Chapter Summaries

Mei Ling broke through to Super Saiyan while fighting Rudel on Red Mountain Star, gaining the power to defeat him. Chaya revealed he had secretly protected her transformation, and the story left the battle ongoing as the Saiyans worried their planet could not survive it.

• Rudel attacked Mei Ling to stop her from transforming, but Chaya secretly shielded her from the blasts.
• Mei Ling became a Super Saiyan, and her power rose from six million to three hundred million.
• Mei Ling and Rudel began a fierce battle across Red Mountain Star while Adri and the other Saiyans watched.
• Chaya appeared and explained that he had returned earlier, hidden himself, and let Rudel push Mei Ling toward her breakthrough.
• Chaya said Mei Ling greatly outmatched Rudel, but warned that their battle could destroy Red Mountain Star.

Mei Ling defeated Rudel after transforming into a Super Saiyan, while Chaya intervened to stop his final attack and kill him. The group returned from the devastated Red Mountain Star, and Chaya considered using the Dragon Balls to strengthen the planet.

• Rudel tried to escape Mei Ling, but she intercepted him and continued their fight.
• Chaya transformed into a Super Saiyan and joined Mei Ling, leaving Rudel stunned by the presence of two Super Saiyans.
• Mei Ling fatally wounded Rudel with an energy blade, and Chaya crushed his skull when he tried to attack her afterward.
• Mei Ling kissed Chaya before separating into Selyne and Myers, who lost the ability to fly; Chaya caught them.
• Chaya and the others returned to assess the damage to Red Mountain Star, and Chaya considered using the Dragon Balls to strengthen it.

After the battle, Chaya oversaw Red Mountain Star’s recovery and gathered his companions on a remote planet to use the Crystal Dragon Balls to strengthen the planet’s core. The group prepared to summon Golden Flame Shenron, while Launch eagerly awaited her first glimpse of him.

• Chaya returned to the damaged Saiyan city and asked Dokla to assess the repairs, learning the buildings could be rebuilt in about seven days while the forests would take years to recover.
• Launch suggested restoring Red Mountain Star with Earth’s Dragon Balls, and Chaya told Dokla that he had killed Frieza and King Cold, prompting Dokla to thank him.
• The Fidayans rebuilt the city in seven days, while Selyne and Myers researched the Super Saiyan breakthrough and their battle power rose dramatically.
• Chaya, Selyne, Myers, Adri, Bardock, Launch, and the others traveled to a remote training planet to summon Golden Flame Shenron and strengthen Red Mountain Star’s planetary core.
• Chaya warned everyone to stay back during the summoning, while Myers told the group they would soon see why Shenron’s appearance was so impressive.

Selyne summoned Shenron and wished for Red Mountain Star to become as sturdy as Shenron could make it without disrupting life there. The group returned to find the planet restored and began testing its new durability, with Adri's energy attack stopping five meters underground.

• Chaya gave Selyne the seven Crystal Dragon Balls, and she summoned Golden Flame Shenron.
• Selyne asked Shenron to use all its power to strengthen Red Mountain Star while leaving the Saiyans' lives unaffected.
• Golden energy restored the planet's ruined land and forests and transformed its core, leaving it more durable than the Supreme Kai Realm.
• Shenron granted the wish and vanished, and Chaya caught the Dragon Balls before the group used Instant Transmission to return to Red Mountain Star.
• The group saw the restored forest, and Adri tested the ground with an energy sphere that stopped advancing after reaching five meters underground.

Chaya and Adri tested Red Mountain Star’s enhanced resistance, while Frieza recovered from his injuries on a distant administrative planet. Frieza awoke to learn that the Ancient Warrior had killed King Cold and destabilized his forces, and he demanded an account of the chaos across his territory.

• Adri and Chaya attacked Red Mountain Star and found that its defenses grew stronger in response to powerful energy blasts.
• Chaya concluded that Red Mountain Star could withstand attacks on the level of Majin Buu, at least until he reached Super Saiyan 3.
• Dodoria and Balf waited as Frieza regenerated in a recovery pod and discussed the turmoil spreading through the Frieza Force.
• Frieza awoke, left the pod, and demanded to know what the Ancient Warrior had done.
• Dodoria reported that the Ancient Warrior had destroyed Frieza Headquarters and killed King Cold, leaving the eastern forces divided.
• Frieza asked what else had happened in his territory, and Dodoria’s report made his chilling aura intensify.

Frieza stepped back from ruling the Frieza Force after his defeat by the Ancient Warrior, placing Abo and Kado in charge while ordering most of his forces to withdraw. On a planet in North Galaxy, Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz received the news and set off for the rendezvous point after finishing their mission.

• Frieza decided to train and retreat, leaving Abo and Kado to lead the Frieza Force while reducing its territory and forces.
• Frieza ordered all personnel to return to headquarters and warned that he would punish anyone who failed to report back.
• Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz rested beside a campfire, where Vegeta hid a photograph and Nappa teased Raditz about his low battle power.
• Nappa received a message that Abo and Kado had taken charge and that the Frieza Force would abandon much of its territory.
• Vegeta suspected Frieza was staging the change of command, then ordered Nappa and Raditz to finish the planet before they traveled to the specified destination.

King Davido learned that Rudel, Cooler, Frieza, and King Cold had died, then ordered a mission against Karuk and prepared to travel to Red Mountain Star. Meanwhile, Frieza handed his returning forces to Abo and Kado, while Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz watched and wondered what he was planning.

• King Davido heard that Rudel had died on Red Mountain Star and that Cooler, Frieza, and King Cold had also perished.
• King Davido ordered Avid to send a team to kill Karuk and told Ned to prepare a fleet for a five-month journey to Red Mountain Star through Galactic Patrol territory.
• Frieza appointed Abo and Kado to lead his returning subordinates and instructed Dodoria and Balf to assist them.
• Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz watched Frieza hand over his territory, and Nappa mocked Raditz when he admitted he did not know Frieza's plan.

Vegeta left Frieza’s retirement gathering with Nappa and Raditz, determined to grow stronger and eventually defeat Frieza himself. On Red Mountain Star, blonde Launch asked Chaya to let her return to Earth, and he agreed after she said her Senzu Bean work was done; Chaya dropped her off and then traveled to Peninsula City.

• Vegeta dismissed Abo and Kado as puppets and ordered Nappa and Raditz to leave the gathering and find a mission.
• Launch arrived at Chaya’s home and said she wanted to return to Earth because she was tired of living among the powerful Saiyans.
• Chaya agreed that Launch could vacation on Earth after completing her Senzu Bean duties, and Launch claimed the work was finished.
• Chaya used Instant Transmission to take Launch to Earth, where she flew off excitedly after he told her he would retrieve her when it was time to return.
• Chaya reflected that Launch’s battle power of 180 made her one of Earth’s strongest humans, then used Instant Transmission to reach Peninsula City.

Chaya reunited with Tights, who had written a novel inspired by her encounter with Vegeta and asked him for information about the North Galaxy. As Chaya agreed to provide material, Frieza was secretly training and a black fleet advanced toward the East Galaxy, unchecked by the Galactic Patrol.

• Chaya returned to his villa, where Tights arrived by Capsule Corporation aircraft and gave him her novel, The Struggle of the Black Night Prince.
• Chaya recognized the novel’s Saiyan prince as Vegeta, and Tights explained that she had met him after a spaceship collision near Floodwater Planet.
• Tights recounted how she had damaged Vegeta’s ship, taken him to a Frieza colonial planet, and survived despite his repeated threats to kill her.
• Tights asked Chaya for detailed information about Frieza, the Saiyans, and the North Galaxy for her next novel, and Chaya agreed to have the Fidayans prepare a setting guide.
• Frieza secretly trained on an unknown planet while a black fleet crossed the Galactic Patrol’s territory toward the East Galaxy, and the Patrol officers did not dare stop it.

Blonde Launch decided to become a Gobi wanderer by robbing bandits instead of ordinary travelers. She ambushed a gang of desert bandits and killed them, leaving the road clear of the gang.

• Blonde Launch grew bored of sightseeing on Earth and decided that fighting bandits would give her the free, unrestrained life she wanted.
• Blonde Launch blocked a bandit gang’s jeep and demanded that they hand over their valuables.
• The bandits mocked Blonde Launch and advanced on her, so she knocked Benny unconscious with her iron hammer.
• The bandits opened fire, but Blonde Launch deflected their bullets with her hammer.
• Blonde Launch attacked the gang and killed the remaining bandits.

Blonde Launch returned to Red Mountain Star after half a year of robbing bandits on Earth, where Korin considered training new candidates for Kami. Chaya learned that the powerful Frost Demon King Davido was heading for Red Mountain Star, and he prepared to strike first rather than wait for the attack.

• Blonde Launch robbed desert bandits until Chaya came to take her back to Red Mountain Star.
• Chaya returned Launch to the Floating Island, then found Jaco warning that King Davido was approaching Red Mountain Star.
• Jaco explained that King Davido was a Frost Demon who had once fought King Cold and was reportedly stronger than King Cold, Cooler, and Frieza combined.
• Chaya and Selyne concluded that Davido was likely seeking revenge for Rudel's death, while Myers insisted they could defeat him.
• Chaya, Selyne, and Myers unleashed their auras as Chaya declared they would attack King Davido first.

Chaya learned King Davido’s fleet was approaching Red Mountain Star and chose to intercept it in the Delan Star System. He and Mei Ling prepared to face the arriving fleet as two Super Saiyans.

• Chaya asked Jaco for King Davido’s location, and Jaco reported that the fleet was about a month from Red Mountain Star and would pass through the Delan Star System.
• Chaya ordered Dokla to watch the Delan Star System and left Red Mountain Star in Adri’s care.
• Chaya, Selyne, and Myers used Instant Transmission to travel to the Delan Star System and await King Davido’s fleet.
• Selyne and Myers performed the Fusion Dance and became Mei Ling, who transformed into a Super Saiyan alongside Chaya.
• Chaya and Mei Ling saw King Davido’s ten-ship fleet enter the Delan Star System and sensed a chilling dark aura from one of its ships.

Chaya and Mei Ling ambushed King Davido’s fleet with powerful attacks, destroyed his spacecraft, and lured him to an icy planet for a fight. As King Davido underestimated the Super Saiyans, Chaya and Mei Ling prepared to launch a coordinated assault.

• Chaya and Mei Ling combined their strongest attacks against King Davido’s spacecraft, tearing through its armor and injuring him in the explosion.
• King Davido recognized Chaya and Mei Ling as Super Saiyans and pursued them when they flew toward an icy planet.
• Chaya and Mei Ling landed on the planet and agreed to attack King Davido together before he could react.
• King Davido dismissed the two Super Saiyans and descended to face them as Chaya gave the signal to begin their assault.

Chaya and Mei Ling fought King Davido together, using Mei Ling’s Stellar Rampage and Clone Secret Art to overwhelm him. Chaya was badly wounded, but the pair landed a combined attack that staggered King Davido, who began to sneer as he hinted that his current power had changed the odds.

• Chaya and Mei Ling launched a coordinated assault, and King Davido recognized Chaya as a rival with strength equal to his own.
• Mei Ling unleashed Stellar Rampage, piercing King Davido’s defenses while Chaya battered him with a rapid barrage of blows.
• King Davido struck Chaya across the chest with his barbed tail, badly injuring him and sending him flying.
• Enraged by Chaya’s injury, Mei Ling used the Clone Secret Art and attacked King Davido with two copies of herself.
• Chaya returned to strike King Davido with blue energy as both Mei Lings attacked from behind, leaving him staggering from their combined assault.
• King Davido admitted he had underestimated the Super Saiyans, then began to sneer and suggest that his current self was different.

Chaya and Mei Ling fought King Davido after he unleashed an unstable, muscular transformation that greatly increased his power. With Mei Ling’s fusion nearly over and Davido’s energy still surging, Chaya sought to finish the battle before Davido regained control.

• King Davido revealed that he could transform further and began drawing out his hidden power, while Chaya and Mei Ling tried to stop him.
• King Davido emerged in a massive muscular form, and Chaya realized it sacrificed speed for power rather than becoming a true higher Frost Clan form.
• Mei Ling said their fusion had only four or five minutes left, recalled her duplicate, and joined Chaya in a concentrated assault.
• Chaya and Mei Ling repeatedly struck King Davido, whose overloaded power began to cause him pain and slow his attacks.
• King Davido unleashed a dense, wide-area energy attack, and Chaya pulled Mei Ling behind him to shield her.
• Mei Ling warned that Davido would be dangerous if he regained his rationality, and Chaya insisted they could not let that happen.

Chaya and Mei Ling fought King Davido as his transformed power grew, then combined Mei Ling’s All-Sky Star Map Cannon with Chaya’s Space Imprisonment to leave him badly wounded. Mei Ling restored her energy with a Senzu Bean and prepared to focus another attack on him.

• Chaya and Mei Ling launched a series of attacks on King Davido, but their energy was nearly spent and Davido continued adapting to his transformed state.
• King Davido struck Chaya repeatedly after Chaya pushed Mei Ling out of danger.
• Mei Ling fired her All-Sky Star Map Cannon, and Chaya trapped King Davido with Space Imprisonment so he could not evade it.
• The Star Map Cannon tore through King Davido’s defenses and wounded him, while Chaya urged Mei Ling to finish him off.
• Mei Ling ate a Senzu Bean, then prepared Stellar Rampage and focused its power on King Davido.

Chaya and King Davido fought on after Mei Ling’s fusion ended, with both fighters badly injured and their strength running low. King Davido finally began to collapse, but a vicious glint in his eyes suggested he was preparing a desperate move.

• King Davido broke Chaya’s spatial confinement and clashed with Mei Ling’s starlight power, vanishing in the explosion.
• Mei Ling’s fusion ended, and Chaya sent Selyne and Myers away after giving them recovery items.
• Chaya recovered his stamina but remained weakened by his injured mind, then resumed the fight against the battered King Davido.
• Chaya and King Davido traded blows across the battlefield while Selyne judged that King Davido could not sustain his transformation much longer.
• King Davido spat blood and faltered before the approaching Chaya, then developed a vicious look in his eyes.

King Davido destroyed the planet to kill Chaya, Selyne, and Myers, then headed toward the Delan Supergiant Star as its destruction threw the star system into chaos. With Instant Transmission disabled by the forming black hole, Chaya embraced Selyne and Myers and gathered energy against their backs.

• King Davido triggered the planet’s destruction, and Chaya carried Selyne and Myers out of the atmosphere as it exploded.
• The blast destabilized the Delan Star System, and Chaya sensed that King Davido had survived and was moving toward the supergiant star.
• Chaya realized King Davido intended to destroy the Delan Supergiant Star, but the collapsing star disrupted space and prevented Chaya, Selyne, and Myers from using Instant Transmission.
• Chaya concluded that a black hole was forming and, trapped with Selyne and Myers, embraced them and condensed two chaotic masses of energy against their backs.

Chaya sent Selyne and Myers away before the Delan Supergiant Star collapsed into a black hole, then entered a space-time rift while struggling to escape its gravity. Believing Chaya dead, Selyne and Myers became Mei Ling and used Porunga to seek his revival, but learned that Chaya was not dead and could not be located.

• Chaya used a burst of energy to send Selyne and Myers beyond the black hole’s reach, then tried to escape its pull.
• Chaya tore open a space-time rift with his power and plunged into it, where the surging energy swallowed him.
• Selyne and Myers mourned Chaya, vowed to revive him, and attacked King Davido’s former forces in the West Galaxy.
• Selyne and Myers fused into Mei Ling and threatened Nail into asking Porunga to revive Chaya.
• Porunga said Chaya was not dead because his soul was not in Other World, but it could neither locate him nor bring him back.

Android 17 and Android 18 continued their slaughter of humanity thirteen years after killing Son Goku’s companions, while the Earth Defense Force struggled to protect the survivors. The chapter left the soldiers unable to contact Ms. Bulma as another city was being destroyed.

• Android 17 gave fleeing humans ten seconds before attacking, then blasted the ground and killed those hiding underground.
• Android 17 and Android 18 discussed how they had killed Son Goku’s friends and wondered whether Grandpa Gohan or other remaining martial artists would appear.
• Android 18 spotted a human spying through a periscope and killed him with a beam of light.
• An officer in an underground Earth Defense Force shelter mourned the destruction and asked whether anyone had contacted Ms. Bulma, but a soldier said communications were down.