Chapter Summaries

Chaya defeated Beerus in a full-strength battle, revealing how far his fourth-level Realm of Gods power surpassed Beerus’s. Beerus accepted that he needed to train in Ultra Instinct, while Goku and Vegeta resolved to become stronger.

• Beerus attacked Chaya at supersonic speed, but Chaya blocked his strikes and sent him crashing into a massive crater.
• Beerus fought with all his strength, and he and Chaya exchanged attacks powerful enough to threaten a galaxy outside the God of Destruction Realm.
• Chaya stopped holding back and overwhelmed Beerus with a series of precise movements and punches, leaving Beerus shocked by the gap between their strength.
• Beerus ended the fight and admitted that Chaya was far stronger, while Goku and Vegeta watched in astonishment and resolved to train harder.
• Whis healed Beerus and urged him to train seriously, explaining that mastering Ultra Instinct could help him reach the fourth level of the Realm of Gods.
• Beerus grumbled at Whis but accepted that he had to follow him and train in Ultra Instinct.

After more than half a year of training in the God of Destruction Realm, Son Goku developed Super Saiyan Blue while Selyne and Myers reached the second level of the God Realm. Chaya returned and left the realm with Selyne and the others, while Son Goku and Vegeta’s training continued.

• Son Goku and Vegeta began basic training in the God of Destruction Realm, determined to grow stronger after seeing Beerus battle Chaya.
• Chaya arranged for Selyne and the others to train under Kusu while he went into seclusion and later returned to Red Mountain Star to oversee training there.
• After more than half a year, Son Goku mastered an incomplete Super Saiyan God transformation and developed Super Saiyan Blue by focusing on power rather than realm.
• Whis sparred with Son Goku, pointed out flaws in his fighting and transformation, and observed that Vegeta was learning to restrain his strength.
• Selyne and Myers reached the second level of the God Realm, though they still could not gain an advantage against Kusu.
• Chaya returned, saw the group’s progress, and left the God of Destruction Realm with Selyne and the others.

Chaya took Selyne, Myers, and Android 18 to Yedora Planet in Universe 6 to visit the Divine Tree Elves he had rescued decades earlier. The elf girls welcomed him and his wives, and the group headed toward the Mother Goddess Ancient Tree.

• Chaya sent Mephia and Majin Buu to Universe 10 for training before deciding to bring Xia Qing and the others back from Universe 6.
• Chaya invited Selyne, Myers, and the others to travel with him, while Launch chose to stay home.
• Chaya brought his companions to Yedora Planet to check on the Divine Tree Elves he had settled there thirty-five years earlier.
• Android 18 spotted the Mother Goddess Ancient Tree, and Chaya explained that Lavri had provided branches used to make the Crystal Dragon Balls.
• The elf girls recognized Chaya and welcomed him and his wives, then led the group toward the ancient tree.

Chaya and his wives discovered that Yedora Planet’s Mother Goddess Ancient Tree helped them sense nature and improve their cultivation, so they stayed for several months. Selyne proposed taking the planet with them, and Chaya agreed it was possible but said they should first explain it to Vados and Champa.

• Lavri welcomed Chaya and his wives to Yedora Planet and showed them the Mother Goddess Ancient Tree’s flower buds, which were nurturing new spirit maidens.
• Chaya sensed the tree’s nature-like rhythm and realized it was a life-giving counterpart to Universe 7’s Tree of Might; Selyne and the others also felt their realms improve.
• Chaya and his wives decided to stay on Yedora Planet, settled into a villa, and trained near the ancient tree for several months.
• Selyne suggested taking Yedora Planet with them, and Myers proposed doing so secretly.
• Chaya said they should ask Vados and Champa first, though he was also tempted to take the planet.

Chaya obtained Champa and Vados’s permission to take Yedora Planet, then moved it from Universe 6 to a safe orbit near Red Mountain Star and Meshan Star in Universe 7. Meanwhile, Champa decided to collect the Wish Orbs to wish for a planet full of delicious food, and Chaya returned to Universe 6 to continue traveling with Selyne and the others.

• Chaya asked Champa and Vados for ownership of Yedora Planet, and Champa agreed in exchange for more delicious food.
• Vados let Chaya take Yedora Planet and kept quiet about the ancient tree’s value so Champa would not regret his decision.
• Champa proposed collecting the Wish Orbs to wish for a planet full of food, and Vados agreed to help him search across both universes.
• Chaya returned to Yedora Planet and told Lavri and the other elf girls he would move them near Red Mountain Star for protection.
• Chaya used his power over space-time to move Yedora Planet to Universe 7 and stabilize it in orbit near Red Mountain Star and Meshan Star.
• Chaya returned to Universe 6 and continued the journey with Selyne and the others.

Android 21 and Zangya discovered an enormous Super Dragon Ball in space while investigating a smaller crystal sphere. Elsewhere, Sorbet's forces traveled toward New Namek to search for its Dragon Balls, hoping to revive Frieza.

• Zangya complained that Android 21's modifications had made her body smaller, though her strength had increased to about Majin Buu's level.
• Android 21 said she had made no progress studying the small transparent crystal sphere they had found in space.
• A collision alarm led Android 21 and Zangya to spot a gigantic four-star Super Dragon Ball floating in space, and Android 21 began collecting data on it.
• Zangya lost interest in the measurements and went back to training.
• Sorbet learned his ship would reach New Namek in a few days and confirmed his advisers' claim that Dragon Balls were there.
• Sorbet recalled failing to find Earth's Dragon Balls and resented having to revive Frieza, while doubting whether it was the right choice.

Sorbet and his forces invaded New Namek, slaughtered its inhabitants, and gathered all seven Dragon Balls. After the Namekian defenders were defeated, Sorbet used a computer to decipher their language and summoned Porunga, leaving the Dragon Balls’ wish unresolved.

• Sorbet threatened Grand Elder Moori and killed more than a dozen young Namekians when Moori refused to hand over the Dragon Balls.
• Sorbet’s forces collected all seven Dragon Balls, but his first attempts to summon Shenron in the universal language failed.
• Doni, Ain, Jiru, and two other combat-type Namekians arrived to defend Moori, but Kasot defeated them and sliced off Jiru’s arm.
• Sorbet had Moori knocked unconscious and ordered his scientist to use captured Namekians and a computer to translate their language.
• Sorbet recited the translated summoning phrase, and Porunga appeared beneath dark clouds and golden lightning.

Sorbet revived Frieza with Namek’s Dragon Balls, but Moori’s death ended the wish ceremony before Frieza could gain immortality. Frieza destroyed New Namek in revenge and then asked Sorbet for information about the Saiyans, leaving his next move undecided.

• Sorbet used the first wish to revive Frieza, who learned that two wishes remained and prepared to wish for eternal life.
• Moori killed himself, causing Shenron Porunga to vanish and the Dragon Balls to revert to stone before Frieza could make his wish.
• Frieza angrily ordered Sorbet to join him aboard the spaceship, then destroyed New Namek and all life on it.
• Frieza asked Sorbet about the Saiyans, and Sorbet reported that most lived on Red Mountain Star while Vegeta and several others lived on Earth.
• Frieza remembered his defeats by the Super Saiyan and decided not to act against the Saiyans until he was certain of victory.

After Frieza was revived, Son Goku and Vegeta learned of his return, while Frieza prepared to continue training before seeking revenge on the Saiyans. Meanwhile, Champa and Vados arrived in Universe 7 to secretly search for the Wish Orbs.

• Frieza decided to train for several more months before taking revenge on the Saiyans.
• A young Namekian told Dende and Chi-Chi that New Namek had been destroyed, so Dende contacted Bulma and Son Goku.
• Son Goku investigated New Namek, revived the planet and its inhabitants with the Dragon Balls, and learned from Grand Elder Moori that Sorbet had revived Frieza.
• Son Goku remembered Frieza as the demon Chaya had fought and looked forward to battling him, while Vegeta declared he would defeat Frieza himself.
• Whis said Frieza had potential, and Vegeta remained confident that he could beat him.
• Champa and Vados arrived in Universe 7 and began searching for the Wish Orbs so Champa could obtain a planet full of delicious food.

After months of training, Vegeta broke through to a dark red God Realm transformation and challenged Son Goku to a fight. He arrived while Goku was sparring with Whis and declared that he wanted to show off his new power.

• Chaya dismissed the threat posed by the resurrected Frieza and secluded himself to comprehend the fourth level of the God Realm.
• Selyne, Myers, and the others moved to Yedora Planet to continue comprehending their realms.
• Vegeta trained in the God of Destruction Realm using Chaya’s Vacuum Technique and awakened his dark red transformation.
• Whis sparred with Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku and warned him not to hold back or test opponents during real combat.
• Vegeta arrived before Goku and challenged him to witness the power of Super Saiyan Dark Red.

Son Goku and Vegeta tested their newly attained divine power in a fierce spar, and Whis stopped them before they exhausted themselves. While Whis introduced them to Ultra Instinct as a path for further training, Frieza finished months of training on a distant planet and prepared to seek revenge.

• Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan Blue and fought Vegeta in his Super Saiyan Dark Red form across the God of Destruction Realm.
• Whis halted the exhausted fighters, restored the shattered landscape, and warned them not to expend all their power while using their incomplete divine forms.
• Vegeta claimed victory and explained that his Dark Red form recovered better because it contained half realm power.
• Whis told Son Goku and Vegeta to develop their bodily reactions and introduced Ultra Instinct as an advanced state they could try to comprehend.
• After more than half a year of training, Frieza emerged in a dark golden form and vowed to take revenge on the Super Saiyan.

Frieza completed his training, attained his Golden form, and set out to kill Vegeta on Earth. As Android 21 studied the Super Dragon Balls and Champa searched for the last one, Chaya sensed a connection between a Crystal Dragon Ball and a Super Dragon Ball; Frieza's ship then neared Earth.

• Frieza mastered his Golden form, destroyed the planet where he had trained, and ordered Sorbet's fleet to Earth to kill Vegeta.
• Android 21 examined the Super Dragon Balls while Zangya watched, and she placed a Crystal Dragon Ball beside one to see whether they reacted.
• Champa urged Vados to find the final Super Dragon Ball, dismissing her warning that his actions could provoke conflict with Beerus.
• Chaya sensed a Crystal Dragon Ball responding to a Super Dragon Ball and summoned Selyne, Myers, Android 18, and several of his children to consider visiting Earth.
• Seven days later, Frieza's ship approached Earth, and Frieza declared that Vegeta and the Saiyans living there would die.

Bulma learned from Jaco that Frieza was approaching Earth and gathered the available fighters when she could not reach Goku or Vegeta. Gohan, Piccolo, and Earth's other warriors faced Frieza's army as it emerged from its landed spaceship, preparing to fight while sensing Frieza's overwhelming power.

• Jaco warned Bulma that Frieza was heading for Earth, so she contacted Gohan, Tights, and the others and tried unsuccessfully to reach Whis.
• Gohan, Piccolo, and the other fighters gathered at Bulma's West City home as Frieza's chilling Ki reached Earth.
• Piccolo and Gohan flew toward the landing site, followed by Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Yajirobe, and other martial artists.
• Frieza's spaceship landed in a coastal hilly region, where Gohan admitted he sensed an even more terrifying power within Frieza's aura.
• Sorbet's thousand-strong force poured from the spaceship, and Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and the others spread out to fight the aliens.

Frieza overwhelmed Gohan and the other fighters on Earth, while Son Goku and Vegeta learned of the attack and rushed to help. Vegeta insisted that Frieza was his to fight, and Whis informed Beerus that the tyrant had returned.

• Frieza arrived on Earth and asked the fighters to identify the Saiyan among them, then effortlessly erased their attacks.
• Gohan transformed into a Super Saiyan and fought Frieza, but Frieza seized him and struck him with an enormous blast that devastated the surrounding area.
• Frieza grabbed the injured Gohan and vowed to torture him because he was a Saiyan.
• Bulma contacted Whis, who showed Son Goku and Vegeta that Frieza was attacking Earth in his golden form.
• Vegeta insisted that Frieza was his opponent, and Son Goku used Instant Transmission to take them both to Earth.
• Whis told Beerus that Frieza had appeared on Earth, and Beerus asked who Frieza was.

Beerus and Chaya learned that Frieza had gone to Earth, where Golden Frieza nearly destroyed the planet before Goku and Vegeta arrived to stop him. Chaya and his group reached a distant hill to watch as Vegeta stepped forward to fight Frieza.

• Beerus decided to travel to Earth after learning Frieza might reveal Beerus's role in Planet Vegeta's destruction.
• Chaya gathered Kusu, Selyne, Myers, Android 18, Xia Qing, Caulifla, Kale, and Silica and used his Instant Transmission to take them to Earth.
• Golden Frieza overpowered Grandpa Gohan and launched his Planet Destroyer at the helpless fighters.
• Son Goku and Vegeta arrived from the God of Destruction Realm, and Goku stopped the attack with a Super Saiyan Blue Kamehameha.
• Frieza recognized Goku as the Saiyan who had tried to stop Planet Vegeta's destruction, while Vegeta stepped forward to fight him.
• Chaya's group appeared unnoticed on a distant hill and watched Vegeta face Frieza.

Vegeta fought Golden Frieza on Earth in his new Super Saiyan Dark Red form, while Champa and Vados followed Beerus through space. The battle neared its conclusion with Golden Frieza holding the advantage over Vegeta.

• Vegeta transformed into Super Saiyan Dark Red and clashed with Golden Frieza, whose power threatened to devastate Earth until Kusu protected the planet.
• Chaya, Selyne, Son Goku, and the others assessed the fighters’ strength as Vegeta’s new form proved comparable to the God Realm but Golden Frieza remained stronger.
• Champa grew impatient while searching for the final Super Dragon Ball, and Vados offered him sour fruit juice that made him cough.
• Champa and Vados hid from Beerus as he passed, then followed him toward Universe 7 despite Vados warning that he might discover them.
• Vegeta and Golden Frieza’s battle approached its conclusion, with Golden Frieza’s fully mastered form proving more powerful than Vegeta.

Vegeta fought Golden Frieza until Frieza spotted Chaya and abandoned their duel to attack him. Chaya effortlessly blasted Frieza away, and Selyne, Myers, and Android 18 joined the fight, leaving Frieza overwhelmed.

• Vegeta and Golden Frieza clashed while Son Goku and the others watched, unable to interfere.
• Son Goku briefly joined Vegeta, but Vegeta rejected his help and insisted on fighting alone.
• Son Goku spotted Chaya and the others on Earth, and Chaya's group revealed themselves.
• Frieza recognized Chaya as the Super Saiyan who had defeated him before, blasted Vegeta aside, and charged toward Chaya.
• Chaya flicked Frieza away with one finger, shocking the onlookers with how easily he defeated him.
• Frieza attacked again, and Selyne, Myers, and Android 18 overwhelmed him with a series of punches.

Chaya and the others overwhelmed Golden Frieza, but Beerus arrived and tried to erase him before he could reveal the truth about Planet Vegeta. Champa intervened to save Frieza, leaving Gods of Destruction and Angels from three universes facing one another.

• Chaya killed Sorbet and called off Selyne, Myers, and Android 18 so he could finish Frieza himself.
• Chaya prepared to kill Frieza with God of Destruction energy, but Beerus and Whis arrived.
• Beerus asked Chaya to hand Frieza over, then tried to erase him while Frieza pleaded for his life.
• Champa blocked Beerus's Erasure and rescued Frieza, with Vados beside him.
• Chaya and Kusu joined Beerus and Whis to face Champa and Vados in a three-way standoff.

Beerus and Champa confronted Chaya over Frieza, while Whis and Vados prevented the Gods of Destruction from fighting. Vados then proposed exchanging the Universe 6 Saiyans Caulifla and Kale, along with Yedora Planet, for Frieza.

• North Kai panicked as Beerus, Champa, and Chaya gathered on Earth.
• Champa declared that he would protect Frieza, and Chaya warned him to stay out of Beerus's way.
• Beerus, Champa, and Chaya prepared to fight until Whis and Vados restrained Beerus and Champa.
• Vados spotted Caulifla and Kale, and Champa recognized them as Saiyans from Planet Sadala.
• Vados offered to transfer Caulifla and Kale's marks and Yedora Planet to Chaya in exchange for handing Frieza over to Champa.

Chaya agreed not to interfere with Frieza after Champa threatened to take Caulifla and Kale back to Universe 6, then exposed Champa’s search for the Super Dragon Balls. Beerus and Champa agreed to a tournament five days later, and Chaya secured Universe 10’s participation by offering the Crystal Dragon Balls; Frieza remained condemned to die after the contest.

• Chaya agreed not to interfere in Frieza’s fate, then told Beerus that Champa had come to Universe 7 seeking the Super Dragon Balls.
• Whis explained the Super Dragon Balls, and Champa proposed a tournament between Universe 6 and Universe 7 to determine who would take them.
• Beerus agreed to hold a five-contestant tournament in five days, while Champa declared that Frieza would die after the competition regardless of the result.
• Champa threatened to destroy Frieza’s soul if Universe 6 lost, while Vados restrained him.
• Chaya offered the Crystal Dragon Balls so Universe 10 could join, and Beerus agreed that Chaya could transfer the universal affiliations of a group of people if Universe 10 won.
• Beerus, Champa, and Chaya settled the three-universe tournament’s terms, leaving Frieza dejected as he awaited his likely death.