Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen arrived at the Time Nest, rescued Lazuli, and devastated the Dark Demon World army with his Light of Annihilation. After Chronoa realized he had become a True God, Demigra sent more fighters to attack, and Lin Chen stood alone to face them.

• Lin Chen rescued Lazuli, brought her to Chronoa, and rallied the Time Patrol members to defend the Time Nest.
• Lin Chen stopped his allies from joining the fight and destroyed most of the Demon World army and Dark Mask Warriors with the Light of Annihilation.
• Chronoa recognized that Lin Chen had become a True God, astonishing the Time Patrol members.
• Demigra ordered Putine, Gravy, Super Mira, and the remaining Dark Mask Warriors to attack Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen refused to retreat or accept help as the enemy forces charged toward him.

Lin Chen faced the Demon World's combined assault after becoming a true god and overwhelmed its strongest fighters. He defeated the Demon Gods and the Dark Mask Warriors, then unleashed a destructive attack on Masked Broly.

• Demon God Gravy, Putine, Super Mira, and four Dark Mask Warriors attacked Lin Chen, while Lazuli and Chronoa stopped Lin Luo from intervening.
• Lin Chen entered Reverse Ultra Instinct, used Destruction Strike to destroy Gravy's Thunder Rules, and gravely wounded him.
• Lin Chen countered Putine's wind dragons with Dragon Fist, shattering them and injuring her through the backlash.
• Lin Chen blasted Masked Bardock, Masked King Vegeta, and Masked Paragus to ashes, then recognized Masked Broly as the Broly from another timeline.
• Lin Chen battered Masked Broly until he could no longer fight, then launched Great Destruction Explosion Attack as Broly tried to block it.

Lin Chen defeated Super Mira’s attack and forced Mira and Towa to flee before turning on the Demon World forces. Demigra entered the battle with the Giant Divine Soldier, and his clash with Lin Chen disrupted the rules around them as a blinding light erupted.

• Super Mira attacked Lin Chen with a barrage of Energy Blasts, but Lin Chen detonated them with invisible blasts of air.
• Super Mira fused the powers of space and water to create a piercing rainstorm, but Lin Chen dodged through it and struck with his scythe.
• Mira separated from Super Mira, grabbed Towa, and escaped through a Time-Space Gate to protect her.
• Lin Chen turned his Ki Sickle on the Demon World soldiers and masked warriors, cutting down large numbers of them.
• Demigra summoned the Giant Divine Soldier by fusing the rules of time, destruction, and earth, then attacked Lin Chen with its Fist of Rules.
• Lin Chen countered with a Kamehameha, disrupting the surrounding rules; Chronoa recognized the clash, and a blinding white light flared.

Mira and Towa returned to the Dark Demon World with news that Lin Chen had nearly destroyed the Demon World Army, while Zalama went to the Time Nest to retrieve the Dark Dragon Balls. After Lin Chen destroyed Demigra’s giant divine warrior, Zalama took Chronoa hostage and demanded the Dragon Balls.

• Mira brought the gravely wounded Towa back to the Dark Demon World and told Mechikabura that Lin Chen had defeated Putine and Gravy and nearly wiped out the Demon World Army.
• Mechikabura asked Zalama to intervene, and Zalama departed through a Time-Space Gate while Mechikabura demanded an explanation from Towa and Mira.
• Lin Chen destroyed Demigra’s giant divine warrior, causing Demigra to spit blood before he revealed that his battle power matched Lin Chen’s.
• Zalama appeared behind Chronoa, seized her by the throat, and knocked Gohanx away, splitting him into Gohan and Trunks.
• Zalama held Chronoa hostage and demanded that everyone hand over the Dark Dragon Balls before Mr. Popo could arrive.

Zalama held Chronoa hostage and demanded the last Dark Dragon Ball, forcing Lin Chen and the others to surrender it. After Zalama escaped through a Time-Space Gate with the Dragon Ball, Mr. Popo used the power of time to turn it to stone.

• Zalama threatened to kill Chronoa and destroy the Time Nest unless Lin Chen handed over the Dark Dragon Ball.
• Mr. Popo arrived and urged Lin Chen to give Zalama the Dragon Ball to protect Chronoa and the timelines.
• Mr. Satan revealed that Buu had been hiding the Dragon Ball in his mouth, and Mr. Popo handed it to Zalama in exchange for Chronoa.
• Zalama ordered Demigra and the surviving Demon World forces to retreat, then released Chronoa and withdrew through a Time-Space Gate with the Dragon Ball.
• Mr. Popo used the power of time to turn the Dark Dragon Ball to stone, and the Time-Space Gate closed with Zalama still inside.

Mr. Popo revealed that Zalama planned to revive the sealed Dragon God Zalama, and Lin Chen agreed to enter the Dark Demon World to stop him. With one day before Demigra could break Mr. Popo’s seal, the fighters began training while Mechikabura and Zalama prepared their final plan.

• Mr. Popo explained that he had temporarily sealed the last Dark Dragon Ball and warned that Demigra could break the seal in about a day.
• Mr. Popo told Lin Chen that Zalama intended to use the Dark Dragon Balls to revive the true Dragon God Zalama, and Lin Chen agreed to help recover them.
• Son Goku, Vegeta, Chronoa, and others volunteered to join the fight, and Mr. Popo confirmed that Chronoa could enter the Dark Demon World.
• Chronoa opened Hyperbolic Time Chambers so the fighters could train before the battle, while Piccolo returned to Earth instead of entering one.
• In the Dark Demon World, Mechikabura and Zalama celebrated gathering the seven Dark Dragon Balls as Demigra worked to undo Mr. Popo’s seal.
• Mechikabura told the Demon Gods to prepare for the Dark Demon World’s complete revival.

Mechikabura and Zalama unsealed the final Dark Dragon Ball, and Zalama used his power of miracles to restore Mechikabura’s youth at the cost of rapidly aging himself. Dark Shenron appeared and demanded a sacrifice, leaving Demigra swallowed by the dragon.

• Demigra broke the time seal on the final Dark Dragon Ball after exhausting himself for a day.
• Mechikabura demanded that Zalama restore his youth before they summoned Dark Shenron.
• Zalama transferred his power of miracles to Mechikabura, rejuvenating him while Zalama withered with age.
• Zalama summoned Dark Shenron, who demanded a sacrifice before granting a wish.
• Mechikabura chose Demigra as the sacrifice, and Dark Shenron swallowed him whole.

Zalama prepared to make a wish with Dark Shenron, but Lin Chen and the Time Patrol invaded the Dark Demon World before it could be granted. The Time Patrol began fighting the Demon World Army, and Lin Luo, Taro, and Piccolo revealed how much stronger they had become.

• Dark Shenron asked Zalama to state his wish, but the Time Patrol broke through into the Dark Demon World before Zalama could answer.
• Mechikabura ordered the Demon Gods and Demon World Army to destroy Lin Chen and his companions.
• Mr. Popo confirmed that the seal on Dark Shenron had not yet been broken, giving the Time Patrol a chance to stop Zalama's wish.
• Lin Luo and Taro transformed and blasted through hundreds of Demon World Soldiers with a combined attack.
• Piccolo revealed his increased power and used a massive, splitting Special Beam Cannon to kill Demon World Soldiers in large numbers.

The Time Patrol and their allies fought Mechikabura’s Demon World Army while Zalama asked Dark Shenron to remove his seals across all timelines. Lin Chen, Chronoa, and Mr. Popo raced toward Shenron to stop the wish, but Putine and Gravy intercepted them.

• Mechikabura ordered the Demon Gods into battle, and Son Gohan, Frieza, Trunks, Kefla, and the others confronted them.
• Son Goku revealed Perfected Ultra Instinct, while Vegeta used Reverse Ultra Instinct, and the two charged a group of Demon Gods.
• Zalama asked Dark Shenron to remove his seals across all timelines, and Dark Shenron began the process, which would take at least an hour.
• Mr. Popo warned Lin Chen and Chronoa that the seals had begun breaking, so Lin Chen led them around the battlefield toward Dark Shenron.
• Mr. Satan called Majin Buu to heal Toppo, who returned to the battle against the Demon World Army.
• Putine and Gravy intercepted Lin Chen, Chronoa, and Mr. Popo and vowed to defeat Lin Chen.

Lin Chen killed Gravy and Putine with his mastered powers of destruction, then faced Shamore, the Demon God who had beaten Hit and Kefla. The Demon World’s forces hoped Shamore could stop him.

• Lin Chen killed Gravy with a finger strike and Destruction, despite Gravy’s resilience as a Demon God.
• Putine transformed into a gigantic body of demon divine power and attacked Lin Chen to avenge Gravy.
• Lin Chen used the Light of Annihilation infused with three kinds of rules to destroy Putine’s body and power.
• Chronoa realized Lin Chen’s training with Mr. Popo had let him fully master the powers of rules he had previously controlled only partially.
• Shamore left Hit and Kefla, entered a black spatial gateway, and appeared before Lin Chen as the Demon World’s forces cheered him on.

Lin Chen defeated Demon God Shamore by copying his Elemental Domain and using five powers of rules. He reached the Demon King's Castle with Chronoa and Mr. Popo, but Mechikabura had already regained his youth and full power.

• Shamore challenged Lin Chen and unleashed his four-element Elemental Domain.
• Lin Chen blocked Shamore's attacks with four powers of rules, struck him with a fifth, and destroyed him with his own domain technique.
• Lin Chen continued toward the Demon King's Castle with Chronoa and Mr. Popo while Mechikabura observed their advance.
• Mechikabura regained his youthful body and full power as Zalama's seal remained partly undone.
• Mechikabura's power shook the Dark Demon World, and he appeared before Lin Chen, Chronoa, and Mr. Popo in his restored form.

Mechikabura trapped Lin Chen and Chronoa in a sealed space while Mr. Popo confronted Zalama and Dark Shenron to stop the seals from being undone. With Zalama’s resurrection threatening timelines across the universe, Lin Chen and Chronoa prepared to fight Mechikabura.

• Chronoa refused Mechikabura’s offer to join him and vowed to punish the Demon World for disrupting space-time.
• Mr. Popo told Lin Chen he would confront Zalama, and Lin Chen blocked Mechikabura from stopping him.
• Mechikabura sealed Lin Chen and Chronoa inside a dark space where Lin Chen could not use spatial powers.
• Zalama revealed that he had made his wish, and earthquakes caused Korin Towers across timelines to collapse, exposing entrances to the sealed grounds.
• Mr. Popo attacked Dark Shenron in an attempt to stop Zalama, but an explosion obscured what happened.
• Lin Chen and Chronoa prepared to fight Mechikabura as he unleashed his demonic energy.

Lin Chen fought Mechikabura inside the sealed space, using Reverse Ultra Instinct and Extreme Intent Kill while Chronoa manipulated time to give him an advantage. Mechikabura discovered Chronoa’s interference, sealed her with black mist, and unleashed a barrage of Dark Demon Energy Blasts at Lin Chen.

• The Dark Demon World’s fighters celebrated as Mechikabura regained his power, and the Time Patrol resumed fighting.
• Lin Chen entered Reverse Ultra Instinct and used Extreme Intent Kill to predict Mechikabura’s movements, trapping and striking him with the power of time.
• Mechikabura realized Chronoa had distorted time to help Lin Chen and attacked her with black mist that sealed her body and time powers.
• Mechikabura fired a barrage of Dark Demon Energy Blasts at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen discovered that Mechikabura used space rules to bypass his defenses and fought back with time-based clones and Dragon Fist Explosion. Meanwhile, Mr. Popo’s Clone Fusion left the other timelines undefended, letting Dark Shenron accelerate the breaking of Zalama’s seals.

• Mechikabura used space rules to strike Lin Chen before his Reverse Ultra Instinct and Extreme Intent Kill could react, and Chronoa explained how he was shortening the distance between them.
• Lin Chen expanded his Reverse Ultra Instinct aura and resumed close combat with Mechikabura.
• Mr. Popo fused with his counterparts across timelines, but Zalama revealed that this left the other timelines undefended and allowed Dark Shenron to break the seals faster.
• Mr. Popo transformed with a red aura and vowed to stop Zalama.
• Lin Chen used time rules to create solid versions of himself from different points in time, but Mechikabura countered their attacks with a space singularity.
• Lin Chen dodged Mechikabura’s dark energy and launched Dragon Fist Explosion at him.

Lin Chen and the Time Patrol attacked Mechikabura, but his body regenerated from every injury and resisted even destruction energy. As the group struggled to find a way to defeat him, Mr. Satan noticed that Mechikabura seemed afraid of Gogeta.

• Lin Chen struck Mechikabura with Dragon Fist, Destruction, and Light of Annihilation, but Mechikabura regenerated and knocked him deep underground.
• Gogeta and the Time Patrol broke through Mechikabura's spatial barrier, freed Chronoa, and joined Lin Chen after routing the Demon World Army outside.
• Buu began healing Lin Chen while Gohanx explained that Mr. Popo was fighting Dark Shenron outside.
• Mechikabura emerged unharmed and attacked the group, but the Time Patrol's combined strikes failed to injure him.
• Chronoa explained that even the Grand Minister had failed to defeat Mechikabura, and Mr. Satan remarked that Mechikabura seemed afraid of Gogeta.

Lin Chen and Chronoa realized that Mechikabura feared Gogeta because Gogeta could wield the power of space, which was Mechikabura’s weakness. Chronoa revealed her true form and began empowering Lin Chen with her power of time as she explained how to defeat Mechikabura.

• Mr. Satan pointed out that Mechikabura repeatedly dodged Gogeta’s attacks, and Lin Chen and Chronoa recognized the pattern.
• Chronoa identified the power of space as Mechikabura’s weakness, explaining why he had trapped her and Lin Chen inside a spatial barrier.
• Mechikabura blasted Gogeta with a Space Energy Cannon and trapped him in a violent spatial explosion.
• Chronoa transformed into her true goddess form and began channeling her power of time into Lin Chen while explaining their plan.
• Gohanx and the others attacked Mechikabura, but he knocked them back and noticed Chronoa empowering Lin Chen.

Lin Chen used Chronoa’s restored time power to undo Mechikabura’s seal on his rules and trap him with the Eternal Sealing Labyrinth. Mechikabura vanished into the sealed space, though he vowed to escape and kill Lin Chen.

• Mechikabura transformed into his berserk form and attacked Lin Chen after Chronoa finished infusing him with her power.
• Lin Chen left Reverse Ultra Instinct and fought Mechikabura in Super Saiyan 4 Blue Form, enduring repeated blows before punching through him.
• Lin Chen revealed that Chronoa had undone the seal on his space rule, allowing him to combine all five powers of rules.
• Lin Chen used the Eternal Sealing Labyrinth to bind Mechikabura with chains that dragged parts of his body into a sealed space.
• Lin Chen pulled the chains taut and sealed Mechikabura away completely.

After Lin Chen sealed Mechikabura with Chronoa’s technique, a blast destroyed the Demon King's Castle and broke Zalama’s seal. Lin Chen found an injured Mr. Popo, then discovered that Mechikabura had taken over Mira, leaving Towa to blame him for Mira’s fate.

• Chronoa thanked Lin Chen for using her Eternal Sealing Labyrinth to seal Mechikabura, and Lin Chen said his success had been luck.
• A massive explosion destroyed the Demon King's Castle and freed Zalama, while Lin Chen protected the others from the shockwave with an energy barrier.
• Lin Chen and Chronoa flew to the blast site, where Lin Chen found and healed the badly injured Mr. Popo.
• Towa and Mira appeared, and Lin Chen sensed Mechikabura’s aura coming from Mira.
• Towa accused Lin Chen of causing Mira’s impending death as Mechikabura’s aura replaced Mira’s and Mira transformed into Mechikabura.

Lin Chen exposed the apparent Mechikabura as a weak clone created inside Mira and defeated his spatial attack. Mechikabura sacrificed Towa to escape and called on the resurrected Zalama to kill Lin Chen.

• Lin Chen told Chronoa that the Mechikabura before them was a clone implanted inside Mira, and Mechikabura's reaction confirmed his guess.
• Mechikabura attacked Lin Chen and Chronoa with a spatial storm, but Lin Chen cut it apart with his black Ki Sickle and charged at him.
• Mechikabura pulled Towa in front of Lin Chen's strike, then blasted her and used the distraction to flee.
• Lin Chen crushed Mechikabura's energy blast and pursued him above the Demon King's Castle.
• Mechikabura called out to Zalama, saying he knew Zalama had been resurrected and could kill Lin Chen.

Lin Chen discovered that the resurrected Dragon God Zalama had devoured Dark Shenron and then consumed Mechikabura’s avatar. With Zalama silently digesting his prey, Lin Chen was left facing a power he feared he could not overcome.

• Lin Chen followed Mechikabura through the Dark Demon World’s clouds and found Dark Shenron being swallowed by a tiny figure.
• Lin Chen recognized the figure as the resurrected Dragon God Zalama and realized that Mr. Popo and he had failed to prevent Zalama’s resurrection.
• Mechikabura asked Zalama to free his sealed main body, but Zalama grabbed him and explained that he needed Mechikabura’s power to recover.
• Zalama rejected Mechikabura’s claim that they were companions and swallowed his avatar.
• Lin Chen stayed still as Zalama digested Mechikabura, overwhelmed by fear of Zalama’s power.