Chapter Summaries

Saitama defeated Kid Goku to win the World Martial Arts Tournament, and Rhode revealed that Saitama had concealed power on par with his own. After returning to the West City Martial Arts Hall, Rhode focused on advancing his strength, having mastered Super Saiyan 3 and raised his Normal State Power Level beyond one hundred billion.

• Saitama knocked Kid Goku out of the arena and won the World Martial Arts Tournament.
• Rhode's Clone restored Kid Goku, who thanked Rhode and admitted Saitama was strong.
• Rhode told Kid Goku that Saitama had concealed his strength and was about equal to Rhode, using only the power of a hundred thousand Power Level during their fight.
• Rhode used Time Stop to leave the tournament ceremony to his clone, then led everyone back to the West City Martial Arts Hall, where Bardock, Gine, Raditz, Goku, Krillin, and Yamcha settled in.
• Rhode reflected on his training and revealed that he had mastered Super Saiyan 3 and raised his Normal State Power Level beyond one hundred billion.

Rhode attempted to transform into Super Saiyan 4 in his Hyperbolic Time Chamber, using Blutz Waves and Super Saiyan power to become a Golden Great Ape. He returned to his normal form with immense Golden Great Ape power but failed to achieve Super Saiyan 4, and began to suspect the transformation required deeper mastery of his Saiyan bloodline.

• Rhode decided to pursue Super Saiyan 4 before Super Saiyan God and entered his Hyperbolic Time Chamber to begin training.
• Rhode transformed into a Great Ape and tried adding Super Saiyan power, but became a Super Saiyan Ape rather than a Golden Great Ape.
• Rhode enveloped himself in intense Blutz Waves and added Super Saiyan power, successfully transforming into a Golden Great Ape while retaining his consciousness.
• Rhode returned to his normal form with Golden Great Ape power, but did not transform into Super Saiyan 4.
• Rhode considered why the transformation had failed and recalled that Super Saiyan 4 involved deeply comprehending his bloodline and completely mastering Saiyan power.

Rhode reflected on why he could not transform into Super Saiyan 4 and realized he had kept himself emotionally distant from the world. He stopped forcing the transformation, sent clones to research his many techniques, and found Aila waiting in the courtyard.

• Rhode considered whether the desire to protect loved ones could catalyze Super Saiyan 4 and questioned how deeply he cared for Aila and the people around him.
• Rhode recognized that he had treated the world as an outsider, but accepted that his bonds with Aila, Bulma, and the others were real.
• Rhode dispersed his Golden Great Ape power and decided not to force a Super Saiyan 4 breakthrough yet.
• Rhode realized that his Yardrat Clone Technique could let him research multiple techniques at once, including by using the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Rhode created ten clones, assigned them separate research tasks, and stepped through a Space Gate to check on their experiment.
• Rhode saw Aila waiting in the courtyard and asked what was going on.

Rhode struggled with his failed breakthrough, but Aila’s concern and their ordinary life together helped him let go of his pride and find peace. The chapter ended with him joining Aila for dinner and appreciating her cooking and presence.

• Aila told Rhode she was going shopping with Gine, noticed his disappointment over failing to break through, and tried to comfort him.
• Gine complained that Goku, Bardock, and Raditz focused only on training, while Aila reminded her that training took more than effort.
• After Aila and Gine left, Rhode sensed life across Earth and became absorbed in the world around him until night fell.
• Aila returned and invited Rhode to dinner, and he admired her in her dress and apron before praising her appearance.
• Rhode tried Aila’s meat-heavy cooking, found it delicious, and enjoyed dinner with her.

Rhode and Aila reconciled their feelings, proposed marriage, and fought in Aila's Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Rhode then broke through to Super Saiyan 4 and prepared to show Aila his new form.

• Rhode thanked Aila for understanding him, and the two acknowledged their feelings for each other.
• Rhode asked Aila to marry him, but she dismissed the Earthling ritual and pushed him through a Space Gate into her Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Rhode and Aila battled repeatedly, with Rhode's greater stamina and recovery allowing him to win.
• Rhode reflected on his desire to protect Aila, then asked how close she was to breaking through Super Saiyan 3.
• Aila sensed that Rhode's Aura had vanished and realized he had broken through to Super Saiyan 4.
• Rhode excitedly told Aila that he would show her his new form.

Rhode transformed into Super Saiyan 4 and discovered that it evolved his body and life level while his strength continued to grow. Inspired by watching him, Aila mastered Super Saiyan 3, and the two began training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

• Rhode transformed through Great Ape and Golden Great Ape into Super Saiyan 4, then sensed its extraordinary physical power and ongoing growth.
• Aila admired Rhode's new form and, after his prompting, drew inspiration from the transformation.
• Aila mastered Super Saiyan 2 and then successfully transformed into Super Saiyan 3.
• Rhode suggested they train while they had time, and he and Aila began sparring in the Time Chamber.

Rhode and Aila stopped letting their training sessions get sidetracked and focused on improving their power in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Aila mastered control of Super Saiyan 3 while Rhode’s Normal State Power continued to rise, and they stayed in the chamber to reach their next limits.

• Rhode and Aila joked about their days of training turning into play before agreeing to spar properly.
• Aila transformed into Super Saiyan 3, while Rhode used Great Ape Power and the Self-Evolution Technique to match her strength.
• As they sparred in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Aila improved her control of Super Saiyan 3 and Rhode’s Normal State Power climbed past two hundred billion.
• Aila ended their sparring after nearly mastering Super Saiyan 3 and asked to train with one of Rhode’s clones while raising her Normal State Power.
• Rhode agreed to stay in the chamber until Aila surpassed the one-hundred-billion limit, created a clone to train with her, and began his own training.

Rhode tested his newly mastered Super Saiyan 4 and found that it amplified his Normal State Power by more than ten thousand times, while his training pushed his normal power past one trillion. The chapter ended with Aila asking whether his progress had slowed or reached a new ceiling.

• Rhode transformed into Super Saiyan 4 and shattered the space inside Aila's Hyperbolic Time Chamber with a punch, though the chamber quickly repaired itself.
• Rhode reasoned that the chamber's spatial stability might depend on its owner's strength and estimated that Super Saiyan 4 could eventually amplify his power by up to twenty thousand times.
• Rhode practiced controlling Super Saiyan 4, found that the transformation responded effortlessly to his will, and then returned to his normal state to keep training.
• Rhode and Aila continued cultivating, and Rhode repeatedly redistributed his clone's power to support Aila until she raised her Normal State Power beyond one hundred billion.
• Aila asked about Rhode's progress, and Rhode revealed that his Normal State Power had surpassed one trillion.
• Aila reacted with surprise and asked Rhode whether his improvement had slowed or reached a ceiling.

Rhode explained the Super Saiyan God breakthrough to Aila, then helped her practice Super Saiyan 4, but she could not transform. They discussed traveling to other worlds together, remembered their first encounter, and agreed to hold a wedding after leaving the chamber.

• Rhode told Aila that Super Saiyan 4 had not slowed his growth and explained how kind Saiyans could help someone become a Super Saiyan God.
• Aila realized they lacked enough qualifying kind Saiyans and asked Rhode to demonstrate Super Saiyan 4 instead.
• Rhode repeatedly transformed for Aila, but she failed to mutate into a Golden Great Ape and gave up for the time being.
• Rhode proposed traveling to other worlds with Aila, explaining that he could now search for worlds and still sense the Main World.
• Aila confronted Rhode about having pinched her cheek during an earlier Time Stop test, and he admitted it before the two became intimate.
• Rhode proposed holding a wedding after they left, and Aila agreed.

After returning from the Time Chamber, Rhode cleaned up the spoiled food and greeted Gine and Goku. He brought Kid Goku into the chamber to demonstrate powerful Saiyan forms and give him a goal to pursue.

• Rhode and Aila left the Time Chamber, discovered about a week had passed, and cleaned the spoiled food from the house.
• Gine and Goku visited, and Gine chatted with Aila while Kid Goku asked Rhode why he could no longer sense his Aura.
• Rhode praised Kid Goku's training and reminded him to balance effort with rest.
• Rhode took Kid Goku into the Time Chamber and revealed a portion of his immense power.
• Rhode demonstrated Great Ape Power and the Super Saiyan forms, leaving Kid Goku eager to grow stronger.

Rhode explained the Super Saiyan transformations to Kid Goku, demonstrated Super Saiyan 4, and sparred him against a clone. He then recalled his research clones and absorbed their findings, which showed progress in several aspects of Space-Time Power.

• Rhode explained the conditions and risks of Super Saiyan transformations to Kid Goku, then demonstrated how Super Saiyan 4 made his Aura disappear.
• Rhode tested the strength of the portable Hyperbolic Time Chamber and found that its space remained stable despite his full-power punch.
• Rhode offered to train with Kid Goku and created a clone with a similar Power Level to spar with him.
• Rhode recalled his ten research clones and absorbed the knowledge they had gathered during seven or eight years in the Time Chamber.
• Rhode reviewed their results and found progress in Space Power, Time Reversal, and Time Acceleration.

Rhode assigned clones to advance his research while deciding not to make them self-sustaining, then watched Kid Goku train and urged him to improve his control over his power. Kid Goku reflected on Rhode’s advice and the gap in their combat skill.

• Rhode reviewed the progress of his techniques, created over a hundred clones, and assigned them to research and training projects.
• Rhode considered allowing his clones to recover and grow independently, but rejected the idea and recalled one of them to continue training Kid Goku.
• Kid Goku fought Rhode’s clone and was repeatedly outclassed despite having a similar power level.
• Rhode told Kid Goku to practice in the Training Hall to improve his control and fundamentals before focusing on increasing his strength again.
• Kid Goku considered Rhode’s advice as Rhode recalled the clone.

Rhode and Aila held a wedding after Rhode learned about Saiyan customs and sought advice on arranging the ceremony. Afterward, they traveled around Earth together and returned to the West City Martial Arts Hall, where Rhode’s training needs had outgrown his Gravity Ring’s maximum setting.

• Rhode advised Kid Goku to build a solid foundation before pursuing stronger transformations, then left the Time Chamber with him.
• Rhode asked Bardock about Saiyan wedding customs, consulted others, and arranged a ceremony for himself and Aila at the Martial Arts Hall.
• At the wedding, Chi-Chi asked Kid Goku when he would marry her, while Bulma considered Raditz as a possible match.
• After the wedding, Rhode and Aila traveled across Earth, experiencing its cities, scenery, food, and everyday life before returning to West City.
• Rhode and Aila continued training during their travels, but Rhode found that ten-thousand-fold gravity no longer met his needs.

Aila began to sense a path to Super Saiyan 4 and resolved to develop her Self-Evolution Technique so she could surpass Rhode. Rhode collected more than a century of his clones’ research in the Time Chamber and decided to seek a chance to break through to Super Saiyan God.

• Aila told Rhode she felt close to breaking through to Super Saiyan 4, while Rhode comforted her and promised to protect her.
• Aila decided that she needed to advance her Self-Evolution Technique as well as train, hoping to create a strength uniquely her own.
• After eating, Aila went to train while Rhode entered the Time Chamber to collect his clones’ research and development results.
• Rhode learned that his Freedom Technique had developed instinctive reading and prediction abilities similar to Ultra Instinct Sign, while his other techniques had made varying degrees of progress.
• Rhode recognized that his clones’ research had yielded less than his own work might have, but still saw value in their use of the Time Chamber’s time difference.
• Rhode assigned the next batch of clones their research tasks and left the Time Chamber, deciding to seek an opportunity to reach Super Saiyan God.

Rhode found Raditz waiting outside the courtyard and asked Rhode to teach him a move that could greatly increase his strength. Rhode taught him how to use Great Ape power in his normal state and introduced him to the Kaio-ken.

• Rhode spotted Raditz sneaking around outside the courtyard and asked what he was doing.
• Raditz asked Rhode to guide his training and admitted he wanted a shortcut to boost his strength.
• Rhode explained that Raditz could use Great Ape power in his normal state and asked whether he could stay conscious as a Great Ape.
• Raditz confirmed that Bardock had trained him to retain consciousness, so Rhode passed on the technique for using Great Ape power.
• Rhode taught Raditz the Kaio-ken and began demonstrating the Ten-Times Kaio-ken.

Rhode tested Kaio-ken up to 150 times and considered using it to train his body, while warning Raditz about the technique’s risks. He then told Raditz that Super Saiyan was a transformation and sent him to learn more from Goku.

• Rhode increased Kaio-ken from ten times to 150 times and determined that was the limit his body could withstand.
• Rhode considered using high-multiplier Kaio-ken to strengthen his body and improve his Aura control, relying on his Time Stop and Time Reversal to limit damage.
• Raditz asked Rhode about his Kaio-ken multiplier, and Rhode said it was 150 times before cautioning him against using excessive multipliers.
• Rhode told Raditz that Saiyans could transform into Super Saiyans and advised him to ask Goku about the transformation in exchange for the techniques Rhode had taught him.

After Aila reached Super Saiyan 4, she and Rhode prepared to explore a Parallel World. Rhode chose a later-era world with a low Power Tier, left powerful clones to guard Earth, and entered the Space-Time Tunnel with Aila, expecting to gain much from the journey.

• Rhode encouraged Raditz to find Kakarot and told him that Super Saiyan would provide a greater power boost than the Kaio-ken.
• Rhode searched the universe for planets with extreme environments and trained with high-multiplier Kaio-ken in deep space.
• Aila broke through to Super Saiyan 4 and raised her Normal State Power Level above one trillion.
• Rhode and Aila decided to explore other worlds, and Rhode found and anchored a suitable Parallel World.
• Rhode and Aila each left a ten-billion-power clone on Earth to protect it before entering the Space-Time Tunnel together.
• Rhode told Aila that their destination was a later-era Parallel World with a low Power Tier and the potential for considerable gains.

Rhode and Aila arrived on a Parallel World’s Earth, where Aila discovered that familiar people had different strengths and that Vegeta was fighting Fat Buu. Rhode prepared to use his newly mastered Time Reversal to save Vegeta when he self-destructed, while preserving the battle as a witnessed sacrifice.

• Rhode sent a clone into the chaotic void around the Space-Time Tunnel to cultivate and then traveled with Aila to the Parallel World.
• Aila sensed familiar and unfamiliar Auras on Earth, noticed that some people she knew were absent, and went with Rhode to investigate a nearby fight.
• Aila recognized Super Saiyan 2 Vegeta battling Fat Buu, while Rhode realized that Vegeta was outmatched and nearing his self-destruction.
• Rhode entered his portable Time Chamber, absorbed his clone’s comprehension, and mastered Time Reversal with a range of about a hundred meters.
• Rhode concluded that he could reverse Vegeta’s self-destruction without affecting distant witnesses, allowing Vegeta to attempt his sacrifice and survive.

Rhode used Time Reversal to restore Vegeta after his self-destruction, though the limited range left Vegeta weakened and Majin Buu partially damaged. After Buu recovered, Rhode shattered him with a punch and collected tissue and cells for his research, leaving Vegeta startled by the two mysterious Saiyans.

• Rhode prepared for his plans in the parallel world and told Aila he had made preparations for what came next.
• Vegeta said farewell to Trunks, had Piccolo take Trunks and Goten away, and self-destructed against Majin Buu.
• Rhode reversed time within a hundred-meter radius, restoring Vegeta while leaving him weakened and Buu incomplete.
• Vegeta questioned Rhode and Aila, who appeared beside him with Auras he could not sense.
• Rhode struck the recovered Majin Buu with Limit Breaker, scattering his body across the ground.
• Rhode gathered Buu's tissue and cells and sent them through a Space Gate to his research clones.

Rhode defeated Majin Buu with a punch, survived Vegeta’s self-destruction, and took some of Buu’s tissue and cells. After killing Babidi and learning his spells, Rhode turned to reading Majin Buu’s memories.

• Piccolo returned and learned from Vegeta that Rhode had apparently revived him after his self-destruction.
• Majin Buu recovered from Rhode’s punch, though losing some tissue and cells had weakened him.
• Rhode attacked Babidi, stopped time, read his memories to learn four spells, and then killed him.
• Majin Buu welcomed Babidi’s death but grew angry at Rhode for hitting him.
• Rhode stopped time again and began reading Majin Buu’s memories.