Chapter Summaries

Son Gohan used his mental power to guide Eliza through telepathy as she fought Dore, helping her evade his attacks and disrupt the energy inside his body. Eliza spotted an opening in Dore’s defenses, while Son Gohan continued absorbing energy to recover.

• Son Gohan absorbed energy and realized Eliza would not hold out against Dore long enough without help.
• Son Gohan contacted Eliza telepathically and told her about the Senzu Bean in his pocket and his plan to speed up his recovery.
• Son Gohan entered his mental vision and used it to guide Eliza’s movements during her fight with Dore.
• Eliza dodged Dore’s attacks and struck the weak points in his energy flow, gradually making it harder for him to suppress the disruptions.
• Eliza spotted a fleeting opening in Dore’s defenses during another exchange.

Son Gohan directed Eliza as she exploited Dore’s unstable energy to overwhelm him, while Neiz watched and hesitated to intervene. After Dore’s energy rampaged and Neiz attacked, Eliza stalled for time, but Neiz grew suspicious and launched another attack.

• Eliza countered Dore’s attacks under Son Gohan’s direction, using his unstable energy to anticipate and exploit his openings.
• Dore charged Eliza in a rage, but she evaded his blasts and struck him until he could no longer control his energy.
• Neiz tried to attack Eliza, but she dodged and his punch hit Dore, triggering Dore’s energy rampage.
• Neiz kicked Dore away and fired a lightning-like beam at Eliza, who dodged and held back while Son Gohan gathered energy.
• Neiz suspected Eliza was stalling, then launched another attack on her.

Eliza used a dangerous mineral to draw out her hidden energy and fought Neiz while Son Gohan recovered. She defeated Neiz with a massive red energy sphere, but her survival depended on receiving treatment in time.

• Neiz relentlessly attacked Eliza with lightning while she dodged and asked Son Gohan how long he needed to recover.
• Eliza swallowed a special mineral that forced her hidden energy to surface, then told Son Gohan to recover so he could save her if necessary.
• Eliza charged through Neiz's lightning barrage, trapped him in a cage of fire, and struck him down into a crater.
• Eliza blasted Neiz from above and formed a giant red energy sphere.
• Neiz's lightning beam failed to stop the sphere, which swallowed him as Eliza watched it dissipate with relief.

Eliza faced a black-robed man who arrived in a spaceship and overwhelmed her with attacks while Son Gohan was still recovering. The chapter left Eliza unconscious and near death as Son Gohan desperately reached for a hidden pouch.

• A spaceship emerged from a spatial distortion and blasted Eliza, but she endured the attack.
• The black-robed man confronted Eliza over the deaths of Salza and the others, then declared her no more than an ant.
• The black-robed man used his speed and strength to repeatedly strike Eliza, leaving Son Gohan unable to help.
• Eliza suffered severe internal injuries and her protective energy barrier shattered under the black-robed man's blows.
• Eliza passed out from the attacks and the mineral's side effects while Son Gohan struggled to reach the pouch at his waist.

After recovering with a Senzu Bean, Son Gohan rescued Eliza and confronted the black-robed man, Ego, whose power and hatred for Cooler became clear. Gohan’s combat power surged to at least one million, and Ego asked him to kill Cooler if Gohan defeated him.

• Son Gohan recovered with a Senzu Bean, struck the black-robed man away from Eliza, and carried her to safety.
• Son Gohan stabilized Eliza’s injuries, and she asked him to teach her attacker a lesson.
• The black-robed man introduced himself as Ego and revealed a pale blue aura as he prepared to fight Son Gohan.
• Son Gohan’s Potential Burst raised his base combat power to at least one million, and he decided not to use Kaioken.
• Ego asked Son Gohan to kill Cooler if Son Gohan defeated him.

Son Gohan fought Ego, who had served Cooler to protect his home planet and wanted a battle that might free him through death. As the fight continued, Gohan refined his ki and entered an instinctive state that began to overwhelm Ego, while Cooler remained his eventual target.

• Ego explained that Cooler had threatened his home planet and asked Son Gohan to fight him with everything he had.
• Son Gohan promised to give Ego a satisfying battle and take care of Cooler.
• Son Gohan and Ego exchanged blows at high speed as Eliza watched from a safe place.
• Ego unleashed his full power, and both fighters resumed their fight without holding back.
• Son Gohan fought without Kaioken or secret techniques, gradually entering a state where his body attacked and dodged instinctively.
• Son Gohan's speed and reactions increased, shifting the fight's momentum and forcing Ego onto the defensive.

Ego used a secret art to condense his energy and gain the upper hand against Son Gohan, who kept fighting without using the Kaioken. Son Gohan turned the battle around with precise technique, and Ego realized he had been holding back.

• Ego forced himself away from Son Gohan and used a combat secret art to condense his energy.
• Ego attacked with his enhanced strength and suppressed Son Gohan, who focused on defending and studying his technique.
• Son Gohan dodged Ego's punch and struck through his defenses, then resumed their exchange of blows.
• Ego realized Son Gohan was using him as a sparring partner, broke away, and accused him of not fighting at full strength.
• Son Gohan admitted Ego had only just noticed.

Son Gohan defeated Ego after gaining full control of his newly acquired power, then rescued Eliza and helped her recover. The chapter ended with him asking Eliza about the items he had given her.

• Son Gohan concealed his ki and told Ego that their real battle was beginning.
• Ego attacked calmly, but Son Gohan overwhelmed him with a series of blows and realized he had become a training target for Son Gohan.
• Son Gohan used Fourfold Kaioken to punch Ego into a crater, leaving him alive, then flew away without pursuing him.
• Son Gohan found Eliza, carried her beyond the city blockade, and channeled ki into her to help her recover.
• Eliza woke and told Son Gohan she felt much better, and he asked her about the things he had given her earlier.

Son Gohan healed Eliza with a Senzu Bean, and she warned him that Cooler would come after them. Son Gohan refused to flee and began considering how he could become a Super Saiyan before Cooler arrived.

• Son Gohan gave Eliza a Senzu Bean, restoring her injuries and energy and causing her powerful aura to flare.
• Eliza warned Son Gohan that Cooler would seek revenge, but Son Gohan said they would fight him if he came.
• Eliza urged Son Gohan to leave the planet, but he refused because he believed running away would change his path and weaken his resolve.
• Eliza flew toward a nearby place, and Son Gohan caught up with her as they continued on.
• Son Gohan considered his Kaioken limits and concluded that extreme emotions were key to becoming a Super Saiyan.

With Cooler’s arrival looming, Son Gohan sought a way to increase his strength quickly and remembered a device that supposedly awakened hidden potential. He learned the device had been recalled after injuring a previous user, but suspected the problem might have been the user’s body rather than the machine.

• Son Gohan ruled out another near-death recovery to boost his power and considered training or using Milai’s potential-stimulating device instead.
• Eliza led Son Gohan to a rented building she had prepared, then entered and shut the door after he seemed surprised by her foresight.
• Son Gohan checked the virtual world and found that Musli’s government had declared the rebellion defeated and promised to rebuild the city and compensate victims’ families.
• Son Gohan replied to Marellia’s message of thanks, then visited Milai’s shop to ask about the device he had previously offered.
• Milai told Son Gohan that the device had been recalled after a buyer was nearly crippled, and said the buyer’s body had been unable to withstand its output.

Son Gohan bought an Enhancement Pod and let Eliza test it, believing its bioelectric currents could strengthen her body and potentially help unlock Super Saiyan transformations. As Eliza endured increasingly powerful stimulation, Son Gohan sensed that she was in pain but kept the machine running because her energy had not reached its limit.

• Son Gohan bought Milai's Enhancement Pod at half price after learning it could not be shipped away for at least fifteen days.
• After the pod arrived, Eliza insisted on testing it first, and Son Gohan agreed because they had Senzu Beans if something went wrong.
• Son Gohan activated the pod and used his psychic power to monitor Eliza as bioelectric currents stimulated her body and increased her ki.
• Eliza began trembling violently and showed pain, but Son Gohan kept the pod running because he sensed she could still endure the currents.

Eliza’s Enhancement Pod session ended early when its violent energy nearly destroyed the pod, but she discovered that her power had become denser and easier to control. Son Gohan began his own enhancement, managing the surging energy with meditation, though the pod’s current seemed unable to awaken his hidden Saiyan S-Cells.

• Son Gohan shut off the Enhancement Pod when Eliza’s energy threatened to make it explode, then calmed her energy with his ki.
• Eliza woke and learned Son Gohan had ended her session early; she found her energy more condensed and easier to control.
• Eliza teased Son Gohan before activating the Enhancement Pod for him.
• Son Gohan meditated through the growing energy and remained calm longer than Eliza had.
• Son Gohan noticed that the bioelectric current had not awakened some deep energy he suspected was his Saiyan S-Cells.

Son Gohan pushed the Enhancement Pod beyond its limits with Eliza’s help, drawing out a powerful new energy before the machine’s effects faded. He emerged stronger, though he had not broken through the barrier he had expected to overcome, and he and Eliza prepared to train while waiting for Cooler.

• Son Gohan asked Eliza to feed her energy into the Enhancement Pod, and she did so despite the machine’s alarms.
• The intensified bioelectric current loosened Son Gohan’s cells and revealed a strange new energy as fur appeared on his body and his hair grew.
• Son Gohan failed to break through the barrier he sensed, but energy from his other cells surged through him and raised his strength.
• Eliza stopped the machine when Son Gohan asked, and he emerged from the pod, saying the enhancement had succeeded but was not perfect.
• Son Gohan explained that the pod would be less effective in the future, and he and Eliza turned to training while they awaited Cooler.

Son Gohan continued training with Eliza while Cooler ordered Ego to rebuild his mech army and prepared to visit Musli Planet. After reviewing reports that Frieza had begun slaughtering people on Namek, Son Gohan received a call from Marellia, who said she needed his help.

• Son Gohan and Eliza continued training, pausing to absorb their growing strength.
• Ego reported his defeat to Cooler, who ordered him to build a new mech army instead of letting him leave.
• Cooler told Jinis to prevent suspicious individuals from leaving Musli Planet and said he would visit after Jinis completed his assignment.
• Son Gohan reviewed intelligence reports showing that Frieza had arrived on Namek and begun slaughtering people there.
• Marellia contacted Son Gohan, congratulated him on defeating Cooler's mechanized forces, and said she might need his help.

Marellia warned Son Gohan that Cooler had noticed him and sealed off the routes around Musli Planet, leaving him unable to escape before their confrontation. Son Gohan continued training, estimating that his full power had exceeded one hundred million, but worried that Cooler might be far stronger than expected.

• Marellia told Son Gohan that Cooler was approaching and had blocked all routes around Musli Planet.
• Son Gohan urged Marellia to warn the Musli Empire to evacuate residents because his battle with Cooler could destroy the planet.
• Son Gohan told Marellia he would give everything to defeat Cooler, and she ended the call after thanking him.
• Son Gohan and Eliza resumed their daily training without becoming anxious about Cooler's arrival.
• Son Gohan estimated that his full power exceeded one hundred million, but feared Cooler might have received the same massive power boost as Salza and the others.

Son Gohan struggled with the possibility that Eliza might be endangered when Cooler arrived, then focused on calm meditation to prepare for a breakthrough. After half a month, he entered a strange, powerful state but stopped short of a clear transformation, leaving Eliza confused and his progress uncertain.

• Son Gohan worried that Eliza might die in a fight with Cooler and considered sending her away, but decided to keep training instead.
• Son Gohan spent half a month meditating to increase his S-Cells while keeping his mind calm.
• Son Gohan raised his ki beyond his previous peak and contained its growing power within a ten-meter radius, astonishing Eliza.
• Son Gohan's aura fluctuated violently as his hair stood up and his pupils briefly turned translucent, but his ki suddenly returned to his body before he transformed.
• Son Gohan told Eliza that he had succeeded in one sense but had still failed to achieve a complete breakthrough.

Son Gohan failed to break through to Super Saiyan, though he reached the threshold of Pseudo Super Saiyan, and went outside to clear his head. There he met Marcarita, an Angel who offered to help him overcome his limits in exchange for a future favor.

• Son Gohan tried to break through his power ceiling but failed, reaching the threshold of Pseudo Super Saiyan.
• Son Gohan left to clear his head after telling Eliza he had hit a bottleneck.
• Marcarita appeared beside Son Gohan without him sensing her and introduced herself.
• Marcarita admitted she had been watching Son Gohan because she was interested in him.
• Marcarita offered to help Son Gohan break through his limits if he would help her with one thing when necessary.
• Son Gohan asked what would happen if he refused, and Marcarita said he would not refuse.

Son Gohan refused Marcarita’s offer to help him break through his power bottleneck, insisting he would defeat Cooler himself. Marcarita arranged a spar with Tretto instead, and Son Gohan unleashed a stronger form but struggled to land a hit.

• Marcarita warned Son Gohan that Cooler would arrive in ten days and that he could not defeat him, then offered to help him grow stronger.
• Son Gohan refused Marcarita’s help, saying he would defeat Cooler on his own.
• Marcarita summoned Tretto to spar with Son Gohan, leaving him unable to refuse without breaking the Angel’s rules.
• Son Gohan activated twentyfold Kaioken and attacked Tretto, but Tretto stopped his punch with one palm.
• Son Gohan powered up further, then launched a rapid barrage of punches that Tretto calmly dodged.

Son Gohan broke through his bottleneck during his fight with Tretto and awakened a powerful new energy that was not a Super Saiyan transformation. After demonstrating his increased strength, he asked Margaret what state he had entered.

• Son Gohan's determination to challenge Tretto caused his battle power to rise, and Tretto realized he had begun breaking through his bottleneck.
• A new, denser energy emerged within Son Gohan and replaced his previous ki, transforming his aura while leaving his appearance unchanged.
• After concentrating, Son Gohan struck Tretto for the first time and exchanged high-speed blows with him.
• Son Gohan accelerated the circulation of his new ki, gained another surge of strength, and nearly fell victim to Tretto's overwhelming attack.
• Tretto declared his task complete, and Margaret appeared beside Son Gohan and congratulated him on entering a special state.

Margaret explained that Son Gohan had unleashed the surface-level potential in his body, though reaching deeper potential would require much more effort. After she and Tretto departed, Son Gohan considered how his new state might conflict with Kaioken and Super Saiyan transformations, then told Eliza that a major figure had made a deal with him.

• Margaret told Son Gohan that his current state had unleashed his surface-level potential and warned that maintaining or deepening it would take far more effort.
• Margaret and Tretto left through a dimensional rift, and Tretto asked why Margaret had taken an interest in Son Gohan.
• Margaret refused to explain her interest in Son Gohan, saying Tretto would understand in the future.
• Son Gohan found that his new state prevented him from using Kaioken and wondered whether he would have to choose between it and Super Saiyan transformations.
• Eliza asked why Son Gohan's aura had disappeared and returned, and Son Gohan told her that a major figure had made a deal with him and that he had become stronger.