In the void-like place, on a big spaceship, there were three guys.
The first guy wore a green jacket, the one marked by the bold white stripe that had become as iconic as the boy wearing it.
Beneath it, a simple black shirt clung to a lean, athletic frame, a teenager's body hardened by battles far beyond his age. His jeans were worn at the knees, and his sneakers were scuffed from running through alien worlds.
But nothing drew the eye more than the device on his wrist—the Omnitrix. Its circular core pulsed with a soft, shifting green, almost alive, responding to the quiet electricity in the boy's emerald eyes. He was none other than our Ben Tennyson.
And beside him stood a figure. Towering and broad-shouldered, his blue-and-black Proto-Armor hugged every line of his powerful Revonnahgander physique. The armor's edges shimmered with white markings, subtle but unmistakably alien, glowing faintly in the dim light.
His dark blue skin contrasted sharply with the polished plates of his suit. His ears tapered to fine points, and his eyes remained focused with perpetual alertness—always calculating, always prepared. A long, agile tail swayed behind him with the instinctive balance of a hunter.
Strapped to his side rested the Proto-Tool, its versatile metal frame capable of transforming into anything from a cannon to a grappling hook. He was none other than the sidekick of Ben Tennyson, Rook Blonko.
Meanwhile, against them was a figure built not of flesh, but of cold, immaculate machinery.
His body gleamed with polished cerulean metal, each plate cut with the precision of a surgeon's blade. His frame was tall and skeletal.
His face had a smooth mask shaped from midnight-blue alloy. Below that expressionless mask, his voice speaker crackled with a mechanical resonance.
His limbs were long and spindly, ending in sharp, talon-like fingers. Coiled around his forearm was the dreaded Chronosapien time-claw.
His chest housed the beating heart of a Chronosapien: a swirling vortex of blue energy, rotating endlessly like a miniature galaxy trapped in a glass cage.
Behind him, his segmented back armor drifted apart like floating shards of a broken clock, orbiting his form in slow, ominous rotations. He was the most dangerous villain of the Omnitrix Multiverse, Maltruant.
He wanted to create his own universe using a modified Annihilarrgh. Ben and Rook had appeared there to stop him.
"You are too late, Ben. The machine's sequence cannot be stopped or canceled," Maltruant maniacally laughed as he looked at Ben.
Ben had no time to argue with him. He looked at Rook and commanded him.
"Rook, you handle Maltruant, since his time powers won't work in this fifth dimension. While I'll stop the device."
Understanding the situation, Rook nodded. "Okay, Ben." Then Rook charged in to confront Maltruant.
Ben's hand brushed the Omnitrix, and light swallowed the space between them.
In that flash, a towering figure sculpted from violet crystal emerged. His entire body glimmered in shifting hues of purple and magenta, energy running through him like molten light trapped inside translucent stone.
Black armored seams held the crystalline body together, but it was the green diamond core embedded deep in his chest that radiated true power.
It was the Chromastone, known for beauty and destruction in one form.
Unfortunately, even after becoming Chromastone, he couldn't breach the protective barrier around the Annihilarrgh.
"Skurd, do something," Ben commanded.
"As you wish, Ben." Skurd modified his arm into an Alien X arm. With the combined powers of Alien X and Chromastone, Ben pierced the barrier, causing the Annihilarrgh to drop through a hatch.
In the emptiness before time, the Annihilarrgh fell endlessly until it opened up, forming a black hole.
Chromastone reverted back to Ben, and the black hole shrank, releasing a red explosion of energy right in front of Ben and Skurd.
"No, Ben!" Rook shouted from the ship, horrified at the apparent demise of Ben.
"Hahaha! See, I have destroyed your Universe and created a new one in my image. Now I am the ruler of the new Universe. I am the king!" Maltruant roared with laughter.
However, Maltruant's laughter was abruptly cut short when he observed energy rising out of the void and back into the ship.
The pulsing energy was being harnessed by Ben, who cycled through nearly all of his alien transformations, containing the energy before ultimately transforming into Feedback.
"Now, Maltruant, take back your energy!" Feedback shouted, redirecting the Big Bang energy of the Annihilarrgh toward Maltruant. This caused the rogue Chronosapien to implode into bits and pieces.
"Wow, oh my God, Ben, you are really amazing. You even survived the Big Bang. How were you able to do it?" Rook expressed his amazement.
"It's all thanks to the Omnitrix. It seems my intuition and timing help me transform into the right alien, which aids me in stopping the Big Bang," Ben explained.
"Congratulations, Ben Tennyson. Your efforts have saved the Universe once more. Why don't you watch how the Universe will be created with us?" The impressed Contumelia invited the two to observe, remarking, "It might be the most interesting one yet."
"This is the most amazing thing anyone could ever see!" Ben gasped, witnessing the creation of the Universe.
"MOST AMAZING IS NOT A WORD. It was so exciting that not a single word was made to describe the event!" Rook exclaimed in shock.
Ben and Rook stood in awe of the experience as Contumelia revealed several chambers filled with Slime-Biots.
"These are the Slime-Biots, similar to Skurd. They are the most important species in all of creation, carrying samples of DNA and spreading them across the created universes to seed life. That's why I want Skurd to join us on this mission," Contumelia explained the purpose of Skurd and his ancestors.
"Ben, I want to stay with my ancestors to seed life. So, goodbye, Ben," Skurd said, sharing a heartfelt farewell with Ben before willingly detaching himself.
"Goodbye, Skurd. Go live your life to the fullest," Ben and Rook reciprocated the sentiment with heartfelt goodbyes.
Suddenly, Professor Paradox made his appearance.
"You've done good work, Ben. You haven't let me down. However, the Annihilarrgh blast has disrupted the fabric of space and time across many Universes, which we need to repair," he explained, emphasizing the need for additional work despite saving the Universe.
Paradox invited Ben and Rook to help him repair the fabric of space and time across the multiverse before sending them back home.
Back in Bellwood, Ben, now feeling a sense of boredom after witnessing the creation of a Universe, found his present state of peace dull.
"Rook, what are your thoughts about exploring other universes?" Ben inquired.
"I appreciate it, Ben, but we still need to capture some villains," Rook politely declined.
"Since you don't want to, I need to ask someone else. Who should I ask?" Ben pondered, realizing his current single status. Julie, Ester, and Kai had all broken up with him, leaving him alone.
And he couldn't even do anything about it. The same breakup situation happened with everyone. They all sent the message, "Ben, we need to talk."
And when he met with them, they were the ones who explained why they were breaking up with him. Different people gave different reasons.
Julie's reason was, "You know, you don't have any time left for romance. You're always fighting aliens. No movies, no traveling, and we're just 18, so I'm sorry, but I'm not able to continue this relationship."
"Ben, since destiny has decided that you will marry Kai, I can't come between the two of you," Ester said as she broke up with him.
Ben wanted to explain that he didn't believe in Charles Zenith's game show, but she ran away before he could explain.
And as for Kai, although she had agreed that she would become his wife, in the present, she was still searching for the ancient artifacts.
"Well, whatever, since I have already fucked them, so now no matter who is married to me," Ben forgot about them and decided to call Gwen on his cellphone.
"Hello, Gwen. Why don't we travel to other universes together?" he suggested.
"No, Ben. I'm with Kevin now, and I'm busy preparing for the wedding," Gwen declined.
"What's so busy? Just leave Kevin, and we can explore many new universes," Ben persisted.
"Ben, are you an idiot? I'm pregnant, so I can't skip the wedding. And you shouldn't leave before the wedding either," Gwen scolded him.
"Okay, okay, I understand. I'll be there for the wedding," Ben agreed, canceling his plan to explore other universes. He then became busy with preparations for the wedding and being there for Gwen.
Meanwhile, renowned for his time and multiverse travels, Professor Paradox had ventured into countless dimensions, unraveling the mysteries of the cosmos.
Venturing into a new, unknown multiverse, he began exploring after the energy of the Annihilarrgh had damaged the fabric of time and space.
Though Professor Paradox, with Ben's help, repaired it, he noticed coordinates with a different energy signature from the Omnitrix Multiverse.
"Marvel Multiverse, so this is its name," Professor Paradox discovered.
Going outside the Marvel Multiverse, he found that every Marvel Universe was linked by a branch.
Filled with awe, he exclaimed, "Wow, the whole Universe is just a leaf on this branch, and this branch is a single Multiverse."
He then realized that the Omnitrix Multiverse was also just a single branch, a detail he had never noticed before, leaving him amazed.
Moving farther away, if it were anyone else, they would need more time to bypass the Multiverse. But being Professor Paradox, time followed him; he did not follow time.
He discovered many branches forming a mythical Universal Tree.
It was a truly amazing sight—nearly hundreds of branches on the Universal Tree, signifying hundreds of Multiverses. In one branch, there were 3,000 Universes, meaning at least 300,000 Universes were part of the Universal Tree.
In awe of this new world filled with extraordinary heroes and villains, Paradox couldn't resist adding the location to his Time-Space Map. Recognizing this as a significant breakthrough, his excitement was palpable.
Intrigued by his latest discovery, Paradox reached out to Ben Tennyson 10,000, considering him the ideal person to travel with.
Initially, he approached Ben 10,000, who was married to Gwen. He was going to explain the Universal Tree to him, but before he even started, he faced a polite decline, as Ben 10,000 always followed Gwen's orders in this Universe.
Next, Professor Paradox approached Ultimate Ben, who was married to Julie Yamamoto. However, Ultimate Ben declined the invitation, citing Julie's pregnancy.
Undeterred, Professor Paradox sought out Biomnitrix Ben, who was busy training his son, Ken Tennyson, and daughter, Gwendolyn Tennyson, so of course, he also declined the invitation.
Frustrated by the unavailability of all the Bens, Professor Paradox concluded, "It looks like I need to go to Ben to explain my theory. If I can't explain it, I won't be able to sleep."
So, he decided to visit Ben.
Meanwhile, Ben was busy with the preparations for Gwen and Kevin's wedding when Professor Paradox suddenly interrupted him.
"Calm down, Professor. Calm down. I'm already here, so you can say whatever you want to say."
"Ben, you won't believe what I've just stumbled upon. It was the most amazing discovery I have ever made," Paradox began, describing the Marvel Universe and the vast multiverse beyond. "It's like nothing I've ever seen before, Ben, and it's all part of the Universal Tree. We must explore it further."
Curious and intrigued, Ben asked, "Professor Paradox, what is the Marvel Multiverse? What is the Universal Tree?"
With a smile, Professor Paradox created a hologram of a magnificent tree before them, its branches stretching out into infinity. Focusing on one particular branch, he then pointed to a single leaf.
"Ben, assume this leaf is our own universe," Paradox explained. "This is where you met Grandpa Max with the Omnitrix, one universe where Gwen wields the Omnitrix, and another without any Omnitrix at all—the one where Ultimate Ben resides." He gestured toward different leaves on the same branch.
"Now, assume this branch is the Marvel Multiverse," Paradox continued, pointing to a different branch. "In this branch, we have never ventured. It's a completely unknown multiverse filled with its own unique characters and stories. We've yet to discover what it holds."
Paradox then directed Ben's attention back to the massive tree. "Now, assume this tree is the Universal Tree. It holds at least 100 branches, each representing different multiverses, just like Marvel and our own. And the intriguing part, Ben, is that there are 3,000 universes in a single multiverse, so there will be 300,000 universes left to explore."
"I understand, Professor. I will contact you after Gwen and Kevin's marriage. Because I am also bored in this universe. The villains have ended, and the girls have left me alone. So, why not enjoy the journey across the Marvel Multiverse?" Ben accepted the invitation, but first, he needed to wait until Gwen and Kevin's wedding was over.
After absorbing the concept of the multiverse from Professor Paradox, Ben returned home with a newfound sense of the vastness of existence. While his family was busy preparing for Gwen and Kevin's wedding, he had now started to visit all of his love interests, whether they were his exes or not.
Since he was planning to go on the long journey across the Marvel Multiverse, he wanted to meet them one more time.
Meanwhile, the Tennyson family was preparing for Gwen and Kevin's wedding in one universe of the Omnitrix Multiverse.