After dealing with Bucky's "mental illness" and accepting thanks from Steve and Bucky, Ethan continued his journey by plane to London.

He could have used a single spell to go anywhere he wanted, but Selvig and Jane Foster still needed to enter and exit through official channels. Otherwise, after Ethan left, it would be very troublesome for them to return to London and continue their previous work.

Anyway, Ethan had nothing to do during this time, and Tony's private jet was quite comfortable to ride in. He might as well take it as a short vacation for himself.

It was a pity that there was no one to accompany him during such leisurely times. What a failure.

"I have been working hard for over ten or twenty years, inside and out, but I am still single. Isn't that a bit too much of a failure?"

It was not that he had never thought about such things. For example, he had actively pulled Ada into his team, saying that her spy skills were outstanding. In reality, that was just a bonus. The fundamental reason was that he had liked this character in his previous life, and now that he had the ability and opportunity in this life, he invited her over as a matter of course.

It was just that there had been no substantial action since then. He was like an otaku addicted to games who could not extricate himself, constantly immersed in the ocean of magic, swimming around happily. Only when he was not training and was alone would he occasionally think about such things.

But such time was not much for Ethan now. Most of his time was either spent training or preparing for the next step of training.

He rubbed his smooth chin. So many years had passed, and Ethan had never grown a beard. At first, he was young and had not started growing one. Later, his body underwent several enhancements. Perhaps his personal subjective will was more resistant to hair not on his head. As a result, the few stubbles that had just sprouted gradually disappeared, and eventually, they just stopped growing.

He was very satisfied with his current appearance. His body transformation had been completely finished long ago, and his appearance had been optimized over a long period of time. Although he could still be recognized as Ethan, if you compared a photo to his appearance back then, the change was quite significant: from an ordinary face to a handsome guy.

Coupled with a height similar to Steve Rogers, and a set of muscles that were not overly exaggerated but very well-proportioned, he definitely had the capital to launch an offensive against any member of the opposite sex without causing disgust.

"Could it be that I have developed some kind of psychological problem?"

Ethan considered himself a vulgar person, and the things he liked were also vulgar. But such a vulgar person like himself had never thought of gathering a large group of beauties to fill his ship. He always felt that something was not normal.

Ethan did not dwell on his dilemma for long. After finding Jane Foster and Selvig and conveying Thor's invitation, Ethan brought the two of them, along with the intern Darcy and Darcy's intern, to Los Angeles.

They would stay here for a few days, and then after Steve arrived to meet up, Ethan would take them all to Asgard together.

Taking advantage of this last period of free time, Ethan had a few final things to deal with. The first one was to go to Kamar-Taj and borrow the Eye of Agamotto from the Ancient One for some training.

This was not Ethan's first time visiting Kamar-Taj. In fact, the first place he arrived when he first used the space-time orb to cross planes was Kamar-Taj.

That time, he was a plane-jumper who was intercepted and "placed under house arrest" by the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme who protected the world.

At that time, his range of activity was very small, only the house he lived in and the attached small courtyard. He was not allowed to go anywhere else.

This time was different. He was now visiting as a great mage from another world. In a sense, the only person in Kamar-Taj qualified to receive him was the Ancient One herself.

All areas of Kamar-Taj were open to him, and he even met some mages he had not met before but had already "known" for a long time.

For example, Kaecilius, who would betray the Ancient One in the near future, and Mordo, who led Doctor Strange, Stephen Strange, to Kamar-Taj and provided him with a lot of help during his process of learning how to become a mage.

And Wong, who would inherit the title of Sorcerer Supreme from Doctor Strange and become his most capable assistant.

These people had a strange attitude towards Ethan. Perhaps they could not understand why someone like Ethan would be valued by the Ancient One and personally received?

However, the Ancient One had very high prestige in Kamar-Taj, and no one would question her decisions, except for Kaecilius, who would betray Kamar-Taj in the future.

Ethan could sense that Kaecilius was filled with various negative fluctuations, but this was not something he needed to worry about. Kaecilius's betrayal was completely under the Ancient One's control. In order to perfectly escape the shackles of the Dark Dimension, the Ancient One also needed him to continue following the "original history."

When it was time for a private meeting, without outsiders disturbing them, and protected by magic so there was no need to worry about being overheard, the Ancient One finally sighed softly. "I have seen countless possible futures through magic, and now I have missed the best opportunity."

Kaecilius was not necessarily going to betray. As long as he was appeased in time when he discovered the Ancient One's secret and his beliefs wavered, and everything was explained clearly, Kaecilius might not necessarily turn to Dormammu. He might even become completely loyal to the Ancient One and even inherit her mantle.

Even if he did not have the qualifications to become the Sorcerer Supreme, he could still become a capable assistant to the next generation of Sorcerer Supreme, after all, Kaecilius's strength was among the top among the many mages in Kamar-Taj.

It was just that at that time, the Ancient One had already chosen the "future" and decided to use Kaecilius's hand to free herself. Ethan really did not know how to evaluate this approach.

"This is the price of prying into the mysteries of time. You will find yourself caught in one choice after another, and no matter what choice you make, you will find that things can never be perfectly resolved. You will fall into various internal struggles, and if your mental will is not strong enough, you will even be completely lost."

Only then did Ethan understand why the Ancient One took him on a tour of Kamar-Taj, letting him meet almost all the mages.

She knew that he was going to use the Eye of Agamotto for training, so she let Ethan understand in advance the price of prying into time, or the potential troubles he might encounter.

"Thank you for your teachings, Ancient One."

The Ancient One smiled and accepted Ethan's bow frankly. When Ethan straightened up again, she began to introduce the Eye of Agamotto in detail.

What Ethan was most concerned about was the core Time Stone. He was not even interested in the Eye of Agamotto, which was a tool that made it more convenient for mages to use the Time Stone. All he wanted was the Time Stone, or rather, the energy containing the time attribute within it.

Time always passed quickly during training. A few days passed in the blink of an eye.

Of course, there could not be any earth-shattering progress in such a short time, and Ethan did not suddenly have an epiphany and comprehend some heaven-defying laws. He just gained a further understanding of the nature of time, and after cross-referencing it with the space-time orb he had, he discovered some things he had overlooked.

What Ethan had in his hand was the space-time orb. Space-time is not just space.

Just like the anchor points Ethan left in the Marvel world, the positioning is not just spatial coordinates, but also the location of time points.

Ethan finally understood that he had never been able to accurately locate time points because he knew too little about time. His space-time orb had always been walking forward with a limp. If he could understand the energy of time deeply enough, he could even arbitrarily decide to go to any time point in any world.

However, it was unknown when he would be able to do that, especially in the worlds he had already experienced. It was difficult for him to choose a time point that had already "passed" to travel to.

For now, through this period, Ethan had barely gained an entry-level understanding. Even with such a shallow understanding, it allowed him to know how to adjust the energy properties of the space-time orb.

Other effects had not yet appeared. The biggest effect at present was that the time positioning of the space-time anchor points was much more stable and clear than before.

For example, for the space-time anchor points that had been left, after he left, he could leave a more accurate mark on the timeline. When he came back next time, he could even return to the time point he had left before.

It was a pity that Ethan still could not achieve such accurate positioning, so there would still be a certain error, the error was about eighty to one hundred days.

Compared to before, this error was completely negligible!

The harvest from this trip was good, so Ethan was always happy when he went to Asgard to attend Thor's coronation ceremony. Everyone thought he was simply happy for Thor.

Feeling a little embarrassed about being misunderstood, Ethan personally forged a hammer and gave it to Thor before leaving the Marvel Universe. This hammer was certainly not as good as Thor's Stormbreaker, but its power was not bad. After all, he had secretly learned a lot from the dwarves and used rare Asgardian materials, so the final product was better than most weapons.

"It can also be compensation for destroying your Mjolnir."

Although the hammer, named Might of Minethil, looked a bit strange in shape, Thor did not care about the hammer, but about Ethan's intention. He happily accepted the gift and said that he would use it often.

As for Steve, Ethan did not forge armor for him. In the end, he only gave him a handbook on the training of Holy Light for paladins. As for whether he would read it or train, that was up to Steve to choose.

After doing all this, Ethan and Tony went to take over the Prinz Eugen, and then he would leave this world.

(To be continued.)