Chapter 651: Speculations and insights into Asgard's past

After Noah looked at the information in his hand for a few minutes, he decided not to waste time here. He originally thought that he could see something interesting, such as information about Asgard's magic technology, but he didn't expect that most of the things in this area were about what Odin experienced after he ascended the throne.

And this is the history after those false fabrications. Noah knew that when Odin first ascended the throne, he was not as kind as written in these history books. To other countries in the universe, he could be regarded as a tyrant who loved war and aggression.

In the past, under the joint leadership of Odin and his majestic eldest daughter, the goddess of death Hela, Asgard's elite divisions were invincible in the vast universe and had few rivals. At that time, Asgard's territory was far beyond the Nine Realms. Wherever Odin's iron hoof reached, the territory he conquered spanned the endless sea of ​​stars, and its vastness far exceeded the scope of the Nine Realms known today.

However, for unknown reasons, Odin suddenly gave up his decision to conquer the world and led his army back to the capital without fighting again. This decision not only marked the end of Asgard's expansion era, but also foreshadowed a profound change in Odin's governing philosophy. He became less brutal and no longer relied on force and conquest, but was ready to be a wise king who ruled the country with wisdom and benevolence.

This decision made Hela quite dissatisfied at the time. She believed that as long as they continued to persevere, the entire universe would surrender to Asgard. Why should they give up suddenly?

The dissatisfied Hela naturally did not want to obey Odin's decision, so Odin could only take action against his eldest daughter Hela, sealing her in exile to Helheim, one of the nine realms, which is the legendary underworld, so Hela's title of goddess of death came from this.

After banishing Hela, Odin sealed Asgard's history of wars and Hela's existence into the past, burying them in the dust of time, as if they had never existed. Then, he personally wove a new, false chapter of history to cover up the past full of wars and disputes, and put on a peaceful and bright past for Asgard and himself.

So when Asgard stopped fighting, the territories in the outside world that were originally conquered by Asgard were gradually occupied by other people, and Asgard's once terrifying reputation was gradually forgotten in the long river of time. Although Asgard still has considerable reputation at this time, it is not as terrifying and powerful as in the past. Flowing in the hearts of the people, now only those truly ancient beings know the history of thousands of years ago.

Noah still wanted to know why Odin suddenly stopped fighting, but since what he was looking up here were all false histories created by Odin, it was obvious that Odin would not record such things here. Perhaps the real answer was only known to him.

Noah can only think of two reasons for this. One is about the collection of Infinity Stones. There is also an Infinity Gauntlet in Odin's treasure house. This gauntlet should have been stored here for thousands of years. Just by the fact that Hela mocked the gauntlet when she saw it, it proves that the Infinity Gauntlet existed before Hela was imprisoned, which means that it was much earlier than Thanos' Infinity Gauntlet. Perhaps when Odin was conquering the universe thousands of years ago, he also had the idea of ​​collecting cosmic gems like Thanos.

At that time, Odin and Asgard had already collected two Infinity Stones, the Cosmic Cube and the Aether, and were one-third complete in the process of collecting all six stones, making them the force most likely to collect all the gems.

Noah's first guess was that Odin found the location of the Soul Gem when he was looking for the gem. Then, when he asked the guardian of the Soul Gem at the time, he learned the method of making the Soul Gem appear, which was to sacrifice his beloved.

At that time, for Odin, his only love should be Hela. Since Marvel never mentioned the existence of Hela's mother, Hela's mother should have passed away long ago.

When Odin learned that he could only obtain the gems by sacrificing Hela, perhaps he suddenly felt some kind of fatherly love in his heart, and then gave up the search for the Infinity Stones, and also stopped conquering the universe in search of the gems.

That's why Hela was so sarcastic about Odin after seeing the Infinity Gauntlet. Perhaps she also knew about Odin's collection of gems and was puzzled by Odin.

This is a possibility Noah speculated, but if he really loved Hela so much, why did he seal his eldest daughter directly into the underworld because of a disagreement with Hela? And he also hid her history of existence in Asgard?

This made Noah feel quite conflicted, so he couldn't judge whether his guess was correct, or whether it was the second possibility. The second idea was also very simple, that is, Odin encountered some powerful beings during his conquest of the universe, and was warned by them, so Odin stopped his conquest out of fear.

The only powerful existence that could make Odin retreat should be the gods or above. As for dimensional demons like Dormammu, Noah felt that he should not be able to make Odin and Hela, who were at the peak of their prime, retreat. In addition, the Asgard army was at its peak at that time. Even the arrogant Dormammu would not dare to look at this situation for a long time.

These are some of Noah's speculations about Asgard's past history. These things are not recorded in the information here. However, as depicted in the movie, if the murals carved on the walls and ceilings of the Asgard Palace are smashed, the true history of the time should be revealed underneath.

But let's think about this kind of thing after Odin dies. Now that others are still alive, it is not good to expose their shortcomings, Noah thought.

Moreover, the Odin in Noah's movie was really a bit of a rip-off. Since he knew that Hela would break the seal after his death, why didn't he tell his two sons the news earlier so that they could be prepared to deal with the crisis? Instead, he told Thor and Loki the information after his death, and in the form of riddles, which was not clear. As a result, the two were caught off guard by Hela, and even Thor's Thor's hammer exploded.