I, Matou Sakura, Third of the Flame-Chasers!

Destiny signified the so-called protagonist, but the Infinity Stones were crucial anchors of the universe. Whoever possessed the Infinity Stones could divide up destiny.

Tony Stark, who would obtain and accept all six Infinity Stones at that time, would become the new destiny!

And there was no need to rush over the Mind Stone. Loki would bring it to her, so she had no intention of disrupting the plot for now—at least not before Loki delivered the Mind Stone to her.

The Soul Stone went without saying. That thing required one to trade their most precious possession.

Even if she threw both Belfast and Pernor down there, it would be useless. Though Nyarlathotep might possibly work.

But if she threw that one down there, the Soul Stone would probably shatter outright.

The Power Stone was not under consideration for now either. Though she could now traverse the cosmos, the Reality Stone on Earth was clearly much easier to obtain than the Power Stone.

The Reality Stone existed within a special space and would only appear during the so-called alignment of the nine planets. However, she could enter that space directly through a Space Gate; all she needed was a set of coordinates.

The Ancient One definitely knew those coordinates! The Ancient One immediately understood Sakura's intentions. She took a sip of tea, then swept her hand through the air beside her. A Space Gate opened in an instant, revealing a warehouse on the other side.

"The Aether is in there."

"Thanks."

Sakura vanished like a gust of wind, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The Ancient One already understood Sakura's plan. The girl now possessed the Space and Time Stones. After obtaining the Reality Stone, Sakura's next target would likely be the Power Stone somewhere in the universe.

The powers of reality and space would help her obtain that gem of infinite power.

"Forget it. I shouldn't think so much about it."

The Ancient One shrugged and continued savoring the tea in her cup.

No matter how much she drank it, she never grew tired of this tea.

Come to think of it, Mordo had played cards with Wong again last night. Who knew how much tea he had lost to Wong this time?

Should she go play a few hands tonight too?

She drank this tea every day. Red Queen had given her plenty, but she had been drinking rather too much lately. It probably would not last until the end of the month.

It was settled, then. Tonight, she would go play cards with Wong as well and win some back from him!

Time changed many things. Mordo had changed, Wong had changed, and even the Matou Sakura of the past had disappeared, becoming the Sakura of today.

And the Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One, had changed as well.

Fifty-Five, Reality and Power

Within the scarlet space, Sakura watched the red specks of light continuously fleeing before her and gave a cold smile.

In but a Fleeting Moment, the once-active space abruptly stagnated, frozen by a force.

Only Infinity Stones could resist Infinity Stones. Though that sounded somewhat absolute, it was not far from the truth.

The Space Stone in Sakura's hand emitted an azure radiance. With its power, Sakura directly froze the movement of space. Meanwhile, under the faint green glow of the Time Stone in her other hand, the Aether's disorderly flight was halted in place.

Yet a closer look made it easy to see that the seemingly frozen Aether was trembling slightly, trying to break free from the Time Stone.

Dazzling light blossomed from Sakura's body. Though it was light that should have brought warmth and hope, it carried a different aura.

It was chaos, disorder, and profound darkness!

The Aether gathered before Sakura. Guided by the power of light, it gradually fused together.

At the instant it completely merged, terrifying energy burst from the scarlet Reality Stone. The stagnant space shattered instantly, and Sakura appeared in the world outside that space.

Grasping the Reality Stone before her, Sakura formed a spell beneath her feet and directly erased every record of her activities in this world.

Though she was not recorded by this universe, traces would still remain.

She had no desire to be targeted by some black-eyed egg. But that guy was still alive and well, so it seemed the Ancient One had not accepted the suggestion Sakura had given her back then.

This world was plagued by disasters, and that black-eyed egg was responsible for half of them. Without him, the world would be much more peaceful!

But there was no way the Ancient One did not know that.

Though that black-eyed egg was disgusting, he had to be credited with gathering most of the forces together. Otherwise, when Thanos first descended upon this world in the future, the damage would have been even greater.

But it had little to do with her.

After obtaining the Reality Stone, Sakura returned to her office at Stars Company.

Red Queen had specially prepared this place for her. Other than Red Queen, no one could approach it.

Taking out the Reality Stone and the Space Stone, Sakura directly activated the power of both gems.

Terrifying power flowed through her seemingly delicate body, then was completely brought under her control!

With her physical constitution, she had no need for the so-called Infinity Gauntlet. Even the power of all six Infinity Stones could be borne directly by her flesh!

The power of a Divine Body far surpassed what ordinary people could imagine!

As Sakura gained control over the power of the two Stones, a red gate slowly took shape before her.

It was a gate that could take her directly to a certain planet in the universe.

The Reality Stone's ability was simple and brutal: it could disregard all rules and turn the thoughts in one's heart into reality.

As long as she thought of the Power Stone's location, the Reality Stone's power would respond to her heart. The Space Stone's power merely served as support, ensuring that nothing went wrong with the Space Gate.

At this point in time, the famous comic-relief character Star-Lord had not yet received the mission to find the Orb of the Universe.

She had no desire to deal with that goofball.

Sakura stepped directly into the red Space Gate, and the scene before her instantly changed.

It was a secret chamber etched with patterns. Before her was the Orb of the Universe, protected by a laser barrier, with the Power Stone inside.

Sakura reached out directly, her powerful body completely ignoring the lasers that could easily incinerate flesh.

That level of heat was not even enough to damage the garments woven from light on her body.

As the Orb of the Universe was seized in her hand and pulled out, the Power Stone was hers.

Her fingers tightened slightly around the Orb of the Universe. The orb serving as its container instantly shattered, and its fragments did not go to waste either, swallowed clean by her indiscriminate body.

Looking at the Power Stone in her hand and sensing the power within, that feeling of inexhaustible strength was somewhat intoxicating.

By now, aside from the Mind Stone and Soul Stone in Thanos's possession, she had already obtained the other four Stones.

All that remained was to obtain the other two Stones and step into the Celestial Level.

The latter posed no difficulty for her. She could step into the Celestial Level at any time, but she did not wish to do so yet. There was no harm in letting herself accumulate a little more.

A Space Gate back to Earth opened behind her. After stepping through it, Sakura returned to Earth.

The moment she returned to the Galaxy Office on Earth, she saw Red Queen sitting on the edge of her desk, swinging her two little short legs.

"Is something the matter?"

Sakura put away the Infinity Stones in her hand, walked over, lifted Red Queen up, and then sat down in her chair.

Rubbing the little AI loli's hair and playing with her soft cheeks, Sakura could not help but reveal a contented smile.

"I came to see you," Red Queen said quietly. It was a lie.

She had merely come over after detecting a strange energy fluctuation.

"I see."

Sakura did not care whether Red Queen's explanation was true. Having obtained four Infinity Stones, she was in a very good mood.

Power was like Time, while Reality was like Space.

The former did not possess infinite energy, while the latter did.

She was now continuously absorbing the power of the two Stones. The energy accumulated within her body had already reached a terrifying level, and it was constantly tempering her body.

Although she was still not a Celestial Level existence, her body had already evolved to the point where even Celestial Level beings could not easily damage it.

"By the way, do I need to make a move against Stark Industries?"

Red Queen suddenly asked. It was mainly because Sakura had previously told her that Stark Industries' stock would continue to plunge for some time in the future.

If they wanted to bring Stark Industries under their control, she could take advantage of that to manipulate things.

"No need."

Sakura kneaded Red Queen's cheeks, her fingers mischievously rubbing Red Queen's tender pink lips.

"We don't need to think about those things."

She still needed to ensure that Thanos would hand the Mind Stone to Loki and have him bring it into this world. Although she now possessed four Infinity Stones, as long as she stepped into the Celestial Level, she could beat Thanos senseless—even if she had to face him, all his subordinates, and his army alone.

But one should not underestimate so-called destiny.

The fortune of this universe still rested on Thanos. Even with four Infinity Stones, she could only stand on equal footing with him in that regard.

Only after obtaining one more Stone and ensuring that she could completely kill Thanos would she consider making a move against him.

Otherwise, with destiny's blessing, Thanos might keep making a comeback like a stubborn cockroach!

If she could complete her task steadily, then there was no need to create trouble for herself.

Longo-Minyad

Looking at the badge in her hand, Sakura's expression was somewhat strange.

She had never expected to draw something like this from the system's lottery pool.

Knight Dies Not Empty-Handed Badge!

A special product from Honkai Academy.

That world was a terrifying one.

It had a multi-timeline setting, the bug-like Familiar Continent, and terrifying technology that was no less absurd than the black technology found in some comics.

From any perspective, Honkai Academy was a great multiverse world, equivalent to the Tree and the Sea.

Every Herrscher within it possessed the ability to destroy Earth. If the Flame-Chasers of that time had fought the Herrschers from Honkai Academy, then they would not have needed to wait for the Herrscher of End. They might already have been wiped out completely by the time the first six Herrschers appeared.

For example, Wendy, the Fourth Herrscher of the Honkai Impact 3rd world, also existed in Honkai Academy. In terms of chronology, Honkai Academy's Wendy was the prototype for Wendy of the Honkai Impact 3rd world. Oh, and there was also that slacking Anemo Archon from the Genshin Impact world.

Even without completing her Molting, Wendy of the Honkai Academy world possessed the power to summon tornadoes capable of destroying the world. Whether in terms of feats or actual power, she completely crushed Wendy from the Honkai Impact 3rd world.

Strictly speaking, the badge in her hand was not an item from Honkai Academy, but rather a show-off item from the Honkai Academy game.

Knight Dies Not Empty-Handed Badge.

Effect 1: When no weapon was used, damage dealt by any attack increased by 199 times.

Effect 2: Increased the damage amplification effect of V-manufactured weapons by 100%.

The second effect could be ignored. She had no such thing, nor did she want to pull one.

If it were Divine Comedy Spray, that would be fine!

This badge's effects were somewhat different from those in the game.

However, the bonus multiplier was the same. Unfortunately, it was not the max-level effect.

She remembered that in Honkai Academy, Knight Dies Not Empty-Handed's max-level effect increased damage by 299 times.

That was the effect—it increased the damage she dealt without using weapons.

She had already tested it just now. As long as she did not use a weapon, every kind of attack could benefit from this buff.

Whether it was magic or Heat Vision, even after transforming into Trigger, she could still receive this badge's terrifying bonus!

One hundred and ninety-nine times!

And it was the multiplicative bonus unique to Honkai Academy!

But once she held a weapon—even something as simple as a pencil—the badge's bonus vanished.

Even so, this thing was an enormous boost to her strength!

At the Father level!

It was just a pity that the Infinity Stones were treated as weapons by the badge's bonus. Otherwise, with the badge's effect combined with the Power Stone, she was confident she could punch this universe apart in a single blow!