Chapter Summaries

Sun Wuxiu arranged for Kami to send Goku to King Kai for higher-level training while Kami and Mr. Popo would train Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu. At Kame House, Sun Wuxiu urged Chi-Chi to reconsider keeping Gohan away from martial arts, leaving her conflicted about how to protect her son.

• Kami explained that Piccolo was his evil side and agreed to have Mr. Popo train Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu for the coming year.
• Sun Wuxiu told Kami that Goku should train under King Kai, and Kami agreed to take Goku to King Yemma's Palace and send him along Snake Way.
• Sun Wuxiu left the Lookout and went to Kame House, where he found Chi-Chi beside the sleeping Gohan.
• Sun Wuxiu acknowledged Chi-Chi's wish for Gohan to become a scholar, then warned that Gohan might need strength to survive and protect his family.
• Chi-Chi struggled with Sun Wuxiu's question about whether she wanted Gohan to remain helpless when danger came.

Sun Wuxiu persuaded Chi-Chi to let him take Gohan for a year of training, then handed the sleeping boy to Piccolo to train. Piccolo reluctantly agreed after Sun Wuxiu threatened and tempted him, leaving him to care for Gohan in the wilderness.

• Sun Wuxiu convinced Chi-Chi that Gohan needed both study and martial training, and she entrusted her son to him for a year.
• Sun Wuxiu flew away from Kame House with the unconscious Gohan and headed for Piccolo in the badlands.
• Piccolo objected when Sun Wuxiu handed him Gohan and asked him to train the boy for a year.
• Sun Wuxiu overpowered Piccolo and persuaded him that Gohan's potential could help him prepare for the Saiyans and prove his teaching ability.
• Piccolo accepted the task, and Sun Wuxiu healed his injuries before leaving him with Gohan.
• Piccolo shouted in frustration as he realized Sun Wuxiu had made him Gohan's babysitter.

After returning to Capsule Corp, Sun Wuxiu began training to master full power Super Saiyan within a year. He struggled to control the form in the Gravity Training Chamber and daily life, but gradually grew calmer and more precise.

• Sun Wuxiu and Bulma returned to Capsule Corp, where he reassured her that Gohan would be safe training with Piccolo and would awaken his potential.
• Sun Wuxiu set himself the goal of mastering full power Super Saiyan in one year and transformed in the Gravity Training Chamber.
• Sun Wuxiu used the Tiger Talisman to calm his raging Super Saiyan energy, but after two hours he had to end the transformation from exhaustion.
• Sun Wuxiu began keeping Super Saiyan form active throughout his daily routine, accidentally bending utensils and damaging Capsule Corp furniture as he learned to control his strength.
• By the third month, Sun Wuxiu could lift a glass without crushing it, and the unrest in his eyes had begun to fade.

Sun Wuxiu completed his Super Saiyan full-power training while Goku and Gohan grew stronger under King Kai and Piccolo. As Vegeta and Nappa approached Earth, Sun Wuxiu and Bulma prepared for their arrival, and the other fighters gathered at the predicted landing site.

• Sun Wuxiu trained at 500 times gravity and, after ten months, mastered Super Saiyan full power, gaining complete control over his 600 million power level.
• Son Goku trained on King Kai's Planet, and King Kai judged that Goku still needed more practice before learning the Kaioken and Spirit Bomb.
• Son Gohan continued training with Piccolo and fired a Masenko as he pushed himself to become strong enough to protect everyone.
• Sun Wuxiu spotted the approaching spacecraft and anticipated the arrival of Vegeta, Nappa, and Frieza.
• Bulma used her Orbital Prediction Device to calculate where the spacecraft would land, and Sun Wuxiu and Bulma waited in the Gobi wasteland.
• Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha arrived as the spacecraft descended toward Earth.

Son Goku returned from King Kai's training with a battle power of ten thousand and the Kaioken, while the Earth warriors reunited to face the approaching Saiyans. Two enormous fireballs crashed onto the wasteland, and the group braced for the battle to begin.

• Piccolo arrived with a hardened Son Gohan, whose ki had grown stronger than Krillin's.
• Son Goku returned on the Flying Nimbus and reunited with his friends and Gohan.
• Goku revealed his ten-thousand battle power and explained that the Kaioken could multiply it three or four times.
• Goku challenged Sun Wuxiu, who calmly said he had no need to learn the Kaioken for now.
• Sun Wuxiu's device sounded an alarm, and two fireballs struck the wasteland as Goku warned everyone to take cover.

Vegeta and Nappa arrived on Earth and confronted Sun Wuxiu and the Dragon Team. As Nappa prepared to attack, he recognized Piccolo as a Namekian, drawing Vegeta’s attention to him.

• Vegeta warned Nappa that the Earthlings could hide their power levels, then recognized Sun Wuxiu as the man who had insulted him.
• Sun Wuxiu taunted Vegeta, who threatened to kill everyone around him before torturing Sun Wuxiu.
• Nappa crushed his Saibaman seeds and set out to fight the Earthlings while Vegeta ordered him to leave Sun Wuxiu alive.
• Nappa noticed Piccolo’s green skin and antennae and identified him as a Namekian, surprising Vegeta and unsettling Piccolo.

Vegeta learned that Earth’s Dragon Balls could grant wishes and demanded that Krillin reveal their secrets. As Goku fought Vegeta with Double Kaioken, Nappa overwhelmed Piccolo and the other Z Fighters.

• Nappa revealed that Piccolo was a Namekian, and Krillin and Yamcha connected Namekian magic to the Dragon Balls and Shenron.
• Vegeta heard Krillin mention the Dragon Balls and demanded to know whether they could grant immortality, but Krillin refused to tell him.
• Nappa charged at Piccolo, while Goku rushed Vegeta and challenged him to a fight.
• Goku blocked Vegeta’s kick, then activated Double Kaioken and battled him at close range.
• Piccolo attacked Nappa with a Magic Light Cannon, but Nappa took the blast without injury.
• Tien Shinhan, Krillin, Yamcha, Chiaotzu, and Gohan joined Piccolo in attacking Nappa.

Sun Wuxiu saved Gohan from Nappa, crippled him, and tossed him to Vegeta, who killed his own companion. Vegeta then turned his attention back to Goku and threatened to fight Sun Wuxiu after finishing him.

• Nappa overwhelmed Tien Shinhan and Yamcha, then attacked Gohan, but Sun Wuxiu appeared and stopped his punch.
• Sun Wuxiu crushed Nappa's arm, broke his spine, and threw him at Vegeta's feet.
• Vegeta declared Nappa useless and blasted him into ashes.
• Vegeta challenged Sun Wuxiu and said he would kill Goku first.

Vegeta created an artificial full moon and transformed into a Great Ape, overwhelming Goku and the Earth warriors. Trapped beneath Vegeta’s foot, Goku pushed himself toward a fivefold Kaioken.

• Vegeta flew into the sky seeking the moon so he could transform into a Great Ape.
• Piccolo admitted he had destroyed the moon, but Vegeta used his energy to create an artificial full moon.
• Vegeta transformed into a Great Ape with a battle power of 180,000 and targeted Sun Wuxiu.
• Goku used the threefold Kaioken to block Vegeta’s stomp, but his arms broke and Vegeta pinned him beneath his foot.
• Goku prepared to use the fivefold Kaioken despite his shattered arms.

Sun Wuxiu defeated Great Ape Vegeta with a single punch after Vegeta crushed Goku. Vegeta survived but was left severely injured and questioning everything he believed about his strength.

• Great Ape Vegeta stomped Goku into a crater, leaving him barely breathing, then challenged Sun Wuxiu to fight.
• Sun Wuxiu refused to transform and vanished, reappearing beside Vegeta’s shoulder.
• Sun Wuxiu struck Vegeta with a punch of concentrated ki force, sending the Great Ape crashing into a mountain range.
• The observers celebrated Sun Wuxiu’s victory, while King Kai marveled at the power of his punch.
• Vegeta returned to human form in the ruins, badly injured and filled with fear and disbelief.

Sun Wuxiu defeated Vegeta and healed Goku and the other fighters, but Goku asked him to spare the Saiyan prince so he could challenge him again. Sun Wuxiu agreed, citing their shared Saiyan heritage and the possibility that Vegeta might surprise them in the future.

• Sun Wuxiu defeated Vegeta and used the Horse Talisman to heal Goku, Krillin, Gohan, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Yamcha, and Piccolo.
• Krillin, Yamcha, and Piccolo argued that Vegeta should be killed because he would remain a danger to Earth.
• Goku stood between Vegeta and the others, asking Sun Wuxiu to spare Vegeta so he could fight him again and defeat him himself.
• Sun Wuxiu called Goku an idiot but agreed to release Vegeta, saying the remaining Saiyans should not keep killing one another.
• Vegeta widened his eyes in disbelief as he heard Sun Wuxiu's decision.

Vegeta escaped after revealing that Frieza had learned about the Dragon Balls and would seek them on Planet Namek. Despite King Kai’s warning that Frieza vastly outmatched them, Sun Wuxiu decided they had to go to Namek to protect its people and stop Frieza from gaining eternal life.

• Vegeta crawled into his spaceship, warned that Frieza would come for the Dragon Balls and Earth, then fled.
• Krillin, Piccolo, Goku, and the others reacted with fear as Sun Wuxiu compared Frieza to a tyrannosaurus.
• King Kai contacted Goku and Sun Wuxiu, confirmed Frieza was headed for Namek, and warned them not to confront him.
• Sun Wuxiu resolved to travel to Namek to prevent the Namekians’ slaughter and stop Frieza from obtaining eternal life.

After Vegeta's defeat, Goku, Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan decided to travel to Planet Namek, and Sun Wuxiu set their departure for three days later. Sun Wuxiu persuaded Chi-Chi to approve Gohan's trip by presenting it as an educational field trip, and she prepared him to take notes and gave him a bowl cut.

• Goku, Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan agreed to go to Planet Namek, and Sun Wuxiu announced they would leave in three days.
• At the Son family home, Chi-Chi angrily refused to let five-year-old Gohan go into space to fight aliens.
• Sun Wuxiu persuaded Chi-Chi that the journey would give Gohan valuable experience for his education and future.
• Chi-Chi approved the trip, packed notebooks and pencils for Gohan, and gave him a bowl cut to make a good impression on the Namekians.

Sun Wuxiu sent Goku and the others toward Planet Namek aboard Dr. Brief’s refitted spaceship, then summoned Shenron to gain an upgraded form of Instant Transmission. Shenron could not grant Kibito’s divine ability, but gave Sun Wuxiu a version that could reach life energy or teleport to places he had marked with spatial coordinates.

• Dr. Brief showed Goku, Gohan, Krillin, and Piccolo the spaceship’s training rooms and features.
• Sun Wuxiu gave Krillin a bag of Senzu Beans and told the group he would travel to Planet Namek by a faster method.
• Goku and the others launched for Planet Namek while Sun Wuxiu stayed behind with Bulma.
• Bulma led Sun Wuxiu to the seven Dragon Balls, and he summoned Shenron to ask for Kibito’s Instant Transmission.
• Shenron refused to grant the full divine ability but gave Sun Wuxiu an evolved Instant Transmission that could sense life energy and use marked spatial coordinates.

Sun Wuxiu gained Instant Transmission from Shenron and used it to visit Goku aboard his spaceship before returning to Earth. A month later, Goku and Gohan reached Planet Namek after relentless training, and Goku’s normal power level measured 500,000.

• Sun Wuxiu wished for the ability to travel to places he had visited or could sense through ki, and Shenron granted it.
• Sun Wuxiu teleported to Goku’s spaceship, explained Instant Transmission to the startled crew, and promised to teach Goku later.
• Sun Wuxiu returned to Earth, told Bulma he could reach Namek instantly, and planned to spend the month relaxing with her.
• During the month-long journey, Goku and Gohan repeatedly trained to near death in 100-times gravity and used Senzu Beans to recover and grow stronger.
• The spaceship announced its arrival at Planet Namek, and Krillin measured Goku’s normal power level at 500,000.

Goku and the Z Fighters landed on Namek to find the Dragon Balls and stop Frieza from making a wish. After rescuing a village from Dodoria, they learned that the Grand Elder could unlock their hidden potential.

• Goku told the others that his base power level had reached five hundred thousand and that he could use Kaioken up to tenfold.
• The Z Fighters landed on Namek, sensed Frieza's immense power, and decided to find and hide a Dragon Ball rather than confront him directly.
• Gohan defeated Dodoria with a Masenko, and Piccolo killed the remaining Frieza soldiers.
• Goku explained their mission to the rescued Namekians, and the village elder gave them the Dragon Ball.
• Dende offered to take the Z Fighters to the Grand Elder, who could draw out their hidden potential, and they eagerly agreed.

The Grand Elder unlocked the dormant power of Krillin, Gohan, Piccolo, and Goku, raising Goku’s base power to three million. As Goku’s group prepared to confront Frieza, Frieza learned that Dodoria had gone missing and Vegeta was gathering Dragon Balls on Namek.

• The Grand Elder unlocked Krillin’s potential, raising his power level to seventy-five thousand, and awakened Gohan’s, Piccolo’s, and Goku’s powers.
• Goku’s energy surged to a base power level of three million after the Grand Elder drew out his latent strength.
• Goku told his strengthened companions to gather the remaining Dragon Balls and face Frieza head-on.
• On Earth, Sun Wuxiu told Bulma he would wait until Goku and Frieza’s energies clashed before traveling to Namek.
• Frieza crushed his scouter after learning Dodoria had lost contact, and Zarbon reported that Vegeta was collecting Dragon Balls and had attacked an outpost.

Cooler arrived on Namek as Frieza’s older brother while Gohan and Krillin stole Vegeta’s hidden Dragon Ball and joined Goku’s group. The Z Fighters confronted Frieza with seven Dragon Balls, as Vegeta secretly followed, hoping to exploit the coming battle.

• Cooler arrived in orbit above Namek and said he had come to clean up Frieza’s mess.
• Gohan and Krillin retrieved Vegeta’s hidden Dragon Ball and headed to meet Goku, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha.
• Vegeta discovered the Dragon Ball was gone, sensed the others approaching Frieza, and followed them to try to seize the Dragon Balls afterward.
• Frieza learned that powerful fighters were approaching, but dismissed the warning when the scanner overloaded.
• Son Goku, Piccolo, Son Gohan, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu landed before Frieza with seven Dragon Balls, and Goku addressed him directly.

Frieza faced Goku and his allies over the Dragon Balls while Vegeta watched in shock at how much stronger they had become. The Ginyu Force arrived and turned the tense confrontation into an awkward spectacle, leaving Gohan fascinated by their poses.

• Vegeta hid behind a boulder and realized Goku, Piccolo, Gohan, Tien Shinhan, and the others had grown far stronger than him.
• Frieza prepared to attack Goku's group, but five spacecraft landed behind him.
• The Ginyu Force introduced themselves with synchronized poses, embarrassing Frieza and baffling the gathered fighters.
• Gohan studied the Ginyu Force's poses and felt his Saiyaman spirit awaken.

Goku let Krillin, Gohan, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu test their awakened strength against the Ginyu Force on Namek. They defeated every member except Captain Ginyu, leaving Vegeta stunned by the Earthlings’ power.

• Frieza ordered the Ginyu Force to secure the Dragon Balls and eliminate Goku’s group, while Goku and Piccolo left the fight to Krillin, Gohan, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu.
• Gohan struck Guldo before he could use his time-stopping ability and knocked him unconscious with one blow.
• Tien Shinhan used Neo Tri-Beam to destroy Recoome and leave a massive crater.
• Chiaotzu froze Jeice, allowing Krillin to kill him with a Destructo Disc, while Yamcha slapped Burter into the ground.
• Vegeta watched from behind a rock as the Ginyu Force fell, with Captain Ginyu the only member left standing.