Chapter 739

And above the Small Universe was the Time Galaxy that spanned the entire universe, formed after Hawk contracted his own time.

Above the Time Galaxy.

Hawk stood suspended in the air, lowering his gaze to watch his own River of Time, attempting to figure out exactly what had happened.

His time ran parallel to the time of the universe he was currently in, separating from the past and then branching off from the present.

At first, Hawk thought the timeline had shifted.

But...

His time had not changed at all.

What changed was the universe's River of Time.

The River of Time had branched.

Yes.

Branched.

If the previous River of Time was a straight line moving forward, then right now, the River of Time looked like an undulating electrocardiogram, first going up, then going down.

Hawk found this node of vibration.

Calculating the time, it was exactly the moment Doctor Strange reversed time to restore the damaged Hong Kong.

But...

It was indeed caused by the fluctuations at the moment Doctor Strange reversed time, but not because Doctor Strange reversed time.

It was because of Kamar-Taj.

To be precise, at the moment Doctor Strange restored time, the Kamar-Taj in Hong Kong had already collapsed.

Although Kamar-Taj was restored by Doctor Strange, the destruction of Kamar-Taj had already become a thing of the past.

Simply put.

The Hong Kong Kamar-Taj Sanctum was indeed destroyed, only to be restored by Doctor Strange with lightning speed after it was destroyed.

But the Hong Kong Kamar-Taj had indeed been destroyed, and that was the moment the time fluctuation occurred.

"Hiss, it wasn't the timeline Doctor Strange reversed?"

"Of course not!"

"..."

Hawk listened to the voice ringing in his ears and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

And then...

The golden light almost blinded his eyes.

Hawk looked at the person who had arrived and opened his mouth.

"Sorcerer Supreme?"

"No."

Wearing the Gold Cloth, Ancient One, who seemed to be shining before him directly from the future in the form of a projection, said in a calm voice: "The Sorcerer Supreme died three hours ago. The current Ancient One is the Ancient One guarding the sixth house of the Zodiac."

Hawk's mouth twitched.

"I remember I gave you the position of God of Time."

"Yes."

Ancient One, with her Virgo Gold Cloth shimmering, shrugged: "But in my timeline, you seem to have forgotten to let me resign from my position in the Zodiac. However, I seriously suspect you want me to work two jobs, since you asked me to teach your children how to become qualified Gold Saints, and for free at that."

Hawk's expression was solemn: "Ancient One, I have always respected you, and I absolutely have no intention of taking advantage of you."

Having said that.

He directly changed the subject.

"What the hell is going on here?"

"I thought you already knew."

As Ancient One spoke, she drifted to Hawk's side and looked at Hawk's Time Galaxy, her gaze fixed on the future in the distance of Hawk's time, which was still flickering like a seductive vixen, tempting Hawk to take a look.

"That is a time trap."

"I know."

Hawk looked in the direction of Ancient One's gaze and sneered: "As long as I look, my time will never be able to transcend."

As long as he looked at the future arranged for him by the Marvel main universe's time, then his life and death would no longer be up to him!

Ancient One nodded: "The three Kamar-Taj Sanctums are used to suppress the stability of Earth's timeline and to keep Earth's time from falling into the main time of the universe it is in. But the moment the three Kamar-Taj Sanctums were destroyed, Earth's time also merged into the main time of the universe..."

Hearing this, Hawk quickly raised his hand.

"Wait, isn't Earth's time already in the main universe's time?"

"In my hands, it wasn't. Now, it is."

Ancient One's voice was calm; even after putting on the Gold Cloth, her voice was no different from the Sorcerer Supreme period: "When it was in my hands, Earth's time was unchangeable in the past, otherwise why do you think Doctor Strange could reverse time?"

Hearing this, Hawk raised an eyebrow.

Ancient One smiled calmly, her right hand instantly brushing in front of her, and in an instant, a projected River of Time appeared.

"Earth is called Terra in the main universe, but before that, it was called Midgard."

"And Midgard belonged to the World Tree parallel universe."

"When Odin unified the Nine Realms, the main universe's time trap also targeted Odin, and Odin fell for it."

"Midgard never fell from the World Tree automatically."

"It was Odin who made a deal with time in order to obtain visions of the future, and then saw the Ragnarok that time had prepared for him."

"Odin also realized it, but it was too late."

"He saw the future Ragnarok, and Ragnarok also became a destined past."

"Ragnarok will begin from the moment Midgard's time merges into the main universe's time."

"The moment Midgard's time merges into the main universe's time, the gears of Ragnarok prepared by time for Odin will turn."

"When Ragnarok occurs and Asgard is shattered, the time of the World Tree universe will also merge into the main universe's time, becoming one of the many universes in the main multiverse."

"So Odin tried every possible way to delay the appearance of Ragnarok."

"He tried to prevent Midgard's time from merging into the main universe's time."

"So at the moment Midgard fell, while Midgard's time was still on the World Tree, Odin, as the main god of the World Tree universe and King of the Gods, at the last moment, caused the Ancient God race to be born on Midgard."

"The all-powerful Oshtur, the all-seeing Agamotto, and the ancient Hoggoth—that is, the Trinity of the Vishanti—appeared."

"The Vishanti built three Kamar-Taj time Sanctums on Earth. They sacrificed themselves and made a vow that as long as the three time Sanctums remained, Earth's time would always exist within the main universe's time but remain independent of its laws."

"From then on, every Sorcerer Supreme took the maintenance of time as their own responsibility."

"And they even set the rule that the past cannot be changed and the future cannot be viewed."

"But..."

"Kulan Gath, the third Sorcerer Supreme, an evil sorcerer, killed the second Sorcerer Supreme. Under the temptation of time, he broke the rule that the future cannot be viewed and saw the time when the three Kamar-Taj time Sanctums would be destroyed."

"And then..."

"Boom!"

Following Ancient One's narration, with a light tap, the three time Sanctums collapsed in response, and Earth's time, which had been independent of the River of Time, instantly merged into the main universe's time.

Immediately after.

It was the scene of Doctor Strange activating the Time Stone to reverse time.

"How did the numerous multiverses of the main universe come to be?"

"Isn't it just that at any node, making any choice gives birth to a different future?"

"So..."

"The rule that the past cannot be changed was also completely invalidated after Earth merged into the main universe's time."

"..."

Hawk listened to Ancient One's 'Time Class', opened his mouth, and looked at Ancient One: "Can you explain it in one sentence?"

Time is the most annoying thing.

This is another reason why he prefers an unknown future over a known one.

Very simple.

No need to use your brain, just charge ahead.

How does the saying go.

Ignorance is sometimes the greatest happiness.

Hawk had always wanted to be a happy person, but unfortunately, heaven did not grant his wish, and he was forced onto the path of becoming stronger.

Still that same saying.

If his sister hadn't had an accident back then, he wouldn't have been so sad that the lost system located him, and then he wouldn't have obtained the Small Universe cultivation method.

So...

Ancient One smiled, merged the Earth time that was originally independent of the main universe's time with the main universe's time, and then looked at Hawk.

"Do you think modifying the past just creates a fork in the road?"

"Isn't it?"

"Time doesn't work like that."

"When Earth's time merges into the main universe's time, it's not just as simple as creating a new future; it also creates a new past."

"New future."

"New past."

"And in this newly created past time, there is no Peter Parker..."

"At least not this Peter Parker you are familiar with."

"..."

Hawk listened to Ancient One's 'new future, new past' argument, frowned, and upon hearing this, raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean there's no Peter Parker I'm familiar with?"

"I should go."

Ancient One smiled slightly: "Time is urging me to leave."

Hawk frowned.

"Your time should belong to the Phoenix universe now, and you are the God of Time, so who is urging you? Phoenix time itself? Has it developed self-awareness?"

"No, it's the rules I set, rules formulated to prevent those new gods from wantonly playing with the timeline."

"New gods..."

Hawk's brow furrowed even tighter.

"Nonsense, is the timeline for them to mess around with? How could I possibly appoint these unqualified new gods? Damn it, what am I doing? These new gods who play with time should..."

"They are your children with Gwen."

Ancient One's voice was faint.

Hawk raised an eyebrow, the anger on his face instantly vanished, he said 'oh', and then touched his nose somewhat awkwardly, like a parent called to the office, not daring to look into the teacher Ancient One's eyes.

"They are too outrageous. What about Gwen? She's so naughty, doesn't she discipline them?"

"She did."

"And then?"

"You said it's normal for children to be naughty, and anyway, if the timeline is messed up, there's a God of Time to fix it, so it doesn't matter."