"The road ahead is becoming harder and harder to walk."
"If I want to go one step further, then I must take an extraordinary path."
"Perhaps, it is also time to initiate that plan."
Muttering to himself, Lin Chuan's thoughts drifted away once again.
He had already been thinking about this plan for several years. Three years ago, he actually already had the idea of touching upon it, but for the sake of being more stable, he delayed it until today.
Three years, reaching the limit he believed himself capable of.
Relying on what he already possessed, it was already difficult to achieve any breakthroughs. The only way was to transcend time, go to other space-times, and seek more assistance…
Or rather, the space-time worlds of other timelines.
More and more thoughts filled his mind. Just as Lin Chuan was thinking deeper and deeper.
Abruptly, three auras appeared out of nowhere on the rooftop.
Lin Chuan sensed these three familiar auras, returned to his senses, turned his gaze, and looked at the arrivals.
They were precisely Son Goku, Raditz, and Broly, whom he had not seen for several years.
Unexpectedly, in such a short time, they had returned from the God of Destruction Realm to Earth.
And the key point was, they returned alone.
They did not bring Beerus, nor Whis.
Judging from their condition, their bodies no longer had any injuries, and their strength had also recovered to its peak state.
They should have been healed by Whis.
However, their mental state was not very good. Thinking about it, it made sense. The suppression brought by Beerus must have weighed heavily on them.
"After so many years, you all are finally willing to return from the God of Destruction Realm."
"Let me guess, was it because the commotion from your battles was too great, so you woke up God of Destruction Beerus and got beaten up?"
Lin Chuan's teasing directly took the initiative and stated the situation he had sensed.
The three looked at each other.
"Talos, you already know everything?!" Raditz widened his eyes and said in disbelief.
After not seeing each other for four years, Lin Chuan had actually become powerful to such an inconceivable level.
Separated by such a distant gap, and with it happening in the higher realm of the God of Destruction Realm, he could actually clearly know the entire process.
"Lin Chuan, how did you do it?" Son Goku curiously pursued the question.
With their strength, although they could also sense the existence of Ki, wanting to know what happened was fundamentally impossible.
Broly was much calmer, but shock could still be seen from his eyes.
Lin Chuan did not answer this question, nor did he delve deeper into it. Instead, he said in a questioning tone: "So, were you driven out of the God of Destruction Realm by Beerus? Or perhaps…"
He did not finish speaking.
But this kind of probing with hidden meaning caused Son Goku, Raditz, and Broly to smile bitterly while revealing disappointed expressions.
"Driven out wouldn't go that far, but the three of us were indeed severely beaten… we were completely not opponents." Son Goku could still accept failure, and spoke the truth.
To be honest, if they could actually be Beerus's opponents, that would be strange.
Under Lin Chuan's gaze, there was no need even to sense their strength. Their battle powers could be seen at a glance.
In base form, they were at the level of the Seventh Dimension unit. Even after transforming, they were only at that level.
Through the combined explanation of Son Goku and Raditz, Lin Chuan also learned the message they brought.
In short, this return had two reasons. One was being forced by God of Destruction Beerus's coercion.
The second was that Whis had them return first. Before long, he would bring Beerus to Earth.
Since it concerned the God of Destruction and Earth, and even everyone on Earth would have to face Beerus, they returned so quickly.
Their first action after returning was finding Lin Chuan, specifically to warn him.
Beerus coming to Earth had a major purpose centered around him, and there might perhaps be a battle between them.
"So, Talos, are you confident?" Gazing at Lin Chuan, Raditz took a deep breath and asked.
After pursuing for so many years, the gap was still enormous in the end.
Raditz was unwilling to accept it, but there was nothing he could do even if he refused.
Son Goku and Broly also wanted Lin Chuan's answer.
"Without fighting, who knows? But from the information I know, it can be confirmed that the Beerus of our universe is definitely stronger than Champa." Lin Chuan said with a smile.
Stronger than Champa!
Son Goku, Raditz, and Broly barely regained a bit of dignity.
At least they always believed they could compare to Lin Chuan from several years ago. This point was beyond doubt.
It was only that the Beerus they faced was even stronger.
And it was also at this moment.
A streak of white light tore through the sky at an extremely terrifying speed and descended beside them.
The person who came, if not Vegeta, then who else could it be?
"As expected, it's you all, Kakarot, Raditz, and… Broly!" Seeing the three again, a particularly serious expression flashed across Vegeta's face as his gaze sized them up.
"Vegeta!" Son Goku and Raditz shouted at the same time.
Before they could even speak further, several more figures broke through the air and arrived.
First Piccolo, then Son Gohan, and finally Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu.
So many people suddenly gathering here also attracted the attention of others.
Android 16, Android 17, as well as Bulma, Android 18, and Android 21.
Majin Buu was no exception.
Lin Chuan's three children also gathered around. The clever little Xue'er was much more mature compared to Son Gohan back then.
"Everyone's here…"
Greeting everyone one by one, Son Goku's gaze swept over everyone present, and he could not help but sigh emotionally again.
With his eyesight, he could tell that everyone had undergone huge changes, their strength becoming so powerful that it was unbelievable to him.
Especially Krillin and Tien Shinhan. In his base form, he could not even see through them.
"After leaving for so many years and suddenly returning, something major must have happened, right?" Piccolo spoke, directly hitting the key point with one sentence.
"Looks like it wasn't just me. Piccolo, you also sensed it, huh? Earlier there was a strange feeling. Was it brought by the three of you?" Vegeta added a sentence, seemingly confirming the situation.
Hearing their questions, Son Goku and Raditz exchanged a glance.
Son Goku wanted to speak first, but Raditz stopped him: "Let me explain."
Following Raditz's explanation, everyone also learned the whole story.
The God of Destruction of their universe, Beerus, had already awakened from his slumber. Not only had he defeated the three of them, but he would also arrive on Earth before long!
A God of Destruction coming to Earth was not anything new.
After all, Champa and Vados from the neighboring universe used to visit often.
But this time it was the God of Destruction of their own universe.
"So the three of you were too weak and got defeated, then returned in disgrace, and even dragged Beerus here in the process?" Piccolo crossed his arms and coldly criticized them.
These words caused Son Goku, Raditz, and Broly to feel unwillingness.
But the facts were exactly so, making them unable to refute or argue.
"Hmph! Training in the God of Destruction Realm for so long, with guidance from an Angel too, yet the three of you together still got easily defeated. I truly don't know how you trained. If it were me…" Before Vegeta could finish speaking, Raditz interrupted him.
"Stop trying to flatter yourself here! It would be the same if it were you! Do you think we still have the same strength as four years ago? Beerus is just too strong!" Raditz angrily shouted.
He could accept Lin Chuan saying it, but not Vegeta!
He believed that no matter how bad he was, he definitely would not still be inferior to Vegeta.
"Really? Then I'd like to witness just how strong this so-called strength of yours is." Vegeta released his aura toward Raditz.
The situation became tense, and the scene fell silent.
In the end, Lin Chuan stepped forward and stopped this unnecessary battle: "Restrain yourselves. Even if you want to fight, wait until after this matter is over."
Raditz was not Vegeta's opponent. This point was certain.
Others might not know, but Lin Chuan definitely knew.
One should know that Vegeta's base form had already surpassed him from three years ago before he reached the Super Saiyan 5 realm.
His current base battle power alone reached 200 Zhi!
Even after experiencing the God of Destruction Realm and a battle against Beerus, Raditz was still only slightly above 2,000 Gai.
Because of Lin Chuan's intervention, the atmosphere changed again.
But the tension still remained, because exactly how strong God of Destruction Beerus was would only be known after he arrived on Earth personally.
To avoid unnecessary trouble, Lin Chuan proactively reached a consensus with Bulma and had her arrange some chefs, holding a party in the back garden.
Champa was a foodie, and Beerus was also a foodie.
Lin Chuan had already told Bulma this long ago.
...
Time passed little by little like this.
A full hour later, accompanied by a seven-colored beam of light descending from the sky, two auras appeared, attracting everyone's attention.
If this were the original work, the Z Fighters would not have been able to sense God Ki.
But things were different now. Even Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu had cultivated Divine Power, and with Lin Chuan's help, their strength had reached a full 10 Zhi.
As the light dissipated, Angel Whis and God of Destruction Beerus revealed themselves.
Everyone stood on guard.
Son Goku, Raditz, and Broly stood to the side, remaining silent, not even daring to breathe loudly.
Experiencing the battle in the God of Destruction Realm had caused fear of Beerus to arise in them.
"So this is Earth? Tsk~~" Muttering casually, Beerus clasped his hands behind his back, his indifferent gaze sweeping across everyone here while also taking in the surrounding environment.
One could say that just the unintentional Divine intimidation released from a single glance made the atmosphere here become incomparably heavy.
Tension plus heaviness. One could imagine how oppressive it made people feel.
[So this is the God of Destruction of our universe? Completely different from Lord Champa. Just the release of his aura alone is filled with a sense of majesty.] Son Gohan held his breath and continuously sized up Beerus with a solemn gaze.
Tien Shinhan and Krillin shared the same feeling.
In the end, it was simply suppression from the difference in strength level, causing them not to dare make the slightest movement, only sighing inwardly.
Aside from them, Android 16, Android 17, and Android 18, because they were androids, would not be suppressed by that kind of Divine Power, so they still appeared relatively calm.
Only Android 21 was especially cautious, because she knew Beerus's terror.
Having constantly traveled through space-time in the past, how could she not know the terror of God of Destruction Beerus?
Lin Chuan's three children were protected behind Android 21, fearing accidents.
On Lin Chuan's left side, Piccolo crossed his arms and stood sideways, his gaze already firmly engraving Beerus into his mind.
For him, cultivating both Dragon God Power and Divine Power, he keenly sensed the extremely terrifying God of Destruction Power within Beerus's body.
This invisible pressure was far from something the Sixth Universe's Champa could bring.
Back then, he had stayed in the Sixth Universe's God of Destruction Realm and had also fought Champa.
This feeling was something Champa could not bring him.
[Beerus! So it really is you!] Seeing Beerus in person, Vegeta recalled his childhood experiences.
His fists unconsciously clenched tightly.
"I didn't expect that a tiny Earth would actually hide so many fairly strong experts." Beerus's drifting gaze finally landed on Lin Chuan.
At this moment, Lin Chuan also met Beerus's eyes.
Lin Chuan was sizing up Beerus, and Beerus was also examining Lin Chuan.
[As expected of Beerus, who is known as the strongest God of Destruction. Truly powerful.] Lin Chuan gave Beerus extremely high praise inwardly.
Through the system, he saw that Beerus's battle power in his normal state had already reached the Rang unit.
And this was only what was displayed on the surface. The data could continuously rise with Beerus's outburst.
Lin Chuan could confirm that the reason Beerus appeared with this level of strength was still due to the influence of Son Goku, Raditz, and Broly.
Otherwise, according to the original work, he would at most display strength at the Gai unit level.
[This kid is the Saiyan Whis mentioned to me?] Beerus muttered inwardly, recalling Whis's words.
Lin Chuan, currently the strongest warrior in their Seventh Universe, the only existence close to him and perhaps even capable of rivaling him.
Earlier, he felt Whis had exaggerated too much. But now that he saw him personally, he had the feeling that this Lin Chuan was indeed very strong.
At the very least, much stronger than Son Goku, Raditz, and Broly.
However, wanting to rival him was still far too lacking.
As a God of Destruction, how could he accept a mere Saiyan being comparable to himself?!
"It has been a long time since we met everyone. Please don't be so nervous either. This is our universe's God of Destruction, Lord Beerus."
"There is no malicious intent in coming to Earth, only to meet everyone, and additionally, to taste Earth's cuisine."
Whis said smilingly.
His words somewhat eased the atmosphere.
However, what should be serious still had to remain serious.
Even if he, an Angel, had spoken.
"Whis, you already said everything, so what am I supposed to say?" Beerus pretended to be dissatisfied.
"Hohohoho~! My sincerest apologies, Lord Beerus." Whis teased in accordance with Beerus's words, indirectly giving Beerus a way to step down.
With this kind of conversation between them, Lin Chuan also seized the opportunity to speak.
Although Beerus was difficult to serve, he also understood etiquette.
Especially since he had already vented his anger on Son Goku, Raditz, and Broly. Although after arriving on Earth he was still somewhat displeased, feeling that he had always been kept in the dark, this specially prepared party for welcoming him also satisfied that small vanity of his to a certain extent.
In Beerus's words, that would be: Since you all are this tactful, then this god will temporarily let bygones be bygones.
What originally seemed like a serious matter suddenly no longer appeared to be much of an issue at this moment.
However, just when everything was progressing smoothly, situations like this often led to certain incidents happening.
For example… certain people could not hold themselves back.
"Stop right there, Beerus! Don't tell me you didn't recognize who I am?!"
Following Vegeta's loud shout, the tense atmosphere that had just calmed instantly changed again and dropped to the freezing point.
"I knew this would happen!" Raditz's expression became incomparably ugly.
He understood Vegeta too well. Always eager to prove himself.
At a time like this, he still could not distinguish the occasion.
Of course, he indeed understood Vegeta, but there were still things he did not know.
For example, the current Vegeta was not simply thinking about proving himself, but washing away shame.
Beerus halted his footsteps, turned around, and stared at Vegeta.
In truth, from the very beginning, he barely paid much attention to Vegeta.
Now that Vegeta caused such a scene, even if he did not want to remember, he had to recall it.
"Do you still remember me?! Beerus!!!" Another shout of questioning, as Vegeta's aura fully erupted.
Unwillingness toward past humiliation, while also displaying his own strength so Beerus would not underestimate him.
The oppressive pressure from his heavy aura also shocked everyone else.
Sensing the intensity of Vegeta's aura, aside from Whis, Lin Chuan, and Piccolo, everyone else began worrying.
After all, this God of Destruction currently had not committed any reckless acts, so in others' eyes, Vegeta was actively provoking trouble.
Facing Vegeta's aura pressure, Beerus paid no attention whatsoever.
Against this level of pressure, he did not need to deliberately release his aura. A single thought was enough to disperse the pressure.
"Tsk tsk~! The brat of Vegeta King from back then has actually grown to this level now? That truly exceeds this god's expectations."
"I thought you died together with the explosion of Planet Vegeta. I didn't expect you to survive by luck."
"I remember back then, this god scared you into collapsing to the ground with just a single glance."
Beerus said with a teasing expression.
These words stimulated Vegeta's self-esteem.
The past was the past, the present was the present!
"Stop looking down on people, Beerus!"
"The current me is no longer the me from back then!!"
Amidst a loud roar, Vegeta unleashed the power of his bloodline.
In an instant, golden flames shot into the sky, and a heavy oppressive aura descended upon everyone, as though placing everyone into another world.
Within those golden flames, Vegeta directly entered Super Saiyan 4 Black-Haired Peak State.
His terrifying battle power was displayed without reservation.
Under the 5,000-times battle power amplification of Super Saiyan 4 Black-Haired Peak, his battle power directly reached the Ninth Dimension realm, possessing a full 100 Rang!
The situation became even more uncontrollable.
However, through this exchange of words, everyone also learned that Vegeta had actually met Beerus in childhood and had grudges with him.
"Hm? So this is the confidence that gives you the courage to challenge this god? You Saiyans have indeed cultivated quite a few transformations over these years." Beerus revealed a sinister smile and said.
He used to hate the Saiyan race, which was why he ordered Frieza to destroy Planet Vegeta.
Unexpectedly, together with the destruction of that arrogant race, some survivors had actually mastered this kind of power.
Raditz and Son Goku became gods through transformation. Although that Broly was not a god, his strength was not weaker than ordinary gods.
And now there was Vegeta, another special form, like transforming into a red-furred monkey.
"Don't think too highly of yourself, Beerus." Vegeta secretly accumulated power, prepared to strike at any moment.
To Vegeta, this battle was unavoidable. He had a reason why he absolutely had to fight Beerus!
If this battle could not happen, then he would face a barrier he could never overcome, making it impossible to progress for the rest of his life.
"Having the courage to challenge this god is enough to prove your bravery. However, this kind of bravery is not worthy of praise. The ignorant fear nothing." Beerus placed his hands behind his back, expression indifferent, not taking Vegeta seriously at all.
Hearing this, Vegeta did not become angry, nor did he attack. Instead, he observed Beerus.
Beerus agreed to spar with him, and everyone around also clearly saw the situation, all moving aside.
For Vegeta, once he saw Beerus's flaw, he would strike instantly and end the battle as quickly as possible.
In high-level battles, the more it was this kind of confrontation, the more a one-hit kill was necessary.
Retreating to the side, Piccolo began communicating with Lin Chuan through telepathy: [Old Lin, you're really just going to let Vegeta challenge God of Destruction Beerus? You don't plan on stopping him? If you let him continue messing around, then perhaps…]
Hearing the telepathy, a smile appeared on Lin Chuan's face: [Since Vegeta wants to fight, then let him fight. These past years, after his strength skyrocketed, this guy has always wanted to prove himself!]
[This battle also happens to be his opportunity to get rid of his nightmare! Even if he loses in the end, after losing, what awaits him will be even greater progress.]
Piccolo received Lin Chuan's response and was slightly shaken: [You mean, Vegeta will lose?]
Lin Chuan nodded and transmitted no further words.
This made Piccolo even more serious, because his strength had always been on par with Vegeta's. If Vegeta would lose, then if he went up, wouldn't that also mean he would lose?
...
Vegeta still did not attack, maintaining vigilance and calmly searching for Beerus's flaw.
This made the atmosphere become even more oppressive, until Beerus could no longer endure it.
"If you want to fight, hurry up already. So sluggish and hesitant. This god has no time to play around with you." Beerus said impatiently.
Provoked, a strand of killing intent flashed through Vegeta's eyes.
He seemed to have grasped some kind of opportunity. His legs exploded with force as he charged at full speed, delivering a powerful strike directly toward Beerus's face.
'Bang!!!!' A muffled sound rang out.
Several drops of fresh blood scattered through space, as Vegeta shot toward the heavens like a cannonball.
Clearly it was Vegeta seizing an opportunity to attack, yet he could not even touch Beerus. Instead, Beerus moved at an even faster speed and sent him flying thousands of meters into the sky with one powerful strike.
The entire process was too sudden and so fast that only a very few individuals could see it clearly.
High in the sky thousands of meters above, Vegeta covered his nose bridge, enduring the pain, his expression extremely ugly.
[Damn it! You dare toy with me, Beerus!] Cursing inwardly, Vegeta stabilized his body and maintained his aura at the peak of Super Saiyan 4 Black-Haired Peak.
"I am not Kakarot, nor Raditz, and even less Broly!!! I am stronger than all of them!!!"
With an angry roar, at the instant Divine Power surged forth, Vegeta directly transformed into Super Saiyan 4 Red-Haired Limit Breaker State.
The ten-thousand-times amplification caused his battle power value to soar to 200 Rang!
This was not Super Saiyan 4 Evil Ascension. This was Vegeta's hidden trump card.