Chapter Summaries

He-El reunited with Bulma and the others after defeating Beerus, explained Beerus’s role and his memory-erasing technique, and promised to teach them Divine Techniques. He gathered everyone beside the damaged spaceship so they could return to Planet Namek and separate Piccolo and Nail.

• Bulma and the others flew to He-El, who explained that Beerus had ordered Frieza to destroy planets and had attacked him over the World Tree.
• He-El told everyone to remain humble and explained that Beerus’s destruction technique had erased him from their memories.
• He-El promised to update their cultivation methods and teach them Divine Techniques, prompting Vegeta to vow to learn stronger martial arts.
• He-El said he would separate Piccolo and Nail on Planet Namek, and everyone searched for their damaged spaceship.
• He-El located Earth One and used wide-range Instant Transmission to bring everyone beside it.

He-El returned everyone to Planet Namek, restored Piccolo and Nail to their own bodies, and killed Captain Ginyu. He planned to repair Earth One and train the others on Namek before taking them back to Earth.

• He-El used Instant Transmission to bring Earth One and everyone aboard back to Planet Namek, where the Grand Elder and the Namekians welcomed them.
• He-El separated Piccolo and Nail, restored them to their own bodies, and revived Piccolo and Nail with Senzu Beans.
• He-El freed Nail and Captain Ginyu from their fused bodies, returned each soul to its own body, and turned Captain Ginyu to ash.
• He-El warned Nail to train his soul as well as his body, then said he would repair Earth One and teach everyone on Namek, including Goku Instant Transmission.
• Goku, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Piccolo, and Vegeta looked forward to training with He-El, while Bulma urged everyone to eat and rest.
• Dandy arranged for everyone to spend a day resting in the village after their meal.

He-El spent more than half a month teaching the group advanced Ki control, and they developed new abilities while Vegeta watched himself fall behind. Vegeta privately demanded the technique He-El had taught Goku, and He-El asked him to consider what set him apart from Goku, Piccolo, and Nail.

• He-El gave Goku, Piccolo, Nail, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Chiaotzu, and Puar updated techniques, then taught the group advanced Ki control while Vegeta listened.
• Over more than half a month, Goku, Piccolo, Nail, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu developed their abilities through He-El's lessons.
• Vegeta grew distressed as Goku pulled ahead and he found himself unable to defeat Chiaotzu and Puar together.
• Vegeta privately asked He-El why he had not taught him the martial arts he had taught Goku, claiming he could surpass Goku if he learned to become a Super Saiyan.
• He-El asked Vegeta where the difference lay between him and Goku, Piccolo, and Nail, and Vegeta froze.

He-El made Vegeta experience fifty years as an ordinary person in the Dreaming to help him calm his pride and understand life beyond fighting. After Vegeta returned, He-El taught him the Ultimate Qi Training Technique, and the group left Planet Namek for Earth once the spaceship modifications were complete.

• Vegeta admitted that everyone could defeat him, but he could not see any difference between himself and the others beyond battle.
• He-El took Vegeta to the Dreaming and made him live fifty years as an ordinary person, enduring hardship, finding success through boxing, and later watching children at an orphanage while paralyzed.
• He-El brought Vegeta out of the Dreaming, and Vegeta returned calmer after reflecting on his ordinary life.
• He-El gave Vegeta the Ultimate Qi Training Technique, and Vegeta began cultivating alongside the group, earning their recognition.
• After about two months of training on Planet Namek, Bulma, Dandy, and the Namekian scientists finished modifying the spaceship, and everyone departed for Earth.

He-El and his companions left Planet Namek for Earth after saying goodbye to the Namekians and accepting their gifts. During the journey, Vegeta asked He-El whether he could take over Frieza's forces, and He-El approved while recommending that Vegeta learn how to manage an organization.

• Bulma and the others boarded He-El and Bulma's Spaceship as the Namekians gathered to see them off.
• The group said farewell to Nail and the Namekians, and the Grand Elder gave Dandy a crystal sphere containing Namek's inheritances.
• He-El and Bulma's Spaceship departed Planet Namek for Earth, with the journey expected to take about half a month.
• During the trip, Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Krillin trained in the Gravity Chamber while the others pursued their activities.
• Vegeta asked He-El if he could take over Frieza's forces, and He-El supported the idea while suggesting that Vegeta train as a general with the Red Ribbon Army and study on Kais Planet.

He-El discovered that Bulma was pregnant during their return to Earth, and their friends celebrated and argued over names for the baby. As the spaceship landed at the Red Ribbon Army’s base, a brilliant sword strike suddenly raced toward them.

• He-El sensed that Bulma was pregnant, and Bulma decided to research a machine that would let her keep her figure after giving birth.
• Chiaotzu and Puar learned the news, and Goku, Piccolo, Krillin, and the others congratulated He-El and suggested names that Bulma rejected.
• He-El announced that Earth was in sight, and the group finished training and prepared to land.
• Launch and the Red Ribbon Army soldiers welcomed He-El, Bulma, and the others at the base.
• A dazzling streak of sword light shot toward the group as they stepped off the spaceship.

A hidden attacker emerged from a sword aura and slashed Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Puar, and Chiaotzu before trying to strike He-El. The sword stopped against He-El’s forehead as Launch ordered the Red Ribbon Army to retreat and summon reinforcements.

• A massive sword aura raced toward He-El and Bulma, but the group could not sense its wielder.
• Vegeta led the others in preparing to block the aura, which burst apart near them in a blinding flash.
• A figure concealed inside the aura rushed out and slashed Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Puar, and Chiaotzu before raising a sword against He-El.
• The attacker’s blade froze against He-El’s forehead while the wounded fighters stopped their bleeding and prepared to fight.
• Launch ordered the Red Ribbon Army to retreat, widen its encirclement, and call for reinforcements.

A furious figure wrapped in golden-purple aura tried to kill He-El, but his sword could not pierce He-El's forehead. He-El called him incompetent, and the figure broke down when he saw Bulma, calling her “Mommy.”

• The golden-purple figure attacked He-El with a sword, while Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Tien Shinhan, and Yamcha gathered with the others to defend him.
• He-El reflected on how his arrival had changed the fates of people in this universe, including Yamcha, Krillin, Goku, and Tien Shinhan.
• The figure blamed He-El as the source of all evil, but Goku and the others questioned him and prepared to subdue him.
• He-El stopped them and said the figure possessed the sin of incompetence because he lacked the strength to change anything.
• When the figure saw Bulma peek out from behind He-El, his aura vanished, tears streamed down his face, and he called her “Mommy.”

A grieving man who looked like He-El arrived and called Bulma “Mom,” leaving everyone baffled by his resemblance and age. After Bulma comforted him, he introduced himself to He-El as He-El Trunks.

• A powerful stranger appeared, looked like He-El, and called Bulma “Mom.”
• Bulma soothed the stranger as he collapsed and wept, while the others lowered their guards.
• Goku and Krillin asked whether the stranger was Bulma and He-El’s son, but Bulma said their child was still unborn.
• He-El told Bulma that he had children outside their universe but only one child in this universe, the one she carried.
• The stranger wiped his face, stood before He-El, and introduced himself as He-El Trunks.

Trunks claimed he was Bulma and He-El’s son from the future, confusing Bulma and the others because she was still pregnant. He-El recognized that Trunks had come from a split timeline, where another version of himself may have committed terrible acts.

• Bulma rejected the idea that He-El had deceived her, while the others speculated about why Trunks looked like He-El and called Bulma Mom.
• Bulma silenced the group and demanded that Trunks explain who he was.
• Trunks told Bulma that he was the child currently in her belly, leaving her and the others bewildered.
• He-El sensed Trunks’s exhaustion and suspected that a version of himself from a split timeline had done terrible things.
• Trunks explained that he was He-El Trunks, Bulma’s future son, and had come from the future.

Trunks revealed that he came from a future Parallel Universe where He-El became a tyrant who killed Bulma and the others. He urged the group to help him kill He-El and change that future.

• Trunks told Bulma that he was her son from the future, and He-El clarified that Trunks came from a slightly advanced Parallel Universe.
• Bulma accepted Trunks as her son, while the others said they trusted He-El and suspected Trunks had misunderstood him.
• Trunks described how the future He-El killed Bulma and the others, used the group to conquer the universe, and made Trunks a Super Saiyan.
• Trunks said he had traveled back using Bulma's time machine and called on the group to kill He-El to prevent the future he had witnessed.

Trunks told Goku, Vegeta, and the others that He-El had destroyed his universe, killed Bulma, and experimented on him, but they refused to believe their He-El could do such things. Trunks explained that he had come back to kill He-El and change his future, while He-El said the difference between their universes was because of him.

• Trunks claimed that the He-El from his universe had killed everyone and implanted Goku's and Vegeta's S Cells into him to force him to reach stronger Super Saiyan forms.
• Vegeta, Goku, and the others rejected Trunks's story, insisting that their He-El would never kill them or take their S Cells.
• Bulma and Krillin suggested that Trunks had come from a parallel universe rather than their own future, but Trunks insisted his time machine had brought him back to change the future.
• Trunks recalled that his universe's He-El had killed Bulma in front of him, prompting his transformation into Super Saiyan 5, and had still defeated him.
• Trunks said he had returned intending to kill He-El, but admitted that this He-El was already stronger than his Super Saiyan 5 form.
• He-El quietly said that the difference between the two universes was because of him.

He-El explained that the parallel-universe versions of himself had formed with flaws because he was an outsider to the Dragon Ball Universe, and that this was connected to Trunks's future. Trunks agreed to watch He-El and intervene if he began to turn evil, naming Dr. Gero as the starting point.

• Bulma, Goku, and the others rejected Trunks's claim that this universe's He-El was responsible for the crimes of his parallel-universe counterpart.
• He-El explained that his arrival caused parallel universes to copy flawed versions of him, who might seek him out and try to become him.
• Trunks refused to trust He-El's explanation, but He-El suggested that Trunks could watch him and change events if he began turning evil.
• Bulma struck Trunks on the head, and Trunks accepted He-El's suggestion while appreciating his mother's concern.
• He-El asked where the events began, and Trunks answered that they began with Dr. Gero.

The group recalled Dr. Gero’s connection to the Red Ribbon Army and learned from Trunks that Gero had become an Android creator whose Android 17 and Android 18 devastated his future Earth. He-El decided they would return to the Red Ribbon Army and wait for Gero to appear, while Bulma warned that changing this universe would not alter Trunks’s future.

• Bulma, Krillin, and the others remembered that Dr. Gero had led Red Ribbon Army soldiers in a robbery before He-El destroyed the army and turned its base into the Justice Legion.
• Tien Shinhan questioned how Dr. Gero could have become powerful, and He-El realized that Gero had created a serious threat in Trunks’s parallel universe.
• Trunks revealed that Android 17 and Android 18 had ravaged Earth in his future and that He-El had later defeated, modified, and strengthened them.
• Bulma said they could stop Dr. Gero and change their own future, but warned Trunks that doing so would not change his universe.
• He-El told Trunks they would return to the Red Ribbon Army and wait for Dr. Gero to appear.

He-El and the others returned to the Red Ribbon Army, where Launch and Bulma rested during their pregnancies while the rest prepared for Dr. Gero's arrival. Trunks continued to distrust He-El, and two months later Dr. Gero's trail appeared near South City.

• He-El relieved pregnant Launch and Bulma of their duties, and they went to Chi-Chi for advice about pregnancy and raising children.
• Tien Shinhan sought advice from Goku about fatherhood, while Goku and others went to Kami's Lookout to train and Vegeta entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Krillin stayed on duty at the Red Ribbon Army, Master Roshi left to travel, and Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu went to find a parenting institution.
• He-El spent time with Trunks, who challenged his claim that he was different from Trunks's father, and He-El brought him into the Mental Network.
• Two months later, Dr. Gero's trail appeared in a small town near South City.

Dr. Gero and Android 19 attacked a Red Ribbon Army branch base, and Dr. Gero declared his intention to destroy He-El and reclaim the Red Ribbon Army. He-El ordered the Dragon Ball Warriors to capture Dr. Gero, warning them that he had contingencies.

• A communications soldier reported that Dr. Gero and a pale-skinned fat man had destroyed a Red Ribbon Army branch base.
• Trunks identified the fat man as Android 19 and worried that Android 17 and Android 18 might be hidden elsewhere.
• A soldier played footage of Dr. Gero threatening He-El and declaring that the Red Ribbon Army was his army before destroying the camera.
• He-El considered Dr. Gero's scientific achievements and understood why his counterpart in another universe had recruited him.
• He-El sent Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Puar to capture Dr. Gero, warning them to be careful of his contingencies.

Vegeta confronted Dr. Gero and Android 19, confident that his training had made him powerful enough to defeat them. Though he declared himself Super Vegeta, Android 19 began overpowering him in close combat.

• He-El sent Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Puar to capture Dr. Gero and Android 19, while Trunks insisted on dealing with Dr. Gero himself.
• He-El agreed to Trunks's demand and stayed behind, leaving Trunks suspicious of his intentions.
• Vegeta reached Dr. Gero and Android 19 first as they prepared to retreat, and Dr. Gero ordered Android 19 to kill him.
• Vegeta introduced himself as Super Vegeta and challenged both of them, then dodged Android 19's beams and engaged him in close combat.
• Android 19 analyzed Vegeta's movements and turned the fight around, punching Vegeta in the chest as Vegeta struggled to believe he was losing.

Vegeta fought Android 19 and revealed that he had forced himself into an early Super Saiyan transformation, but Android 19 still adapted to his techniques and gained the upper hand. Goku, Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, Puar, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu arrived as the battle continued.

• Android 19 struck Vegeta after adapting to his fighting rhythm, and Dr. Gero revealed that he had analyzed techniques Vegeta learned from He-El.
• Vegeta forced his S Cells to erupt and transformed into a Super Saiyan, then unleashed a barrage of Ki blasts at Dr. Gero and Android 19.
• Android 19 protected Dr. Gero from Vegeta's blasts with a barrier, then fought Vegeta and gradually turned the tables on him.
• Dr. Gero explained that Android 19 used He-El's stolen artificial intelligence to analyze Ki, learn fighting techniques, and target weaknesses.
• Goku, Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, Puar, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu arrived while Android 19 still had Vegeta on the defensive.

Vegeta and Goku joined forces against Android 19 while the other warriors attacked Dr. Gero, but both enemies used combat data and artificial intelligence to counter their techniques. Piccolo proposed a way to beat them and began explaining his second option.

• Goku and the others arrived and were stunned to see Vegeta transform into a Super Saiyan.
• Vegeta and Goku fought Android 19 together, while Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Chiaotzu, Puar, and Krillin surrounded Dr. Gero.
• Dr. Gero revealed that Android 19 had recorded the warriors’ techniques, while his own combat AI helped him fend off their attacks.
• Piccolo noticed that Dr. Gero and Android 19 could imitate the warriors’ techniques and explained that an unprecedented move might defeat them before it was recorded.
• Goku asked Piccolo to explain his second way to defeat Dr. Gero and Android 19.

Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo defeated Android 19 with a Ki-powered Kamehameha, while Krillin cut Dr. Gero in half with a Destructo Disc. Goku proposed taking Dr. Gero back to the Red Ribbon Army for He-El to decide his fate.

• Piccolo joined Goku and Vegeta against Android 19, and Goku asked Vegeta and Piccolo to transfer their Ki so he could fire a Kamehameha.
• Vegeta poured Ki into Goku while Piccolo held Android 19 back, and Krillin prepared a Destructo Disc as Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu kept Dr. Gero occupied.
• Goku fired a Kamehameha that destroyed Android 19, and Dr. Gero tried to flee after losing contact with him.
• Krillin threw the Destructo Disc, which sliced through Dr. Gero's shield and cut him in half.
• Tien Shinhan pinned Dr. Gero's mechanical upper body, and Goku suggested taking him to the Red Ribbon Army for He-El to decide what to do with him.