"Did It really leave...?"
Ikaris stared at the scene above the heavens, his face full of disbelief.
As Judge Arishem departed, the pure white phantom of the Phoenix, itself a miracle, slowly spread its massive wings. Its incomparably enormous body began to rapidly shrink, collapse, and condense like a burning star...
In the end, It transformed into an incomparably pure stream of white light and returned to Earth.
[Help me deliver this to Scott...]
Within the Phoenix phantom's fused consciousness, that distant voice rang out once more.
In a daze, Miles felt something new appear within the Phoenix Brand deep in his consciousness.
"Whoosh..."
The gentle stream of white light descended from the sky, gradually dispersing over Wakanda's scorched earth and condensing into two slightly illusory, translucent figures.
They were Miles and Madeleine.
"...Did we succeed?"
Madeleine looked at the sky above, finally restored to clarity, and murmured uncertainly.
"Yeah... we succeeded."
Miles also raised his head toward the dawn-lit heavens, nodded, and let out a heartfelt sigh of relief.
Then he turned to look at the Scarlet Witch, who was slowly walking toward them.
Carefully sensing the witch's mental presence, Miles asked uncertainly, "So... you're Miss Maximoff from our universe, right?"
"Mm."
Wanda looked at the two translucent figures before her and nodded lightly. "That zombie 'me' is gone now..."
"Before she left, she gave all her remaining power to me. She hoped I could help her protect this world... the one she had nearly destroyed."
"That's why I appeared here, to help you fight the Celestial."
"...A villain getting redeemed at the end of her life. What a familiar plot," Miles casually quipped before asking, "What about over there? Has the crisis in the Dream World ended?"
"It has." Wanda nodded again and answered, "Dr. Pym from the