Chapter Summaries

Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 3 and gained the upper hand against Super Buu, while Son Gohan watched for a chance to learn from the fight. After adapting his attacks and exploiting Super Buu’s blind spot, Son Goku blasted him repeatedly, and Super Buu charged through the latest barrage to close the distance.

• Vegeta reacted angrily to Son Goku’s new form, and Son Gohan defended his father.
• Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 3 and overwhelmed Super Buu in close combat, though Son Gohan noticed the form consumed a great deal of ki.
• Son Goku adjusted his ki usage as the battle continued, while Son Gohan watched him closely.
• Super Buu tried to attack from behind during a beam clash, but Son Goku countered with a shockwave that charred him.
• Son Goku continued firing Kamehamehas and energy blasts while moving, and Super Buu stopped dodging and charged straight through them.

Son Gohan watched Super Buu ambush Vegeta with pink mud and absorb him, creating the powerful Vegeta Buu, or Beo. As Beo powered up beyond Son Goku, Goku teleported behind him to attack, but Beo appeared behind Goku instead.

• Son Gohan meditated while Vegeta sensed the immense strength and solidified mental energy he had developed through years of training.
• Pink mud enveloped Vegeta, and Son Gohan stopped his attack to avoid hitting him.
• Super Buu fused with the mud holding Vegeta and emerged as Vegeta Buu, whom he called Beo.
• Beo praised the power he gained from absorbing Vegeta, and Son Goku realized the fight had become much harder.
• Beo powered up in Vegeta's Super Saiyan 2 form, and Son Goku teleported behind him to interrupt him, but Beo appeared behind Goku and taunted him.

After Beo absorbed Vegeta, Son Goku used a Senzu Bean and powered up to fight him, but Beo deliberately drained his stamina until he lost Super Saiyan 3. Beo then trapped Son Goku in a pink mass while Son Gohan watched without intervening.

• Beo struck Son Goku with enough force to send him flying, revealing that absorbing Vegeta had made him nearly equal to Son Goku.
• Son Goku ate a Senzu Bean and concentrated his ki into his body to strengthen himself for a quick finish.
• Son Goku and Beo fought at high speed as Beo adapted their fighting styles and took hits to wear down Son Goku's stamina.
• Beo switched to attacking Son Goku's openings, and after more than ten minutes Son Goku exhausted himself and dropped out of Super Saiyan 3.
• Beo launched a pink clump at Son Gohan, who knocked it away with psychic power, while three other clumps surrounded and enveloped Son Goku as Son Gohan watched.

Son Gohan allowed Beo to absorb Son Goku and Vegeta, then faced the resulting Majin Buu. Majin Buu’s attacks proved useless against Son Gohan, who declared that they were no longer on the same level.

• Son Gohan let Beo absorb Son Goku, reasoning that he could rescue his father afterward.
• Beo completed the absorption and transformed into a Majin Buu resembling Super Saiyan 3 Son Goku.
• Majin Buu boasted about his immense power and charged Son Gohan, but recoiled after sensing that an attack might get him killed.
• Majin Buu fired energy blasts and a Kamehameha, but Son Gohan’s defense neutralized every attack.
• Son Gohan explained that Majin Buu’s energy attacks could not harm him and declared that they were on different levels.

Son Gohan spent seven years analyzing divine energy and concluded that he would pursue strength without becoming a god. He began experimenting with energy at the cellular level to strengthen his S-Cells, and some survived the process.

• Son Gohan analyzed the differences between mortal and divine energy and questioned how non-gods could surpass fighters with god-realm energy.
• Son Gohan decided to keep improving as an ordinary lifeform instead of using the Super Saiyan God ritual.
• With Eliza’s help, Son Gohan studied life energy and focused on strengthening his S-Cells directly.
• Son Gohan sent energy into his S-Cells, causing some to collapse at first, but he continued the experiment until some cells survived the backlash.

Son Gohan explained how years of strengthening his S-Cells and refining his energy had made him vastly stronger and able to dismantle attacks by disrupting their structure. He overwhelmed Majin Buu’s attacks and explained the weakness in Buu’s absorbed power, then struck him as Buu tried to use Instant Transmission.

• Son Gohan’s S-Cells adapted to his life energy, weakening his ki at first before letting him recover stronger within the second year.
• Son Gohan learned to analyze energy structures and developed a dense barrier combining mental force and life energy.
• Majin Buu fired a barrage of attacks, but Son Gohan’s barrier stopped them without being shaken.
• Majin Buu launched Vegeta’s Final Flash, and Son Gohan halted it with one hand before crushing it into specks of light.
• Son Gohan told Majin Buu that his absorbed power was superficial because he had failed to use Vegeta and Son Goku properly.
• Majin Buu erupted with golden ki and vanished, but Son Gohan appeared behind him and punched him in the face.

Son Gohan taunted and overwhelmed Majin Buu, provoking him into shedding the power he had gained from absorbing Son Goku and Vegeta. Majin Buu reverted to his original, child-sized form as Son Gohan rescued Son Goku and Vegeta and left them with Broly to recover.

• Son Gohan used his knowledge of Instant Transmission to repeatedly outmaneuver and beat Majin Buu.
• Majin Buu's rage made him swell and release more power, but Son Gohan still blocked his attacks and mocked him.
• Son Gohan stopped defending, and Majin Buu roared in pain before sealing himself inside a sphere of vapor.
• The vapor expelled Son Goku and Vegeta, then contracted to reveal Majin Buu in his original child-sized form.
• Son Gohan rescued Son Goku and Vegeta, gave Broly two Senzu Beans for them, and teleported back to the planet.

Son Gohan faced Kid Buu in his purest form and stopped holding back, revealing a new state as he prepared to fight at full strength. Son Goku and Vegeta watched from the space station, surprised by how much Gohan had grown.

• Son Goku and Vegeta watched Son Gohan confront Kid Buu and praised his growth while arguing over whether Trunks or Son Goten was stronger.
• Son Gohan explained that he had provoked Kid Buu to make him return to his purest form and spit out Son Goku and Vegeta.
• Son Gohan thrust his palm toward the space station and used controlled airflow to push it a thousand meters away without shaking it.
• Kid Buu unleashed his aura, but Son Gohan's far greater aura overwhelmed it before disappearing again.
• Son Gohan's hair stood upright, his eyes turned faint blue, and a strange energy surrounded his body.

Son Gohan unveiled a transformation that combined Potential Unleashed, Super Saiyan, and other forms, prioritizing endurance and enhanced perception over a massive increase in ki. He began using it to predict Kid Buu’s attacks and gained control of their fight.

• Son Goku and Vegeta noticed that Son Gohan’s new transformation did not greatly increase his ki, and Son Gohan explained that he had developed it to improve on Super Saiyan’s high energy consumption.
• Kid Buu charged Son Gohan, and they exchanged hundreds of attacks at close range.
• Son Gohan used the combined energy of his ki and spirit to sense Buu’s movements and build a mental model of his fighting patterns.
• Son Gohan predicted Buu’s attacks, struck him with a knee and an uppercut, and caused Buu’s energy blast to explode inside his mouth.

Son Gohan tested his new Extreme technique on Kid Buu, repeatedly destroying him and explaining that the energy compression could unleash catastrophic power. After Kid Buu’s attacks were erased and he was immobilized, Son Gohan prepared to strike again.

• Son Gohan punched Kid Buu, destroying his head and upper body, then waited as he regenerated.
• Son Gohan used a concentrated energy strike to blow Kid Buu into chunks and explained that his technique was called Extreme.
• Son Gohan trapped Kid Buu inside a sphere of compressed energy and unleashed Extreme - Light Nova, forcing him to take longer to recover.
• Kid Buu attacked Son Gohan with two powerful energy beams, but Son Gohan erased them with a tiny point of energy.
• Kid Buu sensed another attack coming, but found himself unable to move.

Son Gohan studied Kid Buu’s regeneration to understand the secret of immortality before facing Zamasu. By transforming and probing Kid Buu’s cells, he discovered that each contained a core of special soul energy that let the cells reunite and resurrect.

• Son Gohan annihilated Kid Buu with Extreme, but pink flesh began to regenerate as traces of Kid Buu’s aura remained.
• Son Gohan decided to study Kid Buu’s regeneration as preparation for Zamasu’s immortality and concluded that Kid Buu could not escape the planet.
• Kid Buu recovered and charged Son Gohan, who immobilized him with energy and examined him with mental power.
• Son Gohan transformed, sublimated his mental energy, and broke through the energy layer surrounding Kid Buu’s cells.
• Son Gohan discovered that each cell held core soul energy that protected it and drew the cells together to restore Kid Buu’s body.

Son Gohan used opposing, annihilating energy spheres to destroy Kid Buu completely. After confirming Buu was gone, he was joined by Son Goku and Vegeta, who asked how he had overcome Buu’s regeneration.

• Son Gohan prepared to eliminate Kid Buu by creating energy with an annihilating property.
• Son Gohan formed two energy masses whose particles rotated in opposite directions and sent them closing in on Kid Buu.
• Kid Buu struggled against the growing repulsive force, but the colliding energies made his body collapse and dissipated the energy in his cells.
• Son Gohan withdrew his spiritual energy after Kid Buu was utterly annihilated, then searched the area to confirm he was gone.
• Son Goku and Vegeta arrived, and Son Goku asked whether Buu was dead while Vegeta asked how Son Gohan had destroyed him.

Son Gohan explained how he defeated Kid Buu, then brought Broly to Earth to begin a new path of training. After Shin confirmed that Buu was gone, Son Gohan asked him to take them to the Destroyer Realm.

• Son Goku failed to recreate Son Gohan’s annihilating technique, while Vegeta challenged him to spar and Son Goku agreed.
• Son Gohan offered Broly three paths to grow stronger, and Broly chose the third before Son Gohan took him to Planet Ba and then Earth.
• Son Gohan found Shin and told him that Kid Buu had been completely eliminated.
• Shin and Kibito went to Hell to verify Buu’s death, then returned relieved and confirmed it.
• Shin explained that Grand Supreme Kai had lost power fighting Moro and that Beerus had been asleep when Buu attacked.
• Son Gohan asked Shin to take him to the Destroyer Realm.

Son Gohan arranged for Shin to take him and Broly to the God of Destruction’s realm, then stabilized Pan’s energy and made peace with Eliza. He proposed to Eliza, and their grand wedding was held across Earth, the Musli Empire, and Planet Ba.

• Son Gohan persuaded Shin to arrange a meeting with the God of Destruction and the Angel in three months, promising not to provoke them.
• Son Gohan checked Pan’s cells and regulated her energy to prevent her from losing control again.
• Son Gohan apologized to Eliza for leaving with Buu without telling her, then explained his plans to meet the God of Destruction and the Angel.
• Son Gohan asked Eliza to marry him, and she accepted after warning him about the consequences of betrayal in her civilization.
• Three days later, Son Gohan and Eliza held a grand wedding across Earth, the Musli Empire, and Planet Ba, with Shin officiating and Kibito hosting.

Two months after staying with Eliza, Son Gohan left for the Sacred World of the Kai to seek out Old Kai. He freed Old Kai from the Z Sword and prepared to ask him for help.

• Eliza declined to accompany Son Gohan to the Realm of the God of Destruction, and she encouraged him to keep moving forward before he departed.
• Son Gohan asked Shin to take him and the others to the Sacred World of the Kai, where he asked about a sword.
• Shin led Son Gohan to the Z Sword, and Son Gohan pulled it from the hill with ease.
• Son Gohan broke the Z Sword, releasing Old Kai from his seal.
• Old Kai learned about the current situation, and Son Gohan said he had come to ask him for something.

Son Gohan explained the Saiyan transformations and his Potential Burst Form to Old Kai, who argued that he needed to make his potential his own rather than rely on transformations. Old Kai agreed to unlock Son Gohan’s potential after receiving a stack of magazines as payment.

• Son Gohan told Old Kai that he and Broly had come to have their potential unlocked, then demonstrated Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, and Super Saiyan 3.
• Old Kai pointed out that the transformations consumed stamina and energy, and advised Son Gohan to excavate his potential instead of unleashing it in bursts.
• Son Gohan demonstrated his Potential Burst Form, and Old Kai judged it an improvement but said it still relied on the same flawed framework.
• Son Gohan asked if he needed to turn his potential into his own power, and Old Kai invited him to sit so he could unlock it.
• Old Kai requested a labor fee, and Son Gohan gave him a capsule containing several hundred magazines from the past five years.

Old Kai used his potential-unlocking ability on Son Gohan and Broly, while Son Gohan closely studied how the power affected his body. After fourteen days, Old Kai finished unlocking Son Gohan’s potential, and Son Gohan thanked him.

• Shin watched in surprise as Old Kai prepared to unlock Son Gohan and Broly’s potential.
• Old Kai explained that his special ability could draw out a person’s potential and began the process while reading a magazine.
• Son Gohan sensed the power changing his S-Cell nuclei and studied how the newly unlocked energy remained stable and easy to control.
• Old Kai explained that the power came from Son Gohan’s own potential and could be controlled through understanding of the body.
• After fourteen days, Old Kai stopped, and Son Gohan bowed and thanked him for his help.

Son Gohan persuaded Old Kai to unlock Broly’s potential, and Old Kai discovered that Broly had an extraordinary Saiyan constitution built for battle. The chapter left Broly’s dangerous loss of rationality under scrutiny as the fatal cost of his explosive power and rapid recovery.

• Son Gohan coaxed Old Kai into beginning Broly’s potential unlock by offering to keep his supply of magazines coming.
• Old Kai worked on Broly for two days while Son Gohan watched in case Broly lost control.
• Old Kai finished the procedure and explained that Broly’s cells could unleash immense bursts of energy and rapidly restore themselves.
• Old Kai revealed that Broly’s brain cells weakened as they recovered, causing his rationality to deteriorate the longer he fought.
• Broly confirmed that fighting had made him lose control and consciousness since childhood, leaving him driven by instinct.

Son Gohan questioned Old Kai about the risks of unlocking his potential and argued that he needed to grow stronger to face threats in the Destroyer Realm. Old Kai hesitated over helping him reach the realm, leaving Son Gohan to rely on one final move.

• Old Kai explained that his potential-unlocking method had no side effects, but that stopping training would cause Gohan's cells to seal their energy again.
• Son Gohan asked whether divine power would let him transform without the drawbacks, and Old Kai dismissed the possibility of a mortal becoming a god.
• Son Gohan revealed that he wanted to find the being beside the God of Destruction in the Destroyer Realm, despite Old Kai's warning about the danger.
• Son Gohan argued that he had to become stronger rather than wait for the God of Destruction to awaken, and Old Kai remained silent.
• Son Gohan realized that only the Supreme Kais knew the Destroyer Realm's location and prepared to use his final move.

Son Gohan proposed using his growing power as a deterrent to unite Universe 7 and improve its development index, and Old Kai agreed to pursue the plan. Gohan then revealed a possible way to separate Old Kai from the witch, suggesting Namek's Dragon Balls after the other options seemed impractical.

• Son Gohan warned Old Kai and Shin that Universe 7's low development index could put it at risk and proposed suppressing those who resisted with absolute force.
• Old Kai and Shin questioned whether Gohan's plan would cause chaos or stifle civilizations, but Gohan argued that a shared threat and strong deterrent would encourage cooperation and development.
• After considering Gohan's argument, Old Kai agreed that Universe 7 needed a powerful stimulant and chose to follow his proposed path.
• Gohan told Old Kai he knew how to separate him from the witch, then suggested Namek's Dragon Balls after Shin and Old Kai discussed Earth's and the Super Dragon Balls.