"Kill!"
In an instant, the Super One-Star Dragon roared. His fist gleamed like a tiny golden sun and crashed down mercilessly. Goku was blasted backward again.
"Damn it!"
Goku growled, stretching his body as his joints cracked like draconic thunder. While he was still flying back, the light-sword in his right hand suddenly expanded; lightning danced along its edge and stars seemed to revolve within it—a strange sight radiating dreadful destructive waves and an invincible will. It streaked down as a stream of light.
Fast—too fast. The Super One-Star Dragon couldn't guard in time. He only managed to twist aside slightly before it reached him. With a wet slice, one of the horns on his head was cut clean off.
"What?!"
He froze. The horns on his head were even harder than the bone spurs on his wrists—yet one had been severed so easily. The shock hadn't even faded when something even more astonishing appeared before his eyes.
"W-what is that?!"
Above Goku's crown, a colossal, boundless black vortex unfurled. It rumbled and crackled with interlaced bolts of lightning. Stars spun, thunder and violet haze surged. An endless tapestry of esoteric intent seemed to evolve a world of its own, shrouding void with an awe-inspiring aura like the birth of creation itself.
"What… what is happening?" The Super One-Star Dragon stared, stunned—and a deep unease rose in his heart.
"I don't care what trick you're pulling—I won't let you finish it!"
He roared and hurled himself at Goku, unwilling to let that ominous scene continue.
A golden flash cut across the sky. The dragon slid sideways in a blur, ki flames boiling around him like a war god's cloak. He appeared right in front of Goku and drove a fist straight down. There was no room to dodge.
But at the last possible moment, his body froze midair. A bolt of divine judgment tore out of the void and struck him squarely. With a scream, the Super One-Star Dragon fell from the void.
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The boundless black vortex spread across the sky, covering half the local void.
Struck by the divine thunder, the dragon hit the ground charred black, thin curls of smoke rising from him—pathetic and singed.
"Damn it!"
He exploded upward again, ripping through the air with murderous intent. The gale of his rush made space itself quiver.
But just as he closed the distance, his body locked up again. He couldn't move at all. His face changed; no matter how he struggled, he couldn't even twitch.
"What is going on?" A heavy dread pooled in his chest.
The scene was too strange—beyond anything he had imagined.
"Surprised?" Goku walked up to him, calm as still water.
"You—what did you do?" the dragon snarled. The situation defied belief.
"This is a world I created—my own domain. I call it the 'Sovereign's Domain.' My world, my rules. Here, every law is in my hands."
"What nonsense is this!" the dragon bellowed. His aura surged to the limit as he tried to shatter the bindings with brute force.
Sovereign
His current level was already infinitesimally close to the True God Realm. When he erupted fully, Goku's domain quaked violently, and the restraints webbing his body began to show hairline cracks. Given time, he really might have torn this space apart and broken free.
But although Goku was presently "only" at Super Saiyan 4, his highest attained dimension was that of a Super Saiyan God—one tier above the dragon. Breaking free in a short span was impossible.
And for true experts, even a hundredth of a second can decide victory and defeat.
"As expected of the Super One-Star Dragon—impressive power," Goku said with a small nod as he felt his domain buckling. "But… you don't have the time."
His blade condensed. Space twisted and sang with supreme force as golden light flooded the realm.
A single, clean stroke—swift, decisive, merciless.
Blood sprayed. A splendid head flew skyward, eyes wide with disbelief and terror. The headless body toppled in the air as scarlet rained down into the void.
The sword flashed again. In a blink, the headless corpse was carved into pieces—and then it faded into nothing. Only seven Dragon Balls remained, floating quietly.
With a thought, Goku swept the seven balls into his own inner world. After what had just happened, he no longer trusted the wish-born world ring. Only a world he created himself was truly under his control.
So ended the mighty Super One-Star Dragon—cleanly, decisively.
Such is the absolute might of a Sovereign. With rules in hand, he is unassailable. To destroy such a being and take his place, your dimension must be higher—your strength so overwhelming that rules themselves become irrelevant. Otherwise, even equal strength means instant death before a Sovereign. That is the terror of laws.
At that exact moment—without any audible system prompt—the energy count on the dimensional travel system suddenly skyrocketed, finally stopping at 999.9 billion.
A heartbeat later, a soul-freezing aura erupted from within Goku—so dreadful it made even his spirit tremble. In an instant, the domain he'd unfolded cracked like glass and shattered to pieces.
"What's happening?!"
Goku's face blanched. Even he felt powerless before this presence. It was monstrous—like some ancient devil about to break its seal.
A black beam, etched with dense divine sigils, shot from the center of his brow and speared the void. A world-shaking pressure swept the cosmos.
That pitch-black pillar bored upward and punched a gaping hole into the fabric of space itself.
From the abyssal breach, a horrifying presence spread. Laughter—wild and tyrannical—echoed through the universe.
"Wakakaka! I'm free at last… free of the bitter sea! Hahaha!"
The laughter rattled the soul. Goku's blood surged violently; he spat a mouthful of blood and reeled, suddenly and seriously injured.
It wasn't only the laughter that hurt him. The sealing array was tearing itself out of his body, worsening wounds he had been suppressing. The mad cackle only pushed him past his limit.
Even so, the aura was undeniably terrifying—the most dreadful presence Goku had ever felt. His heart pounded with alarm.
Golden sigils burned across the void, rumbling like a vast scripture being carved into existence, rotating around the rim of the black hole. Yet an even darker force within fought back, breaking and erasing the runes. The divine patterns shone fiercely, but they couldn't stop the destructive surge from the abyss. The seal crumbled, bit by bit, while the monstrous aura grew clearer and more terrible.
Staring at the widening rift above, Goku's expression turned stormy. He hadn't expected the dimensional travel system to be a prison for something this fearsome—or that all the energy he'd gathered had been fueling its escape.
He felt used. It infuriated him.
"Damn it. I don't care who you are—use me and die!"
Goku's ki soared. He was about to transform into a Super Saiyan God and end it when he sensed two tremendous auras racing toward him from the far reaches of space—coming at unbelievable speed.
In only a few breaths, a streak of light flashed—and two familiar figures appeared before him. Goku's eyes widened in surprise.
"Well now, Goku. Long time no see. I wonder… have you gotten stronger?"
When the shock faded, Goku said evenly, "Beerus. Whis. I didn't expect you two to show up."
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