He-El, hanging from the Eternal Spear Gungnir, opened his eyes. The confusion in his gaze gradually focused, and his consciousness became completely clear.
The next instant, an immense, wordless agony nearly drowned He-El. It was pain born from his genetic sequence itself, as every force in the universe sought to twist and destroy the regenerative and restructuring properties of his genes.
The backlash from this universe's six Infinity Stones sought to destroy him.
The energy and effort the six Infinity Stones had expended to remove the Omega Effect curse were returned to He-El's body, which had already begun to surpass the stellar level, in doubled backlash.
He-El's broad, handsome brows furrowed slightly, and a flicker of pain passed through his eyes.
This was not merely physical pain.
"This power is mine to use!"
The backlash from the Power Stone contained the forces governing particles throughout the universe: friction, pressure, elasticity, gravity, the Strong Nuclear Force, the Weak Nuclear Force, electromagnetism, and countless other forces. All of them twisted He-El's genetic structure, seeking to break down his body.
But He-El had once been swept up by the Infinity Stones and witnessed the workings of these forces. His body instinctively altered its genetic sequence through his will, resisting those forces while absorbing and using them.
"My mind is unbreakable!"
The Mind Stone's instinctive backlash sought to directly destroy his mind. Yet He-El's mental power had already reached the level where falsehood became reality and a single thought came true. Before the Mind Stone's immense but uncontrolled mental power, it was instead like ownerless energy, absorbed and used by him.
"Reality is me, and I am reality!"
The Reality Stone required clear thought to unleash its absurd power to twist fantasy and alter reality. Without anyone controlling it, the pure power of the