Chapter Summaries

Androids 13, 14, and 15 attacked Goku and his allies, forcing the fighters to transform and destroy two of the androids. Android 13 combined with the others’ cores and reactors, then lured Goku into space, while Dr. Gero monitored the battle from his hidden laboratory.

• Android 13, Android 14, and Android 15 revealed that Dr. Gero had created them to kill Goku, and they attacked the fighters.
• Android 15 struck Vegeta, while Android 13 overwhelmed Goku and knocked Yamcha, Krillin, and Tien aside.
• Gohan transformed into a Super Saiyan, Vegeta became Super Vegeta, and Goku transformed to repel Android 13’s devastating attack.
• Vegeta destroyed Android 15, and Gohan and Piccolo defeated Android 14 with help from Krillin and the others.
• Android 13 absorbed Android 14 and Android 15’s chips and reactors, transformed into a more powerful form, and challenged Goku to follow him into space.
• Goku and Vegeta pursued Android 13 beyond Earth as Dr. Gero watched the battle data from his concealed laboratory.

Bai Xing used painful memories to achieve Super Saiyan 2, then sensed Goku and Vegeta fighting an unknown enemy near Saturn. On Earth, Cell arrived from another timeline and began absorbing people, setting up a new threat.

• Bai Xing trained on a neutron star for a year, raising his Magnetic Force to 960,000 Horsepower and his base combat power to 45 million.
• Bai Xing recalled Bai Yue's family and life being destroyed by Liang Nanfeng, and his pain and anger triggered his Super Saiyan 2 transformation, raising his combat power to 4.5 billion.
• Bai Xing sensed Goku and Vegeta near Saturn, discovered they were fighting alongside one another against an enemy, and recognized the magnetic fluctuations as signs of androids.
• Cell emerged in a remote town, killed a young couple, and began absorbing humans to restore his strength.
• Cell had traveled from another timeline in a time machine after Trunks killed Android 17 and Android 18 there; he arrived in Bai Xing's altered timeline while seeking androids to absorb.

Vegeta and Goku fought Super Android 13 across space and onto Titan, where Goku was knocked out of his Super Saiyan form. Vegeta kept Super Android 13 occupied while Goku gathered energy for a Spirit Bomb, and the chapter ended as the enormous sphere appeared.

• Super Android 13 battered Vegeta and struck Goku between the legs before hurling him into a methane lake on Titan, knocking him unconscious and out of his Super Saiyan form.
• Vegeta used Final Flash and Purple Crystal Wave Fist to attack Super Android 13, but the android analyzed their techniques and grew better at predicting their moves.
• Vegeta realized Goku was gathering energy for a Spirit Bomb and fought to keep Super Android 13 from returning to Titan.
• Vegeta used Stellar Barrier and Prince's Blade to delay Super Android 13, then reversed the android's massive ki blast with Stellar Reverse Flow.
• Goku called out to Vegeta, who moved aside as an enormous Spirit Bomb appeared beneath Super Android 13.

Bai Xing killed the defeated Super Android 13, revealed his Super Saiyan 2 form, and sent Vegeta flying after Vegeta challenged him. Back on Earth, the group identified Dr. Gero's laboratory's likely location, while Bai Xing told Goku to train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and said he would handle the androids.

• Goku's Spirit Bomb devastated Super Android 13 and damaged part of Saturn's rings, but Bai Xing secretly destroyed the android before he could escape.
• Bai Xing appeared beside Goku and Vegeta, learned what had happened, and dismissed Vegeta's accusation that he had given the androids Magnetic Force.
• Vegeta attacked Bai Xing with Purple Crystal Wave Fist, but Bai Xing caught his punch in Super Saiyan 2 form and hurled him toward Saturn.
• Bai Xing returned to Turtle Island with Goku, where Bulma identified North City as the likely location of Dr. Gero's cave laboratory.
• Piccolo suggested waiting for Vegeta before searching for the androids, but Bai Xing told Goku to train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and volunteered to handle Dr. Gero and the androids.

Cell reached Dr. Gero’s laboratory area and watched Bai Xing’s group approach, while Dr. Gero prepared Android 19 to confront them. Bai Xing blasted the mountain, but Android 19 absorbed the attack and challenged the group, so Bai Xing sent Gohan to fight him first.

• Cell left a deserted town after absorbing its inhabitants and flew toward Dr. Gero’s laboratory, where he hid after detecting Piccolo, Tien, Krillin, Gohan, Yamcha, and Bai Xing approaching.
• Goku agreed to train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber while Bai Xing and the others headed to North City to locate the laboratory.
• Dr. Gero reviewed his android projects and sent Android 19 out to face Bai Xing’s group while remaining hidden in the laboratory.
• Bai Xing fired an energy blast at the mountain, but Android 19 absorbed it through his body-wide absorption devices.
• Bai Xing told Gohan to fight Android 19, and Gohan agreed despite Piccolo’s concern.

Gohan fought Android 19, whose ability absorbed attacks and grew stronger, until Bai Xing sealed and destroyed him. Dr. Gero then activated Android 17 and Android 18, but Android 17 broke free of his control chip while Android 18 remained controlled and left the laboratory.

• Gohan attacked Android 19 with a range of techniques, but Tien warned that Android 19 absorbed energy, and Android 19 eventually struck Gohan back.
• Gohan used Heavenly Power: Golden Shackles and Jade Locks to expose Android 19's vulnerability to sealing, but Android 19 grabbed Piccolo and began draining him.
• Bai Xing trapped Android 19 in Heat Death Black Coffin, which drained his energy until he froze and shattered.
• Dr. Gero activated Android 17 and Android 18, then fled as they woke and downloaded the latest battle data.
• Android 17 removed and crushed his control chip, but Android 18 remained under the chip's influence and escaped the collapsing laboratory.

Bai Xing fought Android 17 and Android 18 after discovering that Android 18 remained loyal to Dr. Gero and possessed overwhelming attack power. He moved the battle into space and transformed into Super Saiyan 2, but even his strongest attacks could not injure Android 17 before he tried Heat Death Black Coffin.

• Android 18 punched through Bai Xing’s chest, but he regenerated while Android 17 emerged and accused her of being controlled by Dr. Gero.
• Android 17 and Android 18 agreed to join forces against Bai Xing, and Android 17’s 3-billion combat power and apparent invulnerability pushed Bai Xing onto the defensive.
• Android 18’s attacks bypassed Bai Xing’s defenses, so he teleported both androids into space to fight without endangering Earth.
• Bai Xing transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and attacked Android 17 with increasingly powerful techniques, including the Annihilation Demon Blade, but none could harm him.
• Android 17 declared himself invincible, and Bai Xing answered by unleashing Heat Death Black Coffin.

Bai Xing battled Android 17 and Android 18, rescued the badly injured Vegeta, and sent the others to Kami's Lookout while he investigated Dr. Gero's laboratory. He found Cell still growing in a hidden lower level and obtained the data on his creation, leaving open the possibility of using Cell against the androids.

• Android 17 dodged Bai Xing's Heat Death Black Coffin, while Android 18 struck Bai Xing and joined him in attacking.
• Vegeta returned and unleashed his Void Roar Cannon on Android 17, but Android 17 remained unharmed, and Android 18 shattered Vegeta's barrier and gravely wounded him.
• Bai Xing rescued Vegeta and took him to Krillin and the others, where Krillin healed him with a Senzu Bean.
• Bai Xing warned the group about Android 17 and Android 18's mutant abilities and sent them toward Kami's Lookout as he searched Dr. Gero's laboratory.
• Bai Xing found Android 16's sealed chamber and removed the damaged computer's motherboard for Bulma to examine.
• Bai Xing discovered a hidden second level, found Cell growing in a culture tank, and retrieved the data on Cell from its computer.

Bai Xing left the computer-grown Cell to mature, gave Bulma Android 16’s chamber and motherboard to investigate, and watched the fighters prepare for the androids. After Piccolo fused with Kami, he and Goku planned to test their strength while Bulma worked to crack Dr. Gero’s defenses.

• Bai Xing learned that the computer-grown Cell had Alpha-level Time Manipulation, left him to keep developing, and took Android 16’s chamber and motherboard to Kami’s Lookout.
• The original Cell secretly observed the battle at the laboratory, decided he was too weak to act, and chose to keep developing in secret.
• Vegeta waited impatiently for his turn in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, while Piccolo asked Kami to fuse so they could resist Android 17 and Android 18.
• Android 17 and Android 18 returned to Earth, killed a driver who blocked their way, and drove toward town before continuing their search for Son Goku.
• Goku emerged from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber without mastering Super Saiyan 2, then Vegeta and Bai Xing entered together to train.
• Piccolo emerged stronger after fusing with Kami, and he and Goku arranged a spar while Bulma said she needed one more day to crack Dr. Gero’s computer defenses.

Goku and Piccolo tested their strength at Kami's Lookout, where Piccolo defeated Goku despite his Super Saiyan form. Elsewhere, Android 17 and Android 18 drew the authorities’ attention, and Android 17 began attacking a military operation; Tien warned the others that chaos was spreading.

• Bulma set up upgraded power limiters, and Piccolo suppressed Goku before and after Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan and used his new Spirit Aurora Blast.
• Android 17 and Android 18 encountered bank robbers; Android 17 killed them, then drove away from pursuing police while Android 18 blasted the police cars and nearby surroundings.
• After the pair checked into a hotel, special operations teams raided their room, but Android 17 and Android 18 had already escaped to the rooftop.
• Android 17 flew into the air and destroyed the helicopters sent after them, calling on his pursuers to entertain him.
• At Kami's Lookout, Tien told Goku and Piccolo that ki signatures were disappearing and chaos was unfolding, while Piccolo continued contemplating Android 16's bio-pod.

Piccolo and Goku went to confront Android 17 and Android 18, while Gohan stayed at Kami's Lookout to protect Bulma. Dr. Gero returned to his ruined laboratory and activated Android 16, who awakened at the Lookout; Tien and Krillin tested him, but their strongest attacks failed to hurt him.

• Piccolo convinced Goku to confront the androids and told Gohan to remain at Kami's Lookout to protect Bulma and the others.
• Dr. Gero found his laboratory destroyed and its motherboard and Android 16 missing, then decided to use a secret move to reclaim the data.
• Android 17 devastated the city and repelled the military before Goku and Piccolo arrived to fight him and Android 18.
• Dr. Gero activated Android 16's remote control, opening the biological chamber at Kami's Lookout and discovering that the Lookout was where Android 16 had been taken.
• Tien and Krillin attacked Android 16 to gauge his strength, but he calmly blocked their strongest attacks without being harmed.
• Tien unleashed his Flare Finger against Android 16.

Gohan followed Android 16 and saw him protect wild Fast Dragons from poachers, becoming convinced that the android was peaceful despite lingering unease. Meanwhile, Dr. Gero reached Kami's Lookout and killed Yamcha by draining his power.

• Android 16 revealed his Mechanical Manipulation and claimed to have roughly five billion battle power before leaving Gohan, Krillin, and Tien unharmed.
• Gohan secretly followed Android 16 into a remote forest, where Android 16 built a cabin and showed a gentle affinity for nature and animals.
• Android 16 rescued a young Fast Dragon from poachers, freed its captured mother, and let the poachers escape; Gohan watched and then returned toward Kami's Lookout.
• Dr. Gero arrived at Kami's Lookout, confronted Yamcha, and pierced him with an energy-absorption device that drained his power and killed him.

Dr. Gero attacked Kami's Lookout to recover his computer motherboard, killing Yamcha and overpowering Tien and Krillin despite their attempts to counter his energy absorption and teleportation. With only Bulma left to defend the motherboard, she faced Dr. Gero alone and vowed to fight to the end.

• Tien and Krillin sensed that Yamcha's life force had vanished, then confronted Dr. Gero at the plaza with Bulma, who recognized him and confirmed he had come for the motherboard.
• Tien used the Heavenly Eye to learn that Dr. Gero could absorb energy but not kinetic force, and he and Krillin attacked him while Bulma sealed the space around him to block his teleportation.
• Dr. Gero broke free, drained Krillin, and was briefly stunned by Tien's God-Slaying Eye before Bulma struck him with her High-Speed Cannon Fist.
• Dr. Gero defeated Bulma, Tien, and Krillin, absorbed Tien and Krillin's power, and left Bulma as the only one standing between him and the motherboard.
• Bulma refused to surrender and challenged Dr. Gero to fight.

After Yamcha, Tien, and Krillin died, Gohan's fury awakened Super Saiyan 2 while Goku raced back to Earth. Gohan arrived at Kami's Lookout and began fighting Dr. Gero, who had absorbed energy from the fallen warriors.

• Goku and Piccolo fought Android 17 and Android 18 in outer space, and Goku deduced that Android 17 wanted to free Android 18 from Dr. Gero's control.
• After sensing Yamcha's death, Goku left for Earth while Piccolo held Android 18 back; Android 17 secretly followed Goku.
• Gohan returned to Kami's Lookout, found Yamcha dead, and sensed Tien and Krillin die, then transformed into Super Saiyan 2.
• Goku sensed Gohan's transformation while returning to Earth, and his own emerging transformation was interrupted.
• Dr. Gero sent Bulma flying after absorbing Tien and Krillin, but Gohan struck him with a powerful punch and learned from Bulma to avoid using energy attacks.
• Gohan revealed that his new form was Super Saiyan 2, challenged Dr. Gero, and activated Great Unity of Heaven and Earth.

Gohan drove Dr. Gero to flee, but Android 18 arrived with Piccolo captured and used him to demand the destruction of Dr. Gero’s computer motherboard. Piccolo broke free and sacrificed himself in an attack on Android 18, prompting Goku to transform into Super Saiyan 2 as he and Gohan prepared to fight her.

• Gohan overwhelmed Dr. Gero, but Dr. Gero escaped using Instant Transmission before Gohan could stop him.
• Mr. Popo told Goku and Bulma that Kami’s disappearance had caused the Dragon Balls to vanish, leaving Krillin and the others unable to be revived.
• Android 18 arrived with Piccolo’s severed head and threatened to crush it unless Goku and Gohan surrendered and destroyed the computer motherboard.
• Bulma offered to retrieve the motherboard while asking Goku and Gohan to stall Android 18, but Piccolo broke her Magnetic Force seal and unleashed Dark Demon Annihilation Blast.
• Android 18 countered with Alloy Battle Body, and the resulting explosion left Piccolo dead and the Dragon Balls gone.
• Gohan’s Magnetic Force rose to 730,000 Horsepower, while Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and reached 4.2 billion combat power; Android 17 sensed Goku’s transformation but continued pursuing Dr. Gero.

Bulma explained that Android 17 and Android 18 drew on parallel universes to make attacks fail or succeed, while Goku and Gohan resolved to train and defeat them. Android 18 searched for Android 17 to help kill Goku, but Android 17 continued pursuing Dr. Gero and attacked him on a mountaintop.

• Gohan restored Kami's Lookout and vowed to avenge Piccolo and the others, while Goku warned him not to let anger control him.
• Bulma explained that Android 17 could select an unharmed parallel-universe outcome, while Android 18 could impose a future in which her attack landed.
• Gohan and Bulma concluded that the androids might be vulnerable during their abilities' activation, and Gohan asked Goku to train with him in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Android 18 decided to find Android 17 and enlist him against Goku, but she could not locate him because he was chasing Dr. Gero.
• Android 17 trapped Dr. Gero with a mountain-based attack, but Dr. Gero shattered the rocks with his energy and escaped into the sky.

Bai Xing and Vegeta emerged from two years of training, and Vegeta set out to confront the androids while Goku and Gohan entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Dr. Gero activated a hidden control to turn Android 16 against Android 17, but as the fight began, Android 16 sensed someone approaching.

• Dr. Gero repeatedly escaped Android 17's pursuit, but Android 17 kept chasing him to exhaust his power and kill him.
• Bai Xing and Vegeta left the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and Bai Xing learned that Piccolo and the others had died and that Android 16's pod had opened.
• Bai Xing reassured Gohan that he could use New Namek's Dragon Balls to revive the fallen, while Vegeta refused to let Gohan and Goku train before flying off to fight the androids.
• Gohan entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with Goku, and Bai Xing asked Bulma to research ways to improve the chamber's gateway.
• Dr. Gero activated a device implanted in his body and summoned Android 16, who attacked Android 17 but could not hurt him because of Android 17's ability.
• Android 16 stopped attacking and looked toward the horizon as someone approached at great speed.

Vegeta confronted Dr. Gero and Android 16, then fought Android 16 in space while Android 17 pursued Dr. Gero. The chapter ended as Vegeta unleashed his Eternal Radiance Cannon, drawing the attention of Android 17 and putting Dr. Gero at risk because he was synchronizing with Android 16.

• Vegeta arrived and attacked Android 16 after Dr. Gero ordered him to kill Vegeta and Android 17.
• Vegeta and Android 16 moved their battle into space to spare Earth, while Android 17 resumed pursuing Dr. Gero.
• Dr. Gero’s Father and Son as One program began synchronizing him with Android 16, restricting how far he could move from him.
• Android 17 attacked Dr. Gero with electromagnetically accelerated meteorites and pulled Phobos and Deimos along as ammunition.
• Vegeta gained the upper hand, broke through Android 16’s nano barrier with the Eternal Radiance Cannon, and alarmed both Android 17 and Dr. Gero.

Bai Xing revealed that he had combined the Hell God of War with the Six Desires Demon-Splitting Chapter, then used his first ten-person avatar to test Vegeta and improve his Perfect Realm. As second avatars began forming, Bai Xing suppressed them, while Dr. Gero and Android 16 fused in space to challenge Vegeta.

• Bai Xing explained how the two techniques complemented each other and summoned ten martial arts masters as his first divine avatar to fight Vegeta.
• Vegeta killed the ten avatars within seconds, and Bai Xing absorbed their strength and martial arts, gaining a notable improvement in Perfect Realm.
• Bai Xing recognized that later avatars could threaten his control and resolved to raise his Perfect Realm before suppressing the emerging second avatars.
• In space, Vegeta badly damaged Android 16, but Dr. Gero persuaded Vegeta to let them complete their fusion by promising a stronger opponent.
• Android 17 warned Vegeta against allowing the fusion, but Dr. Gero and Android 16 synchronized and snapped together.

Dr. Gero fused with Android 16 to become Super Gero and overwhelmed Vegeta, whose weakening condition forced Bai Xing to intervene. Bai Xing arrived to face Super Gero, whose 8 billion battle power exceeded his own.

• Dr. Gero completed the Father and Son as One fusion with Android 16, creating Super Gero with a biochemical reactor and Dr. Gero's consciousness in control.
• Vegeta attacked Super Gero, but Super Gero blocked his Purple Crystal Wave Fist and battered him with repeated punches.
• Super Gero's Solar Wind overwhelmed Vegeta's Void Roar Cannon and annihilated Saturn, sending a devastating electromagnetic pulse across the Solar System.
• Bai Xing protected Earth from the approaching pulse, teleported to Vegeta, and found him badly weakened on a meteorite.
• Super Gero prepared to use God's Hand on Vegeta, but Bai Xing's Annihilation Demon Blade forced him to teleport away.
• Bai Xing learned how Dr. Gero had fused with Android 16 and realized Super Gero's 8 billion battle power exceeded his own.