Jiang Xiang sensed with interest that the hammer had been lifted.
Jiang Xiang had set up a barrier around the hammer.
The Time Stone offered infinite possibilities, but because of Jiang Xiang and the invasion from an outside universe, the future was also filled with infinite uncertainties.
Thus, the future was not one fixed outcome or even a handful of fixed outcomes.
At first, this only affected the area around Blue Star. But once Jiang Xiang influenced the endless dimensions and other planets in the universe, those effects would alter the course those planets would otherwise have taken.
With Captain America, Steve, here, it was not impossible for him to pass the test and lift the hammer.
On the contrary, once Jiang Xiang confirmed that Steve was within the area covered by the barrier, Captain America lifting the hammer became a real possibility.
"This really is fascinating!" Jiang Xiang switched off the surveillance and returned to his cultivation.
Thor had already been given his chance, and clearly, he had failed the test.
In Asgard's hall of "the dead rising."
Odin, who had only just lain down, sat up again.
A mortal on Blue Star had lifted the hammer!
How could anyone have lifted it?
Odin peered through Blue Star's dimensional formation to check on Thor again.
But Thor had not changed at all.
Instead...
"A mortal! A mortal actually lifted Mjolnir!"
Odin turned his slightly astonished gaze toward Steve.
Then he spotted his foolish son.
His face darkened with exasperation.
That idiot was still chasing a woman around!
Odin felt that this foolish son of his might be a lost cause. If there had been enough time, he thought having another child might actually have been a good idea.
Meanwhile, Steve was equally bewildered, staring at the hammer in his