With the others empowering him, Edward was able to cast a universal-scale memory-wiping and strength-sealing spell, ensuring there would be no problem. Of course, there was still a major issue with this plan—they could do nothing to the other Tier 10 powerhouses in their timelines. As such, they could only monitor these beings for the time being.
“This is more than a disaster — this is The disaster,” Odin complained.
“The world is really trying to force us to kill each other,” Frigga sighed.
“Now is not the time to lament our situation,” the Ancient One stated. “Sealing these people’s strength may not be the best plan.”
“What do you suggest we do?” King T’Chaka asked.
“We teach them how to control this strength so they can be prepared for the real event.”
“And how do you suggest we do such a thing?” As soon as T’Chaka asked, he and everyone else had an answer. They turned to look at the tired Edward, who was caressing his temple. He groaned softly.
“I’ll build a Dream World that takes these people’s spirit into a battle-training world. When the time comes, we can remove the seal, and they’ll remember their training and know how to control their strength.”
“As reliable as ever,” the Ancient One praised.
“If you need anything, don’t be afraid to ask,” Odin stated.
“Although Wakanda cannot provide much help, we’re willing to offer our services as well.”
“I will ask if I need it,” Edward responded. The meeting ended soon afterward, and Edward exhaled: “I’m going to need a vacation soon.”
“I agree. I don’t think I’ve seen you this stressed out,” Morgana stated.
“The worst part is this is just the beginning,” Edward complained. Once he survives this world, he has to deal with the Time Game, and after that, he might be directly jumped into Merlin’s Omniversal War. His future looks bleak from an objective point of view.
The Scarlet Wizard then took a potion from the portal and drank it, alleviating his injuries. “It seems I’m close to Mount Wundagore. Excellent.” He soon reached his destination, and as expected, the Darkhold engraved in the walls was gone. He did not hesitate to use the Time Crystal.
A red hue emanated from his fingers to enter the green crystal. Then, under his control, the engravings in the temple rapidly reverted to their original state. However, it did not take long before the murals quickly reverted to their destroyed state.
‘Whoever cast the spell that erased the Darkhold is truly powerful,’ the Scarlet Wizard thought. I must enclave this temple in a time bubble to isolate that power’s influence.’ He accessed even more power from the Chaos Dimension using the power of the Time Crystal. This approach worked, as he successfully recreated the Darkhold.
The Scarlet Wizard did not hesitate to engrave the magic in the murals into a new book — a new Darkhold. Then, he lost himself in the knowledge contained inside. Of course, Edward — who was behind the scene — also received all the knowledge of the Darkhold.
A few weeks passed, and the Scarlet Wizard successfully mastered all the knowledge in the Darkhold. He looked at his fingers, which were now dark. He sighed. Despite his early preparations, he was still corrupted by the Darkhold. However, this was not enough to stop him.
‘Whoever destroyed this thing erased all copies of this book from the multiverse,’ he thought. ‘Now, if I want to revive my family, I must gather soul energy from the soul stone from the entire multiverse.’
The Scarlet Wizard summoned the Soul Stone before starting to cast the same spell that Wanda from Earth-616 used to eliminate the Darkhold, but he modified it to suit his purpose.
A bright golden crystal of soul energy rapidly formed before the Scarlet Wizard as he drew energy from Soul Stones across the multiverse. The process took him more than 10 minutes, and he almost passed out by the end. However, the result was more than satisfactory as he looked at the golden crystal.
“Excellent. The first step is completed.” The Scarlet Wizard raised his hand to put these things away, but something happened before he succeeded. A portal appeared beside him, showing an angry-faced sorcerer with a long beard.
“You!” The Scarlet Wizard was shocked.
“You think you can steal from me and get away with it?” said the bearded sorcerer before pulling him into the portal.
“No,” screamed the Scarlet Wizard, trying to take away the crystal and soul stone as he was dragged into another dimension. Sadly, he was too weak in his current state to resist, so he was captured, and the dimension portal disappeared. Less than five seconds later, Edward teleported to this temple and took the crystal and soul stone.
“With this thing, we should be able to achieve Soul Divinity,” he commented.
“Are you sure it was a good thing to get rid of him? He’s technically a Tier 11 clone,” Morgana asked.
“The creator of the Darkhold, Chthon, will definitely notice someone reviving his knowledge. Furthermore, I still believe he’s after the Scarlet Witch, meaning he’ll become interested in the clone. Now, he’s a liability, and he’s lucky I allowed him to reincarnate into another timeline instead of eliminating him,” Edward calmly explained.