Not far from him, an oval-shaped Stellar Furnace, about four meters high and five meters wide, floated silently. Its surface was scorched to a golden-red color, with waves of Heat Wave surging and dazzling light.
Inside the furnace, stellar matter churned violently like boiling water, with energy fluctuations surging like a tide.
Over the past month, it has been repeatedly forged and tempered by the high temperature, high pressure and strong magnetic field of the sun's core, making its structure increasingly dense and its power increasingly powerful.
Meanwhile, its interior, a vast space comparable to a small continent, had already swallowed up a massive amount of stellar matter and was completely filled.
Chen Xiao reached out and gripped the edge of the furnace firmly. He took a deep breath, his arm muscles bulged, and a terrifying power erupted from his body.
boom!
With a muffled thud, the furnace was lifted off the ground and hoisted onto his shoulder.
In an instant, his body suddenly plummeted, as if he were carrying a towering mountain on his shoulders.
The furnace's own weight, combined with the star's gravity and magnetic field, caused it to plummet thousands of meters downwards in an instant.
"It's really heavy."
Chen Xiao couldn't help but gasp.
This furnace was already weighing tens of millions of tons due to its extremely dense material; after being continuously forged by the core of the sun, its mass increased even further; in addition, it swallowed a massive amount of stellar matter, so even though the internal space had a negligible impact on the mass, the measured external weight still approached 100 million tons, which is astonishing.
At this moment, even without the armor embedded in it, the Stellar Furnace alone is enough to shatter any target with its sheer force.
It is no longer just a weapon, but more like a condensed miniature world of lava, with overwhelming power.
Calling it a divine artifact is no exaggeration. Moreover, it was a unique divine artifact forged by Chen Xiao himself, combining the orderly patterns of the scepter amulet, the sharp will of the Sword in the Stone, and the violent genes of the Destroyer.
Carrying the furnace, Chen Xiao's force field suddenly expanded, exploding with a deafening roar and soaring into the sky with earth-shattering force.
At this moment, the furnace's power has reached its peak, and it is even more Berserk and uncontrollable in the heart of the sun. If the Reality Stone is forcibly used to compress it, the backlash would be enough to tear his consciousness apart.
The only option right now is to get it out of the sun's range first.
boom!
A flare, over 100,000 kilometers high, suddenly rose from the surface of the sun, tearing the sky apart with its fiery light.
Amidst the raging flames, a figure burning with crimson-gold light rose from the ground, unstoppable.
At this moment, Chen Xiao was like a spear of light piercing through the heavens and earth, breaking through layers of the solar corona, and finally plunging headfirst into the depths of the million-degree Celsius solar corona.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
He sped through the corona, his force field colliding violently with the star's gravity, bursting forth with dazzling light.
This astonishing phenomenon was immediately captured by satellites from various countries that had been recalibrated after the Earth's atmosphere mutated.
As early as when Chen Xiao entered the Sun, global observatories received the highest-level monitoring instructions: closely monitor the Sun's every move and report any abnormalities immediately.
Therefore, as soon as he entered the corona, the news was simultaneously transmitted to the command centers of various countries.
But when the experts saw the high-definition images transmitted back by the satellite, they were all speechless.
Within the corona, clearly visible through space-based optical telescopes, a luminous figure is slowly moving through that invisible yet incredibly hot and sparse layer of matter.
The term "slow" is measured on a cosmic scale; if you look closely, you'll find that it's traveling at more than a hundred times the speed of sound.
Even more striking was the disc-shaped object that the figure carried on its shoulder, slowly rotating and wreathed in flames; its shape was strikingly similar to the black disc from before.
Superman Vitas has returned from the depths of the sun.
Moreover, it is more powerful than ever before.
Under the constant watchful eyes of high-definition satellite cameras, Chen Xiao, carrying the furnace, traversed the entire corona in just over ten minutes.
In an instant, the omnipresent scorching heat and the gravitational field that tore everything apart completely dissipated.
Chen Xiao stood silently in the void, slowly removing the Stellar Furnace from his shoulder.
boom!
The entire space suddenly trembled.
The universe has no distinction between up, down, left, or right. Even if the furnace is heavier than a star, it will still hover steadily and remain motionless.
The immense gravitational pull of the sun behind it, once it left the corona region, could no longer shake this colossal object in the slightest.
More importantly, the furnace is extremely small and incredibly dense, and it is also enveloped in a weak yet resilient magnetic field, which is sufficient to counteract some external disturbances.
He gripped the corner of the furnace tightly with both hands, and the immense spatial power within his body surged forth, wrapping the furnace layer by layer like a giant net, preparing to compress it again and forge it into the core of the Stellar Suit.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The space collapsed inch by inch, and the furnace contracted rapidly. With each compression, it burst forth with an intense white light comparable to a Nova explosion, and the energy surged endlessly.
Because the density has reached its limit, the energy sealed within it has long surpassed the limits of ordinary physics, and even the distortion of space itself has little effect on it.
"As expected, relying solely on the spatial manipulation of Alpha-level Mutants is no longer sufficient to subdue it."
Chen Xiao sighed softly, his thoughts shifting slightly. A completely different power within him quietly awakened—the power to alter reality, a reconstructive force that directly addresses the essence of things. He intended to forcibly compress this furnace into a miniature form the size of a fist.
boom!
In an instant, the skin on his arms cracked open inch by inch, and blood began to evaporate before it even came out; nearly ten percent of the vast super energy within his body evaporated instantly, the backlash was so fierce that it was astonishing.
But in the blink of an eye, all the cracks were healed without leaving a trace.
At the same time, the sunlight streaming down from behind poured into his body like sweet rain, and within a few breaths, his depleted energy was replenished.
At this moment, his recovery speed was even faster than the backlash caused by the forced alteration of reality.
Under the continued influence of the forces of reality correction, the furnace, already compressed to its limit by space, continued to collapse, its light growing ever more dazzling and pure, like a miniature star in the making.
Finally, it condensed into a golden furnace, only the size of a fist, which Chen Xiao held firmly in his palm.
He raised his hand and pressed it down, fitting it perfectly into the groove pre-drilled in the chest area of the suit.
Click! Click!
The crisp sound of metal snapping together rang out as the furnace and the battle suit instantly fused together. A surging, intense, and almost violently destructive energy surged through the body along the meridians of the battle suit.
Buzz!
The inside of the dark red battle suit suddenly lit up, countless light paths lit up one after another, and scorching energy flowed like a river, covering Chen Xiao's body.
Almost simultaneously, a large amount of energy rapidly gathered and burst forth behind him. With a whoosh, a golden-red flame several meters long ignited out of thin air, its tail whipping wildly, resembling a burning physical cloak.
At this moment, Chen Xiao, clad in dark red light armor and carrying a long banner of blazing flames, appeared like a god emerging from the core of a star, his imposing aura overwhelming and impossible to look directly at, all under the backdrop of the enormous sun behind him.
This scene was clearly captured and transmitted back in real time by the high-definition astronomical telescope on the International Space Station and the precision optical equipment on military satellites from multiple countries.
Everyone who witnessed the scene felt a heavy, suffocating feeling, as if an invisible giant hand was gripping their throat, making even breathing difficult.
Inside the S.H.I.E.L.D., Black Widow, who had just joined the Avengers, stared at the screen, her pupils shrinking slightly. "This... is a monster? How could Mutants be this strong!?"
Nick Fury's expression was grave, his voice low and resolute. "No, he has transcended the realm of Mutants; he is 'God'."
"A god among men."
On the sofa to the side, Dr. Banner, who had officially joined the Avengers, remained silent.
After this period of deep meditation and emotional taming, he not only completely controlled the Hulk, but his strength far surpassed that of the Boston era. Yet, upon seeing that person again, that unfathomable sense of powerlessness still overwhelmed him. The other person's growth rate not only didn't slow down, but instead became faster and more outrageous.
At this moment, Tony Stark, Iron Man, said solemnly, "This guy is extremely dangerous. I've reviewed all his public and encrypted files."
"What's truly terrifying isn't just his level of power, but also his unwavering will, his complete immunity to external interference, and his relentless execution of orders."
"To this day, no one knows what he really wants, and that in itself is the most terrifying thing."
Everyone in the world has something they desire in life: some pursue profit, some seek power, and some are lustful.
"But we can't find any trace of desire in him. I wouldn't be surprised if someone told me one day that he suddenly decided to wipe out the entire earth."
Hawkeye shook his head slightly. "Only he knows the answer to that question."
"So next, I plan to design a 'god-slaying' suit of armor." Tony shrugged. "As for whether I can actually build it, to be honest, I'm not sure."
At the same moment, this shocking scene also flashed across the intelligence terminals of X-Men headquarters, Magneto's secret outpost, and even multiple clandestine organizations around the world.
Everyone was shocked and speechless.
Who could have imagined that in just over six months, that black-haired boy would have transformed into a terrifying being who stands atop the stars and looks down upon all living beings?
In the void, Chen Xiao carefully sensed every change after the Stellar Suit was activated.
Overall, this ultimate battle suit, which he poured countless efforts into creating, did not disappoint.
For example, after donning the battle suit, the stellar radiation continuously released by the furnace seeped into his body, keeping him in a slow but stable state of evolution, with his power constantly being generated until the stellar matter inside the furnace was burned up.
This perfectly matches his earlier deductions.
Nuclear fusion energy alone has no effect on Superman; what truly drives his evolution is a special type of radiation contained in sunlight, the essence of which is closely related to the high-density plasma state of matter inside stars. Only by bathing in this radiation can the body continue to transform.
Furthermore, the suit has been subjected to repeated crushing by a stellar-level force field and tempering at billions of degrees Celsius, making it indestructible to begin with. Now, it also comes with a layer of stellar magnetic field shield. Even without actively activating its Superman Bio-Force Field, the suit itself is enough to withstand a megaton-level nuclear explosion without sustaining any damage.