Breaking Down to Build Anew

After absorbing most of the energy, Xia Yu's soul gradually repaired itself from its initial cracked state.

Then, as Xia Yu continued to absorb the Source energy, his soul body became closer and closer to a physical existence, like infinitely compressed smoke, transforming from a gaseous state to a liquid state, and finally even taking on a solid form.

Xia Yu's soul was filled with the Source of the Infinity Stones, a collection of various colors that made Xia Yu soul resemble a multicolored piece of glass.

After opening his eyes, Xia Yu looked at his current state.

Consciousness slowly returned from the Chaos, and memories of everything that had happened before began to surface in his mind.

Thanos, the Snap, the Infinity Stones, and so on.

"So you really went too far and ended up destroying your own body?"

Xia Yu gave a wry smile.

"But what about my current state?"

Xia Yu felt completely different from before, and couldn't help but close his eyes again to fully experience his current state.

"The Soul Stone... So it was because of the Soul Stone's Source energy that my soul was able to remain immortal, and that I accidentally absorbed the Soul Stone's Source. Could this be considered a blessing in disguise, the protagonist's fate?"

Xia Yu thought to himself, his soul body trembled slightly, and all the colorful colors turned into Chaos color.

"This is the color that the fusion of Source should have. As expected, the Soul Stone is the core; only with it can the Source energy of other gems be fully fused."

With the addition of the Soul Stone, Xia Yu discovered that he was completely different from before, and could manipulate the rules of many gems with a mere thought.

The soul reached out and grasped at thin air, and a ball of fire appeared in its hand. With a thought, the flame turned into flowing water, and with another thought, the flowing water transformed into a leaf.

To be born from nothing, to be able to extract matter from the void and instantly assemble it into anything—this is truly divine skill.

Material possessions have become completely meaningless to Xia Yu.

After two years of absorption, Xia Yu had absorbed most of the Chaos energy in the vicinity, leaving only a large cocoon on the outside of the moon.

As Xia Yu regained consciousness, with a thought, the large cocoon outside transformed into Chaos energy, surging towards Xia Yu.

In a matter of moments, Xia Yu transformed the shadow on the moon into his own new body.

With a thought, a set of clothes appeared out of thin air.

"I'm still more used to having a physical body. Although a soul can also survive, it always feels like I'm not wearing clothes."

Xia Yu's soul has condensed to a certain degree. In a sense, he can live in the world directly as a soul body, just like an ordinary person.

Without the barrier of Chaos energy, Xia Yu's newly created physical body came into direct contact with the universe.

"Um?"

Xia Yu immediately sensed something was wrong. Theoretically, he had absorbed all the Source power and should be able to directly confront the universe, but after making contact with the universe, Xia Yu felt a difference.

It refers to one's own imperfections.

It was a very strange feeling, like a puzzle piece that was missing a piece. In Huaxia terms, he was now considered to be incomplete, missing a piece of the Heavenly Dao.

He absorbed all the Infinity Stones, so there were definitely no problems before. If there is one missing, the problem should lie with the Soul Stone. When Thanos, the stone also self-destructed, resulting in a collision of energy and rules.

How much of the Soul Stone's Source was revealed or annihilated at that moment?

Xia Yu was completely different from two years ago. He examined himself from the outside in and could clearly feel that the problem lay with the Soul Stone.

"Never mind, we'll figure something out later. Let's check on everyone first. The base and Earth shouldn't have been affected, right? Hmm?"

Xia Yu then noticed that there was a densely packed mechanical army outside, and they were directly connected by energy to form a large net surrounding him.

"Was this what Tony and the others used to protect me? How long have I been unconscious?"

Xia Yu was about to unleash his mental power to investigate the current state of the base and Earth, the space suddenly fluctuated.

Tony, Natasha, Thor, Captain, and most of the Avengers, dressed in space Armor, appeared beside him.

"Huh? You've arrived!"

Xia Yu greeted everyone.

"Summer!!"

Although separated by the Armor, Xia Yu could still see Natasha's eyes redden and glistening with tears before she threw herself into his arms.

Xia Yu instinctively put his arm around Natasha. Once Xia Yu put his arm around her, Natasha could no longer hold back. Although she didn't burst into tears, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

"You're back, my God, it's so good to have you back!"

Natasha held Xia Yu tightly with both arms, muttering to herself.

Xia Yu sensed something different about Natasha's demeanor.

Looking up at the crowd, everyone was filled with joy and extraordinary excitement.

"Um... was I unconscious for a long time?"

"It hasn't been that long, I just turned 148 this year."

Although Tony was joking, his voice trembled uncontrollably, indicating that he was also extremely excited.

Xia Yu was a little confused. Although he knew Tony was definitely joking, he could tell from the looks in everyone's eyes that he must have been unconscious for a long time.

How long was I unconscious???

Xia Yu opened his mouth and asked Thor.

"Xia, let's go back first and talk about it then."

The Captain laughed and interrupted, "Xia Yu is back!" He was clearly overjoyed and, unusually, began to cooperate with Tony.

Tony had originally intended to tear open the space himself, since Xia Yu had only just regained consciousness, but Xia Yu smiled and waved his hand.

Almost without any warning, everyone appeared directly from the lunar surface into the Avengers' base lobby.

Everyone was completely stunned by Xia Yu's move.

"Is he even human? After being injured and falling into a coma, he's actually stronger than before. What kind of logic is that?"

Tony muttered to himself.

Back at the base, Natasha calmed down a bit, and everyone went up to hug Xia Yu one by one.

At that moment, a young man, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a sunny and handsome face, ran into the hall. He looked at Xia Yu with surprise and delight.

"Peter?"

Although there were many changes, Xia Yu still recognized it as Spider-Man at a glance. Just how long had he been unconscious?

"Xia, you've mistaken him for someone else. This isn't Peter; Peter has been dead for many years. This is Peter's grandson."

Tony said casually from the side.

"Huh?" Xia Yu was instantly stunned.

"Ha ha!!"

The most joyful sounds in two years could be heard emanating from the Avengers Compound.