Like a branding iron plunged into boiling water, wisps of smoke rose.
There was no bloody spectacle of torn flesh.
The purple Power Stone embedded itself in the marrow of his forearm.
The blue Space Stone settled into the distal end of the radius at his wrist.
The green Time Stone traveled along his meridians to his elbow joint.
The yellow Mind Stone merged into the Laogong acupoint in his palm.
The orange Soul Stone took root in the nerve center of his right arm.
And the dark red Reality Stone, the last to find its place, settled firmly in the very center of the back of Lynn's right hand.
Flesh closed over them, and their divine radiance withdrew.
The six stones were no longer external attachments. They became six miniature galaxy tattoos, growing into Lynn's skin, muscles, and bones until they were inseparable.
Light flowed slowly beneath his skin, finally forming a perfect, closed circuit that vanished beneath his healthy bronze complexion.
[Ding!]
Deep within his mind, the system's notification was no longer a cold mechanical noise, nor was it an ethereal divine whisper.
It had become an ancient bell tolling directly from the far end of the river of spacetime.
Vast, solemn, beyond question.
[All underlying code of the infinity laws has been deciphered!] [Uninstalling obsolete operating modules...] [Congratulations, host! The permissions of all six singularities have been integrated at the foundational level. Ultimate permanent passive generated: [Law Body (Multiversal)]!] [The system's underlying architecture has undergone a complete transformation, upgrading to a multiversal management hub!] [Reanchoring the host's current tier of existence...] [Assessment passed!] [The host's conceptual existence has surpassed the boundaries of a 'single universe'!] [Official promotion: Low-Level Multiversal God!]
Humm...!
An invisible ripple spread from within Lynn.
The frozen temporal field instantly