Chapter 1090: Marvel: Awakening the Little Universe at the Start, Chapter 594

No matter which universe it is.

But as the saying goes, the one he loves is the Gwen who exists on his own timeline, not this fake in front of him who has the appearance but is deliberately presenting herself to him as Gwen.

The most important point.

"It's not that you have no way; you just think that between me and him, the advantage lies with him, not me."

"So you chose him."

"You let him throw in the corpse of the Celestial he killed."

"And you let his combat machine, Ikaris, descend into your universe with full power."

"Don't tell me that if my power descended completely it would harm you, so you stopped me, but Ikaris's power descending completely wouldn't harm you."

"His power would also weaken your universal barrier."

"So—"

"You aren't helpless; you have already made a choice and paid the corresponding price for it, using your universal origin barrier as the cost to exchange for Ikaris joining the feast of devouring me after killing me."

"How about it?"

Hawk's words were eerie, his gaze fixed directly on the universe itself: "Tell me, am I wrong?"

The universe itself opened its mouth, and finally, under the gaze of Hawk's eyes, lowered its gaze.

"Sorry!"

"If apologies were useful, why would I still come looking for you?"

"What do you want?"

"Very simple."

Hearing this, Hawk smiled slightly: "Wars can be started by you, but when they end is up to me. War has always been a game where only the winner takes all. As for the loser, what needs to be done is to admit mistakes when wrong and stand at attention when being beaten."

Speaking of this.

Hawk glanced at the universe itself standing before him and stated his purpose directly: "I want your submission!"

The universe itself, presented as the weak Gwen, heard Hawk's words, and its expression changed, looking quite pale and shaken.

"Submission?"

"Yes!"

Hawk was expressionless: "The meaning of winner-takes-all naturally means winning everything from the loser. Since you chose to enter the arena, then this 'everything' naturally includes you as well."

Come here to beg the universe itself to hand over the Celestial Tiamut to him?

Heh.

He doesn't just want the Celestial Tiamut; he also wants this universe.

It just so happens that the Celestials' move this time gave him an excuse to plunder this universe.

Although the Celestials didn't enter the arena personally this time, choosing to use a proxy instead.

But as everyone knows.

You need to have chips to be qualified to sit at the table and play.

Hawk's chips were his own life, and the Celestials' chips—since they chose to run away after Ikaris died—were obviously this universe.

If he died, the Celestials would gain everything of his, including his Little Universe cultivation method.

But now he hasn't died. Since that's the case, the chips the Celestials put on the gambling table, which is this universe, naturally belong to him, for him to dispose of as he pleases.

In other words.

"You were sold out by the Celestials."

Hawk said this, also looking at this universe itself with some curiosity: "So it's no wonder you're so low-end."

This universe is constantly circulating in reset cycles; it is clear that it lacks a linear development of time.

Although Hawk often says that time is a circle.

But here, time refers to life; the timeline of life is a circle, a closed loop.

But the time of the universe should not be a closed loop; it should be a straight line, a long line of time leading to an infinite future.

Therefore!

The timeline of this universe was not set correctly, and as the Celestials responsible for maintaining the main multiverse timeline, don't they know that?

Since they know, why did they still let this universe continue to cycle and reset?

The answer is unknown.

But it doesn't matter anymore, because the moment the Celestials used this universe as a chip to bet on this game, there was already an answer.

"Submitting to me is not a bad thing."

Hawk looked at the changing expression of this universe and said in an eerie tone: "At the very least, while I will preserve you, I will also give this universe a new birth, so that your time is no longer a closed loop, restoring it to a path that can lead to eternity."

Hearing this, the universe itself, with a 'swish', changed its pitiful expression back to one of disbelief as it stared directly at Hawk.

"You will really do that?"

"Don't believe me?"

Hawk smiled slightly: "Look at Mephisto."

The universe itself was slightly stunned.

The next second.

Hawk's tone was calm: "Mephisto has betrayed me countless times, yet I still chose to forgive him and granted him a new birth. So, I can choose to forgive Mephisto who betrayed me countless times; as for you, it goes without saying."

Although he had once ground Mephisto to dust.

But what he said wasn't exactly a lie.

As everyone knows.

There is no regret medicine in this world.

But Hawk has Wanda.

Wanda is his regret medicine, because Wanda exists in every corner of his timeline. Therefore, Hawk killed Mephisto, but he indeed did not kill Mephisto.

So what Hawk said to the universe itself right now is not a lie.

Hearing Hawk not trying to explain, but instead bringing up Mephisto as a living example, the universe itself was already feeling some agitation in its heart.

Although it didn't say it out loud, it did understand that it had been treated as an abandoned pawn after seeing Ikaris die and the Celestials run away so cleanly.

And it had indeed hoped more than once that the Celestials would come to its universe to correct its closed-loop timeline that couldn't move forward.

But every request had fallen on deaf ears.

And right now, Hawk's promise made its heart stir uncontrollably.

Hawk wouldn't take away its consciousness; he would even help it reorganize the timeline of this universe. As a price, it only needed to pay submission.

This—

Is great.

Working for anyone is still working.

Anyway, even if Hawk didn't demand its submission, there was still someone pressing down on its head, and the timeline and such were no longer in its own hands.

In a word.

A low-end universe has no rights.

So—

It's just changing bosses.

Done!

The universe itself had these thoughts turning, and then when it looked up at Hawk again.

Hawk came into view.

The universe itself, which had originally appeared in the form of the weak Gwen, was now blurring. Following that, after an indescribable light appeared, the truest form of this universe itself also appeared in Hawk's eyes.

A gemstone.

A white gemstone, flawless—no, wait, a white gemstone with a tiny flaw appeared before Hawk.

This tiny flaw was the price the universe itself paid when Ikaris descended into this universe in his full-strength state.

To use a classic saying.

A goddess that others are reluctant to touch, some people can just stand up and ride.

The voice of the universe itself now came from the flawed white gemstone: "I am willing to offer everything I have, to offer you my loyalty in exchange for your protection."

Hearing this, Hawk extended his right hand toward the flawed white gemstone in front of him and pinched the gemstone in his palm: "I accept your submission. I will protect you, in the name of Phoenix!"

The words had just fallen!

Clang!

The phoenix sang in the sky, its song ringing clear.

The fire phoenix embracing the rootless universe soared into the sky from behind Hawk. The moment its wings spread, the phoenix claws seemed to transform into Hawk's arms, clamping onto the core white gemstone of this universe, after which endless phoenix fire began to wrap around this core white gemstone.

His Phoenix Universe was refining this universe.

The day the refining is completed is when his Phoenix Universe embeds itself into the main multiverse. Although this still wouldn't allow Hawk to completely materialize his power before comprehending the Ninth Sense.

But!

After refining this universe, from then on, whenever Hawk goes to any Marvel main multiverse, his power will no longer be subject to any constraints.

Because this is the winner's reward.

And it is also the price the loser must pay.

The Celestials this time can be said to have tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice.

Hawk stayed here for a while longer, watching the universe core, which was being rapidly refined under the phoenix fire and branded with his mark, smiled slightly, then withdrew his gaze, turned around, and looked at the Earth located in the remote, desolate area of the universe.

By the time Hawk returned to 521A Palm Street, the house was silent, as if no one was home.

Hawk's heart stirred, and he glanced in the direction of Brooklyn, seeing the mother and daughter shopping in the mall, smiled slightly, and withdrew his gaze.

As for why he didn't go to downtown Manhattan.

Very simple.

Because Manhattan was beaten to a pulp; although it is currently being rebuilt, the speed of reconstruction is not that fast.

When Wanda and her daughter Jean returned from shopping, Hawk was sitting on the sofa, looking at a dozen photos on the table.

To be precise, they were death photos.

They were sent by Reed Stacy's assistant, and each photo represented someone who had participated in or known about the plan to hunt the Demon King.

Daughter Jean looked at her father who had returned home, her eyes lit up, and after putting down the shopping bag in her hand, she ran over: "Daddy, you're back."

Wanda also smiled slightly: "You came back at a very coincidental time; I just finished explaining, and you're back."

Hawk raised his eyes and looked at Wanda.

"Is that so? What a coincidence. I went to find a gift for you."

"What gift?"

"This universe!"

"..."