Recaps

Krillin considered Tien Shinhan as the first candidate for his Artificial God Project, believing an Eternal Energy Reactor could overcome Tien’s limits and power his devastating techniques. He selected Tien for the project, leaving his plan to find and enhance suitable candidates underway.

• Krillin reached the edge of the Lookout and checked the system’s quest to find three candidates for the Artificial God Project.
• Krillin recalled Tien Shinhan’s talent, martial arts techniques, and sacrifices despite the limits holding him back as an Earthling.
• Krillin reviewed Tien’s simulated data, which showed his physical limits and ki reserves constrained the life-draining New Kamehameha.
• Krillin imagined Tien using an Eternal Energy Reactor to unleash continuous Kamehameha attacks without exhausting his ki or life force.
• Krillin chose Tien as the project’s first candidate, trusting his character to keep him grounded as he grew stronger.

Krillin reflected on Yamcha’s despair and decided to offer him a radical modification to restore his fighting spirit. He named Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha as the focus of his Android God Project, then returned to the laboratory, where Bulma was asleep.

• Krillin found Yamcha alone in his apartment, watching news of the Androids and showing signs of deep despair.
• Krillin recalled how Yamcha had repeatedly faced deadly threats despite training hard and concluded that he needed a way to overcome his limits.
• Krillin considered giving Yamcha an Eternal Energy Reactor and an immortal body so he could use his Wolf Fang Fist and Spirit Balls without limit.
• Krillin decided that Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha would become Earth's new guardian gods as part of his Android God Project.
• Krillin returned to the laboratory and covered the sleeping Bulma with a coat.

Krillin visited Yamcha, who had lost his fighting spirit after Android 20 nearly killed him, and offered to make him stronger with Bulma’s Eternal Energy Reactor. Yamcha asked how strong the upgrade could make him, and Krillin checked his System Panel.

• Yamcha watched a news replay of Goku and the others defeating Super Android 13 and lamented that he had given up fighting.
• Krillin appeared in Yamcha’s apartment and offered to discuss an idea with him.
• Yamcha dismissed himself as a washed-up baseball player and said he only wanted a quiet life.
• Krillin promised to make Yamcha stronger and explained that Bulma’s Eternal Energy Reactor could provide limitless energy and strengthen his body.
• Yamcha asked whether the upgrade could let him beat Piccolo or Future Trunks, while Krillin checked his System Panel.

Krillin and Yamcha crossed the freezing Northern Region toward Tien, and Krillin encouraged Yamcha to believe the Eternal Energy Reactor could help him grow stronger. An avalanche then revealed Tien stopping the massive wall of snow with a Kamehameha.

• Yamcha shivered through the Northern Region while Krillin walked effortlessly across the snow without leaving footprints.
• Yamcha asked Krillin whether becoming an Android would let him keep up with the others, and Krillin told him that his desire to win would determine how far he could go.
• Krillin explained that the Eternal Energy Reactor could unlock Yamcha's potential and joked that Yamcha might eventually unleash a Super Nova Wolf Fang Storm.
• An avalanche roared down the mountain as a bright beam shot into the sky.
• Tien hovered before the avalanche and stopped it with a Kamehameha.

Tien struggled with his inability to keep up with the Saiyans until Krillin offered him a chance to become stronger through an Eternal Energy Reactor. Tien hesitated over the idea of becoming an Android, but Chiaotzu urged him to accept.

• Tien finished a powerful attack and lamented that he was still too weak to challenge a Super Saiyan.
• Krillin and Yamcha arrived at Tien's training ground, and Tien sensed an unusual pressure from Krillin.
• Krillin offered Tien a power-up and explained his plan to use an Eternal Energy Reactor and physical modification to break his limits.
• Tien objected that becoming an Android would be cheating and questioned whether it counted as martial arts.
• Krillin challenged Tien's pride by asking what he would do if Earth were destroyed and Chiaotzu died.
• Chiaotzu told Tien to accept, saying he did not want to see Tien keep suffering and that Tien would remain righteous as an Android.

At Capsule Corporation, Bulma and Lanchi welcomed Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu with a feast before their planned modifications. Yamcha, Tien, and Chiaotzu treated it as their last meal as humans, but Bulma revealed she had never said their bodies would become machines.

• Bulma greeted Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu at Capsule Corporation.
• Blue Haired Lanchi served the group a feast, then Golden Haired Lanchi threatened them with a submachine gun to make them eat.
• Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu solemnly ate, believing their modifications might take away their ability to taste food.
• Bulma arrived with data reports and asked why the three men were eating so much.
• Yamcha said he was preparing to give up his humanity, and Bulma asked what he meant by becoming a cold machine.

Krillin and Bulma watched Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu endure the dangerous fusion of Eternal Energy Reactors into their bodies. Their vital signs stabilized as the energy began rebuilding their cells, but their transformations were still underway.

• The Eternal Energy Reactors flooded the three men’s bodies, triggering severe pain and dangerous reactions as Bulma monitored them.
• Tien Shinhan used his ki-control technique to guide the energy, raising his compatibility to 95%.
• Yamcha overcame his fading consciousness and grabbed hold of the golden energy with his ki.
• Chiaotzu floated above the operating table and used his psychic power to envelop the energy, resonating with the reactor through his desire to protect Tien Shinhan.
• Bulma reported that the men’s vital signs were stabilizing and their cells were being reconstructed as their muscles grew thicker and stronger.

Krillin’s Eternal Energy Reactor enhancement gave Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu battle power exceeding one billion. The three celebrated their new strength, while Krillin warned them to learn control before facing stronger opponents like Perfect Cell.

• Yamcha awoke with the reactor merged into his life force and discovered that his ki surged with overwhelming force.
• Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu also rose with their enhanced bodies and tested their new strength.
• Krillin checked the system panel and found Yamcha at 1.2 billion battle power, Tien Shinhan at 1.5 billion, and Chiaotzu at one billion.
• Yamcha accidentally damaged the floor, and Krillin gave the three custom Battle Suits made by Bulma.
• Tien Shinhan thanked Krillin, who cautioned the group to control their power and warned Yamcha that he would still struggle against Perfect Cell.

Krillin visited Goku and Gohan at Mount Paozu to invite them to train somewhere on Earth for a few months or longer. Chi-Chi objected because Gohan’s school entrance exams were coming up and she feared the training would put them in danger, so Krillin reassured her that the place was beautiful and free of monsters.

• Krillin found Android 16 peacefully watching birds and insects near the Son family’s house.
• Goku and Gohan greeted Krillin, and Goku eagerly asked to fight the warriors from Krillin’s Android God Project.
• Krillin said he had come to take Goku and Gohan away for important training that could last months.
• Chi-Chi rushed out and refused to let Gohan leave before his school entrance exams.
• Krillin calmed Chi-Chi and explained that the training would take place on Earth, in a beautiful, monster-free place, to strengthen Goku and Gohan’s martial arts fundamentals.

Krillin brought Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu to Kame House, where their dramatically increased power shocked Master Roshi, Piccolo, and Vegeta. The group gathered on the island, with Vegeta bristling at Yamcha’s strength and Goku, Gohan, and Chi-Chi arriving last.

• Master Roshi was buried by the blast of wind as Krillin and the newly empowered Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu landed on the beach.
• Tien Shinhan greeted Master Roshi respectfully, while Yamcha showed off his golden Aura and Krillin stopped him before he could cause more damage.
• Krillin told Master Roshi that any of the three could now defeat the old Frieza, leaving the old master stunned.
• Piccolo sensed the trio’s unusual energy, and Vegeta was shocked by Yamcha’s immense Battle Power.
• Yamcha challenged Vegeta to spar, but Vegeta dismissed his strength as artificial and held back from attacking.
• Goku, Gohan, and Chi-Chi arrived at Kame House, with Chi-Chi carrying a pile of bags.

As Krillin led the group through the Time-Space Tunnel, Zamasu spotted them but chose to continue toward Trunks’s future world. Krillin sensed the threat and received a mission warning that his changes to history might create a Super Cell, leaving the group on course to face the new danger.

• Goku and Gohan marveled at images from different eras in the Time-Space Tunnel, while Chi-Chi scolded Goku and Vegeta watched Krillin warily.
• Zamasu noticed Krillin’s group traveling through time and space and judged Krillin’s power to be dangerous.
• Zamasu considered attacking the group but decided to pursue his Human Zero Plan in Trunks’s future world first.
• Krillin sensed Zamasu’s hostile gaze, and the system identified him as a high-dimensional enemy with a greater threat after fusion.
• The system unlocked the Super Cell Saga and warned Krillin that his changes to history might cause Cell in the future world to undergo unknown changes.
• Krillin resolved to face whatever Cell became with his powerful group of allies as the temporal barrier ahead shattered.

Krillin brought the group 300 years into the past to approach the Dojo while keeping their power hidden and avoiding changes to the future. When a Tyrannosaurus Rex attacked Chi-Chi, she effortlessly knocked it away with a slap.

• The group explored the prehistoric landscape, and Piccolo noted that its gravity was slightly stronger and its natural energy unusually active.
• Vegeta nearly destroyed the jungle, but Krillin stopped him and warned that changing the terrain could affect the future.
• Krillin checked his System Panel and told everyone to suppress their ki so they would not frighten people in the era.
• A Tyrannosaurus Rex charged at Chi-Chi while she searched through Gohan's supplies.
• Chi-Chi slapped the dinosaur, sending its huge body flying backward.

Krillin and the others watched a battle from Master Roshi and Mr. Shen’s youth, while the old Master Roshi recalled his early martial arts and his feelings for Fangfang. The duel turned in Young Master Roshi’s favor before the battle suddenly shifted.

• Krillin and the others found Young Master Roshi and the young Crane Hermit fighting in a valley, with Fangfang watching nearby.
• Goku laughed at the sight of Master Roshi with hair, while the old Master Roshi recognized Fangfang and recalled his youthful feelings for her.
• Young Master Roshi used the early stance for the Ten Thousand Nations Shocking Palm, and Tien Shinhan noted the Crane School’s lethal precision.
• Young Master Roshi struck the Crane Hermit and bragged that he was defending Fangfang from a spying accusation, prompting the others to question the old Master Roshi’s version of events.
• As the group argued about the old Master Roshi’s past, the battle below suddenly took a sharp turn.

Old Master Roshi secretly saved his younger self from the Crane Hermit's poison needles, allowing Young Master Roshi to defeat him. After the Crane Hermit fled, Young Master Roshi noticed the hidden group and confronted them, leaving the two generations about to meet.

• Old Master Roshi shattered the Crane Hermit's poison needles from afar, and Young Master Roshi seized the opening to punch the Crane Hermit into a tree.
• Fangfang embraced Young Master Roshi, while the injured Crane Hermit threatened revenge and fled into the woods.
• Old Master Roshi told Yamcha that his precise Air Bullet control came from experience, and Piccolo noticed that Young Master Roshi had sensed them.
• Young Master Roshi called for the hidden observers to reveal themselves, and Krillin deactivated the Stealth Barrier.
• Ten figures emerged from behind the rocks, and Young Master Roshi faced their overwhelming presence with a defensive stance.

Krillin and the others convinced Young Master Roshi that the old Master Roshi was his future self and explained they wanted to meet Master Mutaito. Led by Fangfang, they reached the Deep Mountain Dojo.

• Young Master Roshi doubted that he was the old Master Roshi's past self until the old man revealed embarrassing secrets only he could know.
• The old Master Roshi confirmed their connection, and the group teased Young Master Roshi about his future baldness.
• Krillin said the group wanted to ask Master Mutaito about the true nature of martial arts.
• Fangfang agreed to take them to her father, Master Mutaito, and Young Master Roshi led the group toward the Deep Mountain Dojo.
• After a two-hour walk, the group arrived at the mist-shrouded mountain dojo.

Vegeta challenged Master Mutaito after suppressing his Battle Power to 198, but the old martial artist effortlessly defeated him and exposed flaws in his technique. After promising to train the group, Master Mutaito kept Krillin behind and asked whether he was from another world.

• Vegeta suppressed his ki to a Battle Power of 198 and challenged Master Mutaito to a fight.
• Master Mutaito dodged Vegeta’s first attack and knocked him down with a light tap.
• Vegeta attacked again, but Master Mutaito deflected his strikes, disrupted his movements, and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Master Mutaito explained that Vegeta’s unstable stance, poor use of force, and irregular breathing left him open, then promised to guide everyone starting the next day.
• Fangfang led the others away, and Master Mutaito asked Krillin if he was from another world.

Master Mutaito trained the group to split logs along the grain while limiting their Battle Power, and Vegeta repeatedly failed by using too much force. Goku, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Yamcha, Piccolo, and Chi-Chi each tried the exercise, with Chi-Chi unexpectedly proving especially skilled.

• Master Mutaito told the group to split logs using no more than two hundred points of Battle Power, warning that anyone who caused a log to explode would get no food.
• Vegeta repeatedly exploded logs with his axe, while Master Mutaito explained that his ki was too concentrated.
• Goku split a log successfully by sensing the flow of air in the wood, though he succeeded only about three times out of ten.
• Tien Shinhan succeeded ten times in a row, and Chiaotzu, Yamcha, and Piccolo also split logs with varying success.
• Chi-Chi split logs successfully eight times out of ten, and Master Mutaito praised the precision she had developed through years of housework.

Krillin spoke with Master Mutaito about how fear and worry clouded his ki, and learned to focus on the present. Meanwhile, Vegeta improved at chopping wood as he accepted that control mattered alongside power.

• Master Roshi coached Young Master Roshi on confessing his feelings to Fangfang, while Krillin watched from nearby.
• Master Mutaito told Krillin that his ki was clouded by worries and fear, and advised him to focus on the present.
• Vegeta improved his firewood-chopping success rate by concentrating on the wood and the flow of his ki.
• Master Mutaito praised Vegeta's progress, and Vegeta concealed his pleasure behind a haughty snort.

Young Master Roshi received advice from the old Master Roshi and agreed to take Fangfang into the mountains, while Vegeta advanced to splitting ironwood. The old Master Roshi hoped his younger self would avoid the regret he had faced, and Master Mutaito prepared to teach Vegeta to cut anything with ki.

• The old Master Roshi told Young Master Roshi that Fangfang had been killed by King Piccolo after he waited too long to confess, then advised him to find a chance to be alone with her.
• The old Master Roshi arranged for Young Master Roshi and Fangfang to walk in the mountains, and Young Master Roshi gathered the courage to accept her invitation to help collect herbs.
• Vegeta improved his firewood-splitting success rate to seventy percent after two days of training.
• Master Mutaito challenged Vegeta to split ironwood, and Vegeta split a log with one strike.
• Master Mutaito told Vegeta that his next lesson would be cutting anything with ki.

Master Mutaito taught Goku, Vegeta, and the others the Water Severing Flow technique, which stopped a waterfall by precisely severing the ki guiding its movement. The group failed to master the lesson, and Master Mutaito concluded that they were still using force against water.

• After the wood-chopping training ended, Master Mutaito led the group to Dragon's Roar Waterfall for their next lesson.
• Master Mutaito demonstrated Water Severing Flow by precisely stopping the waterfall without harming the water.
• Krillin's System Panel analyzed the technique and advised him to learn it to improve his Martial Dao God Core Awakening progress.
• Goku tried the technique but blasted apart the waterfall and nearby rocks with a shockwave.
• Vegeta used Final Flash and caused more destruction, while Piccolo split the waterfall briefly with Special Beam Cannon.
• Master Mutaito told the group that they did not understand the technique's essence because they were using force against water.

Master Mutaito assessed each student's weaknesses and assigned individualized training to help them improve. After everyone began their exercises, he told Krillin to find a quiet place and seek answers within himself about the bottleneck he had reached.

• Master Mutaito told Goku to carry a boulder up the mountain while thinking through obstacles and ways to fight more efficiently.
• Master Mutaito challenged Vegeta to dodge his attacks blindfolded without sensing energy or calculating, relying only on instinct.
• Master Mutaito had Tien Shinhan cover all three eyes and practice controlling his energy well enough to write in the air.
• Master Mutaito sent Yamcha to practice controlling waterfall water, Piccolo to compress his energy against targets, and Chi-Chi, Gohan, and Chiaotzu to train skills suited to them.
• After the students dispersed to train, Master Mutaito told Krillin to find a quiet place, clear his mind, and talk to his heart.

Krillin showed Master Mutaito his Martial Dao God Core, inspiring the old master to condense a tiny one of his own and break through to a new realm. Master Mutaito realized he could use God Core energy to perfect the Evil Containment Wave without sacrificing his lifespan, leaving him able to survive sealing King Piccolo.

• Krillin revealed his Martial Dao God Core and explained how martial arts energy and divine power circulated through it.
• Master Mutaito touched the God Core, gained an insight into martial arts, and entered an epiphany.
• Master Mutaito condensed a small Martial Dao God Core, raising his Battle Power from 180 to 2000 and extending his lifespan by fifty years.
• Master Mutaito realized the Evil Containment Wave could draw on God Core energy instead of life force and said he could perfect and improve the technique.
• Krillin told Master Mutaito he would survive sealing King Piccolo, and Master Mutaito thanked him.

Zamasu discovered that humans in the restored future were thriving and, unable to attack them directly under Zeno’s rules, enlisted Cell to do the job. He took Cell across parallel time-spaces to absorb Android 17 and Android 18, leaving Cell’s evolution underway after he consumed twenty-six Androids.

• Zamasu traced the future world’s history and learned that Krillin and the others had defeated the androids, revived the dead, and changed the past.
• Zamasu stopped himself from attacking Earth because Zeno’s rules forbade him from interfering directly in the mortal realm.
• Zamasu found Cell growing in an underground laboratory and accelerated his development with divine power.
• Cell told Zamasu that he needed to absorb Android 17 and Android 18 to reach his Perfect Form.
• Zamasu brought Cell through parallel time-spaces, where Cell absorbed twenty-six Androids from thirteen worlds.

With three days left before the group returned to the future, Tien Shinhan demonstrated his mastery of Infinite Energy and ancient martial arts during a sparring match with Yamcha. Vegeta challenged Tien next, and their clash escalated into a fierce test of strength and defense.

• Yamcha attacked Tien with dozens of spinning Ki Blasts, but Tien dispersed them and knocked Yamcha down with Ki Burst.
• Tien explained that Ki Burst let him unleash Kamehameha-like force from any part of his body without charging or gestures.
• Krillin checked the System Panel and saw that Tien had a base Battle Power of 22 billion and had combined Infinite Energy with ancient martial arts.
• Vegeta challenged Tien to attack him, then launched a powerful kick when Tien warned him to avoid damaging the Dojo.
• Tien countered with Volleyball Fist: Infinite Strikes, forming a wall of dense ki spheres as he and Vegeta exchanged tens of thousands of blows per second.

Vegeta challenged Gohan to spar, but Chi-Chi fought him with Kaio-ken and a frying pan until Goku intervened. Vegeta transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and attacked Goku, who continued dodging in base form.

• Vegeta interrupted Gohan's homework and challenged him to spar, but Chi-Chi refused to let Gohan fight.
• Chi-Chi activated Kaio-ken and struck Vegeta with her frying pan, briefly overpowering him.
• Vegeta transformed into a Super Saiyan and attacked Chi-Chi, but Goku caught his fist and stopped him.
• Goku took Vegeta into the sky to fight while Chi-Chi returned to supervising Gohan's homework.
• Vegeta transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and unleashed a flurry of punches, but Goku dodged them in base form.