Chapter Summaries

Jerry countered Darkseid’s Omega Beam, revealed his cat form, and struck him with Fairy Glitter, but Darkseid survived and charged into a physical fight. Jerry prepared to meet him with enhanced strength and claws, while the chapter also revealed that one of Jerry’s soul fragments had found a twelve-universe world where he learned ki.

• Darkseid fired his Omega Beam, but Jerry used his domain and the Law of Life to neutralize it.
• Jerry revealed his cat form, surprising Superman, Martian Manhunter, Zod, and the others, then unleashed Fairy Glitter on Darkseid.
• Darkseid survived Fairy Glitter by using the Omega Effect to erase most of its energy and charged at Jerry.
• Jerry strengthened his body with laws and magic, extended his claws, and prepared to fight Darkseid physically.
• Jerry revealed that one of his soul fragments had found a world of twelve universes eighteen days earlier, where he had gained mastery over ki.

Jerry infiltrated a new multiverse by disguising himself as a soul and entering its reincarnation system. After forging a record in the Book of Life and Death, he chose rebirth over Heaven and headed for the Reincarnation Pool.

• Jerry used his Assimilation spell to enter a world of twelve universes and sensed that its time moved more than three hundred times faster than outside.
• Jerry followed the world’s reincarnation laws to an underworld staffed by suited One-Horned Ghost Messengers.
• Jerry joined the line of souls and entered King Yama’s judgment hall when his turn came.
• Jerry adjusted the laws within the Book of Life and Death to forge an identity record as Jerry Carmen from Earth.
• Jerry declined King Yama’s offer of Heaven and took a car with a One-Horned Ghost Messenger toward the Reincarnation Pool.

Jerry reincarnated into the Dragon Ball World as the son of a wealthy family in West City and recovered his memories after birth. He discovered that his family knew Bulma's parents and was brought to Dr. Brief's mansion to meet Bulma.

• Jerry refused King Yama's offer of heaven and jumped into the Reincarnation Pool to hide his outsider soul.
• The One-Horned Ghost Messenger activated the reincarnation device, and Jerry allowed the pool to erase his split soul's memories before he was reborn.
• Jerry restored his memories as a baby and confirmed that he was in the Dragon Ball World while being pushed through West City by Mrs. Bass.
• Mrs. Brief invited Mrs. Bass and Jerry to her home and offered to introduce him to Bulma.
• Jerry arrived at Dr. Brief's mansion and saw the animals, including a five-meter-tall Triceratops, in the courtyard.

Eight-year-old Jerry traveled to Kame House to ask Turtle Hermit to teach him ki and martial arts so he could strengthen his body. The chapter ended with Jerry waiting inside while Turtle Hermit finished watching an aerobics program, still unaware of his visitor.

• Jerry realized Bulma was six and estimated he had about ten years to recover his strength and learn ki before the Dragon Ball story began.
• Jerry spent eight years meditating and gradually regained some of his magical power.
• Jerry flew from West City to Turtle Hermit's island, seeking a teacher who could help him master ki and the Evil Containment Wave.
• When Turtle Hermit did not answer the door, Jerry used Alohomora to enter Kame House and found him watching an aerobics program.
• Jerry sat on the sofa with conjured milk tea while Turtle Hermit watched television, then Turtle Hermit turned it off and praised the program.

Jerry used his conjuring superpower to persuade Turtle Hermit to accept him as a disciple, becoming the master’s third official student. The next morning, Turtle Hermit began teaching Jerry the principles of martial arts and started his training.

• Jerry offered Turtle Hermit a photo book, then conjured more than a hundred magazines to gain his interest.
• Turtle Hermit asked Jerry to create a beautiful girl, but Jerry explained he could only make a lifelike, nonliving silicone figure.
• Turtle Hermit accepted Jerry as his third disciple after seeing the realistic figure, and Jerry handed him tissues for his nosebleed.
• At four-thirty the next morning, Turtle Hermit woke Jerry and took him to the training ground.
• Turtle Hermit explained that martial arts should strengthen the body and be used to stop people who bully the weak.

Jerry began Turtle Hermit's physical training on Kame Island, sealing his magic and delivering milk through demanding exercises while learning to control his muscles. During the final climb, he sensed ki for the first time, then returned to Kame House and used magic to conjure breakfast.

• Jerry sealed his magic power and followed Turtle Hermit to deliver milk by frog-jumping and running without using superpowers.
• Turtle Hermit coached Jerry on breathing and muscle control as they navigated a tree-lined route and climbed the mountain stairs.
• Jerry felt a new energy within his body and gained an initial insight into ki, astonishing Turtle Hermit.
• After the training, Jerry released his magic seal and conjured an extravagant breakfast, impressing Turtle Hermit with the savings it would bring.

Jerry trained under Turtle Hermit for a year, mastered ki, and learned the Kamehameha before leaving Kame House to seek combat experience. As Jerry flew toward West City, he sensed that Turtle Hermit was delighted to have the island to himself again.

• Turtle Hermit put Jerry through demanding physical, endurance, and reaction exercises while limiting him to using his body.
• After a year of training, Jerry controlled his body, sensed ki, and formed an energy sphere in his hand.
• Turtle Hermit taught Jerry the Kamehameha, which Jerry mastered after another month of training.
• Jerry said goodbye to Turtle Hermit and left in a Capsule Corp aircraft to find actual combat experience.
• After Jerry departed, Turtle Hermit revealed a cabinet of realistic dolls he had made Jerry create and celebrated his newfound freedom.

After returning to West City to spend a month with his family and make a gravity-training suit, Jerry set out on foot toward Korin Tower to train and improve his fighting skills. He ran into Bulma, who was leaving to collect the Dragon Balls and summon Shenron.

• Jerry returned home after a year away and reunited with his parents and his younger sister, Xiao Babu.
• Jerry spent a month with his family while creating a Magic Gravity Suit for training.
• Jerry left West City under extreme gravity and began frog-jumping toward Korin Tower, planning to challenge Martial Artists along the way.
• Bulma stopped her motorcycle and told Jerry she had found a Dragon Ball and was setting out to gather them all.
• Jerry wished Bulma luck on her journey.

Jerry continued training for six months, growing stronger and becoming known as “Invincible Jerry,” before reaching Korin Tower. After defeating its guardian Bora with one strike, Jerry earned the chance to climb the tower and meet Korin.

• Bulma invited Jerry to collect the Dragon Balls with her, but he refused and left, saying Shenron had nothing he needed.
• Jerry trained across mountains and seas, increased the weight of his clothes, and challenged martial artists while dealing with threats along the way.
• Six months later, ten-year-old Jerry arrived at Korin Tower, where he met its guardians, Bora and Upa.
• Bora required Jerry to defeat him before climbing the tower, and Jerry stopped Bora’s punch with one finger before knocking him down with a single strike.
• Bora acknowledged Jerry’s strength and said he might truly be able to climb Korin Tower.

Jerry ate with Bora and his son before climbing Korin Tower under six hundred kilograms of gravity to push his body past its limits. He reached the top after eighteen hours, exhausted but stronger, and replenished himself with conjured food.

• Jerry accepted Bora's grilled fish, then memorized Bora and his son's ki before setting off for Korin Tower.
• Jerry increased the gravity on his clothes from five hundred to six hundred kilograms as he climbed.
• Jerry resisted the urge to reduce the weight and continued climbing until his body broke through its limits.
• After eighteen hours, Jerry reached the top of Korin Tower and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Jerry removed the seal on his body, conjured a lavish meal, and ate to recover.

Jerry reached Korin Tower and asked Korin to let him seek the Super Divine Water, which could awaken a person’s potential but was fatal to those whose bodies were not strong enough. Korin set a test, and Jerry passed it in one second, leaving Korin terrified by his hidden strength.

• Jerry introduced himself to Korin as Martial Heaven Teacher’s disciple after climbing Korin Tower and explained that he pursued martial arts despite knowing magic.
• Korin offered Jerry the supposedly strength-enhancing Ultra Divine Water, then attacked him and challenged him to snatch the bottle.
• Jerry revealed that he knew the Ultra Divine Water was ordinary water and asked Korin to take him to the Super Divine Water.
• Korin explained that the Super Divine Water was dangerous and agreed to let Jerry try for it if he could take the bottle within an hour.
• Jerry released the six hundred kilograms of gravity magic weighing him down and snatched the bottle in one second, shocking Korin.

Jerry entered the Super Divine Water trial after revealing he had carried an extra six hundred kilograms while climbing Korin Tower. He survived the maze and drank the water, nearly tripling his strength, then returned to Korin, who hurried him away so he could enjoy Jerry’s catnip gift.

• Jerry explained to Korin that his magical clothes had made him carry six hundred kilograms of extra weight, convincing Korin he could withstand the Super Divine Water.
• Korin took Jerry to the water vat, and Jerry gave him a box of catnip before entering the trial maze at the North Pole.
• Jerry smashed the maze’s magical monsters and ice barriers, resisted the Guardian Spirit’s illusions, and reached the Super Divine Water.
• Jerry drank the Super Divine Water, endured its brutal effects, and increased his strength to nearly three times what it had been.
• Jerry called for Korin, returned safely from the vat, and saw Korin shoo him away while clutching the catnip.

Jerry reached Kami’s Lookout after Korin gave him a bell and began a test with Mr. Popo to earn a meeting with Lord Kami. The fight continued with Jerry attacking at full power, but Mr. Popo defended against every assault.

• Jerry convinced Korin to help him reach Kami’s Lookout, and Korin gave him a bell as proof of recognition.
• Jerry flew to Kami’s Lookout and presented Korin’s bell to Mr. Popo, who said Jerry had to defeat him before meeting Lord Kami.
• Jerry attacked Mr. Popo at full power, and Mr. Popo caught his punch before being forced back several steps.
• Mr. Popo released his concealed qi and defended against Jerry’s continued attacks, while Jerry failed to break through his guard.

Jerry trained under Kami and Mr. Popo, rapidly advancing his martial arts and ki while Kami considered him a possible successor. When Jerry sensed Bora near death, he left Kami’s Lookout to help him.

• Kami stopped Jerry from using the Kamehameha against Mr. Popo, accepted him for training, and assessed him as a potential successor.
• On September 1, Age 749, Jerry began training at Kami’s Lookout as Bulma met Son Goku and started searching for the Dragon Balls.
• Jerry spent nearly three years training, including two years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and raised his body-and-ki combat power above ten thousand.
• On May 9, Age 750, Jerry sensed Bora’s ki fading and left the Lookout to go help him.
• Kami and Mr. Popo watched Jerry depart, and Kami said he had the potential to become a fine Kami.

Jerry arrived beneath Korin Tower, healed Bora, and defeated Tao Bai Bai, who had attacked Goku and gravely wounded Bora. He transformed Tao Bai Bai into a toad and sent him hopping away, leaving him to seek a way to become human again.

• Tao Bai Bai attacked Goku and Bora, killed Bora with his own spear, and knocked Goku unconscious.
• Jerry arrived, healed Bora with magic, and reassured Upa that his father would recover.
• Tao Bai Bai attacked Jerry, but Jerry sent him flying with a forehead flick and deflected his Dodon Ray back at him.
• Jerry transformed Tao Bai Bai into a toad and said he could become human again only through a kiss of true love from the ugliest woman in the world.
• Tao Bai Bai hopped away, determined to break the spell and take revenge on Jerry.

Jerry rescued Bora, defeated Tao Bai Bai, and encouraged Goku to climb Korin Tower before confronting the Red Ribbon Army. Later, Kami began introducing Jerry to the Celestials as a prospective successor, and they arrived at the entrance to the underworld to meet Taishang Laojun.

• Jerry revived Bora and turned Tao Bai Bai into a toad, then met Goku and learned that Goku planned to destroy the Red Ribbon Army.
• Jerry urged Goku to climb Korin Tower to improve his strength and then departed.
• In December, Age 750, Kami told Jerry that he was ready to meet the Celestials and confirmed Jerry's path toward succeeding him as Earth's Celestial.
• Kami teleported with Jerry to Five Elements Mountain and explained that a Celestial's teleportation could travel only between the living world and the underworld.
• A haloed attendant emerged from behind the furnace and told Kami and Jerry that Taishang Laojun would join them after finishing his spaghetti.

Kami introduced Jerry to the Gods who guarded the passage between worlds and the underworld, then brought him to meet King Yemma. Before Kami could teleport him back to the Lookout, Jerry asked to travel Snake Way and train under King Kai.

• Kami explained the furnace and the Yin-Yang Realm Passage to Jerry, then introduced him to Son Gohan and Taishang Laojun.
• Taishang Laojun welcomed Jerry and urged Kami to take him to the underworld.
• Kami took Jerry through the underworld, where Jerry met its Gods and learned that King Yemma judged the souls of the dead.
• King Yemma recognized Jerry from a past-life incident, and Jerry asked to travel Snake Way to train under King Kai.

Jerry persuaded King Yama to let him attempt the trial to train under King Kai, then began running Snake Way toward King Kai’s Planet. After two days, he stopped to eat and continued his journey.

• Jerry considered how King Kai’s Fist and Spirit Bomb could strengthen him, including against Dark God Chthon.
• Kami supported Jerry’s request to train under King Kai, and King Yama agreed to let him attempt the trial.
• The One-Horned Ghost Messenger drove Jerry to Snake Way and warned him that its million-kilometer track was difficult and dangerous.
• Jerry began running Snake Way at full speed without using magic or teleportation.
• After two days, Jerry paused to create food with Transfiguration and eat before continuing.

Jerry reached King Kai's Planet after running Snake Way and persuaded North King Kai to train him by telling a barrage of jokes. North King Kai began his guidance by asking Jerry to catch Bubbles, and was stunned by Jerry's speed under tenfold gravity.

• Jerry passed Snake Princess Queen's palace without stopping, then outran her when she transformed and chased him.
• After several more days, Jerry reached King Kai's Planet and discovered its tenfold gravity offered useful training.
• Jerry made North King Kai laugh with a string of prepared jokes and earned his agreement to guide his training.
• North King Kai told Jerry to catch Bubbles, and Jerry swiftly caught the monkey despite the planet's gravity.
• North King Kai was astonished by Jerry's speed and strength and recognized him as an unusually formidable prospective Celestial.

After completing two years of training with North King Kai, Jerry returned to Kami's Lookout and then went home to West City to reunite with the Bass Family. He promised his parents he would stay, while planning to leave a clone with them as he prepared to become Kami and check on Bulma.

• Jerry thanked North King Kai, removed his Gravity Magic Array, and teleported back to Kami's Lookout.
• North King Kai reflected on Jerry mastering the King Kai Fist at fifty times power and lamented that life had vanished from two more planets.
• Jerry told the old Kami he wanted to visit home before taking over as Kami, and the old Kami agreed.
• Jerry returned to West City, where the Bass Family initially failed to recognize him because he looked much older.
• Jerry reunited with the Bass Family and promised to stay in West City, while privately deciding to leave a clone with them.
• Jerry learned that Xiao Babu was at school and considered visiting Kame House to see whether Bulma had gone there for the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament.