Chapter 210: Thanos

The Heart of the Universe's energy, now infused with spiritual power, had reached a sufficient level of consciousness. With enough spiritual force, it could develop intelligence on its own—saving Han Yu the effort of using his own mental energy to awaken it.

Wanda hesitated. "Is this really okay?"

"What does it matter? It's not like I need this method to strengthen myself," Han Yu replied with a smile. After reassuring Wanda, he turned to the little pig and said, "Don't worry, this big sister is a good person. Staying with her won't do you any harm—who knows, she might even feed you delicious food every day."

Wanda was confused. She didn't have any pig food with her. Seeing the pig blink at her, she wondered—was she supposed to fly back to Earth first to buy some?

Noticing her puzzled look, Han Yu rolled his eyes helplessly. Raising his other hand, he formed a few small, fingertip-sized energy pellets using Green Lantern energy and dangled them in front of the pig.

The little pig let out two soft snorts, eyes gleaming with joy. It pawed at Han Yu's palm and nuzzled against it, acting adorably spoiled.

"So well-behaved."

Han Yu chuckled as he handed over the Green Lantern pellets, and the pig immediately buried its snout into them, happily munching away.

Wanda instantly understood—so this pig ate energy-based food? That made it much easier to take care of.

"Little piggy, I have something tasty too!"

She lifted her hand, revealing small energy pellets formed from Chaos Magic in her palm. Compared to Han Yu's casually conjured ones, Wanda's looked denser and more refined. Though small, they contained an impressive amount of energy.

As soon as the pig caught the scent of the Chaos Magic pellets, its excitement grew—but when it saw that Wanda was holding them, hesitation and fear flickered in its eyes.

It turned to look at Han Yu. He gave it a reassuring nod and smile. With that, the pig took a small step forward, then effortlessly floated into the air, gently flying toward Wanda.

Seeing the little pig finally coming over, Wanda eagerly held out the pellets. The pig, tempted by the delicious food, quickly gave in.

A bright smile spread across Wanda's face—she was clearly very pleased with her new companion.

Han Yu smiled slightly. Things had gone even smoother than he had expected. Initially, he had thought this would turn into a tough battle.

He had assumed that Thanos would have imbued this energy with intelligence. A powerful, sentient energy force could both obey its master and fight independently.

After all, this was a truly mystical force of the universe—just like the sentient artifacts described in the fantasy novels Han Yu had read in his previous life.

The Heart of the Universe could have developed consciousness, but because it had been split into four fragments and scattered across the cosmos for millennia, much of its intelligence had degraded. At this point, its primary instinct was simply self-preservation.

For it to regain sentience, a broken Heart of the Universe alone wasn't enough.

"That makes sense. Thanos is more of a believer in technology—he probably wouldn't even consider something as mystical as this," Han Yu muttered to himself. In the entire Marvel Universe, he was probably the only one who would even think about giving intelligence to raw energy.

People like Wanda, Jean Grey, and Thanos were already struggling just to control their own powers—who would even have the spare energy to think about something like this?

"Alright, let's head back."

With a flicker of the Reality Stone in Han Yu's hand, the space around them began to distort.

Watching Wanda's delighted expression, Han Yu never would have imagined that in the future, the Supreme Sorcerer—whose name would shake the entire universe—would have a pig as her mount.

Far across the cosmos, Thanos sat upon his golden throne. Standing on either side of him were two distinct-looking aliens.

The fact that they stood beside Thanos was proof of their status.

These were the Black Order, the four generals under Thanos' command: the sorcerer Ebony Maw, the heavily armored Black Dwarf, the swift and deadly Corvus Glaive, and the lethal Proxima Midnight.

The four of them served directly under Thanos, having followed him through countless wars, and were his most trusted subordinates.

Suddenly, Thanos opened his narrowed eyes. A fierce, murderous aura erupted from within him, sending an oppressive shockwave that immediately pressured the Black Order.

"Lord Thanos, what's wrong?"

The unexpected surge of power caught everyone off guard. The sheer force made it difficult for most to breathe—only Ebony Maw, with his mastery of magic, was able to resist the pressure enough to speak.

"Someone else has a fragment of the Heart of the Universe… and they've absorbed the energy I released!"

Thanos spoke each word with cold precision, his voice brimming with killing intent. That energy was not something he could afford to lose so easily.

"Lord Thanos, allow us to retrieve it for you!"

Seeing an opportunity to prove himself, Ebony Maw immediately knelt down and spoke with great reverence.

Thanos withdrew his oppressive aura, allowing those present to breathe more easily. After a moment of contemplation, he spoke slowly.

"Fine. Lead a force to Earth. Retrieve the Infinity Stones first—we'll deal with everything else later."

"Yes, my lord!"

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