Chapter Summaries

Kujo Tachibana lured Lux away from the spaceship and fought him in his giant ape form, seeking to push his Saiyan body beyond its limits. As Lux unleashed his full power and badly wounded him, Kujo remained focused, and the battle-power gap between them began to shrink.

• Lux drew Kujo Tachibana away from the spaceship, allowing the space pirates aboard it to escape.
• Kujo Tachibana and Lux fought in the air, blasting a vast crater into Arant Planet while Kujo relied on his predictions and combat experience to withstand Lux.
• Lux stopped holding back and raised his battle power to thirty-five thousand, overwhelming Kujo and leaving him with severe wounds.
• Kujo resisted the pain, danger, and Saiyan instincts while concentrating on Lux's attacks, gradually responding with greater ease as his battle power rose.

Kujo Tachibana’s silver Great Ape form overwhelmed Lux, and Kujo learned that the battle had greatly increased his power and S-Cell concentration. After killing Lux and capturing the fleeing pirates, Kujo took command of their crew and set his sights on growing strong enough to defeat King Frieza.

• After a day of fighting, Lux faced Kujo Tachibana’s Great Ape form, whose power had risen to about 110,000.
• Kujo reflected that his selfless battle state had increased his S-Cells and transformed his Saiyan potential.
• Kujo asked Lux to take him to Planet Namek, but Lux began to self-destruct rather than reveal information, so Kujo killed him with a finger-fired energy wave.
• Kujo blocked the Blutz Waves, returned to his three-year-old body, and found his normal combat power had reached about 11,000.
• Kujo chased down the cosmic pirates’ escaping spaceship, captured the crew, and declared himself their new boss.
• Kujo killed one pirate to intimidate the others and resolved to eventually kill King Frieza, while refusing to save Planet Vegeta’s Saiyans.

Kujo Tachibana arrived on Planet Namek after a year of training his crew during the journey, while Planet Vegeta’s leaders were distracted by Beerus and later remembered their defeat on Arant Planet. The Grand Elder foresaw Kujo Tachibana’s future power, lost his eyes, and sent Nail to invite him as an honored guest.

• King Vegeta sent the Saiyans to search for Beerus’s most comfortable pillow, and Beerus later humiliated him on Planet Vegeta before leaving with Whis.
• A year after the defeat on Arant Planet, King Vegeta led Saiyan warriors to the abandoned planet to restore their pride.
• Kujo Tachibana arrived on Planet Namek after raising his crew’s battle power through daily fights during the journey.
• The Grand Elder foresaw a golden-haired and later silver-haired version of Kujo Tachibana defeating powerful enemies, and his eyes burst from the vision.
• The Grand Elder told Nail to invite Kujo Tachibana from near Elder Naka’s Village and treat him as an honored guest.

Kujo Tachibana met Nail, who had come to find a guest the Namekian Grand Elder expected. After Nail described the guest as an older, golden-haired, tailed person resembling Kujo, Kujo concluded the Grand Elder had seen his future Super Saiyan form.

• Kujo Tachibana sensed Nail approaching and sent his crew back onto their spaceship before meeting him alone.
• Nail asked Kujo to bring him to the spaceship so he could identify the guest the Grand Elder had sent him to find.
• Nail searched the crew but did not find the guest, then welcomed Kujo and warned him not to harm Namek or fight there.
• Kujo told Nail he had come to collect the Dragon Balls and would follow Namekian rules.
• Nail described the missing guest as an older, golden-haired person with a tail who resembled Kujo, leading Kujo to suspect the Grand Elder had seen his future form.
• Kujo told Nail he was four years old and said the guest’s appearance was what he would look like when he grew up.

Kujo Tachibana met the Grand Elder of the Namekians and used the Dragon Balls to gain the ability to survive in space, transform his spaceship, and restore the Grand Elder’s eyes. The wishes were granted, and a newly rebuilt golden spaceship floated above Planet Namek.

• Nail led Kujo Tachibana to the Grand Elder, who explained that he had lost his eyes after glimpsing the future.
• The Grand Elder offered to unlock Kujo Tachibana’s potential, but Kujo declined and said he had come for the Dragon Balls.
• Kujo summoned Porunga and wished to survive in space, have his spaceship rebuilt with advanced travel and training capabilities, and heal the Grand Elder’s eyes.
• Porunga granted the wishes, restoring the Grand Elder’s eyes and reshaping Kujo’s spaceship into a large golden vessel while its crew was shaken out.

Kujo Tachibana returned to Earth in the Golden Flash and traded alien fish to Korin for three jars of Senzu Beans. After passing Korin’s Flying Nimbus test, he met Kami and Mr. Popo and offered to take Kami to Planet Namek to visit the Great Elder.

• Kujo Tachibana arrived above Earth in the Golden Flash, whose gravity chamber had helped raise his battle power to around 360,000.
• Kujo Tachibana went to Korin Tower, told Korin he wanted to train and trade for Senzu Beans, and proved his pure heart by riding the Flying Nimbus.
• Kujo Tachibana summoned the Golden Flash and traded Korin a huge supply of alien fish for three jars of Senzu Beans.
• Kujo Tachibana left Korin a communicator and flew to Kami’s Temple, where he reassured Kami and Mr. Popo that he had come to study martial arts.
• Kujo Tachibana told Kami that Planet Namek still existed and offered to take him there to visit the ailing Great Elder.

Kujo Tachibana visited Bulma's family to obtain capsules, then spent three years learning Earth's martial arts and techniques. At eight years old, he prepared to leave Earth and summoned Shenron with the seven Dragon Balls he had collected.

• Kujo Tachibana met five-year-old Bulma and told her mother, Tights, that he was an alien seeking capsules to store his spaceship.
• Kujo Tachibana showed Tights and Bulma the Golden Flash, and his crew handled the capsule arrangements.
• Over the next three years, Kujo Tachibana sought out Earth's martial artists, sparred with them, and learned techniques including the Kamehameha and Destructo Disc.
• When Goku arrived on Earth, Kujo Tachibana cut off his tail to prevent another Great Ape rampage.
• At eight years old, Kujo Tachibana delivered alien fish to Korin, visited the old Kami, and returned to Bulma's house with all seven Dragon Balls.
• Kujo Tachibana summoned Shenron.

Kujo Tachibana learned from Shenron that Zuno Planet and Galactic Patrol Headquarters might answer his questions about universe travel and star charts. He left Earth to seek powerful opponents, sending Blue Pearl to Zuno Planet to ask questions in his place.

• Kujo Tachibana asked Earth's Shenron how to travel to other universes or, failing that, to record star charts for Universe 7, but Shenron could grant neither wish.
• Earth's Shenron directed Kujo Tachibana to Zuno Planet for answers about universe travel and to Galactic Patrol Headquarters for star charts, then vanished with the Dragon Balls.
• Bulma excitedly asked Kujo Tachibana whether Shenron could grant wishes, then cried when he told her he was leaving Earth for an uncertain number of years.
• Kujo Tachibana decided to seek stronger opponents beyond Earth and Universe 7 rather than rely only on solitary training.
• Near Zuno Planet, Kujo Tachibana sent Blue Pearl ahead to ask Zuno his questions, promising to collect the Dragon Balls for her and grant her a wish.

Kujo Tachibana traveled to Planet Yardrat and spent three years learning the Yardratians’ Spirit Control techniques. He left with his crew, new abilities, and a power level of 1,690,000, while resolving to pursue his own path toward the realm of gods.

• Kujo Tachibana decided to hide his Saiyan identity and planned to join the Galactic Patrol, but first traveled to Planet Yardrat to learn Instant Transmission and other techniques.
• Kujo Tachibana and his crew trained at the Yardratians’ dojos for three years, with each crew member studying an ability of their choice.
• Kujo Tachibana mastered 108 Spirit Control techniques, including Instant Transmission, Forced Spirit Fission, and cloning.
• Grand Elder Pybara urged Kujo Tachibana not to limit what Spirit Control could achieve and invited him to return to Planet Yardrat.
• Kujo Tachibana departed with his crew at age eleven and a power level of 1,690,000, having begun to imagine a path toward divine power.

Kujo Tachibana arrived at Galactic Patrol Headquarters and asked to join so he could train in martial arts while fighting crime. Director Zoffy rejected him until Kujo Tachibana revealed his battle power was one million.

• Kujo Tachibana approached Galactic Patrol Headquarters aboard the Golden Flash, and hundreds of patrol ships surrounded his vessel.
• Kujo Tachibana stepped into space without protection, while Popora and Delia scanned him and found no matching wanted fugitive.
• Popora learned Kujo Tachibana had come to apply for a job and escorted him to the headquarters director.
• Director Zoffy dismissed Kujo Tachibana's reason for joining, but froze when Kujo Tachibana said his battle power was one million.

Kujo Tachibana joined the Galactic Patrol after proving his battle power reached one million, then began his first mission to capture Demon Star. Merus confronted him and discovered that Tachibana could react with a technique resembling Ultra Instinct, leaving both men intrigued by the other's hidden abilities.

• Kujo Tachibana revealed his one-million battle power to Chief Zoffy, who verified it and recruited him into the Galactic Patrol.
• Merus returned to headquarters with captured fugitives, and Tachibana realized the Infinity Perception System could not assess Merus's power.
• Tachibana completed a week of training, equipped the Golden Flash with the Galactic Patrol's intelligent system, and accepted a mission to capture Demon Star.
• Merus visited Tachibana aboard the Golden Flash and questioned him about the mission and his seemingly ordinary energy.
• Merus punched at Tachibana, but his fist stopped when Tachibana reacted instinctively, leading Merus to suspect he had glimpsed Ultra Instinct.

Merus considered whether Kujo Tachibana had the potential to become a god and watched him prepare for his first mission to confront the Demon Planet. The Golden Flash reached Ancient Forest at the edge of Universe 7, where Kujo asked Merus what lay beyond the universe’s border.

• Merus recalled Whis's teachings on Ultra Instinct and admired Kujo Tachibana's potential, but decided to observe him before recommending him for godly training.
• Merus offered to accompany Kujo Tachibana to the Demon Planet, and Kujo agreed on the condition that Merus not interfere in his fight.
• Kujo ordered the Golden Flash crew to depart for the suspected location of the Demon Planet, and the spacecraft arrived at Ancient Forest at the edge of Universe 7.
• Merus asked Kujo where the Golden Flash had been built, and Kujo asked what lay beyond the universe's border.
• Merus gave Kujo a strange look and silently shook his head.

Kujo Tachibana confronted Demon Star on Gulin Planet and chose to test himself against the stronger demon without using his Great Ape transformation or Forced Spirit Fission. After Kujo Tachibana wounded him with a surprise attack, Demon Star fled, then turned back to fight when he realized Kujo Tachibana was weaker.

• Kujo Tachibana sensed Demon Star's chaotic, rising energy on Gulin Planet and used Teleportation to appear before him.
• Kujo Tachibana decided to fight Demon Star at his own battle power instead of using his Great Ape transformation or Forced Spirit Fission.
• Kujo Tachibana fired a purple death ray through Demon Star's mouth and head, but Demon Star survived and fled.
• Kujo Tachibana teleported in front of Demon Star and punched his wound, driving him into a crater.
• Demon Star sensed that Kujo Tachibana's battle power was lower than his own and charged at him with his black horns.

Kujo Tachibana used Teleportation to evade Demon Star and realized how powerful the technique was, but then stopped relying on it and tested his martial arts against the stronger opponent. Merus watched the fight and moved closer after Kujo was badly beaten.

• Kujo Tachibana repeatedly teleported behind Demon Star and struck the wound on his head while evading every counterattack.
• Kujo Tachibana considered how Teleportation might let him defeat much stronger foes, then decided not to depend on it so he could keep finding opponents to strengthen himself.
• Merus watched from the other hemisphere of Gulin Planet and admired Kujo Tachibana's skill with Teleportation.
• Kujo Tachibana stopped teleporting and fought Demon Star using only his combat skills, taking more than ten hits despite trying to defend himself.
• Merus realized Kujo Tachibana was choosing martial cultivation over safer abilities and teleported to the edge of the battlefield to watch over him.

Kujo Tachibana endured Demon Star’s devastating Demon-Killing Death Ray, grew far stronger, and unlocked the ability to become a Super Saiyan Stage Two. He began his first transformation, and Demon Star fainted at the sight of his overwhelming golden aura.

• Demon Star grew desperate as Kujo Tachibana repeatedly recovered with Senzu Beans and became stronger during their prolonged battle.
• Demon Star fired an unfinished Demon-Killing Death Ray at close range, sending Kujo Tachibana around Ancient Forest Planet and devastating its continents and seas with shockwaves.
• Kujo Tachibana survived the blast, awakened his Saiyan battle potential, and raised his battle power to 6.8 million after eating a Senzu Bean.
• Kujo Tachibana realized his S-Cells could let him transform into Super Saiyan Stage Two, with a hundredfold increase in battle power.
• Kujo Tachibana transformed, turning his hair golden and surrounding himself with lightning and energy, while Demon Star fainted at the sight.

Kujo Tachibana demonstrated his new Super Saiyan Second Stage power and revealed to Merus that he was a Saiyan. After Merus accepted his story and promised to introduce him to Director Zoffy, he revealed that he was an Angel in training.

• Kujo Tachibana erased Demon Star with a precise energy blast that left Ancient Forest Planet unharmed.
• Kujo Tachibana revealed his Saiyan tail to Merus and explained his experiences, with some details altered.
• Merus believed Kujo Tachibana and promised to take him to meet Director Zoffy and explain everything to the Galactic Patrol.
• Kujo Tachibana asked Merus about his identity, and Merus revealed the twelve-universe order and that he was an Angel in training.
• Kujo Tachibana reacted with sudden realization, leaving Merus unsure whether he understood what Angels were.

Kujo Tachibana won the Galactic King's trust and spent three years eliminating Universe 7's most dangerous criminals, becoming known as the universe's number one expert. His success forced Beerus to wake early and resume destroying planets, while Frieza feared Tachibana after learning he had killed King Cold; the chapter ends with Beerus appearing before Frieza.

• Kujo Tachibana told Chief Zoffy and the Galactic King that he was a Saiyan, and the Galactic King approved his work for the Galactic Patrol.
• Kujo Tachibana spent three years hunting wanted criminals, killing the remaining primordial demons and defeating King Cold with a single punch.
• Level 2 civilizations and above recognized fifteen-year-old Kujo Tachibana as the universe's number one expert.
• Beerus woke early because Kujo Tachibana had disrupted the balance of destruction, and Beerus began destroying planets before asking Whis to take him to Frieza.
• Frieza ordered Dodoria to withdraw from planetary trading and privately vowed to grow strong enough to avenge King Cold.
• Beerus and Whis arrived before Frieza, who trembled and addressed Beerus in alarm.

Beerus confronted King Frieza over his failure to destroy enough planets, then agreed to deal with a feared Galactic Patrol officer after hearing about the officer’s ship and its Golden Feast kitchen. Beerus and Whis set off to find the kitchen, while Frieza was left with a three-year quota to destroy 5,600 additional planets.

• Frieza killed a subordinate who challenged Beerus and Whis, then knelt as the rest of his forces followed.
• Beerus questioned Frieza about his yearly destruction quota and the Galactic Patrol officer whose presence had reduced villain activity.
• Frieza described the officer’s overwhelming strength, instant-travel spaceship, and rumored Golden Feast kitchen, claiming even he might turn over a new leaf.
• Beerus promised to deal with the officer but ordered Frieza to destroy 5,600 randomly selected planets within three years or die.
• Beerus and Whis left Frieza’s ship and headed for Golden Feast, eager to try its food.

Whis and Beerus confronted Merus about Kujo Tachibana disrupting Universe 7’s balance by reducing the number of destroyed planets. Merus persuaded Beerus to spare Tachibana in exchange for his spaceship, then warned him of the danger and learned how powerful he had become.

• Whis told Merus that Tachibana’s work had awakened Beerus early and disrupted Universe 7’s balance.
• Merus admitted responsibility and asked Beerus to spare Tachibana, promising to have him leave the Galactic Patrol and stop interfering with the universe’s natural operation.
• Beerus agreed not to kill Tachibana but demanded his spaceship as compensation, and Merus accepted the condition.
• Merus found Tachibana on an unknown planet and explained that Beerus had intended to kill him.
• Tachibana accepted the situation and revealed that three years of training had raised his normal power level to 15.8 billion.

Kujo Tachibana brought Beerus and Whis aboard the Golden Flash and prepared an elaborate feast to persuade Beerus not to take the ship or kill him. Beerus tasted the first dish and wept at its flavor, leaving his response to Tachibana’s challenge unresolved.

• Kujo Tachibana arrived at the Galactic Patrol Headquarters outskirts with Merus and met Beerus and Whis.
• Merus told Beerus that Tachibana would resign from the Galactic Patrol and praised the food aboard the ship.
• Kujo Tachibana asked Beerus to fight him if his cooking pleased him, and Beerus threatened to kill him if it did not.
• Kujo Tachibana spent more than twenty hours preparing a Universe 7 feast of over a hundred dishes aboard the Golden Flash.
• Beerus tasted Cloud Fish prepared by Kujo Tachibana and burst into tears, calling it delicious.