Ancient One Sorcerer had lived for a very long time. Her understanding of magic and knowledge of the Eye of Agamotto far surpassed that of the future Sorcerer Supreme, Stephen Strange—Doctor Strange.
She could apply the Time Stone's effects to specific objects and distort their causal relationships. Just as she intended to do now, she would alter the outcome of Yinsen obtaining the two gems and return them to where they "should have been."
If it had been the Yinsen of the past, he would have had few ways to deal with such a method. He would mainly have relied on interference and evasion.
But Yinsen no longer needed to do that. The instant the Ancient One invoked the Time Stone's power, Green Energy lit up in Yinsen's right hand. He reached out and blocked the space before him. It was as if he had struck something; the Green Energy on his hand abruptly shattered, and almost simultaneously, the light emitted by the Eye of Agamotto dimmed considerably.
Although the Eye of Agamotto's glow quickly returned to normal, the mages present saw that instant of change clearly. As its user, the Ancient One sensed even more.
"Time?"
"Time!"
"That's impossible!"
The well-traveled Ancient One's first reaction was also disbelief. Even the greatest mages in history had found it difficult to control time. Even the rare few great Sorcerer Supremes could only touch upon a small portion of time's power by relying on the Time Stone. For a mage to wield such power through his own abilities was nearly impossible.
Moreover, the time energy released by this young man felt very familiar to her. Its nature was extremely similar to the power of the Time Stone in her hand. That meant he had very likely mastered the power of time through