Kamar-Taj and the Tao Te Ching

There was no need to exchange names. Xiang Qian knew these two had to be Ebony Maw's accomplices. When he crossed through the portal, he had already noticed them. At the time, Kaecilius had been spouting grandiose nonsense while Stephen Strange was helpless; the pair had already half-emerged from the shadows where they were hiding. But the moment Xiang Qian appeared, they promptly retreated back into hiding.

At that moment, everyone's attention had been drawn to the spatial rift and Dormammu. No one would have expected two outsiders to suddenly make a move to seize the Time Stone. If Xiang Qian had not arrived at just the right time, they would actually have had a very good chance of succeeding.

Under the current circumstances, the two sides definitely would not fight. Communication was hardly much slower than a portal; the ceasefire agreement reached at Kamar-Taj should already have been relayed over.

Ebony Maw's people naturally had no desire to confront two people who had successfully mastered Infinity Stones head-on, and Xiang Qian had no desire to start a war that would drag innocents into it. The man and woman gave them a cold once-over, then left without looking back.

A small airship rose into the air and vanished into the night sky.

"Who were they?" Mordo asked impatiently. His sense of responsibility had become so excessive that it bordered on obsession.

"Who else could they be? Aliens invading!" Xiang Qian looked up at the night sky but could not spot the large ship that had come to retrieve the airship. "They served the same warlord as the alien army that invaded during last year's Battle of New York."

Mordo's heart skipped a beat. "Another invasion? Why did it feel like Kamar-Taj was their target?"

"To be precise, it was the