Domain Expansion!
Not long after landing on the hospital rooftop, Jerry expanded his domain, wrapping himself within it.
At that moment, Ancient One's soul had already left her body. Using her most powerful Time Magic, she had temporarily frozen time across the entire Earth.
If he did not expand his domain and use countless laws to block Ancient One's Time Magic, he too would be temporarily frozen within it.
"Get back into your body so I can operate on you. Otherwise, you'll run out of time!"
"Time is relative. Even now, you still haven't adapted to being a sorcerer. I have spent countless years glimpsing the future and preventing innumerable terrible disasters. But now, it seems I'm destined not to make it through this one."
After using his domain to isolate Ancient One's Time Magic, Jerry's powerful hearing allowed him to catch Stephen and Ancient One's conversation below.
Ancient One used her own death to make Stephen understand the responsibility of the Sorcerer Supreme. Then she gave him another round of brainwashing and emotional manipulation, making Stephen waver in his resolve to return to being a doctor.
Jerry summed up Ancient One's theory: being a doctor could only save one person, but becoming the Sorcerer Supreme meant saving the entire world.
How could Stephen, only a few decades old, possibly stand against Ancient One, who had lived for centuries? After only a few exchanges, he was thoroughly defeated and agreed to inherit the position of Sorcerer Supreme after Ancient One's death.
Having obtained the outcome she wanted, Ancient One dispelled the Time Magic and vanished from before Stephen.
"Have you arranged everything?"
On the hospital rooftop, Jerry withdrew his domain as he looked at Ancient One's soul appearing beside him.
Ancient One merely smiled.
"Everything has been arranged. Please take