An Unknown Change

"Your handover ceremony is complete, isn't it? You can retire in peace, but not necessarily through death. Don't you want to travel around the world and see the place you've protected for thousands of years?"

Xia Yu's dissuasion surprised Ancient One a little, as she remembered that the two of them had already made their point very clear.

"I remember we've discussed this issue before, you know, and I also have dark energy within me, which is a huge threat to this world."

"I have a friend who told me that choosing to sacrifice or die because of future difficulties is a form of escapism. What we need to do is face it together. I can help you completely seal away the dark power within you, but you won't have an eternal lifespan. You will age slowly like a normal person. It's a great experience, don't you want to try it?"

Xia Yu continued.

How could Ancient One not want to? How could she possibly not want to?

She longed so much to have a life of her own, to see the world, and to grow old slowly, carrying with her memories.

But the Ancient One firmly shook her head.

"You know, Xia Yu, many things in this world are predetermined. If you try to change them recklessly, the future will become uncertain, leading to even greater disasters and challenges."

As Ancient One spoke, she pointed to the sky.

Xia Yu understood what she meant; the Ancient One and Odin had already been able to glimpse some vague things from the long river of fate.

Whether you call it the Gaea's Will in the universe or destiny, some things are indeed preordained.

After a moment of silence, Xia Yu finally spoke.

"You said it before, I am the biggest variable. Whether it's fate or whatever, in the end I will definitely be fighting against it. Let's think about it from a different angle. Since we are going to face each other in the end, why can't your existence be the key to increasing our chances of victory?"

After thinking for a while, Xia Yu continued.

"If you're determined to leave, I certainly won't try to persuade you anymore. But if you're interested in what I'm saying, then follow your heart. You're right, the future is uncertain, but it was already uncertain when I appeared. The storm was already brewing, and whether we make changes or not, the final storm will still be just as big, won't it?"

"And as my friend said, what comes in the future doesn't matter; what matters is that if there's an insurmountable disaster, we should unite and face it together."

A portal slowly opened in front of the spirit forms of the Ancient One and Doctor Strange, and Xia Yu was on the other side of the portal.

One hand was resting on the Ancient One's body, maintaining her vitality, while the other hand extended a portal and placed it in front of Ancient One.

Xia Yu's suggestion was very effective, but Ancient One was still hesitant.

Seeing that the Ancient One was already tempted but hadn't made up her mind yet, Doctor Strange reached out his hand. Although the soul and the physical body couldn't touch, he still placed it on the back of Xia Yu's hand and said earnestly.

"Although I don't quite understand what you're talking about, I think Xia makes a lot of sense: unite and face this together."

After they finished speaking, they both stared intently at the Ancient One.

Ancient One didn't know what Xia Yu's friend had said that completely changed Xia Yu's mind.

But Xia Yu now seems more faithful and more trustworthy.

Therefore, Ancient One slowly placed his hand on it.

With her obsessions released and her inner knot untied by Xia Yu, Ancient One's soul smoothly returned to her body, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Because of the loss of power, her body and spirit seem somewhat weak, but the seed is still there, and she still has thousands of years of experience. It is believed that with a little training, the Ancient One's power will soon return.

However, what Xia Yu and Ancient One didn't know was that the moment Ancient One opened her eyes...

A series of changes have occurred in gravitational and magnetic fields, as well as in certain unknown radio waves, in many parts of the universe.

When these factors come together, they can cause some unknown changes, affecting certain celestial bodies or the thoughts and decisions of certain people.

On an unknown satellite in an unknown galaxy.

The barren ground is covered with countless craters of all sizes. It is a satellite similar to the moon, but it is not large, has no life, and has very little gravity.

Old Master Li, dressed in a standard Earth spacesuit, was sitting on a rock, his eyes half-closed as if he were dozing.

Standing beside him were three strange men dressed in black robes with unusually large heads.

Like Old Master Li, the three of them squinted their eyes as if they were dozing.

But the instant the Ancient One opened his eyes, Old Master Li also instantly opened his eyes.

She pouted and mumbled something, interspersed with several swear words.

Then it transformed into a streak of light and flew towards Earth.

The three strange-looking men with large heads opened their eyes after Old Master Li left.

His eyes sparkled like stars, as if he could see through half the universe to the distant Earth.

"That's interesting. It seems the river is about to change course. We must observe it closely."

The other two nodded in agreement, and then the three of them fell silent.

Without any visible movement, ripples suddenly appeared in the void, and the three disappeared from the satellite.

Since Xia Yu came into this world, all the changes he made to it before were minor.

The key moments and events did not change much; for example, Yondu did not die, Little Tate. appeared, and the Young Avengers appeared.

However, all of these combined do not have as great an impact on the River of Destiny as the Ancient One, who should have died, is still alive and kicking.

The universe has quietly changed, and some unknown changes are taking shape. Xia Yu's statement is actually wrong in one respect.

Even though it was inevitable that a great storm would eventually form, a small storm appeared out of nowhere before the great storm because of the Ancient One's survival.

The key point is that these newly emerging storms may not be small for Xia Yu and his group, and there may be more than one.

However, Xia Yu was completely unaware of all this at the moment; he was busy using the energy of the Tesseract to build a seal within the Ancient One's body.

Block out the immense power emanating from the Dark World within her.