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Ye Fan Controls the Six-Stone Infinity Gauntlet, Nezha’s Wish
Ancient One’s smooth bald head and ageless face showed a trace of confusion, making her look adorably dazed.
Tony’s words had made her crash. As the Supreme Mage, she represented the image of a wise person, yet someone had called her terrible.
She had originally prepared to fall at the right time and place. Now that fate had changed, the future was heading in an unknown direction.
Tony set Ancient One down. From this close contact, he discovered that Ancient One, who had lived for centuries, was actually quite charming.
"Oh, God damn it, what am I thinking at a time like this?" Tony shook his head.
Ancient One had not died. After calming herself, she said, "Iron Man, you should not have saved me. This is my fate. The future should be this way."
"What fate? What should or shouldn’t die? Mage, have you lived so long that you cultivated your brain into nonsense?" Tony mocked.
"No, that is not it. Everyone has their own destiny, and you and I are no exception. We should not break destiny, but follow the path of fate," Ancient One said.
"Destiny? Mage, in the destiny you saw, could I fly through the sky and burrow into the earth? Could I shoot lasers from my eyes?" Tony said.
"…" Ancient One fell silent. There had been none of that in the future she had seen.
"Exactly. The future is changing, and so are we. Nothing in this world remains unchanged forever," Tony said.
"But…" Ancient One still wanted to say something.
Yet Ultron controlled dozens of buildings and sent them crashing down at everyone. It also created another million-strong mechanical army to invade the entire world. This time, however, it did not launch nuclear weapons, because Ancient One could still reverse them with the Time Stone.
Ancient One respected the laws of nature and would not activate the Time Stone unless absolutely necessary. If it was merely a million Ultron soldiers, there was no need to reverse time and space with the Time Stone.
Moreover, using the Time Stone came at a cost. Each use caused disturbances to time and space, affected the development of the timeline, and could even create Time Branches.
Ultron was not Ancient One, so it did not care about changes to this timeline.
The world-destroying Ultron mechanical army rampaged everywhere. The Avengers appeared throughout the city, evacuating civilians, but there were simply too many machines.
Beyond Earth, a figure radiating seven-colored light rapidly approached. It instantly broke through the atmosphere. Captain Marvel had finally arrived and flew straight up to battle Ultron.
Captain Marvel came in fiercely, punching Ultron again and again. However, Ultron’s body was forged from Vibranium, its physical defense stacked to the max, making it difficult to break through.
Ultron unleashed the Power Stone. Deep purple light erupted from its fist as it punched Captain Marvel out of the atmosphere.
"…" Tony fell silent at the sight, feeling that it looked strangely familiar.
"I have grown tired of playing house with you!"
"Let everything be destroyed!"
From beginning to end, Ultron had never fought with its true power. Now it was tired of playing and did not want to continue.
The Reality Stone’s power activated. Ultron’s body continuously expanded, soon surpassing Earth, the Solar System, and even the Milky Way. With one punch, the entire Milky Way shattered into pieces, turning into a firework that vanished in the Universe.
However, patterns from the Dark Dimension appeared on Ancient One’s forehead. She had no choice but to use Black Magic. Under that forbidden power, reality was twisted by Black Magic. The force that had shattered the galaxy was devoured by darkness, and everything reversed once more. Ultron’s body shrank back down as it stared at the scene before it in shock. "What did you do, Mage?!"
Having used Black Magic and the power of the Dark Dimension, Ancient One paid an enormous price. Blood continually flowed from her eyes, nose, and ears, and her aura weakened drastically. "Stark, this is the last of my power. Since the future has already changed, perhaps it is Heaven’s will. Let you change the future."
"Nonsense. Of course I’ll change the future. This is my world," Tony said.
Ultron realized that Ancient One was no longer capable of turning things around. "Stark, now you are the only one left. What can you possibly change?"
"Heh, borrowing the words of some tight-ass, I can do this all day," Iron Man said with forced ease.
"You are courting death." Ultron’s gaze became incredibly dangerous.
With a wave of its hand, several hundred thousand more Ultron soldiers appeared out of thin air behind it.
"Brother Tony, we’re here." A familiar voice rang out from the Void.
"?" Tony.
"On your left."
The next second, Gates of Time and Space appeared one after another in the space behind Tony.
Ye Wen, Bai Yuekui, Da Gu, Ye Fan, and the newcomer Wanda appeared together.
"You finally came."
Seeing the group members, Tony could not help letting out a sigh of relief.
"You are not from this Universe." Ultron immediately noticed that the people before it did not belong to the current Universe.
"You guessed it." Ye Fan smiled.
"After all, I have Superman Bloodline too. Of course I came to help," Bai Yuekui said.
"As long as hope does not die, our light will always remain."
Da Gu Member took out the Evolution Trust Believer, pressed the switch, and shouted, "Noah!"
Brilliant light enveloped Da Gu, making him as dazzling as the sun.
Da Gu vanished, replaced by a silver-white giant. Standing upon the earth, dazzling stars of light swirled around him, giving everyone an immense sense of security!
This was Noah’s first appearance in the Marvel Universe!
That transcendent aura made Ultron feel deep apprehension.
"Who exactly are you?!" Ultron shouted.
"Listen up, I am merely a passing Giant of Light," Da Gu Member said.
Bai Yuekui drew her Tang saber and transformed into a bolt of lightning, slashing at Ultron with speed too fast to react to.
Ultron extended an arm, about to activate the Infinity Stones, but Ye Wen interrupted its casting at an even faster speed. His light-speed punches battered Ultron’s surface like a raging storm!
Even Ultron’s Vibranium body was dented beneath Ye Wen’s power, covered in pits and hollows. Bai Yuekui’s Tang saber even chopped Ultron into eight pieces, but it instantly restored itself!
After that barrage, Ye Wen unleashed the fantasy version of the Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms. Eighteen golden Divine Dragons condensed from blazing energy, visible to the naked eye, and lunged at Ultron with fangs and claws bared.
Violent energy engulfed Ultron. Ultron used the Infinity Stones to resist, creating an energy shield while activating their other powers! But for one instant, Wanda’s scarlet Chaos Magic enveloped Ultron’s Infinity Gauntlet. In that very instant, Bai Yuekui severed the metal arm wearing the Infinity Gauntlet with one slash.
Without the Infinity Gauntlet, Ultron was merely an ordinary robot and posed no threat.
"Impossible, why?!" Ultron lost its balance and fell to the ground.
Wanda said, "My power can alter probability and reality. Even one second of preventing you from using the Infinity Stones was enough."
"Nicely done," Tony could not help saying.
Now that the group members had arrived, he could lie down and rest. Their moves had truly been dazzling.
Da Gu and Ye Fan joined forces to destroy the millions of Ultron robots.
Ye Fan leaped down from the sky, tossed aside the metal arm wrapped around the Infinity Gauntlet, and put the Infinity Gauntlet on himself.
In an instant, the power of the Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity Stones blessed Ye Fan. He could not help revealing an expression of comfort, as though he were floating among immortals.
Space, time, mind, power, reality, soul—every kind of Origin power flowed into his Bitter Sea. At that moment, Ye Fan felt omnipotent.
"Future me, counting the Infinity Gauntlet, what realm am I roughly at now?" Ye Fan asked.
Within the Bitter Sea, the Future Ye Heavenly Emperor appeared. After examining the Infinity Gauntlet, he said, "According to this Universe’s power system, you should be at the multiversal level, roughly equivalent to the Immortal King Realm. But it is ultimately an external object and has major flaws. If it were a real Immortal King, you would have no chance of winning."
"I understand. It’s a divine artifact. Wearing the Infinity Gauntlet gives me Immortal King-level combat power. This cheat is absurdly overpowered," Ye Fan said.
One had to know that cultivating from nothing to the Immortal King Realm took at least hundreds of thousands of years, perhaps even a million. Yet most people had long since been worn away by time, unable to reach that realm.
"My Infinity Gauntlet!"
Seeing Ye Fan wearing his weapon, Ultron revealed an angry and unwilling expression.
"What do you mean, your gauntlet? It is clearly mine."
Ye Fan snapped his fingers and directly erased Ultron from existence.
"…" Ultron.
"Brother Ye, you look so good wearing the Infinity Gauntlet. Let me try it on," Tony said.
"No. Tony, don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking." Ye Fan smiled.
"Brother Ye, come on. Just let me wear it once," Tony said.
"Next time for sure. Seriously, it’s really useful," Ye Fan said.
"Ye Fan, you want to keep this for yourself? Those who see it get a share," Bai Yuekui said.
"Those who see it get a share," Wanda said.
"That is indeed how it should be," Ye Wen said.
"Hard not to agree," Da Gu said.
"…" Ye Fan.
"Yes, those who see it get a share," Tony nodded.
"No, what do you all want this thing for?" Ye Fan said, somewhat reluctant.
"Obviously, it would be great to keep it as a trump card," Bai Yuekui said.
"Everyone, thank you for saving Earth. However, Infinity Stones are useless once they leave their own Universe," Ancient One said as she approached.
"Who says so? This Infinity Gauntlet and these Infinity Stones are not from your Universe. They are from Ultron’s Universe. I just used them, and they work fine," Ye Fan said.
"That’s right. The Infinity Gauntlet works in Ye Fan’s hands," Tony said.
"All right, perhaps they are special Infinity Stones." Hearing this, Ancient One said nothing further.
In any case, they were not Infinity Stones from her time and space, and these people did not seem to be bad people.
"If the Infinity Stones are separated, they are meaningless. One stone per person is not much use. Better to keep them as a set and give them to me. If anything happens in the future, I will definitely show up to help," Ye Fan said.
"That won’t do." Bai Yuekui shook her head.
"I think it would be better to divide them fairly. We can each hold them for a period of time and take turns," Ye Wen said.
"That’s a good idea. One person gets them for a while in rotation," Tony agreed.
"If it is like that, it is quite fair." Da Gu nodded.
"I have no objections either. You are all seniors," Wanda said.
Having seen the power displayed by the Infinity Stones, Wanda was deep in thought. Her own world also had Infinity Stones. If she combined her Chaos Magic with them, would she not become invincible? At the very least, she would not need to worry about being hunted down.
"Then here is the question: who gets to hold the Infinity Gauntlet first?" Ye Fan said.
Ye Fan did not actually intend to keep the Infinity Gauntlet all to himself. He had only wanted to wear it and play around with it. Faced with taking turns in charge of it, he did not refuse.
No matter how useful the Infinity Stones were, could they be more useful than his own Future Body? "Rock-paper-scissors?" Bai Yuekui said.
"No problem." Ye Fan nodded.
Thus, they began using rock-paper-scissors to determine the right to use the Infinity Gauntlet.
"Wanda, don’t use Chaos Magic to alter probability."
Ye Fan gave a reminder, afraid someone would use Superpowers to cheat.
"…" Wanda silently nodded.
If Ye Fan had not reminded her, she really would have used Chaos Magic to cheat.
After all, anyone who did not use cheats when they had them was an idiot! Very soon, the first group member to use the Infinity Gauntlet was decided. Da Gu Member obtained it through the power of light and the power of hope.
"This is great. When I return to my world, I can use the Infinity Gauntlet to alter humanity’s memories and make everyone forget the scenes of my corruption," Da Gu said.
During this period, he had basically not transformed into Ultraman Tiga or Noah in his own world. Due to the Kirlian conspiracy, Ultraman Tiga had fallen to darkness and destroyed more than half of Tokyo, causing tens of millions of casualties.
"As long as you’re happy," Ye Fan said.
"Right." Bai Yuekui said nothing else.
"Ah, I wanted to make myself five centimeters longer." Tony looked somewhat disappointed.
"…" Ye Fan, Ye Wen, Wanda, Bai Yuekui, and Da Gu.
"…" Ancient One fell silent.
Before long, the crisis in Tony’s world was temporarily resolved.
After the group members gathered briefly, they returned to their own worlds.
Chat Group.
Xu Yi: "Ye Fan, what did it feel like after wearing the Infinity Gauntlet?"
Through the Chat Group, all the group members had seen the crisis in Tony’s world.
However, no one had expected Ultron, whose power had reached the multiversal level, to be defeated so easily.
So in essence, this multiversal-level combat power was still rather watered down.
This was the power of the Infinity Stones, not Ultron’s own power. It could be possessed, but it could also be taken away.
As expected, a cultivator’s true strength lay in themselves. Only by becoming powerful oneself could one face every crisis.
Ye Hei: "Group Owner, I have to say, Future Me said that wearing the Infinity Gauntlet gives me roughly Immortal King combat power. But there is a lot of water in it, because it is external power. I might not be able to defeat a real Immortal King."
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "? Just wearing the Infinity Gauntlet gives combat power comparable to an Immortal King? Isn’t that cheat a bit too much?"
Qian Renxue: "It really is a cheat!"
Xu Yi: "Haha, after all, the systems of each world differ greatly. It’s normal."
Iron Man: "Right. Looks like I need to hurry up and collect the Infinity Stones from my own world too. It’s just that they cannot be used outside their own Universe. It seems only Ultron’s gauntlet can be used separately outside its Universe."
Bai Yuekui: "Da Gu Member, have you used it in your own world? How effective was it?"
Da Gu was the first to use the Infinity Gauntlet, and everyone wanted to see its effects.
Da Gu Member: "I just used it. The Infinity Gauntlet works in my world. Not only did I alter everyone’s memories, I restored the destroyed Tokyo and brought back those who had died. It is truly incredible."
Iron Man: "Looks like it really works."
Ye Hei: "Not bad. But Da Gu Member, changing memories would have been enough. If you revive people, they might not remember your kindness."
Da Gu Member: "I know, but as long as I can have a clear conscience, that is enough. Besides, all of this did happen because I lost control."
Ye Hei: "All right. Everyone has their own choice."
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "Since the Infinity Stones are so useful, when can I use them?"
Xu Yi: "Wang Wu, what do you want them for?"
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "Of course, to make my chest bigger, my legs longer, and my skin whiter. I want to become a fairy!"
Qian Renxue: "Are you serious, Wang Jindan?"
Snow Moon Sword Immortal: "Absurd!"
Bad Commander: "Sword Immortal Wang, you already stand above the rest."
Sword God Li Chungang: "Yes."
Tushan Second Head: "Exactly. Why do you need such huge lumps? Wouldn’t they be tiring?"
Sect Leader Yun Yun: "Actually, I think what suits you is best."
Bi Cang Wang: "Indeed. Too big is excessive. Wang Wu, yours are really magnificent…"
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "Hehe, they’re all right."
Xu Yi: "…"
Da Gu Member: "Terrifying."
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "Women loving beauty is perfectly normal, isn’t it?"
Ye Hei: "Yeah, it’s just a bit over the top."
Qian Renxue: "Right. What if they explode?"
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "Don’t jinx it. I don’t even need the Infinity Stones. Group Owner, give me a buff."
Xu Yi: "?? Wang Wu, don’t be so outrageous. You still want a buff for this? It’s already good enough that I didn’t leave you flat broke."
Ye Hei: "Flat broke? Group Owner, you really know how to use words."
Bi Cang Wang: "Hahaha, flat broke."
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "?? What the hell, what’s going on?"
Wang Wu discovered in horror that her chest was flattening at a visible rate. The ample bosom she had been so proud of rapidly vanished, soon becoming flatter than flat.
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "Group Owner, hurry up and retract that last sentence. You really did leave me flat broke."
Xu Yi: "??"
Ye Hei: "??"
Qian Renxue: "Seriously? Screenshot or it didn’t happen."
Tushan Second Head: "Agreed."
Sun Wukong: "This old Sun is here for the show!"
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "This Sword Immortal isn’t joking."
As Wang Wu spoke, she uploaded a selfie of herself.
In the photo, Wang Wu looked as she always did. Her exquisite face wore a crafty expression, and her flowing white immortal dress made her seem ethereal. But the ample bosom she had once possessed was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a chest as flat as a board. It looked utterly ridiculous.
Tushan Second Head: "Hahaha, I’m dying, hahaha."
Qian Renxue: "It’s hard not to laugh."
Snow Moon Sword Immortal: "Th-this-this!"
Sun Wukong: "Hehe, interesting."
Fairy Yunxiao: "Ahem, how embarrassing."
Xu Yi: "Uh…"
Number One Golden Core of Kyushu: "Group Owner, hurry up and restore them for me."
Feng Baobao: "666."
Mutant Wanda: "Ahem, that’s impressive."
Iron Man: "Group Owner, I have a bold idea, but don’t make it go in reverse."
Ye Hei: "Tony, what shady idea are you thinking of now?"
Xu Yi: "That’s enough, you guys."
Although Xu Yi complained, he also noticed a problem that was impossible to ignore.
His Word Manifestation ability seemed to be getting more and more powerful. Even a casual joke could alter the form of a group member.
First Han Li, then Ye Fan, and now Wang Wu! It had merely been a thought. He had not truly wanted reality to become that way, yet it had still affected reality.
And it had done so across countless worlds, across an entire span of space-time.
What if one day his mental state became unstable? With a single thought, who knew what might happen?
Looks like I can only lie flat. If this ability ever loses control, the consequences will be far too great. I wonder if a single thought could destroy the entire—
Uh… Xu Yi hurriedly stopped the thought. Fortunately, he had not continued. If it had truly come true, it would have been unimaginably terrifying.
…Having an ability that’s too strong is a kind of trouble too.
Xu Yi sighed, shut out his stray thoughts, and tried his best not to let his mind wander.
Nezha’s world, Chen Tang Pass.
These past few days had been very happy ones for Nezha. After joining the Chat Group, his entire world had become colorful and exciting.
More and more, he wanted to see the outside world. He wanted to run away from home.
But his family kept a close watch on him, making it very difficult for him to get out. Besides, his parents had not gone out to slay demons for the past half month and had stayed home the entire time.
"What should I do?"
Nezha lay on his bed, tossing and turning, his hair a complete mess.
Not long after, the door opened, and a beautiful woman entered carrying food.
This was Nezha’s biological mother, Yin Shi. Though Yin Shi looked delicate and carried herself like a virtuous wife and mother, she actually had a fiery temper and had slain countless demons. The people of Chen Tang Pass respected her even more than Li Jing.
"Zha’er, the servants said you haven’t eaten these past few days. Is the food not to your liking? Mother specially made you a roast chicken."
Yin Shi looked at Nezha, who resembled a little madman on the bed, her heart aching for him.
Nezha was the reincarnation of the Demon Pill. From the moment he was born, he had borne Yuanshi Tianzun’s Heavenly Tribulation Curse. He would not live past three years old, because once those three years were up, the heavenly tribulation would strike him into ashes.
It was Yuanshi Tianzun’s talismanic Thunder Technique. How could an ordinary person possibly withstand it?
The fragrant roast chicken stirred Nezha’s appetite somewhat, but he still did not eat. "Mother, I can’t go outside every day. No matter how delicious three meals a day are, I have no appetite."
"Zha’er, the people are prejudiced against you. If you go out, you’ll cause trouble," Yin Shi said.
"Hehe, a bunch of ignorant mortals. I can’t be bothered with them," Nezha said.
Yin Shi and Li Jing had kept the truth well hidden, so Nezha did not know about his origins. He only knew that he had been gifted from birth and was far stronger than ordinary people, which made him a freak in their eyes.
So when he had secretly run outside to play as a child, the children of Chen Tang Pass had bullied, excluded, and cursed at him.
Naturally, Nezha could not endure that. Every time he encountered them, he beat them up, making his bad reputation spread even further.
The people of Chen Tang Pass hated Nezha because, when he was born, it had been as though a demon descended into the world. The powerful flames he carried had destroyed most of Chen Tang Pass’s homes and injured many residents.
Nezha did not know any of this, so the conflict between them had always remained.
Nezha appeared normal now, but that was only because Real Person Taiyi’s Universe Ring around his neck suppressed his demonic nature. That was why he looked like an ordinary child. At present, he did not yet possess the strength to resist the Evil Qi of his demonic nature.
Looking at the proud and prickly Nezha, Yin Shi knew that he longed for friends his own age. But given Nezha’s origins, all of that was nothing more than a distant dream, so she could only try to make it up to him in other ways.
"Zha’er, Mother isn’t going out to slay demons today. You can tell me any wish you have, and Mother will grant it," Yin Shi said.
"Any wish?"
Upon hearing that, Nezha immediately became excited. He was about to say that he wanted to go outside and play, but then he realized that would definitely be impossible. So he changed his wish. "I want to play shuttlecock. Mother, will you play shuttlecock with me? Hehe."
"Alright."
Without the slightest hesitation, Yin Shi immediately agreed.
Even though she knew that every time Nezha played shuttlecock, their home would look as though it had been demolished, with enormous commotion ensuing.
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