not attack Malek. It revealed him.
His grief.
His guilt.
His rage.
Malek fell to his knees, weeping. The flame did not burn him—it purified him. But only partially. His soul was fractured.
William spoke:
"You are not ready. But you are not lost."
He summoned a Mother Box.
🪬 The Mother Boxes Multiply
William had created countless Mother Boxes, each a divine artifact capable of restoring dying worlds, healing corrupted magic, and stabilizing fractured dimensions. He had gifted one to every Ancient One across the multiverse, and now carried dozens himself—each attuned to a different frequency of life.
He placed a Mother Box in Malek's hands.
"Restore what you can. Heal what remains. Redemption is earned, not claimed."
Malek vanished into the stars, carrying the box to his broken realm.
🧠 Kang the Conqueror Receives His Box
In the Citadel Beyond Time, Kang stood before William.
"You offer me restoration? You know what I've done."
William nodded.
"I offer you choice."
He handed Kang a Mother Box, forged from mirrorlight and temporal crystal.
"Use it not to rewrite history, but to heal it."
Kang stared at the box for a long time. Then he turned away—not in rejection, but in contemplation.
🌍 Restoration Across the Multiverse
William began his journey, carrying Mother Boxes to worlds on the brink of collapse:
Earth-1218: A planet poisoned by magical fallout. William used the box to cleanse its ley lines and restore its oceans.
The Shattered Realm of Virex: A dimension torn by paradox. William synchronized its timelines, saving billions.
The Hollow Nebula: A void where stars had died. William reignited them with mirrorlight and white flame.
Each act of restoration echoed across the multiverse. The name William became legend—not as a god of power, but as a god of healing.
🧝♀️ Lady Death Watches
Lady Death, silent and distant, watched William's journey.
"He restores what I claim. He heals what I end."
She did not interfere. She did not rage. She simply waited.
🧛♂️ Mephisto's New Plot
Mephisto, frustrated by the Gate and the Eraser, began targeting the Mother Boxes. He sent corrupted souls to steal them, hoping to twist their magic.
But each box was attuned to William's realm. They rejected corruption. They burned lies. They vanished before they could be misused.
🌠 Liora's Mission
Liora, Guardian of the Eraser and the Gate, began her own journey—guiding the chosen across dimensions, helping them understand their fruit's power, and protecting the sanctity of the Gate.
She became known as the Mirror Saint, a beacon of truth and compassion.
📖 The Book of Truth Reveals
A new prophecy appeared:
"When the flame burns without mercy, the god shall falter. But when mercy becomes strength, the realm shall ascend."
William knew the time would come when judgment would be tested—not by corruption, but by choice.
The Multiversal Confrontation
William had restored worlds, healed timelines, and purified corrupted souls. But one name echoed across every universe with defiance: Thanos.
Driven by his twisted philosophy of balance through destruction, Thanos believed his actions were righteous—even merciful. In every timeline, every variant, he wielded death like a scalpel, convinced that the universe must be culled to survive.
William, guided by compassion, sought to reach him.
He appeared before Thanos in:
Earth-616: Where Thanos prepared the Infinity Gauntlet.
Earth-199999: Where he had already snapped half of life.
Universe-TRN123: Where he ruled as a god-emperor.
Timeline-ΩX: Where he hunted cosmic entities for sport.
In each encounter, William offered peace.
"Drop your weapon. Choose life. Let the mirror show you your soul."
But Thanos replied the same, every time:
"I am inevitable. I do what must be done. Mercy is weakness."
William's mirror magic revealed Thanos's soul—fractured, hollow, unrepentant. The White Flame of Judgment flared, but could not purify him. His soul rejected redemption.
And for the first time in the Marvel multiverse, William was furious.
🔥 The Wrath of the God
The skies of William's realm darkened. The rivers of life boiled. The Mirror Door pulsed with stormlight.
William summoned the Eraser, the cosmic artifact capable of purifying or removing corrupted existence. He did not hesitate.
He traveled across the multiverse, one Thanos at a time.
In Earth-616, he erased Thanos's essence from the timeline.
In Earth-199999, he removed Thanos's soul from the Gauntlet's memory.
In Universe-TRN123, he dissolved Thanos's throne into mirrorlight.
In Timeline-ΩX, he erased Thanos mid-conquest, leaving only silence.
The multiverse trembled. The gods watched. The demons recoiled.
🌠 The Reactions Across Creation⚖️ The Living Tribunal
"He has not disrupted balance. He has enforced it. The erasure is sanctioned."
🕊️ The Five Creation Gods
Eon: "He has removed entropy's echo."
Aether: "He has protected soul harmony."
Chronos: "He has preserved time's integrity."
Nyx: "He has silenced a nightmare."
Solon: "He has acted with divine justice."
They declared William's act a Cosmic Correction.
💀 Lady Death
She appeared at the edge of William's realm, her eyes burning.
"You have denied me my champion. You have erased inevitability."
William replied:
"You are not inevitable. Life is."
She vanished, leaving behind a trail of black roses that turned to ash.
🧛♂️ Mephisto
Mephisto watched in horror.
"Even I could not corrupt Thanos. And yet William erased him. What power is this?"
He began plotting anew—not to challenge William, but to survive him.
🧬 Kang the Conqueror
Kang studied the timelines.
"Thanos was a fixed point. His erasure has rewritten causality."
He feared William—not for his strength, but for his ability to change constants.
⚔️ Doctor Doom
Doom stood in silence.
"I have always believed power must be earned. William has earned it. And now, he wields it."
He began crafting defenses—not against William, but against the consequences of his fury.
🌌 Eternity and Infinity
The cosmic embodiments of existence and potential appeared together.
Eternity: "He has preserved the flow."
Infinity: "He has protected possibility."
They blessed William's realm with a new star—The Star of Mercy, a beacon to guide lost souls.
🧙♂️ The Vishanti and Sorcerers
The Ancient Ones across the multiverse bowed in reverence.
"We have seen gods rage. But never with such purpose. William's fury is not destruction—it is purification."
They began crafting new spells in his honor: Eraserlight, Mirror Judgment, and Soul Flame.
🌠 Celestials and Galactus
The Celestials paused their experiments. Galactus ceased his consumption.
"A god who erases corruption, not worlds. He is not a threat. He is a force."
They began recalibrating their cosmic sensors to align with William's realm.
🧝♀️ Liora's Vigil
Liora wept—not in sorrow, but in awe.
"He has shown the multiverse that mercy has limits. And that justice has a flame."
She placed the Eraser back in the Sanctum of Grace, sealing it until it was needed again.
📖 The Book of Truth Reveals
A new prophecy appeared:
"When the god burns with fury, the multiverse shall tremble. But when the fury fades, a new path shall open—one not of judgment, but of rebirth.