Thanos didn't want to be a villain.

Dio hadn't thought about his name before he transmigrated; he only knew that his surname was Xing.

On the first day of his transmigration, he was probably still awake as an infant.

On the first day, I received a newbie gift pack from the system.

Because he was reincarnated as Thanos, he gained all the knowledge of Thanos's strongest state without any equipment.

What is Thanos's strongest form without the Infinity Stones, the Heart of the Universe, or other strange equipment? Of course, it's when he slaughtered Galactus until he was reduced to a miserable state and had to run to Earth for help, when no one in the universe survived, and when Thanos could only call on the Cosmic Ghost Rider to go back in time and find his younger self.

Emperor Thanos!

The system provides a vast library of knowledge, containing all of Thanos's knowledge and ingenious ideas. The system cleverly presents this knowledge in a format that requires Dio to spend time learning to acquire it. However, the system is quite good; after all, learning within the library for hundreds of years makes only a second pass!

Thanos's vast knowledge allowed Dio to learn from scratch over 500,000 years!

This led to the creation of the machine that gave Emperor Thanos the ability to project energy, and allowed Dio to complete his self-modification.

After leaving Titan, it took Dio several hundred years to acquire the title of Thanos from the original storyline:

Mad Titan.

Just like in the original story, Dio single-handedly defeated the fighting forces of an entire planet and captured them.

That's right, it's the army from the Battle of New York in Avengers 1, the Chitauri!

Like locusts, Thanos's army, constantly growing and expanding, and through brutal slaughter, successfully conquered half of the Milky Way in about six hundred years.

Outsiders call it the Dark Quadrant.

But Dio himself named it The Garden or the New Titan.

The new Titan is half the size of the galaxy, and because of Dio's violent killings, almost no one comes to the place where he is.

Of course, profit-driven businessmen are an exception.

However, the newly established Titan was desperately short of money and supplies, which forced Dio to venture into the cosmic black market.

“The Collector basically controls the black market trade throughout the universe. Although that’s an exaggeration, he does have access to buy and sell most of the resources in the universe,” an Eternal analyzed.

After the new Titan was established, Dio immediately moved the people from his home planet Titan to the new Titan.

However, because the original Titan was deteriorating faster than he could have imagined, he did not find his parents or brothers, only some abandoned young people.

Dio's appearance gave them a glimmer of hope, and they followed him without hesitation.

Having mastered the genetic code of the Eternals, Dio began to replace his subordinates.

This group of young Eternals were transformed into Eternal Gods by Dio, and were appointed as leaders to manage various affairs within the garden. However, this also caused the garden to frequently run at a loss.

Because the Avengers in the Marvel universe often defeat alien invaders, many people are not optimistic about the combat capabilities of alien fleets.

Dio wasn't optimistic at first either, but he almost stumbled on this.

Because they have star-destroying cannons and antimatter missiles.

For them, it's faster to launch a planet-destroying cannon than to spend a lot of manpower and resources to build superhuman combat power. After all, most superhuman combat power cannot withstand a planet-destroying cannon, so the physical fitness of people on many imperial planets is only slightly better than that of ordinary people.

Moreover, the strength of a strong force is limited.

The appearance of Dio, a human meat grinder, truly astonished his enemies, which allowed Dio to successfully carry out the decapitation operation.

This is why Dio was able to take control of the Chitauri in such a short time: he killed the Chitauri king and quickly gained control of the entire planet Chitauri.

After upgrading his subordinates to Eternal Gods, the Garden ran out of money.

“We can also open a restaurant and cook delicious food.” Dio suddenly remembered his excellent skills as a citizen of the Celestial Empire before he transmigrated.

"???"

Everyone present stared at Dio in utter bewilderment. Food? What the hell? Were they, the Eternal Clan, going to become cooks just to survive? But there was nothing they could do. Dio's strength and methods were extremely advanced. In less than a day, the order was issued, and a planet was prepared as an experimental site.

Dio himself was the head chef, and then he built some robots to assist him. As for the raw materials for the restaurant, he could easily plunder the entire Milky Way galaxy in one go, and the volume of these raw materials would be comparable to that of an Earth.

Everyone was stunned by Dio's seemingly serious attitude, and the merchants who came and went were even more surprised.

Although Dio is known to the outside world as the Dark Quadrant, some merchants still try their luck for profit, and then they see the guy known as the Mad Titan cooking there with a spatula.

After a few bites, they found themselves seemingly unable to live without Dio's cooking.

It must be said that the food culture of the Celestial Empire is so profound that not only the merchants, but even its own people have become addicted to it.

After all, Dio usually presents himself with a cold and serious style, so this sudden change in style is a cute contrast that has shocked even himself.

However, there were still benefits. Thanks to the promotion of Dio's skills by these merchants, the pilot food planet was a great success. Every day, a steady stream of customers came to taste the delicious food, which even boosted other secondary industries.

It suddenly became a topic of casual conversation among all sorts of people in the universe.

After acquiring wealth, Dio began his scientific research.

Due to genetic mutation, his body became taller than that of ordinary Eternal Clan members, his skin turned purple, and he even had a huge, vertically shaped chin.

Dio planned to first solve his appearance problem. Even if he had undergone genetic modification to release energy, modifying his appearance would no longer be an issue after obtaining the genetic code of the Eternals.

Height doesn't need to be changed; being two meters tall was something I greatly admired in my past life. But my appearance needs to be altered. The vertical wrinkles on my chin need to be removed, and the purple skin also needs to be taken away.

Dio scratched his head, as if he had overlooked an important issue.

Oh right, I need to grow hair!

While the hairstyle of a strong person is quite good, being bald always makes them look too mature.

So, after three or four months, Dio successfully regained his normal yellowish skin color after leaving the incubation chamber.

"The only regret is that my hair hasn't grown back yet." Dio touched his bald head. His scalp was quite tough, and it would take some time for the hair to grow back.

Although it's a bit of a shame, at least it looks much better now. And because his physique is closer to the movie version of Thanos, unlike the comic book version with his thick legs, when I used to read the comics, I always wondered if Thanos would walk with his testicles stuck between his legs.

"Lord Dio, the Collector has sent word." Dio stepped out of the room, and an Eternal Clan member stepped forward and handed over something the size of a USB flash drive.

Pressing the button above will bring up a semi-transparent virtual screen.

"The afterglow of creation." Dio's breathing quickened as he looked at the bright yellow, irregularly shaped object displayed on the screen.

The afterglow of creation—no one knows where it came from, but many myths about it circulate throughout the universe.

Legend has it that a single speck of dust from this thing could revive a collapsed, dead star. Dio's reason for seeking it was simple: he wanted some for research and the rest as an energy source. After all, if it could revive a dead star, it contained immense energy, which would be excellent for power generation. He was an extremely selfish man; even if he didn't intend to kill half and keep half for the universe, he was incapable of doing anything to benefit the cosmos.

"What price did the collector offer?" Dio asked.

The Eternal One beside him had a complicated expression, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitating. Dio looked at him strangely and asked again.

Only then did the Eternal Clan member speak haltingly.

"The collector wants you, or... the genetic code of the Eternals that you hold in your hand!"

"He was the most powerful Thanos, even believing he controlled everything, but he didn't know that betrayal had appeared around him."