Chapter 376 376: Reality Stone

Blake didn't stay long in Asgard. Everything unfolded exactly as it had in the original story.

Thor, who had been on Earth at the time, discovered that his beloved—Jane Foster—had accidentally come into contact with the Aether, and her body had been infected by its mysterious particles.

In order to save her, Thor immediately brought Jane back to Asgard.

At the same time, the reappearance of the Aether awakened its former master—the King of the Dark Elves from the Realm of Darkness, one of the Nine Realms. He rose from his long slumber.

In ancient times, the Aether had originally been an artifact belonging to the Dark Kingdom. With its power, the Dark Elf King had nearly conquered Asgard and dominated all Nine Realms.

But in the end, he was defeated by the All-Father of that era—Bor, Odin's father. The Aether was seized from him and buried in a secret location deep beneath the ground.

Since then, the Dark Elf King, unable to accept his defeat, chose to enter a long sleep, silently waiting for the day the Aether would return…

The moment Blake learned that Thor had brought the Aether back to Asgard, he didn't waste a second. He appeared directly before Thor and King Odin.

With a single motion of his hand, the uncontrollable Aether particles immediately spiraled out of Jane Foster's body.

The fine, sand-like red particles floated in the air, quickly merging and condensing. In just a few breaths, a soft crimson crystal slowly fell into Blake's open palm.

Odin frowned the instant he saw the Reality Stone resting in Blake's hand. He was wary of the stone's power, but Blake himself was far more terrifying than anything he had ever witnessed.

Thor, young and hot-blooded, couldn't hold himself back.

He knew Blake was strong—but as the God of Thunder, Thor had never feared anyone.

He strode forward, gripping Mjolnir—his legendary hammer—tightly in his hand.

"Wizard," Thor said firmly, "a power like this shouldn't exist in the world. The Nine Realms almost fell because of this thing before. Hand it over to me. I'll destroy it myself!"

As he spoke, Thor raised his hammer high and stretched out his other hand, gesturing for Blake to give him the Reality Stone.

Hearing that, Blake could only roll his eyes in annoyance.

Did this guy seriously not understand his own limits?

With nothing but Mjolnir, he thought he could destroy an Infinity Stone? That was nothing short of a daydream.

And on top of that, Thor's current attitude was downright forceful.

Just as the tension in the air was about to explode, Odin slammed his royal staff against the floor, the sound echoing throughout the hall.

With a sharp, authoritative voice, he shouted at his reckless son.

"Enough! Thor! Is this how you treat a guest? Lord Blake has just saved the woman from Earth that you care so deeply about. Get back here—now!"

Yes. In the eyes of the All-Father, Odin, the woman from Earth named Jane Foster wasn't even close to being worthy of becoming his daughter-in-law.

To him, Jane was simply one of the many women his son had grown close to—nothing particularly special.

After all, in his own youth, Odin had countless lovers across the Nine Realms.

Women from Earth had even been among them.

But in the end, he chose Frigga as his queen—the mother of Thor.

Blake ignored Thor's foolish glare. After securely storing the Reality Stone, his gaze passed right over Thor's shoulder and locked onto King Odin.

"I'm taking this with me. The Aether will no longer appear in the Nine Realms."

"An enemy of Asgard—the Dark Elf King—has already come, leading his army. Their only goal is the Aether. This time, I'll help Asgard deal with them. Consider it payment for this stone."

The moment he finished speaking, Blake's figure vanished—and reappeared outside the palace, standing above the Bifrost Bridge.

In the original story, Queen Frigga—Thor's mother—would lose her life in this coming battle.

Blake, who had enjoyed Asgard's hospitality for so long, felt it was time to return the favor.

Even if, at the same time, that arrogant Thor still believed Asgard didn't need his help…

Blake pulled the Reality Stone from his pocket. With nothing but the force of his will, in the very next instant—

High above Asgard's skies, countless warships of the Dark Kingdom, once hidden from sight, were suddenly revealed, appearing in the open air.

Moments later, every ship—along with every living being and object inside them—crumbled into countless grains of dust, slowly carried away by the winds over Asgard's sky.

The entire army of the Dark Kingdom, including the Dark Elf King himself, was erased in an instant—scattered into nothing by a single breath of wind.

That was the power of the Infinity Stones.

The stronger the user, the greater the laws of reality they could manifest through the stones.

And among all six Infinity Stones, the Reality Stone was the most fantastical of them all.

Many believed that imagination was nothing more than illusion.

But with this stone, even the wildest fantasy could be made completely real—without a single trace of falsehood.

With it, any dream, any wish, could be brought into existence. The laws of science and the rules of nature meant nothing before it, because everything could be rewritten at will.

The Reality Stone didn't just create illusions indistinguishable from reality.

If the user desired it, even things that existed only in the mind could be turned into true, tangible existence.

In official Marvel records, the Reality Stone was described as the hardest to use—but also potentially the most powerful.

If its wielder possessed enough strength and imagination, the Reality Stone could even destroy an entire world.

Perhaps only in Blake's hands could this stone finally reveal the full extent of its power.

As the gray dust drifting across Asgard's sky slowly faded away, Blake glanced once toward Odin in the distance.

Then his body vanished from sight—leaving Asgard behind.

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Breathing heavily, Odin stared at Thor with a hollow expression.

"Thor… you truly disappoint me. Now I'm starting to worry—what kind of future you'll lead Asgard toward with that hammer of yours."

"My time is running out. Yet you still act like an immature child. Perhaps… perhaps Loki is more suited to sit in that seat than you are."

With those words, the All-Father turned away, his face filled with disappointment.

Queen Frigga also looked at her eldest son with anger in her eyes.

But in the end, no matter what, she was still his mother.

She couldn't truly abandon her son.

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What happened in Asgard after that, Blake never learned.

Because at this very moment, he had already arrived on the planet Vormir.

And Vormir…

Was where the Soul Stone awaited.

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