After defeating Cooler, Talot and others spent nearly another half a month on North Kai's Planet.
He mainly focused on absorbing the experience gained from the battle with Cooler, while Raditz and Salari also gained insights from watching Talot's fight with Cooler.
Afterward, the three of them headed to Grand Kai's Planet to begin a new phase of training.
After all, Grand Kai's Planet was undoubtedly the most resource-rich and suitable place for their training.
Of course, something else happened during the period when they returned to North Kai's Planet and Grand Kai's Planet.
Cooler, who had been judged by King Yemma and sent to Hell, reunited with his direct subordinates there. He rallied them with a single call and started a massive uprising, wreaking havoc in an attempt to overthrow King Yemma's rule.
With such an event taking place, Talot naturally had to pay a visit to Hell.
It also served as a chance to witness firsthand the situation in Dragon Ball's Hell while suppressing the riot started by Cooler.
One could say it was quite different from what was shown in the anime.
The scenes portrayed in the original work weren't particularly dark or gory, but once he actually arrived in Hell, Talot finally understood how terrifying it truly was.
Of course, with his overwhelming strength, Talot was fearless.
Raditz and Salari followed him to Hell as well, and for them, it was a true taste of terror.
Especially for Raditz, who vaguely remembered how he committed all kinds of evil acts when he was young.
Of course, back then, Raditz had no awareness of the severity of his actions.
That's because Saiyans were constantly waging war and invading other planets.
In those days, not a single Saiyan saw anything wrong with it, since from their perspective, those invasions were for the continuation and better survival of their race.
But over the years, as Raditz began to change, he gradually realized the utter atrocities the Saiyans had committed in the past, and that the person he used to be was entirely different from who he was now.
All in all, this time he was truly scared.
He even went as far as to ask King Yemma whether he would end up in Hell after he died.
King Yemma, being adept at dealing with people, naturally knew how to handle the situation.
He gave Raditz a sense of pressure, while also reassuring him, telling him that as long as he didn't commit any more evil deeds, and considering he was now a disciple of Lord North Kai, he could reside on Grand Kai's Planet after death.
With that reassurance, Raditz was finally relieved, no longer fearing the idea of going to Hell after death.
In fact, King Yemma's words carried another implication, that although Raditz had committed sins in the past, as long as he remained kind and continued contributing in the future, those sins could be offset.
Returning to the dead Cooler, Talot fought him once more in Hell.
Previously, it was impossible to be certain, but after this battle, Talot now fully understood the difference between the dead in Hell and their former selves when alive.
Indeed, many beings with sufficient strength can retain their pre-death form and even all their strength as a soul!
However, once in Hell, without a physical body, they cannot fully exert their strength, nor can they unleash their potential.
Although a soul's strength could still accumulate, Hell's rules restricted the dead from continuing to grow stronger.
In other words, when Frieza in the original work's Super Era managed to revive and suddenly reach such heights—
Firstly, it was due to the exceptional potential of his race.
Secondly, his soul had accumulated strength over many years of death, which erupted upon revival.
Thirdly, in the Super Era, Frieza clearly understood what heights he needed to reach for revenge, so under such motivation, he transformed and ascended to achieve his Golden Form.
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Grand Kai's Planet.
Within the North Area's camp.
A year passed quietly.
Over the course of this year, far too many things had happened.
Setting aside the many complicated minor events, in terms of strength alone, Talot, Salari and Raditz have all made tremendous progress.
Simply put, early on, raising their power level even by a thousand or a few thousand points was tough. But over time, even increasing it by tens of thousands was much easier...
Now, while power level gains aren't as rapid as before, every ten days to half a month, or every couple of months, their strength would still surge significantly with each breakthrough in their realm.
As of today, Talot's base power level had risen from 5 million to 6.2 million.
That 1.2 million increase in power level was a goal Talot had set for himself.
He didn't expect to make massive leaps all at once, but on average, raising his power level by 100,000 each month. He had done it.
And what about Raditz and Salari?
Raditz's base power level had increased from 2.5 million to 3.5 million, a solid 1 million point rise.
Salari's base power level had gone from 2.4 million to 3.3 million. Though it was the smallest increase among the three, as a female Saiyan, Salari's achievement was truly remarkable.
Under the same training conditions, she had never fallen behind in strength. She had always been something of a prodigy.
Most notably, Salari achieved the Super Saiyan transformation just three months after arriving at Grand Kai's Planet for intensive training, becoming the second Saiyan to reach Super Saiyan after Talot.
And Raditz, despite having a higher base power level, had only managed to reach this point just now.
Just now?
That's right!
At this very moment, Raditz finally crossed the threshold and became a Super Saiyan.
A golden aura blazed around him like fire, enveloping his body. His long hair had turned golden, making him look almost like a Super Saiyan Grade 3.
Of course, that was only in appearance. He was still just at Super Saiyan Grade 1.
There were quite a few onlookers.
They were all friends and rivals who had regularly sparred with him in the past.
Naturally, Talot and Salari were present, as well as North Kai and Olibu, who stood at the front of the crowd.
Thanks to Raditz's breakthrough, Grand Kai's Planet once again buzzed with brief excitement.
In recent days, because of Talot and the other two, Grand Kai's Planet had completely broken from its past tranquility, especially since the commotion they caused grew bigger each time.
"He finally did it. If Raditz hadn't succeeded soon, I was going to start worrying for him," Salari said, standing beside Talot.
"Indeed. It's been almost ten months since you reached the Super Saiyan level. He sure is pigheaded," Talot nodded.
Honestly, if Raditz had still failed to break through, Talot was really going to start thinking of alternative strategies.
After all, he couldn't keep investing so much effort into Raditz forever.
It must be said that as the second Saiyan of this era to achieve Super Saiyan and the first female Saiyan to do so, Salari, compared to Raditz, can be said to have forged a new legend.
As far as Talot knew, among the Saiyans of the original work, no female had achieved the Super Saiyan transformation. It wasn't until the Super Sea's Tournament of Power arc that Universe 6's female Saiyans, Caulifla and Kale, reached Super Saiyan form.
Salari took great pride in this.
Because in the most primitive Saiyan rules, females always held a lower status than males.
If Planet Vegeta hadn't been destroyed, if she hadn't always stayed by Talot's side, she would never have been taken seriously.
She proved her worth through her actions. So what if she was a woman? So what if she was a low-class warrior?
It was precisely this situation, and the countless emotions that Raditz had built up over time that finally formed the spark that ignited his breakthrough.
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