The Ancient Scriptures

The Ancient Scriptures are a mythic item which appears in the fan-made rendition of the dragon ball series known as Super Dragon Ball Z. These artifacts are an extremely valuable and coveted set of guides and written tutorials which were once guarded in supreme secrecy by the royal saiyan family, which foretold the exact process and conditions which had to be met for a saiyan to transform into a super saiyan, though they were destroyed with the complete termination of the saiyan race as orchestrated by frieza.

Overview
It is known that the ancient scriptures were written and put together by saiyan warriors from an era long past. They were extremely valuable scrolls which not only revealed the truth about a saiyans biology and potentiality, but also illustrated in complete and meticulous detail exactly what requirements must be met for a saiyan to transform into a super saiyan. A component of the scriptures were held by Vegeta, which he used to ascend to the state of a super saiyan in secrecy at a young age. Many of the scriptures and their contents were lost to history as they were destroyed along with planet vegeta. Vegeta assumes that the scriptures foretold of the greater forms of super saiyan that were eventually discovered, and even the requirements to reach levels such as the super saiyan god forms.