The Dimensional Void beyond the universe.
Alex, having removed his hood, sat cross-legged in the void, casually spinning two Infinity Stones in his hands as if they were exercise balls.
"Space, Mind Stone... and four more..."
After saying that, he put away the two Infinity Stones, tore open a Spatial Rift, and crossed over into the Earth-10010 universe.
This time, he didn't rush things. Instead, he stayed hidden by Jane Foster's side and followed her for three whole months.
Just as the Aether was about to enter her body, a third party intervened and successfully seized the Reality Stone.
Then, before Jane Foster could react, he seized the opportunity to teleport away.
After returning to the void of space, Alex did not stop; he crossed over into the Earth-10086 universe once again.
He found Star-Lord through a bounty on the Cosmic Black Market and forcibly retrieved the coordinates of Morag from his memories.
Then, abandoning Star-Lord who would most likely become mentally impaired, he used the Space Stone to teleport there.
Having successfully obtained the Power Stone, Alex returned to the void of space once more.
His next target is Earth-2333.
According to the Ancient One's notes: One hundred years ago, the Ancient One traveled to the Earth-2333 universe and unexpectedly encountered an Elemental Sorcerer named Wilfred in that universe.
The two started fighting after a disagreement.
Unable to defeat him, Wilfred forcibly activated the Summoning Array, summoning a mysterious and powerful being.
The mysterious and powerful being that was summoned killed Wilfred on the spot.
Taking advantage of the situation, the Ancient One randomly selected a coordinate and teleported away to escape.
To her surprise, the moment she stepped out of the Portal, she saw a Orb shimmering with a ghostly blue light...
Later, for reasons unknown, the Ancient One did not take the Space Stone with her; instead, she added a protective magic array to the area.
Alex tore open Spatial Rift and crossed into the Earth-2333 universe.
But just as he stepped through the teleportation portal, an unexpected incident occurred!
A Spacetime Rift appeared out of nowhere within the teleportation channel.
Alex couldn't dodge in time and crashed directly into the Spacetime Rift.
After a dizzying spin, he inexplicably appeared in Richard's universe.
Richard became immediately interested after seeing this scene on a screen deep within his mind.
[Earth-2333... The hidden third Space Stone...]
What would happen if I embedded six Space Stone into the Infinity Gauntlet?
[Could it be like some fanfiction from my past life, where they directly control the laws of the universe?]
"Hey, you're overthinking it..." He chuckled and shook his head to dispel the thought.
Then, he began to activate the silver thread, subconsciously guiding Alex to recall news about Vormir.
Alex's Dream suddenly changed, showing him secretly reading the Ancient One's journal.
" Vormir... Vormir..."
He muttered to himself as he began searching for relevant information in his notes.
"Found it! Earth-977 Universe! When the Ancient One traveled to that world, she suddenly heard about a remote planet called ' Vormir, ' which hides a treasure that could allow one to dominate the universe."
Thus, countless adventurers across the universe began a frantic search for the whereabouts of Vormir, and eventually, the coordinates of Vormir were revealed by Mysterious Man.
However, after the explorers arrived on Vormir, they searched the entire planet thoroughly but couldn't find the so-called treasure...
Alex shook his head and sighed, "A treasure for dominating the universe... it's not something so easy to obtain..."
But then he suddenly froze.
"Why... why did I suddenly think of Vormir?!"
As his doubts grew, the entire Dream world began to tremble violently.
"Oh no, the world is about to collapse!"
Alex raised his hand, attempting to tear open a Spatial Rift to escape...
But the next second, he froze.
"Why do I think the world is going to end?! Where is this world?! Why am I here?!"
"I remember... I remember... I stole the Eye of Agamotto from the Secret Chamber in Kamar-Taj in some other world?!"
Alex's eyes cleared quickly. He jerked his head back, staring at the sky cracked with dark fissures, and roared furiously, "Bastard! How dare you use such methods to probe the secrets of my heart?!"
"I'm going to kill you! Kill you! Kill you!!!"
Deep in his mind, Richard looked at Alex on the screen, who seemed to be going crazy, and shook his head regretfully.
"Tsk, what a pity~"
"I thought I could uncover more secrets~"
Having said that, he manipulated the silver thread that had seeped into Alex's head.
'Bear!'
Dream world woven from silver threads was engulfed in crimson flames.
"No!"
Alex screamed as his soul burned along with the flames that engulfed the entire Dream world.
In the Dimensional Void, the unconscious Alex Zakaria suddenly began to roll around.
His head burst into Crimson Flame from the inside out.
"No!"
Alex opened his eyes abruptly amidst the flames and let out a final, desperate roar at Richard.
Then his entire body burst into Crimson Flame, first his internal organs, then his bones, then his flesh and blood, and finally his black robes...
The flames quickly died down.
Only a clump of grayish-white ashes remained in the void of the universe.
Richard's consciousness faded from the depths of his mind. He opened his eyes and looked up at the sky.
A wisp of dark purple energy hovered there, as if searching for something.
" Chthon... the Elder Gods ..."
"Snort!"
Richard shot a Crimson Mana towards it.
The two different energies immediately became entangled and began to fight fiercely upon contact.
In terms of quality, that wisp of dark purple energy clearly had the upper hand...
But unfortunately, it's currently in a state of "water without roots," meaning that every drop used is a drop less.
As for Crimson Mana... its Master is squatting nearby, watching it intently.
Richard snapped angrily, "Damn it! If I can't compete on quality, I'll win on quantity!"
With unlimited reinforcements, the Crimson Energy immediately unleashed its relentless, mad-dog-like ferocity, clinging to the dark purple energy and slowly wearing it down...
Only after the last spark of dark purple energy dissipated did Richard tear open a Spatial Rift with satisfaction and step inside.
At some point, in some place, a terrifying shadow that transcends time and space dwells in this world as if asleep.
The storm that appears every ten thousand years and sweeps across most of the world is nothing more than a single breath of his.
A terrifying storm, unseen for millennia, is about to arrive. Countless lives, piloting or aboard streamlined Spaceship of all sizes, await their fate, to be decided by life or death.
Suddenly the entire universe trembled, and the world cracked open!
An endless hurricane of chaos swept into space from the enormous rift, and countless Starship immediately fled in a frantic panic...
But this time, there were no survivors in the entire world.
Soon the universe was destroyed...
That great being seemed to have taken a nap, opening its eyes a crack to glance at something far away, before going back to sleep.
Meanwhile, back in Kamar-Taj, Richard suddenly sneezed loudly.
He thought this was a side effect of the Heavenly Disgust, rubbed his nose, and said, " White Queen, tell Strucker to come back immediately! Tell him I'm going to take him to see an old friend..."