Hmm , so in your eyes separate nothing to do with ? Just speaking with colors as an example , Red and Blue are separate but they ' re both colors . Super Saiyan God SS Red and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan SS Blue are both godly forms utilizing godly ki , but they ' re separate transformations . SSGSS is not a retconned form of SSG , or else you ' re saying that Goku absorbed the power of SSG during his battle with Beerus only to make the exact same transformation into SSGSS . Notice in Super and RoF that Goku explains SSGSS as a Super Saiyan who ' s absorbed the power of a Super Saiyan God , not as a SSG who transformed into a SSG . Also , Vegeta never underwent the Saiyan ritual . If he had , why would Goku be at all surprised that Vegeta caught up to and surpassed him , even attaining a god ki transformation ?