The Void Fortress had been standing for less than three minutes.
Chu Hang still stood beneath the Void Eye, feeling his Inner Universe expand.
Thor held Stormbreaker, recounting the battle to Clark.
Strange sat cross-legged on a floating rock, the Divine Eye on his forehead flashing gold.
Wanda cradled Adam in her arms. The child slept soundly.
Then everything stopped.
It didn't slow down.
It stopped completely.
Thor froze mid-swing, his axe suspended in the air.
Clark's mouth stayed open.
The Divine Eye on Strange's forehead ceased to flicker.
Even Adam stopped breathing in Wanda's arms.
Throughout the Void Fortress, throughout the DC Universe, all time was paused.
Only Chu Hang could move.
He jerked his head up.
A golden will descended from the deepest reaches of the Multiverse.
It was neither energy nor matter, nor any form of existence he could comprehend.
It was pure concept.
Absolute authority above every rule.
Both Origins within Chu Hang trembled at once.
It felt like an instinctive submission to a higher order.
His Inner Universe began to shake.
Countless hairline cracks appeared in its newly stabilized multiversal structure.
The galaxies, stars, and planets he had created with his own hands all quivered beneath that will's gaze.
Chu Hang gritted his teeth. What was happening?
The darkness above the Void Fortress suddenly split open.
A rift tore through the dimension itself.
Golden light poured through, illuminating the entire void.
It was so blinding that Chu Hang had to squint.
Then he saw it.
An enormous figure emerged from the rift.
Humanoid, but not quite human.
It had three faces, each looking in a different direction.
None bore any expression, yet all radiated suffocating authority.
The three faces spoke together, their voices exploding inside Chu Hang's mind:
"Outsider."
"Anomaly."
"Destroyer."
"Your existence threatens the