Alaric explained to Clea one by one the key points of the Magic Refining Body Flow technique and taught her how to use magical energy and how to control it.
As long as Clea learns this magic, her control and usage of magical energy will rise to a higher level, making the learning of other magic spells much easier and more practical later on.
"First, concentrate magical energy into your fists, then gradually into your legs and whole body, step by step, until you fully master it."
"Yes, I know!"
Clea nodded seriously.
She could feel that this magic was extremely powerful, and that once she mastered it, it could give her monstrous strength!
Clea was confident that once she mastered this magic, she'd be able to defeat at least half of the characters from the Dark Dimension!
Because, whether it was witches from the dark world or other sorcerers, their physical strength wasn't particularly high.
"Alright, you practice with the rocks, and use your teleportation magic until noon."
Alaric said that and left the stone world.
He left Clea alone to battle with the stones.
Clea believed that, with her talent of 10, it wouldn't be long before she completely mastered everything!
...
Alaric returned to the temple and sat on the sofa.
Amora still wasn't awake, and he didn't have anywhere else to go in particular, so he picked up a book and studied knowledge of magic.
Then Alaric suddenly remembered that the Time Stone was still with him; since there was nothing urgent at the moment, he decided to take the opportunity to sense the Time Stone, maybe this time he could master the law of time?
Alaric said so, opened the Eye of Agamotto, took the green Time Stone out of it, and channeled power into it to activate it.
Time is defined as the measurement of the basic elements of the universe, including the sequence of events, comparison of durations of events, quantification of the movement of objects, and is also used to describe the continuity that events experience in the past, present, and future.
And the Infinity Stones were born from an unimaginable being who ended its own life, but its power didn't just disappear; it transformed into six Infinity Stones, the ultimate pinnacle of power.
That is the darkest secret of all universes.
Whoever becomes the wielder of the Infinity Stones gains unlimited power from the stones.
They will be able to create or destroy an entire universe.
So, when Alaric tried to sense the infinite power of the Time Stone, he saw the destruction of the universe, the birth of the universe, the Phoenix Force, and countless unknown powerful beings.
Alaric saw the formation of the Nine Realms, the growth of the World Tree, Odin of Asgard, and the origin of Earth.
He saw the birth of Gaea, the goddess of Earth, and other gods.
He also saw how those gods fell, how the God Eater mowed down the gods until only four ancient gods remained.
Alaric encountered Oshtur, Set, and Chthon.
He saw the birth of the Pantheon, the birth and continuity of humanity.
It was as if Alaric had seen everything from the beginning of time to the end of time.
As Alaric went deeper, he even reached the void outside the universe.
All of it was incomprehensible, unimaginable to him; many things he couldn't even remember.
The memories spun and faded, and the loneliness of that nothingness made Alaric completely lose all sense of time and space.
Like a stone floating in the depths of the cosmos, constantly sinking toward the darkest place.
At the moment when the last trace of light in the universe was about to disappear, a sigh was suddenly heard.
Time began to rewind, and consciousness began to return.
It was as if Alaric had traveled through the endless river of time and arrived in a world filled with whiteness and light.
Alaric's thoughts gradually cleared, and he began to recall past events.
"I… I almost died!?"
When he realized what had just happened, cold sweat broke out on Alaric's back!
The Cosmic Void… He had actually reached it!!
If he hadn't returned in the end, he would probably have sunk into the darkness forever, and his real body would have become a corpse!
His soul would also have disappeared forever!
Like a stone without consciousness, he would have fallen into the void and wandered eternally.
"Looks like you've realized the consequences of unauthorized tampering with time."
A voice rang out, and Alaric looked up.
In front of him appeared an immensely tall human figure, whose body was made up of countless cosmoses.
"You are?" Alaric asked, confused.
This completely white space was utterly foreign to Alaric.
"I am Eternity."
"You're Eternity!?" Alaric shouted in surprise.
One of Marvel's five cosmic entities, Alaric had truly laid eyes on one of them!?
Although Alaric had heard the name Eternity countless times, he never knew what it looked like, nor how powerful it really was.
Alaric only knew that Eternity was the embodiment of the universe through time, the collective consciousness of all living beings in the universe.
Eternity, opposite of Death, death, two opposing forces formed from the universe!
Like two sides of the same coin.
Eternity represents time, life.
And Death represents death and destruction.
Galactus is a survivor from the previous universe, whose endless hunger and need to feed maintain the balance of the universe.
Infinity is the cosmic entity that defines all space and all beings within it.
Together with Eternity, it encompasses all of creation, representing time and space.
Annihilation is the opposite of Infinity, the nothingness before the multiverse and after the end of everything, the pause between life and death, heaven and hell at the same time.
Annihilation, Infinity, Eternity, Death are the foundations of the universe, abstract manifestations of the ultimate limits of time and space.
In short, they are abnormally powerful!
And the most powerful among all multiverse entities.
Only beneath the Living Tribunal.
"You saved me?"
Alaric realized it wasn't without reason that he had seen Eternity.
The reason he was still alive and able to think normally had to be because Eternity pulled him out of the river of time, saved him from the loss of consciousness and total transformation into nothingness.
"You surprised me by managing to use the Time Stone to reach beyond the universe."
Eternity observed Alaric and was genuinely surprised.
Almost no one can use the Time Stone, or any other stone, to that extent.
Although some had managed to kill themselves using the Infinity Stones, those were physical collapses.
Completely different from Alaric's situation, where he observed the entire flow from the beginning of time to its end, while his consciousness merged with time and in the end would have died with it.
Eternity didn't know whether to admire him or declare him insane and incredibly lucky.
It can only be said that Alaric was truly extraordinarily unique.