After the Seventh Sense comes the Eighth Sense.
Only by understanding the Eighth Sense, after the Alaya Consciousness, can the Phoenix Cosmos be thoroughly and unobstructedly manifested.
Although, with Hawk's current strength, the Eighth Sense is not really urgent.
After all, his current strength is right here.
Above the Seventh Sense, below the Eighth Sense.
To put it simply!
Above gold, below sacred!
Take Thanos, for example. If it were Thanos wearing the full Infinity Gauntlet standing in front of him now, maybe there would still be a chance to confront him.
But at this moment.
Thanos is likely unqualified to make a move against him, unless Thanos wants to die.
The reason Hawk feels a sense of urgency is very simple.
Holy Armor!
According to his plan, after understanding the Seventh Sense, he should go find Dwarf King Eitri and ask him to forge his Golden Phoenix Holy Armor.
Hawk thought so too and even planned to do it.
But!
A month ago, at his bachelor party, when he was going to bring this up with Thor, the Sixth Sense suddenly reacted.
It seemed to stop him from creating the Golden Phoenix Holy Armor before understanding the Eighth Sense.
No reason.
However, Hawk chose to trust his Sixth Sense.
Both the Sixth Sense and the Seventh Sense were comprehended; is the Eighth Sense really that distant?
In one word.
Go for it!
In fact, in the past month, while honeymooning with Gwen, he truly found a thread of direction toward understanding the Eighth Sense while relaxing his mind.
If the essence of the Seventh Sense is time.
Understanding the Seventh Sense is about contracting one's own time and thereby giving oneself the time of the Little Cosmos.
Then, the essence of the Eighth Sense is life.
Yes.
Life!
In Masami Kurumada's original work, the Eighth Sense Alaya Consciousness is defined as transcending life and death. Those who awaken this sense can maintain consciousness and freedom even if their physical body dies and still possess all the powers of when they were alive.
After understanding the Seventh Sense, Hawk also relied on the vast energy of the Mind Gemstone to keep comprehending in this direction.
But he was previously understanding along the direction of life and death.
However, fifteen days ago, when Gwen confirmed her pregnancy and he saw those two little lives developing in a Sandaar Star hospital, Hawk suddenly understood.
The Eighth Sense is defined as transcending life and death, but its essence is life!
If mastering the time of the Seventh Sense is like swallowing a Golden Core, making one's own fate independent of heaven for a Saint Warrior.
Then mastering the life of the Eighth Sense is like stepping outside the Three Realms, beyond the Five Elements for a Saint Warrior.
So——
If understanding the time of the Seventh Sense is about contracting one's own time while giving oneself the time of the Little Cosmos, then the essence of the life of the Eighth Sense is actually about understanding the true meaning of life and how to give one's own cosmos life.
Only by mastering time can one grant the Little Cosmos time.
Likewise.
Only by mastering life can one grant the Little Cosmos life.
Unfortunately!
The direction is right.
But regarding how to understand life, Hawk couldn't say he's without any clue; he just has some, but not much.
He thought about cheating with the Infinity Gemstones again.
But after going around, Hawk realized there seems to be no gemstone in the Infinity Gemstones series called the Life Gemstone.
The Soul Gemstone barely counts.
But the conditions to obtain that thing are too harsh, requiring the sacrifice of one's beloved to get help from the Soul Gemstone.
Hawk decisively passed on that.
He does feel a sense of urgency, but he just wants to manifest his Phoenix Cosmos sooner, not that there's any imminent enemy to deal with.
Even speaking currently, even if the Celestial God Team comes, he's not afraid.
Maybe can't win.
But making a quick getaway, he can still do that.
So...
Take it slow, don't rush, the advantage is mine.
Hawk thought silently in his heart.
Meanwhile.
Gwen just finished telling their hometown mate Star-Lord about being abducted, but still had some curiosity.
"Peter, why did Yondu take you away from Earth? I've heard from other alien races on Sandaar Star that no one goes near our Earth's location for years."
"He's just selfish; I could help him steal in places adults can't go."
Star-Lord snorted as he spoke.
In his childhood, he thought Yondu was like a hero from "Space Knight," taking him on various space adventures.
But he found out it wasn't the case; he was forced to steal between stars, leading an unstable life, with Yondu even often threatening to eat him.
So...
Star-Lord always felt that Yondu took him from Earth purely out of selfishness and wanting a little thief helper.
Gwen frowned slightly: "There are many who can be thieves; why did he choose you?"
It seemed off to her.
If it was just to find a thief, there was no need to go all the way to Earth's remote, desolate corner spoken of by aliens just to take Star-Lord.
Gwen thought this was odd but couldn't quite pinpoint why.
So!
She turned her head to Hawk: "Hawk, do you know why Yondu kidnapped Peter?"
Hawk raised an eyebrow, laughing under his wife's curious gaze.
"Are you so sure I know?"
"Of course."
Gwen said with a smile: "You're my husband; in my heart, you can do anything."
Upon hearing this.
Peter looked at the Earth cola in his hand and felt a bit sour.
Rocket Raccoon even put down his drink, looking a bit uncomfortable: "Why does this drink taste a bit sour?"
Hawk smiled slightly.
Alright, he really did know.
Ego, huh.
Ego is the one who hired Yondu to travel all over the cosmos to bring back the thousands of children he successfully seeded, including Star-Lord.
This is the origin of Star-Lord's nickname, a demigod body akin to mortals.
Star-Lord's mother might be mortal, but his biological father is a god.
A true god.
A celestial god born after a planet gained self-life.
Wait!
Planet, life.
Hawk suddenly raised his sword-like eyebrows.
But just as he was about to think further, the projection of the Enterprise fell down.
"Sir, a spaceship in stealth mode is approaching."
"Display it."
Hawk snapped back to his senses and said.
The next second.
The projection of the Enterprise came down.
An egg-shaped spaceship appeared in the projection.
A middle-aged man with silver hair and a neatly trimmed beard, looking full of charm, was standing on the egg-shaped spaceship and appeared in the projection.
It was Ego!
Hawk brought Gwen back to the bridge room.
The Guardians of the Galaxy followed behind them.
As they entered the bridge room, Ego had already brought his spaceship out of stealth mode, but due to the Enterprise having activated all of its weapon systems, it stopped outside the Enterprise's attack range.
"Sir, communication detected."
"Confirmed target, sent by the unknown spaceship."
"Connect."
"Yes."
The Enterprise responded and connected the communication.
With a swoosh.
Ego's projection, with his silver hair and neatly trimmed beard, appeared on the big screen of the bridge.
For some reason, when Gwen looked at the projected image of Ego, although he was smiling, her first impression was not good.
"Enterprise."
Ego spoke, his voice steady and calm like that of a middle-aged man: "I'm looking for the Milan."
The Milan is the spaceship Star-Lord pilots.
This spaceship's name was derived from Star-Lord's childhood crush on Earth, Alyssa Milano.
Listening to Ego's words, Hawk felt a stir within, as if something had crossed his mind. He spoke up, following Ego's words.
"There is someone you know on the Milan."
"Of course, my son."
He spoke with a smile, then mentioned a name.
"Peter Quill!"
"..."
Star-Lord froze in place.
The members of the Guardians of the Galaxy instinctively looked toward Star-Lord.
Gwen blinked and looked at Hawk.
Hawk nodded slightly, not showing any signs.
Gwen suddenly understood as she looked at Hawk's expression, feeling a stir within herself.
Again.
She knew Hawk better than anyone else.
So... naturally, there should be more to the story.
But because she knew Hawk so well, she showed no signs of it.
Star-Lord also recovered from his shock, looking at the projected image of Ego and furrowed his brows: "You're saying you're my father. What's my mom's name?"
Ego, hearing Star-Lord's voice, displayed a bright smile: "I thought my handsome face would make you certain, but Meredith, that's a name I can never forget."
Star-Lord was dumbfounded.
Gamora quickly looked at Star-Lord.
Star-Lord swallowed, feeling at a loss.
Because Ego never mentioned it.
His mother was indeed named Meredith.
Meredith Quill.
"When your mother passed away, I hired Yondu to bring you back."
"But he didn't listen to me and adopted you himself."
"I don't know why he did this, but I've been looking for you ever since."
Ego, who boarded the Enterprise spaceship, met with Star-Lord and the others in the crew's dining area and began to explain why Yondu went to Earth to take Star-Lord.
Hawk and Gwen stood quietly aside, watching this father-and-son reunion scene.
Gamora felt a bit curious.
"How did you find us?"
"Even though I live on a backwater planet, the name Star-Lord, Peter Quill reached me too."
Ego smiled, then casually mentioned his planet, then looked at Star-Lord.
"Speaking of my planet, why don't we go over there now? Your friends can come along, including that triangle-faced monkey."
Triangle-faced?
Feeling like he was being talked about, Rocket Raccoon couldn't help touching his triangle face.
Ego then looked at Hawk and Gwen: "Of course, I also invite you to visit my Earth. I assure you, it's beautiful there."
Gwen was just about to speak.
Hawk answered first.
"Sure."
"..."