Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen fought the Shadow Dragon, whose Shenron-granted power let him imitate Lin Chen’s abilities but not match his mastery of the rules. After trapping the Shadow Dragon in a Temporal Cage, Lin Chen unleashed his rule-fusing Light of Annihilation, engulfing the Shenron Palace in white light.

• The Shadow Dragon struck Lin Chen with destruction power, but Lin Chen entered the Black God Realm and counterattacked with blasts of destruction.
• Lin Chen and the Shadow Dragon clashed with matching ki blades until Lin Chen revealed that his blade fused four kinds of power of rules, while the Shadow Dragon could only copy and wield them separately.
• Lin Chen’s gray ki blade opened Space Rifts that swallowed the Shadow Dragon’s attack and sliced away half his body.
• The Shadow Dragon considered escaping, but Lin Chen froze time around him with Temporal Cage.
• Lin Chen unleashed Light of Annihilation, a technique formed by fusing four kinds of power of rules, and white light engulfed the Shenron Palace.

After defeating the Shadow Dragon, Lin Chen returned to his world and spent a month with his family before heading to the planet where he and Broly had trained. He began honing his five rule powers, starting with creation, and managed to bring life to only part of the barren planet.

• Lin Chen had Saiyan Shenron swallow the Shadow Dragon's head, restoring the power of miracles and ending the threat.
• Saiyan Shenron carried Lin Chen directly from the Dragon God Realm back to his original world.
• After a month with his family, Lin Chen traveled to the Tree of Might to train for the coming challenges, including Beerus.
• Lin Chen examined his status and realized he needed to master and integrate his rule powers to advance his divine realm.
• Lin Chen used the power of creation to transform a leaf into candy and back, then created grass and animals across the land near the Tree of Might.

After years of training, Lin Chen’s Super Saiyan 4 power finally reached Universe 7’s God of Destruction Realm and awakened Beerus. Beerus rushed to test Broly, leaving him badly outmatched in their first battle.

• Lin Chen trained for two years on Wilderness Planet, mastering the powers of creation and space while struggling with the costly power of miracles.
• Lin Chen’s Super Saiyan 4 aura from his battle with Android 21 reached the God of Destruction Realm, where Whis recognized it and Beerus woke from his long sleep.
• Whis told Beerus that a powerful fighter in the Lower Realm had caused the fluctuation and revealed that he had found a God of Destruction Candidate.
• Beerus’s anger at Whis’s decision unleashed destructive power, prompting Broly to transform into his Legendary Super Saiyan full-power form.
• Beerus rushed out to face Broly, and Whis watched as Broly took a one-sided beating.

Broly fought Beerus in the God of Destruction Realm, while Whis revealed that Lin Chen had changed Universe 7 and killed Frieza. Beerus recognized Lin Chen as a possible rival from his dream and asked the Oracle Fish to name the figure he had seen.

• Whis told Broly to stop holding back, and Broly unleashed his power of destruction against Beerus.
• Beerus and Broly fought seriously, wrecking more than half of the God of Destruction Realm before Whis separated them.
• Beerus learned that Broly was a Saiyan and that King Linx had succeeded Vegeta III and killed Frieza.
• Whis showed Beerus an image of Lin Chen killing Frieza and explained that Lin Chen had mastered four kinds of power of rules.
• Beerus wondered whether Lin Chen was the rival from his dream and asked the Oracle Fish what the rival was called.
• The Oracle Fish answered that Beerus's dream rival was called Super Saiyan God.

Beerus visited Planet Vegeta with Whis and Broly to find the Super Saiyan God from his prophecy, but the planet’s many Super Saiyan Gods did not match the figure from his dream. The chapter ended with Beerus suspecting the Saiyans had brought out the wrong people.

• Beerus decided to visit Planet Vegeta after the Oracle Fish confirmed that his prophesied rival was a Super Saiyan God, and Whis brought Broly along.
• Whis brought Beerus and Broly to Planet Vegeta, where Beerus discovered it had become the Galaxy Alliance’s headquarters under King Linx.
• King Vegeta, Bardock, Paragus, and others arrived; Broly introduced Beerus as the God of Destruction, and Whis explained that Beerus was seeking Super Saiyan Gods.
• Bardock summoned the planet’s more than fifty Super Saiyan Gods, who transformed for Beerus to inspect.
• Beerus rejected the gathered Saiyans as too weak and unlike the Super Saiyan God in his dream, then accused them of trying to fool him.

Beerus learned that Lin Chen might be the Saiyan from the Oracle Fish’s prophecy, but Lin Chen was away, so Beerus set out for Earth to find other worthy opponents. On Earth, Goku and Vegeta discussed trying to reach Super Saiyan 4 while the gathered fighters and their families ate at Bulma’s house.

• King Vegeta and Bardock explained that Lin Chen, Kakarot, and Vegeta might be able to become Super Saiyan Gods, but they did not know where Lin Chen was.
• Bardock told Beerus that Kakarot and Vegeta were on Earth, and Whis reminded Beerus that Earth had delicious food.
• Beerus left Planet Vegeta with Whis and Broly, threatening to destroy Planet Vegeta and Earth if he could not find his destined rival.
• Bardock urged King Vegeta to warn Vegeta and the others about Beerus and ask where Lin Chen was.
• At Bulma’s house, Goku and Vegeta discussed their training and their efforts to achieve Super Saiyan 4.
• Taro remarked that Son Gohan had changed greatly since starting a family.

Son Gohan reunited with Broly at Bulma's house, where Broly arrived with Beerus and Whis. Beerus demanded that the Saiyans produce a Super Saiyan God or he would destroy Earth, and Vegeta agreed to gather the Saiyans.

• Son Gohan told Lin Luo and Taro about his work as a teaching assistant and asked after Lin Chen, who was training to master a new power of rules.
• Lin Luo, Taro, and Son Gohan spotted Broly at Bulma's house, and Son Goku and the others went out to greet him.
• Vegeta recognized Beerus and remembered how the God of Destruction had once terrified him and King Vegeta.
• Broly introduced Beerus and Whis to the group, and Beerus ate cake while searching the Saiyans for a worthy opponent.
• Beerus demanded that someone become a Super Saiyan God or he would destroy Earth, and Vegeta agreed to arrange the transformation.

Vegeta gathered the Saiyans to perform the Super Saiyan God ritual, and Whis confirmed that Vegeta could serve as the sixth participant. Before the ritual began, Goku challenged Beerus and discovered that even his Super Saiyan 3 form was no match for the God of Destruction.

• Vegeta explained the Super Saiyan God ritual and counted Gohan, Trunks, Goten, Goku, and King Linx's two princes as the six Saiyans with Justice Hearts.
• Whis revealed that Taro, as a Legendary Super Saiyan, could not contribute a Justice Heart, and then confirmed that Vegeta qualified instead.
• Goku approached Beerus and challenged him, so Whis transported everyone to the Highlands north of West City.
• Goku attacked Beerus in Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2, and Super Saiyan 3 forms, but Beerus effortlessly dodged his blows.
• Beerus flicked Goku on the forehead and sent him flying, judging that Goku still was not strong enough to be his destined rival.

Son Goku was overwhelmed by Beerus, so the Saiyans performed the ritual that transformed him into a true Super Saiyan God. Goku began battling Beerus high above Earth, while Whis observed that Goku’s command of the divine realm was steadily improving.

• Beerus easily defeated Son Goku, and Vegeta urged him to become a Super Saiyan God before Beerus destroyed Earth.
• After recovering with a Senzu Bean, Son Goku joined the other Saiyans in the ritual and transformed with a bright-red aura.
• Whis explained that Son Goku had become a true Super Saiyan God, unlike the false gods on Planet Vegeta.
• Son Goku challenged Beerus, and the two began a battle that sent shock waves threatening Earth.
• Broly called for them to fight in the sky, and Son Goku moved the battle near the edge of the atmosphere.
• Whis said Beerus was drawing out Son Goku’s potential as Goku grew more adept at using divine power.

Son Goku’s Super Saiyan God power failed to defeat Beerus, who tried to destroy Earth, but Lin Chen returned and stopped the attack. Beerus recognized Lin Chen as the figure from his dream and realized Lin Chen’s power rivaled his own.

• Whis watched Beerus enjoy fighting Son Goku, while Vegeta and the others admired the Super Saiyan God’s strength.
• Son Goku ran out of stamina, reverted to his normal form, and fell from the sky, prompting Beerus to declare the fight over.
• Beerus prepared to destroy Earth, but Lin Chen appeared and canceled out Beerus’s attack with his own power of destruction.
• Lin Chen greeted Whis and the others, then descended while Son Goku transformed again and resumed his battle with Beerus.
• Beerus identified Lin Chen as the man from his dream and told Son Goku that Lin Chen’s power was far beyond his own.

Lin Chen reunited with his family and friends after arriving on Earth, while Beerus defeated Son Goku and joined everyone for a feast. Beerus then challenged Lin Chen and threatened to destroy Earth and Planet Vegeta, but Lin Chen calmly refused to let either planet be destroyed.

• Beerus resumed fighting Son Goku after Goku pointed out that Beerus had implied Lin Chen was stronger than him.
• Lin Chen greeted his family and friends, and Whis sensed that Lin Chen had mastered five kinds of power of rules.
• Beerus defeated Son Goku after unleashing much of his power, then went with him to Bulma's house to eat.
• Lin Chen fed Beerus chocolate cake, calming him, and everyone gathered to share stories over the meal.
• Beerus challenged Lin Chen, revealed that Frieza had destroyed Planet Vegeta on his orders, and threatened both Earth and Planet Vegeta.
• Lin Chen set down his knife and fork and declared that neither planet would be destroyed.

Lin Chen accepted the system’s challenge to defeat Beerus and revealed that he had entered the divine realm with several powers of rules. He transported the fighters to the Sacred World of the Kai to protect Earth, where Beerus struck first and sent him flying.

• Beerus grew angry at Lin Chen’s defiance and warned him that knowing rules did not make him a match for a true god.
• The system offered Lin Chen three choices for fighting Beerus, and Lin Chen chose to defeat him for the reward of rule fusion power.
• Lin Chen transformed, revealed a Divine Ring, and impressed Whis, who said his strength could rival or surpass that of an ordinary God of Destruction.
• Lin Chen transported everyone from Earth to the Sacred World of the Kai using his power of space, alarming Beerus and the Kais.
• Beerus unleashed his purple energy and hit Lin Chen with enough force to send him flying.

Beerus overwhelmed Lin Chen until Lin Chen revealed Legendary Super Saiyan Silver-Gray, a transformation built on his Black God Form. Beerus then struck him with the power of destruction, and Lin Chen vanished into specks of starlight.

• Beerus used his full strength to batter Lin Chen, leaving the onlookers stunned by the gap between them.
• Lin Chen used the power of space to evade Beerus, then struck him into a crater with greatly increased strength.
• Lin Chen transformed into Legendary Super Saiyan Silver-Gray and explained its name while the others debated what to call it.
• Beerus gathered the power of destruction and warned Lin Chen to be destroyed.
• Beerus's attack engulfed Lin Chen, who dissolved into specks of starlight and disappeared.

Lin Chen survived Beerus's power of destruction by rewinding time three seconds, then resumed their fight with Super Kaioken. Beerus unleashed Ultra Instinct as his final trump card, leaving Lin Chen facing a state that could automatically evade attacks.

• Everyone believed Beerus had destroyed Lin Chen, but Whis sensed that Lin Chen was still alive.
• Lin Chen reappeared after using the power of time to rewind himself three seconds and escape Beerus's attack.
• Lin Chen activated Super Kaioken and fought Beerus at high speed, pushing Beerus back.
• Whis warned Taro that Beerus still had a stronger move and that using it could make the battle impossible to stop.
• Beerus enveloped himself in a silvery-white aura and entered Ultra Instinct, while Whis and Lin Chen recognized the transformation.

Lin Chen used his stored Ultra Instinct Experience Card after Beerus overwhelmed him with Ultra Instinct. He entered Perfected Ultra Instinct, leaving Beerus and Whis stunned by his apparent mastery.

• Beerus used Ultra Instinct to evade Lin Chen's attacks and batter him, eventually knocking him out of his Legendary Super Saiyan Silver Gray form.
• Whis urged Lin Chen to stop, but Lin Chen insisted on fighting to the end, and Beerus attacked him again.
• Lin Chen activated his Ultra Instinct Experience Card, which granted him Perfected Ultra Instinct for 30 minutes.
• Lin Chen transformed, and Old Kai identified his silver-haired, silver-eyed state as Ultra Instinct.
• Beerus and Whis reacted with disbelief as Lin Chen's Ultra Instinct appeared more advanced than Beerus's.

Lin Chen revealed Perfected Ultra Instinct and defeated Beerus in their battle on the Sacred World of the Kai. Beerus surrendered, and Lin Chen received the power of rules fusion reward.

• Lin Chen entered Perfected Ultra Instinct, which raised his Divine Realm to advanced tier two.
• Beerus attacked Lin Chen, but both fighters anticipated each other's moves and dodged every blow.
• Whis explained Ultra Instinct to Son Goku and said Beerus's Sign-stage mastery could not match Lin Chen's perfected state.
• Beerus added his power of destruction to his attacks, so Lin Chen used Time Prison and struck him with an amplified blow.
• Beerus stopped fighting, surrendered, and questioned whether Lin Chen was one of Whis's Angels.
• Lin Chen completed the mission and received the power of rules fusion.

Beerus admitted defeat to Lin Chen and decided to train Son Goku and Vegeta in the God of Destruction Realm. After the group left Earth, a Frieza Race spaceship approached New Namek under Sorbet's command.

• Whis healed Lin Chen and Beerus, and Beerus promised to train harder so he could defeat Lin Chen next time.
• Son Goku asked Beerus to train him, and Beerus agreed after noticing a trace of Ultra Instinct in him.
• Beerus accepted Vegeta as a second student after Vegeta agreed to provide a hundred servings of banquet food.
• Son Goku, Vegeta, and Broly left Earth with Beerus for the God of Destruction Realm, while Lin Chen returned to eating with his family.
• A Frieza Race spaceship approached New Namek, and Sorbet ordered his crew to land peacefully and avoid hostile behavior.

Sorbet led the remnants of the Frieza Force to New Namek to earn the right to use its Dragon Balls and resurrect Frieza. Moori agreed to let them take the Seven Village Elders' Test, while Sorbet kept force as a last resort.

• Sorbet told Tagoma that they had chosen to seek New Namek's Dragon Balls because Earth was guarded by Lin Chen and the Super Saiyans.
• Sorbet admitted to himself that he feared resurrecting Frieza, but ordered his men to prepare for landing.
• Sorbet asked Moori for permission to take the Namekian Dragon Ball Trial, and Moori directed them to the first village.
• Tagoma questioned Sorbet's plan to rely on recruits with special skills, and Sorbet insisted they must pass the tests without drawing the Saiyans' attention.
• Sorbet warned that if they failed the tests, they would have to kill the Namekians.

Sorbet and his men passed the Namekian trials, gathered all seven Dragon Balls, and used them to resurrect Frieza. Frieza returned to life on Namek and learned that Sorbet had arranged his resurrection.

• Sorbet and his men overcame the Namekian trials and collected all seven Dragon Balls.
• Grand Elder Moori summoned Porunga, and Sorbet used three wishes to restore Frieza's body and resurrect him.
• Frieza appeared, and Moori realized he had helped bring a Frost Demon back to life.
• Sorbet dropped his friendly facade and warned Moori not to resist as Frieza awakened.
• Frieza unleashed his power across Namek, and Sorbet introduced himself as the former Frieza Force member who planned the resurrection.

Frieza was resurrected on New Namek and learned that the Saiyans and the Galaxy Alliance now held power across the universe. After destroying New Namek, he heard about the Saiyans’ strength and decided to train before seeking revenge on them.

• Frieza learned that Sorbet had used Planet Namek's Shenron to resurrect him, and he demanded the Dragon Balls for himself.
• Sorbet warned Frieza that the Galaxy Alliance and the Saiyans made using force too dangerous, so Frieza left New Namek aboard his spaceship.
• Frieza secretly destroyed New Namek with an enormous energy attack, killing its inhabitants, and Sorbet and Tagoma questioned whether their actions were right.
• Sorbet briefed Frieza on the changes in Universe 7, including the deaths of King Cold and Cooler and the Saiyans' defeat of Majin Buu.
• Frieza decided to train in seclusion before taking revenge on the Saiyans.