Recaps

Talot traveled to Kurish Planet and transformed from a Great Ape into a Golden Great Ape, then achieved Super Saiyan 4. His breakthrough drew the attention of North Kai, East Supreme Kai, and Merus, while Talot sensed a watcher in a higher-dimensional realm.

• Talot began his transformation under Kurish Planet’s full moon, unleashing his Great Ape form and devastating the surrounding ice with his power.
• Talot activated his S-Cells and transformed into a Golden Great Ape, increasing his Base Battle Power to at least eight million and his Golden Great Ape Battle Power to at least 6.4 billion.
• Talot drew his Golden Great Ape energy inward and completed his final breakthrough into Super Saiyan 4, raising his Base Battle Power to ten million and his transformed power beyond ten billion.
• North Kai watched Talot’s transformations with Gregory and Bubbles, and realized Talot might eventually help deal with the danger posed by Bojack.
• East Supreme Kai observed Talot’s breakthrough from Supreme Kai Planet, while Merus sensed the immense power from Galactic Patrol headquarters.
• Talot sensed East Supreme Kai watching from another dimension and suspected the observer was a Supreme Kai rather than an Angel.

Talot used Instant Transmission to reach Supreme Kai Planet, where he met the East Supreme Kai and learned about Majin Buu and Babidi. He agreed to help stop Babidi in exchange for permission to train on the planet.

• Talot followed the East Supreme Kai's psychic signal and arrived on Supreme Kai Planet, startling Shin and Kibito with his immense power.
• Talot identified Shin as the Supreme Kai and Kibito as his attendant, then spoke with Shin over tea about the Mortal Realm and the Saiyans.
• Shin told Talot that Babidi sought to release Majin Buu, whose sealed Demon Egg he had hidden beneath Earth's Super Divine Water spring.
• Talot revealed that he had seen the Demon Egg on Earth but had left it untouched because he had been too weak to investigate.
• Talot agreed to help eliminate Babidi if he could, and asked to train on Supreme Kai Planet in return.

Talot pulled the legendary Z Sword from its stone, discovering that it granted no immediate power despite its reputation. After sensing a voice and a strange power within the sword, he broke it open, leaving its hidden secret about to be revealed.

• East Supreme Kai invited Talot to cultivate on Supreme Kai Planet and asked him to try pulling out the Z Sword.
• Talot grasped the Z Sword, sensed an unfamiliar God Power and a faint voice within it, then pulled it free with ease.
• East Supreme Kai celebrated Talot's success, while Kibito doubted him and was pinned beneath the sword when Talot tossed it over.
• Talot lifted the sword off Kibito and said he had heard a voice inside it, then decided to open the sword.
• Talot used his Super Saiyan 4 power to snap the Z Sword apart.

Talot broke the Z Sword and freed Old Kai, who revealed himself as East Supreme Kai’s ancestor and offered to develop Talot’s potential in return. As the development began, Old Kai also taught Talot the Spirit Tempering Method, leaving Talot with a new path for improving his spiritual power.

• Talot snapped the Z Sword, releasing Old Kai from his seal and astonishing East Supreme Kai and Kibito.
• Old Kai identified himself as the Supreme Kai from fifteen generations before East Supreme Kai and promised to teach East Supreme Kai how to become a qualified Supreme Kai.
• Old Kai offered to develop Talot’s potential as repayment, and Talot accepted before reverting from Super Saiyan 4.
• Old Kai performed a five-hour ritual while Talot meditated, then began developing Talot’s potential.
• Old Kai transmitted the Spirit Tempering Method to Talot and advised him to use it to advance his spiritual power.

After Old Kai completed Talot’s Potential Development, Talot tested his newfound power and pushed his Super Saiyan forms to new heights on the Supreme Kai Planet. Old Kai offered to teach him God Power if he became a Trainee Supreme Kai, but Talot rejected the position because he preferred to live freely.

• Old Kai finished developing Talot’s potential, and Talot sensed his greatly increased power.
• Talot transformed into Super Saiyan Full Power and then advanced his Super Saiyan 2 beyond its previous limit.
• Talot transformed into Super Saiyan 4, unleashing an aura that shook the Supreme Kai Planet and frightened East Supreme Kai Shin and Kibito.
• Talot dismissed Super Saiyan 4, and Old Kai offered to teach him God Power in exchange for becoming a Trainee Supreme Kai.
• East Supreme Kai Shin objected to Old Kai’s sudden choice, but Talot declined the position because he preferred living freely.

Talot refused Old Kai’s offer to become a Trainee Supreme Kai and learned that the Kais could not retrieve Bardock from the past. After returning from Supreme Kai Planet, Talot learned that King Cold was mobilizing the Frieza Army, his Cold Army, and forces from the Cooler Force.

• Talot asked the Kais about using Time Rings to find Bardock, but East Supreme Kai said they could not alter the past, and Old Kai suggested Bardock had entered a parallel time and space.
• Whis watched Talot on Supreme Kai Planet through God's Perspective and predicted that Talot would become powerful enough to challenge Beerus within twenty years.
• Talot mastered Old Kai’s Spirit Tempering Method, said farewell to the Kais, and returned to North Kai Planet.
• Talot told North Kai about his time on Supreme Kai Planet and explained why he had refused the offer to become a Trainee Supreme Kai.
• North Kai reported that King Cold had begun uniting the Frieza Army, his Cold Army, and forces from the Cooler Force, and Talot decided to return to Earth and inform Raditz, Selari, and the others.

Talot, Selari, and Raditz decided to launch their long-awaited revenge against King Cold, with Bulma equipping them with upgraded Virtual Glasses and North Kai providing King Cold’s location. They attacked King Cold’s base, and Raditz prepared to face him as a Super Saiyan.

• Talot returned to Earth, told Bulma and Selari about his trip to Supreme Kai Planet, and warned them that King Cold was moving to consolidate his forces.
• Bulma gave Talot and Selari her latest version 3.0 Virtual Glasses, and Talot went to Mount Paozu to tell Raditz it was time to strike.
• Talot, Selari, and Raditz said their farewells to Gine, Launch, and Son Gohan, then traveled to North Kai Planet to get King Cold’s coordinates.
• The trio used the Virtual Glasses to compare their Battle Power, and Talot revealed that his base Battle Power had risen to 23 million after his breakthrough.
• Talot, Selari, and Raditz arrived above King Cold’s Strategic Command Base and destroyed it with a Big Bang Attack.
• Raditz declared that he would fight King Cold himself and defeat him as a Super Saiyan.

Raditz challenged King Cold while Talot and Selari wiped out the surrounding Cold Army. Raditz transformed into a Super Saiyan and initially dominated the fight, but King Cold revealed that his true Battle Power was far higher than the 150 million the Virtual Glasses had first detected.

• Raditz volunteered to fight King Cold, while Talot and Selari agreed to handle the Cold Army.
• Talot and Selari slaughtered the encircling Cold Army fighters as Raditz waited for King Cold to emerge from the explosion.
• King Cold appeared unharmed, and Raditz transformed into a Super Saiyan with 190 million Battle Power before attacking him.
• Raditz battered King Cold and fired his Shining Impact Cannon, but King Cold held his ground and began pushing the attack back.
• Selari detected King Cold's Battle Power at 250 million, and Talot sensed that King Cold might be hiding even greater strength.

Raditz fought King Cold but was overpowered despite reaching Super Saiyan 1 Second Grade. As King Cold's blast left Raditz's fate uncertain, Talot told Selari to join the battle, and she transformed and charged in.

• King Cold broke through Raditz's Shining Impact Cannon and battered him with a barrage of Death Energy Bullets, but Raditz survived by transforming into Super Saiyan 1 Second Grade.
• Raditz used Instant Transmission and attacked King Cold, briefly pressing him before King Cold adapted and caught his fist.
• King Cold overpowered Raditz with heavy blows and a Death Energy Cannon, after which Raditz's energy signature disappeared.
• Talot told Selari that Raditz was not dead and that she would need to help him fight King Cold.
• Selari transformed into Super Saiyan 1 Second Grade and charged toward King Cold's back.

Raditz and Selari joined forces to defeat King Cold’s initial form, but he survived and transformed into a monstrous form with one billion Battle Power. The chapter ended as King Cold confronted the two Saiyans, while Talot watched from nearby and North Kai urged him to step in.

• Raditz survived King Cold’s Death Energy Cannon, grew stronger, and joined Selari in attacking him with coordinated strikes and Instant Transmission.
• Raditz and Selari combined their ultimate attacks into the Shining Purple Light Cannon, pierced King Cold’s Death Energy Bullet, and engulfed him in an explosion.
• After Raditz and Selari sensed King Cold’s ki disappear, his power returned at more than twice its previous strength as he emerged in a grotesque new form.
• Selari’s Virtual Glasses measured King Cold’s Battle Power at one billion, and Talot recognized the transformation while wondering how strong Frieza had become.
• North Kai, Gregory, and Bubbles watched the transformed King Cold from North Kai Planet, and North Kai urged Talot to finish the battle.
• King Cold landed before Raditz and Selari, whose bodies struggled under the immense pressure of his strength.

Talot shielded Raditz and Selari and defeated King Cold with overwhelming strength, revealing Super Saiyan 2 when he destroyed King Cold’s Supernova. King Cold was left powerless as Selari, Raditz, and North Kai witnessed the vast gap between them.

• Talot stepped in and sent Raditz and Selari to watch from a safe distance as he faced King Cold.
• Talot entered Super Saiyan Full Power and countered King Cold’s attacks before overpowering him in close combat.
• Talot struck King Cold with an Ultimate Energy Cannon, leaving him badly battered and unable to harm Talot.
• Talot dismissed King Cold’s strength and prepared to finish him, but King Cold retreated and launched a massive Supernova.
• Talot transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and made the Supernova collapse into energy particles before it could hit him.

Talot killed King Cold and chose to delay confronting Frieza so he, Selari, and Raditz could grow stronger. A month later, the Frieza Force had fractured, and Vegeta tested its weakness by invading Hott Planet without orders.

• Talot destroyed King Cold with his Royal Flush, while North Kai celebrated his death and worried about the threat posed by Bojack's group.
• Frieza sensed that King Cold might have died but stayed in seclusion to train and grow far stronger.
• Talot told Selari and Raditz to wait for Frieza to reemerge, and planned to help them grow stronger and unlock their potential before their next battle.
• Talot, Selari, and Raditz destroyed King Cold One Planet, then returned to North Kai Planet to train and reflect on the battle.
• News of King Cold's death spread, leaving the New Cold Army and Frieza Army leaderless as factions claimed territory and waited for Frieza.
• Vegeta and Nappa invaded Hott Planet without orders, and Vegeta watched for a response that never came, confirming that the Frieza Force was divided and distracted.

Vegeta learned that Talot and Raditz were on Earth and decided to travel there in hopes of becoming Super Saiyans before Frieza returned. After Jaco and Tights alerted Earth, Vegeta and Nappa departed Hott Planet on a journey expected to take ten months.

• Vegeta explained to Nappa that they should avoid rebelling against Frieza until they knew whether Frieza was still alive and had investigated the Super Saiyan.
• Jaco and Tights landed on Hott Planet and encountered Vegeta and Nappa, who recognized Tights and demanded to know where Talot and Raditz were.
• Tights revealed that they were on Earth and secretly activated Bulma's distress beacon; Vegeta let her and Jaco leave so they could warn Talot and Raditz.
• Jaco contacted Earth, and Bulma confirmed that he and Tights were safe before beginning to contact Talot.
• Vegeta told Nappa they would travel to Earth, and the two departed Hott Planet aboard their medium-sized spaceship for a ten-month journey.

Half a year after Frieza vanished and his armies splintered, Talot, Raditz, and Selari trained on the Supreme Kai Planet and tested their strength in a sparring match. After North Kai contacted East Supreme Kai with an urgent request for help, Talot finished the fight and left Raditz and Selari wondering what power he was hiding.

• King Cold's death and Frieza's disappearance caused their armies to fracture, while Talot, Raditz, and Selari grew stronger through six months of training.
• Raditz and Selari attacked Talot together, but he effortlessly countered their moves and destroyed Selari's Super Purple Light Cannon with an aura blast.
• Talot broke free from Raditz, then met both Saiyans' combined assault with his Bursting Bombardment against their fused finishing moves.
• East Supreme Kai received an urgent telepathic message from North Kai requesting Talot and the others' help.
• After the battle ended, Talot advised Raditz and Selari on reaching Super Saiyan 2, while they asked whether he had already surpassed it.

Talot, Selari, and Raditz traveled to Quina Planet to stop Bojack and his gang from breaking their seal. Talot killed Gokua instantly, and as Raditz and Selari faced the remaining subordinates, Talot rose to fight Bojack.

• East Supreme Kai relayed North Kai’s warning that Bojack’s gang was attacking their seal, and Talot agreed to help.
• Talot brought Selari and Raditz to Quina Planet, where they observed Bojack and his four subordinates damaging the barrier.
• Bojack deflected Talot’s surprise Energy Blast, then ordered his gang to attack the newcomers.
• Gokua charged Talot, but Talot transformed, broke his sword, and killed him with a single punch.
• Bojack ordered Zangya, Bujin, and Bido to fight Raditz and Selari while he confronted Talot in the sky.

Raditz and Selari fought Bojack's remaining crew while Talot drew Bojack away and began battling him. Raditz battered Bido but Bujin saved him, Selari injured Zangya, and Talot and Bojack's clash erupted in a direct exchange of blows.

• Raditz and Selari transformed into Super Saiyan Full Power and took on Bujin, Bido, and Zangya.
• Raditz used Instant Transmission to ambush Bido, repeatedly evaded and countered him, and nearly finished him before Bujin redirected his energy blast into the Sealing Barrier.
• Selari stopped Zangya's sneak attack, then struck her with a powerful punch and an energy blast that sent her crashing into ruins.
• Talot and Bojack moved far from the others, where Bojack unleashed his immense aura and fired an energy blast at Talot.
• Talot countered Bojack's blast with a Spiral Energy Ball, and the two began exchanging powerful punches.

Talot fought Bojack on Quina Planet, revealed his Super Saiyan 2 power, and forced Bojack to transform and unleash strength approaching 4 billion. The Kais watched the battle from the Netherworld, while North Kai remained confident that Talot still had greater power in reserve.

• Talot countered Bojack's assault with a powerful combo and used Bursting Bombardment, but Bojack raised a barrier and forced the attack to dissipate.
• Talot read Bojack's attacks with Future Sight, then transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and overwhelmed him with a rapid series of blows.
• Talot warned Bojack to reveal his full strength, and Bojack transformed into a larger blue-green form with power exceeding Talot's current level.
• East Kai and South Kai worried that Bojack could threaten the Universe, while West Kai complained that North Kai had acted without Pikkon's help.
• North Kai watched from North Kai Planet and trusted that Talot still had Super Saiyan 4 and further power available.

Talot unleashed the full power of Super Saiyan 2 against Bojack while Raditz and Selari used Super Kaio-ken to defeat Bojack’s fighters. Raditz and Selari finished their battle and turned toward Talot’s, where Talot struck Bojack with a powerful kick but the fight continued.

• Talot released his full Super Saiyan 2 power, surprising Bojack with an aura that could match his own.
• Raditz and Selari raised their Battle Power above one billion, but Bujin, Bido, and Zangya trapped them with energy-draining Binding Threads.
• Raditz and Selari activated Super Kaio-ken, broke free of the threads, and killed Bujin, Bido, and Zangya.
• Talot and Bojack continued fighting as Bojack dismissed his dead companions as disposable tools and attacked Talot with cyan Energy Blasts.
• Talot countered Bojack’s attacks and landed a forceful upward kick beneath his jaw, but Bojack quickly recovered and struck back.

Talot defeated and killed Bojack on Quina Planet after Bojack’s power surged to its limit. Reflecting on the fight, Talot began planning how to prepare Son Goku for Vegeta and the others’ arrival in four months.

• Bojack’s strength rose during his fierce battle with Talot, but Talot blocked his attacks and broke through his energy blasts.
• Talot overwhelmed Bojack, damaged the seal with a powerful attack, and then pierced Bojack’s chest after overpowering his final energy beam.
• Talot unleashed his Saiyan energy and destroyed Bojack completely, ending the battle.
• Talot judged Bojack his strongest opponent so far and realized how powerful he had become with Super Saiyan 2 and Great Ape Power.
• Talot considered using four months of training and the Fruit of the Tree of Might to strengthen Son Goku enough to face Vegeta and Nappa, possibly awakening his Super Saiyan transformation.

After helping suppress Bojack’s group in Hell, Talot returned to Earth and decided to train Son Goku so he could protect himself and the planet. The chapter ended with Raditz setting out to find Kakarot.

• North Kai contacted Talot, Selari, and Raditz, who destroyed Quina Planet and entered Hell to suppress Bojack’s group and warn Cooler and King Cold.
• Talot, Selari, and Raditz returned to Earth, where North Kai urged them to deal with Frieza while Talot remained interested in facing Frieza at his strongest.
• Talot brought Selari and Bulma to Mount Paozu and told Gine and Raditz that he intended to find and train Kakarot before Vegeta and Nappa arrived.
• Raditz and Gine supported Talot’s plan after he explained that Kakarot needed strength to protect himself, and Talot said he believed Kakarot could become a Super Saiyan.
• After spending the night at Mount Paozu, Raditz went to find Kakarot.

Talot, Raditz, and Selari put Son Goku through a weeklong trial of Ki and combat training, then began his next stage with Gravity Training. After learning about the Saiyans and seeing Instant Transmission, Son Goku started training under twenty times Earth's gravity.

• Talot had Raditz and Selari demonstrate a battle at around 5,000 Battle Power, and Son Goku watched in awe before beginning Ki Cultivation.
• Talot taught Son Goku Ki control while Raditz and Selari trained his fighting skills; over seven days, his Battle Power rose to 800 with repeated recovery and small amounts of Fruit of the Tree of Might.
• Talot told Son Goku about the Saiyan race and explained that his next training would involve gravity.
• Talot used Instant Transmission to take Son Goku, Raditz, and Selari to Capsule Corp, where Son Goku asked to learn the technique and vowed to reach 100,000 Battle Power.
• The group entered a Super Gravity Training Room and raised gravity to twenty times Earth's; Son Goku struggled to stand, then began cultivating at ten times gravity while wearing his hundred-pound Weighted Suit.

Son Goku reached 8,000 Battle Power and began training toward becoming a Super Saiyan, while Talot’s group arrived for the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament. The tournament’s Top 8 matchups unexpectedly changed, and the chapter ended with Master Roshi holding back against Tien Shinhan while teaching him through their fight.

• Son Goku completed three months of gravity training at 8,000 Battle Power, and Talot, Raditz, and Selari demonstrated their Super Saiyan transformations to inspire him.
• Talot’s group arrived on Papaya Island for the tournament, where they met Master Roshi, Yamcha, Krillin, Launch, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Master Shen.
• The preliminary matches selected Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Master Roshi, Man-Wolf, Krillin, Chiaotzu, Babute, and Son Goku for the Top 8.
• The announced matchups unexpectedly paired Tien Shinhan with Master Roshi first, Yamcha with Babute, Krillin with Man-Wolf, and Chiaotzu with Son Goku.
• Master Roshi fought Tien Shinhan while holding back, and Tien Shinhan recognized the gap between them and began to question his own past confidence.

Son Goku won the World Martial Arts Tournament after defeating Tien Shinhan and Krillin, while Tien Shinhan broke free of Master Shen’s control and learned he was one of the Three-Eyed People. After the group learned that Demon King Piccolo had returned, Talot revealed that Piccolo might be the other side of Kami.

• Master Roshi forfeited to Tien Shinhan and urged him to leave Master Shen’s path, while Yamcha, Krillin, and Son Goku defeated their Top 8 opponents.
• Son Goku defeated Tien Shinhan in the semifinal, and Master Roshi blasted Master Shen away after he tried to attack Son Goku and threaten Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu.
• Krillin defeated Yamcha, then lost to Son Goku in the final as Son Goku claimed the championship.
• Tien Shinhan learned that Son Goku’s group were Saiyans and that he himself was one of the Three-Eyed People.
• After the group heard about Demon King Piccolo’s return, Talot said Piccolo’s aura resembled Kami’s and suggested they were two sides of the same being.

After Master Roshi killed Demon King Piccolo, Talot invited Earth’s fighters to train with his group and prepare for the arrival of Vegeta and Nappa. The Saiyans landed on Earth and confronted Talot’s group, while Son Goku stood ready to fight and Talot dismissed Vegeta’s display of power as insufficient.

• Kami Piccolo asked the fighters to help defeat Demon King Piccolo, and Master Roshi killed him with a Kamehameha before he could summon Shenron.
• Demon King Piccolo passed his power on to Piccolo Jr. as he died, and Kami Piccolo thanked the group for ending the threat.
• Talot invited Son Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu to train with his group and witness the approaching alien enemies.
• Two days later, Talot, Raditz, Selari, and the Earth fighters waited in the Gobi Desert for Vegeta and Nappa to arrive.
• Vegeta and Nappa landed, detected the fighters’ power, and flew to the cliff where Talot’s group was waiting.
• Vegeta confronted Talot, Selari, and Raditz, then unleashed his power; Talot told him that his strength was still far from enough.

Talot overwhelmed Vegeta with his aura, while Vegeta demanded to know how to become a Super Saiyan. Raditz arranged for Nappa to fight Son Goku, whose Kaio-ken x3 raised his Battle Power to 24,000 and left Nappa facing a much stronger opponent than he expected.

• Talot released a fraction of his power, overwhelming Vegeta and frightening everyone nearby before withdrawing his aura.
• Vegeta demanded to learn how Talot became a Super Saiyan, and Raditz told him to defeat Son Goku first.
• Vegeta ordered Nappa to fight Son Goku, who revealed a Battle Power of 8,000 and launched a fierce assault.
• Raditz warned Nappa not to hold back, so Nappa struck Son Goku with half his strength and sent him flying.
• Son Goku activated Kaio-ken x3, raising his Battle Power to 24,000 as Talot shielded Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu from his aura.