Soon, Kubik confronted the Beyonder and, in ferocious battle, Kubik destroyed most of the Beyonder's pet reality and was poised to destroy the Beyonder before the Shaper called him to stop the battle. Under the Shaper's guidance, Kubik, Molecule Man, and the Beyonder realized they shared a common origin, and the Molecule Man and Beyonder joined their power to create a new cosmic cube-- their powers were actually an intelligence like Kubik's that was split during the Molecule Man's origin.