"In this new branched reality, without our chief weapon against the forces of darkness, our world will be over run. Millions will suffer. So, tell me, Doctor, can your science prevent all that?"
"I'm looking for Doctor Strange." "You're about five years too early. Stephen Strange is currently performing surgery about twenty blocks that way. What do you want from him?"
Hulk insisted that he had no time for arguing, so the Ancient One proceeded to push Banner out of Hulk into his astral form so as to immobilize him, leading to Hulk becoming temporarily incapacitated without a guiding mind. As they conversed, Banner implored the Ancient One to give the Stone to him, notifying her of the Snap that Thanos caused in their timeline. The Ancient One refused, citing without the Stone in their timeline, they would be left unprotected from the dangers of the Multiverse. Banner claimed that once the Avengers are done undoing the Snap, they will return the Stone at the exact moment it was taken but the Ancient One reminded him that he needed to survive in order to return the stones.
The Ancient One proclaimed that the Masters of the Mystic Arts had sworn an oath to guard the Time Stone, only to be shocked when Banner inquired why Strange had willingly relinquished the Stone to Thanos. Realizing that Strange would only have given Thanos the Stone for a reason, the Ancient One decided to trust her future successor. She reunited Banner and the Hulk back into one being once more while entrusting Banner with the Time Stone, but not without a look of concern in her eyes over the possibility of the Time Stone not being returned. After they won, Captain America returned the Time Stone back to the Ancient One.[1]
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Magic: The Ancient One was skilled in many types of magic, which she used to both teach sorcerers and fight.
One type of magic that was used by the Ancient One was Eldritch Magic, which she used to create Tao Mandalas and weapons. She created fan-like weapons and threw them at the Chitauri that were flying near the New York Sanctum during the Battle of New York.
Astral Projection: The Ancient One was able to push Hulk's astral form out of his physical form to make him less of a threat when explaining the timelines.
Illusion Manipulation:
Ancient One creates an illusory display
Ancient One, while speaking with Bruce Banner's astral form, was able to create an illusory display of the Infinity Stones, conjuring up formations of fiery energy shaped into a line that stretched over multiple city blocks in order to visualize the timeline and the subsequent branches created by removing a stone from it. Both she and the incorporeal Banner were able to physically interact with this holographic illusion.
Telekinesis: The Ancient One was able to influence objects and people with mere gestures, as seen when she moved the body of Hulk towards Bruce Banner's astral form to return it to his body. While using this ability, a golden mist appeared around the object she was influencing.
Parachronal Cognition: The Ancient One had the ability to read the future, even from people she didn't know. In 2012, during the Battle of New York, when Bruce Banner met her to ask her to give him the Time Stone and asked her about Stephen Strange, she responded that she was aware that Strange would join them in five years despite never meeting him before their first meeting nor vice versa. However, her precognition was limited to her lifespan, as she was aware of neither the Snap nor the fact Strange would surrender the Time Stone to Thanos in order to gain eventual control over the outcome of the fight against the Mad Titan.
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"The Infinity Stones create what you experience as the flow of time. Remove one stone and that flow splits. Now, this may benefit your reality but my new one, not so much."
Genius-Level Intellect: The Ancient One is very knowledgeable of the Mystic Arts. She is able to use this knowledge to teach sorcerers the ways of magic. She also explained to Bruce Banner how dangerous it was to take an Infinity Stone out of its timeline.
Time Stone: As guardian of the Eye of Agamotto, the Ancient One protected the Time Stone which was inside. She gave it to Hulk so that he could resurrect the victims of Thanos' Snap in his universe, and it was then returned to her by Steve Rogers.
After finishing filming of Avengers: Endgame, Tilda Swinton was brought back during post-production for reshoots because some key plot points about time travel in the film had to be changed, leading to the inclusion of the Ancient One showing Hulk the consequences the Time Heist could have if the Avengers fail to put back the Infinity Stones from where they obtained them.[3]
