Chapter Summaries

Gran left Merus after entrusting the Saiyans to him, while Merus welcomed Gran’s promise. At a resort beach, a mysterious powerful figure arrived and was revealed to be Bulma, leaving Tights stunned.

• Gran told Merus he was leaving and entrusted the Saiyans to him, promising to remember his pledge.
• Merus told Gran he was glad to have met him, and Gran returned the sentiment before using Instant Transmission to leave.
• At a resort beach, Tights and Jac argued about the failure of her novel based on him as a Galactic Patrol officer.
• A mysterious light approached the planet, and Jac’s Scouter readings rose past its two-million Battle Power limit before it exploded.
• Jac tried to flee with Tights and planned to call Paragus, but the mysterious figure landed before their spaceship could start.
• The newcomer called Tights “Big sister,” and Tights recognized her as Bulma.

Bulma reunited with her sister Tights in space and showed her how powerful she had become. After learning that Tights and Jac were threatened by the space criminal Mask, Bulma worried she could not help before returning to Earth, and Gran suddenly appeared beside them.

• Tights recognized Bulma and opened the spaceship hatch, then the sisters embraced and caught up.
• Bulma explained that Gran and other Deities had come to Earth, while Jac discovered that Little Broly was a Saiyan.
• Tights revealed that Jac had angered the space criminal Mask, who had a Battle Power of around eighty thousand and was on Planet Bell.
• Bulma demonstrated her Kamehameha and offered to help, but learned that reaching the East Galaxy would take two months.
• Tights and Jac decided to avoid Mask and rely on the Galactic Patrol, while Bulma remained worried about them.
• A figure suddenly appeared beside Bulma, Tights, Jac, and Little Broly.

Gran reluctantly took Bulma, Little Broly, Tights, and Jac to Planet Bell so Bulma could help her sister. While waiting for them, Gran discovered the planet traded in real estate and realized it belonged to Cooler.

• Gran agreed to take Bulma to East Galaxy after she threatened to ask Whis for help, and brought Tights and Jac along.
• Gran arrived with the others on Planet Bell and gave Bulma one hour to handle her business.
• Bulma and Tights flew off while Little Broly carried Jac, and Gran wandered around the commercial district.
• Gran learned Planet Bell’s main trade was selling planets and wondered whose territory it was.
• Gran saw Cooler arrive with three members of the Cooler Armored Squadron and recognized that the planet belonged to him.

Cooler arrived on Planet Bell after learning that the Galactic Patrol had grown stronger and that the Ginyu Force had been wiped out. He met Gran, who identified himself as a Candidate God of Destruction, and Cooler immediately bowed to him.

• Cooler questioned Salza about why Mask had summoned them, and Salza reported that the Saiyans had joined the Galactic Patrol.
• Salza told Cooler that the Ginyu Force had been wiped out, which left Cooler uneasy about the Saiyans and the Patrol.
• Cooler reached the building on Planet Bell, where Gran blocked his path and asked to be invited inside.
• Gran introduced himself as a Lord Candidate God of Destruction, while Salza received a distress call from Mask about a Saiyan child and the Galactic Patrol.
• Cooler kicked Salza away, backed off in fright, and bowed to Gran.

Gran, a Candidate God of Destruction, met Cooler on Planet Bell and warned him not to approach a battle involving a powerful Saiyan. Cooler decided to go investigate anyway.

• Cooler recognized Gran as a Candidate God of Destruction and respectfully brought him into a building on Planet Bell.
• Salza refused to help Mask, suspecting the Galactic Patrol’s attack was connected to Gran, and warned Dore and Neiz not to provoke the Deity.
• Gran told Cooler he had no intention of destroying him and advised him not to approach the battle.
• Gran revealed that a powerful Saiyan was fighting nearby and warned Cooler that going there would mean death.
• Cooler struggled over Gran’s warning, then chose to go see what was happening.

Cooler challenged Little Broly despite Gran's warning, and Little Broly's power surged until he overwhelmed Cooler. Gran knocked Little Broly unconscious just before he could kill Cooler, leaving both of them unconscious in Gran's hands.

• Cooler flew out to confront Little Broly, telling Salza that the Candidate God of Destruction would not interfere if he fought fairly.
• Gran watched the battle from the conference room as Little Broly initially struggled against Cooler and his squad, then went berserk and killed Dore and Neiz.
• Little Broly's Battle Power rose to 3 billion, and he later killed Salza while Cooler endured the assault for half an hour in his Ultimate State.
• Little Broly's Battle Power climbed to 5 billion, and he prepared to land a fatal blow on the badly injured Cooler.
• Gran appeared and knocked Little Broly unconscious with a Hand Blade, then caught him and Cooler as Cooler fainted.

After Gran defeated Cooler and left him behind on Planet Bell, Cooler recovered and decided to begin training so he could face the Saiyans’ growing strength. He also hoped to earn a connection with Gran, the Candidate God of Destruction.

• Gran left Cooler unconscious on Planet Bell and took Bulma, Tights, and Jac away after Mask’s death.
• Jac tried to arrest Cooler, but Bulma warned him not to interfere with matters reserved for a God of Destruction and an Angel.
• Cooler woke with severe injuries, then was rescued by his subordinates and taken for treatment.
• Three days later, Cooler emerged from his Healing Tank and reflected on Broly’s strength and Gran’s power.
• Cooler ordered his subordinates to prepare a Gravity Chamber and vowed to start training.

In Era of Kai 752, Quitela pushed four Universe 4 God of Destruction Candidates to understand destruction, then sent them to train in a time chamber. He privately dismissed them as poor prospects and ordered Cognac to search for stronger candidates.

• Quitela’s four Candidates for God of Destruction failed to understand destruction after three years, and he nearly struck them with his power before Cognac stopped him.
• Quitela decided the candidates would train for a thousand years in Cognac’s time chamber, where Cognac would teach them martial arts, and promised to send any candidate who made a major breakthrough to the tournament.
• Quitela told the four candidates that only one would become Universe 4’s true Candidate for God of Destruction, prompting them to eagerly enter the time chamber.
• Cognac questioned Quitela about bending time, and Quitela said other universes would do the same.
• Quitela admitted the four were only fallback candidates and ordered Cognac to search for powerful ancient beings.

The other universes prepared their Candidate Gods of Destruction for the battle by using Time Chambers to extend their training time, though many candidates struggled to learn Destruction. In Universe 7, Gran finished a year of meditation and announced that he was ready to ascend to the Heavenly Realm.

• Lord Sidra scolded Universe 9's candidates for failing to comprehend Destruction and gave them another two thousand years in Mojito's completed Time Chamber.
• Lord Rumsshi sent Universe 10's candidates into the Time Chamber Kusu had built.
• Lord Belmod praised Jiren's rapid progress and led him and Marcarita toward training, while explaining that the Dimension Tower could extend lifespan.
• Lord Champa warned Hit and the Saiyans that they would train in Vados's Time Chamber, with the Saiyans limited to fifty years inside.
• Gran told Lord Beerus and Whis that he was ready to ascend to the Heavenly Realm after a year of meditation.

Gran entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to train his strength before the Candidate God of Destruction Tournament, while Beerus and Whis returned to the Realm of the Gods with Broly. He planned to stay for a little over three hundred years inside, though only about a year would pass outside.

• Gran asked Whis for a Gravity Suit and prepared to train in the Heavenly Realm's Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Beerus told Gran to rest when needed and said he and Whis would wait for him in the Realm of the Gods; Gran hugged them before they left with Broly.
• Gran reached the Heavenly Realm and met Popo, who agreed that Gran's martial arts had reached perfection and only his strength could improve.
• Popo explained the chamber's conditions and opened its door, while Gran sensed a power similar to Whis's Time Power.
• Gran entered the chamber and said he would see Popo in a year; Popo realized Gran intended to spend a little over three hundred years inside.

Gran entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and endured intense gravity and temperature conditions while following his demanding training routine. After adapting to successive gravity levels, he broke through to the Divine Realm First Tier in his normal state, with 364 years still remaining in the chamber.

• Gran inspected the chamber’s living quarters and kitchen, then added a capsule cabinet of seasonings before starting his training.
• Gran completed his first hundred thousand push-ups, collapsed from exhaustion, and rested after eating roasted lamb.
• Gran trained daily, gradually adapting until he could complete his full quota without fatigue and advance to a higher gravity level.
• After a year of training, Gran’s power shook the chamber as he broke through to the Divine Realm First Tier in his normal state.
• Gran noted that 364 years remained and immediately resumed training.

After a year outside and more than three hundred years inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Gran emerged as the Gods of Destruction prepared their candidates for battle. He left Popo and Kid Goku wondering how much stronger he had become.

• Lord Iwan taught Universe 1's candidates to use Destruction Power and introduced Ultra Ego, while Lord Gin began training Universe 12 in the same state.
• Lord Arack urged Universe 5 to aim for first place, and Lord Liger ordered Universe 8's candidates to target Universe 7's candidate because Beerus could not be underestimated.
• On Earth, Tien Shinhan won the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, Goku killed King Piccolo with the Heavenly Breaking Fist, and Goku began training with Popo for the next tournament.
• Popo took Kid Goku toward a training room and wondered why Gran had not emerged from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber after a year.
• Gran crawled through a spatial rift outside the chamber, and Popo sensed that Gran had concealed his aura completely.

Gran met Kid Goku at the Heavenly Realm before leaving Earth, and Popo said he could no longer see through Gran’s strength. In the Realm of the Gods, Whis confirmed Gran had advanced in every aspect of his martial arts but could not determine his power level.

• Gran greeted Popo and recognized that Kid Goku had arrived at the Heavenly Realm in Age 753.
• Kid Goku remembered Gran from his encounter with Bulma and said Popo had sent him to retrieve the Sacred Crown.
• Popo told Gran he could no longer see through his strength, though Angels could still discern aspects of his martial arts from his movements.
• Gran left as Popo sent Kid Goku to another place to train, and Popo said he believed Gran could defeat all the Candidate Gods of Destruction together.
• Beerus, Whis, Old Kai, Shin, and Little Broly gathered in the Realm of the Gods to ask how Gran had changed after his Time Chamber training.
• Whis said Gran had made breakthroughs in every aspect of his martial arts but that he could not clearly see Gran’s power.

Whis revealed that Gran had gained complete control over his power after more than three hundred years of training, though he had left to rest before returning to unleash his potential. Meanwhile, Quitela sought an ancient creature for Universe 4, while Champa chose Hit as Universe 6’s likely Candidate God of Destruction and acknowledged that Gran might reach the level of a true God of Destruction.

• Whis told Beerus and the others that Gran’s control over his power had reached the level of a God of Destruction, and explained that Gran had left to relax before resuming his training.
• Quitela told Cognac to recruit an ancient creature as a Candidate God of Destruction, arguing that Universe 4 needed every advantage to avoid ranking among the bottom three.
• Cognac warned Quitela that awakening the ancient creature was dangerous, but Quitela insisted he would use the creature and destroy him if necessary.
• Champa and Vados discussed Universe 6’s Candidates, and Champa said he would likely choose Hit because of his strength and survival ability.
• Champa rejected recruiting ancient creatures, then reminded Vados that Universe 6 could rely on Gran alongside Universe 7.

In Age 754, Old Kai finished preparing to unleash Gran’s potential, but Gran remained away in the Otherworld, leaving Beerus confident that he had a reason to stay. Whis then revealed that the Grand Minister had summoned all the Gods of Destruction to the Void Realm, though he did not say why.

• Old Kai woke after nearly five years of conditioning and told Shin he was ready to unleash Gran’s potential.
• Whis reported that Gran was still in the Otherworld, fishing, and Beerus said Gran might already be strong enough for the tournament.
• Beerus told Old Kai not to worry because Gran would not stay away without a reason, then prepared to rest.
• Whis announced that the Grand Minister had ordered all the Gods of Destruction to go to the Void Realm immediately.
• Beerus, Old Kai, Shin, and Little Broly returned to Whis and asked why they had been summoned, but Whis said his father had not explained.

Beerus took Little Broly to the Void Realm, planning to pass him off as Universe 7’s Candidate God of Destruction and provoke the other Gods of Destruction. Meanwhile, on Grand Kai’s Planet, Gran was addressed as the Candidate God of Destruction after fishing at the lake, and he turned toward the ghosts who had mocked him.

• Beerus decided to bring Little Broly to the Void Realm and present him as Universe 7’s new Candidate God of Destruction.
• Whis dressed Little Broly in Egyptian-style clothes, and Beerus and Whis departed with him while Old Kai stayed behind laughing.
• On Grand Kai’s Planet, dead martial artists mocked Gran for fishing in Grand Kai’s lake.
• Grand Kai and the four King Kais bowed to Gran and greeted him as the Candidate God of Destruction.
• The ghosts reacted in shock, Grand Kai ordered them to be quiet, and Gran turned to face those who had mocked him.

Gran returned from Otherworld after more than three hundred years of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and went to the Realm of the Gods for Old Kai to unlock his potential. The chapter left off as Old Kai began the ritual and reacted in shock to Gran’s power.

• Gran destroyed the ghosts who had insulted him, then asked Grand Kai for fish to feed Beerus, and Grand Kai agreed.
• Gran asked North Kai whether he had used the promise Gran gave him, and North Kai said he had not.
• Grand Kai learned how North Kai earned the promise and praised his luck after Gran left Otherworld.
• Gran returned to the Realm of the Gods, where Old Kai said the Grand Minister had summoned all the Gods of Destruction to the Void Realm.
• Old Kai began unlocking Gran’s potential, then reacted in shock as the secret technique activated.

Beerus brought Little Broly to the Void Realm as Universe 7’s Candidate God of Destruction and deflected the other Gods of Destruction’s mockery onto him. As they laughed at Little Broly’s low power, Kusu urged them to examine his talent.

• Beerus coached Little Broly to pose as Universe 7’s Candidate God of Destruction and arrived with Whis at the arena the Grand Minister had built.
• Quitela, Belmod, and other Gods of Destruction mocked Beerus for arriving late, but Beerus rebuked them by pointing out that only the Grand Minister could judge him.
• Beerus introduced Little Broly as Universe 7’s Candidate God of Destruction, and the Gods of Destruction were astonished by his mere forty million Battle Power.
• Quitela, Belmod, and Liger ridiculed Little Broly’s weakness while Beerus watched, pleased that they had taken the bait.
• Kusu stepped forward and told the Gods of Destruction to look at Little Broly’s talent before laughing.

The Grand Minister confirmed that Little Broly had Audis's physique, provoking the Gods of Destruction and drawing Beerus's taunts. He then announced that the tournament rules had changed: ten universes would face punishment, leaving only two safe.

• The Angels recognized Little Broly's physique as one capable of unlimited increases in power, and the Grand Minister confirmed it was the same as Audis's.
• Beerus taunted the Gods of Destruction who had mocked his candidate, while Arak, Iwan, and Gin questioned whether Little Broly could grow strong enough in time for the tournament.
• The Grand Minister announced that King of All had increased the number of universes punished from three to ten, so only the final two universes would avoid punishment.

The Grand Minister announced that only two universes could avoid punishment and asked the Gods of Destruction to test his arena by fighting. Champa secured Beerus’s agreement to help Hit, while the Angels watched as the battle began and wondered whether Beerus had grown stronger.

• The Grand Minister reduced the safe universes to two, and Champa silently begged Beerus to help Hit reach one of the spots; Beerus agreed.
• The Grand Minister told the Gods of Destruction to fight in his arena, and Champa stopped Beerus from objecting.
• Vados examined Little Broly, and the Grand Minister confirmed that he shared Audis’s constitution.
• The Angels watched Beerus and the other Gods of Destruction gather in the arena, while Whis and the Grand Minister declined to reveal who would win.