Xia Yu Emerges from Seclusion

"Damn it, I just attended your funeral, and there's a bunch of Ravagers outside setting off fireworks for you! How could you possibly be alive?"

Star-Lord, grumbling, went up to Yondu and gave him a big hug.

"Your freakish biological father almost sent me flying into outer space with a single tentacle. Natasha just happened to be in her spaceship looking for you; it was a close call."

He Yondu survived the ordeal.

"Then why didn't you say so sooner? You deceived our tears, I mean those people outside."

Star-Lord was quite happy.

"My team has fallen apart. I can't even remember how many years I've been Ravagers. I'm tired. Quill, Natasha told me about Xia's plan, about Ego's Planet and the skull in the Knowhere. I'm also thinking of finding a beautiful place to settle down."

For years, because of Star-Lord's situation, regaining the Ravagers' recognition had been a knot in Yondu's heart. He longed to be recognized by everyone and to have the flame symbol on his clothes again.

Unexpectedly, everyone who thought he was dead has now resolved their inner conflict.

Although the flame symbol will no longer be displayed on clothing in the future.

But with the Ogord's Light, Ravagers from almost the entire universe came.

This is practically a lifetime achievement award for a Ravagers.

Yondu, as Ravagers, has lived a worthwhile life, and now he's ready to start a new one.

Star-Lord, of course, had no objection to this.

That day, the father and son talked for a very long time. They had known each other for decades, but they had never been so open and honest with each other as they were today.

However, Gamora and Nebula, influenced by Star-Lord's words, did not open their hearts to each other so quickly.

Perhaps it was the long-standing hostility and indifference that made Nebula unable to adapt to the sudden warmth of kinship, so she chose to sail away.

Two weeks later, Natasha and the others were still staying near Ego the Living Planet's Planet.

Looking at this planet from afar.

It has been almost twenty days, and the entire planet remains completely still.

If Xia Yu hadn't experienced similar situations several times before, Natasha would have already gone up to the planet to take a look.

Today, as usual, after everyone finished eating together, we habitually stood by the spaceship window to see if there were any changes on the planet.

Unfortunately, after watching for a long time, there was still no change, and everyone sighed and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, a blinding light shone somewhere on a planet.

It's getting brighter and brighter...

Before long, the light transformed into a pillar of light reaching the sky.

This "sky-reaching" doesn't mean reaching directly into the atmosphere on a planet.

Instead, it soared into the sky from Ego's Planet, eventually reaching some point in the universe.

Compared to the length of the beam of light, the entire planet looks like a ping-pong ball.

Even the light from the stars in this galaxy paled in comparison to this beam of light.

Although the spaceship was still very, very far away from that beam of light.

Even at this distance, everyone's first reaction upon seeing the beam of light was their own insignificance.

"My God, what on earth did Xia do?"

Gamora stared in shock at the pillar of light, realizing for the first time that Xia Yu might actually be able to defeat Thanos.

After the beam of light slowly dissipated...

Xia Yu's voice suddenly appeared in everyone's ears.

"Sorry to keep everyone waiting. You've been on the spaceship for so long, let's get off and rest for a bit."

As Xia Yu finished speaking, a huge blue portal suddenly appeared in front of the spaceship.

The portal seemed to have a power source, moving and enveloping the entire spaceship.

Yondu's enormous spaceship was thus passively and directly landed on the planet.

This is a vast lawn, its location on some unknown planet.

The huge holes that led straight to the Earth’s Core have all disappeared.

The ruins of Ego's palace were also nowhere to be seen.

I don't know if it's a location issue or if it has completely disappeared.

Those colorful little water droplets floated up in the sky again.

The entire planet became beautiful once again.

After everyone disembarked from the spaceship.

I saw Xia Yu sitting on the grass next to the spaceship.

Xia Yu had his eyes closed at that moment.

It seems to still be processing the energy within its body.

"Whoosh!"

Perhaps sensing that everyone had disembarked from the spaceship, it...

Xia Yu suddenly opened his eyes, and the stars and universe flashed before his eyes.

An extremely ancient, weathered, powerful, and mysterious aura emanated from Xia Yu.

Everyone almost collapsed to their knees, feeling an urge to kneel down and worship Xia Yu on the spot.

Everyone looked at each other in shock, realizing that everyone else had the same reaction.

Facing Xia Yu at this moment felt like facing an ancient deity.

Natasha looked at Xia Yu with an even more incredulous expression.

She didn't care about powerful gods or anything like that; she was only interested in Xia Yu in front of her.

His eyes were empty and indifferent; he was completely unlike anyone you knew.

He looked at everyone as if they were ants, without the slightest emotion.

Perhaps they sensed something was wrong with themselves.

Xia Yu closed his eyes again.

Everyone present remained motionless, all stunned by Xia Yu's imposing aura.

Xia Yu was terrifying just now; perhaps this is what a true god should be like.

Compared to Xia Yu, whether it's a so-called cosmic Celestial or Asgard deity like Thor, he is far superior.

He was just like a slightly stronger, ordinary person.

For a very long time.

It went on for so long that everyone's foreheads were slightly sweaty.

Xia Yu finally let out a long breath and opened his eyes again.

The moment Natasha opened her eyes this time, she smiled.

You can tell from his eyes that the real, flesh-and-blood, occasionally frivolous Xia Yu has returned.

Ignoring the stares of the crowd, Natasha rushed forward and threw herself into Xia Yu's arms.

"What just happened? I felt like that wasn't you at all. Are you... alright?"

Natasha was very worried that Xia Yu would turn out like he had just done.

Xia Yu smiled slightly and gave Natasha a sweet kiss in front of everyone.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. I just hadn't fully digested that power yet; it was a manifestation of some kind of Cosmic Origin."

Xia Yu gently comforted Natasha.

"Wow! Wow! Wow! It seems our Xia is back. I was so scared just now. I've never seen such a terrifying look in your eyes. You looked like you had no life..."

Rocket thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a suitable word to describe Xia Yu's state just now.

"Alright, everyone's tired, let's sit down!"

With a wave of his hand, Xia Yu caused the soil and lawn on the ground to begin to expand and deform wildly.

It slowly transformed into a simple house, with a large table and just enough chairs for everyone to sit down.

"So you are now the new Celestial, you devoured my father... Ego?"

Star-Lord looked at everything before him and asked Xia Yu curiously.

"Ego is dead, Quill. I was merely using his power to better control the Infinity Stones."

Xia Yu said, taking the food out of his ring.

I've been in seclusion for so long, I'm not starving, I just want to eat something.

"So how powerful are you now, for example, against... Thanos?"