Chapter Summaries

Kamizuki Yu transported the Z Fighters into Dr. Gero's laboratory, disabled its systems, and checked in to obtain infinite-energy and cell-fusion technologies. He spared Dr. Gero for the moment and approached the chambers containing Androids 17 and 18, as Trunks recognized the ominous name CELL nearby.

• Kamizuki Yu forcibly transported the Z Fighters into Dr. Gero's underground laboratory, bypassing its defenses.
• Dr. Gero activated combat robots, but they fell apart near Kamizuki Yu, who led the group to the control room.
• Kamizuki Yu disabled the laboratory's power and control systems, preventing Dr. Gero from triggering the self-destruct sequence.
• Kamizuki Yu checked in at Dr. Gero's laboratory and received the Infinite Energy System and Universal Cell Fusion Technology.
• Kamizuki Yu told Dr. Gero he would show him perfection, then headed for the chambers marked 17, 18, and CELL.
• Kamizuki Yu placed his hands on the chambers for 17 and 18 as Trunks recognized the names and nearly froze with fear.

Kamizuki Yu freed Android 17 and Android 18 from Gero’s bombs and control programs before they could harm anyone. As Trunks and the Z Fighters struggled to understand what happened, Kamizuki Yu turned his attention to the developing Cell.

• Trunks tried to stop Kamizuki Yu from opening Android 17 and Android 18’s stasis pods, warning that they had destroyed his future.
• Kamizuki Yu erased the androids’ bombs and violent control programs, then opened their pods.
• Android 17 and Android 18 awoke confused and realized they were free, while Trunks watched in disbelief.
• Android 17 rejected Gero’s control but chose not to kill him, and he and Android 18 stayed in the laboratory to watch Kamizuki Yu.
• Kamizuki Yu examined the tank containing Cell and prepared to see how the creature was developing.

Kamizuki Yu examined the incubating Cell and discovered that Dr. Gero’s creation was a painful clash of incompatible cells, programmed to devour others in pursuit of perfection. He decided to help another Cell from the future reach its perfect form, leaving Trunks and the Z Fighters horrified.

• Kamizuki Yu inspected the tank marked CELL and sensed that another creature from a different future was secretly draining people in a town.
• Kamizuki Yu examined the embryo’s conflicting cells and called it a pitiful creation, prompting Dr. Gero to defend it as his greatest masterpiece.
• Kamizuki Yu wondered how a life programmed to pursue perfection would react to true perfection, then devised an experiment involving two Cells.
• Kamizuki Yu announced that he would help the Cell from the future grow stronger and reach its perfect form.
• Vegeta protested, and Trunks shouted that the Cell would kill everyone and that he had not traveled through time to provide Kamizuki Yu with entertainment.

Kamizuki Yu trapped the newly arrived Cell in a Four Red Yang Formation, effortlessly blocking his attacks. Rather than destroy Cell, Yu announced his plan to train him toward becoming a perfect lifeform.

• Piccolo, Krillin, Vegeta, Android 17, Android 18, and Trunks sensed Cell approaching and prepared for battle.
• Cell arrived at the laboratory ruins and targeted Android 17 and Android 18, intending to absorb them and attain his perfect form.
• Kamizuki Yu imprisoned Cell inside a Four Red Yang Formation before the Z Fighters could attack.
• Cell struck the barrier with a Kamehameha and repeated attacks, but the formation remained intact.
• Kamizuki Yu told Cell to adapt to his current strength and announced his Perfect Lifeform Development Plan.

Kamizuki Yu continued feeding Cell concentrated energy so he could study the limits of his evolution, leaving the Z Fighters horrified and helpless. He released Cell and delivered Android 17 and Android 18 to him, allowing Cell to reach his perfect form and turn his attention toward Kamizuki Yu.

• Kamizuki Yu fed Cell energy each day, and Cell learned to absorb it as his power rapidly increased.
• Bulma arrived and confronted Kamizuki Yu, who explained that Cell's evolution was an interesting subject for his research.
• Kamizuki Yu judged Cell ready for the next stage and removed the Four Red Yang Formation.
• Kamizuki Yu used an invisible force to deliver Android 17 and Android 18 to Cell, who absorbed them both.
• Cell transformed into his perfect form and regarded Kamizuki Yu as an opponent worthy of fighting.

Cell revealed his perfect form, announced the Cell Games, and faced Goku before Goku yielded the fight to Gohan. As Cell sent seven Cell Juniors to attack the Z Fighters, Gohan began to tremble with growing fury.

• Cell revealed his perfect form and announced that he would hold the Cell Games in ten days, with Earth’s survival at stake.
• Kamizuki Yu agreed to the game but declared that Earth’s warriors would fight Cell first and that he would be the final gatekeeper.
• At the Cell Games, Mr. Satan challenged Cell and was knocked unconscious with a single slap.
• Goku fought Cell, then surrendered and sent Gohan to take his place.
• Cell overwhelmed Gohan, spawned seven Cell Juniors, and ordered them to attack the Z Fighters as Gohan’s fury began to grow.

Cell crushed Android 16’s head, triggering Gohan’s transformation into Super Saiyan 2 and allowing him to destroy the Cell Juniors. Kamizuki Yu warned that Gohan’s rage had made him a battle machine rather than a true master of his power, and Gohan’s decision to torment Cell left him a chance to fight back.

• Cell continued using the Cell Juniors to beat the Z Fighters while taunting Gohan about his weakness.
• Android 16 urged Gohan to release his anger to protect justice, but Cell crushed his head.
• Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and destroyed all seven Cell Juniors in moments.
• Kamizuki Yu told Goku and the others that Gohan’s power was driven by unstable anger, not true mastery.
• Gohan descended before Cell and chose to torment him instead of ending the fight, giving Cell an opportunity.

After Gohan and the Z Fighters defeated Cell, Kamizuki Yu created a new Cell from the scattered fragments and revealed the Truth-Seeking Orb Cloak. The newborn Cell’s planet-destroying attack failed to affect Yu, who prepared to demonstrate true perfection.

• Cell self-destructed, and Goku teleported him away at the cost of his own life.
• Cell returned stronger, mortally wounded Trunks, and overpowered Vegeta before Gohan destroyed him with Vegeta’s final assist.
• Kamizuki Yu gathered Cell’s scattered fragments and created a new Cell, who knelt and called him his creator.
• Yu ordered the newborn Cell to attack, and Cell unleashed an energy wave capable of destroying the Solar System.
• Kamizuki Yu’s Truth-Seeking Orb Cloak nullified Cell’s attack without a ripple.

After Cell was destroyed, Kamizuki Yu used the Rinne Sharingan and Creation of All Things to create a purified new life-form from fragments of powerful beings. He ordered the newborn Cell to retrieve Goku’s soul, leaving the Z Fighters stunned by his power.

• The exhausted Z Fighters mourned Goku and Trunks after Gohan defeated Cell, while Kamizuki Yu remained unharmed.
• Kamizuki Yu told Gohan that he had won only under Cell’s rules and announced that he would end the battle’s farce.
• Kamizuki Yu gathered life fragments from Cell, the Z Fighters, Frieza and his father, and Goku, then used Creation of All Things to make a new being.
• The newborn Cell knelt before Kamizuki Yu and called him his Creator.
• Kamizuki Yu ordered the newborn Cell to bring Goku’s soul back from the underworld, and the being vanished using Instant Transmission.

Kamizuki Yu brought Goku’s soul back from the afterlife and created a newborn Cell with a perfected body. The original Cell reappeared, but broke down and disintegrated after realizing that his supposed perfection was only the new Cell’s starting point.

• Goku’s soul returned beside the newborn Cell, leaving Gohan and the Z Fighters stunned.
• Kamizuki Yu called out the original Cell, who revealed that he had survived by sending a piece of his core cell away with Instant Transmission.
• The original Cell mistook Kamizuki Yu for an ally and invited him to help conquer the universe.
• At Kamizuki Yu’s gesture, the newborn Cell unleashed power far beyond Gohan’s Super Saiyan 2 strength.
• The newborn Cell called himself the perfect form made from the original Cell’s incomplete sample and said that the original’s endpoint was his starting point.
• The original Cell lost faith in himself, disintegrated along with his core cell, and vanished.

Kamizuki Yu revived Goku and the injured Z Fighters, then named the newborn Cell Haku and charged him with guarding Earth. He altered the world’s memories and broadcast so Mr. Satan received credit for saving the planet, then departed.

• Kamizuki Yu healed Trunks, Gohan, Vegeta, Krillin, and Yamcha, then restored Goku to life and gave him a body.
• Kamizuki Yu named the newborn Cell Haku and ordered him to protect Earth while learning what guardianship meant.
• Kamizuki Yu told Mr. Satan he could think of him as someone giving the World Champion title more weight.
• Kamizuki Yu replaced the worldwide broadcast and its viewers’ memories with a false account in which Mr. Satan and Kamizuki Yu defeated Cell.
• Mr. Satan realized he had been made a cover for Kamizuki Yu, while Vegeta watched in silence as Kamizuki Yu left.

Kamizuki Yu studied the seven Dragon Balls and discovered they were keys to an ancient device that edited causality by drawing on the universe’s possibilities. After copying part of its power, he returned the orbs and warned the Z Fighters not to rely on them too often.

• Kamizuki Yu asked Bulma to gather all seven Dragon Balls and bring them to Capsule Corporation.
• Bulma collected the Dragon Balls, and Kamizuki Yu fused them into a golden energy core before the assembled Z Fighters.
• Kamizuki Yu discovered the orbs activated an ancient Cosmic Law Editor powered by the wishes of intelligent life across the universe.
• Kamizuki Yu analyzed the law of revival and copied part of the Power of Wishes, gaining the ability to revive the dead without Shenron.
• Kamizuki Yu split the core back into seven Dragon Balls, concealed what he had done, and warned the group against using the orbs too often.

Kamizuki Yu sensed the newly awakened power of destruction and attracted Beerus’s attention through a fleeting display of his creation power. As Beerus resolved to seek him out, Yu decided to skip ahead to the finale of Majin Buu’s storyline.

• Kamizuki Yu entered a state of resonance with the universe and sensed a consciousness of destruction locking onto Earth.
• Beerus awoke from his prophetic dream, and Whis showed him footage of Goku defeating Frieza.
• Whis’s staff briefly displayed Kamizuki Yu creating a Cell-like creature, prompting Beerus to search for the creator as well as the Super Saiyan God.
• Kamizuki Yu sensed Beerus’s interest shift toward him and decided to fast-forward the Majin Buu storyline.

At Bulma's birthday party, Beerus attacked the Z Fighters after Majin Buu ate his pudding, and Vegeta humiliated himself to keep Beerus from harming his family and Earth. Kamizuki Yu stopped Vegeta and confronted Beerus, declaring himself the god Beerus was looking for.

• Beerus became enraged when Majin Buu ate the last puddings and swiftly defeated Gohan, Gotenks, Piccolo, and Android 18.
• Beerus asked for the Super Saiyan God, and Vegeta danced and sang to entertain him and protect his family and Earth.
• Kamizuki Yu appeared, stopped Vegeta, and told him that the clownish performance did not suit a Saiyan prince.
• Beerus turned his pressure on Kamizuki Yu, but Yu remained calm and made an empty cup disintegrate into light.
• Kamizuki Yu faced Beerus and declared that there was no need to search for a god because one stood right in front of him.

Kamizuki Yu claimed to be a higher form of god, then absorbed Beerus's test of destruction energy with the Rinnegan's Absorption Seal and called it a tasty appetizer. Beerus and Whis realized Yu was no ordinary challenger, while the Z Fighters watched in shock.

• Kamizuki Yu called himself a higher form of god, drawing Beerus's interest and skepticism.
• Beerus launched a small sphere of destruction energy to test Kamizuki Yu, while Whis explained that it could erase existence.
• Kamizuki Yu held out his palm and absorbed Beerus's destruction energy with the Absorption Seal.
• Kamizuki Yu said the energy was pure but bland and described it as a decent appetizer.
• Beerus's amusement turned to gravity as he realized Kamizuki Yu might be far more powerful than he had expected.

Kamizuki Yu absorbed Beerus’s Destruction energy and instantly analyzed its underlying law, shocking Beerus and Whis. Whis recognized Yu as a Law Predator and respectfully asked why he had come to Earth.

• Beerus prepared to attack again after Yu called his Destruction energy an appetizer, but Whis froze while analyzing Yu.
• Whis told Beerus that Yu had fully analyzed the law of Destruction in less than 0.01 seconds.
• Kamizuki Yu recreated Beerus’s Destruction sphere and crushed it, calling the law interesting but its permissions too low and its power unstable.
• Whis identified Yu as a Law Predator and bowed to him in apology.
• Whis asked Kamizuki Yu what purpose had brought him to Earth.

Kamizuki Yu subdued Beerus and Whis with his overwhelming power, then accepted their escort to their Earth base. There, he checked in and gained controlled God of Destruction authority and perfect Ultra Instinct, leaving Whis terrified by the change in his power.

• Whis bowed to Kamizuki Yu and warned Beerus not to attack, prompting Beerus to hide his fear and resume the party.
• Kamizuki Yu recognized Whis's Ultra Instinct and told him to take him to Beerus's temporary base on Earth.
• Whis brought Kamizuki Yu and Beerus to a castle in an uninhabited desert, where Kamizuki Yu received two S+ rank rewards from the system.
• Kamizuki Yu's creation and destruction powers blended in perfect balance, and Whis sensed that he had absorbed and transformed the laws of destruction and Ultra Instinct.

Kamizuki Yu returned to Bulma’s party, where Shenron revealed how to create a Super Saiyan God and Goku underwent the transformation. After Beerus defeated Goku in a sparring match, he declared that Goku’s divine power was insignificant beside Kamizuki Yu’s, prompting Goku to challenge him.

• Kamizuki Yu returned to Bulma’s party with Beerus and Whis, where Goku asked Beerus how to become a Super Saiyan God.
• Beerus told Goku to summon Shenron, and Shenron explained that five righteous-hearted Saiyans had to share their power with a pure Saiyan.
• Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Trunks, and Videl’s unborn child supplied their power, allowing Goku to become a Super Saiyan God.
• Beerus fought Goku in the sky, easily defeated him, and agreed not to destroy Earth for the time being.
• Beerus compared Goku’s divine realm unfavorably to Kamizuki Yu’s, and Goku asked Kamizuki Yu to fight him.

Kamizuki Yu challenged Beerus to a fight and used perfect Ultra Instinct to evade every attack while teaching him and the Z Fighters about his flaws. Whis declared that Yu’s understanding of Ultra Instinct surpassed even the Grand Priest’s.

• Kamizuki Yu ignored Goku’s challenge, criticized Beerus’s technique, and invited him to fight.
• Whis created a barrier around Bulma’s estate, and Kamizuki Yu told the Z Fighters to watch the battle as a lesson.
• Beerus attacked Kamizuki Yu with a barrage of strikes and energy blasts, but Yu dodged them without moving his feet and pointed out flaws in Beerus’s technique.
• Beerus gathered a massive sphere of destruction energy but stopped when Kamizuki Yu appeared before him, having failed to land a single hit.
• Whis praised Kamizuki Yu’s mastery of Ultra Instinct and said it surpassed the Grand Priest’s.

Kamizuki Yu demonstrated to Beerus that true Destruction required precise control over creation and erasure, far beyond Beerus's brute-force power. Beerus and the others were left stunned as Kamizuki Yu departed, while Whis fell silent.

• Beerus gathered Destruction energy and insisted that he remained superior in the realm of Destruction.
• Kamizuki Yu created a miniature planet from particles before the watching Goku, Vegeta, Bulma, Krillin, Beerus, and Whis.
• Kamizuki Yu silently erased the planet layer by layer, returning it to nothing without affecting its surroundings.
• Kamizuki Yu created another planet and erased only its mountain ranges, leaving the rest intact.
• Kamizuki Yu explained that creation and destruction were two sides of the same whole, then left Beerus, Whis, and the others in stunned silence.