Chapter Summaries

Son Gohan proved his breakthrough to Eliza, who revealed her own fiery transformation and challenged him to spar. After Eliza raised Kaioken to eighteen times, Son Gohan defeated her with two punches, leaving her frustrated by the gap between them.

• Son Gohan told Eliza he had broken through, and she challenged his claim by attacking him.
• Son Gohan effortlessly stopped Eliza's punch, convincing her that he had become stronger.
• Eliza revealed a fiery new transformation and fought Son Gohan hand-to-hand without using energy attacks.
• Eliza raised Kaioken to eighteen times, broke through Son Gohan's defense, and landed two punches that did not visibly hurt him.
• Son Gohan seized Eliza as she tried to retreat and struck her crossed arms twice, leaving her unable to circulate energy smoothly.
• Eliza asked how Son Gohan had made such a huge breakthrough and complained that she still could not beat him.

Son Gohan explored the strength of his Potential Full Power State and discovered a strange sensation calling and warning him. He flew into space despite Musli Planet’s air defenses, leaving the military stunned by his abilities.

• Son Gohan concluded that his Potential Full Power State rivaled the first stage of Super Saiyan, could be maintained indefinitely, and grew stronger with cultivation.
• Son Gohan sensed an unusual call and warning, then flew toward outer space despite Musli Planet’s airspace lockdown.
• Musli’s ground and orbital weapons fired a barrage that engulfed Son Gohan in a blazing sphere while Eliza watched anxiously.
• Son Gohan gathered his ki and burst the energy sphere, then continued through the atmosphere into space without his ki weakening.
• Musli’s military detected Son Gohan’s escape and reviewed data showing his extraordinary speed and resistance to extreme conditions.

Son Gohan investigated a growing ominous sensation in space, fought off Musli space stations, and was ambushed by a mysterious creature that began tearing out his soul. Margaret and Tretto watched the battle, but Margaret refused to save him, leaving Son Gohan in mortal danger.

• Son Gohan discovered Margaret's gift let him survive in the vacuum of space and destroyed a Musli space station's weapons module when its soldiers attacked him.
• Son Gohan followed the ominous sensation and detected a spatial rift, then struck the creature's claw with a Ki blast.
• The mysterious creature inflicted intense pain on Son Gohan and began extracting his fused soul, leaving him unable to use his power.
• Tretto asked Margaret about the creature and whether she would save Son Gohan, but Margaret said he had no value to them if he could not defeat it.

As an interdimensional creature tore at Son Gohan’s soul, his fury and memories awakened a new power, restoring his control and triggering a golden transformation. At the same moment, Son Goku transformed on Namek after Frieza killed Piccolo and Krillin, and Son Gohan underwent the same change over a hundred light-years away.

• The interdimensional creature continued pulling Son Gohan’s soul from his body, leaving him unable to use his ki.
• Son Gohan’s fury strengthened his soul, and memories of his training and battles stirred a new energy within him.
• Son Gohan regained control of his body as golden lightning appeared and his hair, eyes, and aura began to change.
• On Namek, Son Goku launched the Spirit Bomb at Frieza, but Frieza survived and killed Piccolo and Krillin.
• Son Goku transformed into a golden-haired state, and Son Gohan underwent the same transformation far away.

Son Gohan awakened as a Super Saiyan and defeated the Interdimensional Being by destroying its portal from another dimension. Back on Musli Planet, he ended the transformation and began cultivating to master it.

• Son Gohan’s sudden transformation stopped the Interdimensional Being from pulling away his soul, and Eliza sensed his renewed power.
• Son Gohan punched the Interdimensional Being’s giant hand away, then fired an energy sphere through the portal and sealed it shut.
• Eliza arrived in space, and Son Gohan carried her back to Musli Planet as a golden arrow.
• Son Gohan ended his transformation, and Eliza told him about the Super Saiyan legend she had heard from a Saiyan mercenary.
• Son Gohan began cultivating to adapt to his new form and considered its weaknesses.

After becoming a Super Saiyan, Son Gohan entered meditation and found himself trapped in a pitch-black mental space where neither ki nor spiritual power responded. Eliza failed to wake him, and with Cooler's arrival approaching, Son Gohan remained unresponsive.

• Son Gohan considered the drawbacks of his new Super Saiyan form and resolved to follow that path while preparing for future enemies.
• During meditation, Son Gohan found himself surrounded by darkness and could not mobilize his ki or spiritual power.
• Eliza noticed Son Gohan had remained motionless for a day, while Smart Brain detected unusually calm brain waves but no other abnormalities.
• After three days, Eliza called to Son Gohan, shook him, and sent ki into his body, but he did not wake.
• With Cooler nearing, Eliza tried to trigger Son Gohan's self-defense response with an attack, but he remained completely still.

Eliza confronted Lucia de Oliveira after the Musli Empire’s soldiers surrounded her residence, then learned that Cooler had destroyed the empire’s main fleet and was approaching. Lucia asked Eliza and Son Gohan to stop him, but Eliza said Son Gohan was in seclusion and had been angered by the empire’s earlier attack.

• Eliza sensed tens of thousands of Musli soldiers surrounding her residence and threatened to kill them unless their leader appeared.
• Lucia de Oliveira introduced herself as Speaker of the Musli Empire Supreme Council and explained that Cooler’s assassins had forced her to travel with an armed escort.
• Lucia told Eliza that Cooler had defeated the empire’s main fleet and was rapidly approaching their star region.
• Lucia asked Eliza and Son Gohan to help defend the Musli Empire, citing Lady Marellia’s advice.
• Eliza said Son Gohan was in seclusion after gaining insight from their previous battle and was dissatisfied with the empire’s earlier attack.

Eliza reassured Lucia that she and Son Gohan would try to move the fight with Cooler away from the Musli Empire’s capital, then returned to the unconscious Son Gohan and admitted her feelings for him. She expected she might have to face Cooler alone if Son Gohan did not wake in time.

• Lucia apologized to Eliza for the mistaken attack on Son Gohan and offered her a large payment to secure her help against Cooler.
• Lucia asked Eliza to move the battle away from the capital planet, and Eliza agreed that she and Son Gohan would do their best.
• Lucia and her soldiers departed, while Eliza returned to Son Gohan and continued trying unsuccessfully to wake him.
• Eliza anticipated fighting Cooler herself if Son Gohan remained unconscious, and told him she looked forward to defeating Cooler before he awoke.
• Eliza confessed that Son Gohan was the first man she had trusted and explained that his feelings for her had made her fall in love with him.

While Son Gohan remained trapped in his spiritual world, Eliza went to intercept Cooler alone as his ship approached Musli Planet. Son Gohan realized his body was repairing itself, while Eliza prepared for battle in space as Cooler drew near.

• Eliza told the unconscious Son Gohan how safe and happy she felt with him, while he heard her from inside his spiritual world but could not wake up.
• After three days, Lucia warned Eliza that Cooler had entered the star system, and Eliza decided to confront him alone.
• Eliza boarded a shuttle and left Son Gohan behind, promising to return victorious.
• Son Gohan sensed the auras around him returning and concluded that his body had entered a self-protective state to repair damage to his soul.
• Eliza traveled to the route Cooler would take to Musli Planet and meditated in space until his aura approached.
• Eliza rose to face Cooler as he arrived.

Eliza rejected Cooler's offer to join him and fought him on a deserted Musli Empire colony. She unleashed tenfold Kaioken and struck Cooler with a powerful energy shockwave, leaving him struggling to withstand her attack.

• Cooler offered Eliza a position second only to himself, but she refused and challenged him.
• Eliza and Cooler exchanged punches and kicks, and Cooler realized her strength far exceeded his intelligence reports.
• Cooler powered up and fired pale yellow energy beams at Eliza, who shattered them with a shout.
• Eliza activated tenfold Kaioken and fired a blazing energy shockwave that engulfed Cooler's beams.
• Cooler caught the shockwave with his hands, which began smoking as he took Eliza's attack head-on.

Eliza and Cooler each completed a powerful transformation and fought with lethal intent, their battle devastating the colonial satellite. Eliza’s strength continued to rise as they clashed, and the chapter ended with her enduring Cooler’s eye beams and energy blast behind her flames.

• Cooler began his ultimate transformation, and Eliza answered by awakening a new flame-covered form.
• The transformed fighters exchanged rapid attacks, and Eliza’s combo sent Cooler crashing into a crater.
• Eliza bombarded Cooler with flaming blasts, but he emerged with only minor wounds.
• Eliza and Cooler resumed their fight, damaging the colonial satellite as Eliza’s attacks grew stronger.
• Cooler fired crimson beams from his eyes and an energy blast, but Eliza’s flames defended her from both attacks.

Eliza endured Cooler's greatly enhanced assault, realizing that his power came at the cost of combat endurance. As she defended herself, Cooler's strikes began tempering her energy, giving her confidence that she could turn the fight in her favor.

• Cooler powered up and attacked Eliza, who redirected his first punch before his follow-up blow sent her crashing through a building.
• Eliza rose with only minor injuries and deduced that Cooler's sudden increase in strength would drain his endurance.
• Cooler unleashed a relentless barrage, forcing Eliza to defend while he drove her backward and demolished the surrounding area.
• Eliza discovered that the energy in Cooler's blows was helping her temper and densify her own energy.
• Eliza grew more confident that she could counterattack as the fight continued.

Eliza endured Cooler's assault and exploited an opening to disrupt the energy inside his body. She pressed her advantage with repeated attacks and launched a powerful energy sphere at him.

• Cooler grew impatient and unleashed a full-powered assault, leaving Eliza unable to fight back as she searched for an opening.
• Eliza seized the brief delay in Cooler's third punch and struck his throat with a spiraling flame-energy attack that detonated inside him.
• Eliza repeatedly punched Cooler, triggering further energy disruptions that left his movements slow and his power in chaos.
• Cooler roared and swung at Eliza, but she retreated out of reach and hurled an electrified sphere of flame energy at him.

Eliza severely wounded Cooler with an explosive energy sphere, but King Cold intervened before she could finish him. After Eliza refused to join the Frieza Clan, King Cold overpowered her and held her, declaring that she had to die.

• Eliza's energy sphere exploded on contact and left Cooler severely injured in a vast crater.
• Cooler asked who Eliza was, then laughed as she prepared to attack him again.
• King Cold appeared, crushed Eliza's energy sphere, and revealed himself as Frieza and Cooler's father.
• King Cold offered to spare Eliza if she joined the Frieza Clan, but she refused.
• King Cold battered Eliza until her energy protection vanished, then seized her and said she still had to die.

King Cold captured Eliza and revealed that he had come to Musli Planet to kill Son Gohan, whom he suspected might be a Saiyan connected to the Super Saiyan legend. Cooler retreated to recover and train, while King Cold prepared to use Eliza to lure Son Gohan out.

• Cooler accepted his defeat, decided to train seriously after recovering, and flew back to his spaceship.
• King Cold asked Eliza about her companion Son Gohan and admitted he planned to use her to force him to appear.
• King Cold bound Eliza to a special cross that drained and disrupted her energy, then brought her aboard his spaceship.
• King Cold told Eliza that Frieza had nearly been killed by Son Goku and declared that Son Gohan must die, whether or not he was the legendary Super Saiyan.

King Cold destroyed Colonial Satellite L2-322 and headed toward Musli Planet while Eliza remained his captive and Son Gohan stayed unconscious. As Son Gohan gradually regained control of his body, he realized the crisis had helped his soul fully fuse with it.

• King Cold destroyed Colonial Satellite L2-322 with an expanding energy sphere, then returned to his seat and drank wine.
• Eliza worried as she was taken toward Musli Planet, hoping Son Gohan would wake up and come to her aid.
• The Musli Council members panicked as King Cold approached their capital, while Lucia concealed Son Gohan's hidden location and assured them he would act.
• Son Gohan gradually regained control of his body and realized the barrier between his soul and body had disappeared.
• Son Gohan deduced that the Interdimensional Being's soul attack had triggered his soul's full fusion with his body.

King Cold threatened to kill Eliza unless Son Gohan appeared, but realized Gohan was unable to come and kept her alive as leverage. Gohan sensed Eliza had survived and continued recovering, expecting to need about three more days before he could act.

• King Cold arrived on Musli Planet and gave Son Gohan five minutes to appear or he would kill Eliza.
• Son Gohan heard the threat while unconscious and unable to recover in time, leaving him furious and helpless.
• When Son Gohan failed to appear, Eliza taunted King Cold and claimed Gohan would eventually kill him.
• King Cold deduced that an irresistible circumstance prevented Gohan from coming, decided Eliza was more valuable alive, and took her back aboard his spaceship.
• Son Gohan sensed that Eliza was still alive, focused on recovering, and estimated that he needed around three more days.

After awakening from his three-day slumber, Son Gohan assessed his changed condition and prepared to face King Cold, keeping his return secret until he was ready to fight. As he flew toward King Cold, Frieza eagerly anticipated killing him while Eliza worried that King Cold’s trap could prove dangerous.

• Son Gohan considered King Cold’s possible strength and concluded that he had to approach the coming battle with caution.
• On the third day, Son Gohan woke and discovered that his potential had deepened, but he could not yet access his full-power potential state.
• Son Gohan contacted Lucia, declined the planetary fleet’s help, and insisted that he had to win the battle.
• Son Gohan left the facility and flew toward King Cold, who sensed his approach and opened his eyes.
• Frieza told King Cold that he wanted to kill Son Gohan, while Eliza worried about King Cold’s preparations.

Son Gohan confronted King Cold and Mecha Frieza after sensing their ship, then fought Frieza without transforming. He overwhelmingly dominated the battle in his base form, while Frieza realized Gohan had not yet used his full strength.

• Son Gohan sensed King Cold and Frieza aboard the approaching spaceship and recognized that Frieza had been rebuilt as a machine.
• King Cold and Frieza emerged from the ship, and Son Gohan challenged Frieza to attack him alone or alongside his father.
• Frieza charged Son Gohan, who stayed in his base form and deflected or crushed Frieza's energy blasts.
• Frieza attacked Son Gohan with a powerful punch, but Son Gohan redirected his wrist and struck him with a series of counterattacks.
• Son Gohan slammed Frieza into the ground and blasted him in the crater, continuing to overpower him without transforming.

Son Gohan faced Frieza and King Cold together, struggling against their coordinated attacks while his fighting power rose. Frieza and King Cold began forcibly increasing their strength, and Son Gohan prepared to survive their next assault without transforming into a Super Saiyan.

• Son Gohan withdrew as King Cold approached Frieza, then challenged the two of them to attack together.
• Frieza and King Cold attacked from both sides, breaking Son Gohan’s energy barrier and combining blasts with close-range blows.
• Son Gohan chose to fight King Cold at close range despite Frieza’s attacks, and his fighting power steadily increased.
• King Cold praised Son Gohan as a Super Saiyan and told Frieza to go all out, while Son Gohan refused to transform.
• Frieza and King Cold forcibly raised their strength and launched thick shockwaves at Son Gohan.