Chapter Summaries

Kairos mastered Thunder Shock Surprise after training with Master Roshi and gained another Skill Proficiency Upgrade Card. He left Kame House with seven cards and planned to seek out Master Shen and the Crane School for more techniques.

• Kairos learned Thunder Shock Surprise, earning 100 battle power and a Skill Proficiency Upgrade Card.
• Kairos counted six newly learned techniques and seven proficiency upgrade cards, then decided to seek out the Crane School to learn from Master Shen.
• Master Roshi admitted he had nothing left to teach Kairos, and Kairos promised to carry his techniques beyond Earth.
• Kairos left Kame House after giving Master Roshi gold, silver, and treasures to improve his living conditions.

Kairos meditated in the mountains and mastered the Five-Heart-to-Heaven Qi Cultivation Method, earning a major power increase and an Advanced Custom Training Suit. He then considered searching Earth’s martial arts sects for a body-tempering technique.

• Kairos recalled his travels across Earth and spent two days and nights meditating as he approached a breakthrough.
• Kairos reached mastery in the Five-Heart-to-Heaven Qi Cultivation Method, gained 10,000 power level points, and received an Advanced Custom Training Suit.
• Kairos examined the suit’s greater training loads and its ability to protect him in extreme environments, including space.
• Kairos reflected on the need to strengthen his body alongside his qi and considered how physical durability affected fighters in the Dragon Ball world.
• Kairos remembered Earth’s reclusive martial arts sects and planned to search for body-tempering methods and practice the Crane School’s Hard Qigong.

After ten days of battles and training, Kairos reviewed the many techniques he had learned and the rewards he had earned. He decided to visit Kami’s Lookout to ask Mr. Popo and Kami for directions to Shaolin Temple.

• Kairos checked his attributes and noted his combat power had risen slightly while he had gained ten beginner-skill draws and twenty-one Skill Proficiency Upgrade Cards.
• Kairos learned the Crane School techniques from Master Shen and additional martial arts from Tao Pai Pai and other opponents.
• Kairos concluded that defeating weak opponents did not trigger achievements and observed that the young Tien Shinhan already had a battle power of 15.
• Kairos finished his exhausting ten-day training period and credited the Eye of Insight for helping him master so many skills.
• Kairos flew toward Kami’s Lookout, planning to ask Mr. Popo and Kami where Shaolin Temple was.

Kairos visited Kami's Lookout to ask for the Dragon Balls and learn Shaolin Temple's secret arts, discovering that the temple was called Duolin Temple and that Mr. Popo could teach him its techniques. Mr. Popo revealed the ancient connection between Duolin Temple's founder and the Great-Great-Grandfather Guardian, while Kairos offered to retrieve four Dragon Balls whose locations he already knew.

• Kairos asked Kami Piccolo to use the Dragon Balls, and Kami Piccolo had Mr. Popo gather them.
• Kairos asked about Shaolin Temple, and Kami Piccolo identified the secluded sect as Duolin Temple.
• Mr. Popo explained that he had learned Duolin Temple's secret techniques from a former Kami and offered to teach Kairos.
• Mr. Popo revealed that the Great-Great-Grandfather Guardian had once rivaled Duolin Temple's founder before becoming Kami.
• Kami Piccolo expressed interest in Duolin Temple's techniques, and Kairos said he would retrieve four Dragon Balls himself because he knew their locations.

Kairos gathered the Dragon Balls from Master Roshi, Ox-King, and Son Gohan, then returned to the Briefs home and obtained the Two-Star Ball. He headed back to Kami’s Lookout with it, where Mr. Popo had not yet returned.

• Kairos borrowed the Three-Star Ball, Seven-Star Ball, and Four-Star Ball from Master Roshi, Ox-King, and Son Gohan, intending to return them after making his wish.
• Kairos used a Senzu Bean to save Ox-King’s wife, Iron Fan, as she gave birth to Chi-Chi.
• Kairos returned to the Briefs home, where Bulma and Tights scolded him for being gone, and he calmed them with gifts.
• Kairos showed Briefs a Dragon Ball, learned he had the Two-Star Ball, and explained that gathering all seven would summon Shenron and grant a wish.
• Kairos took the Two-Star Ball and returned to Kami’s Lookout, where he waited for Mr. Popo.

While waiting for Mr. Popo, Kairos realized how fear of changing the future had made him feel like a puppet, then agreed to visit North Kai after finishing his work on Earth. Kami Piccolo offered to teach him Earth Kami’s techniques, and Kairos hinted that he wanted Earth’s Dragon Balls upgraded to grant more wishes.

• Kairos reflected on his cautious plans and realized that his attempts to control his future had left him feeling bound and unfree.
• Kami Piccolo revealed that North Kai had asked to take Kairos as his disciple, and Kairos inferred that his Super Saiyan power had attracted North Kai’s attention.
• Kami Piccolo urged Kairos to accept North Kai’s guidance, and Kairos agreed to go later after he finished his work on Earth.
• Kami Piccolo offered to teach Kairos his own techniques, and Kairos gladly accepted.
• Kairos joked that Planet Namek’s Dragon Balls let Porunga grant three wishes, hinting that Kami Piccolo might improve Earth’s Dragon Balls.

Kairos summoned Earth's Shenron and tested whether it could awaken his bloodline so he could become a Super Saiyan God. Shenron could not grant that wish, so Kairos asked for the Yardrats' Instant Transmission technique instead.

• Mr. Popo summoned Shenron as Kairos, Mr. Popo, and Kami Piccolo gathered on Kami's Lookout.
• Shenron greeted Kami Piccolo respectfully and invited Kairos to make a wish.
• Kairos asked Shenron to help him awaken his bloodline and become a Super Saiyan God.
• Shenron admitted the wish exceeded his power and asked Kairos to choose another.
• Kairos changed his wish to the Yardrats' Instant Transmission technique.

Kairos successfully used Earth's Shenron to learn Instant Transmission, then tested the skill and collected the Dragon Balls before they could scatter. He left the Dragon Balls stored in his System Space after Shenron departed.

• Shenron warned Kairos that granting Instant Transmission across the distance to Planet Yardrat might fail, but Kairos asked him to try.
• Shenron spent ten minutes granting Kairos the skill, and Kairos received achievement rewards, including proficiency upgrade cards and a mastery-level skill draw.
• Kairos tested Instant Transmission by traveling between Kami's Lookout and West City in under ten seconds.
• Shenron returned to the Dragon Balls and prepared to leave, and Kairos stored all seven Dragon Balls in his System Space before they scattered.

Kairos returned the Dragon Balls to their original locations to avoid disrupting Earth’s future, then planned to continue training at Kami’s Lookout before traveling to North Kai’s Planet. He left open the possibility of meeting three-year-old Kakarot before departing.

• Kairos explained to Kami Piccolo why he wanted the Dragon Balls returned and agreed that Mr. Popo would return three while Kairos handled the other four.
• Kairos and Mr. Popo returned all seven Dragon Balls to their original locations.
• Kairos reflected that Instant Transmission would let him reach North Kai’s Planet and later travel to Planet Namek to use Porunga.
• Kairos returned to Kami’s Lookout after visiting Son Gohan, Master Roshi, Ox-King, Briefs, Tights, and Bulma to explain his plans.
• Kairos prepared to train with Kami Piccolo and Mr. Popo before heading to North Kai’s Planet, though he considered waiting to meet Kakarot first.

Whis watched Kairos’s rapid progress on Earth and wondered whether he was the Super Saiyan God from the prophecy, while Beerus remained unable to sleep. After five days of training with Kami Piccolo and Mr. Popo, Kairos reviewed his growing repertoire and considered creating new techniques.

• Whis monitored Kairos training on Kami’s Lookout and suspected he might become the Super Saiyan God in this spacetime.
• Beerus’s sleepless frustration caused another explosive disturbance in the God of Destruction Realm.
• Kairos learned Kami Piccolo’s techniques, including the Evil Containment Wave and its Sealing Technique.
• Kairos learned Mr. Popo’s techniques and the arts passed down by Duolin Temple, including Diamond Iron Shirt and Merciful Demon-Binding Lock.
• Kairos spent the fifth day meditating over his techniques and realized he could likely create moves such as the Special Beam Cannon and Spirit Ball.

Kairos used Skill Proficiency Upgrade Cards to perfect Instant Transmission and several other techniques, then decided to save his remaining resources for later. Seeking a powerful opponent to improve his battle experience, he considered using a time-traveling place beneath Kami's Lookout to fight a past Frieza.

• Kairos raised Instant Transmission from Novice to Perfect and discovered he could teleport freely without locking onto a ki signature.
• Kairos upgraded Four-Body Fist to Perfect, enabling four full-strength bodies that could cultivate at once and might eventually split into even more.
• Kairos used 20 Skill Proficiency Upgrade Cards on Destructo Disc, Thunder Shock Surprise, Tri-Beam, Hard Qigong, and Diamond Iron Shirt, keeping 11 in reserve.
• Kairos postponed upgrading his Qi Cultivation Method and saved his skill-draw opportunities because learning skills himself could earn more upgrade cards.
• Kairos sought a strong opponent to sharpen his battle experience and considered traveling from Kami's Lookout to the past to fight Frieza.

Kairos persuaded Kami Piccolo to help him travel to the past so he could test his strength against Frieza. Kami Piccolo prepared the Hyperbolic Time Chamber’s magic circle to send Kairos to Planet Vegeta shortly before its destruction.

• Kairos concealed his true intentions while saying he wanted to return to the past and fight Frieza for combat experience.
• Kami Piccolo offered to help Kairos travel through time, and Mr. Popo explained the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Kairos used the Eye of Insight to examine the strange forces in the chamber and found they resembled weakened fundamental laws.
• Kairos agreed to travel back half a month, when Frieza was preparing to destroy Planet Vegeta.
• Kami Piccolo warned Kairos that changing the past would create another world and told him to repeat “return” three times to come back if he landed at the wrong time.

Kairos traveled to a parallel timeline shortly before Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta, intending to change the Saiyans’ fate. After finding that his old home and acquaintances did not recognize him, he wondered whether he existed in this timeline and finally spotted Gine.

• Whis secretly aided Kami Piccolo’s spell, then followed Kairos into the parallel timeline.
• Kairos arrived on Planet Vegeta in year 737 and confirmed his power and body were unchanged.
• Kairos sensed the Saiyans gathering for Frieza’s arrival and judged that King Vegeta III and his forces stood no chance against him.
• Kairos searched the residential area for his counterpart but found no trace of his energy on Planet Vegeta.
• Kairos visited his former home and encountered familiar faces who did not recognize him, until he saw Gine.

Kairos approached Gine, who mistook him for the son she and Bardock had never met and welcomed him back. Kairos chose not to correct her and stayed with Gine as others gathered, leaving the truth of his identity unresolved.

• Kairos watched Gine work until she noticed him and asked who he was.
• Gine suspected Kairos was the artificially cultivated child conceived from her and Bardock's genes, and Kairos introduced himself by name.
• Gine asked if Kairos was her child and hugged him, believing he had finally returned after surviving alone.
• Kairos decided to let Gine believe he was her son rather than upset her, and considered changing the timeline by killing Frieza.
• As others gathered around them, Gine noticed Kairos's unease and took him inside.

Kairos met Gine, who initially believed he was her lost son, then revealed he was Mir and Jenota’s child from a future timeline. He warned Gine and Bardock that Frieza would destroy the Saiyan race and offered to use Instant Transmission to bring Bardock back to Planet Vegeta.

• Gine welcomed Kairos into her home and called him her child, then contacted Bardock using a Scouter.
• Bardock revealed that Kairos was not Gine’s son, and Kairos greeted him as Uncle Bardock.
• Kairos identified himself as the son of Mir and Jenota, and Gine realized their family had died in a spaceship accident four years earlier.
• Bardock challenged Kairos’s claim that he was artificially cultivated, and Kairos explained he was born in another timeline and had returned from the future.
• Kairos warned that Frieza was coming and that the Saiyan race and Planet Vegeta faced destruction; Bardock agreed to speak with him in person.
• Kairos asked Bardock where he was and offered to use Instant Transmission to bring him back to Planet Vegeta.

Two versions of Whis watched Kairos alter the timeline and debated the risks, then Kairos returned Bardock to Planet Vegeta and healed his hidden injuries. The chapter ended with Bardock discovering that the Senzu Bean had raised his battle power to 18,000.

• Whis from Kairos's timeline argued that Kairos might break the deadlock, while Whis of this timeline warned that changing events could violate Universal Law and create uncertain futures.
• Whis from Kairos's timeline said they could potentially reverse the timeline if something went wrong, and both Whises continued watching Kairos.
• Kairos brought Bardock back to Planet Vegeta, where Bardock joyfully reunited with Gine and marveled at Instant Transmission.
• Kairos noticed Bardock's internal injuries and offered him a Senzu Bean that could heal him completely.
• Bardock ate the Senzu Bean, recovered from his injuries, and learned from Kairos that his battle power had risen to 18,000.

Kairos revealed that Frieza planned to exterminate the Saiyans, while Bardock’s injuries healed and his battle power surged. The chapter left Bardock at 22,000 battle power, warned by Kairos to hide his strength from King Vegeta III.

• Bardock used his Scouter to confirm that his battle power had risen to 18,000 after Kairos healed him.
• Kairos explained Bardock’s breakthrough, then told Bardock and Gine that Frieza intended to destroy the Saiyans and Planet Vegeta.
• Bardock decided to warn King Vegeta, but Kairos said the king already planned to intercept Frieza with the Elite Warriors.
• Bardock’s fury pushed his battle power to 22,000, and Kairos warned him that revealing it could make King Vegeta III see him as a threat.

Bardock revealed that King Vegeta III feared his strength and had tried to keep him under control, while Kairos argued that the Saiyan race needed a new ruler and a changed system. The chapter left Bardock shocked by Kairos’s proposal that he become king.

• Bardock admitted to Kairos and Gine that King Vegeta III had long feared him and wanted him dead.
• Bardock explained that King Vegeta had used Raditz as leverage and suspected Bardock even as he publicly praised him.
• Kairos warned that the Saiyan race would face destruction unless it changed its ways.
• Kairos proposed that Bardock take the throne after King Vegeta and the Elite Warriors fell in their clash with Frieza.
• Bardock and Gine were stunned when Kairos declared Bardock the most suitable new king.

Kairos revealed to Bardock and Gine that he was a Super Saiyan and demonstrated his overwhelming power. He offered to help Bardock grow stronger and become king, leaving Bardock eager to learn whether he could also attain the transformation.

• Bardock questioned whether Kairos truly believed he could save the Saiyans and asked if he wanted to become their king.
• Kairos said he wanted Bardock to lead the Saiyans and offered to teach him cultivation methods and how to become a Super Saiyan.
• Kairos transformed before Bardock and Gine, then used his power to force Bardock to his hands and knees.
• Kairos explained that his normal battle power exceeded ten million and that transforming increased it fiftyfold.
• Bardock asked whether he could become a Super Saiyan despite the legend that one appeared only every thousand years, and Kairos said any Saiyan could achieve it through training.

Kairos taught Bardock and Gine qi cultivation and the secrets of Super Saiyan transformation, giving them a path to grow stronger and change the Saiyan race’s future. Meanwhile, the two Whises discussed Kairos’s effect on the timeline and agreed they might reverse time if events became uncontrollable.

• Bardock and Gine quickly learned to sense, guide, and conceal their qi under Kairos’s instruction.
• Kairos taught Bardock and Gine how to transform into Super Saiyans, explaining the roles of extreme rage and strength.
• Kairos shared his training insights with Bardock and Gine, though his actions still triggered no achievements.
• The two Whises discussed how Kairos’s arrival had changed Bardock’s fate and the future of the timeline.
• Whis of this timeline warned that he and his counterpart would reverse time if the changes became uncontrollable.