Gran paid them no more attention. He used the Time Ring and vanished at once.
Old Kai and the others were left staring at one another.
"Without a Divine Dimension, we'll eventually be corrupted by those evil auras?"
Goku scratched his head. "Lord Old Kai, what's a Divine Dimension?"
"Put simply, it's what makes someone a deity like me."
"Then can we become deities like you?" Vegeta asked urgently.
If they became deities too, would they be able to train in the Chaos Zone?
"Become deities?"
Old Kai's mouth twitched. He shook his head. "Impossible."
"Why?"
Everyone asked at once.
Old Kai explained, "We Supreme Kais are born as deities. We're deities from the moment we're born. Mortals like you can't do that."
Vegeta clenched his fists, disappointment written across his face. "So there's no way for us to become deities?"
"Wait!"
Goku suddenly shook his head.
Pan tugged at Goku's clothes. "Grandpa, what's wrong?"
Everyone turned to him.
Goku stared at Old Kai. "Gran is a Saiyan, just like us. He couldn't have been born a deity, so how did he become one?"
At those words, realization struck everyone at once.
"That's right!"
Vegeta jumped up and slapped Goku hard on the shoulder. "Kakarot, you're damn smart!"
He turned back. "Old man, Gran's a Saiyan too, but he became a deity. How do you explain that?"
"..."
With everyone staring at him, beads of sweat formed on Old Kai's forehead.
"You're pretty sharp, Goku."
After praising him, Old Kai continued, "There is a way for mortals to become deities: train until you reach that level. Take North Kai and the others. It took them ages of training just to reach King Kai Level."
Goku understood what Old Kai meant. His eyes lit up. "Then how do we train our