Time and Space, Comprehending the Path

As another world linked by its fruit was regarded by him, the world gave feedback the moment Cheng Jue stepped into this universe, and this universe was named Marvel.

Earth, the Himalayas, there was a place of arcane cultivation hidden among the snowy peaks, Kamar-Taj.

It was also the territory of the nominal guardian of the Earth lineage, the Sorcerer Supreme.

The Himalayas, the secluded cultivation ground of Kamar-Taj sorcerers, this place was a Mirror Dimension, and Cheng Jue sat before the only tea table in the space, sniffing the newly brewed tea and savoring the tea ceremony craftsmanship of the strongest being on Marvel's Earth at present.

And in Cheng Jue's other hand, he toyed with a cubic crystal radiating a deep blue light; this was the Space Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones of the Marvel Universe.

How this Space Stone came to be in Cheng Jue's hands was a long story.

When Cheng Jue first came to the Marvel Universe and collected his wits, he found that he had become Yggdrasil, the World Tree linking the Nine Realms.

And Odin, who had just ascended to the throne of the King of the Gods, happened to be hanging upside down from his own tree trunk.

At that instant, Cheng Jue's Primordial Unity Golden Immortal strength erupted, and with a backhand slap he suppressed Odin. Not to mention him who had just ascended the throne and whose strength was at the entry-level Fatherly stage, even if the future Odin came, it wouldn't be enough to jump around in the palm of Cheng Jue's hand.

The moment Cheng Jue erupted with Primordial Unity Golden Immortal strength, he instantly shattered Odin's thoughts of future retaliation. To Odin now, the strength Cheng Jue displayed had already surpassed the universe overlords, and he might already be a legendary single-universe powerhouse.

Odin clearly knew that he had offended a powerhouse whom his Asgard could not afford to provoke.

The next moment, before Cheng Jue could react, Odin very resolutely gouged out one eye and backhandedly presented the Space Stone to Cheng Jue, only then pacifying Cheng Jue's anger.

Cheng Jue stroked the Space Stone, comprehending the spatial laws it represented within. To Cheng Jue now, rather than calling the Space Stone a weapon, it was better to call it a key to open the treasure house of the spatial laws of the Marvel Universe.

Without the Space Stone, it would be quite troublesome for Cheng Jue to comprehend the spatial laws of the Marvel Universe. But with the Space Stone, when Cheng Jue comprehended the laws again, it would be as simple as viewing patterns in the palm of his hand.

The reason he let Odin off so easily was because understanding the spatial laws of the Marvel Universe also served as a reference for himself.

Just as Cheng Jue sipped his tea with one hand and held the Space Stone with the other to comprehend spatial laws, a sorcerer wearing yellow monastic robes also appeared across the tea table from where Cheng Jue sat.

Cheng Jue knew that she was the contemporary Sorcerer Supreme, The Ancient One.

Yet different from her in the future who had already guarded the Earth for five hundred years, The Ancient One, who had just acquired the title of Sorcerer Supreme at present, was still very green.

He smelled the scent of gunpowder emanating from The Ancient One and asked with a smile, "Just returned from Hell? How was it? After signing the contract with me, did you even need to use the power of the Time Stone?"

He had not come to Kamar-Taj without a purpose, but was aiming to comprehend the laws within the Time Stone. In exchange, Cheng Jue had to sign a contract with The Ancient One, granting her the right to use the power reserve of the Marvel Universe's World Tree.

The Ancient One kept a taut face and said, "The Venerable One is too modest. In that case, I shall leave the Eye of Agamotto in the Venerable One's safekeeping." In the universe, those who already possessed the strength of a universe overlord and above were respectfully addressed as the Venerable One.

As she spoke, the Eye of Agamotto on The Ancient One's neck drifted onto the tea table. Cheng Jue glanced at it and chuckled inwardly, "The Ancient One right now is indeed still too young, entirely lacking that poise of unfazed calmness in the future."

With a light tap of his finger on the Eye of Agamotto, the Time Stone within floated out. The two stones rolled in Cheng Jue's palm like a pair of walnuts, and the laws within them were more like patterns viewed in the palm of his hand.

Very soon Cheng Jue immersed himself in the comprehension of the laws.

During this period, The Ancient One repeatedly blocked dimensional demons and hellish invasions outside of Earth. Although The Ancient One lacked the Eye of Agamotto at present, for The Ancient One who had already signed a contract with Cheng Jue, this great deity, she could completely make a seven-in, seven-out massacre within the Dark Dimension.

The pity was that there were nothing good inside the Dark Dimension, otherwise The Ancient One would likely have carried out a locust-like plundering sweep.

After perhaps a couple of years passed, at the very same spot, The Ancient One sat across from Cheng Jue, holding a cup of tea and sipping it carefully.

"You're wounded," Cheng Jue said with curiosity.

The Ancient One shook her head, signaling that she was in no major trouble. "I was careless and got played by them."

"How many?" Cheng Jue instantly grew interested. According to the power he had allocated to The Ancient One, it was completely sufficient for her to make a seven-in, seven-out massacre within the Dark Dimension.

The Ancient One put down her tea cup and said, "Low and intermediate demons numbering no less than three thousand, and those of Mephisto's tier numbering twenty."

"That's normal then." After saying that, Cheng Jue put the Time Stone back into the Eye of Agamotto and handed the Eye of Agamotto before The Ancient One.

Seeing Cheng Jue's action, The Ancient One was shocked into alarm. "You're leaving!"

"Yes," he replied.

After a long silence, The Ancient One asked, "Then will you come back, Venerable One?"

Hearing that Sorcerer Supreme The Ancient One, who was destined to become Earth's guardian in the future, could still have such a vulnerable side, Cheng Jue curved the corners of his mouth and smiled.

This smile captivated even The Ancient One, whose state of mind was as still as stagnant water.

"Rest assured, I will return," Cheng Jue said to The Ancient One. Regardless of what achievements The Ancient One would attain in the future, right now she was still a child who had assumed the position of Sorcerer Supreme not long ago.

To Cheng Jue, who had lived for who knows how long, The Ancient One at present was a child both in terms of age and mind.

"Ah!" Letting out a sigh and seemingly thinking of something, Cheng Jue turned back and gently tapped The Ancient One on the forehead. A flash of emerald light flickered, and a World Tree mark instantly appeared on The Ancient One's forehead. "Thank you for your stones. Herein lies my comprehension of time and space, as well as a mere superficial glimpse of my comprehension of life, which is enough for you to live another thousand or eight hundred years."

Having finished all this, his figure flickered and vanished completely. The Mirror Dimension that originally served to trap enemies had no effect whatsoever.

The Ancient One shouted toward the empty space across the tea table where the figure had disappeared, "Master, take care on your journey."

Amidst the cosmic space, Cheng Jue floated in the spatial folds, sensing the laws he had comprehended over these years. Suddenly struck by a feeling, he heard that shout from The Ancient One.

"Heh." Cheng Jue smiled helplessly. "Such a big person, yet actually made to feel so sentimental by a little child."

"Since the purpose of this trip has been accomplished, I should head back." Cheng Jue thought to himself.

When he discovered that the second world fruit had linked to the Marvel Universe, he gained the opportunity to break through to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

And to fulfill the prerequisite for this opportunity, Cheng Jue had snatched the Space Stone from Odin's hands and borrowed the Time Stone from The Ancient One; otherwise, how could Cheng Jue have let Odin off so easily.

Cheng Jue recited his return silently in his mind, his vision blurred, and he returned to the Primordial World.

Presented before Cheng Jue's eyes was still the same cave heaven world with its beautiful scenery. For some reason, Cheng Jue always felt that the sky of the cave heaven world seemed to have grown very gloomy.

With a thought in Cheng Jue's mind, the events that had occurred in the cave heaven world over these years all surfaced one by one in Cheng Jue's mind; this was also the basic function of the Cave Heaven Bead.

"Shen Ni!" He furrowed his brows. "Good thing it's only an avatar. Once I break through to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, I'll have a proper match with him."