Chapter Summaries

Goku activated Ultra Instinct Sign and evaded Frieza’s attacks, but he could not match Frieza’s strength. Vegeta rejoined the fight, and the two Saiyans began battling Frieza together, leaving Frieza to silently lick the blood from his injured face.

• Goku entered Ultra Instinct Sign after explaining that Super Saiyan Blue could not defeat Frieza.
• Frieza attacked Goku, but Goku’s instincts let him evade or soften most of the blows.
• Vegeta recovered from Frieza’s earlier attack and charged back into the battle.
• Vegeta struck Frieza in the face while Frieza was focused on Goku, drawing purple blood.
• Goku and Vegeta set aside their one-on-one pride and faced Frieza together.
• Frieza steadied himself, examined his blood, and licked it from his hand.

Black Frieza overwhelmed Son Goku and Vegeta while Sun Wuxiu decided to bring another powerful friend to fight him. The chapter ended with Frieza gripping one leg each of Goku and Vegeta as he continued to toy with them.

• Black Frieza struck Son Goku and Vegeta so quickly that both took heavy punches to the face and were knocked backward.
• Sun Wuxiu asked Broly whether he should intervene, but said he had a new friend who could fight Frieza instead.
• Sun Wuxiu used Instant Transmission to leave and fetch his mysterious new friend, while Son Gohan and Piccolo speculated about the newcomer.
• Son Goku and Vegeta struggled together against Frieza, who beat them to vent his accumulated anger rather than killing them outright.
• Frieza grabbed one lower leg each of Son Goku and Vegeta as his brutal assault continued.

Black Frieza brutally dragged and spun Goku and Vegeta across a rocky island while Gohan held back from intervening, doubting his ability to awaken his hidden power. Goku and Vegeta finally broke free and retreated over the sea, battered but alive.

• Frieza seized Goku and Vegeta by the ankles, dragged their faces across an island, and spun them into the ground as he vented his anger.
• Gohan tried to rush to their aid, but Piccolo stopped him and warned that he was too weak to challenge Frieza.
• Gohan questioned why he could not unleash the deep power Whis had described, while the children secretly watched the fight.
• Goku and Vegeta released a sudden burst of energy that burned Frieza's hand and forced his grip open.
• Goku and Vegeta escaped, retreated more than a hundred meters over the sea, and gasped for breath, covered in dirt and blood.

Frieza overwhelmed Goku and Vegeta, while Beerus and Whis hurried to Earth after learning something interesting was happening. Sun Wuxiu used the Rat Talisman to bring a life-size model of Jiren to life and told him to face his opponent.

• Frieza gathered power and left Goku and Vegeta shaken by the strength he had gained through training.
• Vegeta doubted whether he could ever catch up to Frieza, whom he feared might be as impossible to surpass as Kaxiu.
• Whis interrupted Beerus and Champa's argument to tell Beerus that something interesting was happening on Earth.
• Beerus and Whis set off for Earth, joking that Sun Wuxiu could fight for Universe 7 in the tournament against Champa.
• Sun Wuxiu used the Rat Talisman to awaken a life-size model of Jiren and invited him to face his opponent.

Jiren appeared just as Frieza launched a gigantic energy sphere at the exhausted Goku and Vegeta, stopping it with his gaze and then pushing it back with his hands. The battle shifted to Jiren as Goku wondered who the newcomer was.

• Frieza overwhelmed the battered Goku and Vegeta and began gathering a massive energy sphere to finish their fight.
• Goku suggested asking Broly or Sun Wuxiu for help, but Vegeta refused to beg.
• Sun Wuxiu returned to the viewing area and told Gohan that his new friend was already waiting in the sky for Frieza to finish gathering energy.
• Frieza hurled the energy sphere at Goku and Vegeta, but Jiren appeared beneath it and stopped it with his gaze.
• Frieza forced the sphere downward, but Jiren pushed it back with his hands as Goku and Vegeta watched in shock.

Goku and Vegeta withdrew after failing to defeat Black Frieza, and Sun Wuxiu identified Jiren as a powerful warrior from Universe 11. Jiren overpowered Frieza’s energy attack and sneak attack, then hurled him into an uninhabited island.

• Goku and Vegeta retreated from Black Frieza and asked Sun Wuxiu who the mysterious warrior was.
• Sun Wuxiu identified Jiren as a top warrior from Universe 11 and told Goku that other universes had many experts.
• Jiren forced Frieza’s destructive energy sphere back toward him, and Frieza shattered it with an energy blade before retreating.
• Frieza tried to kick Jiren from behind, but Jiren dodged, caught his leg, and swung him around.
• Jiren released Frieza and sent him crashing into an uninhabited island, where he created a huge crater.

Jiren continued beating Frieza while Beerus and Whis arrived and explained that Universe 7 would face Universe 6 in a five-on-five tournament in three days. Beerus chose Goku, Vegeta, and Broly as candidates, while Sun Wuxiu declined to fight and revealed he had already fought Universe 6's strongest two years earlier; the group then turned its attention back to Frieza's battle.

• Jiren grabbed the dazed Frieza by the neck and continued his attack as Beerus and Whis arrived at the viewing area.
• Beerus questioned why Frieza was on Earth, and Sun Wuxiu joked that Frieza deserved a day off to spar with the Z Fighters.
• Beerus learned from Goku that Frieza's black-and-gold form had become extremely powerful and welcomed the prospect of using him in the upcoming tournament.
• Whis explained that Beerus and Champa had arranged a five-on-five tournament between Universes 7 and 6 in three days, with the Super Wish Orbs as the prize.
• Beerus selected Goku, Vegeta, and Broly as candidates and looked to Sun Wuxiu, who refused and said he had already fought Universe 6's strongest fighter two years earlier.
• Sun Wuxiu avoided explaining how strong Universe 6's fighters were and directed everyone to watch Jiren and Frieza's ongoing battle.

Frieza’s Black Form stamina ran out during his prolonged fight with Jiren, who overwhelmed him and forced him back into his Final Form. Frieza ended the chapter collapsed and humiliated before Jiren, while the spectators watched his defeat.

• Jiren gained the advantage over Frieza as Frieza’s Black Form rapidly drained his stamina.
• Jiren battered Frieza with relentless punches and a powerful kick, leaving him unable to stand.
• Frieza’s exhausted body reverted from Black Form to his white-and-purple Final Form.
• Frieza slammed his fist into the ground in rage as Jiren approached and looked down at him.
• The spectators watched Frieza’s defeat, which reminded them of his earlier loss to Sun Wuxiu on Namek.

Frieza secretly gathered his remaining energy and tried to destroy Earth by driving it into the planet’s core. Sun Wuxiu stayed calm as the Z Fighters panicked, and he asked whether anyone actually saw Earth cracking apart.

• Sun Wuxiu warned the Z Fighters that Frieza was secretly gathering energy, and Piccolo sensed that Frieza planned to destroy Earth.
• Jiren told Frieza that his defeat was his own fault because he was not strong enough.
• Frieza slammed his energy-charged palms into the ground, sending destructive energy through cracks in the island toward Earth’s core.
• Frieza laughed and declared that the Z Fighters would die in space when Earth exploded, frightening the children and making Goku ask Sun Wuxiu what to do.
• Sun Wuxiu told everyone to calm down and asked whether anyone saw Earth cracking apart.

Sun Wuxiu explained that he had used Shenron to strengthen Earth, so Frieza’s last attack could not destroy it. Frieza realized the planet was still intact and stopped laughing.

• Goku sensed that Frieza’s attack had damaged only the island and had not affected the surrounding land or sea.
• Gohan asked Sun Wuxiu why Frieza’s attack had failed to threaten Earth.
• Sun Wuxiu revealed that he had wished for Shenron to increase Earth’s impact resistance and crust hardness.
• Piccolo, Vegeta, Gohan, and the others confirmed that Earth was safe and understood why Sun Wuxiu had not intervened.
• Frieza boasted that he had destroyed the planet, then stopped laughing when he saw Earth remained intact.

After Frieza's attempt to destroy Earth failed, Jiren captured him and brought him before the Z Fighters, Beerus, and Whis. Frieza accepted defeat, and Sun Wuxiu asked Beerus to decide what should happen to his subordinate.

• Frieza's destructive attack failed to damage Earth, leaving him stunned and unable to understand why the planet survived.
• Jiren grabbed Frieza by the neck, carried him across the sea, and dropped him before the Z Fighters.
• Sun Wuxiu, Son Goku, Son Gohan, Broly, Vegeta, Piccolo, and Jiren surrounded Frieza, with Beerus and Whis standing behind them.
• Frieza admitted defeat and told the group to kill him, refusing to beg for his life.
• Sun Wuxiu pointed out that Frieza worked for Beerus and asked Beerus to decide how to handle him.

Beerus confronted Frieza for abandoning his work to seek revenge on Earth, then ordered him to fight in Universe 7’s tournament against Universe 6 as punishment. Frieza reluctantly agreed, and Beerus turned to Bulma to ask about the banquet’s best dishes.

• Beerus reprimanded Frieza for going to Earth without permission, and Frieza defended himself by saying he had completed his destruction quota early.
• Beerus warned Frieza that he would have died without intervention and said he needed Frieza alive to work for him.
• Beerus declared that Frieza’s unauthorized trip was a disciplinary violation and ordered him to enter Universe 7’s tournament against Universe 6 in three days.
• Frieza protested at first but quickly agreed after Beerus threatened him with overwhelming pressure.
• Beerus asked Bulma whether the banquet had any especially delicious new dishes.

Bulma promised Beerus and Whis a feast, and Sun Wuxiu declared the party’s new theme was celebrating Frieza’s defeat. After returning the Frieza Force soldiers to normal and taking everyone to Capsule Manor, Sun Wuxiu left Frieza humiliated and furious as he ordered his forces to retreat.

• Bulma assured Beerus and Whis that the party would feature food prepared by top chefs, and they eagerly followed her.
• Sun Wuxiu announced that the party theme would celebrate defeating the Emperor of the Universe, provoking Frieza’s fury.
• Majin Buu restored the Frieza Force soldiers he had turned into chocolate.
• Sun Wuxiu used Instant Transmission to take the Z Fighters, their families, Beerus, and Whis to Capsule Manor.
• Frieza blasted away a subordinate who questioned him, then ordered his forces to retreat.

Whis transported Universe 7’s contestants and spectators to the tournament asteroid, where Beerus and Champa traded insults before Vados announced that every fighter had to pass a written test. The contestants sat down to take the exam before the matches could begin.

• Sun Wuxiu learned that Raditz had stayed behind, depressed after Frieza defeated him and training alone in the Gravity Chamber.
• Whis carried the group through space in his travel cube, and Sun Wuxiu explained that the enormous spheres along their route were the Super Dragon Balls.
• Beerus and Champa exchanged insults at the arena, and Whis transformed the stone seating into comfortable grassy seats for the spectators.
• Vados announced that contestants had to pass a written assessment before they could fight, then handed out test papers to Universe 7’s five contestants.

Vados announced that every contestant passed the written examination, with Frieza earning the only perfect score and becoming the center of unwanted attention. Beerus left Universe 7’s fighting order to rock-paper-scissors, which put Son Goku first and Broly last.

• Vados collected the written tests and announced that all contestants had passed.
• Vados revealed that Frieza had earned the only perfect score, drawing surprised reactions from both universes and embarrassing him.
• Frieza demanded that the tournament begin, while Sun Wuxiu watched the commotion from the audience.
• Beerus told Universe 7’s contestants to decide their fighting order with rock-paper-scissors.
• Son Goku won the first spot, followed by Frieza, Piccolo, Vegeta, and Broly.

Son Goku struggled to damage Botamo, whose strange body nullified both physical attacks and a Kamehameha. Vegeta grew impatient and shouted at Goku, who took his insult literally and remembered to use his head.

• Son Goku began Universe 7's first match against Universe 6's Botamo and found that his punches and kicks only created ripples across Botamo's body.
• Sun Wuxiu explained that Botamo's gelatinous physique seemed to transfer attacks into another dimension, and he doubted ki blasts would work either.
• Son Goku fired a Kamehameha, but Botamo remained completely unharmed and Goku was left unsure how to defeat him.
• Vegeta, annoyed that he was fourth in the lineup and unlikely to get a turn, shouted at Goku to use his head.
• Son Goku patted his head and agreed that he still had it to use.

Son Goku defeated Botamo by exploiting his poor footing, dragging him to the arena’s edge, and throwing him out. After the match, Hit watched Sun Wuxiu before the second bout, Son Goku versus Cabba, began.

• Son Goku charged headfirst into Botamo’s belly, then slipped free and grabbed Botamo’s ankles.
• Son Goku dragged Botamo toward the arena’s edge while dodging the ki blasts Botamo fired from behind.
• Son Goku released Botamo, used Botamo’s charge against him, and threw him out of the arena to win for Universe 7.
• Champa raged over Botamo’s defeat, and Old Supreme Kai mocked him for his behavior.
• Hit watched Sun Wuxiu, silently questioned why he was not competing, and then withdrew his gaze.
• The intermission ended, and the second bout between Son Goku and Cabba began.

Son Goku faced Cabba in the second Universe 6 versus Universe 7 tournament match and learned that Universe 6's Saiyans lived peacefully on Planet Sadala. The match began with Goku and Cabba charging into a fierce close-quarters fight.

• Cabba introduced himself as a Saiyan from Planet Sadala and respectfully greeted Son Goku.
• Vegeta was shocked by Cabba's mention of Planet Sadala and said it had been destroyed in a Saiyan civil war.
• Cabba said he knew of no Saiyan civil war, and Vados explained that Universe 6's Saiyans defended peace as members of the Sadala Defense Force.
• Son Goku praised Cabba as a good guy, while Champa impatiently started the match by striking the gong with a ki blast.
• Son Goku and Cabba adopted their fighting stances, charged at each other, and began exchanging rapid blows.

Son Goku and Cabba fought evenly in their base forms until Goku gained the upper hand, and Cabba countered with Vegeta’s Big Bang Attack. Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan during their beam clash, overwhelming Cabba’s attack, then realized Cabba was in danger.

• Son Goku’s martial arts skill gradually gave him a slight advantage over Cabba, whose speed and instincts kept him in the fight.
• Goku struck Cabba with a combo that sent him sliding across the arena, and Cabba struggled with exhaustion.
• Cabba gathered purple energy in a stance that Vegeta recognized as the Big Bang Attack, while Goku prepared a Kamehameha.
• Cabba’s Big Bang Attack and Goku’s Kamehameha reached a stalemate, prompting Goku to call for them both to become Super Saiyans.
• Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan and powered up his Kamehameha, overpowering Cabba’s beam and trapping Cabba under its pressure.
• Cabba braced for the incoming blast, and Goku realized something was wrong.

Son Goku diverted his Kamehameha to spare Cabba, then learned that Cabba had never heard of Super Saiyans and wanted to learn the transformation. Goku’s advice failed, and as Sun Wuxiu offered to help, Beerus and Champa argued over whether Cabba should be allowed to grow stronger.

• Son Goku redirected his Kamehameha into Whis’s barrier, then asked Cabba why he had not transformed.
• Cabba admitted that Saiyans in his universe did not know about Super Saiyans and asked Goku to teach him.
• Goku told Cabba to focus on his back, feel a tingle, and get angry, but Cabba’s attempt failed to transform him.
• Goku asked Sun Wuxiu for help, and Sun Wuxiu agreed to teach Cabba.
• Beerus demanded that Goku stop training his opponent, while Champa defended the exchange and urged Beerus not to interfere.