In the boundless void of the universe, Goku once again stood face-to-face with Whis! No words were needed—the two clashed violently once more!
With every punch Whis threw, space itself trembled, ripping open jagged rifts in the void. From these rifts, razor-sharp spatial blades shot out. Each one was capable of slicing deep enough to expose bone if it struck flesh!
Such attacks were nearly impossible to defend against. Other than dodging, Goku had no choice but to take them head-on. After sustaining more than a dozen bloody gashes across his body, he finally managed to close the distance.
With a thunderous boom, Goku launched a fierce punch. A beam of golden light burst from his fist, like a divine arrow, surging forward with earth-shattering might and dazzling, violent energy straight toward Whis!
Whis let out a cold snort and drew a circle in the air with one hand. An energy mirror materialized in front of him. The golden beam struck the mirror with a crack, shattering it—but not before it deflected the attack back at Goku, now with even greater force!
Gazing at the broken energy mirror, a hint of surprise flashed in Whis' eyes.
"His power... it's increased again! What a monster. His strength actually grows with the intensity of battle? A creature like this can't be allowed to exist... Time's up."
With a sharp shout, Whis surged with divine brilliance, his aura peaking. He could sense the threat that Goku now posed. The longer the fight dragged on, the worse it would become for him. This time, he had to end it in one blow—wipe Goku out, once and for all!
Boom!
Whis threw a straight punch at Goku. Goku had intended to avoid it, but was shocked to find the punch had locked onto his energy signature. No matter how he dodged, it pursued him relentlessly! The devastating power behind the blow left him with no choice but to brace himself and meet it head-on—otherwise, total annihilation was certain!
Boom! Boom!
Their fists collided, unleashing a catastrophic shockwave that rippled out in all directions. In an instant, every planet in the vicinity disintegrated into cosmic dust!
The space around Goku cracked like shattered glass, and his body followed suit, splitting apart with deep fissures and streams of blood. In his stunned gaze, his body—like the space itself—shattered, fragmenting into pieces that drifted through the vast emptiness of the universe.
A massive black hole tore open where space had collapsed. From within it surged a furious spatial storm, sweeping Goku's broken body into its swirling chaos. Bits of flesh and blood were shredded and erased from existence—his life force rapidly fading!
"Goku!!"
Faced with this horrific scene, Saeko and the other girls turned deathly pale. Alice and other little girls began sobbing uncontrollably in anguish.
"No... wait! Goku has an immortal body—we all know that! The World Ring is still intact, which means he's not dead! He's still alive..."
Suddenly struck by realization, Saeko's eyes lit up. She looked at the screen with joy and hope, eyes fixed on the swirling spatial storm and the gaping rift. The others, catching her excitement, also turned their eyes toward it with renewed hope.
"Look! Over there!"
Yuriko shouted in delight, pointing to the center of the storm. There—amidst the chaos—Goku's head floated, struggling against the roaring winds!
The sight was terrifying. Bulma and Hayashi who had just regained consciousness fainted again from the shock. Even Saeko and the others turned pale. Were it not for their unshakable belief, they might have fainted too.
"Damn it... That bastard Whis... is way too strong... He actually... reduced me to just... a freakin' head... Damn! The power to shatter space itself... That's seriously insane... Even my whole body... got blasted to bits... Lucky for me, I've got an immortal body... or I'd really be done for! But trying to kill me? Heh... Keep dreaming! I'm Son Goku! The invincible one! YAAAHHH!!"
With a defiant roar, Goku opened his mouth, and over a dozen Senzu Beans spilled out. He crushed them between his teeth and swallowed them all!
No stomach? Who says you need a stomach to eat!
As the beans went down, a terrifying aura erupted from Goku's head. His hair flickered wildly, and below the neck, his body began rapidly regenerating. In mere moments, he was whole again, cloaked in blinding golden light.
"RAHHH!!"
With a thunderous shout, the spatial storm around him was violently dispersed by the sheer force of his presence. From the radiant glow, a figure emerged—majestic, unyielding, and overflowing with divine might.
As he stepped forward, an awe-inspiring pressure swept through the universe. Countless beings across countless worlds dropped to their knees, instinctively bowing under this overwhelming, godlike aura. It was as if... a new god had been born!
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"This guy… he's still alive? Does he have some kind of immortality? And he even broke through… How is this possible? To reach the realm of a True God at such a young age… This level of talent is truly unprecedented… No—it's downright legendary!"
At this moment, Whis stared at Goku with a face full of utter disbelief. He could clearly sense the same divine aura from Goku that he himself possessed. For Whis to attain this realm, it had taken countless years of training. And yet, how old was Goku now? Just sixteen years old—well, if you count the time he spent training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, maybe twenty-four or twenty-five at most. To reach such heights at that age—it was nothing short of jaw-dropping! Compared to him, those so-called "geniuses" were simply pathetic!
And he had just made a breakthrough not long ago—how could he already have ascended again? Was reaching the True God Realm really that easy? Beerus had struggled for a lifetime and barely set one foot into that realm. And yet this brat—he just recovers from a serious injury and breaks through like it's nothing?! How was Whis supposed to take that? How was Beerus supposed to take that? How was anyone who never managed to touch this realm supposed to take that?
As Whis thought about it more, he couldn't help but sigh again. Fate was truly playing tricks on them—how had they ended up making an enemy of someone so monstrously gifted, someone who would shine through the ages? It was laughable now—he once thought he could eliminate Goku before he fully matured. But now, Goku's wings had fully spread—trying to kill him now would be no easy task!
At this moment, Goku stood with blazing crimson hair cascading down to his waist, a powerful aura of verdant green battle energy pulsing from his body. The red fur from his previous form was now gone, replaced by a sleek battle outfit that exposed his firm, muscular chest. The sheer presence he radiated was something only beings of the divine realm could sense—it was beyond mortal comprehension. But when he unleashed his aura, it invoked a primal fear and awe in all who sensed it, making resistance seem futile in the face of such divinity.
"So this… is the realm of a god? This feeling… it's amazing! Since I'm a Saiyan, I'll call this form Super Saiyan God! Yes, that's it! That's the name!" Goku murmured, his face intoxicated by his newfound power. He was confident that with a single punch, he could tear open the fabric of space itself. Such was the might of this divine realm—power strong enough to shatter reality itself!
(This is author note, not mine)
[Author's Note: In my setting, spatial-temporal laws exist in tiers. The Dragon Ball universe operates under the highest grade of these laws. So please don't interpret this the wrong way—if Goku were to visit a low-tier world, a single punch could collapse that universe's entire space and destroy it. However, in the Dragon Ball world, he can only shatter space—not destroy the entire universe. Of course, blowing up a planet is still child's play for him.]
"You seem a bit too drunk on your new power. Don't forget what situation you're in right now!"
Whis vanished and appeared in front of Goku, coldly shouting as he unleashed a full-powered punch. The space in its path collapsed violently—the attack was a full-force sneak strike!
"Hmph! Trying to sneak up on me? Not so easy!" Goku snorted, spinning around to counter with a punch of his own. Space cracked and shattered with a crack-crack sound, exposing a giant spatial rift, within which storm-like energy howled. Yet those chaotic energies could no longer harm Goku's body—not even in the slightest! This was proof of just how vast the gap was between the God Realm and Super Saiyan 4—this was a qualitative leap! Goku couldn't help but sigh inwardly; he was truly lucky that Whis hadn't one-shot him before his breakthrough!
Boom! Their fists collided with a deafening explosion. Space quaked violently and continued collapsing outward. In the blink of an eye, a massive spatial black hole hundreds of meters wide had formed around them. From it, a terrifying spatial storm erupted, as if it could obliterate time itself.
However, that seemingly world-ending storm was utterly shattered by the sheer force of their clash, dissipating into nothingness.
Space struggled to repair itself, but before it could fully heal, another clash tore it apart again!
Boom!
Whis's fist clashed once more with Goku's, but this time, his left hand burst forth with a red glow, forming a gleaming energy sword. With a swift motion, he slashed at Goku!
The attack came far too suddenly. They'd been exchanging punches just moments before—who would've expected Whis to suddenly conjure a sword? Caught off guard, Goku barely shifted his body, and a long, bloody gash opened across his chest! Alarmed, he instantly retreated. His current body was durable enough to withstand spatial storms without a scratch, yet this sword had sliced through his skin like paper—proof of its terrifying sharpness!
"You think you're the only one who can do that?" Goku smirked and followed suit, conjuring a green energy sword of his own. In a flash, he launched himself at Whis!
"Oh? You learned just by seeing it once? Truly a rare genius!" Whis praised, swinging his own energy sword and unleashing waves of destructive sword energy. Each slash carved deep gashes into the surrounding space like open wounds.
Goku was forced to pause his charge, blocking the incoming strikes with his own sword. In the brief gaps between attacks, he launched counters of his own!
The sky became filled with crisscrossing sword energy, streaking across like a meteor shower. Each violent clash shredded space, turning their fight into a chaotic ballet of blade energy. Every strike was infused with the indomitable will of its wielder!
Finally, all the sword energy detonated at once, erupting into streams of radiant light that vanished into the void. The two had stopped—not by choice, but because the surrounding space had been completely destroyed. A rift tens of thousands of meters long now hung across the universe like a giant wound. From within, a massive tornado of spatial energy surged forth, exuding an aura of such destruction that even Goku and Whis felt a trace of danger.
That… was a true spatial storm—a manifestation of pure annihilation. With their current strength, if they got caught in it, no amount of divine power could guarantee their survival. They had no choice but to retreat, blinking away to a distant region of space, watching the chaos from afar.
Only after their departure did the ravaged space begin to recover. Just as the storm was about to be born, the fabric of space fully healed, sealing the threat away into the void once more.
Goku and Whis both exhaled in relief. They exchanged a glance—
And then launched themselves at each other once again. Space shattered anew!
At this point, both of their bodies had reached an absurd level of durability. A straightforward melee brawl would no longer yield a clear victor. That's why their battle had evolved into a contest of energy swords—this was now the mainstream form of combat at this realm. Their raw power had grown so overwhelming that even the universe itself struggled to withstand their clashes.
Clang!
As their energy swords met, a sharp metallic ring echoed—despite being formed of pure energy, the weapons had become so solidified that they clashed like real steel.
The instant their swords collided, both fighters simultaneously launched punches with their free hands. The resulting shockwave tore space apart in rippling layers, spreading outward for hundreds of meters before finally halting. And yet, as space began to mend itself, their fierce combat shattered it once more. The speed at which they broke space far outpaced its ability to heal.
"Remarkable… You've only just reached this realm, and yet you can already fight me to a standstill. Your talent is truly one in a trillion," Whis said during a brief clash, separating from Goku with a look of sincere admiration.
"Hmph. Starting to regret it, are you?" Goku grinned at him.
"It's not regret," Whis replied coolly, though his eyes had turned cold. "It's just that killing a talent like yours is… truly a shame."
An intense killing aura exploded from Whis—Goku's growth had shocked him over and over again, finally pushing him to the edge. Now, truly recognizing Goku as a deadly enemy, he resolved to end this once and for all. If this dragged on any longer, it would be he who perished. Goku was simply too terrifying—his strength was still rising mid-battle! Even someone like Whis now felt fear.
"Beerus said the same thing before he died. But in the end, I killed him too. So what makes you any different?" Goku snorted, slashing downward with his sword. A massive wave of sword energy shot toward Whis, ripping through space and appearing before him in a blink!
"Hmph!" Whis snorted coldly, clenching his fist and smashing it forward. Boom! The space in front of him shattered completely, even dispersing the towering wave of sword energy into fragments of light.
"Heh~ Goodbye, Whis!" Goku suddenly appeared before him, sword swinging down from above!
"You think that's enough to hurt me?" Whis lifted his left hand, instantly condensing a new energy sword to block Goku's strike. The surrounding space shattered again, powerful winds whipping through and sending both of their hair flying wildly.
"Heh heh~ But I'm not fighting alone!" Goku chuckled.
"What?!" Whis's expression changed in shock—but it was too late. A figure identical to Goku suddenly appeared behind him, slashing with his own energy sword. Blood sprayed into the void as Whis's back was carved open with a deep, bone-deep wound!
Whis quickly retreated, divine light emanating from his body as the wound slowly began to heal. Staring at the identical figure standing next to Goku, his brow furrowed. "So… I forgot about your shadow clones."
"Forgot?" Goku sneered with arrogance, dismissing the sword in his hand and facing Whis head-on. "Let me make one thing clear. At the same level—I am absolutely invincible. And you? You're nothing more than a clown in my eyes."
"What did you say?!" Whis's eyes widened in fury. This was the first time anyone had dared speak to him in such a way—how could he not be enraged?
"Heh heh~ You don't believe me? Then let me show you what true fear feels like!"
With a single thought, five more shadow clones appeared beside Goku. Including the one already there, six total figures now stood ready for battle…
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