Chapter Summaries

After absorbing the Three-Star Dragon Ball, Syn Shenron combined Eis Shenron’s Ice Laws with his negative energy and overwhelmed Gohan in battle. Gohan realized he could neither pierce Syn Shenron’s defenses nor match his speed, and searched desperately for a way to fight back as Syn Shenron approached.

• Syn Shenron’s new ice-and-darkness power froze the ruined district and left the unconscious Vegeta badly injured.
• Gohan attacked Syn Shenron in anger, but Syn Shenron froze part of his body, seized him, and battered him into the ruins.
• Gohan used speed and a Special Beam Cannon against Syn Shenron, but caused only a small mark on his horn.
• Syn Shenron spread a field of ice energy and struck Gohan repeatedly, while Gohan’s counterattack barely moved him and exhausted most of Gohan’s strength.
• Gohan assessed Syn Shenron’s overwhelming defenses and speed as Syn Shenron advanced through the spreading ice.

Syn Shenron defeated Gohan and left him and Vegeta unable to fight, then announced he would seek the remaining Dragon Balls. Goku and several Z Fighters sensed the danger and headed toward them, while Krillin and Piccolo waited to see what Tien Shinhan and the others could do.

• Syn Shenron overwhelmed Gohan’s Kamehameha, knocked him out of Beast Super Saiyan 4, and left him beside Vegeta on the ice.
• Syn Shenron unleashed a pillar of dark purple and ice-blue energy and declared that he would gather the remaining five Dragon Balls.
• Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu sensed the evil presence and turned toward Gohan and Vegeta’s location, while Fat Buu also flew to help.
• Goku sensed Gohan and Vegeta’s weakening ki, took the two remaining Senzu Beans, and told Nuova Shenron that he had to save Gohan.
• Krillin told Piccolo that Syn Shenron could grow stronger by consuming Dragon Balls, but decided they would wait for Tien Shinhan and the others to arrive.

Goku and Nuova Shenron bonded over Goku’s memories of Grandpa Gohan before teleporting to join the others. Tien Shinhan attacked Syn Shenron with repeated Kamehamehas, but Syn Shenron remained unharmed and rushed toward him.

• Nuova Shenron questioned Goku’s choice to name both his son and grandfather Gohan, then explained his connection to the Four-Star Dragon Ball and agreed to go with him.
• Goku used Instant Transmission to take Nuova Shenron to Gohan’s energy signature.
• Tien Shinhan arrived above the ruined city and found Gohan and Vegeta badly injured on the ice.
• Tien Shinhan unleashed a rapid series of full-power Kamehamehas at Syn Shenron, whose defense cracked before he took the later blasts directly without injury.
• Syn Shenron lost patience and charged at Tien Shinhan from behind.

Syn Shenron defeated Chiaotzu and Tien Shinhan, stealing and absorbing their Dragon Balls to gain more powers. Gohan charged at him in a weakened state, but Syn Shenron stopped his attack with one finger.

• Chiaotzu immobilized Syn Shenron long enough for Tien Shinhan to attack with repeated Kamehamehas, but Syn Shenron broke free and brutally injured Chiaotzu.
• Syn Shenron took Chiaotzu's Two-Star Dragon Ball, swallowed it, and gained poisonous energy that he combined with his ice powers.
• Tien Shinhan fought Syn Shenron at close range and used Solar Flare and the Four Witches Technique, but Syn Shenron overcame his attacks and knocked him down.
• Syn Shenron took Tien Shinhan's Seven-Star Dragon Ball, swallowed it, and gained Naturon Shenron's Earth Laws.
• Gohan charged Syn Shenron with his remaining power, but Syn Shenron stopped Gohan's fist with one finger and asked if that was all he had.

Gohan struggled to protect his fallen companions as Syn Shenron defeated Fat Buu and took the Five-Star Dragon Ball. Seeing his friends in danger, Gohan awakened his Beast Super Saiyan 4 form again just as two figures arrived.

• Gohan warned Fat Buu to flee with the Dragon Ball, but Fat Buu confronted Syn Shenron instead.
• Fat Buu attacked Syn Shenron with his stretchy body and regenerative powers, but Syn Shenron weakened him with cold, poison, and a blast of negative energy.
• Syn Shenron knocked Fat Buu unconscious, took the Five-Star Dragon Ball from his belt, and swallowed it.
• Gohan saw Vegeta, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Fat Buu lying helpless and blamed himself for being unable to protect them.
• Gohan roared as his Beast Super Saiyan 4 form reappeared, and two figures arrived at the battlefield.

Goku arrived at the frozen battlefield and used the last two Senzu Beans to heal Vegeta and Chiaotzu, while Gohan refused treatment to pursue the power awakening inside him. As Vegeta’s attacks failed against Syn Shenron, Goku stepped aside and let Gohan face the enemy again.

• Goku arrived with Nuova Shenron, healed Gohan with a Senzu Bean, and gave the other to Vegeta, restoring Vegeta’s strength.
• Vegeta charged Syn Shenron, but Syn Shenron’s energy shield stopped his punch and sent him flying; Vegeta repeatedly rose to attack again.
• Gohan refused his Senzu Bean, explaining that the near-death battle had awakened a power he feared healing might suppress, and asked Goku to give the bean to Chiaotzu.
• Goku fed Chiaotzu the Senzu Bean and confirmed that Tien Shinhan was stable and recovering.
• Goku stopped Vegeta from charging Syn Shenron again, then yielded the battlefield to Gohan.
• Gohan’s silvery-white fur began to regrow as he challenged Syn Shenron to continue fighting, and Syn Shenron accepted.

Chiaotzu helped Tien Shinhan recover while Gohan fought Syn Shenron and Goku battled Nuova Shenron. Vegeta waited between the two fights, watching Gohan grow stronger as Goku and Nuova Shenron traded increasingly powerful blows.

• Chiaotzu used his remaining psychic power to help the Eternal Energy Reactor purge the toxins from Tien Shinhan, then regretted losing the Dragon Ball.
• Gohan smashed Syn Shenron's attack and continued striking him despite his wounds, growing stronger as his silver aura intensified.
• Nuova Shenron told Goku to stop watching Gohan, and the two flew to the ruins' outskirts to fight separately.
• Vegeta realized he had been shut out of both battles and chose to recover his stamina while waiting for a chance to help.
• Goku and Nuova Shenron exchanged rapid punches, and Goku used his tail to unbalance Nuova Shenron before denting his wing with a knee.

Syn Shenron fatally wounded Nuova Shenron and tried to take the Four-Star Dragon Ball, but Goku pulled him away and recovered it. As Syn Shenron attacked, Gohan shielded Goku and Nuova Shenron with his remaining strength.

• Gohan fired a Special Beam Cannon at Syn Shenron, but Syn used its force to rush past him and stab Nuova Shenron from behind.
• Syn Shenron drained Nuova Shenron's power and reached for the Four-Star Dragon Ball lodged in his ruined chest.
• Goku seized Syn Shenron's wrist, hurled him away, and pulled the Four-Star Dragon Ball from Nuova Shenron's chest.
• Nuova Shenron warned Goku not to let Syn Shenron collect the sixth Dragon Ball, then closed his eyes as his remaining flames faded.
• Syn Shenron attacked Goku with a black-blue energy ball, and Gohan raised a silver barrier to protect him and Nuova Shenron.

Goku swallowed the Four-Star Dragon Ball and endured the clash between its divine laws and his own power while Gohan and Vegeta kept Syn Shenron from interrupting him. The Dragon Ball emerged from Goku’s forehead as his transformation continued.

• Gohan fought Syn Shenron and pushed his limits, but Syn Shenron blasted him into a crater.
• Syn Shenron demanded the Four-Star Orb, and Goku swallowed it instead of surrendering it.
• Goku endured the Dragon Ball’s power tearing through his body as his dark red and golden energies began to fuse.
• Gohan shielded Goku from Syn Shenron’s attack, and Vegeta joined him to keep Syn Shenron occupied.
• Goku’s trembling stopped, golden light gathered between his brows, and the Four-Star Orb emerged from his forehead.

Goku stopped trying to control the battle between his Saiyan ki and the Four-Star Dragon Ball’s source power, allowing both forces to form separate pathways and then compressing them into a single golden-red point. After gaining a new understanding of Shenron’s power, he unleashed a devastating Dragon Fist at Syn Shenron.

• Goku received memories from the Four-Star Dragon Ball and recalled Krillin’s advice to let ki flow naturally instead of controlling it by force.
• Goku let his Saiyan ki retreat from his main meridians, allowing the Dragon Ball’s source power to circulate separately as his strength rose beyond Super Saiyan 4 mid-level.
• Goku encountered Shenron in a golden space, saw the damage caused by repeated wishes, and absorbed its power and knowledge of the Dragon Balls.
• Goku compressed his ki and the Dragon Ball’s source power into a tiny golden-red point in his dantian, making his aura disappear and alarming Syn Shenron.
• Goku struck Syn Shenron with a golden energy dragon from his fist, shattering the ice beneath him and blasting Vegeta away.

Goku used the Dragon Fist to smash through Syn Shenron’s defenses, then battered him with a rapidly accelerating assault. The fight paused when Syn Shenron restored his barrier and the Four-Star Orb’s power began violently rejecting Goku’s Saiyan bloodline.

• Goku’s Dragon Fist shattered Syn Shenron’s armor and blasted him through three glaciers before lodging him in a fourth.
• Syn Shenron struggled to regenerate as Goku revealed that the Dragon Fist had burned the skin from his knuckles.
• Goku charged back in and overwhelmed Syn Shenron with a sequence of strikes, including a Rising Dragon Fist and a hammering blow that drove him into a crater.
• Syn Shenron bled for the first time, then endured Goku’s continuing assault until he escaped backward and raised a dark purple barrier.
• Goku stopped when the Four-Star Orb began flickering and its power stabbed at his nerves, exposing the conflict between the Dragon Balls’ origin power and his Saiyan bloodline.

Goku’s Four-Star Dragon Ball purified itself and revived Nuova Shenron, who returned with power that countered Syn Shenron’s Negative Energy. Nuova trapped Syn Shenron in flames and battered him until his defenses failed, leaving the two locked together as the five Dragon Balls in Syn’s chest began to hum.

• Goku’s Four-Star Dragon Ball tore free from his body and purged the accumulated darkness from its surface.
• The purified orb revived Nuova Shenron, who promised Goku they would finish their fair fight after defeating Syn Shenron.
• Nuova charged Syn and used his blue-white flames to burn through Syn’s Negative Energy and trap him in a Flame Cage.
• Syn broke through the cage, but Nuova struck him with a close-range barrage that suppressed his regeneration and shattered his scales.
• Nuova pierced Syn’s energy shield, then wrapped his wings around him and burned away the last of his protective Negative Energy as the five Dragon Balls in Syn’s chest began to hum.

Nuova Shenron fought Syn Shenron and destroyed him by detonating his heart of flame while holding him close. The Dragon Balls were freed from most of their corruption, and Nuova Shenron remained barely alive, hovering above the crater as Goku called to him.

• Nuova Shenron battered Syn Shenron with true solar fire, burning away his scales and damaging the channels linking him to the Dragon Balls.
• Syn Shenron used the punishment he endured to charge a concentrated orb of negative energy, then blasted Nuova Shenron and wounded him with the fused power of five laws.
• Nuova Shenron charged Syn Shenron's second orb, but its negative energy overwhelmed his flames and pushed him backward.
• Nuova Shenron allowed the orb to strike him, then trapped Syn Shenron against his body and detonated his heart of flame.
• The explosion blew Syn Shenron to pieces, scattered five Dragon Balls across the crater, and left Nuova Shenron gravely damaged.
• Nuova Shenron gave Goku a thumbs-up before his hand fell limp, and he continued floating above the crater.

After Syn Shenron possessed Nuova Shenron, Goku and Vegeta fought the shared body while trying to free Nuova. Goku instead poured the Dragon Balls’ origin into Nuova’s fading flame, causing both sources of power to erupt within him.

• Syn Shenron revealed that he had attached his consciousness and negative energy to Nuova Shenron when his body exploded.
• Nuova briefly fought Syn for control, but Syn overpowered him and attacked Goku with Nuova’s body.
• Vegeta restrained Nuova Shenron while Goku searched for Nuova’s consciousness and found Syn embedded throughout his origin.
• Nuova told Goku he did not regret his sacrifice as his golden eye began to fade.
• Goku poured the Dragon Balls’ origin within himself into Nuova’s chest, making the blue-white flame surge and erupt through the dark silver cracks.

Goku and Vegeta tried to save Nuova Shenron, but Syn Shenron destroyed him and swallowed the Four-Star Dragon Ball, gaining power from all six Dragon Balls. Goku launched a furious assault to make Syn Shenron spit it out, and their battle continued with Goku nearing Super Saiyan 4 peak strength.

• Goku and Vegeta held Nuova Shenron while Goku tried to draw out his remaining soul, but Syn Shenron suppressed it and destroyed Nuova Shenron.
• Syn Shenron seized the Four-Star Dragon Ball, swallowed it, and absorbed it as the sixth Dragon Ball, greatly increasing his power.
• Goku attacked Syn Shenron before he could finish speaking, then demanded that he spit out the Four-Star Dragon Ball.
• Goku fought Syn Shenron head-on, enduring attacks from his six laws while repeatedly striking the barrier around the Four-Star Dragon Ball.
• Syn Shenron knocked Goku away, but Goku rose again, battered and still focused on the Dragon Ball as his strength neared Super Saiyan 4 peak.

Goku and Syn Shenron prepared to clash with their strongest attacks while Goku tried to knock the Dragon Balls out of Syn Shenron. At Kami's Lookout, Krillin decided the others had endured enough and led Piccolo, Yamcha, and Fei'er to intervene.

• Goku broke through Syn Shenron's six-layer defense and repeatedly struck the Four-Star Dragon Ball in his chest, but Syn Shenron knocked him away and fired a devastating dark purple fireball.
• Goku compressed his ki, Dragon Ball source power, and Super Saiyan 4 Late-Level strength into a point of light as Syn Shenron gathered the powers of six Dragon Balls into a sphere of destruction.
• At Kami's Lookout, Krillin and Piccolo watched the battle while Yamcha shared cake with Fei'er, who had lost her Evil Dragon presence.
• Piccolo noted that Nuova Shenron was gone, and Krillin agreed that Goku was about to risk his life as part of the Evil Dragon incident's reckoning.
• Krillin sensed that Goku and Syn Shenron's ultimate attacks were reaching their peaks, then ordered Piccolo and Yamcha to bring Fei'er and go with him.

Krillin and Piccolo arrived in time to stop Goku and Syn Shenron’s attacks from destroying the continent, but Goku insisted on fighting Syn Shenron alone. As Goku charged, Syn Shenron eyed Krillin’s Six-Star Dragon Ball, and Goku’s fist struck his face.

• Krillin appeared between Goku and Syn Shenron and dissipated both attacks, while Piccolo, Yamcha, and Fei'er emerged from a Void Rift.
• Piccolo’s presence caused the six Dragon Balls in Syn Shenron’s chest to crack, and Krillin’s presence made their negative energy contract.
• Goku told Krillin and the others not to interfere because he had to defeat Syn Shenron himself, and Krillin agreed.
• Goku charged Syn Shenron as Dragon Ball Origin power began spreading through his meridians.
• Syn Shenron noticed Krillin’s Six-Star Dragon Ball, but Krillin put it away and refused to give it to him.
• Goku’s fist struck Syn Shenron’s face.

Goku drew out the remaining Dragon Balls origin within him and concentrated it into a golden Dragon Fist that pierced Syn Shenron’s defenses and chest. Syn Shenron remained alive but gravely wounded as the corruption on the scattered Dragon Balls began to peel away.

• Goku fought Syn Shenron above the ruins, using the Dragon Balls origin left by the Four-Star Dragon Ball to strengthen his blows.
• Syn Shenron unleashed a shock wave of poison, freezing air, and lightning, then slammed Goku into the ground and dislocated his shoulder.
• Goku concentrated the Dragon Balls origin and his Saiyan ki into a point of golden light, shattering Syn Shenron’s spear of six laws.
• Goku invoked Nuova Shenron’s memory and struck Syn Shenron with the Dragon Fist, piercing his three-layer barrier and blasting a hole through his chest.
• The golden dragon dispersed, while Syn Shenron’s six Dragon Balls fell around him and began shedding their corruption.

After Goku’s Dragon Fist pierced Syn Shenron, the wounded Evil Dragon began healing and claimed he could reach his peak with all seven Dragon Balls. Goku asked Krillin to give him the Six-Star Dragon Ball so he could fight Syn Shenron at full strength, and Krillin agreed.

• Goku forced his dislocated arm back into place while Vegeta, Krillin, and Piccolo assessed the power behind his Dragon Fist.
• Syn Shenron’s chest wound began healing, and he raged that he could crush everyone if he had all seven Dragon Balls.
• Fei'er warned that Syn Shenron’s negative energy was spiraling out of control, while Yamcha tried to reassure her.
• Goku became eager to fight Syn Shenron at his strongest and asked Krillin to give him the Six-Star Dragon Ball.
• Yamcha and Gohan protested, warning that Goku was badly injured and might die, but Goku left the decision to Krillin.
• Krillin took the Six-Star Dragon Ball from his pocket and agreed to Goku’s request.

Krillin gave Syn Shenron the Six-Star Dragon Ball, allowing him to transform into Omega Shenron, a fifth-dimensional enemy nearing the realm of the gods. As Omega Shenron challenged Goku, the injured Saiyan vanished to begin their fight.

• Krillin threw the Six-Star Dragon Ball to Syn Shenron, choosing to give Goku a chance to keep fighting.
• Syn Shenron absorbed the Dragon Ball, and the seven black Dragon Balls rearranged across his body as his transformation began.
• Syn Shenron became Omega Shenron, whose golden form and divine power threatened the ruins and stunned the warriors.
• Krillin's system identified Omega Shenron as a fifth-dimensional foe approaching Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan level, far stronger than Goku's current strength.
• Omega Shenron challenged Goku, and Goku ignored his injuries and vanished from the spot to attack.