Marvel: I Awake the Little Cosmos-Chapter 564 - 532: Wanda Who Can’t Go Back
The first flame, symbolizing the original life of the cosmos, began to envelop Hawk.
The flame was golden-red!
At its core, it radiated a sheen like liquid gold, while the edges danced with a crimson glow of impossible life.
The air was instantly scorched and warped.
At this moment, time itself seemed to be twisted.
Wanda watched this scene, quickly extending her right hand to grab the arm of Jean beside her, stepping back into the hallway between the living room and the backyard.
"Mom?"
"Shush!"
Jean looked at Wanda in surprise.
Wanda made a shushing gesture to Jean, then while watching Hawk, she explained to her daughter: "This flame can alter any reality!"
What reality?
Hawk was dead, that was the fact before.
Although after the battle with Icarus, Hawk claimed he went to the edge of life and death, but as Hawk told Wanda, if he couldn’t return from the brink this time, he would truly be dead.
So!
From a reality perspective, he was indeed dead, after that battle with Icarus, he perished with his arms severed.
Yet Hawk, ultimately, came back from death.
Moreover, this time Hawk went to the edge of life and death for real, genuinely completing the flaws left by the shortcuts he took before.
But he was indeed dead in reality.
Thus, to resurrect, the foremost task was to alter this reality of his death.
Phoenix Fire burns everything, and under Nirvana Fire, nothing is beyond its reach.
Furthermore, this time with the flame kindled by impossible life, the reality of Hawk’s death is being twisted and rewritten.
Jean anxiously looked at Hawk.
Suddenly.
The Phoenix Fire enveloping Hawk began to stretch upward and outward, taking shape.
Golden-red flames intertwined and solidified, gradually sketching out the outline of a Fire Phoenix above Hawk’s head.
The Fire Phoenix spread its elaborate flaming wings, holding its head high, regal and dignified, subtly overlooking all creatures.
Every flap of the flaming wings sent out scorching spiritual ripples, sweeping through the courtyard, across Jean and Wanda not far away.
Wanda felt this power, raised her eyebrows, and a smile curled at the corners of her mouth.
Because she saw Hawk slowly rising amidst this power.
Jean also felt, at the moment the power swept over, an ancient, vast, and simultaneously aggressive consciousness bombarding her spirit with heat waves.
No.
It was replenishing her Spiritual World.
For the power was so familiar, it was the Phoenix Power belonging to her father Hawk that she inherently possessed from birth.
It was the Phoenix Power that vanished when she came to this world, but now truly returned.
As Jean felt her own Spiritual World awaken from its slumber since coming to this world, a Phoenix Chick sounding a chirp, she widened her eyes with joy, watching the figure slowly rise amid the flames.
In the next second.
Phoenix Undying, merely Nirvana!
The moment Hawk walked out from the Phoenix Fire, his golden hair fluttered, his sword brows soaring!
Hawk’s eyes were clear and bright, within them surged endless golden-red flames.
These flames appeared infinitely wild and unruly, yet in Hawk’s eyes, they seemed boundlessly docile and calm.
And Hawk, returning from Nirvana once again, displayed none of the previous downcast or the sense of powerlessness when first arriving in this cosmos, nor the rush before coming to this cosmos, instead revealing immense vitality of rebirth after enduring trials and purging filth.
His once cold gaze was no longer just words; the spark of humanity returned.
At this moment, Hawk could truly say he controlled the power, rather than being controlled by it.
Hawk lifted his gaze.
Instantly!
Two searing beams of golden-red Thermographic Vision shot skyward, instantly blasting the clouds miles above.
In an instant.
The clouds dissipated, the sky cleared boundlessly, and sunlight bathed Hawk, illuminating him.
Hawk withdrew his gaze, raised one hand, his five fingers slightly curled, in the instant the surrounding flames and huge Phoenix apparition above converged like rivers returning to the sea.
Centered on him, they swiftly recoiled and gathered.
The heated airwaves instantly calmed.
The warped air returned to normal in an instant, leaving only a layer of flowing golden-red halo on Hawk’s body, transforming into a sacred robe.
At this moment, all of Hawk’s formidable power returned entirely to his form.
And after retracing this path, if he were to visit similar low-level cosmos in the future, his power would never separate from him.
Now Hawk truly embodied Phoenix Cosmos, he was Phoenix Cosmos.
The definition of ’I am destiny’ given to himself for the Ninth Sense was only a step away.
This time truly felt one step away, only needing the last piece.
Hawk pondered silently, then with a thought, lifted his gaze to the corridor where Wanda and Jean stood not far away.
Jean raised her eyebrows, turned to look at Wanda beside her.
"Mom?"
"Go."
Understanding Jean’s unspoken question, Wanda nodded with a smile.
Jean understood, then with a whoosh, ran to Hawk, leaping into his embrace and holding him tightly.
"Daddy!"
"Hmm."
Hawk looked down, smiling as he held his daughter, then turned to make eye contact with Wanda, who was walking over from a distance: "You said you’d let me figure it out on my own, so why step in again?"
He was referring to Mephisto.
Once more.
At that time, when the World Tree transformed into a phoenix tree, he had completely extinguished Mephisto, not even leaving behind a soul. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
But Mephisto’s soul still appeared.
It was clear someone had traveled to his timeline and altered this outcome.
And the only person who could run back and forth in his timeline without worrying about affecting it was Wanda.
Wanda heard this, exchanged a glance with Hawk, shrugged with a smile: "Clearly, without me, you couldn’t handle it alone."
Hawk laughed.
"Really? I don’t believe it."
"Then why not experience it yourself?"
Wanda smiled, her expression calm.
Hawk raised an eyebrow, then shook his head with a smile: "Forget it, experiencing that once is enough, but really, without you, what would I do?"
Upon hearing this, Wanda tilted her head and looked at Hawk.
"Then don’t lose me."
"I won’t."
With a serious expression, Hawk looked at Wanda: "So tell me how I can go to the 828 Cosmos and bring you all home."
Their daughter Jean, hearing Hawk’s words, looked up from his arms, glanced at Hawk first, then turned to Wanda: "828 Cosmos, Mom, we...?"
Wanda didn’t respond to Jean, but instead met Hawk’s gaze.
"Is this another reason you spared Professor X?"
"Keeping him is better than killing him, after all, before we came, he did take care of Jean."
Hawk explained.
Wanda looked at Hawk, sighed, and shook her head in disbelief: "But they just call you the Demon King."
Hawk was so kind, yet they nicknamed him the Demon King.
To put it this way.
Wanda felt compared to her, Hawk was a kind person, because if Professor X dared to intrude her mind to talk to her, she would have crushed his head directly.
But Hawk not only didn’t blame Professor X, he even let him leave completely unharmed.
Isn’t that a kind gesture?
Jean blinked her eyes, thought about it, didn’t interrupt, but quietly listened to the conversation between her parents.
As Hawk watched Wanda sigh, he explained: "Actually, it’s not just because of repaying a kindness, but more importantly, if Professor X doesn’t want this world destroyed by me, then he’ll have to protect you."
Wanda snorted: "I don’t need his protection."
Hawk nodded: "True, you don’t need it now, but what about after Jean and I leave?"
Wherever he was, there was Wanda.
The same went the other way.
Without him, Wanda naturally didn’t exist either.
Of course.
This Wanda refers to Hawk’s Wanda, the one who resolutely jumped into Hawk’s timeline, existing in every place and corner of Hawk’s timeline.
Listening to Hawk, Wanda smiled and said: "After you leave, I’ll be waiting for you in the 828 Cosmos."
Time is a circle.
She is Wanda, but also Gwen Stacy from Hawk’s sacred timeline.
Hearing this, daughter Jean couldn’t help it anymore, she quickly raised her hand to interrupt.
"Wait a minute, Dad, Mom, what are you talking about, what 828, wait, Mom, aren’t you coming back with us?"
"..."
Wanda glanced at her daughter Jean, then looked at Hawk.
Hawk shrugged helplessly at Wanda: "I’ve never been very familiar with time stuff, you explain it."
Wanda raised an eyebrow.
"You’re not familiar, so I am?"
"I’m not the one involved."
Hawk spread his hands: "It’s not me who’s not going back, it’s you, so it’s easier if you explain it yourself."
Wanda was amused.
"So you’re not going to handle anything?"
"Hey!"
Hawk beamed at Wanda: "You said it, my parental rights and rights to manage the kids have been permanently stripped away, educating and managing them is your job, you told me not to interfere."
Wanda looked incredulously: "So you’re not even going to try again?"
Hawk shrugged.
"I think you’re right, so I’m not trying."
"...You’re shameless!"
"Thank you!"
Seeing Hawk, who wasn’t ashamed but proud, Wanda fell into silence!
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