Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fat Buu turned Rage Shenron into chocolate and ate him, but soon suffered severe stomach pain as something rampaged inside him. At Kami's Lookout, Krillin realized the Dragon Balls were missing.

• Fat Buu dodged through Rage Shenron's candy forest and said that the dragon looked tastier than the candy.
• Rage Shenron burned his essence to fire a massive lightning beam at Fat Buu, but Fat Buu erased it with a pink ray.
• Fat Buu transformed Rage Shenron into a piece of chocolate and ate it.
• Fat Buu doubled over in pain as his stomach churned and his body changed shape.
• Krillin watched Fat Buu's fight from Kami's Lookout, then noticed that the Dragon Balls were missing.

Fat Buu spat out the Five-Star Dragon Ball after failing to digest it, and Krillin confirmed that four groups had purified their Dragon Balls. Vegeta confronted Eis Shenron in the far north, where the Dragon revealed that he knew everything about the Saiyan Prince.

• Fat Buu retched up the Five-Star Dragon Ball, then tucked it away and flew back to Kami's Lookout.
• Krillin noted that Chiaotzu, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Fat Buu had succeeded, while Goku, Gohan, and Vegeta remained.
• Krillin sensed Goku battling Nuova Shenron in the northwest and Vegeta beginning a fight against Eis Shenron in the north.
• Vegeta demanded that Eis Shenron surrender his Dragon Ball and kill himself, dismissing him as trash.
• Eis Shenron calmly declared that he knew absolutely everything about Vegeta.

Vegeta fought Eis Shenron, whose speed, freezing attacks, and knowledge of Vegeta’s pride gave him the upper hand. Eis Shenron reflected Vegeta’s Final Flash back into his shoulder and left him battered in a deep crater.

• Eis Shenron taunted Vegeta by exposing his insecurities and desire to surpass Goku and Krillin, provoking Vegeta into attacking.
• Eis Shenron dodged Vegeta’s punch, froze his arms, and narrowly missed him with an explosive ice projectile.
• Vegeta shattered the ice and fired a Final Flash, but Eis Shenron blocked it with a rune-covered ice wall that reflected the blast into Vegeta’s shoulder.
• Eis Shenron kicked the wounded Vegeta into the ice field, then criticized his predictable fighting style and anger.

Vegeta lay injured beneath the ice after Eis Shenron mocked his pride, and memories of his defeats and rivalry with Kakarot, Gohan, and Krillin flooded back. He reclaimed his Saiyan pride as a source of strength, awakened a crimson aura, and left Eis Shenron stunned.

• Vegeta lay motionless at the bottom of an ice crater as memories of Planet Vegeta, Frieza, and his repeated defeats returned.
• Vegeta recalled how fusing with Kakarot had given him power he could not achieve alone, leaving him resentful and ashamed.
• Vegeta accepted Eis Shenron's criticisms but declared that his pride was his weapon and vowed to rise every time he was defeated.
• Vegeta stood and drew on the memory of Gogeta's power, determined to reach that strength on his own.
• Vegeta unleashed a deep crimson aura that vaporized glaciers across the surrounding region, freezing Eis Shenron's smile.

Vegeta broke through to Super Saiyan 4 Mid-Level and overwhelmed Eis Shenron, who resorted to a desperate attack after his defenses and escape failed. As Eis Shenron prepared to freeze the continent, Vegeta dismissed his pride and took aim at him.

• Vegeta emerged from the steam transformed, confirming he had reached Super Saiyan 4 Mid-Level.
• Eis Shenron armored himself and launched over a thousand ice spikes, but Vegeta crushed them with a clench of his fist.
• Vegeta appeared beside Eis Shenron, then caught up with him through the ice wall and punched a hole in his chest armor.
• Eis Shenron gathered his remaining Negative Energy into an ice bomb and threatened to freeze the continent.
• Vegeta mocked Eis Shenron's claim to pride and aimed his fingertips at him.

Vegeta defeated Eis Shenron after Eis burned his essence to merge with the Three-Star Dragon Ball's negative energy. He claimed the purified Dragon Ball and flew south to confront Syn Shenron, whose ki surpassed his own.

• Vegeta overwhelmed Eis Shenron with a series of attacks, shattering most of his Ice Armor and leaving him badly injured.
• Eis Shenron drew out the Dragon Ball's negative energy, transformed into a stronger but less rational fighter, and attacked Vegeta with greater force.
• Vegeta caught Eis Shenron's fist, crushed it, and fired a Final Flash that turned Eis Shenron into golden particles.
• Vegeta caught the purified Three-Star Dragon Ball and secured it at his waist.
• Vegeta sensed Syn Shenron's powerful ki to the south and flew toward him without returning to Kami's Lookout.

Goku met Nuova Shenron at the volcanic island where the Evil Dragon had been waiting for a worthy opponent. Nuova accepted Goku’s request to spar in base form, and they closed the distance to begin fighting.

• Nuova Shenron sensed Goku approaching and waited for him in the volcano’s crater.
• Goku landed near Nuova and spoke with him, recognizing that he had been waiting for an opponent rather than causing destruction.
• Nuova explained that he was born from the negative karma of King Piccolo’s wish to regain his youth.
• Goku described the Four-Star Orb’s importance as the keepsake his grandfather had left him, and Nuova prepared to test whether Goku deserved it.
• Goku asked to spar with Nuova in his base form, Nuova agreed, and they charged toward each other.

Goku battled Nuova Shenron in a volcanic crater, first testing him in base form before transforming into Super Saiyan 4. Their fight continued as Goku adapted to Nuova Shenron’s heat and energy-absorbing abilities, with neither fighter gaining a decisive advantage.

• Goku exchanged blows with Nuova Shenron in base form and learned that Nuova’s intense heat burned him on contact.
• After five minutes of close combat, Goku admitted his base form could not keep up and transformed into Super Saiyan 4.
• Goku and Nuova Shenron clashed above the crater, trading attacks as Nuova used his wings and flames to pressure Goku.
• Goku fired a Kamehameha, but Nuova blocked it and explained that he could absorb outside energy by converting it into heat.
• Goku split another energy blast into multiple Energy Balls, which Nuova deflected and ate, so Goku charged back in to continue fighting directly.

Goku and Nuova Shenron fought to a standstill, sharing a laugh before preparing their ultimate attacks. Their clash was interrupted when Syn Shenron awakened and released an overwhelmingly evil aura.

• Goku and Nuova Shenron continued their battle across the ruined crater, sustaining burns and cracks as they exchanged thousands of blows.
• Nuova Shenron revealed that he had been born only a few hours earlier and had learned Goku's history from the Dragon Balls' memories.
• Nuova Shenron attacked with Frenzied Fire Needles, and Goku used Instant Transmission to evade the volleys and meet him fist to fist.
• Goku and Nuova Shenron prepared their ultimate moves, with Goku shaping a needle-like Kamehameha to counter Nuova Shenron's concentrated power.
• An evil aura erupted in the distance, interrupting their preparations, and Nuova Shenron recognized it as Syn Shenron awakening.

Gohan found Syn Shenron in the ruins of a coastal city and fought him despite Krillin’s warning. Syn Shenron overwhelmed Gohan and pinned him beneath his foot, preparing to tell him something.

• Gohan sensed a devastating evil ki and flew northeast, where he found a coastal city destroyed and its citizens dead.
• Gohan confronted Syn Shenron, who said the people had died from the aftereffects of his awakening.
• Gohan attacked Syn Shenron with punches and several techniques, but Syn Shenron endured the assault and eroded Gohan with negative energy.
• Syn Shenron revealed he had used only thirty percent of his strength and told Gohan to leave, but Gohan refused.
• Syn Shenron struck Gohan into the rubble, pinned him beneath his foot, and began speaking as Gohan coughed up blood.

Syn Shenron pinned Gohan and argued that the Dragon Balls’ repeated resurrections had twisted the laws of life and death, making Gohan responsible for the deaths they caused. Gohan rejected Syn Shenron’s claim that the weak deserved to die and began powering up to defend innocent life.

• Syn Shenron pinned Gohan and explained that the Dragon Balls’ resurrection wishes had created cracks in the laws of the universe, leading to his birth.
• Syn Shenron showed Gohan images of King Piccolo’s attack and the wish that revived its victims, along with the negative energy that marked the Dragon Balls.
• Syn Shenron blamed Gohan and his allies for the city’s deaths and claimed that more than seventy percent of those they revived were killed again.
• Syn Shenron argued that the strong had the right to kill the weak and declared that he would destroy the planet and kill everyone who should have died.
• Gohan defended the city’s innocent residents and declared that he would never let Syn Shenron insult life as his body began to glow with rising power.

Gohan broke through to the late stage of Super Saiyan Fourth Stage and turned the fight against Syn Shenron around. Their battle ended in an evenly matched clash between Syn Shenron’s destructive energy sphere and Gohan’s Kamehameha.

• Gohan’s rage triggered a breakthrough that transformed his silver aura and pushed him into the late stage of Super Saiyan Fourth Stage.
• Gohan overwhelmed Syn Shenron in close combat, forcing him onto the defensive and shattering his corrosive Energy Balls with his silver aura.
• Gohan seized Syn Shenron and slammed him into the ground, creating a vast crater.
• Syn Shenron rose from the crater and formed a dark-purple energy sphere powerful enough to destroy Earth.
• Gohan fired a Kamehameha to meet Syn Shenron’s attack, and the two forces reached an even stalemate in the sky.

Gohan gained the upper hand against Syn Shenron with a powerful Kamehameha and precise fighting, but Vegeta arrived after defeating Eis Shenron and broke into their battle. Vegeta kicked Gohan aside and prepared to face Syn Shenron alone, while Syn Shenron welcomed the new opponent.

• Gohan pushed back Syn Shenron's dark purple energy sphere with his Kamehameha, and Syn Shenron detonated it to end their energy contest.
• Gohan used ki control and Saiyan instincts to land a series of precise attacks that drove Syn Shenron into the mountains.
• Syn Shenron rose from the rubble and prepared to unleash his negative energy, but Vegeta arrived from the southwestern horizon.
• Vegeta claimed Syn Shenron as his prey and ignored Gohan's warning that the Evil Dragon was far more dangerous than the others.
• Vegeta kicked Gohan through the remains of several high-rises, then faced Syn Shenron as the dragon watched with a cruel smile.

Vegeta attacked Syn Shenron with his full power, but Syn Shenron was unharmed and swiftly overwhelmed him. As Syn Shenron mocked the battered Vegeta, Vegeta raised the Three-Star Dragon Ball he had taken from Eis Shenron, drawing Syn Shenron’s suddenly interested gaze.

• Vegeta unleashed a barrage of strikes and a Final Flash against Syn Shenron, but Syn Shenron emerged without a scratch.
• Syn Shenron struck Vegeta in the abdomen, kicked him into a mountain, and turned his attention to the returning Gohan.
• Vegeta staggered out of the rubble and charged Syn Shenron again, but Syn Shenron effortlessly beat him and held him by the throat.
• Syn Shenron mocked Vegeta as useless trash and slammed him into the ground.
• Vegeta pulled the Three-Star Dragon Ball from his pocket and shouted that he had killed Eis Shenron, prompting Syn Shenron to fix his attention on the Dragon Ball.

Gohan fought Syn Shenron to protect Vegeta and the Three-Star Dragon Ball, but Syn Shenron overpowered Vegeta and swallowed the ball. Its corruption and Eis Shenron’s ice power transformed Syn Shenron into a much stronger foe, leaving Gohan facing an opponent near the peak of Super Saiyan 4.

• Gohan intervened as Syn Shenron tried to seize the Three-Star Dragon Ball from Vegeta, then battled him with Mutaito’s techniques and a Kamehameha.
• Syn Shenron trapped Gohan behind a concentrated negative-energy attack and rushed past him to strike Vegeta, knocking the Dragon Ball from his hand.
• Syn Shenron kicked Vegeta into the ruins and seized the Three-Star Dragon Ball while Gohan charged at him in fury.
• Syn Shenron swallowed the Three-Star Dragon Ball, which became corrupted inside him and emerged embedded in his right chest.
• Syn Shenron’s negative energy fused with Eis Shenron’s ice power, dramatically increasing his strength as Gohan sensed he was nearing the peak of Super Saiyan 4.