Chapter Summaries

Rhode returned to Earth and visited Grandpa Gohan and young Goku, then made up for missed visits to Master Roshi and Karin. After relaxing in West City, he prepared to resume his research and training, but an unexpected person appeared.

• Rhode arrived at Grandpa Gohan’s home on Mount Paozu and met Grandpa Gohan and Goku, whom he identified as Kakarot.
• Rhode happily teased Goku and stayed with Grandpa Gohan for several days, sharing warnings before leaving.
• Rhode visited Master Roshi at Kame House and brought Karin the fish he had promised.
• Rhode returned to West City and relaxed for more than a month before an unexpected person appeared as he was about to resume training and research.

Aila returned from training on Planet Yardrat and challenged Rhode after using the Time Chamber to grow stronger. Their fierce battle left Rhode on the ground after Aila activated Great Ape Power, and he prepared to end the fight.

• Rhode realized Aila had grown up after training in the Time Chamber and accepted her challenge.
• Aila blocked Rhode’s surprise attack and showed that her strength and technique had greatly improved.
• Rhode and Aila traded increasingly fierce close-range attacks before Aila launched a Kikoho.
• Aila used Great Ape Power in her normal state, boosted her Aura nearly tenfold, and struck Rhode down.
• Rhode smiled as he watched Aila’s Great Ape Power, deciding it was time to end the battle.

Rhode and Aila fought in the Time Chamber as Aila tested Great Ape Power, while Rhode used it in controlled bursts to gain an advantage. Aila eventually exhausted her strength and was gravely injured, but Rhode restored her, accepting that she could surpass him once she recovered.

• Rhode used brief bursts of Great Ape Power to overwhelm Aila and force her to recognize how skillfully he controlled the technique.
• Aila understood Rhode's fighting style and pressed forward, growing stronger as the two fought fiercely in the Time Chamber.
• Aila's Great Ape Power faded, and Rhode's final punch sent her flying and left her unconscious and gravely injured.
• Rhode sensed that Aila's strength would surpass his after she recovered, then used Restoration Technique to heal her rather than let her die.
• Rhode reflected that Aila had already caught up to him and felt urgency despite winning the sparring match.

Rhode deliberately entered a Near-death state to increase his strength, first provoking King Cold and then asking the Great Elder to unleash his potential. After returning to Earth stronger than Aila, he saw her rush off after challenging him to get stronger, but she soon came back blushing.

• Rhode worried that Aila had surpassed him after her training and decided he needed to grind harder.
• Rhode left Aila on Earth, traveled to King Cold's planet, and let King Cold grievously injure him before escaping to Planet Namek.
• Rhode recovered with Senzu Beans, then had the Great Elder unleash his potential and returned to Earth with a Power Level of around ten million.
• Aila sensed Rhode's return, challenged him to get stronger, and hurried away despite her unsteady steps.
• Aila reappeared, looked Rhode up and down, and rapidly blushed.

After Aila realized Rhode had grown stronger than her, she fled in embarrassment and resolved to find her own way to surpass him. Rhode asked Dr. Brief for a stronger Gravity Chamber, then postponed construction after deciding he had a new plan.

• Aila sensed Rhode's increased power, blushed at her earlier words, and used Instant Transmission to escape to the Gravity Chamber.
• Aila reviewed their fight, concluded Rhode had also grown stronger through a Near-death recovery, and resolved to improve her Great Ape Power control and develop a path of her own.
• Rhode returned Tais's spaceship, then asked Dr. Brief to build a larger Gravity Chamber with a higher multiplier.
• Rhode reassured Dr. Brief that he and Aila could handle greater gravity, but then asked him to prepare the information and materials while postponing construction for a new plan.

Rhode secured land beside Capsule Corp and began building a Martial Arts Hall to serve as his Earth residence and public identity. As construction continued, he explained to Aila that he would focus on the Hall’s private training facilities rather than personally teaching ordinary people.

• Rhode asked Dr. Brief to help build an upgraded Gravity Chamber and left Capsule Corp after settling the project.
• Rhode visited West City's government offices and acquired a sizable plot of land beside Capsule Corp.
• Rhode planned a Martial Arts Hall with a public front section and a private rear section featuring a high-gravity chamber and a Training Hall modeled on Planet Yardrat.
• Professionals introduced by Dr. Brief began constructing the Martial Arts Hall according to Rhode's plans.
• Aila asked whether Rhode intended to teach Earthlings, and Rhode explained that he would let others manage the front section and only guide exceptional students.
• Aila returned to training after warning Rhode that she would surpass him, and Rhode went down to meet Dr. Brief as he arrived to oversee construction.

Rhode inspected the Martial Arts Hall construction with Dr. Brief and asked for several Gravity Chambers to be built. Dr. Brief showed him new clothes made from Battle Suit material, and Rhode brought Aila her share before she changed and invited him to train.

• Dr. Brief praised Rhode's Martial Arts Hall plan, and they agreed to connect it to Capsule Corp through the rear section.
• Rhode asked Dr. Brief to build one large Gravity Chamber and several smaller ones, and Dr. Brief approved the plan.
• Dr. Brief showed Rhode ten sets each of men's and women's clothes made from replicated Battle Suit material, including combat gear and casual outfits.
• Rhode escaped Dr. Brief's lengthy laboratory tour with the clothes and went to find Aila.
• Rhode gave Aila her clothes, and she changed into a Battle Suit before inviting him to train together.

Rhode and Aila tested whether the Gravity Chamber could affect the Time Chamber, breaking its gravity controls when Rhode opened the Space Gate. Afterward, Rhode told Aila the conditions for transforming into a Super Saiyan, and she was visibly moved.

• Rhode and Aila trained at one hundred times gravity and agreed they needed to be careful about using the Time Chamber because its time difference accelerated their aging.
• Rhode opened the Space Gate inside the Gravity Chamber to test whether its gravity would affect the Time Chamber, causing the gravity to fluctuate until the chamber stabilized at normal gravity.
• Rhode suggested they take a break from tense training, then told Aila he had learned the conditions for transforming into a Super Saiyan from studying a Time Machine.
• Rhode explained that the transformation required a high Power Level, enough S Cells supported by a peaceful life, and intense emotional stimulation.
• Aila listened calmly but grew visibly emotional as Rhode described the requirements.

Rhode explained the Super Saiyan transformation and its fiftyfold power increase, and Aila challenged him to transform first. After Aila revealed that two of her wishes to Porunga had been used to learn Rhode’s and Frieza’s exact power, Rhode left with her to get the broken Gravity Chamber repaired, but Aila was dragged shopping by Mrs. Brief and Little Bulma.

• Rhode described a Super Saiyan’s appearance and fiftyfold power increase, and Aila calculated she could defeat Frieza if she transformed.
• Aila challenged Rhode to see who could become a Super Saiyan first, and Rhode accepted.
• Rhode asked Aila what her other wishes had been, and she said she had asked for his and Frieza’s exact power.
• Rhode and Aila left the broken Gravity Chamber to find Dr. Brief, then ran into Mrs. Brief and Little Bulma.
• Rhode suggested Aila go shopping with Mrs. Brief and Little Bulma, who took her along despite her protests.

Rhode tested Dr. Omori’s half-finished Time Machine and discovered that its time stop froze nearly half the city, including Aila. After briefly experiencing the effect himself, he began studying spacetime and lifespan before Aila returned from shopping and asked whether he had entered the Time Chamber.

• Rhode activated the half-finished Time Machine and found that its time stop froze Capsule Corp and the surrounding area.
• Rhode checked Aila, Mrs. Brief, and Little Bulma, then measured the time stop’s range and found it covered nearly half the city.
• Rhode used a clone to activate the machine while his main body experienced the time stop, and he sensed he might eventually comprehend its power.
• Rhode decided to study spacetime and seek Shenron’s knowledge about spacetime and extending lifespan, then continued researching while Namek’s Shenron remained unavailable.
• Aila returned from shopping in a blue dress with many bags, changed back into her Battle Suit, and asked Rhode if he had entered the Time Chamber.

Rhode and Aila continued training while the Martial Arts Hall was completed, and Aila began spending her free time shopping. Nearly a year later, after advancing his Spacetime Studies, Rhode prepared to leave Earth.

• Rhode told Aila he had tested the Time Machine in the Time Chamber, and she warned him to use the chamber cautiously before returning to her training.
• Rhode and Aila focused on their training and studies as construction continued, while Aila went shopping whenever she had free time.
• Rhode promised Little Bulma she would be the first disciple at his Martial Arts Hall and that Aila would teach her, and Aila took Little Bulma to train.
• The Martial Arts Hall was completed a month later, and Rhode and Aila moved in while Rhode continued training and researching.
• Nearly a year later, Rhode gained an understanding of Time Stop, mastered the Spacetime Studies knowledge from Dr. Omori, and set off to leave Earth.

Rhode summoned Porunga on Planet Namek and learned that no cultivation method could make a mortal into a god or grant eternal life. He recorded Porunga’s suggestions for extending life, gained knowledge about Time Machines and Space-Time Nodes, and returned the Dragon Balls before heading back to Earth to study what he had learned.

• Rhode learned the Namekian language, obtained the Great Elder’s permission, and summoned Porunga.
• Rhode asked for a cultivation method to surpass the gods and gain eternal life, but Porunga said he could not grant the wish.
• Porunga explained that mortals could reach the God Realm but needed to inherit a God Position to become gods, then listed many ways to extend life and preserve youth.
• Rhode recorded Porunga’s suggestions and wished for complete knowledge of Time Machines and methods for locating Space-Time Nodes.
• Porunga granted the wish and departed, and Rhode intercepted the Dragon Balls and returned them to their villages.
• Rhode left Planet Namek and returned to Earth to digest his new knowledge.

After a year of studying time and space, Rhode took his first small step during Time Stop and prepared to investigate Space-Time Nodes. He and Aila discussed the risks and the Martial Arts Hall’s opening before Bruce arrived with news about Dr. Gero.

• Rhode activated the half-finished Time Machine and managed to move his body enough to take one step during Time Stop.
• Aila asked whether Rhode would next search for Space-Time Nodes and voiced concern that he might disappear, while Rhode assured her he would be fine.
• Rhode said it was time to open the Martial Arts Hall, explaining that instructors and management staff were already in place.
• Bruce arrived and told Rhode that he had found news about Dr. Gero.

Rhode reviewed Dr. Gero’s file and decided to use Shenron to change the scientist’s nature before recruiting him. He and Aila set out to gather the Dragon Balls, arriving at Mount Paozu, where Aila discovered that Kid Goku was a Saiyan.

• Bruce gave Rhode a detailed file on Dr. Gero, revealing his ambitions and ties to the Red Ribbon Army.
• Rhode praised Bruce, told him to open the Martial Arts Hall, and appointed him its public-facing master.
• Aila joined Rhode as he prepared to deal with Dr. Gero, and Rhode decided to use Shenron to change the scientist’s nature.
• Rhode and Aila went to Mount Paozu to collect the Four-Star Ball from Grandpa Gohan.
• Aila picked up Kid Goku and excitedly told Rhode that he was a Saiyan.

Rhode gathered the Dragon Balls and wished for Shenron to gradually turn Dr. Gero into a good person, then recruited the reformed scientist. Half a year later, Rhode vanished from the world, leaving Aila overwhelmed by emptiness and worry.

• Rhode and Aila visited Kame House and Flame Mountain, where they borrowed Dragon Balls and met little Chi-Chi.
• Rhode and Aila gathered the remaining Dragon Balls and summoned Shenron, who granted Rhode's wish to reform Dr. Gero.
• Rhode recruited Dr. Gero and his assistant, then returned to training and studying Space-Time Power.
• Half a year later, Aila sensed Rhode's sudden disappearance and felt an immense emptiness and worry.

After crossing a Space-Time Node, Rhode gained a heightened sensitivity to the nodes and learned to wield a trace of Time Power, including a brief Time Stop. He traveled to Earth in the unfamiliar world and arrived at the Lookout, where Kami and Popo reacted cautiously to his presence.

• Rhode touched a Space-Time Node and was transported from the Main World to an empty stretch of deep space.
• Rhode discovered that crossing the node had made him more sensitive to Space-Time Nodes and allowed him to find another one with ease.
• Rhode used a trace of Time Power to stop nearby cosmic dust for less than a second, then meditated until he could wield the power more naturally.
• Rhode located Earth and used Super Instant Transmission to reach the Lookout, where Kami and Popo were worried about the crisis below.
• Rhode greeted Kami and Popo, who did not recognize him, and then looked down at Earth, confirming his suspicions.

Rhode arrived on Earth and recognized Turles’s Sacred Tree, then rescued Great Ape Gohan from Turles’s attack. Turles mistook Rhode for a surviving Saiyan and invited him and Goku to join him.

• Rhode saw the Sacred Tree covering Earth and decided to collect its fruit and seeds for research rather than eat them.
• Rhode introduced himself to Kami and Popo, said he would help defend Earth, and caught North Kai’s attention by sensing him on King Kai’s Planet.
• Turles fought the Earth Warriors while Gohan, partly clear-minded as a Great Ape, attacked him; Turles chose to kill Gohan when he could not take him away.
• Goku arrived as Turles hurled an energy ring at Gohan, but Rhode rescued Gohan before the attack landed and Goku’s Ki Blast destroyed the ring.
• Rhode returned Gohan to normal and handed him to Goku, who grew wary of Rhode’s Saiyan tail; Turles then offered Rhode and Goku the chance to join him as companions.

Turles's generals challenged Goku and Rhode, but Rhode effortlessly annihilated most of them when they targeted him. Turles killed the last fleeing general and confronted Rhode, who admitted he had retaliated; Goku cautiously moved away from him.

• Goku rejected Turles's invitation, and Turles's five generals volunteered to fight Goku and Rhode.
• The generals' Scouters showed Rhode had a Power Level of two and Goku had a Power Level of twenty thousand, so they focused their attack on Goku.
• Rhode glanced at the twin brothers, causing them to explode into dust, then Amond and Daiz also exploded without anyone seeing Rhode move.
• The cyborg Kakao fled, but Turles struck him with an energy wave and destroyed him.
• Turles accused Rhode of killing his generals, and Rhode said he had merely returned their attack; Goku quietly put distance between himself and Rhode.

Rhode defeated Turles’s attack without effort, then let him flee toward the Sacred Tree Fruit so Goku could pursue him. After Goku left, Rhode restored Piccolo and the unconscious Earth Warriors, who woke up confused about what had happened.

• Rhode reassured Goku after killing Turles’s generals, then invited Turles to attack him.
• Turles battered Rhode’s Defense Cover without damaging it and left to seek greater power from the Sacred Tree Fruit.
• Rhode urged Goku to chase Turles, and Goku handed the unconscious Gohan to Piccolo before leaving.
• Rhode returned with the injured Earth Warriors and used the Restoration Technique to heal them.
• The Earth Warriors woke up, and Rhode introduced himself to the puzzled group.

Rhode agreed to destroy the Sacred Tree after North Kai asked him to intervene, while Turles returned with his power boosted by a Sacred Tree Fruit. Rhode protected Krillin as he went to rescue Goku, then destroyed the Sacred Tree and faced Turles.

• Krillin thanked Rhode for healing the group and asked whether Goku could defeat Turles, and Rhode said Goku still had a chance despite struggling.
• North Kai asked Rhode to destroy the Sacred Tree, and Rhode agreed while telling the others he would act soon.
• Turles arrived after eating a Sacred Tree Fruit and claimed Goku had fallen, then attacked Krillin as Krillin charged him.
• Rhode shielded Krillin, gave him a Senzu bean, and sent him to rescue Goku despite Turles trying to stop him.
• Rhode fired a concentrated blast into the Sacred Tree, disintegrating it and releasing the life force it had absorbed from Earth.