Chapter Summaries

Kujo Tachibana impressed Beerus and Whis with his cooking, and Whis invited him to become the head chef on God of Destruction Planet. Tachibana accepted on the condition that he could leave when he wished and receive martial arts training, while Beerus insisted he stay for at least three years.

• Beerus and Whis tasted Kujo Tachibana’s Cloud Fish Slices and reacted with overwhelming delight.
• Whis used Ultra Instinct to outpace Beerus in a food-snatching contest, eating most of the hundred-odd dishes.
• Whis restored the damaged dining table with his staff and invited Tachibana to become the head chef on God of Destruction Planet.
• Tachibana accepted the invitation if he could leave when he wished and Beerus and Whis would guide his martial arts training.
• Beerus demanded that Tachibana stay for at least three years, and Tachibana negotiated a limit of ten dishes a day before Whis countered with twenty.

Kujo Tachibana settled into his new role as head chef on God of Destruction Planet, where Beerus and Whis delayed their promised fight until they had eaten another feast. After the meal, Kujo revealed his Super Saiyan 3 transformation and prepared to face Beerus.

• Kujo Tachibana resigned from the Galactic Patrol and took his crew aboard the Golden Flash to God of Destruction Planet with Beerus and Whis.
• Whis and Beerus were astonished when the Golden Flash reached the planet in an instant, and Kujo gave them a vague explanation about the dragon's power.
• Beerus refused to fight until he had eaten his fill, so Kujo cooked a feast of more than ten whole roasted cows for Beerus, Whis, and the crew.
• After the feast, Beerus called Kujo outside and told him to use all his strength.
• Kujo unleashed his power, transformed into a golden-haired Super Saiyan 3, and revealed a combat power of 63.2 billion.

Kujo Tachibana fought Beerus after Beerus promised to match his power, and Kujo gained the advantage with his combat instincts and golden ki sword. Beerus then abandoned the equal-power restriction and launched a much stronger Destruction attack at Kujo's sword.

• Beerus challenged Kujo Tachibana in Super Saiyan 3 and promised not to use more power than him.
• Kujo read Beerus's movements, countered his attack with an elbow, and sent Beerus flying.
• Beerus recovered and hurled a massive purple energy sphere at Kujo.
• Kujo summoned a golden ki sword that split Beerus's energy sphere and slashed toward him.
• Beerus stopped holding back and fired a soccer-ball-sized Destruction attack at Kujo's golden sword.

Kujo Tachibana survived Beerus’s attack with a swarm of golden swords, then spent six months training while working as Beerus’s chef. When he returned to Zuno Planet to retrieve Blue Pearl, he revealed his wish to travel to other universes and learned that becoming Beerus’s God of Destruction apprentice might give him the authority to do so.

• Kujo Tachibana evaded Beerus’s destructive blast with golden swords, but the attack drained his ki and returned him to his normal form.
• Whis praised Kujo Tachibana’s talent, and Beerus left looking forward to a future fight with him.
• Kujo Tachibana trained under Beerus and Whis for six months, mastering the power of Super Saiyan 3 in his normal form.
• Kujo Tachibana remembered Blue Pearl on Zuno Planet and asked Beerus for leave; Beerus and Whis accompanied him aboard Golden Flash.
• Kujo Tachibana told Whis and Beerus that he wanted to travel to other universes, but Beerus warned that crossing universes was forbidden.
• Whis suggested Kujo Tachibana become Beerus’s God of Destruction apprentice, explaining that the role could grant him authority to travel between universes.

Kujo Tachibana endured Beerus’s destruction lessons and awakened a Saiyan God of Destruction form by embracing his own sense of self. Named Beerus’s successor and Universe 7’s God of Destruction intern, he left God of Destruction Planet and headed to Earth to visit Son Gokū and Bulma.

• Beerus offered Kujo Tachibana an apprenticeship if he mastered Ultra Ego and part of the power of Destruction within two and a half years, and Kujo accepted.
• Zuno reported that Blue Pearl had left seven years earlier, while his message welcomed Kujo as a future apprentice God of Destruction.
• After witnessing Beerus destroy inhabited planets, Kujo tried to stop him, but Beerus explained that destruction was his duty and urged Kujo to follow his own heart.
• Kujo awakened his Saiyan God of Destruction form and declared that he would maintain universal balance in his own way, so Beerus gave him an earring and named him his successor and Universe 7’s God of Destruction intern.
• A week later, Kujo left his crew and the Golden Flash with Beerus and Whis, then used Instant Transmission to travel to Earth and visit Son Gokū and Bulma.

Kujo Tachibana returned to Earth, reunited with Bulma and Son Gokū, and helped Bulma summon Shenron before leaving for a remote planet where Vegeta was struggling to capture Silver Moon Dire Wolves. The chapter ended with Kujo Tachibana considering whether to help Vegeta and whether to kill Frieza.

• Kujo Tachibana visited Master Roshi, Capsule Corporation, Korin Tower, and the Guardian before searching for Son Gokū.
• Kujo Tachibana reunited with Bulma and told her and Son Gokū about Saiyans and Planet Vegeta, then trained with Son Gokū and gave him a Breathing Style.
• Kujo Tachibana accompanied Bulma to find the final Dragon Ball, and Bulma used Shenron's wish to remain young and beautiful forever.
• Kujo Tachibana visited his Earth friends and left for a remote planet where Vegeta and two underlings were capturing Silver Moon Dire Wolves for Frieza.
• Kujo Tachibana watched Vegeta struggle against the wolves and wondered whether to help him and whether to kill Frieza.

Kujo Tachibana chose to leave Frieza for Gokū and traveled from Universe 7 to Universe 6 to seek out Hit and learn more about his time-based techniques. After crossing the boundary between universes, he began searching Universe 6 for powerful auras.

• Kujo Tachibana decided not to interfere with Frieza, leaving Gokū and the others to face him.
• Kujo Tachibana chose Universe 6 as his destination because he wanted to meet Hit and investigate Time-Skip.
• Kujo Tachibana reviewed the methods of traveling between universes and learned that divine power allowed him to cross their boundary membrane.
• Kujo Tachibana used his destruction power to pass through the membrane and leave Universe 7.
• Kujo Tachibana arrived in Universe 6, chose a direction, and began teleporting toward powerful auras.

Kujo Tachibana encountered Frost, Universe 6’s secretly villainous peace ambassador, and destroyed Frost’s fleet after Frost ordered an attack. Frost was left alone aboard his ship as Kujo Tachibana appeared before him.

• Kujo Tachibana learned about Universe 6’s primal Saiyans and remained curious about visiting Planet Sadala.
• Kujo Tachibana encountered Frost while searching for Hit and considered using Frost’s influence to help locate the assassin.
• Frost ordered his fleet to fire its energy cannons at Kujo Tachibana, angered that another person could survive in space.
• Kujo Tachibana sent golden ki swords through the fleet’s attacks and destroyed more than a thousand ships and millions of soldiers, sparing Frost’s ship.
• Frost realized the scale of the being he had provoked, and Kujo Tachibana appeared before him.

Kujo Tachibana forced Frost to find the assassin Hit within a month, so Frost placed a huge bounty on Kujo to draw Hit out. On Barren Planet 103, Hit appeared, killed Frost, and faced Kujo.

• Kujo Tachibana threatened Frost with death unless he found Hit within a month, and Frost agreed while secretly planning to lure Hit with a bounty.
• Frost posted a contract offering his entire fortune to whoever killed Kujo, directing assassins to meet them on Barren Planet 103.
• Hit accepted the opportunity, intending to kill both Kujo and Frost and claim Frost’s wealth.
• Kujo and Frost landed on Barren Planet 103, where attackers fired energy beams at their spaceship.
• Frost blasted the attackers, but Hit appeared and shattered Frost’s energy sphere with a single punch.
• Hit killed Frost with a blow to the forehead, then turned toward Kujo.

Kujo Tachibana fought Hit while suppressing the Infinity Perception System to train his Ultra Instinct, but Hit’s Time-Skip left him badly injured. Kujo healed himself with a Senzu Bean, gave Hit more, and urged him to fight without holding back, reigniting Hit’s battle spirit.

• Hit attacked Kujo Tachibana with Time-Skip, and Kujo dodged the first punch before asking how Hit had done it.
• Kujo shut down his Infinity Perception System to train his Ultra Instinct, allowing Hit to land hundreds of blows on him.
• Kujo endured another barrage of attacks, then healed himself with a Senzu Bean during Time-Skip’s cooldown.
• Kujo tossed Hit a pouch of Senzu Beans and explained that they could restore his health and condition.
• Hit accepted the challenge, his battle spirit awakened as he prepared to increase the duration of his Time-Skip.

Kujo Tachibana fought Hit in Super Saiyan 4, developing an instinctive response to Hit’s Time-Skip while struggling to overcome its advantage. Their battle awakened Champa, who learned from Vados that the disturbance came from an apprentice God of Destruction from Universe 7.

• Kujo Tachibana and Hit continued their battle in space, growing stronger as they fought and healed with Senzu Beans.
• Kujo Tachibana transformed into Super Saiyan 4, but Hit’s extended 0.5-second Time-Skip kept him under pressure.
• Kujo Tachibana’s transformed body began warning him of danger before his conscious mind could react, helping him stabilize against Hit.
• Champa awoke from his long sleep after sensing the battle’s disturbance and angrily questioned Vados about it.
• Vados explained that the fighter from another universe was an apprentice God of Destruction who had come from Universe 7, surprising Champa.

Kujo Tachibana fought Hit in Universe 6 and awakened the Angel race’s Ultra Instinct, countering Hit’s Time-Skip with ease. Champa and Vados witnessed his two divine powers and realized how extraordinary he was.

• Champa learned from Vados that Kujo Tachibana was a trainee God of Destruction from Universe 7 and decided to postpone confronting him.
• Kujo Tachibana continued fighting Hit while his body began to radiate white light as he comprehended Ultra Instinct.
• Kujo Tachibana’s Ultra Instinct neutralized Hit’s Time-Skip, allowing him to catch and redirect Hit’s attacks.
• Champa and Vados arrived and saw Kujo Tachibana wielding both purple destruction energy and white Angel power.
• Vados recognized that Kujo Tachibana had comprehended two divine realms and believed he could eventually rival the Grand Priest.

After defeating Hit, Kujo Tachibana met Champa and Vados, then agreed to cook for them in exchange for their training. He spent three years training on Universe 6’s God of Destruction Planet, leaving his plan to challenge the twelve universes behind because even their strongest mortals could no longer help him improve.

• Kujo Tachibana thanked Hit for their battle and let him leave, while Hit resolved to grow stronger before they met again.
• Kujo Tachibana introduced himself to Champa and Vados, who marveled at his mastery of Ultra Ego and Ultra Instinct.
• Champa invited Kujo Tachibana to his planet, where Kujo Tachibana’s cooking delighted Champa and Vados.
• Vados offered Kujo Tachibana round-the-clock training with herself and Champa, and he agreed to cook for them until their guidance no longer helped him.
• Kujo Tachibana trained on Universe 6’s God of Destruction Planet for three years, and he concluded that mortals from the twelve universes could no longer challenge him even in his normal state.

After completing his training with Champa and Vados, Kujo Tachibana left Universe 6 and traveled to Universe 5 to investigate its advanced civilization. The Grand Priest heard about Kujo and looked forward to meeting him.

• Kujo Tachibana mastered a preliminary fusion of Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego, becoming stronger than Vados in his transformed state.
• Kujo Tachibana refused Vados's offer to train in the Divine Realm because he feared drawing Zeno's attention.
• After three years of training, Kujo Tachibana bid farewell to Champa and Vados, then spent a year exploring Universe 6.
• Kujo Tachibana visited Planet Sadala, where several Saiyans awakened as Super Saiyan Gums after meeting him.
• Kujo Tachibana traveled to Universe 5 to see its Level 7 civilization.
• The Grand Priest heard about Kujo Tachibana and said he looked forward to meeting him.

Kujo Tachibana explored Universe 5, whose advanced civilization and widespread strength contrasted with its comparatively few top fighters. After discussing why peace might hinder the rise of exceptional warriors with Arak and Kukatell, he joined them to visit Supreme Kai Auguma and learn about Natural Ultra Instinct’s Creation Divine Power.

• Kujo Tachibana spent ten years exploring Universe 5 and encountered its vast technology, long-lived inhabitants, and unusually strong population.
• Kujo Tachibana asked Arak why Universe 5’s abundant powerful fighters had not produced a proportionately overwhelming number of top experts.
• Kukatell suggested that Universe 5’s peaceful stability made the hardships and resolve needed to produce true powerhouses less common, and Arak and Kujo Tachibana agreed.
• Kujo Tachibana, Arak, and Kukatell discussed Ultra Instinct, Ultra Ego, and the Supreme Kais’ Creation Divine Power.
• Kujo Tachibana, Arak, and Kukatell went to visit Universe 5’s Supreme Kai, Auguma, out of curiosity about Natural Ultra Instinct.

After spending years studying Natural Ultra Instinct and traveling through all twelve universes, Kujo Tachibana returned to Universe 7, where he found Beerus fighting Son Gokū on Earth. Beerus easily blocked Son Gokū’s attacks and grew angry over the instant noodles he had been served.

• Kujo Tachibana stayed on Universe 5’s Supreme Kai Planet for three years, seeking Auguma’s guidance on Natural Ultra Instinct.
• Auguma told Kujo Tachibana that the twelve universes were products of creation and suggested he stop forcing himself to master Natural Ultra Instinct.
• Kujo Tachibana decided to explore the universes, then spent twenty years meeting their gods and learning to use Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego simultaneously.
• Kujo Tachibana returned to Universe 7 and sensed two familiar auras fighting on Earth.
• Beerus blocked Son Gokū’s Super Saiyan God attacks with one finger and threatened him over the instant noodles he had served.

Kujo Tachibana returned to Earth and stopped Son Gokū and Beerus’s fight, then offered to battle Beerus later. His reunion with Bulma enraged Vegeta, whom Tachibana sent into space before promising to bring him back and cooking a feast for everyone.

• Kujo Tachibana appeared between Beerus and Son Gokū, froze Gokū, and ended his Super Saiyan God form.
• Tachibana greeted Beerus, Whis, and Gokū, then offered to fight Beerus after a few days.
• Tachibana reunited with Bulma and Vegeta, and Bulma revealed that she was expecting her second child.
• Vegeta attacked Tachibana in Super Saiyan 3, but Tachibana sent him flying into space while protecting him with divine power.
• Tachibana greeted Master Roshi and the other old acquaintances, then cooked a feast for everyone, especially Beerus and Whis.

Kujo Tachibana brought Vegeta and Son Gokū to God of Destruction Planet to train, hoping to avoid disrupting their opportunities while keeping Zeno’s attention away. There, he fought Beerus and showed how far his mastery of Ultra Instinct and Ultra Ego surpassed Beerus’s, prompting Beerus to ask Whis to teach him Ultra Instinct.

• Kujo Tachibana brought Vegeta and Son Gokū to God of Destruction Planet, where Vegeta reluctantly accepted the invitation despite his concerns about Tachibana’s history with Bulma.
• Kujo Tachibana hoped to avoid drawing Zeno’s attention and worried that the original Tournament of Power might no longer happen as expected.
• Beerus urged Kujo Tachibana to fight him in the starfield while Whis brought Son Gokū and Vegeta to watch.
• Kujo Tachibana interrupted Beerus’s attacks and steadily weakened his God of Destruction power, revealing that he had barely begun exerting himself.
• Beerus withdrew from the fight and asked Whis to teach him Ultra Instinct, then began training alongside Son Gokū and Vegeta.

While contemplating the Ultra Instincts, Kujo Tachibana discovered that a Super Dragon Ball reacted to him and met Dragon God Salma, who revealed the truth behind his journeys across worlds. Salma urged him to undergo the Super Dragon Balls’ trials to master Hope, warning that Zeno would eventually return, but Kujo left the first trial unopened.

• Kujo Tachibana contemplated how the three Ultra Instincts reflected different extreme states of mind and considered why his experience as a transmigrator let him master two.
• A Super Dragon Ball appeared beside God of Destruction Planet, and Kujo Tachibana joined Whis and Beerus as Whis explained its origins.
• When Kujo Tachibana touched the Super Dragon Ball, the sword within his soul trembled and his spiritual will entered a vision where Dragon God Salma called him its heir.
• Dragon God Salma revealed that it had created the Super Dragon Balls with Hope Divine Power, that this power had led Kujo Tachibana through real worlds, and that the stories had reached Blue Star.
• Salma warned Kujo Tachibana that Zeno would return and told him to pass the trials inside the seven Super Dragon Balls to master Free Ultra Instinct, but Kujo declined to enter the gate and returned to the ball.
• Kujo Tachibana told Whis that he had been practicing an aura-concealing technique, while Beerus wondered whether the Super Dragon Balls could grant him a second Ultra Instinct.

After entering the golden gate on the Super Dragon Ball, Kujo Tachibana was reincarnated as Blake Thorne in the Marvel universe. Ten years later, Blake escaped Saint Paul Orphanage after killing its director and headed to Queens, New York, seeking opportunity in the city’s chaos.

• Kujo Tachibana pushed open the golden gate and entered the Super Dragon Ball trial, while Ancient One sensed strange energy from an unknown greater world.
• Blake Thorne climbed out of Saint Paul Orphanage and fled after snapping the director’s neck to escape his attempted abuse.
• Blake reflected on his Marvel-world reincarnation, his limited Ki, and his uncertainty about Dragon God Salma’s trial to comprehend Ultra Instinct.
• Blake traveled to Queens, New York, because he wanted to take advantage of its chaos.