"Such poor sportsmanship. You lose and you still can't let me say a few words."
"What did you say?"
"N-Nothing!"
Old Kai stood at the edge of the crater, shrinking his neck back. This time, he truly didn't dare say another word.
Trunks came running over and shouted down into the crater, "Dad! Are you okay?"
Vegeta ignored Trunks. He leaped out of the crater and stared at the figure in the sky, gnashing his teeth in fury.
"Damn you, Kakarot! One day, I'll defeat you!"
"Good. Then I'll be waiting for that day."
Son Goku descended from the sky with his usual goofy grin.
"Grandpa, why hasn't Grandpa Gran come back yet?"
Pan had long since become accustomed to Vegeta losing. After all, when it came to pure power, Vegeta was a whole major realm behind her grandfather.
The moment Pan asked that question, everyone who had gathered around fell silent.
It had already been almost two days since Chronoa left.
It was one thing that Gran hadn't returned yet, but now even Chronoa still hadn't come back.
"I don't know. All we can do is wait…"
Goku hadn't even finished speaking when...
"Whoosh!"
A figure suddenly appeared beside them.
Sensing the disturbance, Pan abruptly raised her head. Her eyes lit up with delight.
"Grandpa Gran!!!"
Everyone immediately turned to look.
Sure enough, it was Gran.
"Gran!!"
Goku was overjoyed.
"You finally came back!"
Vegeta clenched his fists.
"Gran, what's behind that rift? Did you find out what's going on?"
Everyone crowded around Gran.
Old Kai and Kibito remained standing behind them.
Kibito gently nudged Old Kai's arm.
"Ancestor, is that the Candidate God of Destruction you were talking about?"
"Yes!"
Old Kai felt a strange soreness in the tip of his nose.
He was far too familiar with the outfit Gran was wearing.
It was exactly the same kind of attire worn by Beerus.
Then he remembered what Goku had said earlier—the Candidate God of Destruction possessed power at the Angel Realm level.
The Beerus of another timeline actually managed to train a disciple like this. As expected of Lord Beerus!
While Old Kai was muttering inwardly...
"Where's Chronoa?"
Gran glanced around.
"Grandpa Gran, the Supreme Kai of Time went to your timeline."
"Why did she go to my timeline?"
"She said she wanted to tell Mr. Whis over there about your whereabouts. She also said that if you couldn't make it back, you should have Whis host the Universal Martial Arts Tournament for you."
Pan continued explaining.
A warmth spread through Gran's heart.
He hadn't expected that little loli to actually understand how important this matter was to him.
"You must be Lord Gran."
At that moment, Old Kai walked over.
Everyone immediately stepped aside to make room for him.
"That's me."
Gran looked at the Old Kai of this timeline and spoke calmly.
"Considering my relationship with Lord Beerus, you can just call me Gran."
Old Kai was somewhat surprised.
Normally, Gods of Destruction had notoriously terrible tempers.
Yet this person in front of him was unexpectedly easygoing.
"Lord Gra—Gran. Actually, I had already asked Goku to bring you to the Supreme Kai's Realm earlier."
Old Kai continued.
"My purpose was to ask you to help our timeline. A terrifying crisis once occurred here. Lord Beerus and Whis disappeared during that crisis as well…"
Gran simply listened in silence without interrupting.
"But before I even had the chance to tell you about any of this, you discovered that rift."
Old Kai gritted his teeth.
"That rift must be connected to Lord Beerus and the others' disappearance. So, when you went behind it this time, did you discover anything?"
Everyone looked toward Gran.
"Old Kai, I had already guessed why you asked Goku to find me."
Gran stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze sweeping across everyone.
"I came here precisely to tell you about it. And yes, that rift is indeed connected to Lord Beerus and the others' disappearance."
Just as I thought!!!
Old Kai's heart trembled.
Everyone else became tense as well.
Does this mean we can finally find the God of Destruction from our timeline?
"What happened to Lord Beerus and the others? Are they still alive?"
Old Kai asked anxiously.
"They're alive."
Gran nodded.
The moment Old Kai heard those words, his heart trembled violently.
Then he suddenly burst into laughter.
His eyes had turned completely red.
Gran could understand his reaction.
According to what Chronoa and Quitela had told him, the GT timeline had once been shattered by a mysterious force.
In the end, only this tiny fragment of the universe beneath his feet remained.
And the highest-ranking deity of the GT timeline had changed from Zeno to Old Kai.
Under such circumstances, how could this old man not be afraid?
How could he not worry?
Now that he knew Beerus and the others were still alive, the enormous weight pressing down on his heart could finally be lifted.
"Not only Lord Beerus and Whis survived. The Gods of Destruction, Angels, and Supreme Kais from the other universes survived as well."
Gran continued.
"That's wonderful!"
Old Kai was so excited that he practically jumped for joy.
"However…"
Gran suddenly changed his tone.
Old Kai, who had still been celebrating moments ago, instantly became tense again.
Everyone else pricked up their ears.
"Other than those deities, every mortal in the Zeno Universe died."
"They all died?!"
Old Kai's voice rose several octaves.
But soon, his expression sank again.
Of course…
That crisis had been so terrifying.
The fact that Beerus and the other deities had managed to survive was already a blessing.
How could ordinary mortals possibly have survived?
"Grandpa Gran, then what exactly is behind that rift?"
Pan asked again.
"The area behind that rift is actually the other side of your timeline. It's just that it has now become a Chaos Zone…"
Gran told them about his encounter with Quitela.
After hearing everything, everyone stared at him in disbelief.
Pan swallowed.
"Trunks, Grandpa Gran said that the Chaos Zone is filled with monsters possessing Divine Realm power?!"
Trunks nodded forcefully.
"Yes! That place is terrifying! Even the weakest monsters possess First-Order Divine Realm power. If we had followed Grandpa Gran there back then, those monsters would have torn us apart on the spot!"
Goku, however, had a completely different reaction.
He became incredibly excited.
"Gran, judging from what you're saying, that place is basically a holy land for cultivation! Next time, can you take me there too?!"
Vegeta raised his chin proudly.
"Count me in. I'm going too!"
"You two can forget it."
Gran shook his head.
"Without Divine Realm power, sooner or later, your bodies will be eroded by those auras."
Gran didn't elaborate further.
Instead, he turned toward Old Kai.
"Lord Beerus and the others have to remain there and continuously clear out the monsters, so they have no way of returning to the outside world. That's everything I've learned."
"Alright. I should head back as well."
END OF CHAPTER
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