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Chapter 389: The Casket of Ancient Winters
🕑 Added 2025-09-23 02:16:28 +0000 UTCWhat the Infinity Stones are, probably no one present, except for Loki, Wong, and Noah himself, really knows.
This includes Ms.Haifin, because the Infinity Stones are not something just anyone can know about. Although it's not exactly a secret throughout the universe, the key is whether you have the qualification and strength to know these things. People or forces with insufficient strength gain nothing from knowing these; and if they acquire an Infinity Stone, it definitely won't bring anything good.
Honestly, if it weren't for Earth being protected by the Ancient One and Allfather Odin, just the Time Stone alone could have attracted unimaginable disaster.
"You mean, there's an Infinity Stone hidden inside?" Loki
asked with a somewhat grim expression.
"Yes," Noah nodded. "Otherwise, why do you think that person would send you to Earth specifically to take it?"
Noah's words instantly made Loki freeze. He now understood why Thanos sent him! Loki wasn't stupid; he had been suspicious before, but at the time, he thought Thanos was just using him to invade Earth and incidentally take away this cube containing special energy. But now, thinking back, the situation was probably different. Loki wasn't stupid; after Noah's explanation, he basically understood what was going on.
He was now increasingly worried about his own situation. If he couldn't beat Noah, he really wanted to strangle him!
"Infinity Stone? What's that?" Ms.Haifin looked confused; she genuinely didn't know what it was.
"The Infinity Stones were forged from the essence of six singularities before the Big Bang. As for who did it, probably very few people can answer, because only a genius would know what happened before the Big Bang."
Noah spread his hands, indicating he didn't know either.
Indeed, even if you asked Odin this question, he probably couldn't give a correct answer. Perhaps all they could think of was that these six Infinity Stones formed naturally, or were forged by an unimaginably powerful being.
"Six Infinity Stones?" Ms.Haifin hadn't expected such terrifying things to exist in this world: "Noah, is the Tesseract one of them?"
"Yes," Noah nodded. "Infinity Stones correspond to six different powers, and each stone contains almost infinite energy. Anyone who obtains one can easily destroy a planet." As he spoke, a golden glow emanated from Noah's hand, but this time, the magic Noah used carried a faint azure hue, clearly influenced by the Space Stone.
However, Noah didn't pay attention. While explaining, he used magic to explore the Tesseract. "The Tesseract is the Space Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones. It corresponds to the rules of space, which is why Loki could easily open spatial teleportation channels.
The theoretical range of this teleportation is infinite. If you truly master the Space Stone, you can reach any corner of this universe in an instant. And even..." Noah didn't want to say what came next, as it was all his own speculation. If that truly happened, it would be interesting. Noah felt it was better to try it later when his strength was sufficient, or after he finished his current tasks.
Noah's current strength was genuinely not weak; an eighth-tier strength could truly be said to be one step away from the limit! However, this step was still far off, and Noah himself wasn't in such a hurry. He still had unfinished business.
As Noah's magic permeated faster and faster, the glow emanating from the Tesseract in his hand became brighter and brighter. Ms.Haifin originally wanted to ask other questions, but when she saw this scene, she immediately knew it was best for her to remain silent.
Clearly, Noah was doing something unimaginable. As the magic fluctuations in Noah's hand became more intense, a powerful burst of energy finally erupted. A ripple emanated from Noah's hand, and almost everyone swept by this azure ripple felt a slight dizziness, but fortunately, there were no other abnormalities.
"Alright, this is an Infinity Stone." Noah lightly shook the Tesseract in his hand. The azure gem, which had remained at the center of the Tesseract, detached with Noah's gentle shake and was then suspended in mid-air by Noah's spatial magic, floating gently onto Noah's cupped right palm.
"Damn it, it really is an Infinity Stone..." Seeing this, even Loki, foolish as he might be, understood what was happening. He was now 100% convinced that if he ran outside Asgard's jurisdiction, he would definitely be hunted to death by Thanos, because he realized he had probably messed up Thanos's plans far more than he thought!
"This is the Space Stone among the Infinity Stones."
Noah held the gem, his heart rippling slightly: "Now do you understand why you couldn't extract its power to help yourselves?" The power of the Infinity Stones truly couldn't be easily absorbed by other living beings,
because their sheer magnitude was too terrifying. To put it crudely, there's no problem using these powers, but if you try to absorb them, you're likely to face severe consequences. This is why individuals like Carol are so terrifying; she was just an ordinary mortal before, but then she became a "star-burst" level powerhouse though she never did it, it doesn't mean she couldn't.
"Then what's your situation?" Although Loki understood Noah's meaning, he still held onto some hope: "Why can you absorb these powers? Although your physical quality is excellent, it's about the same as ours. If you can, then I..."
"I'm different from you," Noah shook his head, then intentionally turned to look at Wong: "Remember 1995, the first time we saw the Tesseract?"
"So that's it!" Wong nodded knowingly: "That time you collected a lot of energy, and after returning to Kamar-Taj, you seemed to have an accident. After that, your physical fitness became incomprehensibly strong.
So, it was because of the Universe... the Infinity Stone."
Noah had only told the Ancient One about this matter at the time; he hadn't explained anything to others. And while Wong and Mordo were curious, since the Ancient One didn't say anything, they naturally didn't ask further. They simply assumed that Noah had been lazy before, and then felt he couldn't keep up the pretense and simply stopped pretending.
"You... you very early on... but that's impossible, you..."
Loki's expression became even more incredulous.
"To be precise, I was assimilated..." Noah spread his hands; he himself couldn't quite explain his situation, or Carol's situation. Because Noah's situation was Carol's situation, after thinking for a long time, Noah felt that the word "assimilation" was more suitable. "Besides, I wasn't absorbing the power within the Space Stone, but the power that was overflowing from it," Noah sighed:
"Otherwise, why do you think this cube that protected and hid it would become so dim and be so easily
destroyed by me?"
"Damn it, all that easily absorbable power was cleaned
up by you!"
"So, don't think about this method for now. Besides, why are you suddenly so interested in improving yourself?
Aren't your kind of race supposed to gradually become stronger with time?" Noah glanced at Loki; he was indeed very curious about what Loki was thinking. Logically speaking, who wouldn't be happy with his situation? He had enough lifespan to squander without much effort, and he could become very strong just by slowly enduring the years. Moreover, Loki's talent was genuinely not bad.
Even though this guy was a descendant of Frost Giants, Odin completely treated him as his son, so his status was high enough. In such a situation, does this guy still need to work hard?
"Damn it, don't tell me you don't know my situation!"
Loki's face flushed red, and he angrily roared at Noah.
"Your situation?" Noah scratched his ear, and with a slight shift in thought, he understood, then he looked at Loki with disdain: "You're really timid. Honestly, as long as you don't run around, with your father Allfather Odin's deterrent power, you're absolutely safe."
"Hmph, what do you know?" Loki was a little
embarrassed that Noah had guessed some of his thoughts: "I'm not afraid of that; I'm the Prince of Asgard! I'm not a weak mage like you!"
"Prince? Competitiveness?" Noah tilted his head, the gem in his hand now fully clasped: "You're not still thinking
about the throne of Asgard, are you?"
"Is it that strange? I said I'm the Prince of Asgard; it's not strange for me to have such thoughts."
"Didn't I also tell you? Asgard doesn't need a mage as their king, but a warrior, a warrior who can lead the charge, a warrior who can stabilize morale." Noah really didn't think highly of Loki, but Noah was too lazy to persuade him anymore. As for Loki wanting to improve his strength, Noah actually approved of it. Although Loki had always been responsible for comedic relief, it didn't mean he wasn't capable. And a powerful Asgard definitely aligned more with Noah's ideas.
However, how Loki would improve became a headache for Noah. Honestly, the best way to improve would be to teach Loki meditation, but Noah wasn't a generous person; Noah was genuinely unwilling to give his core
ability to this guy.
After thinking for a long time, Noah suddenly remembered something. Tilting his head, Noah looked at Loki: "First, forget about the Infinity Stones. Secondly, although meditation is suitable for you, I'm not going to give it to you, at least not now."
"Hmph, you..." Loki looked at Noah unhappily, but this didn't surprise him.
"But I do have some other ideas."
"What ideas?"
"Is the Casket of Ancient Winters still in your possession?"
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