Seeing that Wenwu's grief had mostly subsided, Tony walked to his side, lowered his head to look at Ying Li's gravestone, and slowly explained,
"Because she truly died at this point in time, I have two resurrection options for you that won't affect the future, so as not to create a parallel world out of thin air just by resurrecting her alone."
After a brief pause, Tony raised his first finger. "The first is to completely anchor the fact that Ying Li has already died at this very moment. I'll contain her soul here in the present past, bring it to the future, forge her a new body, and place her soul inside it to resurrect her."
Wenwu's brow furrowed slightly at that, but he said nothing. Being able to truly resurrect Ying Li was already more than he had ever dared to hope for. There was no point in demanding too many details.
Still, he wanted to hear Tony's second method of resurrection.
With his mind-reading ability, Tony saw through Wenwu's thoughts. The corner of his mouth curved upward slightly as he raised a second finger.
"The second is that I'll reverse time again and return to the point before Ying Li completely dies. I'll put her into a state of suspended death. After your family at this point in time finishes mourning her, you can personally dig up her coffin. By then, she'll fully awaken. That way, she won't experience real death, and I won't come into conflict with a certain goddess."
"Manipulating time like this is admittedly a little sly, exploiting a loophole, but this is already the best outcome."
Ever since receiving the six Infinity Stones Leon had generously given him, Tony was no longer the ignorant playboy he had once been when it came to