Ben 10 2

As fun as it was to watch the child with the hero complex the size of a galaxy, I had other things to do.

Before I could even start to travel the universe in search of higher beings, I had to deal with some nuisances the absorption of the DNA brought me, namely the countless instincts and mind. Some aliens held their consciousness on a genetic level, like the Ectonurites and Celestialsapiens, and others had instincts that I would rather not have, like the Necrofriggians instinct to lay eggs occasionally.

Amongst the million aliens, there was a good number that still had their minds or instincts but most of them were quickly removed, the only one I had more trouble with was Alien X, the mind of an omnipotent being wasn't easily destroyed, especially if there were two.

Our battle of minds took several million years before I completely erased their mind, part of the reason why it took so long was due to the Celestialsapiens trait to develop new personalities over time, which caused me to battle eight minds instead of the original two.

During my time of just sitting motionlessly on my throne, I learned many things, including why Celestialsapiens had such apparently omnipotent control over reality. Each Celestialsapient was basically a massive humanoid and sentient multiverse with the power to freely control universes at their will.

While millions of years might be a lot for others and any form of 'plot' had long passed and forgotten, it wasn't that much for me, though that didn't mean it wasn't for my family. They were all only around a hundred years old at most and I didn't want to suddenly disappear for millions of years, so I changed the flow of time inside the tower after the first two years.

My newly beyond godly reality warping powers aside, I had a very decent gain of powers like I hadn't in a long time. While I could copy many of these powers by warping reality, there was still a difference. Once I left reality or met someone with stronger reality-warping powers than me, I could only rely on my other powers, this small fact was often overlooked by reality warpers who thought themselves supreme but lost all powers outside reality, which indicated that they weren't actually so powerful.

One of the more significant gains was Atomix, a powerful being in the hands of a child but unfathomable in my hands. With its Nucleokinesis I now had all four forces of the universe under my command and each of them was more powerful than its normal universal version.

The alien I was most happy about was however not very powerful on its own but had very great versatility, the Galvanic Mechamorph. Its ability to possess and infinitely upgrade any technology was a lot more dangerous than anyone would imagine, what would happen if it upgraded some doomsday weapon or the 'Naljian Destructor'?

Speaking of that oh-so-dangerous toy, I needed to go back in time to get that thing and, more importantly, absorb the cosmic mom. Whatever her species was, it casually used level 20+ technology for its children, showing its intelligence and power.

Even I saw the appeal of such powerful toys, I can still remember my struggle when the girls started breaking everything due to their innately strong power, no toy I created to appease them lasted long or was able to interest them for long. Very few things are more terrifying than a bored god-baby.

Going back millions of years was not a big deal but this large jump did alarm many Chronosapiens but none took action, it seems I need to work on doing these things without being noticed by beings highly attuned to whatever I was doing.

Finding the exact point in time when the box was lost wasn't hard as the presence of a higher-dimensional being in a lower dimension was easy to trace. I could wait and let things play out until the cosmic mom appeared but I was in a bit of a rush, Paradox had no doubt noticed my arrival and I had other things to do even further back in time, based on our last run in he will likely bring reinforcements in the form of Ben's.

After grabbing the cube, I injected a bit of power into it and let its power signature spread across dimensions. Only a few seconds later, I noticed a dimensional shift and the flaming blue being arrived.

I had no time for pleasantries and immediately locked down the space to stop her from fleeing or calling for help.

''Wai-'' she didn't get to say anymore before several energy spears pierced her body, mind, and soul, rendering her completely defenseless. Absorbing her was an easy thing since she had no strength to resist, her species might be powerful but she was no fighter and I was stronger than her entire species combined.

After quickly absorbing her memories of nearly a billion years, I knew the location of their home world. I was going to go there and do a small genocide and take all their knowledge and I needed to do it now, I could already feel Paradox arriving, leaving any later will allow him to see when and where I went to.