A majestic Tiangong-class battleship emerged from hyperspace, appearing at the battlefield's edge like a celestial beacon.
Onboard, Kaisha, the Heavenly Blade King and Supreme Commander of the First Angel Legion of the Sacred Heavenly Palace, stood at the ship's bow, holding a gleaming golden scepter.
Without hesitation, she launched herself into the fray, her speed warping space itself, and handed the Sun Scepter to Ragna .
The moment Ragna gripped the scepter, he felt its weight—not merely in mass, but in cosmic force.
It was forged from Uru steel and Vibranium, imbued with the solar energy of a dying star, and embedded with an Infinity Gem.
Yet, in Ragna 's hands, even ten thousand tons was no more than a feather.
He casually swung the scepter once, feeling the pulsating solar energy sync with his own cells.
Then, without pause, he embedded a second Infinity Gem—the Mind Stone—onto the scepter's crown.
An explosive surge of power erupted.
The space around him distorted as universal law itself trembled in response.
Ragna 's aura—already that of a god—ascended beyond mortal comprehension.
This was the true peak of the Fourth Order, a power only Celestials, Odin, or a fully awakened Thor could rival.
He glanced at Carol, still battling Kaisha.
With a single wave of the scepter, Ragna unleashed the Mind Stone's influence, shaking Carol's mental defenses to their core.
At the same time, the Space Stone shimmered—Ragna vanished in an instant.
Reappearing before Carol, he thrust the scepter forward.
The Sun Scepter's golden tip ignited—an ultra-condensed solar flare, hotter than the surface of a neutron star, flickered at the tip.
One strike.
A simple, direct stab—
Pierced through Carol's chest.
A horrific blast of solar energy detonated from within her body.
Carol gasped, her mouth opening—but instead of blood, she vomited blue-gold cosmic energy.
Her body, once purely biological, had long since transformed into living energy after absorbing the Tesseract's power.
Even so, this attack pushed her regeneration beyond its limits.
She forced herself to move, gritting her teeth, her cosmic power struggling to resist the Mind Stone's hold.
With a roar, she wrenched the scepter free from her body and stumbled back, clutching her wound.
Pain.
Shock.
Disbelief.
She had never felt this vulnerable before.
Ragna offered no response.
He simply stepped forward again.
Kaisha, despite her own immense power, was still not on Carol's level.
Ragna refused to let Carol counterattack and risk harming Kaisha.
Even with Carol's energy-based physiology making her difficult to kill, Ragna never intended to end her life—
It was unnecessary.
Instead, he channeled the power of both Infinity Gems once more.
The scepter's crown—the Sun Crown, where the gems were embedded—flared as he smashed it down onto Carol's head.
The Mind Stone's power surged—Carol's consciousness wavered.
For a fraction of a second, her mind blacked out.
The Space Stone reacted immediately.
A distortion field erupted, warping reality itself.
Ragna 's foot shot forward—
A single, precise kick.
Carol's form twisted as space itself folded around her—
Then, she was gone.
Banished.
To a prison beyond the known multiverse—a pocket dimension sealed by Ragna himself.
Even with her power, escape would take centuries.
As silence fell over the battlefield, Ragna 's sharp gaze turned.
A strange, obscure battleship, along with a black-robed figure, had vanished the moment the scepter appeared.
The Sovereign fleet, the remnants of Xandar, the Kree, and the Shi'ar armadas hesitated—then, with brief gestures toward Ragna , they too departed from this space.
Yet, something was different.
A silent alliance was forming.
The Kree Empire and Shi'ar Empire—rivals for millennia—had just moved closer together.
Ragna noted this but dismissed it as unimportant—for now.
Instead, he turned his attention back to the Sun Scepter.
A weapon forged from the most precious materials in the universe, its very essence thrumming with divine power.
The yellow glow of the Mind Stone and the blue radiance of the Space Stone pulsed in synchrony.
And yet—
Ragna frowned.
Even wielding two Infinity Gems, the power boost wasn't what he expected.
It was like dual-wielding two small-caliber weapons—they didn't combine into one giant cannon; they simply allowed multiple attacks at once.
This was why Thanos had required a specialized conduit—the Infinity Gauntlet—to harness all six gems simultaneously.
Even Thanos, an Eternal-Titan hybrid, couldn't fully control six gems at once without suffering severe backlash.
In fact—
When unarmed, Thanos had defeated the Avengers and even a weakened Thor.
But when wielding the Infinity Gauntlet, he had barely survived against Thor with Stormbreaker.
More Gems didn't necessarily mean more power.
And Ragna understood this now.
Odin had also once collected Infinity Stones, yet he had chosen to scatter them across the cosmos.
Until all six were gathered, there was little difference between wielding one or several.
Ragna pondered for a moment—
Then, he removed both Infinity Gems from the scepter.
He had a better use for them.
The Sun Scepter was already a God-King-level weapon.
With it, Ragna 's Solar Divine Power could reach its ultimate peak.
The Infinity Stones, however—
They would be far more useful in the hands of his Angels.
The Space Stone was granted to Kaisha, elevating her to the Fourth Order's threshold.
With it, the First Angel Legion could now spread their faith faster than ever, establishing dominance across the known universe.
Meanwhile, the Reincarnation Pool's energy reserves surged.
Angel Kings Liang Bing and Hexi had also reached the Fourth Order's middle tier without any external aid.
And once Earth's faith energy was fully assimilated, even more King-rank Angels could awaken.
Using a single teleportation, Ragna arrived at Angel Star, placing the Mind Stone in Liang Bing's care.
At the same time, he warned her:
If she was ever ambushed, she must immediately contact him or Kaisha.
With instant teleportation and telepathic coordination, he would be able to intervene in moments.
After briefly handling government affairs at Angel Star, Ragna inspected the ever-expanding Iron Legion.
He praised Tony Stark's progress and subtly suggested that nano-tech-based armor would be the next evolution.
Then—
With a flash of energy, he returned to Earth.
There was still much to uncover.
The mysteries of Earth, the training of Skye, and—most importantly—
The impending emergence of the Reality Stone.
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