Time flew.
More than a month had passed since Galactus left.
Aboard Sanctuary II, Thanos sat on his Throne. Streams of dark red energy flowed from his body, slowly forming a gem before him.
Perhaps because it held Origin Power, condensing the Aether into the Reality Stone had proved far harder than he had imagined.
He had no idea how that ordinary woman in the movie had managed it.
After a while, the dark red energy finally stopped flowing, and the Reality Stone finished forming.
Or rather, the Reality Source Stone.
Sensing the immense Origin Power within it, Thanos set the Reality Source Stone into the last empty socket of the Infinity Gauntlet.
Instantly, a dazzling surge of multicolored energy erupted from the Infinity Gauntlet and spread across his arm and body.
"Urgh..."
Even with his formidable physique, the immense energy made him suffer. His body was gradually reaching its limit.
Though the Mind Source Stone had not come from this universe, it had absorbed this universe's Mind Stone. It could therefore draw on this universe's energy without consuming Origin Power.
Together with the Reality Source Stone, he now had two stones imbued with Origin Power, capable of wielding energy beyond the limits of the entire universe.
And his body could not withstand that power yet.
If this continued, his body would likely give out and explode.
Just as he was about to stop the energy, every fluctuation suddenly vanished.
"Huh?"
He looked down and found that the Infinity Gauntlet on his left hand had melted.
It seemed the power of the Infinity Stones was too great. Not only could he not withstand it, but the Infinity Gauntlet could not bear it either.
Thanos caught the six falling Infinity Stones in his right hand and fell into thought.
He had