Karl first needed to check on Stephen Strange and the situation at Kamar-Taj.
He had promised the Ancient One that he would look after Kamar-Taj.
Karl had believed that the resources and artifacts he left behind would be enough for Strange to grow stronger.
Yet somehow, Strange had still been overwhelmed.
Not long afterward, the Dark Dimension invaded Earth again, and nearly half of the planet had already been swallowed by dark energy.
Karl truly didn't know what to say about Stephen Strange's performance.
In the next instant—
Karl appeared at the headquarters of Kamar-Taj, wearing his Golden Saint Cloth embedded with the six Infinity Stones.
Several mages immediately turned toward him with caution.
But when they recognized Karl, they quickly relaxed.
Karl ignored them.
Instead, he immediately sensed Stephen Strange's location.
The next moment—
He teleported again.
Karl appeared inside Strange's room.
Stephen Strange lay unconscious on the bed.
Karl looked at him silently.
For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Strange's condition was extremely serious.
Both his body and soul had been severely damaged.
The worst injuries were within his soul, which explained why he had fallen unconscious.
The other mages outside clearly lacked the ability to diagnose the problem.
They certainly could not treat soul damage.
If Karl had not arrived in time—
Stephen Strange might have died here.
And if that happened, the Ancient One's spirit might have returned just to settle accounts with Karl.
Karl activated the Soul Stone.
A stream of golden soul energy began repairing Strange's severely damaged spirit.
At the same time, Karl used the Horse Talisman to heal Strange's physical injuries.
The Soul Stone continued restoring Strange's soul.
After about thirty minutes, the damage was completely repaired.
Karl still didn't know how Strange had managed to suffer such catastrophic injuries.
Suddenly—
Stephen Strange inhaled sharply.
"HISS—!"
"Dormammu!!!"
He sat up abruptly and shouted.
Karl was slightly startled.
Then Strange realized something.
His injuries were gone.
"Stop yelling."
Karl smacked him lightly on the head.
"I saved you."
"If I hadn't arrived, you'd already be dead in this room."
Karl crossed his arms.
"This is embarrassing."
"The Sorcerer Supreme of Kamar-Taj getting beaten half to death by Dormammu."
"And not just once."
Karl sighed.
"Half of Earth has already been corrupted by Dormammu's dark energy."
Stephen Strange immediately lowered his head.
"Senior brother… you can't blame me entirely."
"The Hong Kong Sanctum was compromised."
"The mages there were controlled and shut down the defensive spell arrays."
"Dormammu and several Dimensional Lords attacked the global magical barrier."
"The system couldn't hold for long."
"I was ambushed while fighting Dormammu."
"That's why I ended up like this."
Karl rolled his eyes.
"Fine."
"Get ready."
"We're going to deal with Dormammu."
"I'll clean up your mess."
Karl shook his head.
"I really don't know what the Ancient One was thinking when she chose you."
When the Ancient One was Sorcerer Supreme, situations like this had never happened.
Even during his tenure, multiple Sanctums had been infiltrated and corrupted.
Karl truly didn't know what to say anymore.
He turned and walked out.
Stephen Strange hurried after him.
Soon—
Karl, Stephen Strange, and the mages of Kamar-Taj appeared before Tony, Thor, and the others.
Karl nodded briefly toward Yan, Ganata, Black Phoenix, and Hela.
Then—
Karl shot into the sky.
Golden energy erupted from his body.
His voice echoed across the planet.
"Dormammu!"
"You dare plot against my goddaughter and invade Earth?"
"Today I will shatter your entire dimension!"
Karl floated in the sky holding the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
Before him was a massive spatial rift overflowing with dark energy.
His voice was heard across the entire planet.
In the Eastern regions, the Frost Goddess turned her gaze toward the sky.
She was Zhou Yinyin, chosen by the fragment of the Ancient Cold Moon Technique.
Her strength had already reached the Sub-Skyfather level.
BOOM—!
Karl launched his attack.
Golden energy smashed directly into the dark dimensional rift.
At the same moment—
Yan, Ganata, Black Phoenix, and Hela vanished.
They began clearing the dark energy across the planet.
Ganata was the most ruthless.
She simply devoured Dormammu's dark energy directly.
As for whether the energy might corrupt her—
That was impossible.
Dormammu's power was far from sufficient to corrupt Galactus's daughter.
Especially not when she was already a Single-Universe-level entity.
Thor also flew into the sky.
He joined the global cleansing effort.
Meanwhile—
Stephen Strange led the mages of Kamar-Taj through portals to corrupted cities.
They began using magic to purge the dark energy.
At the same time—
Charles Xavier and the mutants of Xavier's School joined the battle.
They assisted in clearing the infected regions.
Even Zhou Yinyin began purging the dark energy along the eastern borders.
Previously they had avoided large-scale cleansing because the corruption would simply spread back.
But now—
With Karl present, the situation had changed.
Dark energy across the planet was finally being pushed back.
However, the damage was catastrophic.
Billions of humans had already been infected.
Countless marine creatures were corrupted as well.
It was nothing less than a global apocalypse.
Karl noticed that Dormammu still hadn't appeared.
Without hesitation—
Karl transformed into a beam of golden light and flew directly into the dimensional rift.
He entered the Dark Dimension itself.
Dormammu still refused to show himself.
He could clearly sense Karl's overwhelming aura.
Karl had already reached the Single-Universe level.
Dormammu, at best, was only Pseudo-Single-Universe level.
Even inside his own dimension—
Dormammu knew he could not defeat him.
He desperately attempted to close the dimensional rift.
But it was too late.
Karl had already entered.
Soon—
A gigantic face made of black energy appeared in front of Karl.
Dormammu.
The aura surrounding the entity barely reached Pseudo-Single-Universe level.
Karl simply stared at him calmly.
He did not take Dormammu seriously at all.
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