Arc 17The Evil Dragons Awaken

Krillin returned from the Demon Realm with immense power and worked with Piccolo to purge the Dragon Balls’ negative energy, releasing the Evil Dragons. Earth's fighters split up to face them, while Yamcha saved Fei'er and Tien and Fat Buu defeated their foes.

  • Piccolo awakened as the Dragon God, and Krillin completed his transformation into Ultra Ego, reaching 150 dimensions of power.
  • Krillin proposed destroying the Dragon Balls’ negative energy at its source, then shattered the seven Dragon Balls and released Black Smoke Shenron.
  • Black Smoke Shenron feared Krillin’s and Piccolo’s power, and Earth’s fighters scattered to confront the other Evil Dragons.
  • Chiaotzu trapped Haze Shenron in a destructive vortex, while Yamcha fought Six-Star Dragon and persuaded her to seek help instead of killing her.
  • Krillin protected Six-Star Dragon’s soul as Piccolo removed the negative energy, freeing her as Fei'er and restoring the Six-Star Dragon Ball.
  • Tien Shinhan pursued Naturon Shenron with repeated Kamehamehas, destroyed him as he tried to escape, and recovered the purified Seven-Star Dragon Ball.
  • Fat Buu absorbed Rage Shenron’s lightning and transformed its ultimate lightning domain into lollipops, leaving Rage Shenron horrified.
Chapters 401–425 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 401Fusion Rate 99%

Piccolo became the Dragon God and gained divine authority, while Krillin’s system announced that the Demon Realm arc had concluded and his Saitama Template fusion rate had reached 99%. The system also rewarded him with Ultra Ego Complete Form, a destructive power that opposed his Ultra Instinct.

  • The Demon Realm Dragon bowed to Piccolo, vanished, and sent the three Demon Realm Dragon Balls flying away as ordinary stones.
  • Elder Neba fainted from excitement, and Dende healed him while Bulma, Krillin, Goku, and Vegeta reacted to Piccolo’s transformation.
  • Piccolo drew in his orange Aura and sensed his new divine authority and faith power.
  • Krillin received a system notification that he had completed the Dragon God's Descent achievement and finished the core Demon Realm storyline.
  • The system raised Krillin’s Saitama Template fusion rate to 99% and awarded him Ultra Ego Complete Form.
  • Krillin realized Ultra Ego’s destructive nature opposed the Ultra Instinct he had already mastered.

Ch. 402The Page Cannot Be Accessed

Krillin fused two divine techniques and reached 150 dimensions of Battle Power, though his progress remained stuck at 99 percent. After he suppressed his new aura, its lingering pressure struck Shin in the Realm of the King of Gods and knocked him unconscious.

  • Krillin’s transformation completed, and the system announced that his Battle Power had reached 150 dimensions, surpassing the Grand Priest’s 120.
  • Krillin noticed his progress was only 99 percent, then tested his power by turning nearby stone pillars into fine dust with a wave of his hand.
  • Goku, Vegeta, Bulma, and Piccolo reacted to Krillin’s overwhelming transformation as he drew in his aura, returned to normal, and put on a spare Martial Arts Uniform.
  • Shin relaxed with tea in the Realm of the King of Gods, but Krillin’s leaked pressure struck him through the barrier of laws and knocked him unconscious.

Ch. 403150 Dimensions

The Grand Priest recognized Krillin’s new power as an ancient, incomplete martial path that might have surpassed his own, and Zeno ordered him to summon Beerus. Back on Namek, Krillin dismissed Goku’s request to learn the technique, described his strength to the others, and prepared to return home with Aki.

  • The Grand Priest told Zeno that a powerful being in Universe 7 had reached or surpassed his realm with a force tied to ancient records from the Divine Calendar.
  • Zeno ordered the Grand Priest to contact Whis and bring Beerus to see him.
  • Goku asked Krillin to teach him the half-white, half-black transformation, but Krillin said it came through enlightenment rather than training.
  • Krillin told Bulma and the others that Piccolo could hit him for a hundred years without hurting him, frustrating Piccolo despite his recent awakening.
  • Aki suggested that she and Krillin return home because she missed Bulla.

Ch. 404Returning to Earth

After sensing an ancient presence stir in the First Demon Realm, Krillin chose to return to Earth while Piccolo invited Neba to join him and Dende there. Ailins left Degesu in charge of the Demon Realm as disasters spread through its capital.

  • An ancient chained being stirred in the abyss when Krillin's divine power reached it, causing mountains to collapse and lava rivers to shift.
  • Krillin sensed an oppressive, ancient fluctuation from the First Demon Realm but decided to leave its mysteries alone and return to Earth.
  • Piccolo invited Neba to live at Earth's shrine with Dende, and Neba accepted the Dragon God's command.
  • Degesu told Ailins that Goma's rebels were causing chaos and a crustal collapse had flooded much of the western district with lava.
  • Ailins told Degesu she was temporarily handing all Demon Realm affairs over to him.

Ch. 405The Mad Scientist

After returning from the Demon Realm to Capsule Corporation, Krillin’s group rested and went their separate ways. Bulma and Ailins stayed behind, excitedly comparing technology and bio-alchemy and discussing how infinite energy reactors might improve Ailins’s creations.

  • Krillin’s group arrived on the lawn of Capsule Corporation, where everyone relaxed in Earth’s fresh air after the Demon Realm’s harsh conditions.
  • Vegeta went to train in the Gravity Room, while Goku took Fat Buu to find food in the kitchen.
  • Aki went to check on Bulla and Arale in the nursery, and Krillin remained with Bulma and Ailins.
  • Ailins marveled at Capsule Corporation’s technology, and Bulma praised the bio-alchemy Ailins had used to create Cool-Oh and Du-Oh.
  • Bulma and Ailins began discussing how Capsule Corporation’s infinite energy reactors could power Ailins’s magical beasts.

Ch. 406The Dragon Balls' Negative Energy

Krillin, Piccolo, Dende, and Neba returned to Kami's Lookout, where Mr. Popo mistook Piccolo's awakened form for Salama, the Dragon God. Popo could not explain the name, leaving Krillin unsettled by the possibility that the attendant held a hidden connection to the Dragon God.

  • Mr. Popo greeted the returning group at Kami's Lookout and called Piccolo Salama when he saw his new form.
  • Piccolo and Dende asked Mr. Popo who Salama was, but Popo said the name had appeared in his mind without explanation.
  • Krillin recognized Salama as the Dragon God and questioned Mr. Popo about the name and where he might have seen him.
  • Mr. Popo said he could not remember anything about Salama, and Krillin stopped pressing him.
  • Neba looked around the peaceful Lookout, comparing it with the more imposing temple on the Demon Realm's Home Planet.

Ch. 407Krillin's Plan

At Kami's Lookout, Krillin rejected purifying the Dragon Balls' Negative Energy and decided to force it out so it could be destroyed at its source. He compressed all seven Dragon Balls, unleashing a powerful evil aura as the plaza fell into darkness and frost.

  • Neba explained that excessive wishes had filled the Dragon Balls with Negative Energy and offered to purify it over several months.
  • Piccolo offered to restore the Dragon Balls immediately, but Krillin stopped him, arguing that cleansing them would only provide a temporary fix.
  • Krillin proposed forcing the Negative Energy out of the Dragon Balls and destroying it at its source, and Piccolo agreed to stand with him.
  • Krillin sealed the seven Dragon Balls with his power and began compressing them to draw out the Negative Energy.
  • The Dragon Balls shrieked as the sky darkened, the temperature plunged, and frost covered the plaza.

Ch. 408Catalyst

The seven Dragon Balls shattered on Kami’s Lookout, releasing a torrent of living black smoke as Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu arrived. At Capsule Corporation, Bulma detected the growing energy crisis while showing Ailins her technology, and Vegeta continued training in the Gravity Room.

  • Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu arrived at Kami’s Lookout and felt the overwhelming presence of Piccolo’s changed form.
  • Krillin warned Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu to retreat, then used his Martial Dao True God power to halt the Dragon Balls’ cracking briefly.
  • All seven Dragon Balls shattered, and dense black smoke poured from them and churned across the plaza.
  • Bulma showed Ailins a miniature Eternal Energy Reactor and called Milo over to demonstrate his energy reactor.
  • An alarm alerted Bulma to a rapidly expanding black energy source at Kami’s Lookout, while Vegeta continued doing one-finger push-ups under five hundred times gravity.

Ch. 409Black Smoke Shenron

Gohan left Mount Paozu despite promising Chi-Chi he would stay after sensing an evil aura, while the fighters gathered at Kami's Lookout as a gigantic dragon emerged from the black smoke of the shattered Dragon Balls. The dragon's sinister presence threatened to overwhelm the Lookout.

  • Chi-Chi stopped Gohan from leaving to train, and Gohan promised to help her before secretly flying away after sensing an evil aura.
  • Goku and Fat Buu appeared beside Krillin at Kami's Lookout, where Krillin warned that a powerful creature was about to emerge.
  • Vegeta, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Yamcha, and Gohan arrived and joined Earth's fighters at the Lookout.
  • Mr. Popo reassured Dende as the black smoke expanded, dark lightning flashed, and a monstrous dragon began emerging.

Ch. 410Quota

Black Smoke Shenron appeared above Kami's Lookout and threatened the assembled fighters, but it recognized the overwhelming power of the bald man and Piccolo. The monster trembled in fear, leaving its threat unfinished.

  • Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Goku, and Fat Buu reacted to Black Smoke Shenron's foul stench and prepared for battle.
  • Vegeta charged forward, eager to fight Black Smoke Shenron and vent his frustration.
  • Black Smoke Shenron mocked the fighters and began threatening to destroy the planet.
  • Black Smoke Shenron sensed the bald man’s restrained one-hundred-and-fifty-dimensional Martial Dao True God Aura and Piccolo’s ten-dimensional Dragon God Aura.
  • Black Smoke Shenron trembled uncontrollably, and the dark-energy cigar fell from its mouth and shattered into black mist.

Ch. 411Splitting Up

Krillin told Goku about going beyond Super Saiyan, sending Vegeta into a furious rush to prove himself. The group split up to hunt the seven Evil Dragons, with Krillin warning Gohan to avoid the one-star dragon and the others heading in different directions.

  • Goku eagerly questioned Krillin about Beyond Super Saiyan, while Vegeta flew east to pursue his own path.
  • Goku located a violent ki signature to the northwest and used Instant Transmission to go after it.
  • Krillin warned Gohan not to force a fight if he encountered the one-star Evil Dragon, and Gohan headed southwest.
  • Tien Shinhan detected a target to the north, while Chiaotzu flew south after Tien reminded him to prioritize control.
  • Tien Shinhan flew north after watching Chiaotzu depart.

Ch. 412Haze Shenron

Chiaotzu searched the poisonous Southern Marshlands for the Two-Star Dragon and found Haze Shenron emerging from a bog. Haze Shenron mocked Chiaotzu, who remained calm and prepared to fight.

  • Chiaotzu landed on a corrosive rock and protected himself with psychic power.
  • Chiaotzu sensed an unusually concentrated aura moving beneath a nearby bog.
  • Haze Shenron emerged from the swamp, revealing the Two-Star Dragon Ball mark on its forehead.
  • Haze Shenron mocked Chiaotzu for being small while Chiaotzu floated silently with psychic energy in his hands.

Ch. 413Psychic Barrier

Chiaotzu resisted Haze Shenron's poisonous mist with a telekinetic barrier and sensed the dragon preparing a stealth attack through the swamp. As Haze Shenron lunged at him, Chiaotzu froze it in midair with his Mental Power.

  • Chiaotzu's telekinetic sphere repelled Haze Shenron's toxic mist, and he taunted the dragon for its weakness.
  • Haze Shenron submerged itself in the swamp as the poisonous mist began to disperse.
  • Chiaotzu sensed Haze Shenron circling beneath the mud and poisoning the swamp to strengthen its attack.
  • Haze Shenron burst from the swamp behind Chiaotzu and aimed a venom bullet at his head.
  • Chiaotzu tapped his finger and froze Haze Shenron in midair with Mental Power.

Ch. 414First Battle Victory

Chiaotzu located Haze Shenron’s hidden true body and overwhelmed it by tearing up the swamp and trapping it in a telekinetic vortex. The battle remained unresolved as Haze Shenron stopped struggling and began to swell.

  • Chiaotzu narrowed his Mental Power search and found Haze Shenron’s true body concealed beneath the mud.
  • Chiaotzu waited as Haze Shenron gathered scattered poisonous fragments and crept closer before launching seven streams of poison.
  • Chiaotzu used Psychic Storm to shatter the poison and rip the entire swamp from the ground.
  • Chiaotzu trapped Haze Shenron in a vortex of mud, water, rocks, and debris, repeatedly injuring it as it regenerated.
  • After thirty seconds in the vortex, Haze Shenron stopped struggling and began to swell.

Ch. 415Six-Star Dragon

Yamcha encountered Six-Star Dragon in a canyon and was distracted by her beauty, prompting her to attack him with a barrage of wind blades. She blasted him into a cliff, but his laughter from inside the crater suggested he was still standing.

  • Yamcha sensed Six-Star Dragon nearby and recalled that she excelled at aerial combat and wind attacks.
  • Yamcha saw Six-Star Dragon floating over the canyon’s airflow vortex and stared at her instead of defending himself.
  • Six-Star Dragon remembered that she had been created by a wish for girls’ underwear and took offense at Yamcha’s lustful gaze.
  • Six-Star Dragon called Yamcha a pervert and unleashed a barrage of wind blades that shredded his battle suit and drove him into the cliff.
  • Six-Star Dragon began to leave, but Yamcha laughed from inside the human-shaped crater.

Ch. 416Wolf Fang Fist

Yamcha used the Wolf Fang Fist and precise evasive movements to keep pace with Six-Star Dragon in a prolonged aerial battle. The fight remained evenly matched until Six-Star Dragon gathered the wind around herself and unleashed Gale Bind.

  • Yamcha survived Six-Star Dragon’s attack and rushed into close combat with the Wolf Fang Fist, forcing her to retreat as his claws grew faster.
  • Six-Star Dragon blasted Yamcha away after he scratched her shoulder, then attacked with a wider barrage of wind blades.
  • Yamcha used Muscle Control and Wild Awakening to weave through the blades and close the distance again.
  • Yamcha and Six-Star Dragon chased each other through the canyon, neither able to land a decisive blow or defeat the other.
  • Six-Star Dragon asked Yamcha’s name, then transformed her Wind Wings into vortices and gathered the surrounding airflow.
  • Six-Star Dragon announced Gale Bind as the wind formed a massive, electrically charged sphere around her.

Ch. 417Clothes torn to shreds

Yamcha survived Six-Star Dragon’s Gale Bind by enduring its wind blades with his reconstructed body and then breaking the storm apart with a golden shock wave. Seeing him half-naked left Six-Star Dragon flustered, and Yamcha teased her about staring at him.

  • Six-Star Dragon trapped Yamcha in a vacuum sphere of spinning wind blades that shredded his energy shield and clothes.
  • Yamcha endured the blades’ cuts, relying on his enhanced body to survive after his golden cocoon shattered.
  • Yamcha released a golden shock wave that destroyed Gale Bind, and his wounds quickly healed.
  • Six-Star Dragon blushed and froze after seeing Yamcha’s bare torso, then called him a pervert when he noticed her staring.
  • Yamcha teased Six-Star Dragon about caring more about his nudity than he did.

Ch. 418Oolong Was Doomed

Yamcha distracted Six-Star Dragon from fighting by sympathizing with her anger at Oolong and offering to help her beat him up. As Yamcha and Six-Star Dragon drew closer, Krillin and Piccolo watched from Kami's Lookout, while Oolong remained unaware that trouble was heading his way.

  • Six-Star Dragon repeatedly missed Yamcha with her wind attacks because she was too flustered to concentrate.
  • Yamcha told Six-Star Dragon that Oolong's wish for a girl's panties had created her and offered to help her punish him.
  • Yamcha praised Six-Star Dragon's beauty and promised to hand her bricks to beat Oolong with, and she let her last wind blade disperse.
  • Krillin and Piccolo monitored the exchange from Kami's Lookout, and Krillin predicted that Oolong was in trouble.
  • Oolong relaxed in his West City apartment, unaware that Yamcha and Six-Star Dragon were coming for him.

Ch. 419Winning Her Over Another Way

Yamcha befriended Six-Star Dragon by naming her Fei'er and sharing dessert, then promised to help her escape the negative energy binding her to the Dragon Ball. The chapter ended with Fei'er agreeing to go with him to Kami's Lookout so Krillin could try to save her.

  • Yamcha persuaded Six-Star Dragon that he was not Oolong's ally and gave her the name Fei'er.
  • Yamcha offered Fei'er cake and tiramisu, and she ate both containers before asking him to help her beat up Oolong.
  • Yamcha decided he could not kill Fei'er and believed Krillin could separate the Dragon Ball's negative energy from her life, as he had done with Fat Buu.
  • Yamcha told Fei'er he would take her to Kami's Lookout to find a way to save her, and she accepted his hand.

Ch. 420An Avatar Was Exactly What He Wanted

Yamcha returned to Kami's Lookout with Fei'er, the Six-Star Dragon, and asked Krillin and Piccolo to separate her from the Negative Energy in her Dragon Ball. Krillin agreed to protect her soul and Life Origin while Piccolo prepared to sever the Dragon Ball's connection to her body.

  • Yamcha arrived at Kami's Lookout with Fei'er, startling Krillin, Mr. Popo, Dende, and Piccolo.
  • Krillin challenged Yamcha for bringing back an Evil Dragon instead of a purified Dragon Ball, while Yamcha defended Fei'er and explained that he could not bring himself to kill her.
  • Piccolo warned that Fei'er remained dangerous as long as the Six-Star Dragon Ball was inside her, and Krillin explained that separating them could destroy the Dragon Ball or Fei'er's soul.
  • Yamcha told Fei'er he would face the consequences with her, and Krillin agreed to protect her soul and Life Origin during the separation.
  • Krillin identified Piccolo as the Dragon God who could sever the Dragon Ball's connection to Fei'er's body, and Piccolo began preparing the painful procedure after Fei'er agreed.

Ch. 421A happy ending for everyone

Piccolo removed the negative energy from Six-Star Dragon with Krillin protecting her soul, freeing her from her destructive nature. Six-Star Dragon woke up safely, and Yamcha took her to West City to start a new life.

  • Krillin protected Six-Star Dragon’s soul while Piccolo used Dragon God Laws to extract the negative energy from her.
  • Krillin destroyed the escaping negative-energy mist, and the Six-Star Dragon Ball returned to its pure original state.
  • Six-Star Dragon woke with clear ice-blue eyes and fading Dragon Clan features, becoming an independent life.
  • Yamcha and Six-Star Dragon agreed to get tiramisu, while Krillin collected the Dragon Ball and told Yamcha to find Bulma to arrange her identity.
  • Yamcha flew toward West City with Six-Star Dragon, and Krillin and Piccolo noticed that Tien Shinhan had begun fighting elsewhere.

Ch. 422Tien Shinhan's battle

Tien Shinhan tracked Naturon Shenron underground as the Evil Dragon devastated the Western Grand Canyon. He gathered energy for a True - Kamehameha to sink the ground and force Naturon Shenron out.

  • Naturon Shenron hid underground and shattered the Western Grand Canyon with earthquakes and rising earth spikes.
  • Tien Shinhan used his awakened third eye and precise ki control to locate Naturon Shenron beneath the rock.
  • Naturon Shenron sensed that he had been discovered and caused the ground within ten kilometers to collapse, trapping Tien Shinhan among towering spikes.
  • Tien Shinhan crossed his hands and charged a True - Kamehameha, planning to sink the land with the Eternal Energy Reactor's infinite energy.

Ch. 423Tien Shinhan's strength

Tien Shinhan overwhelmed Naturon Shenron with repeated Kamehamehas, reshaping the canyon and bringing the dragon close to defeat. Naturon abandoned his body and fled as a streak of ocher energy, but Tien prepared to stop him.

  • Tien's first True Kamehameha blasted a vast crater through the canyon and badly wounded Naturon Shenron underground.
  • Tien fired repeated Kamehamehas, tracking Naturon's movements with his third eye and destroying the surrounding terrain as Naturon fled beneath it.
  • Naturon stopped running and begged Tien to spare him as his injuries overwhelmed his regeneration.
  • Tien sensed Naturon's soul core separating from his body and watched as Naturon chose to escape through possession.
  • Naturon exploded into yellow dust and shot toward the sky as a streak of ocher energy, while Tien raised his hands to intercept him.

Ch. 424The ultimate move

Tien Shinhan destroyed Naturon Shenron with a new technique and secured the purified Seven-Star Dragon Ball. Meanwhile, Fat Buu confronted Rage Shenron in an abandoned industrial city and was engulfed by the dragon’s lightning attack.

  • Naturon Shenron fled through the sky, but Tien Shinhan pinned him with a concentrated golden beam and destroyed him.
  • Tien Shinhan caught the falling Seven-Star Dragon Ball after its black cracks vanished, then flew toward Kami's Lookout.
  • Fat Buu arrived at an abandoned industrial city and found Rage Shenron rising from a ruined nuclear power plant.
  • Rage Shenron attacked Fat Buu with a massive net of red lightning after Buu mistook him for cake.
  • Fat Buu let the lightning engulf him as Rage Shenron laughed at the sight.

Ch. 425Don't come any closer!

Fat Buu effortlessly ate Rage Shenron’s electrical attacks and transformed its ultimate lightning domain into candy. Rage Shenron realized it had provoked a monster beyond its understanding.

  • Rage Shenron trapped Fat Buu in an electrical net, but Fat Buu enjoyed the sensation and sucked the entire net into his mouth.
  • Fat Buu asked Rage Shenron for more electricity, enraging the dragon into unleashing its ultimate lightning domain.
  • Fat Buu stood unharmed in the storm and explained that he could turn things that were not yummy into things that were.
  • Fat Buu used his pink beam to transform Rage Shenron’s lightning domain into giant lollipops, then began eating them.
  • Rage Shenron watched Fat Buu feast on its power and realized it had provoked a terrifying monster.
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