Releasing the Old Supreme Kai

"Aren't you just a lowly King Kai? Tell me, which King Kai are you?"

"How ignorant!"

Louis shook his head.

"Me, ignorant?"

Kibito sneered. "Without the Supreme Kai's permission, trespassing in the Supreme Kai Realm means you'll have to face the appropriate punishment. Since you're a King Kai, I'll spare you the death penalty, but you won't escape punishment altogether."

After saying that, Kibito raised his hand, ready to act.

"Kibito, stop!"

Supreme Kai Shin came to stand beside Louis, looking intently at him and Whis. He had a feeling that there was something unusual about the two of them.

Kibito wasn't a Supreme Kai, so he naturally couldn't sense it. "Supreme Kai, one of them is a mortal and the other is a King Kai. How could they be allowed to set foot in this sacred Supreme Kai Realm?"

"Enough. Listen to me..."

"Supreme Kai, you should be listening to me! They aren't allowed in the Supreme Kai Realm. They must be punished!"

Kibito ignored him, turned around, and glared at Louis and Whis, his eyes flashing with menace.

In his mind, the Supreme Kai Realm was the most sacred place of all. He couldn't let mortals defile it.

Whis finally understood. He frowned at Kibito. "After all that, it turns out you're not the Supreme Kai. I was almost starting to think you were the master of the Supreme Kai Realm!"

Louis stood off to the side with his arms folded, his expression blank.

"You... You be quiet! I'm only Supreme Kai's servant!"

Kibito panicked.

After Whis put it that way, he realized that his behavior all this time really might have crossed the line.

In truth, Kibito couldn't be blamed for his behavior.

The main reason was that Supreme Kai Shin had inherited the position at a very young age, and he was rather timid. So Kibito had ended up handling many matters.

Over time, Kibito had developed this sort of personality.

"Supreme Kai, believe me. I really didn't mean..."

Kibito was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He bowed ninety degrees to Supreme Kai Shin.

"All right, all right. I know you didn't mean anything by it."

Supreme Kai Shin looked at Louis, seeming to realize that he was the one in charge. "Who are you, and what are you doing here?"

"..."

Louis didn't answer Supreme Kai Shin. He kept staring at Kibito, and the icy killing intent in his gaze made Kibito jump.

"W-what are you going to do?"

"Did you know that ignorance is a sin?"

As Louis spoke, he raised his hand. A purple bead of energy suddenly appeared on the tip of his index finger.

The Supreme Kai Realm instantly plunged into darkness as an aura of destruction swept through every corner.

It was as if a god of slaughter had descended.

"How... How can a King Kai be so powerful?"

Kibito was frantic.

Supreme Kai Shin was startled too. He stepped in front of Kibito and hurriedly said, "Stop!"

Warmth swept through Kibito's heart. Supreme Kai was risking his life to save him!

Seeing Supreme Kai Shin's actions, Louis stopped the hand that was about to throw the Destruction Energy.

"Trash. I'll let you off this time for Supreme Kai's sake!" Louis glanced at Kibito and said coldly.

Whis remained expressionless. As long as Louis didn't attack the Supreme Kai, he didn't care if Kibito got killed.

"Hello, Supreme Kai. My name is Louis, and I'm the current Candidate God of Destruction!"

Only then did Louis bow to Supreme Kai Shin.

"Greetings, Supreme Kai. I'm the God of Destruction's attendant. My name is Whis."

Whis bowed respectfully.

Whis and Louis' sudden change in attitude left Kibito and Supreme Kai Shin dumbfounded.

Kibito most of all. Hadn't that young King Kai just tried to kill him? Why was he suddenly bowing to Supreme Kai?

Wait...

That young man was a King Kai. No matter how powerful he was, he still had to show respect to the highest divine beings in the universe—the Supreme Kais.

Supreme Kai Shin and Kibito thought alike. He had come to the same conclusion.

But what was a Candidate God of Destruction?

"Shin, I know you have a lot of questions. You'll understand soon enough." After bowing, Louis addressed the Supreme Kai by name.

Shin?

Supreme Kai Shin, Kibito, and even Whis couldn't help but be taken aback.

"How dare you call Supreme Kai by his name..."

Kibito instinctively started to scold him, but when he saw Louis' murderous glare, he quickly shut his mouth.

But it was already too late!

Louis threw a punch. The force of it pierced through the void, and Kibito's chest caved in five centimeters. The residual impact sent him flying thousands of miles away.

"Kibito!"

Supreme Kai Shin was horrified and tried to fly over to him.

"Relax, he's not dead. Come with me. I know you have a lot of questions. Soon, you'll understand everything."

Louis lowered his fist. He'd already shown Supreme Kai Shin plenty of respect.

He's all right?

Supreme Kai Shin looked toward where Kibito had disappeared, then back at Louis and Whis.

He really was confused. Who exactly were these two?

Even before they arrived, he'd felt uneasy.

After they appeared in the Supreme Kai Realm, the power that young King Kai unleashed had shocked him.

The young King Kai was actually more powerful than him, a Supreme Kai!

And there was more!

The young King Kai had also said he was a Candidate God of Destruction. What was a Candidate God of Destruction? Supreme Kai Shin was deeply confused.

"Whis, let's go. We'll unseal the Old Supreme Kai first."

Louis had come here not only to complete his sign-in mission, but also to release the Old Supreme Kai.

Whis was right. Now that he had become a Candidate God of Destruction, Universe 7 was tied to him, and he had a responsibility to change its current state.

The Old Supreme Kai was the key to changing things.

Louis rose into the air.

However...

A voice full of meaning came from the ground.

"How do you know about that?"

Whis had been wondering how Louis would explain all this to the ignorant Supreme Kai Shin.

He hadn't expected Louis to bring up the Old Supreme Kai just like that.

Louis froze in midair. Only then did he remember that Whis had never told him about this. He was done for!

"Let's go!"

Whis smiled faintly, looking at Louis with a knowing expression. It seemed the boy's special nature wasn't limited to being immune to every negative influence in the world.

Whis didn't ask Louis how he knew about the Old Supreme Kai, and Louis breathed a sigh of relief. He hurried toward the center of the Supreme Kai Realm.

According to the original story, the Old Supreme Kai was sealed there.

Louis and Whis flew through the sky, and Supreme Kai Shin ultimately chose to follow them.

He was simply too curious about the identity of the "Candidate God of Destruction." As for Kibito, the young King Kai had said he wasn't dead, so he shouldn't have been lying.

At the center of the Supreme Kai Realm.

There was a shimmering silver lake, with a stone tower built from rocks in the middle of it.

A sword was embedded in the tower, with only its hilt sticking out of the stone.

"What did you come here for?" Supreme Kai Shin flew alongside Louis and Whis. He glanced at the two of them, finding them more and more unfathomable.

"See that sword?" Louis flew above the lake and pointed at the sword on top of the stone tower.

Whis said nothing. He kept watching Louis, amazed at how much he knew.

"That sword is called the Z Sword. Legend has it that whoever pulls it out will gain the greatest power in the world..."

Supreme Kai Shin was the master of the Supreme Kai Realm, so he naturally knew the sword's story. As he spoke, he suddenly realized something and said, "Are you trying to get your hands on that sword? You want to obtain the greatest power in the world!"

Supreme Kai Shin cautiously flew to one side, preparing for battle, though he couldn't help wondering if he could even beat them.

"..."

Louis and Whis were at a loss for words. They were supposedly after the greatest power in the world?

How ignorant!

Besides, if they really wanted this so-called greatest power, did he think retreating a few dozen feet would keep him safe?

Louis didn't bother to explain. He flew straight to the stone pillar and grabbed the sword by its hilt with one hand.

"Stop!"

Supreme Kai Shin shouted.

Louis ignored him. He let his Destruction Energy flow and applied a little force.

Rumble—!

The Z Sword came free in an instant, and the stone pillar shattered with it, breaking into pieces that fell into the huge lake and stirred up monstrous waves.

"Gulp!"

Supreme Kai Shin swallowed hard.

The Supreme Kais of every generation, including him, had tried to pull out the Z Sword. But not one of them had ever managed it.

And this kid had actually pulled the Z Sword out?

Was this for real?

Holding the Z Sword, Louis sensed a faint aura of destruction coming from it. No wonder the Supreme Kais of every generation couldn't pull it out. Beerus had been behind it all.

"It's over!"

Supreme Kai Shin was in despair. The other party had pulled out the Z Sword and was sure to gain the greatest power in the world. All he could hope was that he wasn't an evil person.

Otherwise, the universe would be in danger!

But after a while...

No energy fluctuations appeared around Louis. Supreme Kai Shin furrowed his brow. Could the legend be false?

Good! It was a good thing it was false!

Then no one would be able to obtain this so-called greatest power. Just as Supreme Kai Shin was congratulating himself—

"Break!"

Louis gripped the hilt with one hand and the tip of the blade with the other.

His stance startled Supreme Kai Shin. The young King Kai was actually trying to break the Z Sword.

"Has he gone mad?"

Supreme Kai Shin knew the legend was false now, but the other party wanted to break the Z Sword. How could that be possible?

But the next second!

Supreme Kai Shin stared in utter shock, frozen in midair as if struck by lightning. The Z Sword in Louis' hands had snapped in two!

"All right, Shin. Come down."

Holding the broken sword, Louis descended to the lakeside. Whis followed closely behind.

Come down?

My precious sword is broken!

This was the Z Sword, passed down for generations.

In the sky, Supreme Kai Shin looked at the broken sword in the boy's hands. He sniffed, his eyes turning red.

The Z Sword had been passed down for so long, and now it had been destroyed in his generation. He was a sinner!

Like a soulless puppet, Supreme Kai Shin descended to the lake.

The Z Sword had been destroyed, and the young King Kai was telling him to come down. Was he still planning to let him live? Was he going to kill him?

Supreme Kai Shin resigned himself to his fate.

There was no point in fighting it anyway. He couldn't possibly win. The aura of destruction the other party had unleashed was so terrifying it left him breathless!

Louis and Whis had no idea what Supreme Kai Shin was thinking. Otherwise, they would surely have said, "Kid, you're overthinking it."

Louis spoke. "Old Supreme Kai, come out."