Eternity possessed many concepts and abilities, chiefly time and space; Infinity likewise possessed many concepts and abilities, chiefly space and time. Their domains had always overlapped, merely with different emphases.
No matter how one looked at it, the two should have been one entity. They had been forcibly separated in the beginning.
If they merged, they would become the Seventh Firmament, but its state would be abnormally unstable, and it could easily follow the old path of the previous Firmaments.
That meant Entropy Increase, universal collapse, and multiversal reboot—the whole process.
So when Deathstroke said he wanted to find Infinity and mentioned the Shadow King, Eternity had guessed what he intended to do. Now, he was extremely conflicted.
Because if things went wrong, not only he, but everything in the Marvel Universe would be destroyed.
Now that the Living Tribunal was dead, before a new Tribunal took office, probably no one could handle such a crisis, much less reverse it.
"I know you have concerns, but the Living Tribunal is merely an agent of The One Above All. He can't compare to my Franklin."
Removing his mask, Su Ming jumped down from Eternity's shoulder and landed beside the boy. He placed a hand on Franklin's head, gave it a few rubs, and added:
"Trust me. Little Rich can do everything the Tribunal can do. And Little Rich can still do what the Tribunal cannot."
The Living Tribunal was essentially a Gardener. Due to insufficient authority, he could only manage the Marvel Universe on behalf of The One Above All and had no right to create new universes. Whenever something major happened, his solution was simply a reboot, making him much like an irresponsible Network Administrator.
Franklin had no such concerns. As long as he dared to imagine it, Genesis would