Chapter 639: Return

After the Avengers' sacrifice, finally.

We've come this far.

Beneath the Great Grail, a majestic sovereign bathed in radiance, with a cross-shaped shadow behind him, gazed down upon the challengers.

His very existence embodies the deceit of this Holy Grail War, enough to prove that all are distant from the very term "Holy Grail."

Lord Donghuang Taiyi, Azathoth, Supreme Sword Sect, Fallen Flame Emperor—alongside each fallen World Devourer, they turned into one colorful blob of ink after another.

"Manifesting things that do not exist in this world, creating the evil entity known as the World Devourer—so-called Reverse Position is merely a rehash of the Good-Evil Axis event!"

"Only one person in all of Marvel can do it."

"The fragments of chaos reassemble—the truth is singular!" Song Shuhang's expression hardened as he pointed at the silhouette: "Loki, you're the mastermind!!!"

"Let me see how many faces lie beneath your skin!" Legendary player Li Huowang roared.

He tore open the Fallen God's face with his longsword, revealing Loki's startled visage beneath.

【Killed Fallen God】

【Killed Lord Donghuang Taiyi】

【Killed God of Stories】

The Marvel instance story ended. Through the relentless efforts and sacrifices of the Reincarnation Space Investigator Team, the fallen, mad God of Stories was defeated, and the Marvel universe's timeline was restored to peace once more.

Congratulations, Coca-Cola.

"Gul-gul-gul. Burp—!" Ge Xiaolun raised his Coke bottle, swirling the liquid in his mouth, then downed it in one gulp and let out a long, satisfied burp:

"Honestly, our AI idiots back home work better than this Reincarnation Space's judgment system."

Hard to disagree.

With everything over and the truth exposed, everyone was considering whether to flee the Reincarnation Space.

Loki then created an independent timeline where truth and falsehood coexisted as an instance, letting everyone enter and test it.

The final result: the World Devourers and the mastermind behind the conspiracy were defeated, and a host of five-star characters—Legendary Loser, Legendary Cooking Demon, Legendary Sword Immortal, Legendary Ghost Master—emerged victorious.

"Could this Reincarnation Space's judgment be rigged?" Li Changshou warned: "Even without the Gou Dao mindset, isn't it…"

"You mean too arbitrary?" Loki held up several comics, comparing them to Li Changshou, saying:

"But this is a Marvel event—starts with any excuse, ends with any excuse. What matters is whether the audience in theaters enjoys their popcorn. Oh, sorry, you don't get any."

After flipping through a bit, he walked past Li Changshou and slipped a comic into Ge Xiaolun's hand.

It was a personal volume of Legendary Heroes, illustrated in the style of his own manga.

"Everyone who lent a hand gets one—this is a limited edition, not sold publicly, a special gift symbolizing friendship that exists only once. Don't lose it."

Loki glanced at the comic in his hand, *IronGod*, his expression odd, but still handed it to Su Su Tuoni Stark.

"On one timeline, you were adopted by Odin." Loki asked earnestly: "So, have you considered changing your surname?"

"No!" Su Su Tuoni refused without hesitation.

"You've lost your chance to inherit my Wang Wei." Loki shook his head in disappointment.

Lights, props, camera crew—supporting actors from the "Hilong Empire Film Shoot" emerged one by one: the rest of the Avengers.

"Send my paycheck and the CD to Asgard. Address it to Thor Odinson." Thor punched Su Su Tuoni in the chest.

They acted as if they couldn't see Loki, walking right through between Su Su Tuoni and Loki.

Scarlet Witch gave Su Su Tuoni a long, deep look.

"I'm already manufacturing your husband," Su Su Tuoni said. "He'll be ready in an hour and twenty-three minutes. Wanda, have you and Vision considered changing your surname to Stark?"

"No~!" Wanda refused.

"They lost their chance to inherit Stark Industries." Su Su Tuoni shrugged.

After the President took office, he fulfilled every promise made during his campaign. All Marvel universe timelines have now been restored and reset to their state before the Reincarnators appeared.

All history related to the "Holy Grail War" and the "Reincarnators" has been erased.

Logically, everyone except Su Su Tuoni Stark should have no memory of it.

"This timeline is special—you're essentially the foundation supporting the current reality, the original timeline of the Ninth Marvel Universe," Loki explained.

Thus, the Avengers and everyone else in this world underwent a cosmic collective rebirth, regressing from 2023 back to 2012.

"Actually, this year should be 2024," Loki said.

"I don't care about that." Su Su Tuoni pointed at Peter Parker, still childlike, happily playing with Morgan: "What's going on with that kid?"

"Half his soul was taken by the Celestial Annals, but you know, the Celestial Annals have been…"

Both turned their gaze toward the other side: the Legendary Magical Girl Lu Lu Mu Yuan, who had burned the entire multiverse's history of civilizations into mana.

【Damn humans, what are you staring at?! If you scare my Master into crying, I'll burn your universe's history again! Hah—pfft!!!】

"S-sorry!" Lu Lu Mu Yuan apologized frantically.

Alright.

You really can't blame this child.

"Is there any other way?"

"The President might have a solution."

"Great, have you asked him?"

"I have."

Loki sighed, clicked his tongue, then turned away.

Nearby, Morgan Stark, Su Su Tuoni Stark's daughter, who never regenerated but remained on this timeline.

She was picking up a small flower and offering it to the boy Peter Parker.

"Damn it."

Su Su Tuoni's eyes were bloodshot; he immediately turned and walked away: "You little bastard… God! Mr. President, where are you?!"

On streets piled with vagrants and illegal immigrants, wide but littered with trash, men and women of all ages and skin tones lined up to receive relief rations from churches, charities, and social organizations.

"Hey, trash-picking Young Lady," a brown-haired, mixed-race man called out, holding up his curry masala meal.

"Want to share lunch with me in that alley over there?"

The gray-haired girl lifted her head from the trash bin, blinked, sized him up, then wore a look of disgust.

"Old Moxie? You dirty outsider came to New York to beg?"

"Aren't you picking up trash too?!"

The brown-haired Old Moxie stared in shock, then his heart pounded violently as he noticed her fair skin and golden eyes he'd never seen before.

"You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen," Old Moxie said.

He hadn't realized how young she was just now; even with the stench of trash clinging to her, he could endure it.

"Xing Bao, finished picking trash yet?"

Hanyetsu appeared out of nowhere and said, "I've already bought snacks. I need to go back and play Girls' Generation."

"You're the most beautiful Asian girl I've ever seen!" Old Moxie said, as a group of burly men surrounded him.

"Can we share your delicious meal?" asked a black-haired vagrant wrapped in tattered linen.

Old Moxie glanced around; though disappointed, he knew he couldn't hoard his meal now.

He nodded, then grew bolder, grinning wickedly at the tantalizing girls over there.

Hanyetsu widened her eyes, covering her mouth in shock: "Is this really unfolding like a hentai plot?"

At that moment, the black-haired vagrant snatched Old Moxie's relief meal.

"Godblessyou!" a voice shouted in Chinese, like thunder: "We've got food again, brothers!!!"

"Crazy?!" Old Moxie jumped back in alarm.

"Not bad—clean and hygienic," Su Lin tasted the curry and asked the two before him, "Want some?"

"You can only share fortune, not trash-picking—that's your flaw," Xing sneered, flicked her hair, then shouldered a bag of trash and walked off in disappointment.

"You're still far behind, Qiong. I simply don't understand why you refuse to walk the glorious path of the King of Trash."

"Why must I pick trash?" muttered the legendary vagrant Mr. Su Lin, his mouth twitching.

Being a vagrant or beggar has a certain exotic mystique; picking trash is just undignified.

"I thought you'd been stalking me for some special play," said Hanyetsu.

"No," Su Lin snapped his fingers. "The stalker wasn't you."

The burly men pinned the bewildered Old Moxie with their muscles and forcibly dragged him into a passing van.

Then, a group of black-clad agents and police burst out, securing every point along the street, wielding batons and stun guns.

The street descended into chaos.

It was a deportation operation launched after the new president took office.

"Aren't you just like me—a NEET who doesn't want to work and only wants to play games?"

"Which is more fun: online games or Marvel's Life Simulator?"

Unlike the Tsukuyomi universe or the Western Heaven of Journey to the West,

in the current Marvel universe, he could enjoy power without any duties, thanks to his position as Grand President.

Including in this timeline, he altered reality to become the true Grand President of America.

How did he do it?

"Let me introduce my newly awakened Stand: First Heaven·World·Beyond Paradise. Its ability is to correct reality and laws within the Marvel universe."

Behind Su Lin, a two-meter-tall Heaven Phantasm materialized, with Xing hanging from its arm.

"When did you come back?"

Without warning, had his perception dropped to this level?

"Just a once-in-a-lifetime flash!"

Xing's eyes sparkled. "Give me one too, Qiu Li Gao! This time I'll trade you all my trash bags!"

Who wants that junk?

Su Lin's collection did hold one bag of golden trash bags Xing gave him—but he kept it only because it looked nice.

To prevent her from occasionally dropping trash like a house cat, he'd previously had Weigong Shilang and others stuff the restaurant's kitchen bin with normal food and snacks.

Even he couldn't fathom Xing's logic.

Xing scanned the surroundings. "If I lose my transformation device and don't have a Stand, I'll die!"

"You stink! Get off! Don't drip saliva on my Stand!"

Just as Su Lin was about to pull Xing down, Loki appeared beside them without warning.

He poked Xing with his finger, then handed her a manga in American art style: "Legendary Knight: The Legend of the Silver Mask."

On the cover, a gray-haired man and woman posed, half their bodies transformed.

"A gift for you."

"Thank you."

Xing took the manga and glanced at it.

In the instant she opened the first page, green light engulfed her, and the manga turned to light, becoming a belt.

【KamenRide Xingqiong Armor: Bat Form!】

A gray iron knight, cold metallic in design with red and blue lines, wielding a baseball bat, appeared on the Heaven Phantasm.

"Holy shit," Su Lin gasped.

"As for you, Grand President," Loki glanced at a list, then handed Hanyetsu another manga: "Legendary Otaku." "It contains Marvel futures and infinite game works across all timelines."

Hanyetsu held the manga, her pupils dilating, then rolled her eyes back.

He fainted from excitement.

This is when the real fanfic plot begins.

"What do you mean you already gave it?" Su Lin turned to Loki, his gaze growing cold.

"The list says so. By the way, whether it's the Infinity Stones or other divine artifacts, their usage is restricted solely within the Marvel Universe—you can check this online. Dasaeks once obtained a deactivated Infinity Gauntlet."

Loki bowed slightly with a hint of apology and said, "Then, the gifts have been delivered."

His figure gradually grew ethereal; even Su Lin's Sky Manifest could not hold him back.

The God of Stories, Loki.

He returned once more beyond time.

Yet he saw above infinite dimensions and spacetime, a fleshy mahjong-head wearing a mask on its waist and a monocle on its face, sprinting frantically.

"Loki! Boss Loki!"

"How are we supposed to live without you?!"

"Take us with you!!!"

The tear-streaked, snot-dripping scene was so absurd it temporarily drained Su Lin's will to pursue the matter.

He glanced back at his Sky Manifest, then projected the fallen emblem of the Reverse Kabbalistic Tree of Life.

Are these the gifts?

"."

After thinking for a moment, Su Lin confirmed in the group chat that everyone had received the gift sent by "Above All Things."

"Return."

【Welcome back. The Main God Space's Investigator Team stationed in the Cycle Space is settling accounts.】

Marvel Entry Administration.

The sign remained unchanged, but the staff here were now only Lokis from various parallel universes, and the old man was gone.

"Excuse me."

Zuo Kete pressed down on his hat.

"I'm canceling my entry plan for now."

The suit-clad Loki smiled faintly at him and dropped the application form into the shredder.