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He didn't hold anything back, answering honestly.
"Saiyan God?" Goku's eyes widened, gleaming with curiosity and awe.
"What kind of transformation is that?"
"It's a divine form that lets Saiyans channel godly ki," Jiang Chen explained. "It's not like regular Super Saiyan energy, it's something higher, closer to the divine realm."
As they chatted, energy signatures began to approach from afar. In moments, streaks of light shot across the sky as others arrived.
"Grandpa!"
"Dad!"
"Uncle Goku!"
It was Pan, Gohan, Goten, and Trunks, with Vegeta flying behind, arms crossed and eyes sharp.
Vegeta's gaze locked onto Jiang Chen.
"Who are you?" he asked coldly. "In this universe, aside from Kakarrot and me, there shouldn't be any other Saiyans!"
Though he'd been under Baby's control until moments ago, Vegeta remembered everything. There was a tightness in his voice, part disbelief, part pride.
To see a Saiyan stronger than both him and Goku… It didn't sit well. He'd long accepted that Goku had surpassed him, but this?
A stranger? From nowhere?
No. He needed answers.
"Easy now." Jiang Chen raised his hands slightly and gave a casual smile.
"I'm not from this world. Due to some... unusual circumstances, I ended up in your timeline."
"Not from our world? Wait... Uncle, does that mean you're from another universe?" Gohan stepped forward, curiosity lighting up his face.
"Another universe..." Vegeta narrowed his eyes but didn't object. After everything they'd been through with Future Trunks, multiversal theory was no longer far-fetched.
"That explains a lot," Goku said with a grin. "No wonder you're so strong!"
The others nodded, their expressions a mix of awe and acceptance.
There was no hostility now, only admiration.
"Come on," Jiang Chen said, turning to look toward Earth. "Let's go restore the planet. There's still work to do."
He smiled, and with a flicker of red aura, took to the sky.
"Right, right! We still need to restore Earth!" Goku quickly echoed the reminder, snapping out of his awe.
The others nodded in agreement, preparing to act.
But just before they moved, Vegeta glanced at Jiang Chen again, his eyes narrowing in thought.
Jiang Chen met the gaze with a calm smile, not taking it personally.
Compared to the Vegeta of Dragon Ball Z or even Super, this GT version was notably less refined, both in power and discipline.
Jiang Chen even briefly entertained the idea of recruiting him… But for now, it was just a passing thought. He still needed time to observe, both Vegeta and Goku. After all, the GT timeline wasn't particularly long, and opportunities to alter it meaningfully were plenty.
Soon, the group sprang into action.
Earth's Kami, was revived. And with him, the Dragon Balls became usable once again.
In no time at all, Earth, previously destroyed in Baby's assault, began to rebuild, restored by the wish to Shenron.
The inhabitants of Planet Plant were safely teleported back to Earth. Their traumatic memories? Wiped clean by Shenron's divine will.
Jiang Chen didn't interfere with any of it. He simply stood in the background, watching the events unfold in silence.
A few days later, peace had returned.
Everyone had gathered at Mount Paozu, where nature thrived and Goku's house nestled in the hills.
"Aspara, can you tell us about your world? Are there more Saiyans alive over there?" Goku asked with visible excitement, eyes bright like a child meeting a new sparring partner.
Vegeta, silently standing nearby, turned his head ever so slightly, ears perked.
"There are still some left," Jiang Chen replied calmly. "But not many."
"Besides you two, there's me, Raditz, Nappa, Broly, Tarble, Turles, your father Bardock… and a few from Bardock's old squad."
As he spoke, Jiang Chen noticed the faint flicker of surprise in Vegeta's expression.
Clearly, he hadn't expected to hear so many familiar names.
In this GT timeline, Saiyans outside of Goku and Vegeta were virtually extinct. Even Broly's existence was shrouded in ambiguity. But in Jiang Chen's timeline, nearly every Saiyan who had ever appeared, canon or not, had survived in some form.
"That many?!" Goku's jaw practically dropped, stars in his eyes.
Even Vegeta, usually reserved, raised an eyebrow in disbelief.
"Yeah," Jiang Chen said with a grin. "Frieza did destroy Planet Vegeta, but it was all rushed. He didn't confirm the job properly, and plenty of Saiyans survived the blast. Later on, I used our Dragon Balls to bring some of them back too."
"Wait, Dragon Balls?" Gohan interjected curiously. "But… don't Dragon Balls only bring back people who've died within a year?"
It was a fair question. In the GT timeline, Earth's Dragon Balls were far more limited.
Resurrecting someone after a year? That's practically impossible.
Jiang Chen just smiled.
"Different worlds, different rules. In my world, as long as a soul hasn't been fully reincarnated, our Dragon Balls can revive them, no matter how long they've been gone."
That explanation lit up everyone's faces in awe.
This was one of the biggest criticisms often leveled at Dragon Ball Super, in that timeline, Frieza had been dead for years, and yet he was still resurrected. In the original continuity, the Dragon Balls were never supposed to bring someone back after they'd been dead for over a year.
"Is that so? That's incredible!" Trunks couldn't help but exclaim, wonder in his voice.
"Every world runs on its own rules, but here in this timeline, resurrection might not be as difficult as it seems." Jiang Chen paused in thought, then spoke calmly.
Ever since arriving in this version of reality, he'd been quietly observing. And he had already noticed one thing, the rules of this world were incomplete.
Unlike other universes, this timeline lacked a God of Destruction, and with no high-tier cosmic overseer or structured divine system, the world had evolved into something larger, but looser. Unstable, even.
Without divine enforcement, the fabric of the world had become bloated and easy to bend.
Under these conditions, even violating fundamental laws wasn't that hard.
Just like in the original GT story, when the Gates of the Afterlife were flung open, and the dead flooded back into the world of the living. Not only did they return, but many were even revived.
Clearly, this kind of breach wasn't out of reach.
"Is that true?" Goku's eyes lit up as he listened, visibly intrigued.
The rest of the group looked similarly amazed.
Sensing their curiosity, Jiang Chen began sharing more details about his world,
and the countless other realities he had encountered.
As he spoke of timelines where Goku never hit his head, where Vegeta was King, or where Earth was a spacefaring empire, everyone's eyes gradually widened.
They had never imagined that outside of their own universe, there could be so many reflections, similar yet utterly unique.
It was as if entire pantheons of fate and destiny played out differently in each realm.
(Side Note: While Dragon Ball GT has its share of flaws, especially with inconsistent power scaling, it's still more narratively coherent than Dragon Ball Super, particularly near the end. The two series are almost incomparable in tone and structure. While the Super manga held promise prior to the Tournament of Power, the Granolah Arc pushed power logic beyond reason, breaking immersion for many fans.)
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