Loki Returns

Alright! Seeing the old man start throwing a tantrum like a shrew, Xia Yu quickly apologized and admitted that the old man was in good health.

After comforting the old man and helping him to sit down, I finally asked about the important matter.

"Grandpa, you rarely show up, and I can't find you when I want to. I just wanted to ask you something. I feel like some things are slowly going off track. I've made quite a few changes recently, and I was wondering if you have any advice?"

The old man remained the same as before, not saying anything directly to Xia Yu, but instead pointing mysteriously at the sky and speaking.

"Fate has completely deviated from its original course; it's about to interfere. I've come to you to warn you to be extremely careful from now on and to quickly increase your strength, otherwise you won't be able to fight it, and everything you've done before will have been in vain."

Xia Yu didn't know what Stan Lee meant by "it," but he roughly knew it probably referred to something like the Cosmic Will or destiny.

But what exactly is it, and how does it intervene?

The old man didn't explain anything clearly.

He simply told Xia Yu that it couldn't act directly on its own, but could only influence many things through various means. As for what those means were, Xia Yu would have to find out for himself.

Xia Yu was not giving up; he wanted to drag this mysterious old man into his scheme.

"Old man, since you often remind me that we always share the same goal, why don't you join me in fighting against this so-called 'it'?"

This old man appears and disappears unpredictably; he can pull Xia Yu to another place directly. Xia Yu just tried it; this isn't Earth, it must be another dimension.

Moreover, even though the old man showed up at the entrance of the Sky Base in his delivery truck, it didn't arouse any suspicion. All signs indicate that the old man must be very powerful.

Hearing Xia Yu say that, the old man sighed very seriously, which was uncharacteristically true to his words.

"Do you think I don't want to? I do have some special abilities in this world, but none of them are useful for fighting. It's not that I don't want to, but that I simply don't have the ability. Let alone taking action, there are some places where I'd better not even show up before you succeed."

Seeing Xia Yu's half-understanding expression, the old man continued.

"There are some things I can't tell you right now, it's not that I don't want to. It's just that the world was almost out of its control. Once you've finished, I'll tell you everything. Go! Go!"

After the old man finished speaking, without waiting to see if Xia Yu understood, he waved his hand, and Xia Yu was already standing at the entrance of the base.

Xia Yu looked inside again and saw that the Avengers had just dispersed and were preparing to go about their own business.

Natasha walked out of the base with a smile and said to Xia Yu, who was in a daze.

"What's wrong? You said you wanted to go for a walk, what were you thinking about?"

Well, she doesn't even remember the old man coming out just now. Xia Yu shook his head and gently kissed Natasha's forehead.

"Walk with me for a while!"

Over the next two weeks, Xia Yu found Doctor Strange and absorbed the power of the Time Stone.

After obtaining the Source power of the Time Stone, Xia Yu can now control local time adjustments; for example, he can smash a table and restore it to its original state.

As for something on a larger scale, or something that goes back much further in time.

Doctor Strange solemnly warned Xia Yu that this would create more chaotic parallel universes, and that he should never use the power of time unless absolutely necessary.

Ancient One had actually spoken very seriously about this with Xia Yu.

Although Xia Yu was no longer as restrained after Captain America's guidance last time, that was on a formal foundation.

Xia Yu didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble before the final battle.

So after trying it a few times, I stopped using the power of time.

Absorbing the Time Stone didn't significantly increase Xia Yu's actual power, but mastering time was an unpredictable and powerful rule.

In critical moments, this is absolutely a powerful weapon that surpasses the power of other gem rules.

Xia Yu was even more excited about the Soul Stone.

As the most mysterious of the Six Infinity Stones, the Soul Stone is...

Xia Yu had a feeling that once he replenished the power of the Cosmic Origin, nothing could stop him.

However, firstly, the conditions for obtaining the Soul Stone were too demanding, and secondly, the old man in that mysterious space had said...

To be able to absorb the Soul Stone, he would need to increase his Source power, for example, by absorbing Asgard.

Xia Yu didn't care about that. Anyway, if Hela came out, Asgard would have to be destroyed no matter what, so he might as well just absorb her himself.

However, Xia Yu needed to think carefully about Asgard, especially Odin's fate. If possible, he also wanted to preserve Odin's life.

The Ancient One managed to stay, didn't she?

So Xia Yu went to Odin and bluntly stated his point, but Odin told Xia Yu directly.

Now is not the time; let Xia Yu wait for Odin's summons.

Without any context, Xia Yu had no idea what Odin meant.

According to Xia Yu's plan, he would absorb Asgard directly now, and then release Hela once he had absorbed most of it. Hela's power came from Asgard, and Xia Yu would absorb the majority of it first.

Then, once Hela emerges, suppress her directly. If she disobeys, keep her imprisoned. Asgard can then be directly integrated into AC City.

But Odin only said that one sentence to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu had no choice but to wait for Odin to speak.

Thanos was still nowhere to be found in the universe. Xia Yu not only had the Guardians of the Galaxy search for him all over the universe, but he also frequently used his teleportation abilities to search everywhere, but Thanos seemed to have completely vanished.

Xia Yu began to feel uneasy.

Finally, a full year after meeting Odin summoned Xia Yu.

"Have you thought it through? I'll just go and absorb Asgard?"

Xia Yu couldn't wait to say it as soon as they met.

Odin waved his hand.

"Don't rush, I have something to tell you!"

"Us?"

Xia Yu asked curiously, and even used his mental power to sense the surroundings. The nearest humans were all more than 20 kilometers away.

Where did we come from?

But Odin didn't explain; he simply gestured for Odin not to rush.

They brought Xia Yu to the edge of the cliff, where a vast sea lay before them. This place was the battlefield where Odin defeated the Frost Giants more than a thousand years ago.

Odin gazed at the sea without speaking, and Xia Yu could only stand there with Odin.

Suddenly, a fluctuation of energy came from the void behind him, and Xia Yu turned around to look.

Two golden portals slowly opened behind us.

One portal led to Loki, whom they hadn't seen in a long time, while the other led out the Ancient One with Thor.