Chapter Summaries

H'el, Bulma, Goku, and Emperor Pilaf crossed the scorching Gobi on their way to Fry-Pan Mountain while H'el trained Goku and taught him to control his body's energy. After they stopped in the shade, H'el noticed someone watching them from afar.

• H'el encouraged Goku to remember his martial arts lessons even when he did not understand them, while Goku carried Emperor Pilaf and trained beside him.
• Emperor Pilaf secretly planned to steal the Dragon Balls, unaware that Ashu and Mai were following the group from behind.
• As the group crossed the Gobi, Bulma and Goku struggled with the heat, while H'el explained how he controlled his body temperature and told Goku to conserve his energy.
• H'el found a shaded hollow beneath a rock and stopped so the group could rest and replenish themselves.
• H'el spotted a blue, catlike animal-type earthling watching them through binoculars from a distance.

Puar spotted He-El and sensed that he was overwhelmingly powerful, while Yamcha decided to target He-El and his companions for their Hoi-Poi Capsules. Yamcha’s fear of women kept him from attacking while Bulma was with the group, so he and Puar planned to follow them and wait for a chance to separate her from He-El.

• Puar spied on He-El and was frightened by his powerful presence.
• Yamcha saw He-El’s group and wanted to rob them, but froze when he noticed Bulma.
• Yamcha insisted he could defeat He-El, while Puar urged him not to risk confronting someone so terrifying.
• Yamcha asked Puar to lure Bulma away, but Puar doubted He-El would leave her side.
• Yamcha agreed with Puar’s suggestion to follow the group and wait for them to separate.

He-El, Goku, Bulma, and their captive Emperor Pilaf traveled through the desert while Yamcha, Puar, Ashu, and Mai followed them. He-El prepared to confront the pursuers after dark, then told Bulma he wanted to train until he could surpass galaxies and beyond.

• He-El spotted Yamcha and Puar following the group, with Ashu and Mai pursuing them in a robot to rescue Emperor Pilaf.
• He-El told Bulma to stay inside their capsule house that night while he and Goku waited outside for the pursuers.
• After running another twenty kilometers, He-El and Goku stopped in the desert, ate dinner, and rested while Bulma watched from the house.
• He-El and Bulma pretended to sleep to draw out their pursuers, but Goku fell asleep for real.
• Bulma asked He-El about his future, and he said he planned to train until he could surpass planets, stars, and star systems.

He-El challenged Yamcha to fight while telling Goku to study his muscles and Ki. Ashu and Mai secretly followed Yamcha, found the captured Emperor Pilaf, and planned to rescue him once the fighting began.

• He-El carried the sleeping Bulma to bed, then woke Goku to warn him that desert bandits were approaching and told him to observe He-El's muscles and Ki.
• Yamcha and Puar arrived on the Jet Squirrel, and Yamcha demanded the travelers' money and Hoi-Poi Capsules while sparing the capsule for Bulma's house.
• Ashu and Mai tracked He-El and Goku to rescue Emperor Pilaf, discovered him tied up, and decided to wait for a fight before trying to steal him away.
• He-El removed his bearskin vest and challenged Yamcha to defeat him, revealing his powerful muscles.

He-El used his fight with Yamcha to demonstrate physical strength and the coordination of Ki and flesh to Goku. He then revealed how Yamcha could expand the Wolf Fang Fist before blasting him into the sky with an advanced version of the technique.

• He-El lowered his strength and exchanged hundreds of moves with Yamcha while showing Goku how the body generated and transmitted force.
• Yamcha grew confident as he fought He-El, then unleashed the Wolf Fang Fist while He-El demonstrated how Ki and muscles worked together.
• Goku watched closely and gained a sudden understanding of how Ki and flesh could be coordinated.
• After nearly five hundred rounds, He-El ended the demonstration and told Yamcha that the Wolf Fang Fist needed scouting, encirclement, harassment, and attacks from every direction.
• He-El performed an advanced Wolf Fang Fist as an organized wolf pack, then sent golden Ki wolf heads biting into Yamcha and blasted him into the sky.

He-El defeated Yamcha with a perfected Wolf Fang Fist but spared him because Yamcha had never intended to kill anyone. Impressed by He-El’s skill, Yamcha begged to be taught and offered to spar with Goku; He-El agreed.

• Ashu and Mai covered Emperor Pilaf’s mouth, then escaped with him in their robot while Goku watched He-El’s display.
• Puar caught Yamcha with his transformed body after He-El’s Wolf Fang Fist sent him flying.
• Yamcha asked why He-El had spared him and how he knew the Wolf Fang Fist, and He-El explained that Yamcha had only robbed them and that the technique was immature.
• He-El dismissed Yamcha and returned to teaching Goku, prompting Yamcha to kneel and ask to become his disciple.
• He-El refused to take Yamcha as a disciple, but agreed to teach him when Yamcha offered to serve as Goku’s sparring partner.

After Emperor Pilaf escaped, He-El explained that Yamcha had joined their journey as Goku’s sparring partner. Yamcha arrived and revealed that he panicked around women, so He-El told him to close his eyes and let Goku spar with him.

• Bulma discovered Emperor Pilaf had escaped, and He-El explained that a desert bandit had attacked them during the night.
• He-El said he had defeated Yamcha and agreed to let him travel with them as Goku’s sparring partner.
• Yamcha arrived with Puar and trembled when he saw Bulma, then admitted he could not face girls and asked He-El for help.
• He-El told Yamcha to close his eyes, and Yamcha covered them with a strip of black cloth before Goku beat him in a sparring match.

He-El guided Yamcha’s training as the group ran toward Fry-Pan Mountain in search of a Dragon Ball. They reached the blazing mountain and learned the Dragon Ball was inside the Ox-King’s castle, though the Ox-King guarded the mountain road.

• He-El stopped sparring with Yamcha, then taught him to run by guiding his Ki through Yamcha’s body.
• He-El, Goku, and Yamcha ran through the desert while Bulma followed on the Jet Squirrel with Puar and tracked their route using the Dragon Radar.
• After three hours, the group left the desert and struggled against the rising heat as they neared Fry-Pan Mountain.
• Bulma and Puar spotted Fry-Pan Mountain engulfed in flames, and Yamcha collapsed from exhaustion.
• Bulma confirmed the Dragon Ball was inside the Ox-King’s castle, and Puar explained that the Ox-King guarded the mountain road because a fire had trapped him away from the castle.

He-El and the others reached Fry-Pan Mountain but found its flames too fierce to approach Ox-King’s Castle, where the Dragon Ball was located. After Ox-King attacked them, He-El proved stronger in their contest over the giant’s axe, and Ox-King’s anger faded when he saw Goku riding the Flying Nimbus.

• Puar explained that the textbooks did not say why Fry-Pan Mountain had caught fire, and the group traveled to the mountain.
• Bulma confirmed with the Dragon Radar that the Dragon Ball was inside Ox-King’s Castle, but Goku could not approach it because of the heat.
• Ox-King hurled an axe at Bulma, and He-El caught it with his right hand.
• Yamcha attacked Ox-King but was knocked into a ruined Round House and badly injured.
• Ox-King failed to pull his axe from He-El’s grip until He-El let go, sending Ox-King tumbling through several Round Houses.
• Goku returned on the Flying Nimbus, and Ox-King stopped charging when he recognized it and asked where Goku had found it.

Ox-King recognized Goku’s Flying Nimbus and Ruyi Bang, learned he was Son Gohan’s grandson, and asked him to find Master Muten and borrow the Bansho Fan to extinguish the fire on Fry-Pan Mountain. Goku set off to meet Ox-King’s daughter Chi-Chi, while Ox-King turned to question He-El about his claimed match with Master Muten.

• Ox-King stopped fighting He-El when he saw Goku riding the Flying Nimbus and asked where Goku had gotten it.
• Goku revealed that his grandfather was Son Gohan, and Ox-King explained that he had been Master Muten’s second disciple while Son Gohan was his first.
• Ox-King asked Goku to find Master Muten and borrow the Bansho Fan, and He-El agreed in exchange for the Five-Star Dragon Ball inside Ox-King’s castle.
• Ox-King showed Goku a picture of Chi-Chi and said she was searching for Master Muten, then suggested she could be Goku’s bride.
• He-El pointed Goku toward Chi-Chi, and Goku flew away on the Flying Nimbus to find her.
• Ox-King asked He-El whether he could really fight Master Muten to a draw.

He-El agreed to spar with Ox-King after Ox-King doubted his claim of surpassing Master Roshi in technique. He-El left Ox-King immobilized with his Qi Severing martial art, proving his skill before Bulma and Yamcha.

• Ox-King questioned He-El’s claim that he had outmatched Master Roshi in martial arts technique, and He-El explained that Master Roshi had sparred with him at equal strength.
• Ox-King challenged He-El to a barehanded spar, and He-El accepted while promising to subdue him with his newly created Qi Severing martial art.
• He-El invited Ox-King to attack first, and Ox-King charged at him with overwhelming strength.
• He-El dodged Ox-King’s grasp and struck his joints and vital points with a Ki-reinforced hand blade.
• He-El stopped Ox-King by pressing his fingers into the muscles over his heart, then withdrew as Ox-King trembled and fell backward.

He-El defeated the Ox-King with his Ki-Severing Technique, then treated Yamcha and began guiding his training. Goku returned with Chi-Chi after learning the Bansho Fan was gone, and Chi-Chi confronted He-El over her injured father.

• He-El used the Ki-Severing Technique to immobilize the Ox-King without seriously injuring him.
• Yamcha asked to learn He-El's martial art, and He-El agreed to teach him while correcting his training fundamentals.
• Goku returned on the Flying Nimbus with Chi-Chi and reported that Master Roshi said the Bansho Fan was gone.
• Chi-Chi found the Ox-King convulsing on the ground, learned that He-El had defeated him, and accused He-El of hurting her dad.

He-El explained why using his Ki to extinguish Fry-Pan Mountain’s fire could trigger a far larger natural disaster, so the group relied on Master Roshi to deal with the blaze. Ox-King and Chi-Chi reconciled with He-El, and Master Roshi arrived at Fry-Pan Mountain.

• Chi-Chi threw her helmet horns at He-El, but he flicked them back harmlessly, and Ox-King shielded her before realizing he had misunderstood.
• Ox-King and Chi-Chi apologized to He-El, then Ox-King asked Goku about the Bansho Fan and learned Master Roshi was coming to put out the fire.
• Master Roshi arrived on a Flying Turtle, and Ox-King’s excited greeting knocked the dizzy martial artist to the ground.
• He-El told Master Roshi that the Dragon Ball was in the castle on Fry-Pan Mountain and explained that his attempt to extinguish the fire could unleash a devastating natural disaster.

Master Roshi prepared to extinguish Fry-Pan Mountain’s flames while He-El warned that putting them out could cause a far worse disaster. As Goku and Yamcha watched closely, Master Roshi powered up and began gathering Ki for his technique.

• Master Roshi defended He-El’s warning and reprimanded Ox-King for his violent past, prompting Ox-King to apologize and say he would give up his treasure to extinguish the fire.
• Master Roshi insisted Ox-King did not need to discard his treasure and declared that he would handle the flames himself.
• Ox-King helped Master Roshi onto a high section of a collapsed wall, where Master Roshi removed his shirt and faced Fry-Pan Mountain.
• He-El told Goku and Yamcha to observe Master Roshi’s movements and Ki circulation so they could learn from his technique.
• Master Roshi shouted, swelled his muscles into a giant form, and cupped his hands at his waist.

Master Roshi extinguished the fire on Fry-Pan Mountain with a Kamehameha, destroying the mountain and Ox-King’s castle in the process. After Bulma used the Dragon Radar to locate the Dragon Ball, Goku asked to learn the technique, and He-El said Goku had already copied it by instinct.

• Master Roshi fired a Kamehameha that extinguished the blaze and obliterated Fry-Pan Mountain.
• Ox-King realized the mountain and his castle were gone, while Bulma used the Dragon Radar to point toward the Dragon Ball.
• Master Roshi apologized to Ox-King and Chi-Chi for destroying the castle, and Chi-Chi said they could rebuild it.
• Goku asked Master Roshi to teach him the Kamehameha, and He-El claimed Goku had already learned it by watching.
• Master Roshi doubted Goku had learned the move but said he would believe He-El had.

He-El revealed that he had learned and improved Master Roshi’s Kamehameha, then had Goku demonstrate his talent. Goku successfully fired the Kamehameha and destroyed Jet Squirrel, leaving Master Roshi and the others astonished.

• He-El told Master Roshi that he had learned and simplified the Kamehameha.
• He-El said Goku had learned the technique by watching Master Roshi, though Yamcha and Ox-King doubted it.
• Bulma pushed Goku forward and encouraged him to try the Kamehameha at Jet Squirrel.
• Goku formed an energy sphere in his cupped hands and fired a Kamehameha at Jet Squirrel.
• Goku blasted Jet Squirrel into a wall, where it exploded, shocking Ox-King, Yamcha, and the others.

After Goku demonstrated his Kamehameha, Master Roshi invited him and He-El to train with him, but He-El declined. He-El then overwhelmed everyone with his Kamehameha research before the group resumed their search for the Dragon Balls.

• Master Roshi praised Goku's talent and invited him to train after the Dragon Ball search, then offered the same invitation to He-El.
• He-El declined Master Roshi's offer, saying he had already planned his future.
• He-El discussed improvements to the Kamehameha with Master Roshi, devising more efficient techniques and a range of advanced variations.
• The group gradually failed to understand He-El's increasingly complex ideas, and He-El stopped explaining his research.
• Bulma clasped He-El's hand and promised to study so she could understand him, but He-El flicked her forehead and said they should find the Dragon Balls.

He-El guided Yamcha and discussed martial arts with Master Roshi and Ox-King before leaving with Goku and the injured Yamcha. Bulma reached the Dragon Ball and discovered it was the Seven-Star Dragon Ball.

• Ox-King gave Bulma an old hovercar, and she drove off with Puar to find the Dragon Ball.
• He-El taught Yamcha the fundamentals of the improved Kamehameha and advised Master Roshi and Ox-King on martial arts.
• Master Roshi left, and Chi-Chi shyly asked Goku to marry her when they grew up; Goku agreed without understanding what marriage meant.
• He-El left with Goku and Yamcha, using healing Ki to ease Yamcha’s injuries and encouraging him to keep training.
• Bulma found the Dragon Ball and announced that it was the Seven-Star Dragon Ball.

He-El, Goku, and Yamcha ran toward Emperor Pilaf's Castle while Bulma's car stopped for fuel, and Emperor Pilaf prepared to defend his Dragon Balls. After He-El destroyed the mechanical crow watching them, Emperor Pilaf ordered Ashu and Mai to finish building his super robot and seize the Dragon Balls.

• Puar told He-El that Bulma planned to refuel at a village, and He-El encouraged Goku and the exhausted Yamcha to keep running.
• Ashu spotted He-El, Goku, and Yamcha approaching Emperor Pilaf's Castle through a mechanical crow's surveillance feed.
• Emperor Pilaf, Ashu, and Mai watched the group and prepared to use a modified super robot to protect their two Dragon Balls.
• He-El jumped onto a mushroom plant, caught and crushed the mechanical crow, then told Goku that Emperor Pilaf had the remaining two Dragon Balls.
• Emperor Pilaf ordered Ashu and Mai to finish the super robot and defeat He-El so he could claim the Dragon Balls.

He-El and Bulma bought Hoi-Poi Capsules and new clothes in the wary village town while Goku and Yamcha watched the car. The townspeople suddenly fled indoors, and two rabbit-eared men approached the group after spotting Bulma.

• He-El reminded Yamcha to maintain his breathing and heart rhythm as they entered town with Goku.
• Bulma took He-El to a Hoi-Poi Capsule shop, where she bought five capsules and He-El bought three using money he borrowed from her.
• Bulma changed into local clothing and chose a matching outfit for He-El, who also bought several more sets and sold his bear-fur clothes to repay part of his debt to Bulma.
• The townspeople suddenly ran indoors, and the clothing store owner warned He-El and Bulma to leave town and hide.
• He-El and Bulma returned to the gas station, where Yamcha told them the locals had panicked and the gas station owner had hidden.
• Two rabbit-eared men spotted Bulma and walked toward the group, remarking that she was attractive.