Pure Progress

Pure Progress represents one of the most conceptually interesting abilities in Dragon Ball's expanded content. While most power increases in the franchise come through specific transformations, training breakthroughs, or absorption techniques, Pure Progress operates on a fundamentally different principle. The user simply becomes stronger as a natural consequence of fighting, their body and ki adapting in real time to the demands placed upon them.

This ability turns the length of a battle into a tactical factor. Against an opponent using Pure Progress, a quick and decisive victory becomes essential. Every moment spent exchanging blows allows the user to close whatever power gap existed at the start. An opponent who was comfortably superior at the beginning of a fight may find themselves evenly matched or even outclassed after prolonged combat.

The concept draws on the Saiyan racial trait of growing stronger after recovering from near-death experiences, but compresses that process into real-time growth during a single engagement. Where a Saiyan needs to nearly die, recover, and then benefit from the increase, a Pure Progress user gains power continuously without any such interruption. It is the Saiyan zenkai concept taken to its most extreme and immediate form.