@gangorca:
I mean, Belmod technically did hold back by using Zeno's lack of vision of the fight to pretend he was defeated, but that's besides the point. Beerus didn't really seem harmed by Belmod's imprisonment ball and we never saw a 1 on 1 to indicate they are peers.
Pretending to be defeated does not mean that he was holding back during the fight.
And let's not pretend that the Grand Priest was not watching. He was the one who specifically said that anyone found holding back would be terminated immediately, and he personally interfered with the fight at the end. Considering that the GoDs feared him with their lives, you think they will be holding back in the contest?
Yes, Beerus does not seem harmed, but the point is that he struggled against the technique. If Beerus is significantly better than Belmod, he would have no-sold it and broke free from it with ease. Just like how all the GoDs were affected by Rumsshi's Battle Roar. Or Sidra being able to shield the GoDs against Beerus' Sphere of Destruction. Impressively, Belmod took no damage from Liquiir's Cannon Barrage attack.
The performances goes to show that all the GoDs are relative to each other, with Beerus, Quitela and Belmod being slightly above the others.
Then Goku should have done worse against Moro than he did against Jiren when he fought each in MUI.
Goku was utterly dominating Jiren at the start of the fight. Like it wasn't even close.
The only reason why Jiren got any headway was that Goku's form was depleting in power at an extremely quick rate. Whis noted that the pressure of UI took a toll on Goku, and that's after exchanging a couple of blows. This was not as much of an issue when he fought Moro, at least until Moro used his Planet Eater form.
Bear in mind that when Goku used UI Omen for the very first time, he only lasted for a few seconds. That puts things into perspective about his stamina issues with UI forms during the ToP.
I mean, Goku was already aware that UI wasn't the end goal, he knew he was at the bottom of the beings who wielded MUI.
Yes, after Whis told him, and that's after the Moro Arc. Whis gave Goku the reality check during their sparring match. Before that, Goku had no clue about how MUI progresses, and when Whis told him about how it progresses, and that Goku still actually had a lot to learn, it was enough to excite him.
So it makes no sense to claim that say, Moro Arc MUI Goku > ToP MUI Goku.
And considering the point of their training just before the Granolah fight, current MUI Goku isn't any stronger either.
Goku already trained with Merus to effectively use Ultra Instinct better than before and got stronger doing so, I see absolutely no reason he couldn't have gotten stronger since the ToP
The underlined is where you got it wrong.
Just because he effectively used Ultra Instinct does not mean that he got stronger than before in that form specifically. The entire point of Merus' training with Goku is to not only be able to access the state at will, but to also conserve as much stamina as possible in that particular form due to its unstable nature. Goku had to rely on sheer speed to avoid Moro's passive drain, so he needed to be in that form for as long as possible.
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