Dragon Ball: Goku Si c23

Goku landed in front of his Sect's impressive gates. They were shut and even sealed, as a layer of magical energy kept them closed.

“Impressive use of magic.” Krillin could sense a barrier around the whole area. It was not a simple protection either.

“I do need to keep an image.” He joked at his fellow martial artist.

“I guess you do.” The bald guy looked at him and the girl next to him. His high standards are, no doubt, like this because of that Goddess who is pushing him.

The Ascended Super Saiyan walked to the gate and placed his hand on the seal. The whole place glowed before the protection disappeared, and the gates slowly began to open.

As this was happening, he turned around and looked at the gathered people.

“Well. It would seem I will have to admit all of them.” 

“Hmm, we might have overestimated how many want to join our Sect,” Aeos commented as she is a bit concerned about how much time they will waste with all of this.

“No worries, Krillin and Yamcha will help us, right?” The Saiyan looked at his buddy, who looked at him.” 

“Huh? Paperwork? Are you kiddin' me?” The bald guy reacted in surprise.

“No worries, I will reward you. You will be able to use some of the fancy stuff we have.” The blonde Saiyan began to suggest. He is thinking of giving him access to the fancy training areas he prepared with Aeos.

“That could work. We have places better than the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.” The Goddess smirked as she realised what Goku was offering.

“...Sure, I guess.” The bald guy realised that he had no choice.

The next moment, Goku snapped his fingers and Yamcha was out of his seal.

“Hah?” The Ex-Bandit looked around. He realised that he was finally free.

“Here is your first assignment as a  member of Sect Mount Paozu.” The Ascended Super Saiyan looked at the people before them. “To admit these people into our Sect.”

“Our? You are quick.” Yamcha realise how quickly he got roped into this!

Sure enough, Goku and the rest began to admit the gathered people. Many of them were people from the tournament: boxers, Karate practitioners, and even beast people.

They all want to learn the mystical arts they saw in the tournament. However, it wasn’t that simple to just join and learn, as Goku will be roping them in for life.

Once the admission was done and the initial 235 people were in the sect, the Saiyan took them deeper inside.

Everyone looked around. They realised that the whole area was huge. It was not just one mountain, several, in fact, with all sorts of temple-like structures.

“Damn… you didn’t hold back. All of the buildings are magical.” Krillin commented. He noticed that some of the temples even had terrifying auras around them!

“That’s Goku. He wanted it to be perfect.” Aeos replied with crossed arms. She can’t remember the last time she was that serious either.

Well, when she was erasing timelines, but that was a while ago…

“Indeed. Now then.” The Blonde Saiyan looked excited, making everyone, for some reason, have goosebumps.

“First task. Think of it as initiation for the Sect.” 

“Why do I have this feeling that it will hurt?” Krillin commented to Yamcha.

“Yeah, same feeling, buddy.” The ex-bandit nodded slowly as he felt a chill going through his body.

“You all have to reach the summit of that mountain.” Goku pointed at one of the mountains in his Sect.

“That’s it?” Krillin looked surprised.

“No flying.” As Goku said, he and Aeos disappeared in a burst of light.

“Teleportation, huh. Fine! Let’s go, Yamcha!” The bald ex-monk exclaimed to his buddy.

“Right!”

The duo began to run at absurd speeds. Other newcomers followed suit.

~~~

“It will take a while,” Goku commented as he had his hands behind his back. He looked down at the people who were stuck at the beginning of the stairs.

These stairs were magical, as they do a couple of things: temper personality, harness inner strength, all that stuff.

It's like the Divine Water, only in the form of stairs.

“Your friends are not struggling that much. But that’s given.” The Goddess looked at his two friends, who were chuckling while dashing upstairs.

“Of course. But that will change.” As he smiled, they began to slow down. 

Their bodies went through quite a bit, and Divine Water could be useful again. But that thing is dangerous; magical stairs with pressure are safer.

“I do think I should leave a copy of myself behind as an observer.” Goku decided that he should return to his training and leave an observer behind. 

“I guess. We do need more people who could assist us in running things.” Aeos was already thinking of using her followers. Make them join her.

“Huh. I guess.” He nodded at her as he pondered the possibilities of who it could be.” Regardless. He crossed his hands before moving to the side. Creating two copies of himself.

Unlike Tien’s future technique, this time, it’s based on magic with wisps of his essence. This makes it decently powerful without influencing his overall power, making it a fine version to observe the trial.

“Now let’s go.” With that, the pair flew away, leaving two copies of himself watching the newbies.

A short flight later, the pair landed at the peak of the mountain.

“What now?” Aeos asked as they landed in the main Mountain, which has his capsule house. 

“I suppose I'm going back to my proper training. My control is better than before. My Ascended Super Saiyan form had stabilised. The stamina drain on the body is non-existent.” 

The blonde Saiyan realised that he had stabilised and reached a plateau of power. 

Now he needs to reach the limits before he can breach the next boundary.

“Oh. Do you still think that Super Saiyan 3 looks ugly? You do need to master it. It’s the apex of Super Saiyan before you can transition to Godhood.” The Goddess is amused that Super Saiyan Three is something he doesn’t like.

“I suppose.” He frowned before sighting. Now that he is close to that limit, he doesn’t mind… that much.

With that said, he walked to the house. It was time to eat.

~~~

“Haaah—haaah—Haaah— what is with these stairs!” Krillin commented as he could barely move his legs. He is feeling that gravity is tens of times higher with each step!

They are hundreds of stairs above the rest. But now, as the peak of the mountain is close, he is feeling drained!

“Yeah…” Yamcha, who is not far behind, is nearly crawling up the higher steps..

“Your first trial as part of my sect. It is to unlock your potential. These stairs drain and stimulate your potential. By the time you are done, you will be stronger.” Goku floated down and replied to Krillin.

The bald Ex-Monk looked at the blonde Saiyan. He quickly noticed something odd about him.

“...Are you…”

“Just a wisp to oversee the whole trial.” The Saiyan replied.

‘A wisp… You are tens of times stronger than I!’ It was a bit concerning for Krillin, but he brushed it aside as he ended up sitting on the stairs.

“So each stair makes us stronger. So… how will those regular people fare?” The bald martial artist asked Goku.

“No idea. It depends on people's resolve. These stairs are not a one-time thing. Once you pass them, you will train to the point that you think you are at your limit. Then you can return here. Rinse and repeat it.” The Ascended Saiyan replied. Potential is not something that can be pulled out all at once. One can become stronger and stronger. Life is that adaptable. While humans are not as broken as Saiyans, they have their perks.

“Oh, I see…” After taking a breather, the pair continued to advance. The blonde Saiyan watched them before flying lower. He went to motivate other people who were at lower levels.

To his surprise, some of them had already passed tens of stairs and continued to move forward.

‘Not bad.’

As the Saiyan looked, his senses picked up a menacing energy approaching. It was small but incredibly dark.

‘King Piccolo?’

The wisp of Goku moved and appeared outside the sect. He saw an airship. 

‘Oh…’

It was surrounded by mutated Namekians. Moments later, an old-looking Namekian descended. 

“Wonderful, all the world’s talents are in one place.” The old Demon raised his hand and created a yellow beam before shooting at his Sect.

‘This guy is delusional. Believing in his own hype so much that he thinks he could scratch the Sect’s walls?’

Sure enough, the old Demon’s beam slammed into the barrier wall…

And nothing happened.

“Hmm?” The Demon King tried again, and again until he got tired.

“Impossible! I am Demon King Piccolo! There is none who can compete with me!” 

Goku’s wisp sighed. He was observing from a distance. He turned around and used his foresight to look at Goku and Aeos.

“I am going to take care of Piccolo, according to the plan.”

Goku, who was eating noodles, gave him a thumbs up. Aeons similarly nodded as she was eating her dinner.

The wisp moved. Since he was clear, he moved with his absurd speed. Killing all the mutated Namekians before shooting a basic Ki blast, sending the airship away and focusing on the tired Demon King.

“You need to be at least a hundred times stronger to even scratch the barrier. I am not even talking about the walls.” Goku’s wisp said with crossed arms as he floated in front of the Demon King.

“You brat! I will kill you for destroying my children!” Piccolo opened his mouth and sent a beam wave at the wisp, who rolled his eyes and tanked the attack without even thinking to dodge.

“Is that it?” Instead of beating Piccolo, he needs to make sure that the Demon King spits out the egg.

So, with a casual motion, a beam created a hole in the Demon King’s gut.

“I-Impossible…” Piccolo looked down, seeing a hole in his gut.

He trembled before looking away and creating an egg with his last breath before spitting out into the distance.

‘This Namekian Physiology is nuts. One says Saiyans are crazy, but these Namekians are not far behind.’ The wisp thought to himself as he observed the whole thing.

“My progeny shall avenge me!” Demon Piccolo laughed as he was on his last leg.

“What is stopping me from finding that egg and blowing it up?” Goku’s wisp rolled his eyes at such a ‘Masterplan’.

“Haaa!!!” A yellow beam rushed at Ascended Super Saiyan, and it seemed the Demon had become concerned about his ‘child’.

Regardless, the blonde responded with a beam of his own. This time, he didn’t hold back and erased King Piccolo and his energy wave.

“And that solves the issue.” Goku smiled as he just dealt with a nuisance and allowed the birth of Piccolo.

Now the question is if he can convert him to the good side.

‘I am even good? I mean my original self is engaged with a villain from a multiversal level.’ For a second, he pondered his crazy short life. But then again, he was a temporary and once he runs out of juice, he will cease to be.

With a shrug, he flew back to watch the trial. He wanted to see how many would pass it.

To his surprise, not many left. In fact, more continued than he gave credit for. Many desired to be strong; they only needed guidance.

‘It will be quite a surprise for Raditz and the other two when they discover that the entire planet is full of beings with decent power levels.’

The Blonde watched the stairway with curious eyes. He could sense that with each step, these guys were growing stronger.

“Well, well, those two just finished.” His eyes went to the mountain top where Krillin had just finished, and shortly after, he was joined by Yamcha.

“I suppose we can start with the next step.” With that, he left the two to his other wisp. After all, Goku made two of them to watch the trial.