"Looks like you don't need my help anymore."
Scarlet Witch shrugged, then watched as the two figures in front of her soared into the sky to meet the source of everything.
'It's over. All it takes is killing this guy, and this farce will end.'
Having experienced many major events, Wanda no longer possessed much of a sense of kindness or justice.
She had seen through it all; this world was never a world of justice and evil, but simply a world of different stances and the survival of the fittest.
Even her parallel counterparts in some worlds have actually faced punishment from these so-called heroes of justice.
She had learned about those processes through her own efforts, and she was even a victim herself.
But... so what can we do?
Even if she mastered the power of Chaos Magic, which would allow her to face many powerful beings, she still couldn't achieve true freedom.
Those versions of themselves in those worlds, unwilling to accept the cruel tricks of fate, attempted to interfere with predetermined cause and effect through their own power. What was their fate?
Chaos Magic is powerful, but the universe is balanced in an invisible way.
Although the Marvel Universe lacks a self-sustaining World Will due to the chaotic power system, it possesses numerous entities comparable to World Will.
These entities are manipulating everything from behind the scenes; who can escape the cruel tricks of fate?
Even those great beings are not entirely indispensable to the infinitely possible Marvel Universe; they cannot achieve true freedom and must bow to fate.
"No one can escape the judgment of fate, including fate itself; this is nothing but a more chaotic farce."
"The idea that Mutants can escape their fate is wishful thinking... What?!"
Wanda was just marveling at the power of fate and watching Phoenix walk step by step toward Apocalypse, suddenly screamed in alarm.
Above them, the Apocalypse, which had been hovering with its eyes closed, suddenly opened its eyes and grabbed Phoenix's neck with both hands.
The surging Phoenix Force raged in Apocalypse's palm, but the opponent seemed unaffected.
"Two little sparrows, do you think you can kill me when I'm not looking, just because you have a few fragments of Phoenix?"
"How naive!"
Apocalypse's hand slowly tightened, and both Phoenix were gripped by the neck with no room to struggle.
The Phoenix Force, capable of altering the causality of the universe, constantly attempts to influence Apocalypse, but is blocked by a force of the same level.
The awakened Apocalypse is a completely different being from before; even the Phoenix Force, one of the origins of the universe, can no longer overwhelm him.
'Click'
A crisp cracking sound rang out, and Jean Grey, who was possessed by the Phoenix Force, lost her life.
However, this also completely activated the Phoenix Force's counterattack!
A pale golden flame ignited on Phoenix's body. The host died, but a vast will descended from a distant time and space.
The pale golden Phoenix flames revitalized Jean Grey's body, but the powerful being now in control of her form.
Pale golden flames scorched Apocalypse's wrist, revealing stark white bone in an instant.
This time, even Apocalypse had no choice but to let go.
" Phoenix!"
Apocalypse cried out, and it was clear that the arriving entity was the Phoenix, the cosmic being representing life and emotion.
This was no opponent he could stop.
"Don't be afraid, I will deal with Him. You can begin your journey to God."
At the critical moment, Xu Xiao reappeared, standing in front of Apocalypse.
The Phoenix's main consciousness also shifted its focus, sensing the aura of Phoenix Force emanating from Xu Xiao.
Clearly, this is the thief who covets His power.
A sharp cry pierced the clouds and echoed all around, causing the entire planet to tremble under its immense power!
Volcanic eruptions, seawater intrusion, and magnetic field disturbances!
A scene resembling the end of the world unfolded on Earth. This was the power of the wrath of beings from the multiverse concept!
"Don't be so hasty! I only borrowed a fragment of your power to study it, is it really necessary to be so angry!"
Xu Xiao didn't take it seriously, but seeing that the Earth was beginning to crack under the power of the Phoenix, he couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
"Your ascension to godhood is now up to you. I'll go deal with this threatening guy. Oh, and there's one more."
Xu Xiao's gaze fell upon Phoenix and Wanda, and then the World Power surged.
In the next instant, three figures were transported from Earth and appeared in the vast universe.
Apocalypse breathed a sigh of relief. With these two supermodel rivals gone, his ascension to godhood was about to begin.
When he cleared his mind, the Superpower Dimension deeply connected to him began to respond to his call and began to manifest.
Behind the Apocalypse, a vast, boundless rift, almost obscuring half the sky, slowly opened, revealing various chaotic and disordered forces within.
That is the source of Mutants power— the Superpower Dimension!
The laws of reality instinctively begin to reject the arrival of dimensional worlds; the laws of the real universe are highly resistant to dimensional forces.
However, Apocalypse did not intend to devour reality using dimensional power; rather, it used this as a core element to begin merging its own existence with the concept of Mutants.
With the Superpower Dimension as the link, every Mutants who uses the X-Gene, regardless of what dimension or world they live in, has a voice that flashes through their mind!
"I am Apocalypse! The progenitor of all Mutants across all realms, the pinnacle of genetic evolution!"
"Today, I crown myself with the Superpower Dimension and the authority of the X-Gene, and I am crowned as an Eternity god!"
"All my kind shall be under my protection! All my enemies shall be reduced to ashes! The laws of the universe shall be rewritten for my kind!"
"Kneel down, my fellow humankind! Behold the birth of a new god! The flesh and blood of the rebels will become our ladder to heaven, and the souls of the submitters will be bathed in the glory of evolution!"
From this moment on--
"I am destiny! I am truth! I am the Eternity and indestructible God of Mutants!"
The real universe resonated with it, and the new concepts coalesced into substance, imprinting themselves on Marvel's underlying laws.
The countless X-Gene that had been spread, and the various Mutants born in different worlds and timelines, all felt a sense of security, as if rootless duckweed had finally found a place to land.
Those beings who were destined to represent Mutants in the future also found their power beginning to flow towards a certain being, no longer entirely belonging to them.
They wanted to stop it, but didn't know where to begin.
This is not about directly stripping them of their power, but rather conceptually adding another being above them.
Apocalypse cleverly chose the concept of Mutants as a representative god, rather than simply believing in and becoming a god.
It fundamentally seizes the source of power belonging to Mutants, thus ensuring that no Mutants can surpass it.