Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen and his companions arrived in a timeline where Dark Slug and Janemba Buu were wreaking havoc, and split up to fight them. As the battle turned against Son Gohan, Trunks, and Piccolo, Gohan and Trunks fused into Gohanx, leaving their fight with Slug poised to change.

• Lin Chen assigned Gohan, Trunks, and Piccolo to fight Dark Slug while he, Broly, and Shulum attacked Janemba Buu, and Frieza held back to target the Dark Demon World fighter.
• Lin Chen, Broly, and Shulum briefly overwhelmed Janemba Buu, but he regenerated around the Dark Dragon Ball and grew stronger.
• Gohan, Trunks, and Piccolo struggled against Dark Slug, whose immense strength and dark-energy blasts kept them on the defensive.
• Gohan proposed using the Fusion Dance, and Piccolo distracted Slug by whistling, exploiting the Namekian's sensitive hearing.
• Gohan and Trunks aligned their ki, performed the Fusion Dance, and emerged as Gohanx.

Gohanx discovered that the Dark Warriors could be killed by removing the Dark Dragon Balls that sustained them. After Dark Slug died, Shulum seized Janembu’s Dragon Ball, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Gohanx struggled to fight Dark Slug without damaging the unreinforced Earth, while Lin Chen and the others faced a similar dilemma against Janembu.
• Gohanx told Lin Chen that the Dark Dragon Balls were the warriors’ weakness, then tore the Dragon Ball from Slug’s body and caused Slug to explode.
• Shulum rushed Janembu and used his scythe and Reaper Soldiers to knock the Dark Dragon Ball from Janembu’s chest.
• Shulum picked up Janembu’s Dragon Ball, then slashed Janembu and the Reaper Soldiers who had helped him.

Frieza fought Shulum over the Dark Dragon Ball and gained the upper hand, but Shulum’s allies Putine and Gravy arrived through a Time-Space Gate. The three Demon Gods then divided their targets and launched a new attack on Lin Chen’s group.

• Frieza took the Dark Dragon Ball from Janemba Buu’s corpse and attacked Shulum, breaking their agreement with Lin Chen.
• Frieza transformed into Platinum Frieza, dodged Shulum’s scythe, and overwhelmed him with close-range attacks and Psychokinesis.
• Shulum sent Reaper Soldiers after Frieza, but Frieza destroyed them with Death Beams and blasted Shulum into the ground.
• Shulum rose with little apparent injury and realized Frieza and the Time Patrol were stronger than he had expected.
• Putine and Gravy arrived through a Time-Space Gate, agreed to help Shulum, and split off to attack Frieza and Gotenks’s group.

Lin Chen confronted Demon Gods Putine and Gravy after they attacked Gohanx and the others, revealing overwhelming power and defeating them with his control over time. Gravy escaped with Putine and prepared to fight again, while Lin Chen faced his lightning-enhanced transformation.

• Putine summoned a tornado that absorbed the attacks of Gohanx, Broly, Lin Luo, and Piccolo, but Lin Chen destroyed it using the powers of space and destruction.
• Putine recognized Lin Chen as the person Mechikabura had warned them about and fused her demon god power with Gravy's before he attacked Lin Chen with his hammer.
• Lin Chen transformed into Super Saiyan 4 Silver-Gray and froze Putine and Gravy with the power of time, then seized them both by the neck.
• Gravy used lightning to break free, grabbed Putine, and retreated to Shulum, telling him to protect her before preparing to fight Lin Chen again.
• Gravy summoned a lightning strike that enlarged and empowered his body, while Lin Chen watched with interest.

Dragon God Zalama discovered that Lin Chen had taken the Dark Dragon Ball, destroyed an entire space-time after confronting Mr. Popo, and prompted Chronoa to warn that Lin Chen and his allies were in danger. Meanwhile, Lin Chen dodged Gravy’s lightning attacks and shattered his Thunder Hammer with Extreme Intent Kill.

• Zalama arrived on the revived Earth, learned that the Dark Dragon Ball was missing, and used the power of miracles to revive Salusa long enough to identify Lin Chen as his killer.
• Zalama learned that Lin Chen had taken the Dark Dragon Ball, then erased Salusa when he tried to speak again.
• Mr. Popo confronted Zalama, who destroyed the Earth, sun, moon, and stars before leaving the space-time.
• Chronoa realized Zalama was behind the events and warned Son Goku and the others that Lin Chen and his allies were in danger.
• Lin Chen evaded Gravy’s Thunder Declaration with the Reverse Ultra Instinct Technique, then stopped Gravy with Extreme Intent Kill and shattered his Thunder Hammer.

Lin Chen defeated Putine, Gravy, and Shulum, then claimed their Dark Dragon Ball. As he took it, a vast presence froze Earth and a towering figure emerged through a Time-Space Gate.

• Putine and Gravy fused their wind and thunder powers into a tornado, but Lin Chen destroyed its wind eye with a Kamehameha and counterattacked with blasts of destruction.
• Putine and Gravy fled toward Shulum, who struck at Lin Chen with his soul-harvesting scythe, but Lin Chen caught and crushed the crescent shockwave.
• Lin Chen used destruction blasts infused with space power to defeat Shulum, Putine, and Gravy, then drew the Dark Dragon Ball from the crater.
• Lin Chen warned that the Dark Demon World would come after the stolen Dragon Balls, but a vast presence descended as he picked up the orb.
• Earth seemed to freeze, the groundwater rose into waterspouts, and a towering figure stepped through a Time-Space Gate.

Dragon God Zalama arrived, rescued Putine and Gravy, and killed Shulum before offering Lin Chen a place at his side in exchange for the Dark Dragon Balls. Lin Chen refused, and Zalama attacked him with a golden shockwave.

• Zalama emerged from a space-time portal and used water and golden light to revive Shulum, Putine, and Gravy.
• Zalama ordered the three to return to the Demon World, then killed Shulum with a blast of air when he tried to attack.
• Putine and Gravy fled through a spatial portal as Zalama recognized Lin Chen as the Saiyan King.
• Zalama offered to spare Lin Chen and make him his right-hand man if he surrendered the Dark Dragon Balls, but Lin Chen refused to submit.
• Zalama called Lin Chen a wild monkey and fired a golden shockwave from his eyes.

Lin Chen fought Zalama, whose power and speed overwhelmed him despite his use of Reverse Ultra Instinct and Extreme Intent Kill. Zalama revealed that he had created Reverse Ultra Instinct to defeat the Grand Minister.

• Zalama attacked Lin Chen with an eye beam that froze the surrounding space, but Lin Chen broke free and countered with a Kamehameha infused with destruction energy.
• The clash sent shockwaves through the onlookers, knocking Frieza out of sight while Lin Chen barely blocked Zalama's attack.
• Zalama rushed Lin Chen, who activated Reverse Ultra Instinct and struck first with Extreme Intent Kill, forcing Zalama back.
• Zalama charged again and knocked Lin Chen down in close combat, stunning the witnesses.
• Lin Chen and the others saw Zalama surrounded by a blood-red Reverse Ultra Instinct aura.
• Zalama revealed that he had created Reverse Ultra Instinct to defeat the Grand Minister.

Zalama revealed that he had created Reverse Ultra Instinct and Extreme Intent Kill, then overwhelmed Lin Chen and his allies with his mastery of both techniques. Lin Chen unleashed his five-rule Light of Annihilation, but Zalama answered with the Dragon Strike Cannon, whose Super Shenron blast began forcing Lin Chen’s attack backward.

• Zalama told Lin Chen that he had created Reverse Ultra Instinct and Extreme Intent Kill, then attacked and outmatched him with his perfected techniques.
• Lin Luo, Broly, and the others launched powerful attacks at Zalama, but he erased each blast with precise finger taps.
• Zalama raised his hand toward Lin Luo and the others, prompting Lin Chen to activate Super Kaioken and confront him.
• Lin Chen combined five powers of rules into the Light of Annihilation, splitting the sky over Hell and surprising Zalama.
• Zalama summoned Super Shenron’s phantom and fired the Dragon Strike Cannon, which began driving the Light of Annihilation backward.

Lin Chen fused all five powers of rules and fought Zalama until Hell was destroyed, but Mr. Popo rescued Lin Chen and the unconscious fighters. Zalama then unleashed his power into the Mortal Realm as Mr. Popo prepared to stop him.

• Lin Chen used Rules Fusion to combine his five powers of rules and strengthened his Ultimate Light of Annihilation against Zalama.
• Zalama unleashed dozens of Super Shenron phantoms, and their clash destroyed Hell; he believed Lin Chen had died and gathered the Dark Dragon Balls.
• Mr. Popo rescued Lin Chen, Son Gohan, Broly, Frieza, and the others from the void.
• Mr. Popo told Zalama he would stop him as guardian of Zalama's seal, and Zalama unleashed his power into the Mortal Realm.

Mr. Popo used Clone Fusion to combine his clones from across the timelines and confront Zalama with overwhelming power. In the Time Nest, Chronoa explained that Mr. Popo had once served Zalama and split himself into timeline-specific clones to guard the Dragon God's seals on Earth.

• Mr. Popo summoned his clones from other timelines and fused them into himself, revealing immense power that surprised Zalama.
• Chronoa and Son Goku's group watched the confrontation in the Time Nest, where Son Goku and Vegeta learned Mr. Popo's true strength and status.
• Chronoa revealed that Mr. Popo had been Zalama's divine attendant, but had accepted the task of guarding Zalama's seals instead of joining his betrayal of Zeno.
• Chronoa explained that Zalama's seal had been divided among timelines and that Mr. Popo had created clones with shared memories to protect each portion.

Chronoa explained that Mr. Popo had once served Dragon God Zalama, while Mr. Popo defeated Zalama’s attack and drove him away. Back at the Time Nest, Lin Chen reflected on his crushing defeat and resolved to get stronger, despite having lost the system.

• Chronoa explained that Bibidi had tried to break Zalama’s seal and that Mr. Popo had helped the Supreme Kai stop him in another timeline.
• Mr. Popo merged his duplicates and reversed Zalama’s Dragon Strike Cannon, destroying the Super Shenrons behind Zalama.
• Zalama escaped through a Time-Space Gate with the three Dark Dragon Balls and threatened Mr. Popo before leaving.
• Mr. Popo brought Lin Chen and the others back to the Time Nest, where Mr. Satan and Buu treated the injured fighters.
• Lin Chen recognized that his power and stamina had been insufficient against Zalama and wondered how he could grow stronger without the system.

After Zalama shattered Lin Chen’s record of invincibility, Mr. Popo offered to help him grow stronger. He took Lin Chen to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and began explaining that Lin Chen’s main weakness was his limited divine power.

• Son Gohan and the others recovered and learned that Zalama had changed the situation by defeating Lin Chen.
• Mr. Popo told Lin Chen he had a way to help him become stronger, and Lin Chen agreed to train with him.
• Lin Chen told Chronoa he would leave the Time Nest for training, and she asked him to keep the Time Ring with him.
• Mr. Popo took Lin Chen to his timeline’s Kami’s Lookout, where he separated his hundreds of avatars and led Lin Chen into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Mr. Popo plunged the chamber into darkness and told Lin Chen that his limited divine power was his greatest weakness.

Mr. Popo explained that Lin Chen was still a false god and could become a true god by forging a god's heart. Lin Chen began searching for the universe's primordial presence in an isolated void, while Zalama returned to Mechikabura with three Dark Dragon Balls.

• Mr. Popo told Lin Chen that he could become a true god by sensing the universe's primordial presence and forging a god's heart.
• Mr. Popo revealed that Dragon God Zalama had become a true god through the same path, then left Lin Chen alone in the isolated space.
• Lin Chen cast aside his conscious thoughts and began exploring the void as years passed.
• Mr. Popo secretly stayed behind to watch Lin Chen train and believed he might succeed.
• Zalama returned to Mechikabura with three Dark Dragon Balls, and Mechikabura challenged him over killing Reaper Shulum.

Zalama, wounded by Lin Chen, left the Dark Demon World’s preparations to Mechikabura while the Time Patrol assembled reinforcements for a new mission. On Gray Mountain Planet, the team encountered a masked Super Saiyan 4 Broly with a seven-star Dark Dragon Ball embedded in his chest.

• Zalama revealed that Lin Chen had badly injured him, and Mechikabura ordered the Demon Gods and Masked Legion to prepare to attack the Time Nest once Towa returned.
• Chronoa gathered Hit, Caulifla, Kale, Jiren, and Toppo to reinforce the Time Patrol and led the team through a portal to a new Space-Time Anomaly.
• The Time Patrol arrived on Gray Mountain Planet and followed an immense Ki to a valley.
• A masked, red-furred fighter attacked Lin Luo, Taro, and Lazuli, then repeatedly shouted, “Kakarot!”
• Son Goku and Vegeta recognized the attacker as another Broly, a masked Super Saiyan 4 with a seven-star Dragon Ball embedded in his chest.

Broly fought a Dark Black Broly from another timeline who had been possessed by a Dark Dragon Ball. Broly gained the upper hand by keeping his reason and using destruction-imbued attacks, leaving his opponent downed.

• The Time Patrol learned that Dark Black Broly was the Broly Lin Chen had defeated in another timeline, and that he had survived and been possessed by a Dark Dragon Ball.
• Dark Black Broly charged Son Goku, but Son Goku escaped with Instant Transmission as the attack tore through the planet.
• Broly transformed into Legendary Super Saiyan Destroyer Form and attacked his other self, drawing strength from memories of Lin Chen and his resolve to protect the world.
• Dark Black Broly grew more powerful and drove Broly underground, but Broly returned unharmed and fired an Explosive Barrage infused with the power of destruction.
• Dark Black Broly charged through the blasts and was badly injured, unable to withstand their destructive power.

Towa and Mira stole the final Dragon Ball after the Dark Masked Legion overwhelmed Broly and the others. Back in the Dark Demon World, Mechikabura prepared to send them after the last Dragon Ball in the Time Nest.

• Towa and Mira appeared, and Towa revealed that her Mind-Control Mask had brainwashed Black Broly after his battle with Broly.
• Broly attacked Towa, but Black Broly blocked him and defended her.
• Towa summoned more than a hundred members of the Dark Masked Legion, who attacked the group and destroyed the planet.
• Towa and her allies escaped with the Dragon Ball, leaving Broly and the others to return to the Time Nest.
• Chronoa learned that the Dark Demon World held six Dragon Balls and planned to contact Lin Chen.
• Mechikabura welcomed Towa and ordered her and the others to attack the Time Nest and seize its final Dragon Ball.

Mechikabura sent the Demon World Army to the Time Nest to seize the final Dragon Ball, and Demigra led the assault against Chronoa and the Time Patrol. As the battle began, a figure returned to Kami's Lookout in Android 14 Space-Time, and the Grand Minister realized he had become a true god.

• Mechikabura mobilized the Dark Masked Legion and a ten-thousand-strong Demon World Army, while Zalama temporarily lifted the seal's effects on them.
• Chronoa refused Mr. Satan's suggestions to seek help from the Angels and Gods of Destruction or move the Dark Dragon Ball to another space-time.
• Demigra arrived at the Time Nest with Towa, Putine, Gravy, Mira, and the Demon World Army, then knocked Son Goku out of Super Saiyan Blue with one blow.
• Chronoa refused Demigra's demand for the Dragon Ball, and Demigra ordered his army to destroy the Time Nest and find it.
• A figure returned to Kami's Lookout in Android 14 Space-Time, and the Grand Minister saw his Staff glow and recognized that the figure had become a true god.

Lin Chen became a true god, gained the ability to draw on godly aura and Saiyan faith power, and learned that the Dark Demon World was attacking the Time Nest. He rushed to help Chronoa as the Time Patrol's defenders were driven back toward the Dark Dragon Balls beneath the great tree.

• Lin Chen sensed godly aura and faith power after completing his transformation into a true god, and Mr. Popo explained that Saiyans' faith in him supplied power he could use.
• The Grand Minister told Lin Chen that the Dark Demon World was assaulting the Time Nest and that gods could not enter, so Lin Chen promised to help Chronoa and vanished.
• Gohanx rescued Piccolo from three Dark Mask Warriors and sent him to Buu for healing before returning to the battle.
• The Time Patrol struggled against the Demon World Army, relying on fused warriors and Chronoa's time powers as they retreated toward the great tree where the Dark Dragon Balls were hidden.

Gogeta and Broly battled brainwashed foes from other timelines while the Z Fighters struggled against the Dark Demon World's army. Towa and Mira fused into Super Mira and threatened Lazuli, but Lin Chen finally appeared to protect her.

• Gogeta used Kaioken times ten to defeat the masked warriors and discovered they were Bardock and King Vegeta from another timeline.
• Broly struggled against Dark Black Broly and a brainwashed, masked Paragus, while Frieza, Jiren, Toppo, and the others fought waves of Demon World warriors.
• Demigra and Towa held back because they feared Lin Chen, then Demigra ordered Towa and Mira to attack the fighters and draw him out.
• Towa and Mira fused into Super Mira, who stopped Lin Luo and prepared to attack Lazuli.
• Lin Chen appeared, destroyed the black energy in Super Mira's hand, and the fighting stopped as everyone recognized him.