Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen and warriors from several universes returned to Universe 7 after learning Hearts was gathering energy with the Universe Seed. They confronted Hearts and his allies on Planet Vegeta, where Hearts revealed his plan to free mortals from the gods.

• Jiren and Toppo told Lin Chen that Hearts had attacked their universes and was collecting energy for the Universe Seed, while Kai sensed its presence in Universe 7.
• Lin Chen, Jiren, Hit, and warriors from Universes 2, 3, 6, 7, and 11 traveled together to Planet Vegeta with the help of both Supreme Kais.
• Hearts and his group appeared above Planet Vegeta’s Royal Capital, and Hearts imprisoned the Saiyan Super Saiyan God Defense Force in colored cubes before they could reach the Universe Seed.
• Lin Chen and the others arrived and rescued the falling Saiyans, then confronted Hearts and his larger group of allies.
• Hearts told Kai that his goal was to free mortals from the gods.

Hearts explained his plan to use the Universe Seed to destroy the gods and ordered his fighters to attack Lin Chen’s group. Lin Chen faced them alone and killed Lagss, while the Universe Seed still needed energy from Universe 7.

• Hearts declared that he was a revolutionary seeking to free mortals from the gods and claimed the Universe Seed could destroy Zeno once fully charged.
• Hearts ordered Kamin, Oren, Zamasu, Cumber, and Lagss to attack and make Universe 7’s energy part of the Universe Seed.
• Shin warned that any damage suffered in battle would become energy for the Universe Seed, and Lin Chen volunteered to fight the attackers alone.
• Lin Chen ordered the Saiyans in the Royal Capital to evacuate, then transformed into Super Saiyan 4 Silver Gray as Lagss attacked with glass icebergs and spikes.
• Lin Chen sent Lagss’s glass attacks into the sun, struck her from behind, and shattered her; Hearts vowed to revive her once the Universe Seed was fully charged.

After Lagss died, Kamin and Oren fused into Omin the God, who proved resistant to Lin Chen’s attacks until Lin Chen used the power of destruction to sever his arm. Fused Zamasu intervened and fought Lin Chen, but Lin Chen revealed his greater strength and sent Zamasu flying.

• Kamin and Oren fused into Omin the God, whose body initially resisted Lin Chen’s Ki Sickle.
• Lin Chen imbued his Ki Sickle with the power of destruction and destroyed Omin’s right arm.
• Fused Zamasu stopped Lin Chen from attacking Omin and challenged him, revealing he had survived by staying away from the other Zamasus and growing stronger across different space-times.
• Lin Chen and Zamasu clashed, and Lin Chen recognized Zamasu’s mastery of destruction and space but said he had grown stronger too.
• Lin Chen moved behind Zamasu, slashed his chest, and kicked him in the face, sending him flying.

Lin Chen overwhelmed Zamasu, but Hearts empowered Omin with the Universe Seed and used the distraction to seize Zamasu for his immortal power. The chapter ended with Hearts revealing that he had recruited Zamasu to strengthen the Universe Seed.

• Lin Chen questioned Hearts about recruiting Zamasu, then battered Zamasu until he could no longer move.
• Hearts empowered Omin with the Universe Seed, transforming him into a gigantic warrior who attacked Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen abandoned his chance to finish Zamasu and fought Omin’s powerful assault.
• Hearts rescued the defeated Zamasu, then grabbed him and revealed he had planned to exploit Zamasu’s immortal body and miraculous power.

Hearts turned Zamasu into a Cube and fed it to the Giant Crystal, but it was not enough to complete the Universe Seed. As Lin Chen battled Divine Oren, Hearts began draining Oren’s power and declared that he would sacrifice Oren and Kamin to bring the Seed into existence.

• Hearts crushed Zamasu’s neck, sealed him inside a Cube, and flew toward the Giant Crystal above the Royal Capital.
• Jiren confronted Cumber, revealing that Cumber had killed his master, Gicchin, while Toppo and the others pursued Hearts.
• Hearts blocked Broly and the others with a wall of Cubes and placed Zamasu’s Cube into the Crystal, but the Crystal remained unchanged.
• Hearts realized the Crystal still lacked power and turned his attention to Lin Chen and Divine Oren.
• Hearts drained the power from Oren’s Red Gem and announced that he would sacrifice Oren and Kamin to bring forth the Universe Seed.

Hearts absorbed the Universe Seed and Omin, transforming into Super Hearts and using gravity rules to crush the fighters. Lin Chen countered with five powers of rules and attacked, but their clash showed Hearts had surpassed Jiren, leaving Lin Chen to weigh whether to use his remaining trump cards.

• Hearts absorbed the Universe Seed, the twelve universes’ energy, and Omin, then fused with the golden crystal to become Super Hearts.
• Hearts used gravity rules to force Lin Chen and the other fighters toward the ground, while Jiren continued battling Cumber.
• Lin Chen unleashed the powers of destruction, creation, miracle, time, and space to neutralize Hearts’s gravity rules.
• Lin Chen attacked Hearts with a Ki Sickle, but the twelve green orbs deflected it and shattered the weapon.
• Lin Chen and Hearts exchanged a punch that shook the surroundings, and Lin Chen realized Hearts was stronger than Jiren.
• Lin Chen hesitated over using Reverse Ultra Instinct because of its consequences.

Jiren fought Cumber to avenge his master, Gicchin, and initially overwhelmed him. After Cumber’s mask shattered and he transformed into Super Saiyan 3, Jiren awakened a silvery-white aura and struck Cumber through the heart, breaking his vow never to kill.

• Jiren attacked Cumber relentlessly, but Cumber used evil ki claws to create an opening and land a punch of his own.
• Jiren countered with a punch that knocked Cumber down, and he stood over him, thinking of avenging Gicchin.
• Cumber’s mask shattered, releasing his full power as he transformed into Super Saiyan 3.
• Cumber overpowered Jiren and sent him flying, but Jiren reined in his aura instead of giving up.
• Jiren awakened a silvery-white aura, dodged Cumber’s next attack, and struck him through the heart.

Jiren killed Cumber and rushed to help Lin Chen, who was struggling against Hearts. Hearts trapped Lin Chen and the others with his Gravity Prison, then used a black hole to pull Jiren in.

• Cumber died after realizing Jiren knew Ultra Instinct, freeing Jiren from his ten-thousand-year guilt.
• Jiren sensed Hearts's immense power and headed toward the battle between Hearts and Lin Chen.
• Hearts trapped Lin Chen and the others beneath crushing gravity and colorful cubes, leaving them unable to fight back.
• Jiren arrived and attacked Hearts, but Hearts recognized his Ultra Instinct and created a black hole that began pulling him in.
• Jiren struggled against the black hole's pull, but his Ultra Instinct could not evade an attack coming from every direction.

Lin Chen and Broly fused into Lin Broly, who shattered Hearts’s gravity cages and destroyed the black hole holding Jiren. Lin Broly prepared to face Hearts with power that astonished both him and Jiren.

• With Jiren trapped in Hearts’s black hole, Broly urged Lin Chen to fuse rather than use Reverse Ultra Instinct.
• Lin Chen used his Potara Earrings to fuse with Broly after Shin could not give them his earrings.
• The fusion unleashed enough power to shatter Hearts’s gravity cages across the battlefield.
• The fused warrior named himself Lin Broly and transformed, covering his body in red fur.
• Lin Broly fired an Energy Blast into the black hole, destroying it and freeing Jiren.
• Hearts and Jiren sensed Lin Broly’s immense power as he challenged Hearts to fight.

Lin Broly overwhelmed Hearts in combat, then confronted Hearts’s Gravity Starfall, a colossal meteor aimed at Planet Vegeta. Lin Broly’s Kamehameha pierced the meteor and began breaking it apart, while the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Lin Broly trapped Hearts’s Gravity Barrier and then overpowered Hearts’s gravity techniques with Super Kaioken and a barrage of punches.
• Hearts rose again, unleashed more power, and revealed that he had been drawing a meteor hundreds of kilometers wide toward Planet Vegeta.
• Hearts used Gravity Starfall to send the meteor plunging toward the planet, and its inhabitants prayed for their king to save them.
• Lin Broly gathered energy for a Kamehameha as Hearts poured all his power into the meteor.
• Lin Broly’s Kamehameha pierced the meteor, which began breaking apart above Planet Vegeta.

Lin Broly shattered Hearts' meteor and defeated him in a direct clash, while the Saiyans helped Jiren, Hit, and the others destroy every falling fragment. As Hearts invoked the Universe Seed and the power of miracles to survive, both began leaving his body and merging with the twelve green orbs.

• Hearts' Gravity Starfall shattered under Lin Broly's attack, sending deadly fragments toward Planet Vegeta.
• Jiren, Hit, and the others attacked the fragments, and the Saiyans joined in with thousands of Ki Blasts until the sky was clear.
• Lin Broly charged Hearts in space, overpowered him, and pierced his chest with the Dragon Fist.
• Hearts invited Lin Broly and the Saiyans to join his campaign against the gods, but Lin Broly refused and prepared to finish him.
• Hearts claimed the Universe Seed and the power of miracles made him invincible, but his energy began leaking away as the Universe Seed left his chest and merged with the twelve green orbs.

Lin Chen watched Hearts die after learning that Zalama had used him to gather power, and Hearts asked him to protect humanity. The Universe Seed returned to Zalama in the Dark Demon World, where Zalama absorbed its power and revealed his scheme to Mechikabura.

• The Universe Seed and the power of miracles left Hearts, whose body began crumbling as he realized he had been Zalama’s pawn.
• Hearts told Lin Chen that Zalama had given him the Universe Seed and asked him to save humanity before vanishing.
• Lin Chen and Broly ended their fusion, while the Grand Minister returned to Zeno’s Palace and the Gods of Destruction played hide-and-seek with Zeno.
• The Universe Seed returned to the Dark Demon World, and its golden radiance burned the Demon World Creatures that tried to seize it.
• Zalama caught and swallowed the Universe Seed, then admitted to Mechikabura that he had used Hearts to gather energy and restore his power.

After defeating Hearts, Lin Chen learned that the Angels and Gods of Destruction had been gathered at Zeno’s Palace and sent the survivors to retrieve Planet Vegeta’s Dragon Balls to revive the dead. He returned to the Time Nest with Broly and discovered that the Time Patrol had suffered severe losses in battles tied to the Dark Dragon Balls, which the Demon World had stolen.

• Lin Chen told Jiren and the others that Hearts had been behind the disaster, and the Universe 6 Namekians were shocked to hear that Zalama was implicated.
• Fuwa revealed that the Angels and Gods of Destruction from every universe were at Zeno’s Palace, and Jiren asked Lin Chen to use the Super Dragon Balls to revive the dead.
• Wary of the Super Dragon Balls, Lin Chen sent Paragus and the others to fetch Planet Vegeta’s Dragon Balls, then took Broly to the Time Nest.
• Lin Chen arrived at the Time Nest and found Chronoa, Son Goku, Vegeta, and the others exhausted, while Buu had been brought in as a medic.
• Son Goku and the others told Lin Chen that Gravy and Putine had taken one Dark Dragon Ball, and the Demon World Army had taken another after grievously injuring Son Gohan and Piccolo.

Chronoa explained that the Dark Dragon Balls may have been created by a duplicate of the sealed Dragon God Zalama, leaving Piccolo devastated. Lin Chen joined the Time Patrol to investigate a new Anomaly on a dying Earth, where he recognized a gigantic root as belonging to the Tree of Might.

• Chronoa said Zalama had rebelled against Zeno, been sealed, and sent a duplicate into the Dark Demon World to create the Dark Dragon Balls.
• Piccolo collapsed in despair after learning of Zalama’s actions, while Gohan tried to comfort him.
• Chronoa urged the group to stop the Anomalies and seize at least one Dark Dragon Ball, and Lin Chen agreed to help the Time Patrol.
• Lin Chen brought Broly to join his sons’ team as the Time Patrol reorganized to investigate a new Anomaly.
• Lin Chen’s team arrived on a desolate Earth and discovered an enormous exposed root that Lin Chen identified as part of the Tree of Might.

Lin Chen and his companions traced the Tree of Might to a battle and found Turles empowered by a Dark Dragon Ball. Broly challenged him but was knocked down with one punch, and the chapter ended as Broly transformed into his Legendary Super Saiyan Destroyer Form.

• Lin Chen explained that the Tree of Might drained a planet’s life and that Turles had once used one on Planet Vegeta.
• Lin Chen led the group toward the Tree of Might’s trunk, where an explosion revealed a battle with a fighter from the Dark Demon World.
• Turles defeated the Dark Demon World fighter, who fled into black mist when Lin Chen and his companions arrived.
• Broly stepped forward to take on Turles and transformed into his Legendary Super Saiyan Full Power Form.
• Turles struck Broly down with one punch, so Broly transformed into his Legendary Super Saiyan Destroyer Form.

Broly and Taro defeated Turles after the Tree of Might fruit amplified the Dark Dragon Ball’s power, destroying the Tree of Might with him. As Lazuli went to retrieve the remaining Dark Dragon Ball, Lin Chen caught a hidden attacker’s blade and revealed Salusa, a Demon God from the Dark Demon World.

• Broly knocked Turles down, but Turles ate a Tree of Might fruit and gained enough power to turn the fight around.
• Lin Luo and Taro fused to aid Broly, while Lin Chen discovered that the fruit acted as a catalyst for the Dark Dragon Ball’s power.
• Turles ate another fruit and unleashed a devastating attack, but Taro and Broly combined their powers to destroy him and the Tree of Might.
• Lin Chen stopped a blade aimed at Lazuli, dragged its hidden attacker out of space, and identified him as Salusa.
• Salusa demanded the Dark Dragon Ball and threatened to spare their lives if they handed it over.

Lin Chen defeated Salusa after the Demon God used the Wildness Law and tried to escape. Mechikabura sensed Salusa’s death, and Zalama set out to protect the plan for the Dark Dragon Balls as Lin Chen’s group recovered their first Black Dragon Ball.

• Lin Chen transformed into Super Saiyan 4 Silver Gray and overwhelmed Salusa, whose Wildness Law had dissipated Lin Chen’s power of destruction.
• Salusa unleashed Demon God ki and attempted to escape in black mist, but Lin Chen trapped him with the power of space and killed him with Dragon Fist.
• Mechikabura sensed Salusa’s death and learned that the Dark Dragon Ball’s location was unknown; Zalama entered a golden space-time portal to investigate.
• Mechikabura ordered someone to bring Towa to him so he could check the Masked Legion’s preparations.
• Lin Chen and his companions obtained their first Black Dragon Ball, and Lin Chen sensed the immense power of miracles within it.

After resolving Turles’s anomaly and recovering a Dark Dragon Ball, Lin Chen’s team went to the Other World to help Son Goku and Vegeta, whose team was fighting Janemba. Janemba had gained a Dark Dragon Ball, and Goku and Vegeta prepared to fuse as the battle turned desperate.

• Lin Chen returned to the Time Nest with a Dark Dragon Ball, where Buu healed the team and Chronoa secured the Dragon Ball.
• Lin Chen learned that Son Goku and Vegeta’s team was still fighting, then had Buu restore his stamina before heading to support them.
• Lin Chen’s team arrived in an Other World thrown into chaos after King Yemma and the ogres were sealed away, and Lin Luo detected the anomaly there.
• The team found King Yemma’s Palace sealed in crystal and sensed Son Goku’s companions battling in the depths of the Other World.
• As Son Gohan, Piccolo, Trunks, and Frieza held off Janemba, Vegeta asked Son Goku to fuse, and the group realized Janemba had obtained a Dark Dragon Ball.

Son Goku and the Time Patrol fought Dark Janemba and Shulum's Reaper army in Hell, where Gogeta managed to knock the Dark Dragon Ball from Janemba. Shulum stole Gogeta's soul power to break the fusion and raced for the ball, but new arrivals from the Demon World stopped him.

• Shulum and his Reaper Soldiers joined the battle between the Time Patrol and Dark Janemba, turning it into a three-way fight.
• Son Goku and Vegeta fused into Super Saiyan Blue Gogeta, who relentlessly attacked Dark Janemba and knocked the Dark Dragon Ball from his chest.
• Shulum ordered the Reaper Soldiers to sacrifice themselves to hold Frieza back, then rushed toward the fallen Dragon Ball.
• Shulum struck Gogeta with a phantom reaper and drained his soul power, forcing him back into Son Goku and Vegeta.
• As Shulum approached the Dragon Ball, several figures arrived and one of them struck a shockwave before him, stopping his advance.

Lin Chen and his allies confronted Shulum in Hell, but Majin Buu appeared with a Dark Dragon Ball and absorbed Janemba's remains, gaining immense power. Buu opened a rift to pursue another Dark Dragon Ball, and Lin Chen's group set off after him while Shulum also gave chase.

• Lin Chen arrived in Hell and stopped Shulum from attacking Son Goku and the others, but Shulum challenged him to a fight.
• Majin Buu stole the Dark Dragon Ball, and Shulum explained that Buu had devoured the Demon God who previously took the Three-Star Dark Dragon Ball.
• Lin Chen and Broly prepared to fight Shulum and Buu, but Janemba's remains flew into Buu, who absorbed them and became far stronger.
• Shulum proposed a temporary truce with Lin Chen, but Buu opened a space rift and vanished through it to pursue another Dark Dragon Ball.
• Shulum chased after Buu, and Lin Chen ordered Lazuli to take Son Goku, Vegeta, and the others to the Time Nest while he and the rest pursued Buu.
• Frieza asked to join the pursuit, and Son Goku warned Lin Chen that Shulum's power of rules had stripped Gogeta of his strength with a light cut.