Chapter 1264 - Ch: 164-174

Chapter 164 Awakening Thor vs Odin the Destroyer

Although the Destroyer Armor performed very poorly in Thor 1, in reality, this armor, in terms of combat power alone, is actually much stronger than normal Thor.

Thor easily defeating it was partly because the controller was the novice Loki, and partly because Odin held back.

Otherwise, who would believe that the Destroyer Armor, made of Uru divine gold and blessed by the Gods, would be shattered by Thor with a single hammer blow?

One can only say, "Oh, the ocean, you are full of Water!"

And the Destroyer Armor is called an armor precisely because its true purpose is to be worn.

And now, this armor is being worn by Odin!

Just the scorching orange glow flowing over the surface of the Destroyer Armor made the entire sky seem to boil, with heatwaves coming one after another!

This made Steve's eyes light up.

What a good thing, this terrifying amplification is even stronger than the Symbiote suit!

And the style is also his favorite metal style, he just doesn't know if it fits his body?

While Steve was looking at the Destroyer Armor on Odin, Odin was also looking at Steve, his gaze very much like a father-in-law looking at his son-in-law.

Others are like a father-in-law looking at his son-in-law, the more they look, the more displeased they become.

Odin, on the other hand, felt that the more he looked at Steve, the more pleasing he became.

Under his Eye of Wisdom, blessed by the Fountain of Wisdom, Steve's life energy was as vibrant as a Sun!

This incredibly vigorous life energy fluctuation was something even their Asgardian God race was far inferior to; he had only seen it on the Celestials before!

"Perhaps this kid can really create the miracle I failed to achieve back then…."

Odin's single eye rolled, and he rode his eight-legged steed closer to the Avengers' flagship, facing Hela and Steve, who were at the forefront.

"Young man, shall we talk?"

No, My Lord, what's with this tone, as if you're here to discuss the betrothal gift?

We came to fight, can you be a bit more serious!

Steve's mouth twitched: "Hela was right, compared to Thor, Loki is more like you…."

It's truly a case of no wrong father, only a wrong son.

Odin merely smiled at this: "Thor and Loki were both raised by me; both of them bear my Shadow, but Thor is more like me in my youthful exuberance, and Loki is more like me after being beaten up by the Universe…."

Speaking, Odin turned to Hela, his tone filled with both pride and sorrow: "And you, my daughter, you are another me…."

Hearing this, Steve looked thoughtful, but Hela couldn't help but point the night sky sword at Odin, her face filled with anger:

"Odin, what nonsense are you old man spouting again? I'm like you? Nonsense! I've never been like you. You are cowardly and incompetent, only good at infighting!"

"Under my leadership, it was always us Asgardians who beat up the various races in the Universe, but under your leadership, you were beaten up by others. What other excuses can you find for your cowardice?!"

Odin looked at the furious Hela and was not angered by her disrespect; instead, his eyes were full of kindness:

"No, Hela, my being beaten was not something that happened after I sealed you, but before that…."

"I had a reason for sealing you in Hel back then. You were too young, too impetuous, and too much like me at the time. I didn't want you to repeat my mistakes…."

"Back then…."

Just as Odin was about to explain the reason, Helasuddenly attacked, fiercely swinging her sword at Odin's face, interrupting him!

"Stop making excuses! I won't listen! Do you think that after sealing me for thousands of years, one more lie will trick me back into being your obedient girl?!"

"Do you take me for that idiotic brother you gave birth to, Thor?!"

Thor, who had been unable to speak while the adults were talking:?

Sis, are you really my biological sister?

Before the bewildered Thor could react from his confusion, Hela directly pointed her finger at him.

"Thor, go! Let that old man Odin see what you're capable of!"

Thor was even more bewildered at this, pointing to himself in disbelief.

Me, fight Odin? Is this for real?

Didn't we agree to gang up on my old man?

How did it become me going solo now?

However, looking at Hela's cold gaze and the night sky sword that had reappeared in her hand, Thor felt a pang in his kidney.

His sister's sword, in this past month, had almost turned his kidney into a hornet's nest. He would rather die than experience that feeling of death energy coiling around his kidney, making life worse than death….

Thor shivered, and his gaze towards Odin became resolute:

"I'm sorry, Father, everything for Hela, everything for my kidney, I can only hammer you down!"

Odin, hearing this: ….

Truly my good son, what a grand display of filial piety!

However, Odin did not refuse, looking at Thor, whose demeanor had clearly changed, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth:

"Then come, my son, let me see what progress you have made under your elder sister's tutelage."

Thor's eyes crackled with electricity, and he pointed Mjolnir at Odin:

"I will, Father. I will prove you wrong. Benevolent rule is a complete mistake. Powerful strength is the foundation of Asgard's dominance over the Nine Realms!"

"All for Asgard!"

With a roar, the transformed Thor first threw his lightning-splattering hammer at Odin, then, using the battleship for leverage, he kicked off, spinning like an electric top as he charged towards Odin!

Steve's mouth twitched, "My Marvel Fang Over Fang!"

But, surprisingly, this combination technique actually worked quite well!

Just as Odin punched the hammer away, the spinning Thor immediately followed up from behind, delivering a sudden, piercing headbutt to Odin's chest!

Duang!!!

This crisp impact sound was even louder than when Odinshattered the ten-thousand-meter night sky sword just now, making one feel its impressive power!

And that was indeed the case.

Even Odin, wearing the Destroyer Armor, was knocked back several steps on his eight-legged steed by this impact!

As for Thor, whose head was already empty, this collision made his eyes even clearer, like a college student's!

Hela clenched her fist, veins throbbing on her forehead: "Damn idiot, how many times have I told you, you are a mage, not a foolish berserker who only uses brute force! Is it cream or Thunder flowing through your veins?!"

Banner gave an awkward smile at this, silently retreating behind the others.

Thor, with a large bump on his head, bewildered and brain-damaged, finally remembered his identity as a mage after Hela's reminder, and gave an awkward smile back:

"Uhaha, sorry, sis, I'm used to it from before, it's hard to change in a short time…."

Before awakening his true Thunder power, although he could use mjolnir to unleash Thunder attacks, he couldn't do so once the hammer left his hand.

Chapter 165: The top-ranked Loki, the future...

This often led to him fighting enemies with brute force, and over time, his self-perception as a Mage became increasingly blurred.

Until, like Loki, he was almost a close-combat Mage.

It was also thanks to his durability and immense strength; otherwise, as a Mage playing close combat, he would have been killed eight hundred times over!

Am I wrong, you Nine Realms's number one Mage, who was choked to death by the purple-skinned monster?

Hiding in the Heavenly Palace, Loki, who was watching Thor and Odin's 'Filial Piety' scene with Frigga through magic, suddenly sneezed.

Why do I feel like someone is talking bad about me behind my back?

Seeing this, Frigga conjured a blanket with her hand and, full of tenderness, draped it over Loki:

"Oh, my dear son, as the new God King, you've been working tirelessly for Asgard these past days; you must be exhausted. Look, you've even caught a cold~"

Looking at his mother's gentle eyes and feeling the warm blanket on him, Loki, who had originally intended to say that as a Frost Giant he wasn't afraid of the cold, inexplicably closed his mouth and leaned his head on Frigga's shoulder, enjoying the moment immensely.

Fight, you two father and son, fight to your heart's content. Let my mother and I enjoy this peaceful time here, and let me savor this warm maternal love alone~

You brat, you're living quite comfortably, aren't you?

Even enjoying maternal love now?

Get out of here!

Loki had just closed his eyes, preparing to enjoy Frigga's maternal love for a while, when his vision went black, and he was immediately taken over!

Holy cow, a cheat!

Opening his eyes again, a green glow flashed in 'Loki's' eyes. Although his head still hadn't left Frigga's shoulder, his demeanor had undergone a world-shattering change.

It was a sense of composure and weariness that came from experiencing endless eons of vicissitudes and enduring eternal solitude.

Frigga, who was gently stroking 'Loki's' head, paused her hand. She looked down at 'Loki' leaning on her shoulder, her eyes becoming even softer. She gently rested 'Loki's' head on her lap and softly stroked 'Loki's' temples, just like when he was a child:

"Loki, do you remember when you were little? Every time you got tired from studying magic, you loved to lie on my lap and have Mother massage your temples. You said it would make your mind and body feel relaxed...."

"Child, if you're tired, rest well for a while. The throne is good, but don't always sit on it. It is both an honor and a restraint. Your future should not be constrained; my son should be free...."

'Loki's' faintly glowing green eyes looked at Frigga, who was full of tenderness, and he was not surprised that Frigga had noticed his abnormality:

"Mother was raised by a Witch, and I was raised by Mother. Mother can see more than just the past, and I can see more than just the future...."

"I ascended the throne never for myself, but for you, for Father, for Thor, for everyone. I cannot leave the throne, and even more so, I cannot leave that throne...."

"Loki is free, but I cannot be free...."

Frigga opened her mouth but couldn't speak. This woman, who had once even negotiated with the Celestials for Odin's sake, now felt a sense of powerlessness in the face of her son's predicament.

This was far beyond her capabilities; she could not see any future for this 'Loki,' nor any of his past.

At this moment, 'Loki' was like a lonely person with no past and no future, left outside all Universes.

'Loki's' face rested in Frigga's palm, feeling the long-lost warmth, and he said calmly:

"It's alright, Mother, this is my choice. At least because I sit on that throne, I can give everyone a chance in the near future, a chance to survive...."

Frigga was suddenly startled upon hearing this: "A chance to survive? Does that mean something major will happen to Asgard next?"

"Could it be that this battle didn't go according to your father Odin's plan, and Ragnarok will still descend?"

'Loki', lying on Frigga's lap, gently shook his head and casually glanced at the intense, lightning-filled battlefield outside:

"No, Father's plan will succeed this time, and Asgard will be fine. The near future I spoke of isn't this time, but...."

Loki's lips moved a few times, but the space seemed to be muted, with no sound coming out.

Only Frigga seemed to have heard something incredible, her face filled with terror.

Originally, according to the rules of the Universe, 'Loki' should not have revealed this to anyone, but since this person was his mother, he felt the rules should be changed.

His rules were the rules; the Universe had no say.

Just as his mother never hid her love for him, he would not hide anything from his mother.

No matter how powerful he was now, in front of Frigga, he was still the little shadow who followed her around learning magic.

"Don't worry, Mother, in this Universe where you all have managed to survive, I will never let this timeline collapse, absolutely not...."

'Loki' lay on Frigga's lap, his emerald eyes looking through the palace towards the tall figure leading the Avengers on Avengers One.

And the only way to prevent this timeline from collapsing is for the anchor of this Universe to stay alive....

So.... chosen one, live on and grow stronger. Everything will be as you wish....

I cannot interfere much, but you can....

Hmm? It seems someone is peeking at my perky butt from behind?

Steve suddenly felt a gaze on him and couldn't help but turn his head suspiciously to look at the Avengers behind him.

He suspected someone was coveting his perky butt!

His gaze swept around and quickly locked onto the suspect!

What are you looking around for! I'm talking about you, Deadpool!

You're the only pervert here!

Deadpool raised his hands innocently: "Oh, Captain, thinking that way about me is truly heartbreaking. Although I've certainly wanted to give your classic perky butt a good pat for a long time, and even try its depth."

"But I swear it's not me this time; it's some story that Marvel forcibly whitewashed, currently begging its mother for a hug...."

Boom—

Before Deadpool could finish speaking, Thor, who was fighting Odin in a heated battle, actually fumbled when summoning lightning and struck awry, landing coincidentally on Deadpool!

Deadpool, who was doing a cha-cha dance from the electric shock, fell to the ground with his large butt sticking up after the lightning disappeared, spitting out a puff of black smoke from his mouth:

"You...story-telling liar...a few hundred words ago...you said you couldn't interfere much...."

Boom—Boom—Boom—

No sooner had Deadpool spoken than several more bolts of lightning precisely struck Deadpool's upturned big backside!

Having fumbled several times in a row and striking his allies, Thor, who had just regained his Mage identity, was so scared he didn't dare summon lightning to attack anymore.

In a moment of distraction, he was hit by Odin with a 'fatherly elbow' to the face, instantly spinning away and falling onto the top of the battleship, lying there with Deadpool, both with their butts sticking up....

Chapter 166 Like Son, Like Mother

"Useless! You can even chop your own people, and you're distracted in battle and get ambushed. I think your brain is filled with muscles!"

Hela first cursed Thor as usual, then turned to Odin and sneered, "Heh heh, old man, now that you see your son serving me, betraying you, and even attacking you, you must feel terrible, right?"

That's right, Hela instigating Thor to betray Odin never thought Thor's meager strength could really deal with Odin, even if Thor had awakened his true Thor's power, it would be the same.

She mostly wanted to use Thor to psychologically retaliate against Odin!

What could be more heartbreaking than a son one has high hopes for betraying them!

However, the indignant emotion Hela imagined from Odindidn't appear at all; instead, he had a look of gratification:

"Terrible? Why should I feel terrible? I think Thor is doing quite well under you. I haven't been able to make him get rid of his hammer and become the true Thor for over a thousand years."

"And you, my most proud daughter, you only took a short month to make your brother transform from the God of Hammers into the true Thor!"

"You are the true hero!"

Hela:???

Goodness, I painstakingly prepared a month of psychological blows, and now it's turned into psychological comfort for you, is that it?

"Alright, alright, Odin, this is also within your calculations, isn't it?"

Hela, whose breathing grew heavy with rage, had quietgreen Fire rising around her, clearly intending to act herself.

Steve, who was watching from the side, saw his woman preparing to make a move and naturally wasn't going to just watch. His eyes also glowed red.

Odin was not alarmed by this. He turned to Steve and showed a slight curve of his lips:

"Young man, I remember you had an agreement with Lokithat Asgard under his rule would submit to you, and you would solve the coming crisis for Asgard, right?"

"Now, the throne of God King of Asgard, I officially passed it to Loki a month ago. Your agreement has taken effect, is it time for you to fulfill your promise?"

The heat vision about to erupt from Steve's eyes paused. He stroked his chin and said thoughtfully, "So, when Lokiarrived at Avengers Tower, that faint, peeping gaze was indeed you, old man, wasn't it?"

Odin did not deny it, but simply nodded: "That's right, at that time I saw two completely different futures in you, one bringing destruction, and one bringing hope."

Steve heard that and asked curiously, "Oh? Which one did you choose? Letting me bring Hela back to Asgard, is this the destruction option or the hope option?"

He was genuinely a little curious about this.

He wasn't surprised that Odin could see the future.

At Odin's level, more or less, they could see or foresee a bit of the future.

For example, in the original work, God King Odin foresaw Ragnarok brought by Hela, or Queen Frigga foresaw her own death and willingly faced it.

But what kind of bizarre operation was it to actively teleport him to Hel, where Hela was sealed, using the Space Stone, and have him bring Hela back to Asgard?

Although Hela was very strong, even stronger than Thanos, what she brought to Asgard might not be hope, but more likely destruction!

Odin knew this better than anyone, so why would he do it?

Hela on the side did not speak, but her emerald eyes were equally curious about this question and she did not choose to attack immediately.

Odin's gaze shifted between Steve and Hela, his satisfaction unable to be hidden:

"Actually, I didn't choose either of those futures. I chose an unknown future, a choice that might bring greater hope to Asgard, or it might bring more complete destruction to Asgard..."

"I chose to let you and my daughter, a match made in Heaven, meet, to let you two combine your strengths, to let you bring Hela out of her seal, and to let her return to Asgard, her home..."

"You're saying all of this is within your plan now? You're full of it!!!"

Hearing this, Hela could no longer hold back. The quietgreen Fire burning around her shot into the sky, transforming into a giant green venomous cobra that lunged towards Odin!

Lies! All lies!!!

This giant serpent, burning with the Fire of death, landed on Odin, causing a huge quietgreen Fire lotus to instantly explode above Heavenly Palace!

This strike, even if Thanos came, he would be a medium-rare roasted purple yam!

Even Frigga, deep within Heavenly Palace, couldn't help but want to get up.

"Mother, rest assured, Father is fine. With his power, and the Destroyer Armor, this somewhat impure death power is not enough to harm him...."

'Loki''s voice seemed to have a certain magic, instantly calming Frigga, who had just panicked for a moment.

But her expression was somewhat worried: "Although I have great faith in your Father's power, the problem is that his power is too strong now, like a full barrel of oil, it will explode with a single spark...."

"That's why Father is wearing the Destroyer Armor this time. As long as he doesn't use too much of his own divine power and only uses the power augmented by the Destroyer to fight, then it's still manageable...."

Hearing 'Loki''s comfort, Frigga thought about it and finally felt relieved.

At the same time, she looked at 'Loki' in her arms with a gratified expression, and said gently, "As expected of the child I raised, intelligent, calm, powerful, and unhurried in the face of trouble. I'm truly proud of your growth, Loki~"

'Loki' looked up at the mother he had let down in another Universe, his gloomy face now appearing incredibly gentle:

"You are also my pride, and my everything, Mother."

Frigga's eyes welled up with tears as she stroked the back of 'Loki''s head.

'Loki' turned to the side contentedly, continuing to enjoy this hard-won maternal love for the Loki of this Universe, his gaze fixed on the battlefield outside, a mischievous smile playing on his lips.

Father, you certainly won't die today, but I never said you'd have an easy time~

You, who can only use the power of the Destroyer Armor, facing two opponents of the same level today, will it remind you of those cosmic gangsters you encountered thousands of years ago~

Heh heh, Father, Father, this beating today is probably unavoidable~

As your'son', although I have already ascended to the 'throne', I am very sorry, a King has a King's mission, and I cannot interfere too much~

It's definitely not personal revenge, jealousy of your favoritism towards Thor in countless Universes~

After all, we are family...

After muttering a few words inwardly, 'Loki' closed his eyes contentedly and hummed a little tune.

Frigga shook her head with a helpless smile, and following the rhythm of 'Loki''s humming, she combed his long hair that had not been cared for in a long time.

Loki was raised by her, and even though this 'Loki' now had too great a difference in level from her, and she couldn't read a single bit of information from him, as soon as 'Loki' showed a familiar smile, Frigga knew that someone was definitely going to have bad luck again.

Chapter 167 Odin with Six Godly Armor

And that person, whether by accident or not, could only be Odin, who was currently fighting 1v2 outside.

But what did that matter? Her own son, she would spoil him.

Odin, that old man, and the dispute between him and his ex-wife's daughter, he could resolve it himself. As a stepmother, she wouldn't interfere in their father-daughter family matters.

A mischievous smile, identical to Loki's, appeared on Frigga's lips.

It seemed that the origin of Loki's personality was finally clear...

Whoosh—

A hurricane swept through, dispersing the sky-filled emerald flames.

Odin, riding an Eight-Legged Steed with flapping wings, emerged from the center of the explosion completely unharmed.

Odin sighed helplessly, "My daughter, can't you let me finish speaking first?"

"Hmph! No! You talk too much!"

Hela knew that Odin couldn't be defeated so easily, so the moment the fire snake exploded, she was already preparing her next move.

At this moment, the sky above the Heavenly Palace was covered by Hela with countless night sky swords, densely packed through her divine power. As Hela's sword in her hand pointed at Odin, countless night sky swords received the command, like a rain of swords, attacking Odin from all directions!

In response, Odin calmly faced this scene, a soft White holy light illuminating his body, enveloping both him and the Eight-Legged Steed beneath him in the White light.

Clang, clang, clang, clang...

A miraculous scene appeared; the endless rain of swords fell upon that thin White light, yet they were continuously shattered, with no sign of breaking through the White light!

Hela, being knowledgeable, recognized the source of the White light at a glance and gritted her teeth, stopping her futile attack: "Damn Destroyer Armor, it's the damned power of the Gods' Protection!"

"I really don't know how those Gods back then agreed to consume their primordial divine power to bestow the Destroyer Armor upon you!"

Odin dispelled the White light from his body, a hint of sorrow flashing in his eyes, and shook his head:

"Hela, they bestowed the Destroyer Armor upon me, not just for me, but also for themselves, for you..."

Hela frowned, "Shut up! Don't drag me into this! You never intended to give me the Destroyer Armor back then, you even took mjolnir back from my hands!"

"And after the Destroyer Armor was forged, I didn't even see you use it. Who knows where you hid it!"

Odin shook his head again, "I didn't hide it. I used it, right after we conquered the Nine Realms, for you, I..."

Clang—

Hela seemed to have guessed something, but she didn't want to hear it at all now. She shot another sword at Odin's chest, interrupting him.

"Shut up! I said! I don't want to hear it!"

Seeing the father and daughter in a stalemate, Stevecrossed his arms and slowly floated to Hela's side, his red eyes looking at Odin:

"Old man, Hela can't listen to any of your explanations right now."

"The anger you've bottled up for thousands of years can't be dispelled with just a few words."

"Now, only if you beat her down, or you get beaten down, can you two have a chance to talk."

"Oh, no, now you have to beat us both down, after all, I'm also very displeased with you for calculating me!"

"So, bring out your true strength, old man, don't disgrace Asgard!"

"Old man?" Hearing this, the benevolent expression on Odin's face disappeared, replaced by indifference: "You said you wanted to see my true strength? Then as you wish, boy!"

His five fingers swept across his aged face, and the Destroyer mask materialized from lava, equipping Odin's previously exposed head with the armor!

Immediately, Odin's legs detached from the Eight-Legged Steed, and he floated in the air. A huge, fiery crimson cape made of Fire appeared behind the Destroyer Armor, with various colored divine power halos, each representing a different divine power blessing, constantly flashing behind the cape!

Finally, Odin extended his right hand, and a golden light shot from deep within the Heavenly Palace, transforming into a long spear that landed in his palm!

That was the Spear of Destiny, gungnir!

Odin, "Power of the Gods · Destroyer Armor Limited," makes his appearance!

"Holy crab! Holy crab! Look, boss has entered phase two! Little Tony, let's run far away, or else the boss will treat us as cannon fodder!"

This originally super cool scene was utterly ruined by Deadpool's loud shouts.

Tony, who was analyzing the structure of the Destroyer Armor, had his forehead covered in black lines: "Damn Wade, can't you be quiet for a bit? Can't you see I'm busy?"

"And weren't you knocked out by Thor? When did you wake up?"

"We are Avengers, what are you even afraid of!"

Just as Tony finished speaking confidently, another voice came.

"Tony, retreat the battleship further. Wade isn't wrong this time; it's very likely to be dangerous for you to stay here."

Steve, with a solemn expression, turned back to instruct Tony, then turned back again to stare intently at the imposing Odin.

The current battle was no longer something mortals like Tony could participate in.

One wrong move, and it would truly be as Wade said; Odin would treat them as super soldiers to be eliminated!

However, he hadn't expected Tony and the others to be of much help anyway. Bringing a group of 'attachments' along was simply because you might not need attachments, but you couldn't not have them!

Just like Thanos, he could clearly defeat all the Avengersby himself, yet he still had his own Universe battleship in the sky, and countless attachments accompanying him.

Why? Wasn't it for the sake of prestige?

Because you can't do everything yourself. For example, Thanos personally going to clear out the cannon fodder in Wakanda would be a very demeaning thing.

He was Thanos, the Universe Tyrant, not Steppenwolf, who had to personally clear out small fries!

And Steve was the same. He was the leader of the Avengers, not Steppenwolf. Was he going to personally bully those Asgardian soldiers?

His original intention was for him and Hela to deal with the strongest Odin, and let Tony and the others deal with Asgard's cannon fodder, delivering an all-around blow to Asgard, from its king down to its soldiers.

This would lay the groundwork for his future rule over Asgard.

But he didn't expect Odin, that old man, to not play by the rules. He didn't send any cannon fodder at all, but chose to solo all of them, the Avengers!

But it had to be said, Odin in his Destroyer Armor combat form was truly, damnably handsome!

Look at this superb metallic texture, look at this magnificent Fire cape, look at these flashy halo effects!

This was a million times cooler than his Symbiote suit!

Odin wasn't in a hurry to attack either. After the Avengersbattleship retreated far enough, the various colored halos behind him began to rotate, and the gungnir in his hand bypassed Hela directly, pointing straight at Steve:

"Boy, come on. Today I will let you know what the sacred and inviolable majesty of an old father-in-law is!"

Chapter 168: Odin is biased and uses all his cruel tricks on his son-in-law!

"Old father-in-law? Don't think that temporarily raising your seniority will make me go easy on you. Let me tell you, Odin, you're definitely getting a beating today!"

Steve pointed at Odin, his heat vision, which had never extinguished in his eyes, instantly erupted, just like his last energy clash with Thor, amplifying the beam dozens of times like a star-destroying cannon!

"Hmph! What an impolite fellow, with no respect for elders!"

Odin snorted, completely unafraid. The hand holding gungnir spun rapidly, forming a golden light shield in front of him, blocking the crimson beam that was powerful enough to penetrate the ground!

However, how could the cultured Odin suffer such a loss? It's rude not to return a favor!

Odin opened his other hand, spreading his five fingers towards Steve. A black hole opened in the silver-gray armor on his palm, and then a scorching firelight glowed within the black hole.

The next second, a bright yellow beam filled with destructive aura shot back at Steve, who was continuously outputting heat vision!

Seeing this, Steve immediately changed his target, turning his head to direct his heat vision at the equally wide Destroyer beam!

Heat vision vs. Destroyer beam!

Neither of them was willing to show weakness. The energy shock generated by the collision of the two powerful beams twisted the entire sky in a heatwave!

What was unfavorable for Steve was that this time, he was on the left side during the energy clash!

Since ancient times, the left side always loses in an energy clash!

Unless the opponent doesn't play fair!

While outputting heat vision, Steve grinned at Odin: "Why don't you look behind you, old man!"

Odin was suddenly startled. He turned his head just in time to see Hela's palm flickering with a death energy ball compressed to the extreme, which she pressed against his abdomen!

Odin's eyes widened inside the Destroyer Armor. The chill in his heart surpassed the chill in his body!

His daughter teaming up with his son-in-law to beat up her own old father?

Whoosh—bang!!!

The ambushed Odin was instantly sent flying tens of thousands of meters by Hela's sudden attack, crashing into the Heavenly Palace!

As for the Heavenly Palace, Odin had already emptied it out earlier, fearing that negotiations would break down. There wasn't a single ghost shadow, so no accidental injuries occurred.

Odin, rising from the shattered palace, looked up to see his daughter and that little blond son-in-law had already arrived not far from him, like ghosts.

Steve stood in place, arms crossed, looking around and smacking his lips, saying, "Oh, it seems you weren't entirely unprepared, were you? You cleared out the cannon fodder in advance. I guess you used the Bifrost Bridge to send them to other places, preserving the tinder, right?"

"Hmph! Fleeing without a fight, cowardly behavior!" Helawalked step by step towards Odin with an elegant gait, her eyes complex:

"Old man, it seems you are truly too old. To be hit by such a simple sneak attack, and even let Asgard's soldiers escape, has power corrupted you?"

Odin propped himself up with gungnir, straightening his back. He ignored Steve and looked at Hela, his voice deep and steady: "Old, yes, I am old. But you are wrong to say that Asgard's soldiers fled!"

"This is a necessary fallback for a God King. Asgard is never a place, but a people. Wherever there are Asgardians, there will eventually be a new Asgard!"

"And as for you saying that power corrupted me, that is even more impossible, because I am the All-Father, I myself am the symbol of power!"

As Odin's last words fell, the seven divine power halos behind him detached and attacked Steve and Helaseparately!

Four high-tier halos flew towards Steve.

Three low-tier halos flew towards Hela.

The four high-tier halos represented the power of the God of Light, the power of the Sun God, the power of the God of Fire, and the power of Thor!

The three low-tier halos represented the power of the God of Water, the power of the God of Wind, and the power of the God of Earth!

"Old man, you're really biased, aren't you? You can't bear to hit your daughter, but you're willing to hit your son-in-law!"

Seeing that the halos attacking him were clearly much more powerful, practically energy rings, with each one stronger than Hela's three combined, Steve immediately understood that Odin was targeting him!

The white God of Light halo that came first immediately erupted with a strong light, throwing out an AE high flash!

What a power of Light! This is blinding others' eyes, making people lose their sight!

But fortunately, Steve's super vision was super enough to withstand the rule-based power of Light, which rendered closing his eyes useless!

But it wasn't without cost. Steve blinked his blue eyes, feeling his vision somewhat astigmatic.

This God of Light was too insidious. Any slightly weaker opponent would probably be blinded by him instantly!

Without vision, combat power would plummet!

Next was the power of the God of Fire, a fiery red halo like a wind-fire wheel, splashing out a large sea of fire as it rotated, enveloping Steve like a fiery net!

Odin: Don't be afraid, son-in-law, I've got your back!

Steve sneered, "Fire? That's the one thing I'm least afraid of!"

With his 37-degree mouth, he took a deep breath and exhaled a freezing breath close to absolute Zero!

Fire and ice collided. Without a doubt, Steve's lung capacity completely triumphed. He froze all the flames burning from the God of Fire's power in one continuous breath!

Odin nodded almost imperceptibly at this sight.

Now he didn't have to worry about his daughter Hela's happiness. His son-in-law's lung capacity would surely make her very 'happy' in the future.

As the flames were extinguished by Steve, a monstrous thunderclap followed immediately, and dark clouds gathered!

This was not comparable to the thunder of Thor, that half-baked Thor. This was the power of thunder blessed by the previous old Thor!

The enormous thunder even transformed into an ancient beast above the Heavenly Palace, poking out a ferocious head from the dark clouds, its two large blue-white lantern eyes glaring at Steve!

If it were an ordinary person, Steve would not hesitate to believe that person would be directly crushed into meat paste by the aura of this thunder beast!

But who was he? He was the man who had conquered thunder!

Steve stretched out his hand and shouted, "Hammer!"

On the distant Avengers battleship, Thor, who had just managed to wake up after Odin's fatherly elbow, was staring blankly at the terrifying thunder beast at the Heavenly Palace.

Suddenly, the hammer in his hand began to tremble uncontrollably!

The next second, the hammer flew out of his hand, abandoning him and soaring towards the distant Heavenly Palace!

Thor fell to his knees, extending his hand in grief: "No, mjolnir, why have you left me again!"

mjolnir: Sorry, Thor, Master has called, the hammer must return! I'm going to spend a night with Master, don't miss me too much!

Before the thunder beast descended, the hammer arrived just in time with a whoosh!

Steve grabbed the hammer, raised it high, and couldn't help but shout, "For the Emperor!!!"

With his loud roar, energy surged wildly into mjolnir!

mjolnir immediately felt filled, emitting a sharp electrical sound like a happy bird's chirping!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle——————

Chapter 169 The Empty Thor's Hammer, the Sun!

mjolnir: Ah~ This is the satisfaction Thor can't give it. The hammer is so full, so bloated, it feels like something is about to overflow!

Don't misunderstand, it's lightning!

The endless energy Steve injected into Mjolnir made the hammer body burst with lightning, materializing a colossal azure Qilin beast of equal size around it!

The two giant beasts faced each other, their eyes locked, neither willing to yield!

If you don't yield, then fight!

Ancient Thunder Beast: Ungrateful son, I am the ancient thunder power left by the old Thor, kneel before me!

Qilin Thunder Beast: Old man, what big-tailed wolf are you pretending to be here? The thunder left by the dead Thor should lie in the grave with your Master!

Both were full of gunpowder, and without Steve and Odin's control, the Qilin beast on Mjolnir lunged with the hammer towards the Ancient Thunder Beast in the heavens!

The result, as Mjolnir said, is that the dead should lie in their graves, and the thunder left by the dead is no different!

mjolnir, having absorbed Steve's endless energy, was simply incomparable to that Thor's Halo which only contained a portion of thunder power. The Thunder Qilin directly tore and devoured the Ancient Thunder Beast, even smashing Thor's Halo with one hammer blow!

This was something even Odin, who controlled Thor's Halo, hadn't expected. The backlash instantly came, and a sweet, metallic taste filled his throat!

mjolnir, it can actually be wielded to this extent!

Odin looked at the sky in surprise, at Mjolnir, which swung back and forth at him, as if showing off its power.

mjolnir: Humph, you who threw me to Earth, you ignored me, but now, you can't reach me!

No, it's not that mjolnir can be powerful to this extent, but that the person controlling mjolnir can be powerful to this extent!

Odin shifted his gaze from the hammer and fixed it on Steve.

"Kid, I really underestimated you!"

Steve smiled, catching Mjolnir, which had flown back bored because Odin ignored it, and casually tossed it:

"That's right, many people underestimated me before, and without exception, they all went to meet death. Old man, will you be next?"

"Hmph, arrogant!" Odin snorted, then added, "But you do have the capital to be arrogant, I like it. You have the demeanor of my youth, worthy of Hela!"

Upon hearing this, Steve raised an eyebrow:

"Oh, you old man, are you praising me, or are you indirectly praising yourself?"

Odin smiled without speaking, only pointing to the last Sun God's Halo: "I admit you are very strong, but relying on external forces is, after all, just relying on external forces. mjolnir cannot withstand this next attack. Are you ready?"

"This is the divine blessing left by one of the Main Gods, the Sun God, whom even I dared not underestimate back then. It's enough to melt mjolnir into a puddle of molten iron!"

Listening to the warning in Odin's words, Steve hadn't spoken yet, but mjolnir, which he had tossed into the air, trembled violently. After landing, it frantically rubbed against Steve's face, trying to awaken Steve's hammer love.

mjolnir: Danger ahead! Danger ahead!

And Steve did indeed quite like mjolnir, this sensible little hammer, and didn't want it to be melted into molten iron like that.

After taking the hammer that was rubbing his face, he whispered to it and threw it far away:

"Go, continue your undercover mission, lurking beside your incompetent 'husband'."

Mjolnir whizzed in and whizzed out, flying towards the Avengers' battleship, returning to Thor's arms, who was grinning foolishly as if he had lost and found it again.

However, mjolnir, feeling the "faint" thunder power in Thor's body, felt a sense of blandness.

Having enjoyed the overflowing quantity from its Master, Thor's little sprout could no longer satisfy it.

On the other side, Odin, watching Steve openly conspiring with mjolnir in front of him, suddenly felt a wave of sorrow for Thor's future.

The hammer he regarded as a treasure was merely a plaything that others could discard at will. How pathetic...

However, thinking that this could bring forth a stronger, wiser, more decisive, and more potential daughter, Odinfelt relieved.

A mere son is not worth mentioning!

He had two sons. If Thor was gone, he still had Loki.

But he only had one daughter; if she was gone, she was truly gone.

So, saving his daughter was paramount, even if it meant selling Thor to Hela as a minion, Odin would not hesitate!

Thor: Huh? (Piggy Hero wide-eyed emoji.jpg)

After the hammer flew far away, the only Sun God Halo on his head that had not yet activated its divine power moved.

It didn't immediately display the various natural phenomena like the previous three rings, but instead slowly ascended with a divine tranquility.

However, Steve felt that this seemingly ordinary crimson halo was even more terrifying than the previous three combined.

And he soon knew why.

Because, that was the Sun!

A rising Sun!

Not the Sun of the Northern Peninsula, but a true Sun!

A Sun appeared in the sky of Asgard!

"Kid, be careful. Although the temperature of the Sun in this blessing left by the Sun God hasn't reached the terrifying temperature of its core, it's still far beyond the Sun's surface temperature!"

"If you can't hold on, just surrender, it's not shameful!"

Odin spoke again, his tone devoid of provocation, only seriousness.

He truly didn't want anything to happen to Steve.

This guy was too important, both to Asgard and to this Universe!

If something really happened to him, many people would probably come to settle scores with him!

However, who was Steve? Was he Captain Ancestor? Would Captain Ancestor listen to advice?!

Who do you think I am? Bring the ship closer to me!

"Old man, do you think I will lose? What a joke!"

Steve snorted, and the invisible ripples around him began to rage!

The surrounding buildings were pulverized into dust by an invisible force, as if annihilated!

Biological Force Field fully activated. With his current strength, the Biological Force Field could be used for more than just defense!

It could also...

Odin's pupils suddenly contracted, as if he saw a colossal, invisible figure rising from the ground around Steve!

That was... a giant!

That's right, the Biological Force Field could also be used to pilot a Gundam!

His Biological Force Field expanded outwards, forming a transparent giant, similar to the Dharma Idol, geometrically amplifying his appearance and his power!

"It's the Sun, is it? Today, I'm going to smash the Sun!"

Boom— — — — — — — — Rumble!!!

After a prolonged roar, Steve, piloting his 'Gundam', stomped the Heavenly Palace so hard it caused an earthquake, and then rapidly flew upwards towards the 'Sun' in the sky!

The Sun formed by the Sun God's Halo felt someone challenging it, and it instantly caught fire!

And it was literally catching fire, the entire Sun ignited with raging flames!

Next, Heavenly Obstacle Trembling Star · Sun Fireball · Marvel Edition, descends!

Chapter 170: Project Creation, Steve Enters the Sun!

The falling Sun and the ascending Steve, both moving extremely fast, met in mid-air in less than two seconds. The colossal Biological Force Field fist and the blazing Sun violently collided!

The moment they touched, the air was silent for two seconds. After two seconds, a cracking sound, echoing throughout Asgard, came from Steve's fist and the Sun's surface!

Crack, crack, crack—

The Biological Force Field fist and the Sun's crimson surface fractured and spread like shattering glass!

Immediately, a transparent wave, carrying endless SunFire, radiated in a wave-like pattern across the entire sky!

At that moment, Asgard was truly cloudless. The clouds above the entire Asgard World were dispersed by Steve's single punch!

One can only say, it was terrifying!

Even the Avengers' battleship, located hundreds of kilometers from the battlefield, was almost knocked out of the sky by that crimson heatwave!

Fortunately, the Avengers' battleship was made of Vibranium, and Tony, seeing the situation was dire, activated the battleship's energy shield in advance, barely absorbing the powerful kinetic energy and avoiding the fate of crashing!

But even so, Tony dared not stay in the sky any longer and quickly controlled the battleship to land for shelter.

Because that destructive crimson heatwave wasn't just one wave, but wave after wave flying in!

The energy shield almost couldn't withstand one wave; the next wave definitely wouldn't be able to, and the Vibranium battleship itself might not withstand many waves!

After landing, Tony and the other Avengers stood on top of the battleship, realizing for the first time the immense gap between them and Captain!

Or rather, they realized how far they were from being true Gods!

Everyone's expressions were different.

Peter and Gwen, a pure-minded pair, could only marvel at Captain's power in their hearts, nothing more.

Bucky, Wanda, and Pietro, those who completely trusted Steve, would only feel genuine joy for Captain's power.

But Tony, Hulk, and Rhodes were different.

Tony was both happy about Steve's power and fearful of it. Don't misunderstand, he wasn't afraid of Steve; he was afraid of other enemies who possessed such powerful strength!

For example, Odin. Even if Odin currently held no ill will towards Earth, who could guarantee that every individual with such terrifying power would have no ill will towards Earth?

If Captain were not around one day, what would Earthdo?

If one day they encountered an existence that even Captain could not contend with, what then?

Before leaving Earth, because of Steve's consistently invincible demeanor, Tony hadn't had this worry.

But now, having seen power that could rival Steve's, his inner thoughts had changed.

Tony's expression was shifting, thoughtful for a long time, and finally, he looked up, his eyes firm.

'It seems the plan to arm the entire World is due to be put on the agenda, and I also need to add a 'King vs. King' trump card to this plan. This plan will be called...'

'Ultron God Creation Plan!'

Steve would never have imagined that bringing Tony and the others out for a team fight would result in no fight, but instead, Tony bringing out the Ultron plan!

And it was the Ultron plan pro max version!

If Steve could hear Tony's thoughts, he would surely use his stinky shoe to kick Tony's big butt hard and scold him:

"You little brat, can't you be a person anymore? Why are you always causing trouble for your uncle!"

And Banner and Rhodes also had their own worries.

Banner, because of Hulk, knew how severe the consequences would be if an existence much stronger than Hulk lost control like Hulk.

And Rhodes, due to his identity, was not only an Avenger but also a soldier. He was worried that if Captain, with his World-destroying power, one day decided to unify Earth, what would humanity do?

Well, given Captain's personality of showering his own people with benefits and wiping out villains, perhaps he might even make humanity better and more united?

Creating a perfect World without war, without crime, without hunger, without worries about life, full of happiness?

This thought suddenly sprang into Rhodes' mind, and he quickly shook his head, dismissing the idea.

Oh God, what was wrong with him? Why was he secretly a little hopeful that Captain would do that just now?

No, he needed to find time to see his Doctor, Hannibal, to check if there was something wrong with his mind....

Dividing the narrative.

The people on the ground had various thoughts about the 'miracle' in the sky.

Meanwhile, Steve in the sky had entered a peculiar state.

His Biological Force Field fist, upon colliding with the Sunformed by the power of the Sun God, both surfaces rapidly disintegrated, one revealing the fist beneath the Biological Force Field, and the other revealing the lava beneath its surface.

And when his fist came into contact with that million-degree Celsius lava.

The imagined burning sensation did not come; instead, a warm sensation continuously flowed from within the Sun, spreading throughout his entire body.

"Hmm? What's going on?!"

Steve looked in surprise at the strands of crimson light continuously entering his skin from the Sun's core, and a bold guess immediately formed in his mind.

"Could it be..."

And he was famously bold, so he immediately moved to personally verify this guess.

The Biological Force Field of his fist had already shattered, so Steve simply deactivated his full-body Biological Force Field protection and then plunged headfirst into the Sun's molten interior!

Seeing this, the people on the ground couldn't help but exclaim: "What the f***!!!"

Even Odin was startled!

Although he had said before that this Sun, formed by divine power, had not reached the temperature of a true Sun's core.

But its central temperature was still about one-third the intensity of a true Sun!

He wouldn't have dared to do that in his youth; how did this young man dare to plunge his physical body into the Sun?!

But just as he was about to forcibly dispel the Sun formed by the Sun God's halo, Odin discovered that his control over the Sun God's halo was gradually weakening!

He could no longer dispel the Sun formed by the Sun God's halo!

Odin frowned, feeling somewhat incredible.

The Sun God's halo was a blessing left by the previous Sun God in the Destroyer Armor. Besides the Sun Godhimself, the highest authority of operation resided with him, who wore the Destroyer Armor.

Logically speaking, the new generation of Sun God had not yet been born, so no one should be able to contend with him for authority....

Wait, something's not right!

The new generation of Sun God?!

Odin's single eye widened abruptly, and a terrifying guess formed in his mind!

Damn it, this kid isn't inheriting the authority of the Sun God, is he?!

Holy crap! This young man, holy crap!

Odin involuntarily recalled a catchphrase often uttered by his old friend from the Huaxia side.

"Odin, what have you done to him?! Release him immediately, or I will kill you!!!"

While Odin was in shock, Hela had already dealt with the three lower-level divine power halos and was flying towards him with her sword drawn.

Chapter 171 Absorbing the power of the Sun God and becoming the Sun God? !

Odin quickly came back to his senses, using gungnir to block Hela's sudden attack, and said helplessly:

"Hela, calm down, don't let your concern cloud your judgment. You're not Thor, that brainless fellow. With your eyesight, can't you tell that kid went in by himself?"

Upon hearing this, Hela also calmed down. Having been constantly watching Steve, she had indeed noticed Steveentering the Sun by himself, but she couldn't be entirely sure.

Now, with Odin's confirmation, she finally felt completely relieved.

Her father, Odin, was capable of anything, but due to his pride as the All-Father, he would never lie!

"Hmph! What you said better be true, otherwise, if something happens to him, it won't just be a personal grudge between you and me, but all of Asgard will have to be buried with him!"

Hela snorted coldly, leaped backward, and landed steadily.

"So, what's his situation now?"

Odin also withdrew his fighting stance and was about to explain when a calm voice spoke before him.

"My sister, this will be a transformation for him, and a new beginning for this Universe. So don't cause trouble now, just watch quietly~"

Loki, dressed in green and gold All-Father robes and wearing a high-horned crown, walked out from the depths of the palace with Frigga, unceremoniously standing between Hela and Odin.

"You Frost Giant bastard, who allowed you to interrupt a conversation between pure-blooded royalty!"

Hela's eyes filled with intense disgust, and without a word, she flung a night sky sword at Loki's mouth!

In her eyes, a bastard like a Frost Giant was not worthy of speaking in front of royalty!

However, Loki, who she had previously considered to be easily defeated.

Now, her swift night sky sword was easily caught by Lokiwith just two fingers!

And the night sky sword, held in Loki's hand, was visibly aging at a rapid rate!

Yes, you heard that right, the night sky sword, which represented the power of death and was a sub-All-Father artifact forged by the Dwarf King, was actually aging!

In just a blink of an eye, the night sky sword aged to its extreme, turning into a wisp of ash and disappearing!

The night sky sword, which had been integrated with Hela's divine power, was annihilated in such a bizarre way, causing Hela to suffer a certain backlash, with a trace of blood flowing from the corner of her mouth!

Furthermore, she discovered that she could not summon the night sky sword again in a short period!

Hela's eyes narrowed, and a ghostly green Fire rose from her body. Just as she was about to fight desperately, Odin's tall figure blocked her, exposing his back to her without any defense.

Odin first turned his head and looked at the blood on Hela's mouth with heartache, then turned to Loki and reprimanded him sternly:

"Loki, stop it, she's your sister! You can play pranks on Thor however you want, but Hela is also the successor to the previous All-Father, you must respect her!"

Loki glanced at Odin and Hela behind him, said nothing, and simply looked up again at the partially missing Sun in the sky.

In his heart, nothing was more important now than the person within the Sun in the sky...

Frigga clasped Loki's hand. She, who was usually gentle, uncharacteristically lost her temper with Odin:

"Hmph hmph hmph, all you do is roar all day, roaring at Thor, then roaring at Loki. Is Hela your daughter, but Lokiisn't your son? I don't care what you say about Thor, but you are not allowed to speak ill of Loki. You have no idea what he's been through!"

Upon hearing this, Odin also realized that this Loki was different. He looked at Loki, raised his hand as if to say something, but then closed his mouth and lowered it.

And Loki gently patted Frigga's hand, indicating that he was fine.

Meanwhile, Hela, behind Odin, stared blankly at Odin's back, her eyes complex, wondering what she was thinking.

Odin, Frigga, Loki, Hela, these four individuals with their intricate relationships, all fell silent for a moment.

Standing together, they truly resembled a real family of four.

Similar siblings, bickering parents.

This is home...

What, you ask about Thor?

Family of four: Oh, so there was a Thor, too...

Following the World in the Sacred Timeline where only Thor survived, another World where only Thor was injured has appeared~

How tragic~

Leaving aside the family matters of Odin's family, Steve in the Sun is having an amazing time right now.

As he continued to fly towards the center of the Sun, the strands of energy entering his body became purer, and his power grew stronger!

This further confirmed the guess in his heart.

He, Captain Earth, gets stronger by basking in the Sun!

Has he really become a Kryptonian?

Just as this question arose in his mind, the System miraculously spoke up on its own initiative, answering his question.

[Host is not a Kryptonian, or rather, is a higher life form without the weaknesses of a Kryptonian. It's just that the initially awakened abilities are relatively similar to a Kryptonian's...]

[This absorption of the Sun's ability is not due to the System, but because the Sun itself chose you...]

Steve was surprised and raised an eyebrow:

"Hmm? System, you can speak on your own? I thought you were just an emotionless stat-adding machine?"

System:...

[Congratulations, Host, you are about to gain your first native power besides this System, and it is the most suitable native power for you. I wish you a smooth journey...]

After speaking, the System became silent again, turning back into that ruthless stat-adding machine.

Steve, who was already accustomed to this, said nothing more, only flying faster towards the center of the Sun!

It's close, the thing attracting him is just ahead!

Steve flew with sparks and lightning, quickly passing through layers of lava, and arrived at the very core of the Sun!

And he saw it, the existence that formed the Sun, the Sun God Halo!

"Are you calling me?"

Steve slowly floated forward and grasped the reddish-gold halo!

The temperature on the halo was already close to one-third of the Sun's core temperature, and even Steve felt a burning pain in the palm of his hand.

But he had no intention of letting go, nor did he activate his Biological Force Field. He just held the Sun Halo tightly, letting the violent Sun God power within it pour into his body!

"Come on! All of it! Compared to gaining power, what is this pain!"

Steve had an excited smile on his face. The skin on his palm was being burned and then regenerating at a superhuman speed comparable to Wolverine's, as he absorbed madly!

Inside the Sun, there was no distinction between day and night.

After an unknown period, Steve's skin was constantly regenerating and adapting, no longer fearing the millions of degrees Celsius of high temperature on the Sun Halo.

And now, Steve's entire body was glowing with a faint reddish-gold light, extremely similar to the Sun Halo, as if he was about to become the next Sun.

And that was indeed the case. As the Sun God power from the Sun Halo was continuously absorbed by him, a vast amount of information also entered his mind.

That was the inheritance of the Sun God!

Chapter 172 The Memory of the Sun God, the Secret of Odin

The previous Sun God, named Sur, was the embodiment of the Sun, known as the Sun Goddess of the Norse pantheon.

She was also a powerful existence from the generation before Asgard's previous Norse Gods, specifically King Bor, Odin's father!

At that time, the Norse pantheon was not as in decline as it is now.

These two generations, apart from Odin, the God-King, and Hela, a quasi-God-King, were largely a collection of misfits.

Back then, the Norse pantheon was still very prosperous and flourishing; any God sent out would be considered a top-tier powerhouse in the entire Universe!

And among them, the Sun Goddess Sur was the top of the top!

Wielding the divine authority of the Sun, even Odin's father, King Bor, had to treat her with great courtesy, not daring to easily anger this woman whose temperament was as fiery as the Sun!

Unfortunately, in the last Ragnarok, during the dark turmoil, ninety-nine percent of the powerful Gods of the Norse pantheon perished; even King Bor, after sealing the source of darkness, the Aether Particle, returned to Valhalla.

Although the Sun Goddess Sur survived the dark turmoil due to her own power, she was severely wounded in that battle and, along with other Gods of the previous generation, went into seclusion on Midgard, which was Earth at the time.

Finally, at Odin's request, Sur injected her last Sun divine power into the Destroyer Armor, leading to her demise.

You heard right, Ragnarok has actually occurred before, and not just once!

In fact, the Norse pantheon experiences Ragnarok every so often!

The interval can be as long as ten thousand years or as short as a thousand years, but Ragnarok is bound to break out!

This stems from the Norse pantheon's cruel and unique method of continuation.

Norse Gods are not like Gods of other pantheons, who follow a system of inheritance.

Aside from the God-King's son inheriting the God-King's power, such as Odin inheriting Bor's power and Thorinheriting Odin's power, it is rare for other non-royal divine offspring to inherit their parents' divine power.

This is because the inheritance of divine power is not about people choosing divine power, but divine power actively choosing its host.

And for a new host to be born, the old God must first die!

If the old God continues to exist, the new God can never awaken!

Furthermore, as everyone knows, Asgardian Gods grow stronger with age; if those old Gods continue to cling to life, the day their divine power exceeds their own tolerance limit, that God will be considered useless!

It's fine if they don't act, but once they do, the entire person is like a lit gas tank, exploding indiscriminately!

The consequences would be severe!

So, rather than waiting for the old Gods to be burst by divine power, it's better for the old Gods to willingly sacrifice themselves and leave the opportunity to the new generation.

Therefore, to ensure the continuation of the Norse Gods' legacy, Ragnarok is both a disaster for Asgard and a rebirth for Asgard.

Generally, once the next God-King of Asgard has grown strong enough to protect Asgard's spark, the previous God-King will actively trigger the arrival of Ragnarok.

At that time, most of the elderly Gods will die in the Ragnarok battle.

The God-King, leading the spark, will rebuild Asgard in a new place, awakening new Gods, until the next Ragnarok, repeating this cycle.

This is also why Odin often says that Asgard is not a place, but a people.

Because Asgard has been destroyed more than once, but as long as the Asgardians exist, new Gods will eventually be born, and Asgard can be rebuilt!

However, what Odin didn't expect was that by his generation, the power gap among the Gods was so severe!

Only he, who inherited the power of King Bor, became a top-tier combatant!

And his other peers were all incredibly weak!

Fortunately, he was capable enough to, in a disastrous beginning, give birth to his first daughter, the Goddess of Death, Hela!

Hela grew rapidly, and at Thor's age, she had already surpassed all the useless Gods of his generation, except for himself!

Together with him, she restored Asgard's glory, and even conquered all Nine Realms, making them Asgard's territory!

If not for the interference of the Celestials at the end, Odin would have already led Hela to conquer the entire Universe!

But those scoundrels, on the grounds of disrupting the balance of the Universe, ganged up on Odin in an unfair fight, and finally, at Frigga's plea, the Celestials only spared Odin on the condition that Asgard would forever be confined to the Nine Realms!

But before leaving, the Celestials also issued a warning.

If Asgard violated the oath and once again waged war beyond the Nine Realms, the Celestials would completely annihilate all of Asgard next time!

Odin kept this beating by the Celestials a secret from his daughter Hela, fearing that Hela, with her fiery temper, would act impulsively and be annihilated by the Celestials.

But the result, as everyone knows, was different.

Hela thought Odin had become cowardly and turned against him. Odin, severely wounded from his battle with the Celestials, was unable to explain and could only send his most elite Valkyrie unit to confront Hela.

This battle not only made Odin lose his daughter but also his most elite Valkyrie unit, leaving Asgard without a powerful Goddess and its army reduced to a few misfits, which can be said to have been a great blow!

At the same time, Odin, who had no choice but to seal Hela, also had a premonition that his rupture with Helathis time would lead to her becoming the new Ragnarok!

So, for Asgard to survive the next Ragnarok brought by Hela, Odin decided to quickly cultivate a new God-King, and after tireless efforts, he finally had a new son with Frigga, who was Thor.

And it seemed that fate was finally favoring him after all his previous misfortunes, after Frigga gave birth to Thor.

During a campaign against the Frost Giants, he found Loki, who was small and abandoned by Laufey to die, and decided to adopt him as his third child.

From then on, Asgard had two more princes, and the future once again held hope.

But because his initial goal never put Thor and Loki on the same level.

Thor was the one he intended to fully cultivate into the new God-King of Asgard, to resist the Ragnarok brought by Hela.

Loki, on the other hand, was intended to be cultivated as the next King of the Frost Giants, to connect Asgard and Jotunheim.

However, this completely ruined everything!

Because of his excessive indulgence, Thor was groomed as the next God-King from the very beginning, so it was only natural that he handed over mjolnir, the divine artifact of the previous trainee, Hela, to Thor.

This led to Thor's over-reliance on the hammer; at an age when Hela was already conquering the Nine Realms, he was still playing with the hammer, unable to awaken his true Thor's power!

And Loki also gave him no peace; because of his favoritism towards Thor, Loki, due to an intrinsic sense of loneliness, played many pranks disliked by the Asgardians to gain attention, leading to him being isolated by everyone except Thor!

This twisted Loki's psychology a bit, and he secretly did many wrong things, such as letting the Frost Giants in and disrupting the inheritance ceremony out of jealousy for Thor inheriting the throne.

These successive blows left Odin deeply troubled, so he cruelly exiled Thor, sealing his divine power, intending to let him temper his character on Earth!

After that, came the turning point of everything, the appearance of Steve.

(P.S.: The above is my own compilation based on the comic 'Rune King Thor' storyline. Asgard indeed has to experience Ragnarok every once in a while to give birth to new Gods, and Odin was indeed ganged up on by the Celestials, but the rest of the plot is my own concoction, mixing it with the movie Universe. Do you think my explanation is reasonable?)

Chapter 173 The Crisis Brought by the Celestial God Group

Combining the Sun God's inherited memories in his mind, Steve's super brain quickly understood everything Odinhad done in the past.

He summarized it and finally came up with five big words.

Odin is an idiot!

This old man simply doesn't know how to raise children.

Each one has become a problem child.

A rebellious sister, a foolish brother, a gloomy younger brother.

There isn't a single normal person among them!

Odin is ninety-nine percent responsible for these three siblings turning out this way!

He doesn't say anything, letting his children guess everything, acting like a riddle-man father!

He deserves to be beaten!

After receiving the memories, the Sun God's inheritance was completely finished.

Steve crushed the dim Sun halo in his palm with his bare hands, letting its empty shell dissipate into specks of starlight.

At the same time, the scorching Sun in the sky, losing its divine power supply, also turned into countless points of light and disappeared.

In the clear sky, only Steve remained, with a Sun symbol on his forehead and sacred crimson-gold light shining on his body.

Steve moved, instantly transforming into a crimson-gold ray of light and descending to the ground.

Oh, I have flying effects now too!

After landing, Steve looked back at the continuously dissipating flying light stream and smiled with satisfaction.

Before, he was strong in terms of power, but apart from heat vision and cold breath, he was as unpretentious as could be.

But now, after inheriting the Sun God's power, he can not only continuously grow stronger with the Sun's power without relying on the system, but he also gained many of the Sun God's skills!

Regardless of their power, the special effects are definitely maximized!

As the saying goes, being strong is temporary, but being handsome is for a lifetime!

And he wants both!

Landing in front of Odin and the others, Steve, whose strength had increased significantly, first glanced at the calm Loki, with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Without saying much, he went straight to Hela, and his finger glowed with crimson-gold light as he touched her forehead.

Odin, who was standing in front of Hela, was startled by Steve's action. His fatherly instinct to protect his daughter made him instinctively want to block Steve's meddling with gungnir.

However, Steve merely raised his hand and gripped gungnir, and his palm instantly burst forth with millions of degrees of Sun-like high temperature!

Even Odin, wearing the Destroyer Armor, felt a destructive scorching aura from gungnir!

But gungnir, as the Spear of Destiny, let alone not yet reaching the Sun's highest temperature of millions of degrees, even the true core temperature of the Sun would not be able to melt it!

Odin shook the spear, shaking Steve's hand away, and observed the Sun pattern on Steve's head:

"You actually inherited the Sun God's power, it's incredible. How long has it been since a mortal inherited divine power? I never thought I would see it again in my lifetime...."

In the past, it wasn't unheard of for divine power to choose mortals, but the probability was even lower than winning the lottery.

Because the mortals of Midgard were generally too weak, divine power would not choose those weaklings.

And as time went on, the mortals of Midgard became weaker and weaker. According to Asgardian records, there had been no records of mortals becoming Gods for several generations.

Therefore, Asgard had always looked down on Midgard, the mortal realm whose average lifespan was less than a hundred years.

If it weren't for that Planet's special location, Odinwouldn't have bothered to include it as one of the Nine Realms; it wouldn't even have been worthy of being conquered by him.

However, Odin was still thinking about the Sun Godwhen he came back to his senses, only to find everyone looking at him, or rather, looking behind him.

Odin swallowed hard and stiffly turned his head.

He then saw Hela's gloomy face.

"So, you suddenly became cowardly back then because you were threatened by those so-called Celestials?"

"Why didn't you tell me the truth back then? I was the next God-King. Did you not trust me that much, thinking I would disregard Asgard's survival and fight to the death with that unbeatable group of Celestials?"

Odin was silent for a moment, then sighed: "It seems he learned the truth in the Sun God's inheritance and told you everything."

"Yes, I was indeed afraid you would act impulsively back then, which is why I didn't tell you, leading to the misunderstanding between us. That is my fault."

"But there is also a hidden reason that the Sun Goddoesn't know, but you do."

"This also concerns him, your Sun God boyfriend..."

Odin pointed at Steve, causing both Steve and Hela to be stunned.

No, buddy, that's not how you deflect blame, is it? Thousands of years ago, I wasn't even a tadpole yet....

However, Odin then paused dramatically and said: "It concerns what he is doing now, the same thing I did back then: collecting the Infinity Stones."

Steve looked speechless, but he was indeed collecting the Infinity Stones, so he didn't interrupt Odin.

Odin continued:

"Back then, after conquering the Nine Realms, in order to conquer the entire Universe, I became interested in the legend that gathering all six Infinity Stones would give one the power to change the entire Universe."

"Therefore, I ordered the Dwarf King to forge a container capable of holding the power of the Infinity Stones, and I began to collect these six Infinity Stones throughout the Universe."

"And it was during the process of collecting the Infinity Stones that I attracted the attention of the Celestials, which in turn made them notice Asgard's plan to conquer the Universe."

"They thought I didn't know, but I actually knew that their appearance was not at all because my plan to conquer the Universe would affect some cosmic balance."

"They were afraid. They were afraid that I would gather all six Stones, thereby posing a threat to them!"

"At that time, having already collected four Stones—Space, Reality, Power, and Mind—I discovered a Celestial member secretly observing me."

"That's why I created the Destroyer, a God-slaying armor, hoping to eliminate them in advance, but I didn't expect them to be a group, not just one, so I was utterly defeated."

"And the reason I didn't tell you about the Celestials was because you already knew about the Infinity Stones at the time. If I had told you then, even if you knew they were invincible, you would definitely have tried to fight them by collecting all six Infinity Stones, but that wouldn't work."

"The reason I gave up collecting after four Stones and instead created the Destroyer Armor was because the power from the Well of Wisdom told me that four was their tolerable limit. If I had even one more Stone, they would definitely destroy Asgard!"

"So, for you, for Frigga, for everyone in Asgard, I could only give up collecting the Infinity Stones and seal them separately to avoid attracting their attention again."

"That is the whole story, my daughter."

Odin looked at Hela, and also at Steve.

He said these words not only for Hela to hear, but also to admonish Steve.

He didn't want his daughter to become a widow in the future.

However, Steve didn't think this was a warning; he was stroking his chin in thought.

So, that means before he collects the fifth Stone, he must have the ability to kill the Celestials, or at least the ability to escape....

Hmm, it seems like there's no big problem!

Chapter 174 A Conversation with Loki

Although in the movie, when Arishem the Judge of the Celestials appeared, he was incredibly powerful, holding the entire Earth in one hand.

If one only looked at the surface, Arishem the Judge was probably one of the strongest entities currently shown in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, even the Sentinel couldn't compare.

But that guy was already almost the strongest Celestial member among the Celestials, besides the Supreme Celestial.

Other Celestial members, while strong, were not actually that ridiculously strong.

Some even had to rely on the Infinity Stones to achieve Planet-destroying capabilities.

And now, no exaggeration, he, having inherited the power of the Sun, can easily destroy a Planet!

He has no fear of ordinary Celestial members!

Furthermore, with the Space Stone in his hand, aside from existences like Arishem the Judge, who transcend a single Universe, other Celestial members below the multiversal level cannot stop him from escaping through the Space Stone, so he is not afraid of being ganged up on either.

And as long as he collects all six Infinity Stones, he can, like the six-Stone Ultron in the hypothetical scenario, break through the limitations of a single Universe and freely open passages to the Multiverse.

At that time, even if it's the multiversal Arishem the Judge, even if he can't kill the opponent, the opponent won't be able to trap him anymore.

Hmm, so, the problem is really not big.

When Odin and Hela saw Steve's fearless and tactical-thinking demeanor, their hearts sank, and they had a bad premonition.

This guy, he's not actually thinking about how to kill those Celestials, is he?

This is even crazier than my son and I!

Odin thought Steve didn't know how powerful the Celestials truly were and intended to lecture him a bit more.

But another voice spoke before him.

It wasn't Hela, it was Loki.

"Steve, want to explore Asgard together?"

Everyone was surprised that the usually quiet Loki would speak at this moment, but a glint flashed in Steve's eyes, and he nodded in agreement.

The two walked out side by side, as if no one else was there.

"You two, father and daughter, continue your fighting and scolding, go on, I'm going to see Thor, that poor child, I wonder if he's gotten thinner during the time his cruel father exiled him to Midgard~"

Frigga also glanced at Odin and Hela, left a sentence, and then her figure faded, disappearing from sight.

Only Hela and Odin were left, looking at each other.

Now that everyone was gone, there was no one to mediate, and they had clarified everything, the atmosphere between them became somewhat awkward.

Bifrost Bridge.

On the colorful bridge, two figures, one in green and gold, one in crimson and gold, sat by the edge, their legs dangling below the bridge, with an endless sea of stars beneath them.

Loki's eyes reflected the sea of stars below, and he genuinely sighed, "So beautiful..."

This place was his beginning, and also his end.

If he hadn't let go of the Spear of Destiny in Odin's hand back then, perhaps his fate would have changed...

Steve rested his hands on the bridge surface, swinging his legs, and leisurely said, "What, sitting in that position, what kind of scenery haven't you seen? And you've been looking at this place for thousands of years, aren't you tired of it yet?"

Upon hearing this, Loki shook his head, "It's different. Seeing scenery on TV and seeing it with your own eyes are two completely different feelings."

"One is visible but unattainable, the other is visible and attainable."

"And the scenery of Asgard, I think I'll never get tired of it in my life..."

Steve shrugged, "Then try pulling all the timelines on your body tight. That way, you can see countless Asgardian landscapes simultaneously. I guarantee you won't last more than a day before you want to vomit at the sight of this scenery~"

Loki:...

I really appreciate you...

This guy really is a complete mood killer...

Steve stood up and patted his backside, "Alright, my great God of Stories, let's not waste so much time. What do you really want from me? You're not just here to chat with me, are you?"

Loki looked up at him, not surprised that Steve knew his identity.

Before, there had already been a red-spandex-wearing pervert who could also break the so-called fourth wall, causing a ruckus in the Time Variance Authority.

Furthermore, existences that break the fourth wall are actually quite numerous across the multiversal timelines.

Besides Deadpool, there's also She-Hulk on the Sacred Timeline, Spider-Man and Gwenpool from parallel Universes, and so on.

And outside the timelines, there are also many existences that can break the fourth wall, such as Loki himself, and a certain big-headed entity who likes to peek into parallel Universes.

But Loki himself isn't very interested in breaking the fourth wall; he can sense that the so-called fourth wall isn't the true ultimate.

Beyond that wall, there's an even thicker barrier.

It's a barrier he can never break through in his entire life, or rather, a barrier no one can break through.

And he, for now, only wants to manage the timelines in his hands.

Loki pondered for a moment, then said faintly, "Do you know about Battleworld?"

Upon hearing this, Steve's heart sank, and he frowned, "Battleworld? You're not going to tell me that the Battleworld event is about to happen, or has already happened, are you?"

With his current strength, if he were really thrown into the multiversal meat grinder that is the comic Battleworld, it's really hard to say whether he'd survive in the end!

Loki shook his head, a smile playing on his lips, "Of course not. Besides, Battleworld is something that happens in another Multiverse. In my Multiverse, Battleworld might not occur."

Steve:...

Then why did you even mention it?!

Now it was Steve's turn to be speechless.

This was definitely revenge, naked revenge!

Revenge for him complaining about Loki being trapped in the timeline just now!

Seeing Steve speechless, Loki smirked, a mischievous smile playing on his lips, "How was it? Were you nervous just now~"

Steve, hearing that Battleworld hadn't occurred yet, indeed breathed a sigh of relief and said perfunctorily:

"Ah, yes, yes, my great God of Stories, everything you say is right, I really was scared, alright~"

However, Loki's smile slowly vanished again, and his tone became serious once more: "But even though Battleworld won't occur, don't be too happy too soon. The events that are about to happen do have a certain connection to Battleworld."

Steve took a deep breath, forcing down the urge to explode Loki's head, and said with a dangerous smile:

"Don't think that just because you're hiding in the TVA, I can't get to you, you little punk. Don't let me catch an opportunity, or I'll definitely pull off those broken loafers you wore when you were crowned and fiercely smack your annoying face with them!"

Loki's smile stiffened upon hearing this.

It wasn't that he was afraid Steve could actually reach the end of time to hit him; he'd actually be happy to have someone to accompany him.

It was that phrase "loafers" that was truly insulting to his dignity!