"You are the Ancient One?"
Lucas looked at the bald, gender-neutral sorcerer in front of him and asked, confused.
Although the bald sorcerer's appearance was different from the other two Ancient Ones he knew, her soul aura was extremely similar.
"Yes, Lucas. I am the collective of all the Ancient Ones across the Multiverse. You can call me the Source Ancient One."
The Source Ancient One's lips curved slightly, revealing an expression that was not quite a smile.
Lucas was silent for a moment before asking, "Master, are you schizophrenic right now? One part wants to smile, the other part doesn't."
The Source Ancient One's expression froze slightly, then they shook their head helplessly. "Alright, you saw through it. I'm still in the process of merging, and the various Ancient Ones are still constantly coordinating."
"Master, won't something go wrong if you play around like this?"
Lucas asked, feeling that this kind of fusion wasn't very reliable.
"We are of one mind, with the same goal — the endless pursuit and exploration of magic knowledge. As long as we continue in this direction, there will be no problems."
The Source Ancient One's tone was firm, and their eyes were deep and bright.
"So, there will still be problems?" Lucas added.
"Occasionally there are some problems." The Source Ancient One's tone became resentful.
Why did this disciple like to argue so much?
"Let's not talk about that for now. Let's talk about Strange. He has the darkhold and used it to change his life form. Only by using the Book of Vishanti can he be completely sealed."
"Wasn't Strange captured by Lucas?" Wanda asked, confused.
She had seen clearly that Strange's soul body had been captured by Lucas.
"Wanda, these Dimensional Lords all like to use alternate accounts, with layers upon layers of clones. The one just now was merely a clone of Strange." The Source Ancient One explained.
"No. That was Strange's main body."
Lucas took out Strange's soul body from the pure white space.
In the pure white space, Strange's soul body was rapidly assimilated, his mental defenses rendered useless, and his memories had already been read by Lucas.
"This Strange didn't change his own life form, but rather the life form of his clone. His main body maintained its original human appearance. It was so that after resurrecting Christine, he could continue to live with her."
Lucas slowly explained the story of this Strange to everyone.
Initially, Strange, in order to resurrect Christine, searched for her soul all the way to the Dream Dimension.
Using the power of the darkhold, he successfully defeated the original Dimensional Lord of the Dream Dimension and retrieved Christine's soul.
However, this action incurred the Vishanti's displeasure, and he was forbidden from using white magic.
Afterward, Strange utilized the unique nature of the Dream Dimension, allowing his soul body to traverse the Multiverse, searching for other Christine from other worlds and seizing their bodies to resurrect his own Christine.
However, even a counterpart's soul and body were not perfectly compatible. Every now and then, Christine would need to change bodies.
Moreover, this time was getting shorter and shorter.
This was because the energy Strange used to nourish Christine's soul was also eroding Christine.
Reluctantly, Strange could only recruit more helpers to assist in finding more Christines from other worlds.
For example, Amazing Spider-Man.
And to conduct experiments to find a solution.
For example, projecting Amazing Gwen's soul into little Gwen's body.
"Lucas, what happened to the other Christines from other worlds, where are they?" Little Gwen asked.
She deeply empathized with the fate of the other Christines.
Snap!
Lucas snapped his fingers, and divine power surged, enveloping everyone and moving them quickly.
A moment later, they arrived at a frozen lake.
Lucas pointed down. "This is where the Christines from other worlds are buried."
Unlike the other Stranges from other worlds who were discarded in the wilderness, every Christine's body was properly preserved by Strange, frozen beneath the lake.
"How terrifying."
Seeing the dense figures lying beneath the lake, little Gwen's face turned pale with fright.
The others also felt their scalps tingle, almost triggering their trypophobia.
"This is only half, the other half is in another place." Lucas said.
"Hmm? Why put them in two different places?" Little Gwen wondered.
"Because a snake has two eyes."
Lucas stomped his foot on the frozen lake. Divine power penetrated downwards, reaching deep, then suddenly exploded.
Rumble!
The entire lake ice instantly shattered, and masses of green blood surged from the bottom of the lake.
Within the Dream Dimension, the green clouds in the sky and the barren land beneath their feet suddenly began to move rapidly.
Rising and falling, as if the sky was collapsing and the earth was heaving.
"The sky is falling?"
Seeing this scene, little Gwen couldn't help but exclaim.
"No, the sky isn't falling."
The Source Ancient One explained to little Gwen, "This world is fake, we have always been on the body of a giant snake. At this moment, the scene of the collapsing sky and sinking earth is merely this giant snake moving."
"Master is right."
Lucas unleashed his divine power, once again moving everyone at extreme speed, away from this world.
After they had pulled back a sufficient distance, they finally saw the true face of the original world. It was a colossal coiled giant snake, as massive as a small planet.
At this moment, one of the giant snake's eyes was continuously flowing with green blood.
The Source Ancient One looked at the giant snake, their expression solemn. "Strange not only borrowed the power of the darkhold, but he also borrowed the power of the elder god Set."
"I originally thought this giant snake was his main body. That's why I came. Only by using the Book of Vishanti can he be defeated."
Set, also known as the Snake God, is one of the elder gods. He is proficient in various abilities such as mind and mental control.
Unlike the Source Ancient One's solemn expression, Lucas remained calm and composed.
"It's rare for a clone to be stronger than the main body. But it's all the same."
Lucas clapped his hands together, and a pure white light emanated from his entire body. Behind him, an even larger, pure white construct, slowly emerged.
The construct floated in the void, covering the sky and obscuring the sun.
Lucas raised his palm and slowly pressed it down. The pure white Lucas also raised its palm and slowly pressed it towards the giant snake.
Because the distance was too great, this palm didn't look very big.
The giant snake Strange obviously underestimated it, hissing and baring its fangs to bite the palm.
The palm continued to press down, and the resolution continuously magnified. Only then did the giant snake see the lines of the fingerprints in the palm.
Within the fingerprint lines were countless keratinocytes. And within the keratinocytes, there were infinite details.
Before he could observe further, the giant snake's venomous fangs were broken, his head was pressed down, and he was smashed towards the earth.
Bang!
The palm was unaffected and continued to press down.
Mountains crumbled, and the earth cracked.
When the construct dissipated, a gigantic palm print appeared within the Dream Dimension.