The energy inside the Black Hole was the purest Thanos had ever seen apart from Origin Power.
Every Atom in it seemed born to produce energy, and it was so dense that he could barely hold it with his World-Destroying Power.
Within it, he also sensed an extremely chaotic form of Origin Power.
That left him puzzled.
Was the Origin Power in the Infinity Stones really on the same level as the Origin Power wielded by the Dimension Lords?
He had never seen a Dimension Lord use Origin Power, but he had sensed a very chaotic form of it in the Darkhold.
He had always assumed that was because Chthon had grown weaker. Now, sensing the chaotic Origin Power inside the Black Hole, he began to wonder.
Could it be that only beings of greater power could wield the Origin Power within the Infinity Source Stones?
Omniversal Level beings, for instance?
He had always thought all Origin Power was the same because the artifacts used by Dimension Lords were Source Artifacts, and because of what he had assumed about the Infinity Source Stones.
After all, if only Omniversal Level beings could wield them, wouldn't the Dimension Lords fight over them like mad?
Yet he rarely saw Dimension Lords collecting Infinity Stones, let alone Infinity Source Stones.
Even Surtur had only wanted one as payment. When Thanos said he had none, Surtur hadn't pressed the issue, despite knowing he was lying. He had acted as though he could take it or leave it.
But after sensing the energy in the Black Hole, Thanos felt that its Origin Power was more like something a Multiversal Level being would use. The power within the Infinity Source Stones must be a level higher.
Was that why the Dimension Lords feared him—because the Origin Power