Marvel fans highly anticipate the upcoming Phase Five launching with the debut ofAnt - Man and the Wasp : Quantumaniain February 2023 . The first dawdler has stoke this excitement considerably , with rearing surmise on the nature of how Scott Lang and company will feather off against the MCU ’s next expectant bad , Kang the Conqueror .

Eagle - eyed fans have scrutinized the preview down to every point to unravel Kang ’s interest and the quantum kingdom . Some concluded thatShang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsandMs . Marvelcould be connected in how Kang fits into the newly ramous multiverse .

Quantum Realm Ringed Kang Tech

TheAnt - Man 3trailer prove many striking CGI shots of a micro - sized city , which reminisces the TVA inLoki ’s time of year 1 and the legendary Chronopolis from amusing canyon - the latter of which is often known as Kang ’s home ground sward .

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One of the prevailing internet theories posit that these massive vacillating rings seen in the trailer might be a top executive source for Kang ’s signature ' clip - drive hot seat ' from the comics , a advanced hover twist he oftentimes apply to travel in time . While it could be a concurrence , those large band suffer a striking resemblance to Shang - Chi ’s artillery , with silvern tones and blue glyph and patterns within their intimate circle .

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Ms. Marvel ’s " Destined " showed that the Clandestines ab initio learn the bauble during the British occupation of India in the ruins of a collapsed temple . Viewers could clearly see the insignia of the Ten Rings - the criminal organization founded by Shang - Chi ’s father Wenwu - carved into the base of the ruins , and the fallal itself was find on the radiocarpal joint of a racy - skinned corpse . This suggest its possessor might be a member of the infamous blue - skinned Kree race known fromMarvel ’s Agents of ShieldandCaptain Marvel .

It may be that bothancient and powerful MCU weaponscentral toMs . MarvelandShang - Chiwere lead on ground for some cause , and that they ’ll be integral parts of the Multiverse Macguffin similar to the Infinity Saga ’s Infinity Stones .

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Toward the final stage of theAnt - Man 3trailer , Kang is proposition Scott Lang to do something for him , in exchange for something Scott wants ( presumptively safety for his loved ones ) . It might be that Kang require Scott to find sealed items for him to either break out of the Quantum Realm or plainly wreak mayhem across the multiverses , and both Shang - Chi ’s ring and Kamala Khan ’s bracelet might be among those require detail .

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The post - credits fit inShang - Chirevealed Carol Danvers and Bruce Banner express the pack were unlike anything they ’d ever see and that they seemed to be emit a sort of beacon into space . That same sign could easily translate to the Quantum Realm , similar to how Cassie Lang ’s signal did in theAnt - Man 3trailer .

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Shang-Chi’s Director Will Be Heading Avengers: The Kang Dynasty

It might be a back doorway coincidence , but somehow that seems improbable . Destin Daniel Cretton will be directingAvengers : The Kang Dynastyin Phase Six , having previously overseen production and direction on the wildly successfulShang - Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings . It likely goes without saying that return the director ’s handwriting - on involvement with his own writing credits in Shang - Chi ’s extraction film , Shang - Chi will be a meaning part of the Avengers team which face off against Kang the Conqueror .

It was also Cretton ’s idea to have the Ten Rings sending out a beacon of some sort , connote he already knows where that signaling has been transmitting , and it almost for sure must be link to Kang .

The Realms Of Ta-Lo And The Noor Dimension May Play A Part

It ’s amazing how Marvel Studios ' think tank has a concrete World Wide Web of connecter in idea , give Phase Four ’s sporadic ups and downs , but that does n’t mean they do n’t . Given the fluidic nature of Kang ’s Quantum Realm and how it gives access to unlike place in time and alternate dimensions , the mystical realm of Ta - Lo ( shown at the climax ofShang - Chi)and the brief , turbid show of Kamala Khan within the Noor Dimension ( the Clandestines ' dark home ) might portend more eventual connections to Kang .

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In the drone , he ’s seek time - contingent advantage to consolidating his mightiness , which could sure be found in either of these seemingly timeless dimensions .

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The Ten Rings Have Multiple Advantages

The MCU has already corroborated in - universe canon that the Ten Rings can be handle by more than one person at the same time , which foretell well for any budding or senior Avengers looking toteam up alongside the ring ’s current owner Shang - Chi . Not only do the ring offer an apparent form of semi - immortality , but they also give their owner an regalia of abilities , include enhanced strong point and seniority , fire energy - based projectiles and issuing concussive blasts , and telepathic connection with the artillery themselves .

Like Kamala Khan ’s fallal , they can be used as platforms and means of propulsion to serve their users move through the aura . It ’s doubtful such exchangeable weaponry are unrelated , and it ’s more than likely Kang is seeking them out .

Kang And Kamala Have Crossed Paths In The Comics In Some Strange Ways

There ’s slight question Shang - Chi and Kamala Kahn will be part of the teams that confront off against Kang ( and probably Doctor Doom as well ) inAvengers : The Kang DynastyandAvengers : Secret Wars . Shang - Chi was already welcome into the Avengers by Wong , Carol , and Bruce inShang - Chi ’s mid - credit scene , and Kamala is about to join Carol in an undoubtedly cosmic adventure in the upcomingThe Marvels .

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In fact , Kamala does have some comic canon background with Kang - most of the Marvel cosmos does . He once examine to trap her in the past , and another clip Gamora actually buckle the universe in half with the Infinity Stones , resulting in a ' Warp World ' where Kang and Kamala become one somebody , Kamala Kang .

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Time Is On Their Side

Unlike therest of Phase 4 ’s multiverse events(Lokinotwithstanding),Shang - Chi , Ms. Marvel , andAnt - Man 3all seem to have significant story arcs dedicate to the manipulation of fourth dimension in some sort or another . Wenwu was at least a thousand years old thanks to his possession of the Ten Rings . Kamala goes back in time via her bangle to spare her own grandmother and further learn of her descent .

InAnt - Man 3 , should the showcased city in question in reality be Kang ’s urban center of Chronopolis , it exists outside regular time in the Quantum Realm . While time change of location will sure continue to play a part in the Multiverse Saga , it seems the ownership of the Ten Rings and Kamala ’s bangle does seem to be the initial catalyst in setting up Kang ’s prison term - jaunt villainy .

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