Chapter Summaries

Goku fought Fortune Teller Baba’s fifth warrior, who used the Kamehameha and proved strong enough to match him. After their fierce battle, the warrior revealed himself as Goku’s Grandpa.

• He-El sent Goku to fight the final opponent, and Fortune Teller Baba moved the match to the outdoor arena at the warrior’s request.
• Goku and the fifth warrior exchanged powerful attacks, neither gaining the upper hand.
• The fifth warrior fired a Kamehameha at Goku, and Goku countered with his own Kamehameha.
• After the blast clash, the fifth warrior stopped fighting and told Goku he had grown up.
• Goku recognized the fifth warrior as Grandpa when he removed his mask.

Goku reunited with his grandfather, Son Gohan, who explained that he could visit the living world for only one day and did not want to be revived. After Son Gohan returned to the underworld, Fortune Teller Baba revealed her connection to Master Roshi and prepared to locate the final Dragon Ball.

• Goku joyfully embraced Son Gohan, and Fortune Teller Baba explained that she had brought him from the underworld for one day.
• Goku showed Son Gohan the Dragon Balls and told him about his adventures, but Son Gohan said he preferred life in the underworld and did not want to be revived.
• Goku accepted his grandfather's choice, and Son Gohan said goodbye before returning to the underworld.
• Fortune Teller Baba explained that Master Roshi was her younger brother and that she had learned Goku's identity through him.
• He-El told Fortune Teller Baba that Master Roshi had helped defeat and reform the Red Ribbon Army, and she praised He-El.
• Fortune Teller Baba offered to divine the location of the final Dragon Ball.

Emperor Pilaf and his companions used a shielded case and a spy satellite to search for the Dragon Balls, hoping to wish for He-El’s death. When Fortune Teller Baba’s vision revealed their base to He-El and the others, Pilaf panicked and fled, abandoning the Dragon Ball.

• Emperor Pilaf resolved to collect the Dragon Balls and wish for He-El to die, and he concealed the One-Star Dragon Ball in a shielding case.
• Ashu and Mai reported that their satellite could locate the other Dragon Balls, and Emperor Pilaf ordered them to show its feed.
• The satellite displayed He-El, Goku, Yamcha, Puar, Krillin, and Fortune Teller Baba, while Baba’s crystal ball showed the building where the remaining One-Star Dragon Ball was hidden.
• Emperor Pilaf realized He-El’s group had found his base and rejected Mai’s suggestion to set traps.
• Emperor Pilaf ordered Ashu to throw away the Dragon Ball and case, then escaped with Ashu and Mai in a fighter plane.

He-El and his friends set out to find the last Dragon Ball, agreeing that He-El would use the wish since none of the others wanted one. After they left, Fortune Teller Baba's divination revealed a terrifying figure amid the wreckage of planets and dead cosmic creatures, and she wondered whether it was connected to He-El's coming wish.

• Goku offered to help retrieve the last Dragon Ball, and He-El agreed to make the wish once they found it.
• Yamcha, Puar, Krillin, and Bulma said they had no wishes of their own, so He-El accepted his turn.
• Fortune Teller Baba asked to divine He-El's future, and He-El gave her several strands of hair.
• Bulma asked Fortune Teller Baba to divine her future with He-El's, but Fortune Teller Baba refused and urged them to find the Dragon Balls.
• He-El and the others left in a Hoi-Poi Capsule fighter jet, heading south to search for the last Dragon Ball.
• Fortune Teller Baba's divination burned He-El's hair and showed her a cold, domineering figure surrounded by planetary wreckage and dead cosmic creatures.

He-El and the others reached Emperor Pilaf’s abandoned base, where they searched for the final Dragon Ball. Krillin found a sealed steel box that resisted Bulma’s tools and the group’s attacks, leaving them unable to open it.

• He-El led the group into the empty base after finding traces that Emperor Pilaf and his companions had fled with the last Dragon Ball.
• He-El explained that Pilaf had likely escaped after realizing the group had gathered the other six Dragon Balls and was closing in.
• The group split up to search the base, and Krillin found a suspicious locked steel box in the command room.
• Bulma tried drilling and sawing open the box, but it held firm.
• Goku and Yamcha struck the box and used Kamehameha, but only scratched its surface.

He-El gathered the seven Dragon Balls and asked Shenron to place all the universe’s knowledge in his mind, but Shenron could not grant the full request. He-El instead received all the knowledge Shenron knew or could search for, and the Dragon Balls scattered afterward.

• He-El opened Emperor Pilaf’s indestructible box with Ki and found the One-Star Dragon Ball inside.
• Goku gave He-El his Dragon Balls, and He-El assembled all seven before summoning Shenron.
• He-El asked Shenron for all knowledge in the universe, but Shenron said he could not grant that wish.
• He-El changed his wish to receive all the knowledge Shenron knew and could search for, and Shenron transmitted it into his mind.
• Shenron granted the revised wish, then returned to the Dragon Balls as they scattered across the sky.

He-El meditated after Shenron’s knowledge overwhelmed his Adaptive Body, organizing it into the body’s foundational genetic information. As the Adaptive Body adapted to the Dragon Ball Universe, it began returning to an innate state and He-El’s battle power started to rise.

• He-El reassured Bulma, Yamcha, Goku, Krillin, and Puar that Shenron’s knowledge had overloaded his mind, then asked them to guard him while he meditated.
• He-El entered Emperor Pilaf’s base and used Ki to sort through the knowledge Shenron had transmitted.
• He-El realized that the Adaptive Body could grow strongest by absorbing a universe’s knowledge and using it to understand that universe’s operating logic.
• The Adaptive Body incorporated Shenron’s knowledge into its foundational genes, greatly deepening its accumulated foundation.
• He-El’s veins receded as his Adaptive Body began generating Ki instinctively and returning from acquired nature to innate nature.
• The first cell returned to its innate state, and He-El’s battle power began to rise.

After receiving Shenron’s knowledge, He-El’s Adaptive Body completed a second major adaptation, developing instinctive Ki and surging to 882 combat power. He left the room after fifteen minutes, reassuring the worried Goku and Bulma that he had recovered.

• Shenron’s transmitted knowledge became embedded in He-El’s Adaptive Body, strengthening its foundation and making Ki production instinctive.
• He-El’s combat power rose from 120 to 882 as his body adapted, and he shaped golden Ki into a lifelike tiger before dissolving it back into his palm.
• He-El concluded that his fused body and will already understood Ki techniques instinctively and decided to focus on high-gravity training.
• Goku and Bulma saw He-El emerge after fifteen minutes, and he told them he was fine.
• Bulma felt relieved but complained that Shenron had made He-El suffer and vowed to scold him next time.

Fortune Teller Baba warned Master Roshi that her repeated divinations showed He-El ruling the starry sky amid enormous bloodshed. Master Roshi admitted He-El was already far stronger than him, leaving them uncertain whether He-El would become the tyrant Baba foresaw.

• Fortune Teller Baba angrily confronted Master Roshi for missing her calls while he was photographing Major General Violet in various outfits.
• Fortune Teller Baba told Master Roshi that her divinations showed He-El seated on a throne of bones as countless beings submitted to him.
• Master Roshi doubted that He-El would become evil, recalling his peaceful conduct and his transformation of the Red Ribbon Army into a righteous army.
• Fortune Teller Baba urged Master Roshi to take precautions, but he said He-El was far too powerful for him to restrain.
• Fortune Teller Baba warned that He-El's power and the wish Shenron had likely granted him could make him terrifying if he lost his resolve.

He-El organized the Red Ribbon Army’s rebuilding and prepared to visit Korin Tower with Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, and Puar. Before they left, Master Roshi revealed that Fortune Teller Baba had foreseen He-El becoming a cosmic emperor who slaughtered countless beings, but He-El concluded that vision could not determine his future.

• He-El designed a new undersea base, put Turtle in charge of its construction, and restarted the Red Ribbon Army’s food and vehicle production.
• Bulma took charge of manufacturing, while Master Roshi, Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, Puar, and the two Launches each took on training, logistics, or law-enforcement duties.
• He-El appointed Rabbit Can-Can, Bulma, Master Roshi, Turtle, and the Launches to manage the army’s affairs before planning his trip to Korin Tower.
• He-El asked Master Roshi why he had seemed conflicted since He-El returned to headquarters.
• Master Roshi told He-El that Fortune Teller Baba had predicted he would dominate the stars as Cosmic Emperor and slaughter countless beings.
• He-El said Fortune Teller Baba’s vision could not be his future because his choices in this universe were his own.

He-El explained to Master Roshi that Fortune Teller Baba may have divined the future of a parallel-universe copy of him, one who would seek to rule the universe. He-El wondered how the Dragon Ball universe could already have parallel timelines before Trunks arrived, but decided to keep training.

• Master Roshi questioned whether Fortune Teller Baba had mistaken He-El for someone else, and He-El explained that universes could create parallel copies of him.
• He-El told Master Roshi that parallel universes could contain evil versions of people such as Bulma, Yamcha, Goku, and Krillin, and said he had no interest in ruling or slaughtering anyone.
• Master Roshi concluded that Baba had probably seen the future of He-El's parallel-universe copy, and He-El agreed that this was likely.
• He-El recalled how Trunks's time travel had split Dragon Ball's timeline, creating a future where the Z Fighters survived alongside Trunks's unchanged future.
• He-El wondered whether someone had already traveled through time or otherwise created a parallel universe, then resolved to continue training.

Master Roshi worried that Parallel Universe versions of He-El might threaten their world, so He-El reassured him that he would defend Earth and agreed to a Flying Nimbus test. He-El rode the cloud despite his violent past, leaving him puzzled by what Master Roshi said about his unchanged heart.

• He-El explained that Fortune Teller Baba's divination had connected their universe to Parallel Universes, making her vision of him as Cosmic Emperor a vision of another version of him.
• Master Roshi asked whether a Parallel Universe He-El might invade, and He-El promised to stop him and protect Earth with Goku, Krillin, and Yamcha.
• Master Roshi asked He-El to ride the Flying Nimbus to address his concerns, and He-El agreed.
• Master Roshi failed to ride the Flying Nimbus, but He-El sat on it successfully.
• Master Roshi suggested He-El could ride because he had kept his original heart, leaving He-El stunned and questioning what that meant.

He-El reflected on his desire to protect what he had and planned to take Yamcha, Goku, and Krillin to Korin Tower for training. After Master Roshi explained the truth about the Ultra Divine Water and described Kami's Lookout, He-El set out with Yamcha, Puar, Goku, and Krillin, preparing for a possible encounter with a parallel-universe version of himself.

• He-El considered how his past powerlessness had shaped his wish to grow stronger and protect others.
• He-El told Master Roshi he planned to train Yamcha, Goku, and Krillin at Korin Tower and hoped to use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber at Kami's Lookout.
• Master Roshi explained that the Ultra Divine Water was ordinary water and that climbing Korin Tower and taking Korin's bottle was what strengthened challengers.
• Master Roshi pointed out that Kami's Lookout above Korin Tower might offer He-El more worthwhile training.
• He-El gathered Yamcha, Puar, Goku, and Krillin, said farewell to Master Roshi and the others, and led them toward Korin Tower while teaching them to fly.

He-El taught Goku, Yamcha, Krillin, and Puar training methods suited to their bodies and showed them how to fly. After five days of travel, the group reached Korin Tower, where Goku reunited with Bora and Upa.

• He-El taught Goku the Ultimate Qi Training Technique, designed around his Saiyan ability to grow stronger after recovering from near-death injuries.
• He-El gave Yamcha and Krillin the Sole Self, Myriad Phenomena Technique and taught Puar the Eightfold Transformation Technique.
• He-El taught the group to fly and refine their Ki control, and they each learned to fly at different speeds and with varying success.
• The five companions flew toward Korin Tower and arrived after five days of travel.
• Goku called out to Bora and Upa at the tower's base, and they stared at him in astonishment.

Goku brought He-El, Yamcha, Puar, and Krillin to visit Bora and Upa beneath Korin Tower, where the group prepared for a welcoming feast. He-El gave Upa a cultivation technique that could eventually let him fly, and the hunters returned with their prey.

• Goku landed with his companions and introduced them to Bora and Upa, while Krillin mistakenly thought Upa was a girl and apologized after learning he was a boy.
• Bora, Goku, Yamcha, and Krillin set off separately to hunt, deciding to compete over who could catch the largest prey.
• He-El gave Upa part of the Sole Self, Myriad Phenomena Technique and told him that diligent cultivation could let him fly.
• Upa, Puar, and He-El gathered firewood and prepared seasonings for the feast.
• Goku, Yamcha, Krillin, and Bora returned from hunting.

Goku, Yamcha, Krillin, and Puar gathered beneath Korin Tower to prepare for the climb, while Bora warned them of its dangers and recalled his own failed attempt. Goku vowed to reach the top, stirring Bora’s memories of the aspiration he once held.

• Goku, Yamcha, Krillin, and Bora returned from hunting, and He-El, Puar, and Upa joined them for a campfire meal.
• Bora warned the group that climbers had died after losing hope while trying to reach Korin Tower’s unseen summit.
• Goku, Yamcha, Puar, and Krillin each resolved to face the climb, while He-El silently prepared to help Puar if needed.
• Bora remembered falling from the tower as a young man and surviving only by gripping it with his broken arms.
• Goku stood beneath Korin Tower and vowed to climb to the top, reminding Bora of his own youthful ambition.

He-El, Goku, Yamcha, Krillin, and Puar began climbing Korin Tower after Bora and Upa wished them luck. Five hours into the ascent, Puar reached his limit and rested in He-El’s hoodie while the others continued climbing at different paces.

• He-El told the group to conserve their strength, and Goku, Yamcha, Krillin, Puar, and He-El started climbing Korin Tower.
• He-El offered Puar the hood of his hoodie as a place to rest when he ran out of strength.
• Bora and Upa watched the climbers disappear into the clouds, then set out to prepare cushioned landing spots in case anyone fell.
• After five hours, Yamcha struggled through strong winds and thin air while Goku climbed far ahead, and Krillin kept a steady pace behind them.
• Puar exhausted himself, flew down into He-El’s hood, apologized for stopping, and fell asleep.

He-El checked on Krillin and Yamcha as they climbed Korin Tower, encouraging them to keep their own pace while he effortlessly ascended. He left Krillin determined to continue and headed toward Goku, while reflecting that Tien Shinhan was the warrior he admired most.

• He-El praised Krillin for conserving his strength, explained how he used adhesive Ki to climb, and warned him to keep going despite the dangerous height.
• Krillin overcame his fear of the drop and continued climbing steadily according to He-El's instructions.
• He-El caught up with Yamcha and praised him for not wasting stamina trying to catch Goku.
• Yamcha declared that he and the others would keep pursuing martial arts and eventually meet Goku at the top; He-El encouraged his determination.
• He-El reflected on Yamcha's risk of losing confidence, judged Tien Shinhan to have the strongest commitment to the martial path, and continued upward to catch Goku.

He-El reached Korin Tower ahead of Goku and confronted Korin, who feared He-El’s strength and tried to trick him with Super Divine Water. He-El revealed that he was friends with Master Roshi, leaving Korin terrified and uncertain.

• He-El raced ahead of Goku and reached Korin Tower’s summit in minutes.
• He-El met Korin, who was wary after seeing how quickly he had climbed the tower.
• He-El demanded warm Ultra Divine Water and threatened to eat Korin if he could not provide it.
• Korin panicked and claimed Super Divine Water could awaken He-El’s hidden potential, concealing its deadly poison.
• When He-El asked about side effects, Korin denied there were any and sweated nervously.
• He-El told Korin that he and Master Roshi were friends, then laughed.

He-El reached Korin Tower, won Korin over with a gift of fish foods, and learned about the path to Kami's Lookout. He decided to wait for Goku, Yamcha, and Krillin so he could borrow Goku's Ruyi Bang and ascend.

• He-El introduced himself as Master Roshi's friend and gave Korin a large assortment of fish foods, which Korin eagerly accepted.
• Korin explained that Super Divine Water could awaken a person's potential but had killed fourteen people who drank it.
• He-El asked Korin to continue training Goku, Yamcha, and Krillin, and Korin agreed.
• Korin told He-El that Kami's Lookout was hidden behind a barrier and that Goku's Ruyi Bang could open the way from the top of Korin Tower.
• He-El chose to wait for Goku, Yamcha, and Krillin, and Korin gave him a Senzu Bean while guarding his dried fish.