Future Time-Space

"No problem."

Future Tony immediately contacted Future Ant-Man, who said excitedly, "Great, I’ll be right back."

After ending the call, Future Ant-Man turned to Thanos with a grave expression. "Master, this Blood God is no simple opponent. What if he sees through my disguise?"

"Your concern is justified."

Thanos, aboard Sanctuary, hesitated for a moment before speaking into the void. "Help me hide it."

The Goddess of Death said, "No problem. Not only will I help you conceal it, I’ll also attach a strand of Death Power to your blade. It will help you deal with the Blood God."

"Excellent. Don’t worry, this time, I will definitely succeed."

Thanos was overjoyed. "Because I am… destiny."

The Goddess of Death was a little speechless. The first time she heard "I am destiny," it sounded domineering. The second time was tolerable. But the third time? Hey, hadn’t he said it enough already? By now, Thanos had said it hundreds of times.

"Wade is better. He may be long-winded, but at least he doesn’t keep repeating the same sentence."

The Goddess of Death shook her head and waved a hand. A layer of invisible, strange energy enveloped Supergiant and Sanctuary.

Then, the Goddess of Death kissed Thanos’s blade, attaching a portion of her power to it—in Future Time-Space, she did not need to worry about too many things.

With Thanos’s assurance, Future Ant-Man breathed a huge sigh of relief and ran excitedly over to Tony and the others. He said admiringly to Wang Bert, "Blood God, you’re incredible."

"Obviously."

Wang Bert glanced at Future Ant-Man, found nothing amiss, and opened a portal. "Come on, let’s go watch Tony wear women’s clothes."

Both Tonys corrected him at once. "It’s Iron Man in women’s clothes, thank you."

Everyone burst into laughter. "Aren’t you Iron Man?"

On Earth, Iron Man’s face went dark. Women’s clothes? Those bastards actually wanted the mighty Iron Man to wear women’s clothes. Did he have no dignity at all?

"I refuse. Impossible. No way."

Iron Man said repeatedly. Wolverine, who was already in a foul mood, sneered. "Don’t you keep talking about protecting the world? Now that the world needs you to make a tiny sacrifice, you’re unwilling?"

Quite a few people nodded. "Exactly."

Iron Man snapped, "You sound so righteous. Why don’t you wear women’s clothes with me?"

"I never said I wanted to protect this world."

Wolverine snorted. "I can survive on any planet."

Iron Man ground his teeth in fury. At that moment, Dr. Strange shouted in alarm, "Phoenix has entered the Solar System. She’ll reach Earth before long."

Everyone’s expressions turned grave. Black Widow said, "Iron Man, wear the outfit. At worst, I’ll wear men’s clothes with you."

Iron Man angrily said, "Is you wearing men’s clothes the same as me wearing women’s clothes?"

"It is. What’s the difference? Gender equality!"

Black Widow said, and everyone nodded. "That’s right, gender equality. Tony, you can’t be sexist."

"You bastards. I’m telling you, even if I die, I won’t wear women’s clothes."

Iron Man cursed. Captain America smiled. "It’s fine. We can help you."

Facing the group of Super Heroes staring at him like tigers eyeing prey, Iron Man screamed like a woman, "Don’t come any closer!"

Outside the Moon, Phoenix stared at Wang Bert with a savage expression. "I finally found you. But I no longer need your help. You can die now."

"You sure talk big. Did you brush your teeth today?"

Wang Bert looked disdainful. "You should know that in your previous life, you died at Iron Fist’s hands."

A thousand years ago, Iron Fist Wu Fengji killed Phoenix. Phoenix became fragments and remained on Earth, where Jean Grey inherited them. That was Phoenix’s origin—Jean Grey had inherited only one Phoenix Fragment, not all of it.

The Phoenix on Mutant Planet was the real Phoenix, with power comparable to an ancient god.

"No wonder I want to kill you so badly. Die!"

Phoenix shouted, and invisible Phoenix Force swept toward Wang Bert. Wang Bert clenched his fist, pulled it back, then threw a fierce punch.

Space and Phoenix Force shattered at the same time. Immediately afterward, the Space Storm, driven by his fist, blasted toward Phoenix.

Phoenix’s expression changed drastically. She tried to evade, only to discover that time around her had gone wrong—every movement she made had turned into slow motion. She could not dodge Wang Bert’s punch at all.

"How could he be this strong?"

Phoenix despaired. Memories from her previous life suddenly surged into her mind. This man was even stronger than the Wu Fengji from her past life.

If Wang Bert’s fist truly landed, Phoenix would undoubtedly die. But at the final moment, Wang Bert stopped his punch. Then, with a thought, the red glow of the Reality Stone lit up on his fist.

The red light gathered in the air, forming a small dragon that rushed into Phoenix’s body. A moment later, the little dragon flew out carrying a fragment.

The fragment resembled a soaring phoenix and brimmed with endless destructive aura. It was a Phoenix Fragment.

The Phoenix Fragment struggled relentlessly in the little dragon’s claws. Wang Bert used Space Magic to seal it, then yellow light from the Mind Stone shone on his right fist. Jean Grey was initially confused, but soon regained consciousness.

Jean gave a miserable smile. "Why did you save me? He’s already dead."

"Don’t be so sad. Cyclops is dead, but Wolverine is still alive."

Wang Bert sneered. Given Phoenix’s strength, if she had truly unleashed her full power, even Uncle Wolf would have died.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Jean Grey was both embarrassed and furious. I, Jean Grey, am pure and faithful. How could I be that kind of bad woman?

"Poor Cyclops. Not only did he have his protagonist role stolen, even his girlfriend got stolen."

Wang Bert shook his head. Too lazy to say more, he opened a portal and tossed Jean Grey back to Earth.

The Avengers were stunned when Jean Grey suddenly appeared. Only Professor X said excitedly, "Jean, you’re back."

"I’m back, Professor. I’m sorry, everyone. I’m sorry."

Jean looked at the battered and defeated group with guilt. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and assured her that it was fine.

"Such high efficiency. The photos had barely been sent out, and they already took care of Phoenix over there."

Captain America patted Iron Man on the shoulder. "Tony, the world will remember your sacrifice."

"I never thought you were this kind of Captain America."

Iron Man, dressed in a maid outfit, looked grief-stricken and indignant. Ten minutes later, he felt like dying—some bastard had uploaded photos of him in women’s clothes to the internet.

In space, Wang Bert reached out and grabbed the Phoenix Fragment. The fragment turned into a ray of light and rushed into his body, trying to destroy and annihilate everything.

Wang Bert shook his head and used his qi to suppress the Phoenix Fragment. After struggling for a while and realizing it could not break free from the qi, the Phoenix Fragment voluntarily fused with it—this was not strange. After Wu Fengji killed Phoenix, she had also fused with part of the Phoenix Force.

"Space Power is getting stronger and stronger. Introducing Phoenix Force isn’t a bad thing. It seems I’ll have quite a few entanglements with Jean Greys from other worlds in the future."

Wang Bert shook his head, opened a portal, and returned to the arena. Then he asked everyone, "Ready to go home?"

"We’ve been ready for ages."

Everyone nodded excitedly. Thanos aboard Sanctuary also said, "I’m ready too."

Wang Bert smiled. "Then let’s go back."

At Earth’s Space Station, Wang Bert and the others all returned amid streaks of multicolored light. Future Banner hurried forward and asked, "How did it go? Did you gather all the Infinity Stones?"

Wang Bert raised his hand. The Six Infinity Stones gleamed brightly. Future Banner cheered. Great, they could finally undo everything that had happened back then.

Future Banner eagerly asked, "When are we going back?"

"Although I don’t think there are any flaws, after we return, we’ll most likely still have to fight Thanos. We need to prepare."

Future Tony pleaded with Wang Bert and the others, "For the Future Universe, so that I don’t snap my fingers, please help us."

Wang Bert complained, "Didn’t we agree that you’d snap your fingers the moment you saw Thanos? Ivan will be very disappointed by this."

"It’s better if he’s disappointed. Pepper will never belong to him, no matter which world it is."

Tony said viciously, "My future self, I’ll definitely help you."

Future Tony nodded. "Thank you."

"I’ll definitely go. I said I would help Hulk get revenge."

Hulk said. Future Banner was somewhat embarrassed, but he did not object.

"Since we’re doing this, let’s make it big. S.W.O.R.D. and Osborn Corporation will deploy at the same time and go to war with Thanos."

Wang Bert said, "Also, this clone of mine will go as well."

"I only just remembered that you’re merely a clone. Blood God, you’re truly too powerful. Even one clone can so easily gather the Infinity Stones."

Future Tony said admiringly. Even though he had always been proud and arrogant, he had no choice but to admit his admiration for Wang Bert.

Unlike Future Tony’s admiration, Thanos was shocked to the extreme. That guy was only a clone? That was utterly absurd. Where did this Blood God come from? How could he be so terrifying?

Thanos hesitated and did not launch a sneak attack immediately, because he was not confident. Everything could wait until they reached Future Time-Space.

The Blood God’s true body would not go to Future Time-Space. That would be the best place to strike. Thanos thought to himself, I’ll attack after he snaps his fingers. No matter how strong the Blood God is, he’ll fall into weakness after snapping his fingers.

Future Steve said gratefully, "Thank you. With you here, we’ll definitely be able to withstand the backlash."

"It’s only right."

Wang Bert smiled. "All right, everyone go back and rest. Tomorrow, we’ll march into the future together."

"Okay."

Everyone nodded and went back to make their final preparations. S.W.O.R.D. and Osborn Corporation also mobilized, preparing to march into the future.

After everyone had left, Wang Bert raised his right hand and sensed the Infinity Gauntlet. A moment later, he shook his head in disappointment—the Infinity Stones from a parallel world were suppressed.

"In other words, I can’t snap my fingers in this world."

Wang Bert sighed. The other stones were manageable, but he had not obtained this universe’s Soul Stone. He simply could not snap his fingers.

"Those big shots probably won’t let me gather all the Infinity Stones."

Wang Bert thought to himself. The big shots of parallel worlds would not care. They might even hope Wang Bert gathered all the Infinity Stones, because he would take them away and would not affect them.

But the big shots of this universe definitely would not sit by and watch Wang Bert obtain all the Infinity Stones.

"One step at a time. No rush, no rush."

Wang Bert smiled. "First, kill Thanos. If I can’t kill him, then Death will be next."

The next day, everyone gathered at S.W.O.R.D. Aside from the future group of five, the expedition included the Avengers, the Super Heroes of Watchmen Company, Celestial Head, and Doom, who had specifically come to watch the excitement.

Doom stood on Celestial Head’s observation deck and said confidently, "Celestial Head will definitely blow Thanos’s Sanctuary to pieces."

"Of course. Do you know how much money this Celestial Head cost me?"

Wang Bert smiled. "If it can’t beat Sanctuary, there’s only one possibility: someone pocketed my money."

Doom said, "Not much. Besides, Celestial Head is absolutely the strongest warship in the universe, without equal."

"You really dare admit it?"

Wang Bert rolled his eyes. "You’ll command Celestial Head. Those Black Widows will cooperate with you."

"You have quite the appetite. You can handle so many Black Widows?"

Doom looked disdainful. This bastard had put all the Black Widows aboard Celestial Head as crew members. It was truly so enviable—cough, so contemptible.

"I’m simply more loving."

Wang Bert said, "Enough of that. I’m heading back. I’ll leave this side to you."

Everyone, along with the Dragon Soul Clone, nodded in unison. "Go in peace."

Wang Bert gave them the middle finger and returned to Earth to hold the fort. With so many Super Heroes leaving, he could not afford to be careless.

"Wanda, if there’s a battle, remember to protect yourself. I may not be able to spare attention for you."

The Dragon Soul Clone instructed Wanda. Wanda said, "Don’t worry. I’m not Pietro, that monkey. Sigh, I just hope he behaves this time and doesn’t run around everywhere."

"With his personality, how could he possibly stay still? Don’t worry, I’ll keep an eye on him."

Wang Bert smiled. Before long, everyone was ready. Then Doom activated the device, and Celestial Head rapidly shrank until it entered the Quantum Realm.

"They’ve set off."

Thanos, who had been waiting for movement on the other side, was thrilled. He spoke to the void. "I’ll return to see you with victory and glory."

The Goddess of Death placed her hand on Thanos’s double-bladed sword. "Go. I have attached a portion of Death Power to your Tyrant Blade. Use it to kill the Blood God and fulfill destiny."

"I will not disappoint you. Wait for me."

Thanos was overjoyed and loudly ordered, "Activate the device. Follow S.W.O.R.D. into the future."

"Yes, Master."

Corvus Glaive and the others shouted together. It was worth mentioning that Loki was among them and was even a main force—she now possessed an ample supply of sacrifices.

Dr. Pym sighed helplessly and activated the device. Sanctuary rapidly shrank.

Dr. Pym silently prayed, "God, please forgive me."

In Future Time-Space, Future Black Widow and Rocket were operating the device. Just then, the device gave a notification, and Rocket said excitedly, "They’re back."

The next moment, energy light appeared beneath the platform. Then, a red head appeared on the platform and rapidly grew larger.

Knowing the platform could not contain it, the head immediately flew to the side. With a boom, it smashed through the wall and flew outside.

"What’s going on?"

Everyone was startled and hurried out to investigate, only to find a massive head had appeared in the sky, blocking even the sunlight.

"Celestial Head! How did Celestial Head get here?"

Rocket shouted incredulously. At that moment, Celestial Head sent down a beam of light, and a group of figures appeared below.