Inside a small wooden cabin on Mount Paozu, Lin Tianhao slowly opened his eyes, shook his dizzy head, and muttered to himself, "I'm never drinking alcohol again."
Then, looking at the unfamiliar surroundings, he said, "Could I still be asleep? Is this a dream?"
"Slap, slap." Lin Tianhao gave himself two face-slaps and, feeling the burning sensation on his face, immediately realized that this was no dream.
Right at that moment, an old man with a white beard walked in from outside. Seeing Lin Tianhao, he happily said, "Goku, you're finally awake! Does your head still hurt? It's all Grandpa's fault for not keeping an eye on you and letting you fall off the cliff and get hurt. Fortunately, you're still with us."
"Old man, you're calling me Goku?" Lin Tianhao asked.
"Oh dear, it looks like your brain got scrambled from the fall; you don't even remember your own name," Son Gohan said.
Lin Tianhao felt this old man looked somewhat familiar. Looking around the surroundings more carefully, he suddenly felt that the art style was rather like that of the Dragon Ball world, and then looking down at himself, he was amazed to find that he had actually turned into a child.
Watching Son Goku's strange actions and thinking that Son Goku's brain was damaged and he had lost his memory, Son Gohan said, "I am your grandfather, Son Gohan, and your name is Son Goku. Do you remember now?"
Lin Tianhao thought to himself, Indeed, I transmigrated to the Dragon Ball world and even possessed Kid Goku. He then spoke up, "Grandpa, I remember now. My head still hurts a bit, so let me have some quiet time."
Son Gohan said, "Alright, get some good rest at home. Grandpa will go hunt some game and come back to make you something delicious."
Son Goku said, "Thanks, Grandpa."
Son Gohan nodded, then closed the door and went outside.
Lin Tianhao reminisced about what had happened before.
Yesterday, a classmate got married, and he went out to attend the banquet. During the meal, he drank a few too many cups, and as a result, he muddle-headedly transmigrated into the Dragon Ball world. By now, it was probably his family and friends' turn to attend his own funeral feast.
Truly, the vast world had all kinds of wonders, and there were thousands of ways to transmigrate; surely there was no transmigration method more absurd than this.
So be it. Since he had arrived, he would make the best of it.
Lin Tianhao thought to himself, Kid Goku ah, let me be the one to kick off your brilliant life. Rest in peace, and from this moment on, I am Son Goku.
Afterward, Lin Tianhao felt his spiritual platform instantly become much clearer. Presumably, a shred of Kid Goku's lingering consciousness had completely merged with his own soul.
Son Goku got out of bed, stretched his small body, and then began to ponder all the world's storylines from Dragon Ball that he had watched in his past life.
This was a passionate and inspirational world, yet also filled with crises: the Dragon Balls that could grant any wish, flesh-and-blood villains, and a race with infinite potential.
All of these made Son Goku's blood boil, so he decided to begin his cultivation starting tomorrow.
Half a day later, Son Gohan returned from hunting and began cooking for Son Goku.
After a long while, the grandfather and grandson began to eat.
Early the next morning, Son Goku woke up early and started his cultivation.
First came a two-kilometer morning run, followed by two hundred push-ups each in the morning, afternoon, and evening.
Thinking that Son Goku was only three years old and still far too little, Son Gohan worried about what would happen to his body if he overworked it with such intense exercise, so he wanted to dissuade Son Goku, only to be easily talked out of it by Son Goku in just a few words.
Thus, Son Goku's path of cultivation began in this manner.
Three years later, Son Gohan began teaching Son Goku the perception of ki. Son Goku learned it in just three days, and afterward started learning the applications of ki.
In every day that followed, aside from heading into the mountains to hunt and battle beasts, Son Goku spent his time cultivating the applications of ki.
Six years later, Son Goku could already fight evenly back and forth with Son Gohan. Feeling that he had nothing left to teach Son Goku, Son Gohan wrote a letter and had Son Goku take it to find Master Roshi, so that Master Roshi could teach Son Goku methods of cultivation.
It was worth mentioning that although Son Goku had transformed into a Great Ape during these past few years, he had been able to maintain his sanity, so Son Gohan was not trampled to death by Son Goku like in the original story.
After bidding farewell to Son Gohan, Son Goku set out on his journey to find Master Roshi.
Along the way, he ran into Bulma, who was searching for the Dragon Balls. After witnessing Son Goku's prowess, Bulma invited Son Goku to search for the Dragon Balls together.
Son Goku naturally agreed. With such a wealthy woman and future premier scientist of Earth around, Son Goku felt like saying: let Vegeta transform into a Super Saiyan Green!
The difficulties encountered by the two along the way while searching for the Dragon Balls were simply no big deal in front of the current Son Goku.
As for the Dragon Ball at Master Roshi's place, Son Goku traded it away in exchange for a magazine.
After gathering all seven Dragon Balls, Son Goku persuaded Bulma to let him make the wish.
Then, Son Goku wished to Shenron and obtained a piece of Weighted Clothing that could freely adjust its size and gravity. This Weighted Clothing could reach up to three hundred times his own body weight, which would be enough for Son Goku to use until he transformed into a Super Saiyan.
The reason he wished for Weighted Clothing was because, given Bulma's current level, she couldn't build a gravity room. Dr. Brief could certainly build one, but it could only reach fifty times gravity, so Son Goku made this wish instead.
Afterward, Son Goku parted ways with Bulma and went to find Master Roshi to begin his cultivation.
Master Roshi tested Son Goku for a bit, and was astonished to find that he had nothing left to teach, so he sent Son Goku off to climb Korin Tower.
Thus, Son Goku used a Capsule given by Bulma to pack a large vat of water and catch hundreds of fish, then went off to climb Korin Tower.
A few days later, Son Goku climbed Korin Tower, met Korin, stated his purpose, and conveniently brought out the water vat and fish. Upon seeing this, Korin's eyes lit up, and he readily agreed to Son Goku's request.
Afterward, Korin began his instruction of Son Goku.
Three months later, Son Goku had learned everything Korin taught him, and his combat power had risen significantly once again.
Then, trading two jars of Senzu Beans with Korin, he left Korin Tower, preparing to participate in the World Martial Arts Tournament a few months later.
After visiting Master Roshi and Krillin, Son Goku returned to Mount Paozu.
Seeing Son Goku return, Son Gohan was overjoyed, and the grandfather and grandson chatted for a long time.
Afterwards, Son Goku stayed on Mount Paozu, cultivating while waiting to participate in the World Martial Arts Tournament.
During this period, Son Goku had already begun adapting to five times gravity, and his combat power had reached one thousand points. In this time period, he was an absolutely invincible existence, though Son Goku himself was oblivious to this; the only thing he could be sure of was that his combat power was higher than Goku's during the Raditz era.
Two months later, Son Goku rushed to the city to participate in the World Martial Arts Tournament.
A few days later, Son Goku arrived at the tournament venue.
Here, he met Krillin, Master Roshi, Yamcha, and Bulma.
Upon meeting, everyone was overjoyed. After Son Goku finished signing up, Bulma invited everyone out to eat.
Son Goku's appetite genuinely gave everyone a fright. When Bulma paid the bill and took a look at the receipt, the total actually reached a staggering five hundred thousand Zeni. Although this was a drop in the bucket for Bulma, it still gave her quite a shock.
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