"Welcome. Sing and dance while following your heart. Let me hear your voice... Dance away, forget time itself…"
What the hell is this?!
Kei had just stepped out of the World Gate when he was met with the bizarre scene at the core underground meditation chamber of Kamar-Taj, backs facing him.
Wearing oversized, luxurious ceremonial robes, with legs wrapped in purple, red, and green silk, Wong, Mordo, and Kaecilius were all dancing in perfect unison to a traditional Shinto ritual dance.
He almost couldn't resist raising his hand and just squeezing these three eye-searing weirdos to death right then and there!
Out of all the countless powerful divine invocation techniques…
This is what they came up with?!
Damn it!
Visual pollution + psychological trauma!
He glanced at the stereo off to the side blaring energetic music, and at the three who were completely immersed in their dance, totally unaware.
With a deeply conflicted expression on his face, he decisively stepped back, right back into the Primordial Realm.
Sorry, he didn't know those three guys. Nope. He totally hadn't just visited the Marvel Universe today either.
Back in the chamber, Wong, wearing the Eye of Agamotto, seemed to sense something. He turned to glance at the World Gate and stopped dancing, scratching his head in confusion.
"Huh? Did it feel like… someone was here just now?"
An illusion?
"Meditate properly," Mordo reminded the distracted man. "The Sorcerer Supreme gave us clear instructions before leaving: we must remain vigilant for Dormammu. Just yesterday, you saw signs of his impending return through the Eye of Agamotto. We have to be ready."
The Sorcerer Supreme was now traveling the multiverse. The Summoning Dance Ritual was the fastest way to call her back.
With the divine statue in hand, as long as they put on their custom "Invocation Robes" using Kamar-Taj's wardrobe magic the moment Dormammu attacks, there would be nothing to fear.
On the other hand, if anything went wrong… Things could get messy real fast.
"Mm, got it!"
Wong nodded, silently wondering, was he maybe a bit too distracted during practice just now and accidentally channeled a bit of mental energy, nearly triggering the summoning ritual?
Otherwise, that kind of ripple shouldn't have been something only he could sense.
He looked at Mordo and Kaecilius, who were still dancing with flawless movements beside him.
He sighed inwardly.
These two are way too competitive.
It's only been a few days.
Their choreography is already this precise?
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Wong twisted his chubby waist and rejoined the intense practice session.
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Back in the Primordial Realm, Kei rubbed his slightly numb scalp and stood there, thinking.
Maybe he should've specified that the divine summoning ritual was "females only."
Never mind how well they danced.
But those outfits...
"Damn it! That was seriously cursed! Forget it, forget it!"
As the spiritually scarring images flashed rapidly through his mind, he decisively shifted his attention to his system interface.
No traits worth copying yet.
All draws and upgrades used up.
After some thought, he decisively chose to activate [God of Time and Space].
Upon activation, a massive influx of advanced space-time knowledge, based on the Warhammer world's framework, poured into his mind.
Then came the system prompt:
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[Compatibility detected:
- God of Time and Space (Rainbow)
- Primordial Realm Lord (Rainbow)]
[Fusion? Yes/No]
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Yes.
Kei's already formidable mastery over space-time began to rise once again!
The god-tier understanding from [God of Time and Space], surpassing dimensions and integrating with the very world itself, collided and fused with his own insights, complementing each other, filling in gaps, amplifying and evolving!
Moments later, clarity sparkled in his eyes.
Layered world spaces, layered dimensions, alternate-dimensional standards, time acceleration, time reversal…
Looking at Eden in front of him, now resembling a paradise or luxurious resort, he focused his mind and gave a command to the Labyrinthian Circuit within:
Labyrinthian, restructure the Eden's space using the World Tree from the Marvel Universe and the legendary Yggdrasil as blueprints. I want to create my own World Tree!
In the Marvel Universe, the World Tree was a space-time axis that connected the Nine Realms.
Most of the Nine Realms didn't actually exist in the same dimension, each had its own distinct culture and civilization.
It was the World Tree that bound them all together.
That was why the cosmic civilizations in Marvel perceived the Nine Realms as one interconnected whole.
Kei had once wondered how the Nine Realms managed to connect across dimensions.
Now, with time and space fully fused with his original understanding of space-time, he had completely unraveled that mystery.
As for Yggdrasil, it was a concept one tier higher than even the World Tree!
It transcended dimensions altogether, said to be a sacred tree that gave birth to entire worlds, with each fruit on it being a brand-new universe.
With the blessing of [Wanderer of Countless Worlds], Kei couldn't yet recreate the true mythical Yggdrasil, but the World Tree he was about to build would undeniably surpass Marvel's version in grade and power.
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(Labyrinthian Circuit autonomous construction initiated. Ultimate matter definition rewrite initiated. Ultimate conceptual conversion initiated. World Tree blueprint loading... Space-layer anchoring simulation started...)
(Simulation complete.)
(Initiating restructuring: Base-layer Cosmic Tree roots and trunk modules. Linking to Primordial Realm's energy... Construction progress: 0.1%...)
(First Cosmic Tree fruit selected: Claymore world. Model matched. Construction begun...)
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Before Kei's eyes, Eden began expanding and transforming at high speed.
The roots of the Cosmic Tree now connected the entire Primordial Realm. The visible root structures breaking through the surface were vast, comparable in area to Earth's cross-section.
Its trunk resembled a celestial divine pillar, piercing the sky and grounding the heavens!
Branches and limbs quickly spread across the Primordial Realm, and in moments, its leaves drooped mid-trunk, becoming lush and vibrant.
On one of the lower branches, starlight-like energy swirled, as a world portal to the Claymore world took shape at its center.
In mere seconds, it formed a round, glowing fruit, amber-hued and pulsating, known as a Cosmic Tree Fruit.
Thanks to spatial-folding technology, although the fruit appeared to be no more than 10 meters in diameter from the outside, its internal area was the size of a small city!
Inside: lands, rivers, trees, birds, and beasts began rapidly forming.
A cluster of grand, medieval-style buildings, true to the Claymore world, rose from the ground, forming a quaint town.
Lush greenery, bird calls, and a river cutting through the town completed the environment.
Aside from the lack of human presence, it was already a fully habitable zone for human life.
Kei looked at the Claymore world portal situated on a mountain peak roughly a kilometer outside the town and nodded with satisfaction.
Following the Claymore world, a new Cosmic Tree Fruit began to form, themed after the Demon Slayer world, with Taisho-era homes immediately revealing the cultural backdrop.
Then came the Naruto world, with tightly packed architecture blending traditional and modern styles.
Next, the Warhammer world appeared, showcasing a fusion of advanced technology and gothic temples, a striking contrast.
And finally, the Marvel Universe, with a mismatched mix of mage towers, sanctums, and modern buildings that looked, frankly, awkward no matter how you arranged them.
Because of differences in world size and energy levels, the five Cosmic Tree Fruits were scattered across different locations on the tree.
One by one, hollow Cosmic Tree Fruits began to populate its branches, eventually covering the entire canopy.
Meanwhile, on the trunk of the Cosmic Tree, nine platforms, tiered according to energy level, began to rapidly take shape from the bottom up.
Just from their appearance, each of these platforms was already half the size of Earth, and their internal space was more than ten times larger!
At Kei's mental command, the original vacation villa of Eden was now transplanted to the lowest platform of the Cosmic Tree.
Inside each fruit-shaped world, space teleportation arrays appeared in the central city, directly linking them to the platforms.
"Damn... I might've gone overboard. This looks more like a haunted city than a god-tier realm..."
Kei stood with hands on his waist, sighing slightly.
Nine cross-dimensional platforms, categorized by energy tier, created to host beings from across the multiverse, and right now, the lowest level only had two people: Clare and Teresa.
That was just way too sad.