Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters Arrives!

Kasiliyas was utterly frustrated by Li Congxin’s unorthodox projection, but Li Congxin was already too lazy to waste another word on this worthless man.

He merely pointed into the air. In an instant, the surging Vengeance Divine Power descended upon Kasiliyas with the force of a landslide. Faced with such terrifying control, neither the Dark Energy within him nor the completely incompatible Phoenix Force could resist in the slightest!

Kasiliyas’s body exploded with a bang, like a watermelon dropped from ten thousand meters in the air. His flesh was immediately annihilated by the terrifying energy, leaving behind no trace of his existence apart from the remaining mass of Dark Energy and Phoenix Force.

Received 1,000 Impression Points from Kasiliyas!

After instantly killing Kasiliyas, Li Congxin pointed again. The machine Mister Fantastic had researched and developed to connect to other planes, but had not yet had time to perfect, was blasted into dust!

However, although the machine had been destroyed, the Spatial Vortex did not stop rotating. Instead, it spun faster and more violently!

"Heh heh…" Amid a wildly arrogant laugh, one of the two energies left behind after Kasiliyas’s death—the Dark Energy that had originally belonged to Dormammu—slowly condensed into Dormammu’s striped, enormous head. Grinning viciously, he looked at the calm Li Congxin. "Didn’t expect that, did you? After all your calculations, you still ended up one move short!"

"Now that the passage connecting the two universes has been opened, my power can follow it and gradually devour the universe you’re in. The two universes may even merge completely in a short time, after which I’ll devour them bit by bit!"

"Surprised?"

"Shocked?"

"Now that things can no longer be reversed, no matter how hard you try…"

"Bang!"

Before Dormammu could finish his triumphant opening speech, Li Congxin had already punched apart the form he had condensed from Dark Energy, annihilating it completely!

Li Congxin naturally had his own plans regarding the matter before him. But did he need to explain them to his opponent?

Compared with Dormammu, the Phoenix, an existence at the pinnacle of the Multiversal Level, was undoubtedly much smarter. It said nothing, merely transforming into the phantom of a fiery phoenix and fleeing into the distance while Li Congxin attacked Dormammu, without the slightest hesitation.

After suffering setback after setback, even this top existence at the Multiversal Level had begun to pay tribute to Li Congxin’s name through concrete action!

Then this one-fifth portion of ownerless Phoenix Force was intercepted by an energetic young girl rushing toward it.

Spatial bubbles and spatial throwing knives filled the entire stretch of the universe in an instant. The energetic young girl showed the style of her father, paying the price of injuring the enemy by eight hundred while damaging herself by ten thousand, and completely annihilated this final portion of the Phoenix Force in the boundless universe.

After that burst of frenzied output, even though the girl’s strength had already risen to the Singular Universe level, she still found it somewhat difficult to bear. Her aura was visibly disordered.

Seeing the energetic young girl fly over with her little face flushed from exhaustion yet wearing a proud expression, Li Congxin couldn’t help showing a doting smile. "Qianhuan, what brought you here?"

Li Qianhuan stuck out her cute little tongue and said mischievously, "I wanted to see what had happened, too."

Hearing this, Li Congxin turned his head back with a solemn expression and fixed his gaze on the Spatial Vortex that was still expanding. At the same time, the system’s notification rang out in his mind. "Because Dormammu opened a spatial passage in an attempt to connect the two Parallel Universes—the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the X-Men Universe—and thereby achieve his evil objective of devouring both universes."

"Bonfire Assignment 4 automatically activated: Host, stop Dormammu’s evil plan."

"Bonfire Assignment 5 automatically activated: Eliminate Dormammu, the culprit behind all of this, so he can no longer hide in the shadows and cause trouble."

"Every time a Bonfire Assignment is completed, the energy of the BGM Moving Heaven will automatically be filled. Host, do your best!"

Hearing the system’s notification, the corners of Li Congxin’s mouth curled into an amused smile. As expected, the Bonfire Assignments had appeared—and two of them had appeared at once.

Interesting!

"Dormammu has already been secretly eroding one universe, but he hasn’t completed his devouring plan. Now he wants to use that Parallel Universe as a springboard to devour the universe we’re in." Li Congxin calmly explained Dormammu’s evil plan, then analyzed the situation in the same calm tone. "But don’t worry. Everything is under my control. Go back and gather the Avengers to prepare for battle. I’ll go over there first and investigate the situation."

"I want to go with Daddy, too." Hearing that it was an adventure in another world, Li Qianhuan immediately became excited. "I want to see what the other Parallel Universes are like. Are they really like you said, with lots of cute little animals that possess intelligence and the ability to speak, such as Spider-Ham and the like?"

"There aren’t any talking little animals there. There are only Mutants." Li Congxin hesitated briefly, then agreed. "If you insist on going, then come with me and take a look. With your current strength, you could almost say that no one in that world is capable of threatening you. If you encounter Dormammu, remember to run far away and leave the strongest enemy to your invincible father."

"Daisy, I’ll leave the task of notifying the Avengers to you."

Daisy wanted to say that she wanted to go, too, but she knew even better that she was merely Li Congxin’s colleague. She was certain she couldn’t act spoiled as skillfully as Li Qianhuan, so she nodded. She specifically reminded Li Qianhuan to be careful before letting Li Congxin use his spatial abilities to send her back to Earth. She could fly back herself, but in the vast universe, Li Congxin was worried she might get lost.

After sending Daisy away, Li Congxin turned to look at Li Qianhuan and said teasingly, "From the first time I saw you, I noticed that you particularly liked using throwing knives. I’m starting to consider whether I should give you a new name—Li Xunhuan."

Li Qianhuan naturally knew he was joking, but she still blinked her large eyes and asked, "Then, Daddy, what do you think the correct way to fight should be?"

"Well…" Li Congxin hesitated, then shook his head. "At the level you’ve reached, the specifics of your fighting style don’t really matter anymore. What matters is your own realm and your ability to adapt. You like using throwing knives, so keep doing that. As for close combat, you could develop an energy shield or something. You follow the path of space, and distance itself is your advantage."

After casually offering his daughter a few pointers on her fighting style, Li Congxin said, "All right, let’s go see what the other Parallel Universe is like. Stay close to me."

As he spoke, Li Congxin stepped into the Spatial Vortex first.

With a single step, the world changed completely.

What filled Li Congxin’s vision was the entirety of his childhood memories. Of course, they did not belong to his own childhood. They came from the childhood impressions of the original owner of this body.

Li Congxin was certain that he was now in Manhattan, New York, America—the place most familiar to the original owner of this body.

But the streets before him, the shops along the roadside, the pedestrians’ outfits, and the designs of the cars were all filled with the style of the 1980s. People back then might have considered these things fashionable, but in Li Congxin’s eyes, they were simply low-class.

Of course, being a little low-class was nothing serious. After all, this was a completely different Parallel Universe, so it was perfectly normal for there to be all kinds of differences along the timeline.

What truly made Li Congxin uncomfortable was that this universe seemed to be permeated everywhere by a thin layer of Dark Energy. The energy drifted through the air without restraint, continuously eroding the entire universe.

Under the corrosion of the Dark Energy, more or less, everyone around him carried an aura of hostility that made people uncomfortable. For now, this hostility was still extremely faint, so it likely had little effect on originally kind people.

But if someone was already wicked, or even filled with overwhelming hostility, Li Congxin couldn’t say what kind of chemical reaction would occur when this hostility reinforced them.

With Li Congxin’s current strength, the Dark Energy drifting through the air naturally couldn’t affect him in the slightest. However, with everyone around him being influenced by it, his normal state instead appeared abnormal.

Standing beside the bustling street, his purity shone like a bright moon in the night, giving Li Congxin the feeling that everyone else was drunk while he alone remained sober.

"Qianhuan, does this world seem boring? Qianhuan!" He asked casually, only then realizing that Li Qianhuan had not appeared by his side immediately as he had told her to.

The sudden development startled Li Congxin, but he quickly relaxed again.

The timelines of the two worlds were different, and their flow of time probably differed considerably as well. Perhaps Li Qianhuan had simply appeared a step later, but the time she reached her destination might differ by a week or even longer.

It was just like Thor in the original timeline. He had been sent through the Bifrost by Hela only a few seconds later than Loki, yet he appeared on Saka Planet a full two weeks after Loki.

Li Congxin released his spiritual power, instantly covering the entire Earth. The corners of his mouth immediately curled into a strange smile.

What had he discovered?

He had discovered Li Qianhuan!

However, this Li Qianhuan was not that Li Qianhuan. The Li Qianhuan Li Congxin found through his spiritual scan was merely an ordinary Mutant girl living in a place called Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. She was dressed in the same yellow casual shirt and denim shorts, but her style clearly belonged to the 1980s. Even the large permed waves atop her head fit the era of this world perfectly.

Was this Li Qianhuan her counterpart in this world?

It seemed that the Qianhuan of this Parallel Universe had been born at least forty or fifty years earlier than his own daughter.