Originally posted by Mr Master
Perhaps when Thanos said,
"You & Gamora were Outside This Reality, tending Atleza, this Actuality's Cosmic Anchor"
Perhaps he meant "Outside this Reality" which also means "Outside" all Realities.
Since the Realm of the Cosmic Anchor is clearly Outside the Blue Ball.
In other words,
because Warlock was in Atleza's Realm, he was going to survive, because the Blue Balls make up Time & Space in the Omniverse, and Atleza's Purple Ball is Outside that:
And there are many Realms within the Omniverse where Time & Space are meaningless.
I'm still speculating,
but I like how it sounds.
The entire place where they reside is outside of time and space.
Also, Atleza's realm was the black one (not the best art for it, but it says it).
Also, one of those orbs, are where Eternity and Infinity reside.
So, basically, the second shot Thanos has fired (the bands part), was absorbing the entire orb as a whole.
Because, Thanos had absorbed Eternity, and Infinity, the rest of the orb was still there. He then most likely went on to absorb the rest of the orb.
Death would reside outside of the orb, but still assigned to one universe.
Warlock was in Atleza's realm, and he was outside the influence of time and space (as is the cosmic vortex). He was untouched, as were the rest of the other orbs.
Thanos was aware of the other orbs, but he didn't get to them.
Also, a possibility of the orbs is that:
Eternity represents the universe, while the orb represents Eternity, Infinity, and others that make up the universe.
So basically, the orbs are the full universes.
It makes sense to me anyway...