Chapter Summaries

King Vegeta lured Frieza to Planet Vegeta and launched a surprise attack with the Saiyan Elite Warriors, hoping to overthrow him. Frieza survived unharmed, killed the attackers, and left King Vegeta dying as his ambition collapsed.

• King Vegeta ordered the Saiyan Elite Warriors to prepare an ambush so they could kill Frieza and rule the universe.
• Kikono reported that the Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan God appeared to be legends, while Frieza confirmed he still intended to destroy the Saiyans and their planet.
• Frieza accepted King Vegeta's invitation to inspect a supposed treasure and traveled down to Planet Vegeta.
• King Vegeta led Frieza through a crowd of Saiyan Elite Warriors, then shouted for them to attack; the Saiyans bombarded Frieza with Energy Blasts and transformed into Great Apes.
• Frieza emerged unharmed and killed the Great Ape warriors with Death Beams, then pierced King Vegeta's chest and mocked him as he lay dying.

Frieza revealed his overwhelming Power Level and ordered the destruction of Planet Vegeta while the Frieza Force slaughtered the Saiyans. Bardock fought Dodoria to protect the residential district, and when Gine stepped in to shield him, Bardock’s power erupted as he deflected Dodoria’s attack.

• Frieza told King Vegeta his Power Level was 530,000, then ordered the Frieza Force to kill the Saiyans and destroy Planet Vegeta.
• Bardock confronted Dodoria, who taunted him about killing Bardock’s teammates, including Tora.
• Dodoria battered Bardock while Frieza Soldiers attacked the residential district, but Bardock broke free and killed or wounded several soldiers.
• Dodoria resumed his attack and prepared a fatal energy blast as Bardock’s strength grew during their fight.
• Gine rushed between Bardock and Dodoria’s blast, and Bardock suddenly appeared before her and swatted the attack aside.

Bardock fought to stop Dodoria from escaping, then tried to protect Planet Vegeta from Frieza’s Planet Destructo Disc. As the blast swallowed Bardock and continued toward the planet, Frieza’s Scouter detected an enormous surge in power and exploded, leaving Frieza wondering if the Super Saiyan legend was true.

• Dodoria fled after receiving Frieza’s retreat order, but Bardock intercepted him and pursued him again when he sensed something was wrong.
• Bardock and Dodoria saw Frieza’s Planet Destructo Disc descending toward Planet Vegeta, and Bardock charged into the sky to stop it.
• Bardock’s attack failed to slow the blast, and the Planet Destructo Disc vaporized him as Gine rushed toward him.
• Frieza’s Scouter registered a rapidly rising Power Level and exploded, making Frieza suspect that the Super Saiyan legend might be true.

Aila and Rhode arrived at Planet Vegeta as Frieza’s Planet Destructo Disc threatened to destroy it, and both confronted the tyrant. Rhode unleashed a ten-million Power Level Kamehameha at Frieza, leaving the battle’s outcome unknown.

• Aila appeared on Planet Vegeta, raised her Power Level, and fired a Kamehameha at the falling Planet Destructo Disc.
• Rhode appeared beside Frieza, touched his head, and casually slapped away Frieza’s Death Beam.
• Frieza recognized Rhode as a Saiyan, and Rhode declared he had come to challenge him and that Super Saiyans would appear in the future.
• Rhode powered up to ten million with Great Ape Power while Frieza listened to the rising readings from his ship.
• Rhode used Instant Transmission to appear beside Frieza and engulfed him in a Kamehameha.

Rhode’s surprise Kamehameha forced Frieza to reveal his Final Form, but Frieza survived and overwhelmed him with vastly greater power. Rhode continued attacking with Super Instant Transmission, yet could not hurt Frieza, who remained relaxed as Rhode stopped to catch his breath.

• Rhode fired a Kamehameha that engulfed Frieza and nearby Fighters, but Frieza survived by releasing his true power and transforming into his Final Form.
• Frieza confronted Rhode, who mocked him and prepared to fight despite recognizing the enormous gap between their strength.
• Frieza attacked Rhode with a rapid strike and knee, but Rhode blocked the first blow, endured the second, and flung Frieza away.
• Rhode used Instant Transmission to launch a barrage of attacks from different directions, but Frieza blocked or endured them without injury.
• Rhode stopped at a distance, exhausted but excited by the challenge, while Frieza calmly asked whether he had stopped attacking.

Rhode refused Frieza’s offer to join him and escaped his attack as Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta and the Saiyans trying to flee. Rhode rescued Aila from Frieza, took her to the Time Chamber, and returned to the planet’s former location.

• Frieza invited Rhode to work for him, but Rhode refused and warned that he might become a Super Saiyan.
• Frieza fired a powerful Death Beam at Rhode, but hit only an afterimage.
• Frieza shot down Saiyan spacecraft and destroyed Planet Vegeta, then targeted the last escaping Saiyans.
• Aila transformed into a Great Ape and attacked Frieza, but Rhode rescued her before Frieza’s energy blast could hit.
• Rhode took Aila to the Time Chamber, knocked her unconscious when she kept struggling, and returned to the space where Planet Vegeta had been.

Rhode escaped Frieza after Planet Vegeta's destruction and considered how he might eventually achieve Super Saiyan. He returned to the Time Chamber, where he faced Aila's fury by forcing her back inside and preparing to subdue her.

• Rhode used Instant Transmission to evade Frieza and reflected on the difficulties of meeting the conditions for Super Saiyan.
• Rhode considered emotional triggers and raising his Power Level and S Cells as two paths to transformation, and recognized that his composure might help him understand Ultra Instinct.
• Frieza asked Rhode's name, mocked him for fleeing, and resolved to investigate the unusual Saiyans after Rhode vanished.
• Rhode went to a lifeless planet and opened the Time Chamber, where Aila rushed out in anger.
• Rhode kicked Aila back into the Time Chamber, followed her inside, and attacked when she would not calm down.

After Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta, Aila struggled with her failure to save the Saiyans, then resolved to grow stronger. Rhode suggested they travel to Planet Yardrat to learn its advanced ki techniques, and they left for it.

• Aila recovered from her defeat in the Time Chamber and blamed Frieza for destroying Planet Vegeta, while Rhode urged her to train for their eventual rematch.
• Aila challenged Rhode over his estimate of Frieza's Power Level, then admitted she wanted to become stronger.
• Aila asked Rhode to teach her how to use Great Ape Power in her normal state, but he explained that she needed far greater control over her power.
• Rhode told Aila that Planet Yardrat's advanced ki techniques might help improve their strength.
• Aila urged Rhode to take them to Planet Yardrat, and they left the Time Chamber for their destination.

Rhode and Aila arrived on Planet Yardrat and asked Elder Pybara to teach them spirit cultivation and special techniques. Pybara assigned Hazka to guide their training, then left to discuss whether the two Saiyans might bring fortune or disaster.

• Rhode and Aila appeared inside Pybara’s building without warning, astonishing the Yardratians because they sensed no spirit from their arrival.
• Pybara recognized that Rhode and Aila were Saiyans but detected no malice, and he asked why they had come to Planet Yardrat.
• Rhode introduced himself and Aila and asked to study spirit cultivation and Yardratian techniques, and Pybara agreed.
• Pybara assigned Hazka to teach Rhode and Aila, and the many green-skinned Yardratians merged into one person before leading them to the training grounds.
• After Rhode and Aila left with Hazka, Pybara used Instant Transmission to meet the other elders and discuss their arrival.

Pybara asked the precognitive Yardratian Devit about Rhode and Aila, and Devit called them a blessing to Planet Yardrat and urged that their requests be fulfilled. Meanwhile, Hazka began training the two Saiyans to balance their Spirit Control and bodies, and Rhode quickly mastered the first exercise before attempting to move across the cone tips.

• Pybara visited Devit, who said Rhode and Aila were a blessing and told him to fulfill their requests, but refused to reveal what he had foreseen.
• After Pybara left, Devit reflected on visions of conflicts threatening the universe and resumed cultivating.
• Hazka brought Rhode and Aila to a training ground and told them to balance Spirit Control with their bodies by standing on sharp cone tips.
• Rhode and Aila initially used too much Spirit Control, so Hazka corrected them and repeatedly criticized Aila for using more than necessary.
• After half a day, Rhode mastered standing on the cones with precise Spirit Control, and Hazka told him to start moving between them.

Rhode rapidly mastered dynamic Spirit control on the cone tips, while Hazka advised Aila to build her mental strength and balance patiently. After half a month, Rhode completed the solo training and prepared to begin combat practice with Hazka.

• Rhode learned to move across the cone tips in less than a day, while Aila struggled to maintain balance while standing still.
• Hazka advised Aila to calm her mind, strengthen her foundation, and avoid rushing ahead; Aila accepted his guidance and focused on training.
• Rhode gradually increased his speed and, after half a month, mastered moving through sudden stops, acceleration, and other complex situations atop the cones.
• Hazka declared that Rhode's next training stage would be direct combat, and Rhode immediately took a fighting stance.

Rhode trained with Hazka to control and distribute Spirit Control throughout his body while fighting at equal power, then practiced against Hazka’s clones. After another month, Hazka brought Rhode to Elder Pybara, who said Rhode’s foundation was solid enough for him to begin learning techniques.

• Hazka warned Rhode to match his power, and Rhode agreed before they began sparring on the cone tips.
• Hazka admitted he had skipped a training step, then attacked Rhode as Rhode learned to control his ki through changing movements.
• After ten days, Rhode had adapted enough to suppress Hazka, who increased the difficulty by using dozens of clones.
• Hazka explained that techniques such as Instant Transmission and Clone Technique relied on controlling Spirit Control, and Rhode trained against the clones.
• A month later, Hazka brought Rhode to Elder Pybara, who told him he could begin learning techniques.

Pybara explained that Yardratian techniques were advanced applications of Spirit Control, and Rhode chose five techniques to learn despite the elder's warning about the time required. After a year of training under Pybara, Rhode had undergone earth-shaking changes.

• Pybara explained the origins of techniques and warned Rhode that powerful abilities had to be used responsibly.
• Rhode asked to learn every technique, but Pybara advised him to focus on one or several.
• Rhode chose Instant Transmission, Forced Separation Technique, Restoration Technique, Clone Technique, and Great Ape Transformation.
• Pybara agreed to teach Rhode the five techniques, though he warned that mastering them could take at least ten years.
• Pybara began Rhode's training with Instant Transmission, and a year passed as Rhode changed dramatically.

After spending eight years inside the Time Chamber, Rhode returned to Planet Yardrat as a young man with greatly increased strength and mastery of several techniques. He learned Mind Reading Technique before leaving the training grounds, where Aila saw his changed appearance and called to him uncertainly.

• Rhode emerged from the Time Chamber, and Elder Pybara noticed how much his appearance and restrained Aura had changed.
• Rhode told Pybara he had mastered Instant Transmission, Forced Separation Technique, Clone Technique, Great Ape Transformation, Restoration Technique, and Defense Cover, then asked to learn more.
• Pybara agreed to teach Rhode and explained that a sage had prophesied Rhode would be important to the world.
• Rhode asked to learn Mind Reading Technique, and Pybara provided the materials after warning him against studying time and lifespan.
• Rhode mastered Mind Reading Technique and its reverse, then appeared at the training grounds and encountered Aila.
• Aila saw Rhode's grown appearance and called to him uncertainly.

After finishing his training on Planet Yardrat, Rhode left for Earth and reunited with Little Bulma, who was startled by his grown-up appearance. Aila decided to seek a Time Chamber of her own so she could keep up with him.

• Rhode confirmed to Aila that the Time Chamber had caused him to grow up, then told her he planned to leave for Earth and train there.
• Aila accepted Rhode's departure but resolved to seek a Time Chamber and went to Planet Namek to ask the Great Elder for one.
• Rhode said farewell to Hazka and Elder Pybara, then used Instant Transmission to return to Earth.
• Little Bulma confronted Rhode with her Energy Gun, recognized him after he teased her, and questioned how he had grown up so quickly.

Rhode watched Little Bulma test the powerful Energy Gun she had invented and learned that she had made it in case an Alien Visitor proved dangerous. He sensed that the visitor was Gyak of the Galactic Patrol, while Dr. Brief noticed Rhode's Space Gate.

• Rhode opened a Space Gate to his Time Chamber so Little Bulma could test her Energy Gun safely.
• Little Bulma fired at the ground, and the Energy Gun caused a massive explosion powerful enough to destroy a small hill.
• Little Bulma told Rhode that Dr. Brief had developed an Anti-Gravity Aircraft after studying Rhode's spaceship and wanted to thank him.
• Little Bulma explained that she had made the Energy Gun after Tais reported meeting an Alien Visitor and asked Dr. Brief for help.
• Rhode sensed a powerful life form in the east and realized it was Gyak of the Galactic Patrol.
• Dr. Brief saw the Space Gate and called out from outside.

Rhode reunited with Dr. Brief, shared new technological materials, and accepted twenty percent of Capsule Corp's shares after Dr. Brief insisted. He learned that Gyak of the Galactic Patrol had come to Earth for help repairing his spaceship, though Rhode questioned whether Gyak was truly a good person.

• Rhode emerged from the Time Chamber with Little Bulma and reintroduced himself to Dr. Brief, who was astonished by how much he had changed.
• Rhode told Dr. Brief that he could freely use the spaceship's common anti-gravity technology on Earth and gave him technical materials he had collected from inhabited planets.
• Dr. Brief offered Rhode twenty percent of Capsule Corp's shares to repay him for his help, and Rhode accepted after Dr. Brief insisted.
• Rhode asked about the alien on Earth, and Dr. Brief explained that Gyak, an elite Galactic Patrol member, wanted him to repair a spaceship.
• Rhode described the Galactic Patrol to Dr. Brief but privately doubted Gyak's goodness, recalling that Gyak had come to Earth intending to eliminate Goku.

Rhode accompanied the Brief family to Lonely Island to meet Dr. Omori, Tais, and the Galactic Patrolman Gyak. The group reunited on the shore, where Tais noticed Rhode and asked her mother who he was.

• Little Bulma asked Rhode why Aila was absent, and he explained that she was still training.
• Mrs. Brief arrived, mistook Rhode for a handsome stranger, and learned from Little Bulma that he was Rhode.
• Dr. Brief invited Rhode to visit the alien, and the group flew east in his Anti-Gravity Aircraft.
• The group landed on Lonely Island, where Dr. Omori greeted Dr. Brief and Little Bulma reunited with Tais.
• Tais noticed Rhode beside her family and asked Mrs. Brief who he was.

Tais introduced Rhode to her family, but Gyak tried to flee in his damaged spaceship after recognizing Rhode as an adult Saiyan. Rhode stopped him, and after the group gathered at the house, he kept Gyak behind to ask about Merus.

• Mrs. Brief introduced Rhode to Tais, who realized Gyak had disappeared.
• Gyak took off in his unrepaired spaceship, and Rhode stopped it and ordered him to land.
• Gyak claimed he had wanted to seek Galactic Patrol reinforcements, while Rhode teased Little Bulma by pretending to be a villain.
• Tais introduced Gyak to the Briefs and explained the spaceship problem before the group headed to the house.
• Rhode held Gyak back and asked whether the Galactic Patrol had someone named Merus.

Rhode warned Gyak to keep the Extinction Bomb safe, then gave Tais a spaceship after Gyak fled Earth. He acquired Dr. Omori’s unfinished Time Machine and research materials, promised to help him visit the past someday, and left for Mount Paozu to meet Kakarot.

• Rhode confirmed that Gyak had never heard of Merus and warned him not to endanger Earth with the Extinction Bomb.
• Dr. Brief and Little Bulma repaired Gyak’s spaceship, and Gyak promptly left Earth without taking Dr. Omori and Tais on their promised trip.
• Rhode gave Tais his old spaceship, which she eagerly examined.
• Rhode learned Dr. Omori no longer wanted to return to the past and offered to trade island ownership for his unfinished Time Machine and research materials.
• Rhode helped Dr. Omori obtain ownership of Lonely Island, took the Time Machine and research, and departed after promising to help him visit the past someday.
• Rhode arrived at Mount Paozu to meet Kakarot.