"So it was the Dragon Ball universe!"
After thinking it over carefully, He-El realized that the Dragon Ball universe suited his needs as well. He needed a universe with an extremely accelerated flow of time, one where he could train this body until it became stronger than it had ever been.
The body gave birth to Ki. Energy combined with the body became Ki, and Ki together with the body constituted the fighting power of Dragon Ball.
Ki was the unique thing that existed within every living creature in the Dragon Ball universe.
Aside from a few exceptional beings in the Dragon Ball universe, such as Buu, Frieza, and Cell, whose bodies were genuinely powerful on their own, the others—even Super Saiyans—did not possess bodies strong enough on a universal scale to make He-El take notice.
But cultivated Ki could make up for any gap in physical strength.
The body and Ki made up the Dragon Ball universe's primary combat power.
Some Earthlings in Dragon Ball might have weak bodies, yet they could still cultivate Ki to strengthen themselves, gaining the power to roam the stars and shatter planets.
"So after entering the Dragon Ball universe, my physique adapted to it, and the energy born from my body's cells is Dragon Ball's Ki."
He-El pondered it for a moment. Now that he understood this was the Dragon Ball universe, he also understood what the Ki born within his body was.
In the Dragon Ball universe, every living being possessed Ki. Fundamentally, the amount of Ki a person's physique could produce was tied to that physique. It was innate.
However, through acquired training and tempering, one could strengthen both the body and Ki, increasing one's combat power.
Krillin was an earthling. Starting from carrying a turtle shell weighing dozens of kilograms