Guided by the Angel Power, the soul smoothly sank into the body, reconnecting with every cell, every nerve, and every muscle fiber.
This process of the soul re-anchoring to the body is precise and rapid. From the outside, only a faint silver light can be seen flickering on Vegeta's body surface, as if rewriting the life program of his entire body.
The silver light pulsed continuously for about ten seconds, then slowly receded, eventually disappearing entirely into Vegeta's body, leaving not a trace.
"Alright... you can open your eyes now." Reiz withdrew his hand, patted off non-existent dust from his palm, and gave the order to the body on the floor that was no longer a corpse.
Vegeta's eyelids fluttered, then he slowly and cautiously opened his eyes.
His field of vision was the metal ceiling above the spaceship cabin, and the first smell he caught was the stench of residual toxins on his body and some other odor he didn't want to delve into.
He tentatively moved his fingers, which smoothly bent and straightened.
He moved his shoulders and neck again, and all his joints were functioning normally.
He sat up, supporting himself on the floor with his hands, looking down at his hands, at his unharmed body, at his rising and falling chest, and at the pulse that had started beating again in his wrists.
He survived.
My heart is beating, my blood is flowing, my lungs are expanding, and every inch of my skin is warm.
"I... I really came back to life!" Vegeta's eyes suddenly lit up. His body was still adjusting to each organ that was once again his, but the shock had already poured from head to toe, leaving all the words stuck in his throat, with only this sentence echoing in his mind.
"It stinks! It stinks... Go take a shower! If you don't, this spaceship is unbearable." Broly pinched his nose and took two steps back.
Vegeta looked down at his Battle Suit, soaked in black blood and emitting a suffocating stench, then at the varying degrees of disgust on the faces of Reiz, Broly, and Buu. Without saying a word, he sprang up from the floor and dashed into the spaceship's bathroom.
The bathroom door slammed shut, followed immediately by the sound of running water.
After a full ten minutes, the bathroom door finally opened.
Vegeta emerged in a brand-new Battle Suit, his hair still wet, but the stench was finally gone.
He stood in the corridor, took a deep breath of the clean air inside the spaceship, and felt his perfectly intact body.
"How's it going? Has your Combat Power improved? Did the Ultra Divine Water unleash your potential?" Broly was the first to step forward, looking him up and down with a face full of curiosity.
Vegeta opened his mouth, his expression froze for two seconds, and then slowly darkened.
He closed his eyes briefly, carefully sensing his current energy level...
No change!
There wasn't even the slightest improvement, let alone a significant one.
Aside from poisoning him to death, forcing him to go to the Otherworld, having his soul pierced by Buu, being scolded by Reiz, and finally being brought back by Resurrection Technique, the Ultra Divine Water had no positive impact on his Combat Power.
He no longer wanted to talk.
In fact, whether or not the Ultra Divine Water can actually unleash potential energy is itself a complex mystery.
Dragon Ball fans have researched this issue and proposed a hypothesis that sounds quite plausible...
The Ultra Divine Water " itself has no function of guiding potential energy; it is purely a cup of poison.
The reason why the person who Ultra Divine Water feels a significant increase in strength is because the poison first brings them to the brink of death, and then that person survives thanks to their unique physique. In this process, the Saiyan near-death rebirth mechanism, which doubles their Combat Power, is triggered.
From beginning to end, it has absolutely nothing to do with activating the potential of the Ultra Divine Water. The only effect of the Ultra Divine Water is to poison people to the point of near death.
Some have further pointed out that the Ultra Divine Water" not only fails to unleash potential, but is actually a potent poison that leaves permanent aftereffects...
People who drank the Ultra Divine Water" and survived had toxins remaining in their heart tissue, which could lead to Heart Virus years later.
However, after witnessing Reiz the actual operating rules of the Dragon Ball World, it can be clearly determined that these inferences are not entirely accurate.
Ultra Divine Water is indeed a special substance that can stimulate the body's potential energy...
However, there is a strict prerequisite: the person who drinks it must overcome its toxicity through their own willpower and vitality.
Once you get through it, your latent potential will be awakened.
If he couldn't survive, that would be Vegeta's fate.
Moreover, the Ultra Divine Water won't leave any latent toxins in the heart...
Son Goku later developed Heart Virus, which was caused by a cosmic virus of unknown origin and had absolutely nothing to do with the Ultra Divine Water.
The Ultra Divine Water has been unfairly blamed for Son Goku's heart disease for so many years; if it had a mouth, it would probably have protested its innocence long ago.
As for why Vegeta couldn't survive...
The reason is actually quite simple.
He's not Son Goku; he doesn't have the willpower that Master Roshi forged from childhood—the ability to knock down an entire mountain and still stand up with a smile.
The Saiyan Prince grew up in the palace from a young age, and his Combat Power was entirely due to his talent and the technology he developed.
He could be fearless on the battlefield, but when faced with a deadly poison that disintegrates cells from the inside out, making every nerve scream, his Divine Power was far from sufficient.
The Ultra Divine Water doesn't test Combat Power, it tests the ultimate willpower...
In this respect, Vegeta is still far behind.
The reason Vegeta's Combat Power didn't increase this time is because he's really dead... no.
It's near death, it's utter death.
The heart stopped beating, the blood congealed, and the soul left the body to go to the Otherworld to get a number.
The Saiyan's Combat Power doubles after a near-death experience, provided that they are near-death rather than truly dead.
This time, Vegeta crossed that red line directly, stepping into the true realm of death...
The soul and body were completely separated, all vital signs were reduced to zero, and the Saiyan's unique self-healing and counterattack mechanisms were also shut down.
When Reiz used his Angel Power to completely remove the Ultra Divine Water toxin from his body, and then used Resurrection Technique to re-anchor his soul back into his body...
The entire process was no longer Saiyan's near-death resurrection, but a complete Resurrection Technique involving external intervention.
Vegeta's physical injuries were healed by Angel Power, and his soul was pulled back by Angel Power. From beginning to end, Vegeta's own life force did not participate in any part of the process, and the Saiyan's near-death doubling mechanism was never triggered.
Vegeta stood in the spaceship's corridor, his fists clenching and unclenching repeatedly, his teeth grinding together, feeling as if a piece of red-hot iron had been stuffed into his chest.
He was poisoned to death, then resurrected, going through a complete cycle between these two extremes, yet his Combat Power remained unchanged.
It's like someone jumping off a cliff and being caught and put back on the mountaintop—a thrilling process, but ultimately returning to the starting point.
It's so frustrating just thinking about it.