The Death of Tony

A name appeared in Lin Xu's mind!

An ancient being born before the universe, the King in Black, the God of Symbiotes, Knull!

Rumor had it that Knowhere, which the Collector occupied, was a Celestial's head, and that Celestial had been slain by Knull with All-Black the Necrosword!

So the material used to make the Peerless Blade had actually come from All-Black the Necrosword. No wonder it had easily cut his skin.

Space magic material, his ass. No wonder he hadn't been able to figure it out after all this time. That bastard Ebony Maw!

As for passing between nothingness and reality, that was only because Knull had used too much strength when forging it, leaving behind residual power...

"Tsk, an ancient god born before the universe really is powerful. I wonder when I'll be that strong!"

"Who?"

Just then, Knull, who had been hard at work with his head down, suddenly turned around!

"Who's there?"

The sudden turn of events startled Lin Xu into immediately ending the mystic art.

That was terrifying. He could even detect that?

Damn it, he wouldn't follow the internet cable over here and beat me up, would he?

No, he couldn't stay here. Knull was known to hold grudges, and he had forged All-Black the Necrosword to get revenge.

Besides, he was different from those other dimension lords. He was a being who could traverse the Multiverse.

With that thought, Lin Xu opened a portal to Mount Fatherfall and threw the Peerless Blade straight through it. Whatever happened afterward was none of his concern.

Two minutes later, Lin Xu found Tony.

"Why are you leaving so suddenly?"

"Well, life is about going to different places and meeting different people. The Multiverse is so vast, and I want to see it..."

"Speak normally~"

"I'm bored of staying here..."

"...What time are you planning to go to?"

"Any time after 2018 will do." Lin Xu still remembered Dormammu. For now, he had no intention of going to a universe before Strange's negotiation.

"All right. Aren't you going to say goodbye to everyone?"

"No, just say hello to my granddaughter for me~"

"You have a granddaughter?" Tony's hands stopped moving, and he looked puzzled.

"Morgan Stark. Last time, she called me Grandpa Fengxian~"

"..."

Tony said nothing and worked faster.

"By that reckoning, shouldn't you call me Uncle? Come on, Tony, say..."

Whoosh~

The Quantum Tunnel activated, and Lin Xu was transported away before he could finish.

2018, New York, Avengers Memorial

This was Lin Xu's third day in this universe. Over those three days, he had visited many places.

In the end, he returned here!

This universe was different from every other universe he had visited.

In 2011, Thanos had somehow contacted Hela, and the two had joined forces to conquer the Nine Realms.

Dormammu had also planned to take advantage of the chaos to invade Earth.

In the end, Ancient One had retired early, and Kaecilius had succeeded her as Sorcerer Supreme.

Most of the Avengers had fallen in battle. Iron Man had taken two nuclear bombs and destroyed Sanctuary I along with himself, while a gravely wounded Thor had been rescued by Loki, and their whereabouts remained unknown.

The sleeping Odin had awakened and brought about Ragnarok early, and Surtur had cut down both Thanos and Hela.

Captain Marvel had once again arrived late. She had dug Steve Rogers and Bruce Banner, who had returned to human form, out of the rubble.

To keep himself from hurting civilians on Earth, Banner had gone into space with Captain Marvel.

By then, Captain America was the only member of the original Avengers left. A hero who had saved Earth, he no longer had battles to fight and was now running for president of America.

Lin Xu stood before the memorial for a long time. This playboy could never escape his fate, even in another universe!

He took a cheeseburger from inside his clothes and placed it in front of the monument.

"Did you know him?" a voice asked beside him. It was Tony's driver and head of security.

"Who didn't know Iron Man?" Lin Xu touched the quantum locator on his wrist.

"But not many knew he loved cheeseburgers."

"I also know he didn't like being handed things." With that, Lin Xu turned and walked away.

"Hey, you haven't told me who you are!"

"The uncle Tony didn't want to acknowledge~"

Happy: ???

Tønsberg, Norway.

As soon as Lin Xu arrived, he saw a man sitting on a stone block in the distance, a one-eyed old man with white hair down to his shoulders.

Odin really wasn't dead!

"I thought you weren't coming." Odin glanced at the folding fan in Lin Xu's hand, then looked at Fat Orange on his shoulder.

The moment Fat Orange saw Odin, he grew restless, all four little paws constantly pawing at Lin Xu's clothes.

"Go on~"

With Lin Xu's permission, Fat Orange leaped down and reached Odin in a few quick steps.

"I just wanted to look around some more, see what was different about this universe."

"Have you figured it out now?"

"You did it on purpose!" Lin Xu also came to the edge of the cliff and found a stone block to sit on.

At Lin Xu's words, Odin paused in the middle of stroking the cat. "Let's hear it?"

"Without your tacit consent, I don't believe Hela could have broken free while you were alive. I even suspect Ancient One had something to do with it."

Lin Xu had thought about it for a long time over the past few days, but he had never been able to make sense of it. Later, he had even secretly observed Kaecilius, the new Sorcerer Supreme. He had no dark side or negative emotions and was conscientious in his duties. He was a completely different person from the one Lin Xu had seen before, and could certainly be considered a qualified Sorcerer Supreme.

That was definitely what Ancient One had wanted to see, so he had reason to believe she had definitely intervened in the events that had changed this universe!

But if it had only been to change Kaecilius, there had been no need to go to such great lengths.

"Fifteen years ago, Ancient One came to me..." Without hiding anything or beating around the bush, Odin began to speak.

As Odin told his story, the sequence of events gradually became clear.

During one of her routine projections, Ancient One had seen the destruction of the universe, and the cause happened to be someone among the Avengers.

After that, he had made several more projections. For some reason, the timelines had begun to converge, and there had been fewer and fewer ways to prevent it.

To prevent the outcome she had foreseen from actually happening, Ancient One had ultimately chosen to do evil for the sake of good. Ending that Avenger's life early was the best choice.

There were several more crises in the future that all depended on him. What was she to do? Make every crisis happen early, and she could retire early while she was at it.

"...So I quietly released Hela and had someone leak word of Thanos to her. Ancient One then leaked the news to Dormammu. And so, the Battle of New York, Ragnarok, the cosmic tyrant, Dormammu's invasion..."

Lin Xu clapped his hands and added, "Ancient One got the result she wanted, and so did you. Asgard was destroyed, but Frigga and Loki survived."

"Correct!"

"Then let me guess. This person among the Avengers was Tony Stark, right?"

"Not entirely. He also had an 'accomplice,' but that 'accomplice' left Earth~"

"Tony and Banner..."

Lin Xu suddenly looked up~

"Infinity Ultron???"