Chapter Summaries

Vegeta claimed that his black eyes marked a Super Saiyan Fifth Grade transformation and used twentyfold Super Kaioken to overwhelm Son Goku, but Son Goku escaped his strongest attacks with Instant Transmission. Son Goku recovered beside Piccolo, who pleaded with him to remember his past, while Son Goku insisted he was Kakarot.

• Vegeta revealed his black eyes and declared that he had become a Super Saiyan Fifth Grade before powering up with twentyfold Super Kaioken.
• Vegeta attacked Son Goku with a Ki Blast, rapid strikes, and Big Bang Attack, but Son Goku avoided the worst damage by defending himself.
• Vegeta's aura began to fade as the twentyfold Kaioken drained him, and Son Goku used Instant Transmission to catch him off guard.
• Vegeta resumed twentyfold Kaioken, waited for an opening, and fired a point-blank Big Bang Attack, but Son Goku teleported away just before it hit.
• Son Goku appeared beside Piccolo and recovered while Piccolo regretted holding him back and urged him to remember his past.
• Son Goku told Piccolo that he was Kakarot, not Son Goku, and Piccolo reminded him that he had Gohan and Goten.

Son Goku exposed the limits of Vegeta’s Super Kaioken and gained the upper hand after Vegeta transformed into Super Saiyan 3. Lin Chen understood Vegeta’s technique and began considering how to apply its principle himself.

• Piccolo tried to reach Son Goku by reminding him of Gohan and Goten, but Son Goku rejected his family and transformed into Super Saiyan 3.
• Piccolo flew toward Son Gohan, Trunks, and the others while Vegeta tracked down Son Goku.
• Vegeta activated twentyfold Super Kaioken, but Son Goku used Instant Transmission to evade him and explained that Vegeta’s Super Saiyan Fifth Grade could only safely support tenfold Kaioken and sustain the peak for fifteen seconds.
• Lin Chen understood the limits of Vegeta’s Super Kaioken and wondered whether he could retain another transformation’s power in a similar way.
• Vegeta transformed into Super Saiyan 3, but Son Goku overwhelmed him with a counterattack and declared that Vegeta could no longer defeat him.

Vegeta fought Son Goku with everything he had, but Son Goku ultimately won and prepared to finish him. Son Gohan then learned from Shenron that Majin Buu's demonic energy had awakened Son Goku's innate Saiyan violence, which Shenron could not change.

• Vegeta realized how to use Super Saiyan 3 full power and gained the advantage with a sudden increase in speed.
• Vegeta used Instant Transmission against Son Goku, and the two fought a brutal, exhausting battle across the battlefield.
• Son Goku defeated Vegeta, who lay unable to move as Son Goku prepared to deliver the finishing blow.
• Son Gohan summoned Shenron and wished for Son Goku to return to his former gentle self, but Shenron refused.
• Shenron explained that Majin Buu's demonic energy had awakened Son Goku's innate violent Saiyan nature, and Piccolo told Son Gohan they could not save him through Shenron.

Son Goku attacked Piccolo, Son Gohan, Son Goten, Trunks, and Vegeta after they summoned Shenron, forcing the sons to fight their father. Fat Buu intervened and drove Son Goku away, then healed the injured fighters.

• Son Goku arrived carrying the unconscious Vegeta and attacked Son Goten when he pleaded with him to return to normal.
• Son Goku used Instant Transmission to block Piccolo and the others, then dropped Vegeta and immediately fired a Ki Blast at him.
• Trunks deflected the blast, and Son Gohan and Son Goten joined him in fighting Son Goku, but he quickly overpowered all three.
• Piccolo prepared to intervene as Son Goku injured Son Goten and Son Gohan, but Fat Buu attacked and forced Son Goku to retreat.
• Fat Buu healed Son Goten and restored Vegeta's strength at Piccolo's request.

Piccolo urged Gohan and the others to ask Shenron how to restore Son Goku, and Shenron revealed that Lin Chen could overpower him and drive out his awakened Saiyan nature. Son Goku learned that Lin Chen was nearby but chose to recover first, while Lin Chen remained unaware that his identity and location had been revealed.

• Piccolo stopped Vegeta from pursuing Son Goku and suggested asking Shenron how to turn him back to normal.
• Son Gohan wished for Shenron to explain how to restore Son Goku, and Shenron said someone had to overpower him with righteous energy and call back the heart of the other Son Goku.
• Shenron named Lin Chen as the person who could defeat Son Goku and gave his location east of King Kai's Planet.
• Piccolo said Dende could take them to the Other World, so Son Gohan, Vegeta, and the others flew toward Kami's Lookout.
• Son Goku heard Shenron's answer through North Kai, questioned why he could not sense Lin Chen, and resumed recovering his ki.
• Lin Chen watched Son Goku from afar without knowing Shenron had revealed his name and location.

After recovering, Son Goku described glimpsing alternate worlds and powerful Saiyan forms, which Lin Chen suspected came from an accidental awakening of time-related power. Son Gohan and the others arrived, and Son Goku suddenly attacked Lin Chen before appearing beside him.

• Son Goku quickly recovered his ki and sensed that he had grown stronger after fighting Vegeta.
• Son Goku told King Kai that he had glimpsed other worlds, where Gods of Destruction and different versions of people existed.
• Lin Chen concluded that Son Goku may have inadvertently used King Kai to observe other timelines, but wondered whether this was the clue he sought.
• Piccolo, Son Gohan, and the others arrived near King Kai's Planet and changed course toward Lin Chen.
• Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 3, fired a Kamehameha at Lin Chen, then appeared beside him and greeted him.

Lin Chen confronted an evil Son Goku, who attacked him after learning he was a powerful Saiyan from another timeline. Lin Chen overwhelmed Goku in their first exchange, but Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 3 and resumed the fight against Lin Chen’s legendary Super Saiyan 2.

• Son Gohan and the others explained that Shenron had identified Lin Chen as someone who could save them from Son Goku.
• Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and attacked Lin Chen, who caught his punch and sent him flying with one blow.
• Son Gohan relayed Shenron’s explanation, and Lin Chen decided he could act without disrupting history.
• Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 3 and launched a barrage of fireballs at Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen blocked the attack with a barrier, transformed into legendary Super Saiyan 2, and clashed with Son Goku at great speed.

Lin Chen overpowered Son Goku in Other World, forcing Goku to flee to Earth after his attack on Son Gohan and the others failed. On Earth, Goku began gathering—and then forcibly stealing—life energy to create a massive Evil Spirit Bomb against Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen revealed his full power in Legendary Super Saiyan 2 and surpassed Son Goku, whose transformation also threatened to destroy King Kai's Planet.
• Son Goku attacked Son Gohan, Trunks, Son Goten, Piccolo, and Fat Buu, but a giant ki blast from Lin Chen deflected his attack.
• Son Goku escaped to Earth with Instant Transmission and returned to his base form, deciding Super Saiyan 3 was not enough to defeat Lin Chen.
• Son Goku raised his hands and gathered Earth's life energy to create an Evil Spirit Bomb.
• When the gathered energy seemed insufficient, Son Goku forcibly drained more life energy, causing countless people across Earth to collapse.

Son Goku used an Evil Spirit Bomb made from stolen life energy to attack Lin Chen, who stopped it with his Black God Form. Son Goku then revealed he wanted to try another Saiyan transformation, and a tail appeared behind him.

• Lin Chen heard from King Kai that Son Goku had fled to Earth and prepared an Evil Spirit Bomb by draining life energy from living beings.
• Lin Chen used Instant Transmission to reach Earth, where Son Goku immediately launched the enormous Evil Spirit Bomb at him.
• Lin Chen transformed into Super Saiyan God, Black God Form, caught the Spirit Bomb, and sent it into space with a Kamehameha.
• Son Goku evaded the attack with Instant Transmission and said he wanted to try a Saiyan transformation that could rival a god through physical power.
• A tail appeared behind Son Goku as Lin Chen asked what he meant.

Son Goku used knowledge from other space-times to transform directly into Super Saiyan 4 and resumed his fight with Lin Chen. After Son Goku’s Kamehameha engulfed Lin Chen, Lin Chen emerged unharmed and said he would get serious.

• Son Goku revealed that King Kai had restored his tail, then threw an energy sphere into the sky to create an Artificial Moon.
• Lin Chen scattered the sphere, but Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 4 without needing a moon.
• Son Goku explained that he had merged with versions of himself from other space-times and inherited their knowledge, including how to transform into Super Saiyan 4.
• Son Goku attacked Lin Chen, who blocked his strikes and sent him flying with a sweeping kick.
• Son Goku fired a Kamehameha that engulfed Lin Chen and blasted through the Earth into space.
• Lin Chen reappeared unharmed and told Son Goku he would get serious.

Lin Chen defeated Son Goku by demonstrating his control over time, space, destruction, and creation, proving that his power had truly reached the realm of the gods. He then restored Son Goku’s original consciousness, leaving him alive but burdened with remorse for the catastrophe he had caused.

• Son Goku argued that Super Saiyan 4 drew on true Saiyan potential while Super Saiyan God merely imitated divine ki, then attacked Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen froze Son Goku with Time Prison and struck him, then used space and time powers to land further blows.
• Lin Chen used Destruction to erase Son Goku’s right arm, then used creation power to restore it and declared that he was a god.
• Son Goku reverted to base form and admitted defeat, and Lin Chen promised to restore his original self rather than kill him.
• After Son Gohan and the others returned from King Kai's Planet, Lin Chen awakened Son Goku’s original consciousness, and the evil Saiyan Kakarot ceased to exist.
• Son Goku regretted the catastrophe he had caused, while his companions stayed by him as he began to recover.

After the crisis in No. 141 Space-Time, Lin Chen learned that Son Goku planned to leave Earth out of fear that his Saiyan nature might endanger it. Son Goku revealed a path to Super Saiyan 5, leaving Lin Chen to reconsider whether Saiyans should seek divine power or draw strength from their bloodline.

• Lin Chen found Son Goku packing for a journey and learned he planned to leave Earth permanently and live with King Kai to protect others from the dangerous Kakarot within him.
• Lin Chen asked Son Goku about a form beyond Super Saiyan 4, and Son Goku said he had seen a transformation called Super Saiyan 5.
• Son Goku explained that Super Saiyan 4 came from transforming a Golden Great Ape back into humanoid form, while Super Saiyan 5 required a Great Ape's Super Saiyan 2 transformation, attained through extreme emotions.
• Lin Chen left No. 141 Space-Time with the Super Saiyan 5 clue and new ideas inspired by Evil Son Goku and Vegeta's Super Saiyan Fifth Grade.
• Lin Chen questioned whether Super Saiyan God was the right path for Saiyans, whose true source of strength lay in their bloodline.

After returning from Space-Time 141, Lin Chen went to train at the boundary between Universe 7 and Universe 6. Meanwhile, the two Zenos decided to hold a tournament and summoned the deities of all twelve universes, who gathered at Zeno's Palace.

• Lin Chen headed to the isolated region between Universe 7 and Universe 6 to train for Super Saiyan 5.
• The two Zenos grew bored of their games and decided to hold a martial arts tournament after the Grand Minister suggested one.
• The present Zeno also proposed eliminating low-level universes, and the Grand Minister summoned the deities of all twelve universes.
• Whis told Beerus about the summons, and Beerus recognized it as the tournament Lin Chen had predicted and brought Broly along.
• Vados told Champa that Universe 7 would be a formidable opponent, and Champa hurried to attend the gathering.
• The Grand Minister transported the highest deities of all twelve universes to Zeno's Palace, where they bowed to Zeno and the Grand Minister.

The Grand Minister announced that Zeno would hold a Tournament of Power to decide which universes would be erased, while Universes 1, 5, 8, and 12 were exempt. The two Zenos agreed to watch an exhibition match between Universes 9 and 6, and the Grand Minister selected those universes to compete.

• The gods gathered before two Zenos, and Champa suspected Beerus was responsible for the second Zeno's appearance.
• The Grand Minister introduced Toppo as Universe 11's God of Destruction candidate, while Beerus identified Broly as Universe 7's candidate.
• The Grand Minister announced the Tournament of Power and explained that losing universes would be erased, along with their Supreme Kais and Gods of Destruction.
• The Grand Minister exempted Universes 1, 5, 8, and 12 because they ranked highest in average level, leaving the other eight universes at risk.
• The Grand Minister proposed an exhibition match for the future Zeno and selected Universes 9 and 6 as the lowest-ranked universes.

Champa persuaded the Zenos to have Universe 7 face Universe 9 in exhibition matches, then blamed Universe 7 for the tournament. Beerus brought Broly, Son Goku, and Vegeta as contestants, while Lin Chen remained away training and unreachable.

• The Grand Minister announced that Universes 9 and 6 would have the lowest strength ratings and initially assigned them to face each other.
• Champa objected and blamed Lin Chen and Universe 7 for the tournament, prompting the other Gods of Destruction to question him.
• After hearing that Universe 7 had brought the future Zeno, both Zenos asked to watch its fighters, and the Grand Minister assigned Universe 7 to face Universe 9.
• The Grand Minister announced that each universe would send three fighters for one-on-one matches, with victory by ring-out or surrender and no killing allowed.
• The Gods of Destruction turned hostile toward Beerus after Champa blamed Universe 7, while Beerus returned with Broly, Son Goku, and Vegeta as contestants.
• Whis told the Grand Minister that Lin Chen was training elsewhere and could not be contacted, but that the Supreme Kai of Time could help find him when the official tournament began.

The Grand Minister tried to summon Lin Chen to the exhibition matches, but Lin Chen was transformed into a mindless Great Ape and could not be contacted. Universe 9 arrived boasting of its Trio of Danger, and the first match began as Son Goku stepped into the ring against Basil.

• Both Zenos asked the Grand Minister to bring Lin Chen, and the Grand Minister discovered Lin Chen was at the boundary between Universe 6 and Universe 7.
• The Grand Minister's summoning attempt failed, and he saw that Lin Chen had become a mindless Great Ape who could not be contacted.
• Supreme Kai Lour arrived with Universe 9's fighters and proclaimed that Universe 9 would defeat Universe 7, introducing Bergamo, Lavender, and Basil as the Trio of Danger.
• Beerus warned Son Goku, Vegeta, and Broly that he would erase anyone who lost a match, while Son Goku and Vegeta promised Universe 7 would win.
• The Grand Minister called for the first exhibition match, Lour sent Basil into the ring, and Son Goku volunteered to fight him.

Son Goku defeated Basil in the first match of the Zeno Exhibition, winning the Zenos’ attention with Super Saiyan Blue. Vegeta entered the Ring for Universe 7’s second match against Universe 9’s Lavender.

• Son Goku called out to the two Zenos, determined to prove his strength, and the Grand Minister began the first match against Basil.
• Basil attacked at high speed, but Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan Blue and blasted him back with his aura.
• Son Goku struck Basil twice at overwhelming speed, knocking him unconscious in a crater and winning the match for Universe 7.
• The two Zenos praised Son Goku, who asked to fight all three opponents before the Grand Minister explained that each match required different fighters.
• Vegeta entered the Ring for the second match, and Lour sent Lavender to fight him with his deadly poison.

Vegeta faced Lavender of Universe 9 and overcame his poison gas with a blue transformation and an overwhelming energy field. He blasted Lavender out of the ring, giving Universe 7 the victory and leaving the other universes wary of its strength.

• Lavender struck Vegeta and poisoned his eyes with purplish-black gas, then attacked while Vegeta appeared unable to fight back.
• Vegeta revealed that the poison had not defeated him and transformed, turning his hair and eyes blue.
• Vegeta unleashed an expanding energy field that shattered the ring and drove Lavender toward its edge.
• Lavender's Deadly Poison Attack failed to stop the energy field, and Vegeta blasted him out of the ring.
• The Grand Minister declared Vegeta the winner, prompting the other universes to recognize that Universe 7 was not to be underestimated.

After Vegeta’s victory, Champa warned the other universes that Universe 7 had more powerful fighters, and the final exhibition match began between Bergamo and Broly. Bergamo’s ability to absorb attacks gave him an advantage over Broly’s base form, but Broly transformed into the Legendary Super Saiyan, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Whis healed Vegeta, who returned to the stands as Goku praised his performance.
• Champa announced that Universe 7 and Universe 6 each had several fighters as strong as the ones who had just fought, alarming the other universes.
• The Grand Minister began the final match, and Sidra sent Bergamo to fight for Universe 9.
• Broly entered the Ring, prompting Zeno and Future Zeno to recognize him and excitedly refer to one against five.
• Bergamo absorbed Broly’s physical attacks and grew strong enough to overpower him in base form.
• Broly transformed into the Legendary Super Saiyan, stunning the Gods of Destruction.

Broly fought Bergamo, whose Crusher technique absorbed the power of attacks, healed his injuries, and made him grow stronger. After matching Bergamo’s increasing strength and revealing power beyond a God of Destruction, Broly transformed again, displaying an aura identified as the power of a God of Destruction.

• Bergamo absorbed the force of Broly’s attacks and grew larger and stronger, then struck Broly with increased power.
• Lour explained that Bergamo’s Crusher technique turned incoming attacks into his own strength, prompting Broly to transform into Legendary Super Saiyan Full Power Form.
• Broly’s power rose to the level of a God of Destruction, and the collision between his fist and Bergamo’s shattered the ring tiles and injured Bergamo.
• Bergamo healed and grew into a towering giant, then forced Broly back with a counterattack.
• Broly transformed again, and his purplish-black ki, red chest marking, and purple hair astonished the Angels, who recognized the power of a God of Destruction.