Three weeks later, Ring World.
"Finally done!"
Jerry looked at the Soul Stone in his hand, now completely devoid of self-awareness, and nodded in satisfaction.
Using the power of the four Stones and Ring World, he had spent a week dismantling all of the Soul Stone's resistance, then another two weeks thoroughly refining away its consciousness.
The Soul Stone was now like the other five Stones. He could control it at will and no longer had to worry about it secretly escaping again.
He left Ring World and returned to Vormir.
"Thank you!"
With the Soul Stone's consciousness refined away by Jerry, Red Skull's soul, which had been imprisoned within the Soul Stone all this time, was naturally freed as well.
When he saw Jerry appear, he sincerely thanked him before being sucked into a rift and vanishing.
"Did he enter the Death Realm?"
As he watched Red Skull's soul get drawn into the rift, a thought flashed through Jerry's mind.
He knew that in the Marvel Main World, unlike the world of Magic Cards, there was no concept of reincarnation. Once someone died, they were simply dead.
Without any special faith, a soul would be drawn into the Death Realm after death—not Hel among the Nine Realms, nor Mephisto's Hell.
It was the true final destination of all souls in the entire universe.
Of course, things were different if one held a special faith.
For example, if someone worshiped Mephisto and was one of his devout believers, then after death, they would most likely be dragged into Hell by him.
If someone worshiped Dormammu, then after death, they would be dragged into the Dark Dimension by him. However, Dormammu was even more ruthless. If one worshiped him, one might be dragged into the Dark Dimension even while still alive.