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However, after thinking for a while, Syd still didn't dare to use the Cosmic Cube to travel to a so-called parallel world.
The Cosmic Cube was powerful, capable of traveling to nearly any location. Syd knew that with it, he could even reach different dinsions.
For example, the Dark Dinsion where Dormammu resided, or even realms like Heaven and Hell!
Of course, traveling there was possible, but whether one could co back alive was another question entirely.
It was important to understand that dinsional deities were extrely powerful within their respective dinsions, much more so than they were outside of them. If one were unlucky enough to encounter one of these beings, there would be little chance of survival.
As for traversing parallel worlds, Syd wasn't sure if the Cosmic Cube could do that. Even if it could, he suspected it might be a one-way trip.
For instance, if he reached a parallel world and then the Cosmic Cube suddenly stopped working...
That said, Syd leaned towards believing that the Infinity Stones could still be used in parallel universes. The reason why they didn't work in the Ti Variance Authority's domain was likely due to the unique nature of that space.
However, there was still a possibility, though small, that the Infinity Stones might not function in a parallel world. It wasn't impossible.
Until everything was tested, it remained an unknown. Syd wasn't willing to take that kind of risk by using the Cosmic Cube.
There were other, safer ways to travel to parallel worlds. Syd recalled that the portals of Kamar-Taj could achieve the sa thing.
Compared to the Cosmic Cube, those portals were far more convenient and didn't carry the risk of failure.
Syd mused that, at so point, he should acquire a sling Ring-the tool used to open these portals-and try it out.
For now, though, he decided to let it go.
After testing the Cosmic Cube, he turned his attention to the Mind Scepter on the other side. As he gazed at the gem on the scepter's tip, Syd found himself lost in thought.
Each Infinity Stone carried its own side effects when used. The Power Stone's side effect was quite clear: just touching it could cause injury, and if one couldn't withstand its energy, they'd explode and die. Ordinary people couldn't use it.
The side effects of the Ti Stone were unclear, though it was likely that each use impacted the flow of ti to so degree.
When Doctor Strange first used the Ti Stone, he tested it on an apple, which symbolized the forbidden fruit from the Bible-a taphor for Strange's act of defiance.
Even the Ancient One warned Strange not to use the Ti Stone recklessly.
It was clear that overusing the Ti Stone could cause ti-related logic to beco chaotic, and in extre cases, could lead to the collapse of the tiline.
Take, for example, a certain universe's version of Doctor Strange. Unlike the main universe's Doctor Strange, this one survived his car accident unhard, but his girlfriend Christine died. Desperate to bring her back, this Doctor Strange studied magic across the world and eventually beca the Sorcerer Supre.
With the Ancient One gone and no one left to stop him, he decided to use the Ti Stone to reverse ti and save Christine.
But no matter how many tis he tried, Christine's death couldn't be avoided. She would always die in different ways-whether it was a car crash or being shot, various accidents would claim her life.
In his despair, the Ancient One, who had not yet died in that tiline, sensed his actions and appeared before him.
She explained that Christine's death was a fixed point in ti, a crucial event that had to happen for Doctor Strange to beco the Sorcerer Supre.
Without becoming the Sorcerer Supre, Doctor Strange would not have been able to save her in the first place. Thus, Christine had to die, and the tiline's logic closed in on itself. Originally, if the Ancient One hadn't intervened, Doctor Strange might have accepted reality after a few days of grieving. But her explanation gave him renewed hope.
After all, the Ancient One had taught him that "anything is possible."
Doctor Strange thought that if a fixed point in ti was the issue, there must be a way to overco it. Nothing was truly absolute in the eyes of a sorcerer.
To this end, Doctor Strange traveled through ti to an ancient, lost library, where he indeed found a thod to alter fixed points in ti. The solution was simple: imnse power.
For a sorcerer, obtaining power was easy, whether by borrowing from dinsional deities or other ans.
The easiest thod was to absorb mystical creatures using dark magic.
So, Doctor Strange created a summoning circle, calling forth and absorbing mystical creatures one after another. His power grew rapidly, but as he absorbed more, he gradually lost his
humanity.
With enough power, everything beca simple. Doctor Strange forcibly used the Ti Stone to bring Christine back to life.
Unfortunately, those who tamper with ti often find themselves at the rcy of it. Christine was resurrected, but the universe began to unravel, entering a state of collapse!
Not even the near-omnipotent Doctor Strange could stop the destruction of the universe.
In his imnse power, Doctor Strange even beca aware of the Watcher-a being who silently observed the universe's developnt but never intervened.
Sadly, despite Doctor Strange's pleas for the Watcher to save his universe, the Watcher, true to his nature, simply watched in silence as the universe headed towards its destruction.
During this ti, the Watcher warned Doctor Strange that disrupting the flow of ti would only lead to greater ruin.
In the end, Doctor Strange could only watch helplessly as his universe was destroyed, powerless to do anything...
Just like how, in the future, Tony Stark sacrificed himself with a snap of his fingers, and Doctor Strange couldn't use the Ti Stone to bring him back.
If Tony were resurrected by reversing ti, the logic of his snap, which erased Thanos and his army, would be undone. Thanos and his forces would return, resetting everything to the way
it was before...
In a way, the Ti Stone's side effects might seem subtle, but when they occur, they can be
the most terrifying of all.
Of course, this doesn't an there is no power that can defy logic.
Syd thought about it and couldn't help but recall Chaos Magic.
Unlike the Ti Stone, Chaos Magic's reality-altering power truly defied logic, forcefully changing everything without causing reality to collapse. It could bend logic to its will.
This demonstrated that the essence of Chaos Magic was of a far higher level.
At least, the problems of ti logic weren't an issue for Chaos Magic, and it wouldn't cause a
breakdown in reality.
Unfortunately...
"Unfortunately, my ability to alter reality with Chaos Magic is still passive. Who knows when
it will appear..."
Syd thought with a hint of regret.
Of course, it's not that Chaos Magic's reality-altering ability had no pattern. The more unstable one's ntal state was, the more likely Chaos Magic would run rampant.
The more unstable the emotions, the stronger Chaos Magic beca...
For instance, when he turned the Sentinel robots into butterflies, that was rely a normal
trigger, far from a true rampage...
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