Gaino

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Gaino (盖诺)
Alias(es)	King of the Saiyans; King of Longhua Region; Candidate Time Destroyer God; True Envoy 276 331 451 569
Species/Race	Saiyan; bearer of an Ancient Saiyan Bloodline 114
Gender	Male 3
Affiliation	Longhua Planet; Chronoa's Time Nest; Time Universe 276 325
Occupation/Role	Saiyan king, martial-arts trainer, regional ruler, expedition leader, commander-in-chief against the Alien Demon Clan 31 549 673
Status	Active; refining Chaos Qi to comprehend his own Dao against Popo 704
First Appearance	3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Ancient Super Saiyan — First Stage	89	Transforms against the Slaughterer; the form gives him reddish-brown hair and eyebrows, blue pupils, and a major increase in battle power.
Ancient Super Saiyan — Stage 2	89	Breaks through under the Slaughterer's pressure as his combat power rises throughout their battle; lightning surrounds the completed form.
Ancient Super Saiyan — Stage 3	138	Awakens during a spar with Rego amid five years of pressure training; his hair grows to his waist and his eyebrows vanish.
Great Ape Transformation	172	Uses the Great Ape form to begin secret training aimed at reaching Ancient Super Saiyan Grade 4.
Ancient Super Saiyan — Stage 4	189	Displays the transformation against Syn Shenron, overwhelming Goku and Vegeta with its god-and-demon-like aura.
Void Annihilation Power	220	Successfully fuses Instant Transmission with time-space power through mental-power control, creating a power usable for combat, escape, and time-space travel.
Ancient Super Saiyan — Stage 5	223	Absorbs competitors' energy with the Spirit Devouring Technique until his base combat power reaches its critical point; the white-furred form has severe stamina consumption.
Fission Space-Time Power	247	Masters a new space-time power; the cultivation process strengthens his mental and physical power through repeated destruction and repair.
Unlocked Potential	347	The Old Kai unlocks his potential and directs him toward the Path of the Gods, which avoids the excessive stamina drain of Saiyan transformations.
Power of Blood Annihilation	403	Endures the fusion of Blood Annihilation Power after using a physique-enhancing potion to survive the strain.
Super Saiyan God	530	Receives the power of his companions' hearts and takes on a calm, grayish-white-haired divine form.
Ultra Instinct	547	Reveals Ultra Instinct during his battle with the Angels and Gods of Destruction.
Fifteenth-tier divine combat strength	565	The Demon God Cultivation Technique and Demon God's Stone raise him from twelfth-tier to fifteenth-tier divine combat strength.
Great Ape avatar separation	593	After ten years in a shattered space-time stream, separates a Great Ape avatar to bear demonic god power while retaining the Ancestral Dragon and Divine Crystal powers himself.

Background

Gaino was raised for five years by Bum and Tasha, who regarded him as their own son despite him not being biologically related to them. When he returned from an early mission, he was known as a Saiyan unable to sense ki, yet he came back unharmed and visibly stronger. Laiya had already grown close enough to call him “Brother Gaino.” 3

By the time he became Saiyan king, Gaino had made personal training the foundation of his rule. He ordered every Saiyan to begin adapting to twenty times normal gravity, while he and Laiya trained away from their homeworld under one hundred and seventy times gravity respectively. He later adapted to four hundredfold gravity on a nameless planet. 31 64

Gaino's battle with the Slaughterer drove him through the first two Ancient Super Saiyan stages. His desire to protect the person most important to him, combined with the pressure of near-defeat, pushed his combat power higher during the fight. 89

After returning from five years in the God-Slaying Tower, Gaino defeated Broly in one move and redirected Saiyan development toward mental-power training. He then subjected his allies to years of increasingly severe gravity, sparring, and mental-pressure training, personally breaking through to Ancient Super Saiyan Stage 3 during a match with Rego. 93 137 138

Chronoa recruited Gaino after recognizing his rare affinity for space-time techniques. Although he initially distrusted her offer, he entered the Time Universe, developed Void Annihilation Power, won the rookie tournament, and accepted Kube as his instructor after being decisively defeated by him. 195 220 223 230

Within Demon Sacrifice Cave, Gaino became a feared enemy of the Demon Clan, briefly lost himself to a murderous aura, and killed the Muddy Marsh King in that state. With Kube's help, he recovered control, united the Four Great Regions, established Longhua Region, and appointed Bato as chief steward before leaving to continue training. 270 272 275 276

Gaino later won the Time Universe martial-arts tournament with a single Destruction Energy blast against its five strongest contestants. The King of Time and Space named him Candidate Time Destroyer God, assigning the tournament's top fifty fighters as his guards. 331

During the Dragon God Secret Realm and Death Wasteland conflicts, Gaino built the Blood Spirit Clan into a dominant force, relinquished its leadership to Spirit Jade, and fought to protect his allies from the Demon Clan. He killed Demon King Jacob after exposing Jacob's attempted deception, then purified the dangerous Bone Pellets Jacob had refined before distributing them to his companions. 441 494 495

After leading the expedition into the Dark Demon Realm and obtaining the Demon God Cultivation Technique, Gaino's power rose to a level where Grand Zeno, Zalama, and the King of Time and Space recognized him as a True Envoy. He declined the position of King of Time and Space and returned to Longhua Planet instead. 565 569

Appearance

Gaino is depicted as a tall, heavily built Saiyan whose physique becomes increasingly broader and more muscular through cultivation. His body is repeatedly described as exceptionally durable, with sharply defined abdominal muscles and an inverted-triangle build after absorbing Demon God power. 285 565

• Ancient Super Saiyan, First Stage — Reddish-brown upright hair and eyebrows; blue pupils; a reddish-brown aura. 89
• Ancient Super Saiyan, Stage 3 — Waist-length hair, absent eyebrows, and more pronounced facial features. 138
• Ancient Super Saiyan, Stage 5 — White hair, white upper-body fur, deeper eye sockets, a larger frame, and a white tail. 223
• Ultra Instinct — Enveloped in silver-white radiance. 547
• Great Ape form — A golden Great Ape more than one hundred zhang tall. 593

Personality

Gaino is relentlessly disciplined and believes strength is earned through continual effort rather than talent or divine birth. He describes himself as an insignificant former weakling who refused to be trampled by others, making training a daily necessity. 300

As a leader, he is demanding but invested in collective growth. He will impose brutal gravity training, sparring, and endurance tasks on his students, yet he restarts his own progress to train beside them and insists that a strong team matters more than one strong individual. 137 380

He is protective of his people and expects others to protect their own homes rather than depend on him for every crisis. However, he is merciless toward enemies who threaten his allies, particularly the Demon Clan; his principle is to retaliate “ten times” harder when attacked. 149 253

Gaino can be playful and vain around trusted companions, especially Kube, but becomes intimidating when his authority or training standards are challenged. His murderous aura once overwhelmed his judgment in Demon City, leaving him unable to distinguish friend from foe until Kube helped him regain control. 243 270 272

Abilities & Skills

Ancient Saiyan Bloodline

Gaino possesses an Ancient Saiyan Bloodline that exerts overwhelming pressure on other Saiyans, making their bloodlines feel as though they are submitting before him. 114

• Grants access to the Ancient Super Saiyan transformation line through at least Stage 5. 89 223
• His transformations can be stimulated by combat pressure and near-death conditions. 89
• Ancient Super Saiyan Stage 5 has enormous stamina consumption and was initially unsuitable as a routine form. 223
• He continues pursuing Super Saiyan 6, which he considers necessary to perfectly contain and fuse his accumulated powers. 593

Space-Time Techniques

Gaino is a rare mortal capable of manipulating time and space, a talent that brought him to Chronoa's attention. 195

• Instant Transmission — Teleports behind opponents or across vast distances; used against the Slaughterer and for rapid travel. 89 495
• Time Skip — Lets him evade an opponent's timing and strike first. 139
• Time-Space Lockdown — Seals the surrounding area of space; Chronoa could shatter it due to her superior authority over time-space divine arts. 195
• Void Annihilation Power — Fusion of Instant Transmission and time-space power, allowing combat use, escape, and travel without relying on ordinary Time-Space Travel. 220
• Other-Dimension Slash / Other-Space Slash — Enters another space to attack an opponent's real body; it requires immense divine power and nearly drains him completely. 549
• Spatial-temporal barriers — Creates enclosed battlefields, including a canyon barrier for his spar with Rego. 451

Energy Manipulation

Gaino wields destructive, absorptive, and cutting energy techniques with unusually fine control.

• Burst Bombardment — Merges two reddish-brown energy waves into a single finishing blast. 89
• Spirit Devouring Technique — Opens spiraling devouring holes to absorb incoming energy and raise his base combat power. His normal body cannot safely withstand excessive absorbed energy without transforming first. 223
• Ki Scythe — An energy weapon capable of cleaving Demon Clan warriors in half. 325
• Destruction and Annihilation Energy — Uses Destruction Energy in battle and has mastered the Time Destroyer God's Annihilation Energy. 331 403
• Blood Annihilation Power — A power he mastered after reinforcing his body with a physique-enhancing potion. 403

Gravity Technique and Physical Training

Gaino can impose extreme gravitational pressure on himself and others, using it as both a combat restraint and a training method. 31 137

• Personally trained under one hundredfold gravity before adapting to four hundredfold gravity. 31 64
• Can immobilize weaker trainees with his pressure while remaining unaffected himself. 137
• His training regimen includes high-pressure movement, sparring, mental cultivation, gravity suits, and ten thousand one-finger handstand push-ups. 138 380
• He can adjust gravity independently, increasing his own gravity-suit pressure tenfold beyond the others'. 381

Mental and Divine Senses

Gaino cultivates mental power alongside physical strength.

• Used mental power to manipulate space and shatter a cup. 65
• Can use mental power to fuse otherwise incompatible energies. 220
• Reads an opponent's memories by invading their sea of consciousness. 513
• His divine sense can cover the entire Dragon God Secret Realm. 430

Extreme Physique and Regeneration

Gaino's body is repeatedly tempered by dangerous powers rather than merely enduring them.

• The Divine Crystal repairs his body whenever space-time cultivation tears it apart, leaving it stronger after each recovery. 247
• The Demon God's Stone destroys his body while the Demon God Cultivation Technique repairs it, creating a cycle of destruction and rebirth that strengthens his physique. 565
• He can consume Space-Time Turbulence to temper himself further. 594

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Ki Scythe — Energy scythe used to execute or bisect opponents. 325 495
• Senzu Beans — Restores injuries and depleted strength; Gaino uses them to recover after exhausting divine techniques. 446 549
• True Dragon Claw — Fuses with his hand and allows him to seize the Golden Scale Battle Armor. 440
• Golden Scale Battle Armor — The final secret treasure needed to complete his collection of four secret treasures. 441
• Demon God's Stone — Contains destructive Demon God power that is central to his body-tempering cultivation. 565
• Divine Crystal — Internal source of restorative power that repairs him during dangerous cultivation. 247

Relationships

• Laiya — Longtime companion and lover. They began living together in the Royal Castle, and she later proposed marriage to him while drunk. 93 569
• Bum and Tasha — Adoptive parents who raised Gaino for five years and consider him their son. 3
• Broly — Younger brother and close training companion; Broly openly admires Gaino and calls him “Brother Gaino.” 349
• Kube — Elder brother and mentor. Kube defeated Gaino decisively before training him in space-time techniques and extreme physical conditioning. 230 276 380
• Chronoa — Supreme Kai of Time who recruited Gaino to the Time Universe because of his space-time talent; their relationship develops into mutual respect. 195 296
• Rego — Rival, student, and trusted subordinate. Gaino repeatedly tests Rego through harsh sparring and refuses to let administration distract him from cultivation. 451 522
• Yuri and the Four Heavenly Kings — Former opponents who become Gaino's trainees; they eventually credit their tournament readiness to his instruction. 299 306
• Vados — Former combat opponent whom Gaino selects as deputy leader of the Dark Demon Realm expedition. 549
• Spirit Jade — Successor entrusted with leadership of the Blood Spirit Clan when Gaino resumes searching for his companions. 441

Major Arcs

• Saiyan Training Reforms — Establishes gravity-chamber training and personally leads the Saiyans' growth. 31
• Slaughterer Battle — Unlocks Ancient Super Saiyan Stage 2 while fighting to avenge someone important to him. 89
• Five Years of Hellish Training — Pushes Broly, Rego, Laiya, Bardock, Cooler, and others through pressure training and daily sparring while reaching Stage 3 himself. 137 138
• Time Universe Rookie Competition — Creates Void Annihilation Power, reaches Ancient Super Saiyan Stage 5, and wins the rookie tournament. 220 223
• Demon Sacrifice Cave — Battles the Demon Clan, loses and regains control of his murderous aura, then unifies the Four Great Regions. 270 272 275
• Candidate Time Destroyer God — Wins the Time Universe martial-arts tournament and receives the candidacy and fifty personal guards. 331
• Dragon God Secret Realm / Death Wasteland — Builds the Blood Spirit Clan, retrieves secret treasures, destroys Demon King Jacob, and prepares allies for war. 441 494 495
• Dark Demon Realm Expedition — Defeats Angels and Gods of Destruction, leads the expedition, gains the Demon God Cultivation Technique, and becomes a True Envoy. 547 549 565 569
• Great Ape Avatar Training — Spends ten years cultivating within a shattered space-time stream and creates Gaino No. 1. 593 594
• War Against the Alien Demon Clan — Advocates a preemptive strike and is appointed commander-in-chief of the coming war. 673

Notable Quotes

“If others don't offend me, I don't offend them. But if they do, I'll strike back with ten times the force.” 253

“We are one whole. What I, Gaino, need is for all of us to grow stronger together, not for one person to become strong alone.” 380

“If you train with your life on the line, you come to understand that as long as your heart still beats, you cannot stop moving forward.” 300