Red Skull's remnant soul, Professor Charles's evil consciousness, and Adam's final imprint left within the gem—along with the two hidden measures Red Skull had seemingly prepared for his resurrection—everything connected to this incident was precisely excised by Stark as though in surgery. After that single strike, not the slightest trace remained.
Unless the other side possessed methods superior to Excalibur, there would be no further accidents. This source of evil had been completely destroyed.
The Soul Stone could not withstand Excalibur's heavy blow. The gem shattered layer by layer, from within to without. With a gust of wind, it turned to ash and vanished from the material realm, awaiting another manifestation after the rules reassembled it.
The destruction of this gem alarmed a great being. The new Living Tribunal descended.
The Living Tribunal governed everything in the multiverse. That was true enough, but in practice, it was entirely up to the Tribunal to decide how much to handle.
It was impossible for him to manage everything. If a world was about to be destroyed, the Tribunal would emerge to save it. But if the neighbor's cat went missing, was he supposed to help look for that too? He would work himself to death and still never keep up!
The standards of enforcement were extremely loose. Many matters were handled entirely at his own discretion. OAA had placed few restrictions on the authority and responsibilities of this position. Every incident, and how it was dealt with, was decided by the Tribunal himself.
If he wanted to work, he worked. If he did not, it was fine for him to slack off.
There were countless matters more serious than the shattering of the Soul Stone. Similar events occurred throughout the multiverse every day. By all rights, the Tribunal should not have descended,