The instant the Mind Stone settled firmly into the Infinity Gauntlet's final socket, the entire universe stood still.
Time seemed frozen, space like solidified amber.
On the battlefield of Wakanda, everything—from the roaring Outriders to the heroes fighting through blood—was fixed in that single instant.
Only Link could move, along with the gauntlet on his left hand, now radiating divine brilliance.
Red, purple, green, blue, orange, yellow.
Six colors representing the universe's most fundamental laws began to intertwine, flow, and resonate with unprecedented harmony and ferocity.
A rainbow pillar of light shot skyward from Link's gauntlet, pierced Wakanda's Energy Shield, tore through Earth's atmosphere, crossed the entire Solar System, and illuminated the Milky Way. Finally, every corner of the known universe was bathed in this divine light of creation!
On Apokolips, Darkseid had been preparing to enjoy the show when the wineglass in his hand shattered. He shot up from the Throne, his eyes filled with unprecedented shock and apprehension.
Deep in the universe, ancient beings who had slumbered for hundreds of millions of years—the Living Tribunal, Eternity, and Infinity—were jolted awake, turning their impassive, majestic gazes toward him.
"He... he actually... succeeded?" Thanos stared blankly at Link, at that figure shrouded in rainbow divine light. He could feel an ultimate power awakening within that mortal, a power capable of defining and reshaping everything.
[Holy shit! This feeling... is kind of intoxicating!]
Link's mind raced with irreverent commentary, but his body and will were undergoing an unprecedented, terrifying trial capable of destroying the universe.
Boom!
The powers of the six laws were no longer obedient tools. They became six savage cosmic beasts, surging wildly into Link's body, trying to tear this insignificant "vessel" down into its most basic particles.
The power law sought to crush every cell in his body!