Chapter Summaries

After enduring years in a dark void, Chaya reached a giant ball of light and was reborn as a Saiyan infant on Planet Vegeta. He realized Planet Vegeta had not yet been destroyed and worried about how much time remained before the Dragon Ball story began.

• Chaya pursued a giant ball of light through the darkness, endured intense pain when he touched it, and was pulled inside as the gray energies strengthened his soul.
• A strange energy alarm sounded in Planet Vegeta’s infant incubation room, but the guards dismissed it as a faulty pod and transferred Chaya to a new one.
• After the Saiyan guards and Planet Dadar aliens left, Chaya opened his eyes and realized he had been reborn on Planet Vegeta.
• Chaya wondered how long remained before Planet Vegeta’s destruction, then read his pod’s display showing his name, intermediate aptitude, battle power of 89, and recommendation for three years of training on Planet Vegeta.

Over a month in the incubation pod, Chaya grew stronger and learned that Bardock was still young, leaving at least ten years before Planet Vegeta’s destruction. He planned to develop on Planet Vegeta before eventually going to Earth to learn its cultivation methods and become strong enough to control his own fate.

• Chaya’s battle power rose to 95 after a month in the incubation pod, placing him among the stronger Mid-Class Warriors.
• Chaya briefly met his Saiyan parents, who soon left on another mission.
• Chaya saw the young Bardock visiting a newborn with his comrades and concluded Planet Vegeta would survive for at least another ten years.
• Chaya decided not to escape to Earth immediately because he wanted to grow more and feared a spacecraft’s tracking system could expose Earth to Frieza.
• Chaya planned to complete three years of training on Planet Vegeta before going on missions and eventually seeking Earth’s cultivation methods.

After his parents died on a mission, Chaya was raised by their former comrade Adri and his wife Rebecca alongside their daughter, Selyne. Chaya pushed past the crude training methods on Planet Vegeta, and after three years he and Selyne were sent on a mission to Planet Selma.

• Rebecca and Adri took in Chaya after learning that his parents, Brent and his wife, had died during a mission, and raised him with their daughter Selyne.
• Chaya and Selyne began training at a camp for Mid-Class Warriors, where Chaya found the Saiyan training methods brutal and ineffective.
• Chaya used weights and trained under Planet Vegeta's tenfold gravity, while Selyne copied him and struggled with the added weight.
• By the end of three years, Chaya's battle power had reached 410 and Selyne's had reached 370, making them standouts among their peers.
• Adri arranged for Chaya and Selyne to undertake the same mission, targeting the remote planet Planet Selma in the southern North Galaxy.

Chaya and Selyne left Planet Vegeta on a mission to clear Planet Selma, while Chaya planned to use the trip to grow stronger. After seven months in space, they arrived and crash-landed on Selma, where both emerged from their damaged ships.

• Adri warned Chaya to stay cautious on Selma, and Rebecca asked him to take care of Selyne before they departed Planet Vegeta.
• Chaya and Selyne launched in separate spherical aircraft and began the seven-month journey to Selma.
• Chaya woke as the ships neared Selma and saw the planet’s lush, azure landscape.
• The two aircraft crashed into Selma, destroying a wide stretch of forest and leaving large impact craters.
• Chaya freed Selyne from her overturned aircraft, and she asked whether Selma was their destination.

Chaya and Selyne discovered that Selma’s natives were far stronger than expected, making their mission likely to take years. They hid their spacecraft in a cliffside shelter and went hunting for food, where they encountered an Earth Dragon.

• Chaya scanned Selma and found more than a hundred energy sources above 400 battle power, including several close to 1,000.
• Chaya told Selyne that reaching the strength needed to complete their mission could take two or three years, and Selyne promised to train hard so they could return home sooner.
• Chaya and Selyne found a valley beside a pool, carved a shelter into a cliff, and hid their spacecraft inside.
• Chaya prepared the cave as a temporary home and took Selyne hunting for food.
• Chaya and Selyne found a powerful Earth Dragon, which roared at them as they approached.

Chaya and Selyne killed an Earth Dragon, cooked and ate it, then spent the night in their cave. The next morning, Chaya began training Selyne to fight without relying on her Scouter as they hunted a target on Planet Selma.

• Selyne blasted the Earth Dragon into a battered heap, and Chaya scolded her for ruining the meat before preparing it for a meal.
• Chaya and Selyne ate the roasted Earth Dragon, and he bathed her before they slept in the cave.
• After a short night on Planet Selma, Chaya led the sleepy Selyne out to begin their activities for the day.
• Chaya detected a lone energy source with battle power 243 to the northwest and chose it as their target.
• Chaya told Selyne not to rush to kill the target or rely on her Scouter, explaining that he wanted them to train their combat skills and energy sensing.

Chaya and Selyne hunted increasingly powerful prey while training, and Chaya began to sense the flow of Ki. Two months later, they tested their progress in a fierce spar, with Chaya reaching a combat power of 550 and Selyne reaching 520.

• Chaya and Selyne found a giant saber-toothed tiger, and Selyne beat it to death after Chaya deflected its attacks.
• Chaya took Selyne hunting each day while making her train with weighted gear, and he practiced sensing Ki through meditation.
• Chaya gradually sensed energy flowing through other people's bodies as his combat power grew.
• Two months later, Chaya and Selyne clashed their energy attacks during a spar, devastating the plain around them.
• Chaya's combat power reached 550, while Selyne's reached 520.

On a full-moon night, Selyne transformed into a rampaging Great Ape while Chaya avoided transforming by cutting off his own tail. After Selyne’s power surged beyond his ability to match, Chaya lured her away from their spacecraft and was badly injured, leaving him searching for a chance to cut off her tail.

• When Selyne saw the full moon, she began transforming, and Chaya cut off his own tail to prevent his Great Ape transformation.
• Selyne became a giant ape with a battle power of 9370 and attacked Chaya with energy blasts.
• Chaya lured Selyne away from the cave and their hidden spacecraft into a vast forest.
• Selyne struck Chaya with rocks and then sent him crashing into an exposed rock, seriously injuring him.
• Chaya remained determined to find a chance to cut off Selyne’s tail.

Chaya fought Selyne after she transformed into a Giant Ape, and a newly awakened time-related power let him sever her tail and end the rampage. Badly injured, he wondered whether the mysterious Dark Space had given him the Blue World ability as Selyne woke to the devastation.

• Chaya attacked the Giant Ape and fired a Ki Blast, then used the explosion as cover to approach its tail.
• The Giant Ape caught Chaya, smashed him into the ground, and nearly stomped him to death.
• A Blue World appeared to freeze everything around Chaya while his remaining energy rapidly drained.
• Chaya escaped the Giant Ape’s grasp and severed its tail with a Ki Blade, causing it to return to Selyne’s form.
• Chaya reflected on the Blue World as a possible time-stopping power linked to the Dark Space, while Selyne woke and saw the ruined battlefield.

After Selyne helped the badly injured Chaya back to their cave, he explained that her full-moon transformation into a Giant Ape had caused the destruction and their battle. Chaya began recuperating and left Selyne in charge of their tasks, warning her to stay alert for other dangerous transforming lifeforms.

• Selyne found Chaya wounded and helped him return to their cave through the devastated valley.
• Chaya checked that their two spherical spacecraft had survived, then asked Selyne to gather food and dry grass while he recovered.
• Chaya explained that full-moon light transformed Saiyans with tails into Giant Apes and revealed that Selyne's Giant Ape form had injured him.
• Selyne sobbed and apologized, but Chaya comforted her and explained that removing her tail would prevent another transformation.
• Chaya warned Selyne to be cautious around lifeforms that could become dangerous after transforming, then began planning to recover and reflect on combat.

Four months after nearly dying, Chaya had recovered and developed time-freezing and spatial teleportation powers while his and Selyne’s battle power continued to grow. He warned her that returning to Planet Vegeta could expose them to King Vegeta and Frieza, and he focused on perfecting Instant Transmission so they could reach Earth without being detected.

• Chaya’s battle power rose to 1,700, and he confirmed that he could freeze time for three seconds or teleport within ten kilometers.
• Selyne brought home a giant wild boar, and Chaya roasted it while she asked when they would return to Planet Vegeta.
• Chaya explained that their unusually high battle power could make King Vegeta see them as threats and warned that Frieza might target them over the Super Saiyan legend.
• Chaya told Selyne to avoid using Scouters and said he knew a place where they could learn to conceal their energy.
• Selyne trained while Chaya practiced Instant Transmission, hoping to perfect it well enough to travel to Earth without a spaceship or attracting Frieza’s attention.

After more than three years of training on Planet Selma, Chaya decided to take Selyne to Earth, where he hoped to study its martial arts. They arrived after a dangerous interstellar use of Instant Transmission, and Chaya planned to find a settlement and begin training.

• Chaya reached 2,530 battle power and demonstrated his new psychic technique, Space Slash, before deciding it was time to leave Planet Selma.
• Chaya told Selyne they would travel to Earth using Instant Transmission, and they stored their spacecraft and sealed the cave where they had lived.
• Chaya used Instant Transmission to carry Selyne across space, making several planetary stops before they reached Earth nearly exhausted.
• Selyne questioned whether Earth's weak gravity and low battle power could offer worthwhile training, but Chaya insisted its martial arts could help them defeat even Frieza.
• Chaya proposed that they find an inhabited place, change clothes, and look for somewhere to train.

Chaya and Selyne arrived in a human town, where Chaya guided Selyne to trade for clothes and supplies instead of taking them by force. They then flew to Korin's Holy Land to seek Korin's Ki training and Senzu Beans, arriving before the towering Korin Tower.

• Chaya and Selyne entered a remote human town, where Selyne was surprised by the humans' resemblance to Saiyans but mocked their low battle power.
• Chaya stopped Selyne from stealing, hunted rare beasts, and traded their pelts for money to buy clothes and daily necessities.
• After changing into local clothes, Chaya told Selyne they were headed to Korin's Holy Land to learn Ki and obtain Senzu Beans.
• Chaya and Selyne flew to Korin's Holy Land and marveled at Korin Tower as it rose into the clouds.

Chaya and Selyne reached Korin Tower seeking help to learn to control their Ki, impressing Korin with their immense power. Kami invited them to the Sacred Temple, where he gave them weighted uniforms to begin their training; the fifteenfold gravity immediately strained both Saiyans.

• Chaya and Selyne rapidly climbed Korin Tower, alarming Korin and Kami with their powerful Ki.
• Chaya asked Korin for guidance in controlling their Ki, and both he and Selyne demonstrated their strength.
• Korin admitted his methods required starting from the beginning, so Kami offered to help them at the Sacred Temple.
• Chaya and Selyne flew to the Sacred Temple with Kami, Korin, and Mr. Popo, who brought out weighted uniforms.
• Chaya and Selyne put on the uniforms, and the fifteenfold gravity made their movements labored.

Chaya and Selyne trained under Korin at the Sacred Temple, learning to control their strength and movements while trying to steal the water bottle without ringing their bells. Chaya nearly succeeded, and Korin recognized how exceptional the two were as Selyne grew more impressed with Earth's teachings.

• Kami entrusted Chaya and Selyne to Mr. Popo and Korin, who began their training by teaching them to seize a water bottle without making their bells ring.
• Chaya and Selyne repeatedly failed to take the bottle, but over six or seven days they steadily refined their control and learned to keep the bells quiet.
• Korin struck Chaya and Selyne to demonstrate how poor breathing and unnecessary movement created openings, then instructed them to calm their hearts and regulate their breathing.
• Chaya attacked Korin with a sudden change of posture and nearly grabbed the bottle, but Korin moved his staff and kicked him away.
• Korin marveled at Chaya's near success, while Selyne reflected on Korin's teachings and delighted in Earth's martial arts.

After completing Korin’s training, Chaya and Selyne removed their weighted clothes and revealed how much stronger they had become. Chaya told Korin that the Saiyans were only an upper-middle-tier race, leaving him worried about Earth’s place in the universe.

• Chaya and Selyne improved rapidly under Korin’s training and learned to conceal their auras and control their Ki.
• Chaya and then Selyne snatched the water bottle from Korin, completing the training.
• Chaya removed his weighted clothes and unleashed an immense aura that shook the Sacred Temple, forcing Korin to tell him to restrain it.
• Chaya realized his former strength had been hollow and that his new power was grounded in a stronger foundation.
• Korin asked how common warriors like Chaya were, and Chaya explained that he and Selyne were underage Mid-Class Saiyans with many stronger warriors in their race.
• Korin worried about Earth’s vulnerability, while Chaya reassured him that aliens generally ignored the planet as a low-level world.

Chaya and Selyne followed Mr. Popo to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to begin training under its harsh conditions. Selyne entered first, leaving Chaya to wait one day before his turn.

• Korin sent Chaya and Selyne to find Mr. Popo, then went to inform Kami about their strength.
• Mr. Popo led Chaya and Selyne through the Sacred Temple to a golden door concealing the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Mr. Popo explained that one day inside equaled one year outside and that the chamber allowed only two people at a time.
• Chaya explained the chamber's rules to Selyne and reflected on the need to grow stronger before Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta.
• Mr. Popo revealed that he had been present when the deities built the chamber and was exempt from its entry limit.
• Selyne volunteered to enter first, and Chaya agreed to wait one day before going in.

Chaya explored the Sacred Temple, asked Kami to prevent his Saiyan tail from growing back, and received guidance before heading to Korin Tower to obtain Senzu Beans. Korin found five jars of the beans for him.

• Chaya wandered through the Sacred Temple and discussed Earth's vulnerability with Kami, who worried about the planet's lack of strong fighters.
• Chaya asked Kami to stop his Saiyan tail from regrowing, and Kami used magic after Chaya cut it off.
• Chaya thanked Kami and promised to help if Earth faced trouble, then received martial arts guidance from him.
• Chaya flew to Korin Tower to ask Korin for Senzu Beans.
• Korin searched through his belongings and found five sealed jars filled with Senzu Beans.

Chaya received Korin’s entire stock of Senzu Beans and urged him to grow more, then returned to the Sacred Temple thinking about the risks of Ultra Divine Water. He left open the possibility of having his potential unlocked safely by Namek’s Grand Elder instead.

• Chaya tried a Senzu Bean and experienced how it restored his hunger, energy, and condition.
• Korin gave Chaya all five jars of Senzu Beans, which Chaya stored in his Dimensional Space.
• Korin explained that the beans required Sacred Water and that his small fields produced only about a hundred beans a year.
• Chaya urged Korin to expand the Senzu Bean fields, and Korin agreed to try.
• Chaya returned to the Sacred Temple, regretted forgetting to ask about Ultra Divine Water, and decided its risks might outweigh its benefits.

After a year in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Selyne emerged with immense power, leaving Chaya eager to train and catch up. Chaya gave her Senzu Beans before returning to the chamber, and Selyne watched him go in anticipation.

• Chaya tried to imitate Mr. Popo’s state of mind while training at the Sacred Temple.
• Selyne emerged from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and her overwhelming aura revealed that her strength had risen close to ten thousand.
• Chaya congratulated Selyne on her progress, and the two teased each other about who would become stronger.
• Chaya gave Selyne a pouch of Senzu Beans and explained their healing properties and ability to stave off hunger.
• Chaya returned to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, promising to surpass Selyne, while she watched him leave with anticipation.