"So here's the question." Aaron clapped his hands. "Can the energy the Trinity God lent her alone protect Earth?"
"Oh!" Strange seemed to understand something. "The Ancient One drew power from the Dark Dimension because she lacked the strength to protect Earth?"
"No, you're thinking too simply of the Sorcerer Supreme." Aaron pointed at the Eye of Agamotto hanging from Strange's chest and said earnestly, "What do you think this is?"
"Uh... the Eye of Agamotto, a mystical artifact that can control time."
"Superficial." Aaron rolled his eyes. "The Big Bang created six Infinity Stones, representing time, space, power, soul, mind, and reality respectively.
And the one hanging around your neck is the Time Stone, a supreme treasure sought by countless lives throughout the universe."
Gulp!
Strange swallowed, suddenly feeling that his neck was bearing a weight it had no business bearing.
"After the previous Sorcerer Supreme kicked the bucket, the Ancient One inherited the position, along with the Eye of Agamotto.
Having observed countless timelines, she naturally knew which path was the optimal solution for protecting Earth."
"And then she chose to draw power from the Dark Dimension?"
"No, she was even less human than you think." Aaron sighed. "Kamar-Taj's magic comes from Vishanti. In other words, the Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj is Vishanti's representative.
So the Ancient One deeply understood the essence of borrowing power. She borrowed every power she could, and found ways to borrow those she couldn't.
Dormammu was merely the hardest creditor among a whole pile of them."
"Huh?" Strange's eye twitched. "Y-you mean?"
"It means the Ancient One fleeced a considerable number of Dimension Demon Gods. It didn't matter what attribute their power had—light or darkness, as long as it was power, she wanted it.
Using that borrowed power, she elevated her combat ability