Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 154 Cheating is Always Fun (Third Update!)

A smile as she plucks a flower, a fleeting moment of brilliance!

When Hawke saw the Ancient One, with a peaceful face and ethereal temperament, smiling as she made a flower-making gesture on the stone platform, he felt as if he were seeing a Buddha.

A person who is said to be closest to God.

The difference is that the person was a man.

The one in front of you—

is a woman.

Uh.

Gender is not the point; we will not discuss gender.

Hawke blinked quickly, shook his head, and after regaining his senses, looked back at Gu Yi on the stone platform.

into the eye.

The Ancient One has already left that state of transcendence.

Hawke opened his mouth.

"how come?"

"Standing at the forefront of time, I can look at both the past and the future, and I have the Time Gem, which makes the future even clearer than the past."

The Ancient One's voice remained calm and her tone was even as she looked at Hawke and said, "Moreover, this is much easier than borrowing power from Dormammu. You have to repay what you borrow from Dormammu, but it's much easier to borrow from your future self, and you don't even need to repay it."

Hawke had recovered from the brief shock he had just experienced.

but……

I was just shocked, not particularly surprised.

After all, before he came to Kamar-Taj, he already had a general idea of ​​the price he would have to pay to borrow the Time Stone.

The strange yet familiar energy fluctuations that Gu Yi had just displayed allowed Hawke to glimpse a corner of the future.

Hawke's thoughts raced as he looked at the Ancient One.

"So, does that mean my future self was successful?"

"Can't say."

"Uh……"

Cheating is not allowed.

"But you cheated."

"Yes."

The Ancient One's expression remained calm and composed. Facing Hawke's accusation, she nodded frankly and said to Hawke, "But it doesn't matter to me. Even if I cheated, it won't affect the future. And I'm happy to accept whatever the future may be, just like Odin, the king of the gods."

You could just say you know that you will definitely change the future.

Odin, the king of the gods, possessed the divine power of foreknowledge, but he only foresaw without interfering. Just as he clearly knew the cause, process, and end of Ragnarok, he never thought of stopping it, but rather calmly accepted and faced it all.

This is a high-EQ way of speaking—frank and calm.

Low emotional intelligence —

Lie flat!

Give up!

If Hawke knew what his future would hold and if bad things were to happen, he certainly wouldn't choose to accept it silently.

after all……

Princes and generals, I would rather be kind!
I control my own life!
These two sentences were not etched into Hawke's bones, but rather into the depths of his soul, and were completely and deeply bound to his soul.

Even if you know it's impossible, you should still do it.

therefore.

That's a true man!
Of course, that's why the Ancient One didn't want to tell Hawke about the glimpse of the future she had seen.

Hawke also understood from the Ancient One's words.

In a word.

If you don't tell me, can't I go and see for myself?
Hawke's thoughts raced as he glanced at the Eye of Agamotto, which held the Time Stone, in his hand, then looked up at the Ancient One on the stone platform.

Gu Yi's expression was calm, seemingly unaware of Hawke's plans, but there was also a sense of "I know what you're thinking, but I don't care, I'll just watch your performance."

Hawke turned his gaze back to the Eye of Agamotto in his hand, then took a deep breath.

Time gem!

Open it for me!

next second.

The unique green light symbolizing time burst forth from the Time Stone in an instant, and in just a moment, the green light of time engulfed Hawke like a tidal wave.

In the torrent of time.

Hawke, who has not yet grasped the Tenth Sense, reached the beginning of everything, the cause of all effects, the realm that is both the beginning and the end of the universe, and who hasn't even touched the threshold of the Seventh Sense yet, instantly became as insignificant as a lone boat on a turbulent ocean the moment he appeared in the torrent of time.

The torrent of time is like a monstrous wave, surging forward relentlessly. At first, it was just one stream, but in the blink of an eye, it split into countless dense streams that are impossible to count.

In a mere instant, Hawke, like a lone boat, decisively abandoned the idea of ​​looking into his future and instantly entered his own little universe.

The moment Hawk, enveloped in a layer of green light, appeared in his own universe, it was just a thought, and in an instant, his universe underwent a truly earth-shattering change.

Look around.

Under the influence of the Earthly Branches, countless grains of sand began to appear densely in every corner of the microcosm.

After the sand appeared, it began to collide with the surrounding sand, and due to the effect of the fire element, flames appeared.

Beneath the flames, the sand and gravel, like magma, began to coalesce. The wind intensified the fire.

In the microcosm, countless stars suddenly appear as time cheats.

but……

Just as Hawke was about to push his cosmos to its current limit, an overwhelming sense of fatigue suddenly struck him.

It's not physical fatigue.

It's not even a weariness of the soul.

Rather, it was a weariness of the soul. At the same time, the Heart of the Phoenix revealed itself, conveying a crucial message to him.

His mind has reached its limit. If he were to recklessly use the Time Stone to cheat again, his mind would instantly wither, collapse, and become fragmented.

After receiving a warning from Phoenix Heart, Hawke decisively stopped his attempt to cheat his cosmos by using the Time Stone again.

Well known.

Cheating is a very satisfying thing.

But getting caught is a really tragic thing.

Just accept it as soon as you see fit.

The transformation of this once barren land into a small universe that, while not exactly filled with stars, is now visible to the naked eye, is a testament to the fact that it has already taken away from his nearly decades of arduous cultivation.

Although it's not quite full of stars yet.

But it doesn't matter.

Once he elevates his spiritual level, he can simply use the Time Stone to cheat a bit more.

Cheating for a moment brings temporary pleasure.

Cheating all the time is so much fun!

Having already cheated with the Reality Stone once, the Time Stone twice, and now with the Time Stone a third time, Hawke can't say he has no psychological burden; he's just gotten used to it.

Even at this moment, he had already figured out how to cheat and quickly awaken his seventh sense.

If the sixth sense is the true gateway to becoming a Saint Seiya character...

Only those who awaken the seventh sense can be called true Saints.

What determines the quality of a Saint Seiya is not their Cloth, but their Cosmo.

The Gold Saints are so powerful because they have grasped the true essence of Cosmo—

The Seventh Sense!
Mind, soul, and life—once a Saint Seiya awakens the Seventh Sense, the three will become one, inseparable.

Only a Saint who has united their mind, soul, and even life with their own cosmos is qualified to be called a Gold Saint who has comprehended the Seventh Sense cosmos.

The Mind Stone from the Infinity Stones.

If all goes well, he should be able to quickly and successfully grasp and comprehend the Seventh Sense.

Having cheated twice with the Infinity Stones, Hawke instantly realized that he would need to use the Mind Stone as his next cheating tool.

Moreover, cheating with the Mind Stone should be easier than cheating with the Time Stone.

At this point, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Mind Stone should already be in Hydra's hands.

Ok.

After I finish what I'm doing, I'll call Anna and ask to borrow the Mind Stone.

If Hydra is worried that he won't repay the loan, that's fine; he can go to his door to borrow it in person.

Hawke thought to himself.

soon.

He then focused his attention on the present moment, on the fragment of the Law of Life and Death that he had taken from the Demonic Witch Heart in the black phoenix phantom formed by the Heart of Phoenix, and the earth core that, under the influence of the four elements of creation—wind, earth, water, and fire—revealed endless flames beneath its dark exterior.

It's time to hasten the birth of our own underworld.

With a thought, Hawke instantly arrived above the Netherworld, which was still slowly forming. The green light on his body, symbolizing the light of time, began to fall down into the Netherworld like a stream.

The moment the green light of time was captured by the underworld below, it was as if the underworld, which was still forming, had been accelerated in an instant.

Rumble!
The Law of Life and Death, which was seized from the Demon of the Heart of Witch and was originally expected to take a long time to be completely absorbed, completed the process in the blink of an eye. The fragments of the Law of Life and Death turned into a viscous substance, exuding a strong darkness, and began to merge with the Netherworld, which was also rapidly forming, with lightning speed.

This dense darkness, like a living tide, quickly merged with the underworld in an instant.

As the underworld also rapidly formed, the earth began to tremble violently, as if an unrestrained movement of the landmass was taking place.

The land parcels are compressed during acceleration, then converge again, then are compressed again, and then converge again once more.

In the blink of an eye, this kind of exercise has been performed countless times.

It was during this process of constant squeezing, breaking, and then fusing that a gemstone, which looked exactly like crystal but was a deep black and even faintly emitted a strange metallic luster, appeared beneath the earth of the underworld.

Even on the earth of the underworld, black gemstones that resemble both crystal and metal have appeared.

Special products of the underworld—

Black gemstone!
The Saint Cloths forged from this black gemstone are called Hades Cloths, and their performance is almost comparable to the twelve Saint Cloths of the Gold Saints.

But the moment it was compared to the Gold Cloth, it was already clear that the Hades Cloth was inferior to the Gold Cloth.

But that's alright.

Hawke only used the Surplice as a transitional item because the Surplice has a characteristic that the Gold Cloth cannot match.

That is--

Wearing the Underworld Robe, even with his current sixth sense cosmos (which he hasn't yet awakened to the seventh sense), he can freely move between the world of life and death.

……

(End of this chapter)