"Yes, I made a deal with Odin. He gave me his Infinity Stones, and that was part of the deal."

"The Dark Elves' Aether is the Reality Stone," Zhang Bairen replied.

"I see, I understand now."

"However, the ether particles are extremely violent. Can you subdue this special artifact?" Bor said, returning the magic scroll.

The Reality Gem is indeed extremely special.

Because it is not only an Infinity Stone, but also a legacy artifact.

Normal Infinity Stones are all shaped like gems.

However, the Reality Stone is a scarlet liquid.

Moreover, the Reality Stone is somewhat similar to the Soul Stone.

Based on the movie's plot, the Reality Gem, being an Aether particle, should possess a degree of self-awareness.

After all, this crimson liquid can automatically burrow into a human body and devour the life force of its host.

This situation may be a special tactic employed by the Dark Elves.

Just like the Tesseract, the blue energy layer on the surface is merely the outer shell of the Infinity Stone.

The etheric liquid might be a special technology of the dark elves, or perhaps a mysterious dark magic.

Zhang Bairen raised his longsword and unleashed the power of the ancient dragon.

After the ancient dragon's power dissipated, phoenix flames covered it.

After the phoenix flames disappeared, the power of spacetime spread out.

Before Zhang Bairen could continue his demonstration, Bo Er waved his hand to stop him.

"Alright, alright, I understand your situation."

You're really hiding your true strength!

This is my personal weapon, so I won't take it back to Valhalla. I'll give it to you as a souvenir.

"Young man, we'll meet again someday!" After saying this, Bo'er transformed into a dazzling golden light and vanished instantly in the spatial interlayer.

The heroic warriors, standing in two rows, also turned into light and disappeared into the spatial interlayer.

Zhang Bairen looked at the divine giant axe on the ground and immediately stored it in his inner world to serve as a weapon reserve.

Even though the artifacts used by the previous God-King were outdated, they still possessed the most basic sharpness and sturdiness.

This trip has already made a fortune.

Passing through the magical barrier and entering the temple, a surge of raging crimson energy instantly rushed in.

Zhang Bairen swung his longsword, and the Space Stone shone with blue light on the hilt. The crimson energy that swept in was instantly swallowed up and absorbed by the spatial rift.

"It seems a bit of a waste. This crimson energy comes from the Reality Gem!" Zhang Bairen took a deep breath, and more crimson energy transformed into a tornado and entered Zhang Bairen's mouth.

As the suction force increased, the crimson energy permeating the temple began to struggle toward the stone pillar.

Zhang Bairen took a step forward, moving closer and closer to the scarlet energy.

The originally violent crimson energy, as if it had encountered a great demon king, began to shrink and evade.

It seems to want to return to the sealed ether particles.

Only then did Zhang Bairen realize that he had indeed arrived too early.

If it had been any later, this raging aetheric energy would have washed away Bohr and his companions, and they wouldn't have even had the power to return to Valhalla.

In that sense, it was quite a stroke of luck that he came at the right time, managing to save the previous king of Asgard.

In the original storyline, Jane Foster did not encounter King Boulder or the Asgardian guardian spirits. Instead, during the alignment of the nine stars, she fell into a spatial rift, was possessed by the aether, and eventually left the spatial singularity.

This situation is clearly different from my own experience.

However, after witnessing the violent etheric energy, Zhang Bairen understood everything.

The reason why the previous God-King of Asgard did not return to Valhalla was to personally suppress the Aether particles and prevent anyone from accidentally entering the sealed land, allowing the Aether particles with weak consciousness to escape.

Zhang Bairen walked up to the ether particle and looked at the scarlet liquid in front of him.

"As expected of the Dark Elves who once rivaled Asgard, they are indeed quite capable, managing to transform a cosmic stone into this liquid form!"

Even Zhang Bairen couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

Indeed, there are still too many unknowns in this universe. Within the Nine Realms alone, there are too many secrets hidden.

The dwarves are skilled at forging divine artifacts, but they have no way to change the shape of a cosmic stone, or even to imbue it with a trace of consciousness.

Even the Space Stone was merely covered with an energy shell by Odin, the king of gods, and turned into a Cosmic Cube.

But this Reality Stone has been altered in form and has even acquired a trace of consciousness!

Within the crimson liquid before them, there seemed to be dark power present, and the aura of this energy appeared to be no less powerful than that of the Infinity Stones themselves.

"The energy of the dark aura is comparable to the power level of the Infinity Stones."

Is it the power of the Dark Dimension? Or the power of the Lord of Hell? Zhang Bairen looked at the crimson liquid and began to make connections and think.

Ordinary dark energy is naturally no match for the Infinity Stones. Only dark energy of this level can change the form of the Infinity Stones and give them a trace of consciousness.

Aside from Dormammu and Mephisto, two hard-working characters, Zhang Bairen could hardly think of any other villainous roles.

"Speaking of which, after collecting all the Infinity Stones, will we be able to defeat Dormammu?"

"If I could devour Dormammu, I could become a dimensional lord, a true powerhouse above a single universe." Zhang Bairen's thoughts drifted further and further away.

However, as the ether particles frantically collided with the two boulders pressing down on them, Zhang Bairen quickly regained his senses.

Right now, two huge rocks are pressing down on the liquid ether particles, with a gap about two fingers wide between them, preventing the ether particles from escaping.

In Zhang Bairen's view, most of the energy of the ether particles was suppressed under the boulder. Every moment, endless energy was frantically impacting the boulder, trying to break free from the suppression and seal.

Over countless years of struggle, the interior of the megalith was riddled with cracks, and it seemed that it was about to lose control of the increasingly violent ether particles.

"Oh, my poor little fellow, don't worry, I'm here to save you." Zhang Bairen said, inserting the sword blade into the ether particles.

Under Zhang Bairen's divine power, the scarlet liquid flowed down the blood groove on the sword and toward the hilt.

Soon, a scarlet ruby ​​appeared in the groove of the hilt.

The dark power within the gem has not been completely eradicated, and Malekith's spiritual imprint remains within it.

As long as Zhang Bairen takes this gem out of the spatial interlayer, the hidden dark elves will likely be able to sense the exact location of the aether.

Zhang Bairen looked at the scarlet gem on the sword hilt, but did not spend time trying to hide or erase the spiritual imprint inside.

This gem is perfect for fishing.

The dark elves, who have been hiding all along, have no reason to continue existing.

The Dark Elves' warships and weapons should also become strategic assets of Kunlun.

In the movie's plot, the Dark Elves' cloaking technology, black hole grenades, and several warships are all very impressive items.

These things can be directly stolen.

After Zhang Bairen left the spatial interlayer, he arrived in the Dark Elf kingdom of Wat Alheim.

In a dark world filled with sandstorms and wastelands, a giant warship that resembled a greatsword or a cross suddenly appeared.

Inside the warship, a slightly excited voice rang out: "Ether has appeared!"