Chapter Summaries

He-El defeated Yamcha and praised his training before Goku faced Jackie Chun in the next match. Jackie Chun hypnotized Goku to make him fall asleep, but Bulma woke him by promising food, and the fight continued.

• He-El defeated Yamcha, healed him, and advised him to stop shaping the Wolf Fang Fist into wolves for attacks.
• Yamcha accepted He-El's advice and thanked him for his praise.
• He-El encouraged Goku before Goku entered the ring to fight Jackie Chun.
• Jackie Chun hypnotized Goku, causing him to fall asleep and leaving the audience outraged.
• Bulma shouted that it was time to eat, waking Goku just before the count ended.
• Goku realized he was in a match, took a fighting stance, and focused on Jackie Chun.

Jackie Chun and Goku continued their World Martial Arts Tournament match, trading increasingly powerful techniques. Jackie Chun struck Goku with the Ten Thousand Nations Shocking Palm and kicked him out of sight again, leaving everyone waiting to see if he would return.

• Jackie Chun kicked Goku out of sight, but Goku returned on the Flying Nimbus, so the officials barred him from using the cloud again.
• Goku fought back with Rock-Paper-Scissors, Eight-Handed Fist, and Monkey Fist, forcing Jackie Chun to struggle against his close-combat skills.
• Jackie Chun restrained Goku with the Golden Binding Technique, then struck him with the Ten Thousand Nations Shocking Palm when Goku broke free.
• Jackie Chun kicked the electrocuted Goku out of sight and said he could not move, but a spectator suddenly shouted that Goku had returned.

Jackie Chun defeated Goku in the World Martial Arts Tournament final, but Goku transformed into a Great Ape after losing consciousness beneath the moon. He-El realized Goku had seen the moon as the transformation began.

• Goku and Jackie Chun fired competing Kamehameha blasts, and Jackie redirected Goku's attack into the sky before striking him down.
• The host counted Goku out, and Jackie Chun was declared the winner as Bulma, Yamcha, and Krillin watched.
• After Goku lost consciousness, his body transformed into a Great Ape, terrifying the audience and the host.
• He-El looked up, saw the moon, and realized Goku had seen it.

Goku transformed into a rampaging Great Ape after looking at the full moon, forcing He-El and the others to protect the spectators. He-El severed Goku’s tail, returning him to normal, and wondered whether his adaptive physique could absorb Saiyan genes.

• Goku transformed into a Great Ape, and He-El evacuated the announcer while Yamcha and Krillin helped the spectators flee.
• Bulma, Yamcha, Puar, and Master Roshi realized Goku had likely trampled his grandfather Gohan to death in this form.
• He-El fought the Great Ape while Jackie Chun, Krillin, and Yamcha connected Goku’s transformation to the full moon.
• Master Roshi prepared to use the Kamehameha, but He-El severed Goku’s tail, causing him to revert to normal.
• He-El forced the Saiyan blood from his arm and decided to investigate his adaptive physique later, while Krillin checked that Goku was safe.

After He-El stopped Goku’s rampage, the World Martial Arts Tournament final began between He-El and Jackie Chun. Jackie Chun revealed his strength and techniques, but He-El easily countered him, leaving Jackie Chun to declare that He-El was not a martial artist.

• He-El explained that Goku had transformed and lost consciousness, while Krillin carried the exhausted child backstage for a medical examination.
• Bulma worried that Goku might have been the monster who killed his grandfather and decided to discuss it with He-El after the match.
• The host introduced He-El and Jackie Chun as finalists, and He-El advertised his food company before the match began.
• Jackie Chun powered up and attacked He-El with the Ten Thousand Nations Shocking Palm, but He-El matched the technique and dispersed Jackie Chun’s electricity.
• Jackie Chun tried his other martial arts techniques, found none could challenge He-El, and accused him of not being a martial artist.

Jackie Chun declared that He-El was no martial artist because he used techniques as tools rather than expressing a martial artist’s will. He-El defeated Jackie Chun with a Palm Wave and won the Twenty-First World Martial Arts Tournament.

• Jackie Chun explained that He-El’s techniques lacked a martial artist’s will and said he would attack He-El’s spirit with a Kamehameha.
• He-El acknowledged Jackie Chun’s judgment but said his strengths lay in studying himself and the universe.
• Jackie Chun fired a Kamehameha infused with his fighting spirit at He-El.
• He-El answered with a Palm Wave that overwhelmed the Kamehameha and exploded across the arena.
• The announcer confirmed Jackie Chun had fallen from the platform and declared He-El the tournament champion.

After winning the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament, He-El treated his friends to dinner, where Master Roshi encouraged Goku and Krillin to train harder after their losses. Capsule Corporation security officers reported that they had located two Red Ribbon Army branches, and He-El planned to destroy them while they continued searching for the army’s headquarters.

• Bulma told Master Roshi that she knew he was Jackie Chun, and He-El asked her to keep the secret.
• He-El led Bulma, Master Roshi, Yamcha, Krillin, and the awakened Goku to dinner, where Krillin explained that He-El had won the tournament.
• Master Roshi taught Goku and Krillin to learn from their defeats, and both resolved to train harder.
• The group’s enormous meal cost more than He-El’s tournament prize, leaving him with a bill of one million one hundred and thirty thousand.
• Two Capsule Corporation security captains reported that the Red Ribbon Army had not appeared on Papaya Island but that they had located two of its branches.
• He-El asked for the branch locations and said he would attack them, prompting Master Roshi to ask what was happening with the Red Ribbon Army.

After the Red Ribbon Army attacked He-El’s company and destroyed the He-El Food Energy Research Institute’s Gravity Chamber, He-El and his allies prepared to strike back. He-El decided to wipe out two branches first, find the army’s headquarters, and destroy the organization.

• Master Roshi recognized the Red Ribbon Army and learned that it had attacked He-El’s company, stealing research data and destroying the Gravity Chamber.
• Bulma explained the Red Ribbon Army’s crimes, while Rabbit Can-Can began coordinating with Capsule Corporation’s security captains to gather information about its headquarters.
• Goku volunteered to fight, Krillin urged the group to prepare first, and Bulma proposed assembling Capsule Corporation combat teams to attack the army’s branches.
• Master Roshi told everyone to await He-El’s command, and the group turned to He-El for his decision.
• He-El ordered them to wipe out the Red Ribbon Army’s two branches, locate its headquarters, and destroy the army; he also planned to search for pirate treasure near Master Roshi’s home to offset the company’s losses.

After the Red Ribbon Army destroyed He-El’s Food Energy Research Institute, He-El returned to the ruins and learned that its equipment, data, and blood research records were gone. He planned to rebuild the institute around biological and food-energy research, while Bulma condemned Pilaf, Ashu, and Mai for fleeing during the attack.

• He-El said he would handle company matters before contacting Master Roshi, Goku, and Krillin to join him against the Red Ribbon Army.
• The next morning, Goku, Krillin, and Master Roshi departed for home, while He-El, Bulma, Yamcha, Puar, and Rabbit Can-Can returned to West City.
• Dr. Briefs apologized for the institute’s destruction and said Capsule Corporation had ordered replacement research equipment; He-El planned to combine biological and food-energy research.
• He-El and the others found the institute in ruins, including both Gravity Chambers, and Yamcha, Puar, and Bulma reacted angrily to the destruction.
• Rabbit Can-Can reported that the institute’s equipment, data, and He-El’s blood samples and records had been destroyed, while surveillance showed Pilaf, Ashu, and Mai had communicated with the Red Ribbon Army and fled.

After the Red Ribbon Army destroyed He-El’s research institute and equipment, he made plans to rebuild it and pursue new genetic research while preparing to confront the army. He sent Yamcha to train with Master Roshi on Turtle Island and arranged to meet him there after handling matters of his own.

• He-El told Dr. Briefs he would redesign the ruined research institute and requested genetic testing equipment and a rented bio-gene research facility.
• He-El planned to fund the rebuilding by taking Master Roshi’s treasure and defeating the Red Ribbon Army, then visit Korin Tower and Kami’s Lookout with Goku.
• He-El sent Yamcha to Turtle Island with the remaining energy bars to train under Master Roshi and told him to find his own martial arts path.
• Yamcha accepted He-El’s advice, packed the energy bars, and flew to Turtle Island with Puar.
• He-El asked Dr. Briefs to arrange the latest bio-genetic research equipment so he could investigate changes related to Goku’s blood and his adaptive physique.

He-El discovered that his Adaptive Physique could accommodate and support biological genes from this universe, including Saiyan genes, but chose not to inject Goku’s Saiyan serum. He stored the serum and prepared to confront the Red Ribbon Army.

• He-El brought Goku’s tail to West City’s Bio-Gene Research Institute and tested its Saiyan blood against his Adaptive Physique.
• He-El observed the blood merge without conflict and concluded that his Adaptive Physique could support and integrate other biological physiques.
• He-El considered using Goku’s Saiyan serum to gain a Saiyan physique and potentially transform into a Super Saiyan.
• He-El decided to preserve his Adaptive Physique’s fundamental nature, returned the serum to a Hoi-Poi Capsule, and ordered Rabbit Can-Can to prepare to deal with the Red Ribbon Army.

After completing his research, He-El left the institute with Bulma and Rabbit Can-Can to begin their journey to Turtle Island, where they planned to confront a Red Ribbon Army branch, search for treasure, and find the Dragon Balls. They landed safely at Kame House and reunited with Master Roshi, Krillin, and the others.

• Bulma complained that He-El had taken three months to emerge from the Bio-Gene Research Institute, while Goku had already begun searching for the Dragon Balls.
• He-El praised Bulma’s new look and announced their plans to visit Turtle Island, deal with a Red Ribbon Army branch, search for pirate treasure, and meet Goku.
• Bulma changed into her exploration gear and piloted her armored fighter jet, carrying He-El and Rabbit Can-Can toward Turtle Island.
• As the fighter jet approached, Turtle and the green crocodile mistook it for a threat, and Turtle warned Master Roshi.
• Krillin recognized He-El, Bulma, and Rabbit Can-Can as the jet landed, and Master Roshi’s group went outside to welcome them.

He-El gathered Bulma, Master Roshi, Launch, Krillin, Yamcha, and their companions to attack a Red Ribbon Army island and search for pirate treasure. As their fighter headed for the island, General Blue learned that an unidentified aircraft was approaching his base.

• He-El invited the group to join the assault and promised them a share of the treasure, while blonde Launch insisted on joining and captured Turtle to keep him from escaping.
• Master Roshi confirmed the island's location, and Krillin fetched Yamcha and Puar from a nearby training island.
• Bulma distributed combat equipment, and the group boarded the fighter with He-El at the controls; Goku was absent, searching for Dragon Balls.
• General Blue was told that an unidentified fighter was approaching the base and went to the control room.
• General Blue caught a soldier picking his nose and ordered him dragged out and shot.

General Blue ordered his forces to destroy He-El’s approaching aircraft, but He-El, Bulma, and Blonde Launch defeated the Red Ribbon Army fighters in an aerial battle. With the enemy squadron destroyed, the group prepared to land and fight on the island.

• General Blue executed a soldier for picking his nose, then ordered two fighters to intercept He-El’s aircraft.
• He-El shot down both fighters’ missiles, destroying the aircraft as Bulma warned that they had been spotted.
• General Blue ordered every available fighter to attack, and thirteen enemy jets took off toward He-El.
• Bulma and Blonde Launch joined He-El in firing the aircraft’s cannons, taking down four enemy fighters.
• He-El led six tracking missiles into the remaining six fighters, destroying them and forcing their pilots to parachute out.
• Master Roshi and the others prepared for a landing battle after He-El’s group won the air fight.

He-El evaded the Red Ribbon Army’s anti-aircraft fire, destroyed its turrets, and landed on the western shore with his companions. General Blue surrounded the group with soldiers and prepared to attack, while He-El assigned the ordinary troops to Master Roshi, Yamcha, Krillin, Bulma, and Launch.

• General Blue ordered the anti-aircraft turrets to fire at He-El’s fighter after his aerial fighter squadron was wiped out.
• He-El rolled the fighter to dodge the shells, destroyed all three turrets with missiles, and headed for the western shore.
• Master Roshi, Yamcha, Puar, Krillin, and Turtle landed dizzy and sick from the fighter’s spins, while He-El helped Bulma down from the cockpit.
• Blonde Launch spotted an approaching force, and Master Roshi, Yamcha, Krillin, Bulma, and Launch prepared as Red Ribbon Army soldiers surrounded them.
• General Blue confronted He-El’s group and ordered his troops to attack, and He-El told the others to handle the ordinary soldiers.

He-El effortlessly overpowered General Blue and questioned him about the Red Ribbon Army headquarters. After General Blue’s psychic ability failed to free him, the battle ended with the army soldiers defeated, leaving General Blue terrified and asking who He-El’s group was.

• He-El sent Master Roshi, Yamcha, Krillin, Bulma, and Launch to handle the Red Ribbon Army soldiers while he questioned General Blue.
• Master Roshi, Yamcha, Krillin, Bulma, and Blonde Launch quickly overwhelmed the soldiers as General Blue attacked He-El.
• He-El pinned General Blue face-first to the ground with one hand, evaded his attacks, and forced him to answer questions.
• General Blue revealed that he was about to give the location of the Red Ribbon Army headquarters, then tried to paralyze He-El with his psychic ability.
• He-El dispelled General Blue’s psychic attack and kept him pinned as the others defeated every soldier.
• General Blue, shaken by the silence after the battle, asked who He-El and the others were.

He-El and the others defeated General Blue’s soldiers, and He-El subdued General Blue despite his burst of strength. He-El threatened to kill him unless he revealed the Red Ribbon Army headquarters, and General Blue began to give up its location.

• Master Roshi, Yamcha, Krillin, and Blonde Launch quickly defeated General Blue’s elite soldiers while Bulma and the others emerged from cover.
• Yamcha told General Blue that He-El was the champion of the Twenty-First World Martial Arts Tournament, provoking General Blue’s fury.
• General Blue’s muscles swelled as he unleashed his strength, but He-El continued to hold him effortlessly in place.
• He-El slammed General Blue into the ground, stopping his struggle without knocking him unconscious.
• He-El demanded the location of the Red Ribbon Army headquarters and threatened to kill General Blue, who began to tell him.

After killing General Blue, He-El explained why the Red Ribbon Army officer had to die and arranged for the soldiers to be arrested. The group confirmed the location of the Red Ribbon Army headquarters, then began collecting the branch's ill-gotten wealth while they waited for West City's military.

• He-El killed General Blue, and Krillin and Bulma questioned whether the defeated officer needed to die.
• He-El explained that General Blue could have killed their weaker companions, and Krillin accepted the lesson after Master Roshi scolded him.
• He-El ordered the soldiers awakened and interrogated; they confirmed the Red Ribbon Army headquarters' location, while Bulma contacted Dr. Briefs to summon West City's military.
• Yamcha and Krillin tied up the soldiers, and He-El announced that the group would collect the branch's ill-gotten wealth before the military arrived.
• Blonde Launch led Puar and Turtle to search for valuables, while Yamcha, Krillin, and Master Roshi joined in collecting them.

He-El and his group searched the deep sea for the rumored pirate treasure and followed a hidden underwater passage. After navigating traps, they reached a harbor where an old pirate ship was moored.

• He-El identified the treasure’s likely location beneath the sea, and Bulma transformed the fighter jet into a submarine.
• Bulma piloted the group into an underwater cave, where He-El spotted signs of a hidden passage.
• The group followed the passage and found pirate skeletons and an arrow trap, which He-El helped them cross safely.
• Blonde Launch triggered a lava trap, but the group avoided it and continued onward.
• He-El and the others reached an underground harbor where an old pirate ship lay moored.

He-El and the others explored the pirates’ harbor, defeated its patrol robot, and discovered the treasure vault. They safely opened the vault’s mechanism and uncovered a huge hoard of gold, while He-El had also found a Dragon Ball on the surveillance feed.

• A patrol robot attacked Yamcha, and Yamcha and Krillin dismantled it after He-El advised them to target its joints.
• He-El found the harbor’s control room, accessed the old computer, and discovered the pirates’ treasure and a Three-Star Dragon Ball on the surveillance feed.
• He-El disabled the harbor’s self-destruct system and led everyone through the safe underwater route, warning them that the other passage led to a trap.
• Blonde Launch nearly opened the trapped golden chest, but He-El caught the statue’s flying sword and told the group to open the bronze chest instead.
• Krillin found a golden key in the bronze chest, and Bulma used it to activate the statue and open the golden chest safely.
• The Ten-Armed Goddess Statue poured out a massive hoard of gold, coins, and ornaments.