Super Saiyan 4

Soon, nearly a hundred kilograms of Divine Soil appeared before Lei Chen. He placed a Senzu Bean in the soil, using it as a seed. Then he guided the surrounding ki into the soil, where it was absorbed and transformed into nutrients, allowing the bean to sprout.

After that, all Lei Chen had to do was pour his divine power into the soil every so often. Once the Senzu Bean seedling had grown, it would no longer need his help.

The process seemed simple, but without the decades Lei Chen had spent gaining insight into the Way of Nature, he wouldn't have been able to grow a Senzu Bean so quickly.

Otherwise, Son Goku and Vegeta would have figured out how to grow them on their own long ago. Of course, neither of them had ever thought of growing Senzu Beans this way. As far as they were concerned, Korin was all they needed.

If Son Goku and Vegeta were the battle-crazed gods of war among the Super Saiyan Gods, then Lei Chen was the nature-loving god of nature among them.

Beneath a great tree beside a small river.

"Chirp, chirp~~"

A few little birds hopped about on Lei Chen's shoulders as he sat by the river, fishing. His ki had completely blended with the surrounding environment, making the birds think he was a human-shaped rock.

"The mind should be like the sky."

Lei Chen kept his eyes closed, yet the image of the river appeared in his mind. Without opening his eyes, he could clearly perceive everything around him in his heart.

Suddenly, a little fish opened its mouth and swallowed the bait on the hook.

Lei Chen picked up the fishing rod, took the fish off the hook, and tossed it back into the river before continuing to fish.

Lei Chen closed his eyes again and continued blending his ki with heaven and earth. He wanted to enter the legendary state of being one with nature.

Suddenly, Lei Chen could clearly sense the ki that covered the entire Earth. It was surging, boundless, and seemingly endless!

Lei Chen's eyes were half-closed. He felt that all he had to do was will it, and his body would begin absorbing the ki of heaven and earth on its own. His power started to rise rapidly, increasing by three or four hundred thousand almost every second.

Lei Chen began to clearly sense a strange, powerful energy circulating within his body.

He knew it was ki—what could also be called the energy of the Spirit Bomb.

Little by little, time passed. Before long, three days had gone by. In that brief span, Lei Chen's battle power had increased by 180 billion.

Adding that to his original 120 billion, Lei Chen's battle power now stood at 300 billion. Though he still fell short of Son Goku, he was now about on par with Vegeta.

"If I transform into a Golden Great Ape, my power will increase tenfold, bringing it to 30 trillion. I just don't know if I can transform into a Super Saiyan 4."

Lei Chen thought to himself.

When Lei Chen transformed into a Golden Great Ape, he wouldn't lose his mind like Son Goku did in Dragon Ball GT. Once a Golden Great Ape regained his reason, he would transform into a Super Saiyan 4.

But Baby didn't have enough energy, so he could only maintain his Golden Great Ape form. Of course, Baby's power had already surpassed Son Goku's at the time, but Vegeta was weaker than Son Goku.

And Baby's body was Vegeta's. It was only by combining his own power with Vegeta's that he surpassed Son Goku.