Chapter Summaries

Whis detected Roland’s spiritual energy and examined his history, learning about his Saiyan transformation and the legacy he had obtained. Unaware of Whis’s attention, Roland continued training and reached 180,000 battle power, or 1.8 million in Mimic Ape Transformation.

• Whis sensed spiritual energy near the God of Destruction’s realm and used his staff to view Roland’s past and training.
• Whis recognized Roland as an Ape-Form Saiyan who had fused with the power of the Dragon Ball and decided to keep an eye on him.
• Whis chose not to wake Beerus and continued observing Roland from afar.
• Roland’s strength rose rapidly over several months of training as he approached adulthood.
• Roland measured his battle power at 180,000, noted that his Mimic Ape Transformation could raise it to 1.8 million, and went to Sephiria.

Roland visited Sephiria, then went to the Sub-God Realm to tend his Senzu Bean garden and recruit Vine Race girls to care for it. He brought Arlis and more than a hundred others to the divine realm, where they began their new task.

• Roland sparred with Sephiria, held her close, and left after she refused to let him go further because he was still a child in her eyes.
• Roland checked his Senzu Beans in the Sub-God Realm, harvested their progress, and planted more seeds in newly prepared soil.
• Roland decided to recruit Vine Race girls to tend the Senzu Beans and traveled to Planet Vine.
• Roland chose Arlis, the clan elder's daughter, to lead more than a hundred Vine Race girls in caring for the plants.
• Roland used Instant Transmission to bring Arlis and the other girls to the Sub-God Realm, where they welcomed its natural surroundings.

Roland arranged for Arlis and the Vine Race girls to cultivate Senzu Beans in the Sub-God Realm, while Dr. Ruka learned that Planet Makyo was nearing conflict with Frieza’s forces. Roland then attended Tights’s birthday banquet in West City, where Bulma did not recognize him.

• Roland brought Arlis and the Vine Race girls to the Sub-God Realm and assigned them to tend a Senzu Bean plantation.
• Dr. Ruka collected alien life-form samples from Jagger, who warned him that the Ginyu Force and Frieza Legion were threatening Planet Makyo.
• Dr. Ruka left for his laboratory and planned to develop unmanned collectors to gather materials from cosmic battlefields.
• Sephiria declined to attend Tights’s birthday banquet, so Roland teleported to West City alone.
• Roland arrived at Tights’s home, where Bulma failed to recognize him after their long separation.

At Tights's birthday banquet, Roland concealed his adult form and joined the Brief family as Tights's close companion. After she got drunk, he carried her to bed, and her drunken confession that she wanted to marry him brought their relationship to a turning point.

• Tights asked Roland to return to his child form so Bulma would not be attracted to his adult appearance, and he agreed.
• Tights shyly suggested that she might marry Roland someday, and he teased her about having waited for years.
• At the banquet, Bulma questioned Roland's changing appearance and asked him to introduce her to handsome boys, while Tights talked about her novels.
• Tights drank too much wine at the party and became heavily intoxicated, so Roland took her upstairs to care for her.
• While Roland bathed and looked after her, Tights drunkenly said she wanted to marry him, and he carried her to the bedroom.

After spending the night with Roland, Tights accepted that her parents and Sephiria would not object to their relationship. Roland decided he needed to grow up sooner and considered using the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, while Bulma planned to search for the Dragon Balls and wish for a Prince Charming.

• Tights remembered what had happened the night before and asked Roland whether her parents and Sephiria would accept their relationship.
• Roland explained his relationship with Sephiria, and Tights resolved to curry favor with her.
• Mrs. Brief urged Roland to take care of Tights and said she hoped for a grandchild, so Roland considered going to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to grow up sooner.
• Bulma reacted unhappily to Roland and Tights's relationship, then decided to build the Dragon Radar and search for the Dragon Balls during summer vacation.

Roland brought Tights to meet Sephiria, who accepted their relationship after enjoying Tights’s lavish feast and arranged their engagement. Roland then planned to train with Sephiria in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber while Tights stayed at Korin Tower to learn self-defense.

• Roland arranged Tights’s breakfast and told Dr. Brief that Tights would follow him, then Tights prepared a feast to win Sephiria’s approval.
• Sephiria ate Tights’s food, forgave Roland, and told Tights to train at Korin Tower before having a child.
• Roland sparred with Sephiria, letting her vent her displeasure, and Sephiria proposed that he and Tights get engaged before holding a wedding later.
• Roland told Sephiria about the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and she agreed to train there with him for two years.
• Roland left Tights at Korin Tower with Launch, then went with Sephiria to Kami’s Lookout.

Roland and Sephiria entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber at Kami’s Lookout to train despite its harsh conditions. Inside, Roland confirmed that the chamber’s isolated space blocked his ability to sense the worlds beyond it, and the two began their training.

• Blonde Launch met Tights, praised her novel, and learned that she was Roland’s fiancée.
• Kami warned Roland and Sephiria about the chamber’s extreme environment and two-day lifetime entry limit before opening its door.
• Roland and Sephiria entered the chamber and found its heat and tenfold gravity oppressive.
• Sephiria changed into training clothes and prepared to train toward Mimicry while Roland planned to develop new moves.
• Roland tested his extradimensional space technique and found that the chamber’s isolation prevented him from sensing the Sub-God Realm or Supreme Kai World.

Inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Sephiria trained toward Mimic Ape Transformation while Roland helped her control her power and continued sparring with her. After more than a year, Sephiria achieved a fivefold Mimic Ape Transformation, and their relationship became intimate.

• Sephiria's ki surged violently during cultivation, so Roland transferred some of his ape-transformation power to help her calm and control it.
• Sephiria said she planned to catch up with Roland, and the two sparred in their base forms as they trained in the chamber.
• After more than a year, Roland reached his adult form and Sephiria achieved Mimic Ape Transformation, which increased her power fivefold.
• Roland urged Sephiria to strengthen her base power and pursue Super Saiyan, while she vowed not to lose to him again.
• After a training session left Sephiria exhausted, she and Roland became lovers, though she continued trying to take the initiative and lost their intimate contests.

After two years of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Roland and Sephiria reached extraordinary base-form battle powers and tested their strength against each other. Their sparring showed how far they had grown, with Roland at 420,000 and Sephiria at 360,000.

• Sephiria teased Roland about his long-standing interest in her, and they acknowledged their mutual feelings.
• Roland and Sephiria spent the latter part of their chamber training strengthening their base forms through Mimic Ape Transformation.
• Roland's base-form battle power reached 420,000, while Sephiria's reached 360,000.
• Sephiria challenged Roland to a base-form fight, and he accepted while warning that she would face punishment if she lost.
• Roland and Sephiria traded rapid blows and Ki attacks, with Roland landing a heavy kick that sent her crashing to the ground.

Roland and Sephiria fought a fierce sparring match, with Roland unveiling his modified Void Displacement Technique and Dragon Fist. Sephiria’s unfinished Full Sky Blast countered Dragon Fist, but left her badly weakened, and Roland healed her with a Senzu Bean.

• Sephiria attacked Roland with Full Air Strike, but he dodged it and countered her afterimage.
• Sephiria launched twelve Sky Slashes, and Roland dissolved them with a Void Displacement Technique he had fused with Air Strike.
• Roland revealed Dragon Fist, summoning a blood-red Shenron toward Sephiria.
• Sephiria unleashed Full Sky Blast, and its lightning Great Ape collided with the Shenron, canceling out both attacks.
• Roland caught the weakened Sephiria, warned her that Full Sky Blast strained her body, and gave her a Senzu Bean.
• Sephiria recovered and asked Roland about Dragon Fist, which he explained was based on the red Shenron’s power in his right arm.

After completing two years of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Roland and Sephiria emerged with overwhelming power and left Kami's Lookout. Sephiria then planned to visit West City to propose to Tights on Roland's behalf.

• Roland asked Sephiria to explain her Full Sky Blast, and he studied the technique as their time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber neared its limit.
• Kami and Mr. Popo felt two immense auras surge from the chamber and went to greet Roland and Sephiria as they emerged.
• Kami marveled at Roland and Sephiria's strength, but Roland said their training was over and departed with her.
• Roland and Sephiria decided to leave Tights at Korin Tower while they found a restaurant and headed for West City.
• Sephiria told Roland she would formally propose to Tights on his behalf, despite her annoyance at arranging his marriage.

Roland and Tights’s marriage was arranged in West City, with their wedding set for a month later. As Tights trained on Korin Tower, Sephiria urged her to strengthen herself and have Roland’s child, while blonde Launch misunderstood their conversation about experience.

• Sephiria proposed Roland and Tights’s marriage to Dr. Brief and Mrs. Brief, who agreed to a West City wedding one month later.
• At dinner, Dr. Brief and Mrs. Brief asked Roland to look after Tights and encouraged the couple to have children; Sephiria agreed with them.
• Roland stayed in Tights’s room but secretly visited Sephiria during the night, and she glared at him the next morning.
• Sephiria told Tights to train on Korin Tower and raise her combat power to 100 before her marriage to Roland.
• Blonde Launch mistook Sephiria and Tights’s talk about childbirth for combat experience, and Sephiria sent her tumbling down the tower before Tights explained the misunderstanding.

Frieza led the Frieza Legion in its assault on Planet Makyo, defeating its defenders while Garlic Jr. and Mr. Dore escaped. A month later, Roland and Tights held their wedding on Earth and moved into a villa Dr. Brief had prepared for them.

• Frieza personally overwhelmed Garlic Jr. and Mr. Dore after the Frieza Legion struggled against Planet Makyo's forces.
• Garlic Jr. used magic to escape with the wounded Mr. Dore, and Frieza ordered a search before deciding to destroy Planet Makyo himself.
• A month passed, and Roland and Tights held their wedding at a secluded villa near West City.
• Dr. Brief arranged for Roland and Tights to live in the villa by the sea, while the wedding was limited to family, friends, and acquaintances.

Roland married Tights in a small seaside wedding, where Bulma revealed she planned to collect the Dragon Balls to wish for a Prince Charming. After several weeks on Earth, Roland, Sephiria, Tights, and Launch returned to Planet Sadala, while Roland anticipated the start of Goku’s journey.

• Roland and Tights held a low-key wedding attended by their family and friends.
• Bulma asked Roland to help her collect the Dragon Balls, but Tights refused because Bulma wanted to wish for a Prince Charming.
• Bulma privately resolved to search for the Dragon Balls during summer break, while Roland expected her journey to bring her to Goku.
• Roland told Sephiria that the journey of Super Saiyan Kakarot was about to begin.
• After several weeks at the seaside villa, Roland, Sephiria, Tights, and Launch returned to Planet Sadala.

Roland and Sephiria returned to Planet Sadala, where the Sephiria Force had grown stronger but still faced a shortage of Saiyans. After reconnecting with their people, Roland explained his time in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and Sonoli asked what he had gained from training there.

• Roland and Sephiria returned to Planet Sadala, and Sephiria made blonde Launch train under increased gravity while Roland went to the Sub-God Realm.
• Ashita saw Sephiria and mistakenly believed she and Roland were biological siblings in a relationship, but Sephiria explained that they were not related.
• Sephiria asked Ashita to notify Hertz and the others so she could hear how the Sephiria Force had been doing.
• Hertz and Sonoli met with Roland, Sephiria, Tights, and Launch, and Roland explained that he had spent two years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Sonoli asked Roland what gains he had made from training in the chamber.

Roland and Sephiria revealed their enormous battle power to Hertz and Sonoli, then discussed the Sephiria Force’s expansion and a proposed partnership with the Galactic Mercenary Organization. The chapter ended with Sephiria and Roland planning to expand Senzu Bean cultivation across the Sub-God Realm’s God Stars.

• Roland told Hertz and Sonoli that his battle power was 420,000 normally and 4.2 million in Mimic Transformation, while Sephiria’s was 360,000 and 1.8 million.
• Hertz reported that more races wanted to become vassals of the growing Sephiria Force, and Roland advised carefully assessing applicants rather than accepting unsuitable ones.
• Hertz told Roland that the Galactic Mercenary Organization, led by Hildis, wanted to establish a station on Planet Vine and jointly issue mercenary missions.
• Sephiria agreed to the proposed mercenary platform, and Roland arranged to meet the organization’s representatives the following day.
• Roland gave Hertz more than a thousand Senzu Beans harvested by Arlis and the Vine Race, prompting Sephiria to call for more Vine Race growers and Senzu Bean fields across the God Stars.

Roland and Sephiria negotiated with Hildis of the Galactic Mercenary Organization to establish a mission release platform on Planet Vine. The platform opened with missions ranging from minor jobs to targets such as King Cold, Frieza, and Slug, and Roland doubted the Galactic Patrol understood Frieza’s true strength.

• Roland, Sephiria, and their companions toured Planet Vine, where blonde Launch marveled at the alien crowds, aircraft, and trade goods.
• Roland and Sephiria met Hildis, who proposed that the Galactic Mercenary Organization open a mission release platform on Planet Vine.
• Roland agreed to cooperate with Hildis, and their teams worked with the Lis Race to build the platform.
• The platform divided missions into six regions by difficulty, with the highest region listing King Cold, Frieza, and Slug as targets.
• Roland inspected the Galactic Patrol’s uncompleted missions and suspected it had not discovered Frieza’s true strength.

Roland completed Planet Vine’s mercenary mission platform and learned that Garlic Jr. and Dore were wanted after their forces lost to Frieza. As Garlic Jr. headed to attack Galactic Patrol headquarters, Roland prepared to send ten thousand carefully selected Vine Race members into the Sub-God Realm.

• Roland reviewed the mission board, learned that Garlic Jr. and Dore had vanished after Frieza defeated the Planet Makyo forces, and arranged for missions to be distributed across Planet Vine’s six regions.
• Hildis officially established the mercenary platform on Planet Vine, and Roland showed him the planet’s products and aircraft.
• After learning they were wanted and their location was exposed, Garlic Jr. and Dore decided to attack Galactic Patrol headquarters and gathered allies before departing.
• Frieza set off for the Yulong Sector with Zarbon and a small squad to pursue Garlic Jr. and Dore.
• Roland selected ten thousand Vine Race members skilled at cultivating plants to enter the Sub-God Realm.

Roland moved the Vine Race and Tights and Launch to the Sub-God Realm to cultivate and grow Senzu Beans, while arranging for Saiyan infants to be sent there as well. He then left with Sephiria on Space Island to pursue missions in the South Galaxy, as Kami noticed their departure and watched Chi-Chi and Suno nearing the end of their training at Korin Tower.

• Roland transported the Vine Race in groups to the Sub-God Realm, then brought Tights and Launch there to train and oversee Senzu Bean planting.
• Roland gave Arlis an aircraft and told her to distribute the Vine Race across the six divine planets.
• Roland asked Ashita to send the infants in Incubation Pods from Planet Sadala to the Sub-God Realm, while explaining to Sephiria why Saiyans could not train there.
• Sephiria proposed missions involving the Crystal Planet, Garlic Jr., Dore, and Salza, and Roland agreed to travel with her.
• Roland and Sephiria departed Earth aboard Space Island for the Angie Sector in the South Galaxy.
• Kami noticed Space Island leaving and turned his attention to Chi-Chi and Suno, whose training at Korin Tower was nearly finished.

Chi-Chi and Suno finished Korin’s training and prepared to continue learning ki at Kami’s Lookout. Meanwhile, Garlic Jr. and his allies advanced on Galactic Patrol headquarters with Lulu, prompting the Patrol to seek help as Frieza took an interest in the crisis.

• Korin praised Chi-Chi and Suno’s progress, told them to consolidate their strength at home, and said they would later train with Mr. Popo at Kami’s Lookout.
• Chi-Chi and Suno left Korin Tower on Flying Nimbus to reunite with their families.
• Garlic Jr., Dore, Nez, Lulu, and their allies traveled toward Galactic Patrol headquarters, confident that Lulu’s power would secure their victory.
• The Galactic King warned the Patrol about Lulu and ordered Garlic Jr.’s group’s whereabouts sent to the Galactic Mercenaries, but mercenaries avoided the bounties.
• Frieza proposed going to watch the impending attack, and Zarbon tested the new Scouter on Frieza’s craft, which registered 53 degrees.