Vol. 5The First Inter-Universal Tournament

Gran erased Zamas, helped Trunks return to his timeline, and pursued the mystery of the Rift into the Chaos Zone. He returned to find Beerus organizing the delayed Inter-Universal Martial Arts Tournament and opened it after securing a ninety-three-percent share of the other universes’ Divine Fruits.

  • Gran learned that Universe 7’s Mortal Level Index had risen to 3.80, while Bulma brought the Dragon Balls to cure Goku’s heart disease and Future Trunks arrived from another timeline.
  • Bulma and Trunks sought Whis, who appeared after Trunks used the other timeline’s capsule and recited the summoning words.
  • Whis and Beerus learned from Trunks that Zamas planned to kill the Supreme Kais, then contacted Gran through Kronoa and met him in the Future Timeline.
  • Vegeta watched Gran overpower Rumsshi and Belmod with Potential Unleashed and Ultra Instinct.
  • Gran traveled with Kronoa to the Dark Demon Realm, where he questioned and killed Dabura after learning that Towa and Demigra had sought the Lost Place.
  • Gran fought demons for months, raised his Destruction Rule to the second stage peak, and reached the former God of Destruction Realm, where he reacted with surprise.
  • Gran found Beerus and Whis alive in the Chaos Zone, learned that the timeline’s mortals had died, and returned to his own timeline through the Rift.
  • Gran declared that the tournament would recur every ten years and officially opened the first Inter-Universal Martial Arts Tournament.
Chapters 401–500 Read from ch. 401

Arc 17Zamas’s Fall and Trunks’s Return

Gran confronted Zamas in Universe 10 and killed him after exposing his Human Zero Plan. Meanwhile, Goku trained Trunks for the Android crisis, and Trunks returned to his timeline, defeated the Androids, and set out with Bulma to find Whis.

  • Gran learned that Universe 7’s Mortal Level Index had risen to 3.80, while Bulma brought the Dragon Balls to cure Goku’s heart disease and Future Trunks arrived from another timeline.
  • Bulma explained the Android crisis and how Trunks came from a parallel timeline, and Gran stopped Trunks from leaving before agreeing to let Goku train him.
  • Goku trained Trunks and Gohan in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, while Gran learned of Zamas’s Human Zero Plan and traveled to Universe 10 with Bulma, Shin, and Old Kai.
  • Gran exposed Zamas’s true intentions, defeated Rumsshi, and erased Zamas after Zamas stabbed Gowasu and tried to escape with a Time Ring.
  • Kusu healed Gowasu and Rumsshi, then told Gran that the Dimension Tower’s higher floors led to the true Angel and Grand Priest realms.
  • Trunks returned to his timeline with Senzu Beans and defeated Android 17 and Android 18, then told his Bulma about the other timeline and the Zamas threat.
  • Bulma and Trunks decided to seek Whis, and Whis appeared after Trunks used the other timeline’s capsule and recited the summoning words.
Chapters 401–425 Summaries Read

Arc 18The Tournament Approaches

Trunks warned Beerus and Whis about Zamas, leading Beerus to protect the Supreme Kais and appoint Trunks as his Candidate God of Destruction. Back in Gran’s timeline, the universes prepared for an inter-universal tournament as Vegeta sought a teacher and confronted the gap between his strength and Gran’s.

  • Whis and Beerus learned from Trunks that Zamas planned to kill the Supreme Kais, then contacted Gran through Kronoa and met him in the Future Timeline.
  • Gran explained that he had destroyed Zamas in his own timeline, refused Beerus’s offer to stay, and urged Beerus to train Trunks before returning home.
  • Beerus made Trunks his Candidate God of Destruction and took the Supreme Kais to the God of Destruction Realm for protection from Zamas.
  • Gran refused Kronoa’s request to recruit Broly, while Whis showed him Goku’s and Vegeta’s training, including Gohan defeating Vegeta in Super Saiyan 2.
  • The Old Kai and Shin learned that Universe 7’s Mortal Level Index had reached 4.20, surpassing Universe 6’s 3.90 as the tournament stirred both universes.
  • Tights encouraged Vegeta to recover from his defeat, and Bulma helped him realize that his solitary training had kept him from correcting his flaws.
  • Vegeta tried to persuade Champa to teach him in exchange for food, but Champa dismissed his weak foundations before Gran arrived with Whis and Kronoa.
  • Vegeta learned about the tournament and its Life Fruit prize, then watched Gran overpower Rumsshi and Belmod with Potential Unleashed and Ultra Instinct.
Chapters 426–450 Summaries Read

Arc 19Across the Lost Rift

Gran hunted Demigra’s followers with Kronoa, then entered a mysterious rift connected to a shattered region beyond the Lost Place. After months of battling demons and advancing his Destruction Rule, Gran reached the former God of Destruction Realm and reacted with surprise to what he found.

  • Gran traveled with Kronoa to the Dark Demon Realm, where he questioned and killed Dabura after learning that Towa and Demigra had sought the Lost Place.
  • Gran joined Vegeta, Pan, and Trunks in pursuing Demigra, then trapped Demigra, Towa, Putine, and Gravy at the Space-Time Edge and killed them after they resisted questioning.
  • Gran investigated the Rift with Kronoa and destroyed Demigra, but learned little about what lay beyond the opening.
  • Gran tested Gogeta in a sparring match and proved that Goku and Vegeta were too weak to accompany him through the Rift.
  • Gran broke through the Rift with his Angel Realm power and entered a dark passage as the GT timeline trembled.
  • Gran emerged in a shattered, evil-filled region that he recognized as part of Universe 7, killed demons, and failed to sense Beerus or Whis.
  • Gran fought demons for months, raised his Destruction Rule to the second stage peak, and reached the former God of Destruction Realm, where he reacted with surprise.
Chapters 451–475 Summaries Read

Arc 20The First Inter-Universal Tournament

Gran returned from the Chaos Zone to find Beerus preparing the Inter-Universal Martial Arts Tournament in his absence. After the contestants completed preliminary selections, Gran opened the first tournament and secured a ninety-three-percent share of the other universes’ Divine Fruits.

  • Gran found Beerus and Whis alive in the Chaos Zone, learned that the timeline’s mortals had died, and returned to his own timeline through the Rift.
  • Gran told Goku and the others about the Chaos Zone, then hurried back to Universe 7 for the delayed tournament.
  • Kronoa, Old Kai, and Shin woke Beerus, who agreed to oversee Gran’s tournament after hearing about Gran’s plans and disappearance.
  • Beerus negotiated with the visiting Gods of Destruction and secured their agreement to pay ninety-three percent of their Divine Fruits to copy Universe 7’s tournament methods.
  • Whis and Vados announced registration across Universes 6 and 7, and fighters from both universes and beyond signed up as Gran and Kibito joined them.
  • Gran surveyed the contestants, tested Hercule’s Battle Power, encountered Moro, and discovered numerous powerful fighters in both universes.
  • Gran returned to the Viewing Platform, confirmed that he had investigated the Rift, and demanded the agreed patent fees from the other Gods of Destruction.
  • Gran declared that the tournament would recur every ten years and officially opened the first Inter-Universal Martial Arts Tournament.
Chapters 476–500 Summaries Read
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