Chapter Summaries

Piccolo defeated Krillin in the first semifinal after Krillin pushed him with a fierce aerial fight. The victory sent Piccolo closer to a possible final against Son Goku.

• Piccolo warned Krillin to concede, but Krillin entered the arena determined to test the gap between them.
• Krillin told the host he expected to lose, and Piccolo's killing intent frightened the host and audience.
• Krillin attacked Piccolo with a rapid barrage of punches, but Piccolo blocked every strike with one hand.
• Krillin used afterimages and a curving Kamehameha to drive Piccolo down from the sky, but Piccolo countered with a Demon Light Cannon.
• Piccolo slammed Krillin into the arena and knocked him unconscious, and the host declared Piccolo the winner.

Goku and Piccolo fought in the final of the twenty-second World Martial Arts Tournament, trading devastating attacks in the sky. As Master Roshi watched Goku surpass him, He-El revealed that his own battle power was 130,000 compared with Goku’s 300, and the fight remained unresolved.

• Piccolo defeated Krillin, and Goku quickly eliminated Bababu to reach the tournament final.
• He-El told the audience that Goku and Piccolo were rivals who often sparred evenly before Goku and Piccolo entered the ring.
• Goku and Piccolo charged at each other, and their clash sent shockwaves through the arena.
• Piccolo used stretching limbs and several ki attacks, but Goku evaded them and continued attacking.
• Piccolo used Demon Light Cannon to damage Goku’s fused Ki and body, then both fighters traded powerful ki waves in the sky.
• Master Roshi realized Goku had surpassed him, and He-El revealed his battle power was 130,000 while Goku’s was around 300.

Goku and Piccolo fought a fierce, exhausting final match in the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, while He-El protected the spectators from stray Ki blasts. Goku defeated Piccolo and was announced as the tournament champion.

• Goku and Piccolo traded blows and Ki blasts as their battle intensified above the arena.
• Master Roshi asked He-El to protect the spectators, and He-El destroyed stray blasts before they could hit the stands.
• Goku was distracted by the danger to the spectators, allowing Piccolo to batter him until Piccolo's strength began to fade.
• Goku caught Piccolo's fist, threw him into the arena, and waited as they continued fighting through the dust.
• Goku punched the exhausted Piccolo out of the arena, and Son Goku was declared the champion of the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament.

After Goku won the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, the group celebrated over a meal funded by his prize money. Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu joined He-El, with Tien Shinhan determined to learn He-El’s martial arts and eventually defeat him.

• Goku celebrated his championship by offering to treat everyone, and Bulma kept a photograph of the group backstage.
• Tien Shinhan thanked He-El for returning Crane Hermit and Tao Bai Bai’s bodies and decided to study under him.
• Master Roshi welcomed Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu, believing He-El could guide them onto a better path.
• Tien Shinhan vowed to defeat He-El, while Yamcha, Goku, and Piccolo challenged him to surpass them first.
• He-El invited Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu to join the group at the restaurant, and Tien followed them.

He-El trained Goku and the others at Kami's Lookout before spending 365 years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, where his battle power reached 208,621. Dissatisfied with his progress, he decided to leave Earth and explore the universe before aliens arrived.

• After the group returned to the Red Ribbon Army Headquarters, Tien Shinhan reconsidered his desire for revenge against He-El as they worked to protect humanity.
• He-El brought Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu to Kami's Lookout and spent two months teaching them and the others, during which Goku's tail grew back.
• Piccolo exploited Goku's tail weakness in sparring, while Goku began training to overcome it.
• After the Senzu Beans were ready, He-El took ten and spent 365 years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, eating his supply of high-energy capsules.
• He-El reached 208,621 battle power, judged his training too slow, and decided to leave Earth to explore the universe.

After spending a year outside Earth in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, He-El emerged and decided to explore the universe for greater knowledge and training resources. He reunited with his friends, then learned that King Kai wanted to see him.

• He-El reflected that Earth Shenron's knowledge was insufficient and considered seeking Porunga's knowledge on Namek to develop restorative food.
• Kami was astonished that He-El had endured 365 years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and returned its control to Kami.
• He-El explained that the chamber had become inefficient for his training because recovering without Senzu Beans or high-energy capsules took too long.
• Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, Puar, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Piccolo welcomed He-El, who reviewed their progress and gave them training advice.
• When He-El was about to ask Kami for Namek's coordinates, Kami told him that King Kai wanted to see him.

He-El questioned a god about King Kai’s request while reviewing the Dragon Ball Universe’s divine hierarchy and the duties of its gods. He ended by reflecting that even Zeno, despite his power to erase universes, could not surpass the limits of time.

• He-El wondered why King Kai wanted to see him and recalled that Zeno ruled over the twelve universes.
• He-El reviewed how the Gods of Destruction and Supreme Kais shared responsibility for each universe’s destruction and development, with Angels assisting them.
• He-El recalled that Beerus had neglected his duties and relied on Frieza to destroy planets, while Frieza used the commission to build his empire.
• He-El remembered that Buu had killed four Supreme Kais, leaving Shin as the sole successor, whose survival also kept the God of Destruction alive.
• He-El outlined the lower ranks of the divine order, including the King Kais, Galactic King, King Yemma, and planetary gods.
• He-El concluded that Zeno seemed like an oversized God of Destruction because his power could not overcome the limits of time.

He-El told Kami that he planned to leave Earth in search of powerful restorative food and asked him for Planet Namek’s coordinates. Kami grew wary as He-El revealed that his foreknowledge included future events involving Earth and Namek, and the chapter ended with Kami reflecting on his troubled past and homeland.

• He-El considered his control over his own universe and concluded that Zeno was not truly supreme because he could not control time.
• Kami told He-El that King Kai wanted to meet him, and He-El agreed while explaining that he planned to travel beyond Earth in search of restorative food.
• He-El warned Kami that aliens would invade Earth in seven years and said he had gathered and trained the future defenders to prepare them.
• He-El asked Kami for Planet Namek’s coordinates, and Kami became tense when He-El said his knowledge of the future also concerned Namek.
• Kami recalled his childhood escape from Namek, his rise to become Earth's God, and the history of his connection to King Piccolo.

He-El told Kami that Planet Namek and its people were at greater risk because his changes to Earth’s fighters might prevent them from confronting Frieza, and promised to help protect them. Kami gave He-El the damaged escape pod containing Namek’s star coordinates, which He-El planned to study and repair into a spaceship before visiting King Kai.

• Kami asked whether the Namekians would be all right, and He-El explained that Frieza would destroy Planet Namek in about eight years.
• He-El said his changes to Goku and the others might keep them from traveling to Namek and stopping Frieza, leaving the Namekians in danger.
• He-El promised to take Goku and the others to Planet Namek and help Kami’s homeland, then asked Kami for its interstellar coordinates.
• Kami offered He-El his damaged escape pod, whose star map contained coordinates that could still lead to Planet Namek.
• He-El inspected the escape pod and said its design could help him, Dr. Briefs, and Bulma develop a spaceship.
• Kami reminded He-El to meet King Kai before leaving, and He-El agreed.

Bulma heard from He-El after 392 days and misunderstood his year of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber as 365 years of aging. He-El invited her and Dr. Briefs to Kami’s Lookout to study and repair a spaceship, and they set off to meet him.

• He-El contacted Bulma and told her he had spent a year training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Bulma thought He-El had aged 365 years, broke down in tears, and rushed to Kami’s Lookout to stay by his side.
• He-El asked Bulma to bring Dr. Briefs so they could study and repair a spaceship, but Bulma said she would come without her father.
• He-El contacted Dr. Briefs, who agreed to help and flew toward Korin Tower.

Bulma reunited with He-El after his long training and learned that he planned to leave Earth to seek stronger foods and continue training. Hurt that he had contacted her only to ask for help with a spaceship, she drove him out while preparing to study it with Dr. Briefs.

• Bulma rushed to Kami's Lookout, cried in He-El's arms, and was relieved that he had not aged during his time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• He-El told Bulma he planned to repair a spaceship with her and Dr. Briefs, then pilot it away from Earth to find stronger foods.
• Bulma objected to He-El leaving, kicked the spaceship, hurt her foot, and accused him of remembering her only when he needed help.
• He-El apologized by offering to create a martial art that would keep Bulma youthful, long-lived, and beautiful forever.
• Bulma angrily pushed He-El out of the warehouse and shut the door, while He-El went to the plaza to collect Dr. Briefs.

He-El decided to leave Earth and told the warriors that powerful aliens would arrive in seven years and threaten the planet. He left them with the task of training to defend Earth before heading to speak with Kami.

• Dr. Briefs agreed to handle the spaceship with Bulma, and He-El left them to work on it.
• He-El decided to visit King Kai before leaving Earth, then told Goku and the others that he planned to depart.
• He-El urged Goku to enter the next World Martial Arts Tournament, and Goku and Piccolo committed to competing.
• He-El warned Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, Puar, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Piccolo that aliens would arrive in seven years and could destroy Earth.
• Piccolo declared that he would not allow anyone to destroy Earth, and He-El told him to ask Kami about something if he defeated the invaders.

Kami brought He-El to Other World so he could travel Snake Way to meet King Kai. He-El revealed he could cover the million-kilometer route in three minutes and sped away from Snake Head, leaving Kami and King Yemma stunned.

• Kami led He-El through the gates to Other World and explained that Snake Way led to Kais Planet.
• Kami introduced He-El to King Yemma as the person King Kai wanted to see, but King Yemma could not find He-El in his record book.
• Kami explained that He-El did not belong to the universe, and He-El estimated that he could cross Snake Way in three minutes.
• King Yemma drove Kami and He-El to Snake Head to watch He-El attempt the journey.
• He-El launched into the air with a tremendous shockwave and vanished down Snake Way while Kami and King Yemma watched in shock.

He-El reached King Kai's Planet and met North Kai, whose gravity he handled with ease. Rather than becoming a Kami, He-El asked North Kai for a blood sample so he could study the King Kais' unusual origins and nature.

• He-El arrived at King Kai's Planet and learned that North Kai managed North Galaxy and lived there with Bubbles.
• North Kai spotted He-El, stopped his car, and was surprised when He-El landed without struggling against the planet's gravity.
• North Kai told a corny joke, but He-El did not understand it, leaving their first meeting awkward until Bubbles warmed to He-El.
• North Kai offered to make He-El the Kami of a planet, but He-El said he had come only to meet him and asked for some of his blood.
• He-El considered the Core People's origins in the World Tree and their connection to the universe's workings worth studying.

He-El declined King Kai’s offer to become a planet’s Kami, but offered to recommend promising disciples for training. King Kai tried to persuade him with Kais Fist and the Spirit Bomb, while He-El judged that the techniques would offer him little compared with his own power.

• King Kai regretted that He-El would not become a Kami and explained why powerful guardians were needed to govern troubled planets.
• He-El again refused the position and offered to recommend promising disciples, including Goku, for King Kai to train.
• He-El reflected on the Spirit Bomb’s gathering and use of Ki, which he still did not fully understand despite studying Earth Shenron’s knowledge.
• King Kai agreed to consider He-El’s disciples, then offered to teach him Kais Fist and the Spirit Bomb if he accepted the Kami role.
• He-El assessed the limits and physical strain of Kais Fist, concluding that even its strongest multipliers would not make King Kai a match for him.

He-El transmitted the martial arts he had created for Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, Puar, Piccolo, and Tien Shinhan to King Kai. King Kai discovered the techniques surpassed his own and left frightened by their potential to approach the power of the universe itself.

• He-El offered to show King Kai the martial arts he had taught his disciples, and King Kai hoped to trade his Kais Fist and Spirit Bomb for them.
• He-El transmitted the Ultimate Qi Training Technique, Forest of Myriad Forms Technique, Eightfold Transformation Technique, Everlasting Life Technique, and Hundred Heads, Thousand Arms Firmament-Destroying Divine Eye Technique to King Kai.
• King Kai examined the techniques and found that the Ultimate Qi Training Technique contained combat methods superior to the Kais Fist and encompassed its abilities.
• King Kai realized that all the martial arts could potentially reach a level of power approaching the universe's operating logic.
• King Kai grew terrified as he imagined what villains might do if they obtained and mastered He-El's techniques.

King Kai recognized the terrifying potential of He-El’s five martial arts and agreed to guide the students who had learned them. After discussing future threats and sharing Kais Fist and the Spirit Bomb, He-El spent two days with King Kai before leaving Kais Planet along Snake Way.

• King Kai concluded that He-El’s five techniques could let their practitioners control the universe’s laws, and He-El asked him to guide the students and keep them on the right path.
• Moved by He-El’s trust, King Kai cut his wrist to offer blood, but He-El healed him and gave him a high-energy capsule after he fainted.
• King Kai’s pets, monkey pet Bubbles and grasshopper Bubbles, attacked He-El, then apologized after King Kai explained that He-El had not hurt him.
• He-El and King Kai discussed preparing Goku and the others for enemies expected in seven years, and King Kai gave He-El Kais Fist and the Spirit Bomb.
• He-El adjusted Kais Fist to reduce its side effects, studied the Spirit Bomb, and asked King Kai about high-energy foods and Senzu Bean-like treasures.
• After two days of conversation, He-El bid King Kai farewell and ran back along Snake Way.

He-El returned from King Kai’s planet and spent a month training Goku and the others while Bulma and Dr. Briefs built a spaceship. The ship was completed, leaving He-El ready to continue his plans beyond Earth.

• He-El returned to Kami’s Lookout after meeting King Kai and arranged for King Kai and Kami to train Goku and the other children.
• He-El left Bulma and Dr. Briefs to build a spaceship, while Bulma remained upset with him and hid her feelings behind work.
• He-El trained Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, Piccolo, and Tien Shinhan for a month, teaching them cultivation techniques and explaining the gap between battle power and combat wisdom.
• He-El refined each student’s martial arts progress, and the group grew stronger through training and sparring with him.
• One month later, Bulma and Dr. Briefs completed the spaceship.

He-El prepared Bulma's Azure Star for space travel and said farewell to Bulma's family and his friends before leaving Earth for Planet Namek. He left Kami responsible for Goku and the others and departed into the universe alone.

• Dr. Briefs showed He-El the upgraded spaceship Bulma had designed and explained that it was called Bulma's Azure Star.
• He-El tested the ship and stocked it with food, high-energy capsules, repair tools, and houses for the journey.
• He-El could not find Bulma, and Dr. Briefs explained that she had hidden her Ki because she did not want to see He-El.
• He-El said goodbye to Kami and agreed to visit Planet Namek and help with its future crisis.
• He-El encouraged Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, Puar, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu before boarding the ship and flying into space.

He-El traveled through space to inspect troubled planets and discussed helping North Kai recruit and train worthy protectors using He-El’s martial arts. North Kai began planning a training system, while He-El noticed Bulma was hiding aboard the ship.

• He-El piloted Bulma's Sky-Blue Star away from Earth toward planets where wars and the deaths of their Kami threatened their survival.
• North Kai described the damage caused by a killer who had slain a planet's Kami and asked He-El to help him find powerful protectors.
• He-El suggested North Kai recruit people with good character, teach them the martial arts in stages, and send them home to guard their planets.
• North Kai agreed to train protectors and asked He-El to send promising candidates to King Yemma in the Other World.
• North Kai decided to discuss turning Snake Way into a test and training ground with King Yemma, then ended the telepathic call.
• He-El looked out at space and asked Bulma how much longer she intended to hide.