"Ten years?"
Hearing this, Lin Chuan smiled.
He had to say, whether Angels or gods, they all liked making promises.
With his ability, with his current strength, if he truly wanted to surpass Beerus, why would he need ten years?!
His ten-year promise with the Angels still had several years left.
Although he had not truly transcended yet, he firmly believed in himself, that he could rely on his own power to reach the domain where Angels stood.
Breaking the limit that life and gods supposedly could not surpass.
In another ten years, even if his strength could not completely cross the Angel domain, he firmly believed he would definitely be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Whis and Vados.
Unless Beerus could also continuously grow stronger!
"Could it be that you think ten years is too short? If you have no confidence in yourself, this god can add another ten years. No! Just set the time yourself. Whether ten years or a hundred years, this god can accompany you, as long as you're alive!" Beerus smiled calmly and spoke with extreme arrogance.
For beings at their level, ten years and a hundred years were actually about the same. It was merely sleeping for a while.
Of course, Beerus also considered the lifespan of ordinary people.
Saiyans seemed to only live for a few dozen to over a hundred years.
"You thought wrong. In my view, ten years is too long. There is no need for that much time. Also, after experiencing this battle, you still overestimate yourself a bit." The corner of Lin Chuan's mouth moved slightly, his face brimming with confidence enough to overcome everything.
"Looks like you are truly very confident in your strength. Then this god would like to hear how long you hope it will be?" Beerus did not indulge Lin Chuan either. When it came to arrogance, he was more arrogant than anyone.
No matter how much time Lin Chuan set, he would accompany him to the end!
This was his arrogance and confidence as the strongest God of Destruction.
Lin Chuan unhurriedly raised one finger.
Seeing this one finger, Beerus's eyes changed slightly, because he knew this was not one hundred years, but one year!
"No need for ten years, nor a hundred years. If the next battle truly must be fought, then one year from now! I hope you can be stronger than now when the time comes! At least, I will be stronger!!" Lin Chuan's words revealed a dominance that surpassed everything and allowed no doubt.
These words caused the smile on Beerus's face to completely vanish. Suppressing his anger, he said: "Being young and vigorous is a good thing. Being able to walk to your realm is indeed not easy! It can even be said that you are a genius who has not appeared in hundreds of millions of years, but no matter how much of a genius you are, there must still be a limit. It is better not to say such big words."
"Do you think I'm joking, Beerus?" Lin Chuan narrowed his eyes. The sharp cold light flashing in them directly told Beerus.
He was serious.
Beerus's face became increasingly solemn.
"Hmph!! Then this god will agree to you. We will fight again one year later, and this god wants to see just what level you can progress to in this short year?!" Beerus snorted coldly.
At this moment, retreat was impossible, and saying anything to reverse it was also impossible.
Since things had reached this point, no one could stop it. Whoever interfered would only be asking for trouble.
"Let's go, Whis." Arriving beside Whis, Beerus placed his right hand on Whis's back and instructed.
"As you command, Lord Beerus." As he spoke, Whis did not hesitate and activated Angel Power.
Dazzling seven-colored rainbow light surged, enveloping Whis and Beerus's bodies, crossing space, rushing out of Earth's atmosphere, and heading straight toward the God of Destruction Realm.
As God of Destruction Beerus and Angel Whis left, the invisible pressure covering everyone's hearts also disappeared.
There is no banquet that never ends. After everyone exchanged words for a full hour, they all said farewell and left one after another.
Son Goku brought Son Gohan and Son Goten home.
Raditz and Trep also returned to their own home.
For Son Goku and Raditz, this time they returned, they would definitely stay for a long time. Otherwise, they would truly be far too irresponsible.
After they left, Vegeta brought his son Trunks back.
Piccolo also returned to the Lookout, while Krillin and Tien Shinhan went to Kame House together.
In the end, apart from Lin Chuan's family, only Android 16, Android 17, and Majin Buu remained.
They had always lived in the manor, so they had long been considered family.
...
Late at night.
After coaxing Lin Xue, Lin An, and Lin Xin to sleep, Lin Chuan, Bulma, Android 18, and Android 21 stood together on the rooftop, gazing at the beautiful starry sky.
With no outsiders present, communication between husband and wives became simpler, without any obstruction.
"It's finally over. From now on, even if Beerus comes to Earth again, he won't cause any major trouble." Revealing his true feelings, Lin Chuan leaned beside the railing, gazing at the night sky, and said.
All along, this had also been a hidden worry of his, to the point that he had been waiting for Beerus to arrive sooner.
Otherwise, he could never let go and did not dare leave casually.
Because he was unwilling to hand the safety of his wives and children over to others.
Only after he personally resolved the greatest potential threat could he go explore more profound domains.
Facts proved that he had been right, because aside from him, no one could truly contend against Beerus.
This world had long changed greatly because of him. Who knew whether the changed Beerus would harm his family?
Therefore, resolving Beerus meant he no longer needed to worry about Beerus destroying Earth in the future. Earth might even gain an additional guardian god in the future.
The only thing he needed to worry about now was the Tournament of Power.
However, it should not be held too soon, but it absolutely would not be too late either.
For now, Lin Chuan did not plan to tell Bulma and the others about this matter.
Lin Chuan felt Android 21 should know, after all, Android 21 came from the future space-time and had experienced more things.
Just like before, when he had worried about Beerus, Android 21 had guessed it.
"Husband, now that there is no threat from Beerus, why do I feel like you still have heavy thoughts?" Bulma accompanied Lin Chuan and said worriedly.
"Is there something you can't tell us? Although we cannot help much, you have continuously improved our strength over these years, and we also have the strength to protect ourselves." Android 18 said.
Hearing their words, Lin Chuan reached out and pulled them into his arms.
"What are you thinking? I'm just considering how I should train and become stronger next. After all, I made a promise with Beerus to fight again one year later." Lin Chuan smiled.
...
Time flew like an arrow, the sun and moon like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, two months had already passed since Beerus awakened and fought a great battle with Lin Chuan.
During these two months, the world returned to peace again, with no major events occurring.
Naturally, the greatest changes were still with the Z Warriors.
Because they had seen Lin Chuan and Beerus's battle, received stimulation, and clarified their goals, they had more motivation to train.
Among them, it was not Piccolo, Son Goku, Raditz, or Vegeta who improved the most. Instead, Tien Shinhan and Krillin's progress was the most obvious.
In terms of their own realm comprehension, as an Earthling and a Three-Eyed person, Krillin and Tien Shinhan's training methods differed from everyone else. Combined with Lin Chuan continuously helping them secretly, their strength continuously improved.
Now, their comprehension in the divine domain had advanced another step.
According to their original strength, when Divine Power fully erupted, they could reach 10 Zhi battle power. Now, they could raise the battle power of the divine realm another tenfold, reaching over 100 Zhi.
Aside from them, Son Gohan's progress was the most obvious.
After breaking the shackles and mastering the Super Saiyan Beast transformation, Son Gohan seemed as though his Ren and Du meridians had been opened. The potential within his body continuously emerged, and that power unique to him allowed him to repeatedly cross into higher realms. If calculated by base battle power, he could undoubtedly compare to his father Son Goku and Raditz.
...
Inside the enclosed training base in the manor.
This was a brand-new simulated training area created by Bulma and Android 21 by combining modern and future technology.
Not only could it allow Lin Chuan to effectively conduct various special training, it could also simulate corresponding virtual scenes and opponents for sparring through Lin Chuan's memories.
During these two months, Lin Chuan had been in closed-door training within the virtual world.
Although it was only a short two months, for Lin Chuan, it was comparable to nearly a year of bitter training before.
It was also because after his battle with Beerus, he had gained many insights, and during these two months, he completely absorbed them.
Not only did it loosen his bottleneck, it also improved his strength.
Two months ago, Lin Chuan's base battle power had broken through 10 Rang and reached 20 Rang.
The current Lin Chuan's base battle power had reached 50 Rang!
What kind of concept was 50 Rang-level base battle power?
Just speaking of the Ninth Dimension Rang unit alone, it was actually already enough to compare to God of Destruction level!
The kind of strength Lin Chuan displayed two months ago was already powerful enough that ordinary powerhouses could not compare.
Now, although it seemed like his base data had only increased by two times, his true strength level had increased by far more than two times!
Especially after transforming, if Lin Chuan brought out Super Saiyan 5 God's Ultimate Ultra Instinct Pinnacle or Ultra Ego Pinnacle, his battle power would reach the 50 Zheng unit.
If it were two months ago, defeating God of Destruction Beerus would no longer be a dream.
Beerus's full eruption was only within the range of Twelfth Dimension 10 Zheng to 20 Zheng.
Of course, although this seemed like quite a large increase, to Lin Chuan, this level of improvement was still far from enough.
Surpassing Beerus within one year was not a problem. Even if they fought again now, he was confident he could defeat Beerus even faster. But Lin Chuan's true goal was to cross into the domain beyond gods.
Half of the ten-year promise had passed, leaving five years!
Now that the matter of battling Beerus had ended, if he wanted to go one step further, he could only go to other space-times to seek opportunities.
The power of space-time formed from the power of space and the power of time was something Lin Chuan had long mastered! Simply opening a space-time tunnel to traverse space-time was not a problem!
However, to go to other space-time worlds, his comprehension of the Law of Space-Time still needed to advance further!
Only by completely controlling the power of space-time could he freely come and go between space-time worlds without losing his direction.
Otherwise, he would truly be toyed with by time. When the time came, if he traveled through space-time and could not come back, that would be terrible.
Even with Lin Chuan's monstrous talent, he still needed a certain amount of time to accumulate and settle.
"Give me a little more time, and I can go one step further!" Lin Chuan already had a rough direction forward.
...
Outside the world.
In a strange space-time belonging to Lin Chuan's timeline, undercurrents surged.
As the dark side of the Dragon Ball world, the Dark Demon Realm had entered an unprecedentedly powerful era.
Demon God Demigra's revival. He used the power of space-time to return to a past era and falsely pledged allegiance to the Dark Demon Realm's King Mechikabura, offering multiple powerful warriors with evil hearts from other space-times.
From then on, the forces of the Dark Demon Realm expanded. In terms of the number of high-end and low-end battle forces, they once overwhelmed the Time Patrollers who maintained space-time peace.
Even though this side's camp still had Son Goku Xeno and Vegeta Xeno from another timeline helping them, even though these two fused through the Potara earrings into Vegito Xeno, they still could not reverse the situation and only suffered a crushing defeat.
The strength gap was too great!
In the end, it was Future Lin Xue and Future Son Gohan from this timeline who forcefully opened a space-time passage, finally saving everyone.
On the Dark Demon Mountain of the Dark Demon Realm.
On that pitch-black throne, Mechikabura sat upon the throne of the Dark Demon Realm's king.
He looked like a frail old man, but in reality, extremely terrifying Dark Power flowed within his body.
It was so terrifying that even a God of Destruction could not destroy it.
"They escaped..." Mechikabura's old voice sounded.
On his left and right sides stood two Demon Gods.
These two Demon Gods were precisely Demon God Salsa and Demon God Demigra.
"Lord Mechikabura, does this subordinate need to dispatch warriors to pursue them?" Demon God Demigra proactively volunteered.
He knew this was an opportunity to perform. Although he could not gain Mechikabura's complete trust, he could use this chance to dispel Mechikabura's doubts toward him.
Besides, he had long-standing grudges with those Time Patrollers. Taking this chance to get revenge would kill two birds with one stone.
However, this little thought of his could not hide from Mechikabura.
As the King of the Dark Demon Realm, Mechikabura was extremely shrewd.
"They are merely some stray dogs. They cannot stir up much storm. Letting them leave is also fine. Perhaps it is even a good thing." The aged Mechikabura pinched his chin with his right hand, an evil expression showing on his face. His gaze shifted toward Demon God Salsa on the right as he instructed: "Go, bring the Dark Dragon Balls to this king."
"As you command, Lord Mechikabura." Demon God Salsa bowed slightly after receiving the order. In the next second, he transformed into a black mist and vanished without a trace.
Hearing this from the side, Demon God Demigra showed no ripples on the surface, but inwardly he fiercely cursed this old thing.
If not because his body had not yet recovered to its peak state and he temporarily needed to use Mechikabura as backing, he absolutely would not have done something like pledge allegiance to Mechikabura.
When under someone's roof, one had no choice but to lower their head.
He only hoped this old thing would not sleep too deeply. Otherwise, he would inevitably replace him...