Chapter Summaries

At the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, Lin Chen learned that the system wanted him to help the nearly powerless Mark win the championship. He accepted the challenge and left to prepare, confident that Mark would take the title from Goku and the other powerful fighters.

• Goku reunited with Lin Chen, Roshi, Bulma, and Tights before registering for the tournament alongside Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and Yamcha.
• Lin Chen sensed that Piccolo was far weaker than Goku and the others, who had trained early at the Lookout.
• The system offered Lin Chen rewards for entering the tournament, helping Mark win, or doing nothing, and Lin Chen chose to help Mark.
• Mark registered with only 12 battle power, and Lin Chen used Instant Transmission to leave and work on completing the mission.
• During the preliminary rounds, Goku and Tien sensed a powerful ki but could not find its source; Lin Chen hid nearby and declared that Mark would win the tournament.

Lin Chen tried to make Mark strong enough to win the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, but Mark rejected the Tree of Might fruit Lin Chen fed him. Lin Chen secretly rigged the tournament draw, and Mark still reached the final eight by defeating Yajirobe.

• Lin Chen knocked Mark unconscious, took him to a deserted wasteland, and used the Potential Unleashing Technique, which raised Mark's battle power only to 50.
• Lin Chen fed Mark a Tree of Might fruit, but Mark woke up, mistook it for poison, and vomited it out before fainting at Lin Chen's display of power.
• Unable to change his chosen contestant, Lin Chen came up with another plan and used telekinesis to rig Mark's tournament draw so he avoided Son Goku and the others.
• Mark returned to his teammates, believing he had escaped hell, and advanced through the tournament's preliminary matches.
• Mark used the Hell Iron Fist to defeat Yajirobe and secure a place in the final eight.
• Son Goku, Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha, Chi-Chi, Mark, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu became the eight finalists, while Lin Chen hoped his plan would continue to work.

Krillin defeated Piccolo in the World Martial Arts Tournament, revealing how much stronger he had become after training at Kami's Lookout. Lin Chen took the furious Piccolo to Kami's Lookout and left him with Broly to train.

• Lin Chen recalled using telekinesis to help Mark win and considered how he might cheat his way to the championship.
• Krillin defeated Piccolo with a single punch in their quarterfinal match, then knocked him unconscious after Piccolo unleashed his full strength.
• The announcer declared Krillin the winner, and Krillin celebrated with Goku and the others.
• After waking backstage, Piccolo threatened to destroy the venue and kill everyone, but Lin Chen appeared and told him he was far behind Goku and the others.
• Lin Chen used Instant Transmission to take Piccolo to Kami's Lookout and ordered Broly to train him and keep him from escaping.

Lin Chen left Piccolo at the Lookout for Kami to guide, then returned to watch the World Martial Arts Tournament. Mark stunned the fighters by defeating Chiaotzu and Tien Shinhan, and the chapter ended as he prepared to face Goku in the final with a showy board-breaking display.

• Lin Chen told Kami that Piccolo could change and left him to guide Piccolo, suggesting Broly use force if Piccolo refused to listen.
• Goku recognized Chi-Chi after knocking her out of the ring and agreed to marry her.
• Tien Shinhan defeated Yamcha, then Mark knocked Chiaotzu out with one kick after Chiaotzu's psychic powers failed.
• Mark defeated Tien Shinhan almost instantly, earning Goku's excitement for their final match.
• Mark paused the final to break four wooden boards in midair, but the audience watched in silence.

Mark survived Son Goku’s Kamehameha thanks to the Tree of Might fruit juice he had swallowed, then won the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament when Lin Chen secretly sent Goku flying out of the ring. Mark renamed himself Mr. Satan, while Lin Chen received Kami’s Magic as his reward.

• Mark dismissed Son Goku’s techniques as special effects, prompting Goku to open the final with a Kamehameha.
• Mark survived the blast because the Tree of Might fruit juice had strengthened his body, then accused Goku of using a bomb.
• Mark rolled toward Goku and announced his Dreamy Special Invincible Power Punch, but Lin Chen secretly sent Goku flying outside the ring before the punch landed.
• The announcer declared Mark the tournament champion, and Lin Chen received Kami’s Magic from the system.
• Mark renamed himself Mr. Satan and celebrated as the crowd chanted his new name, while Lin Chen recognized him as the future Cell Games showman.

After helping Goku and the others recognize the need to keep improving, Lin Chen attended Goku and Chi-Chi’s wedding and reunited Goku with Bardock and Gine. Half a year later, Lin Chen gathered the fighters at Kami's Lookout to begin his Z Fighters Development Plan.

• Lin Chen revealed that he had used his psychic powers to help Mark defeat Goku, then urged Goku and the others not to grow complacent.
• Chi-Chi reminded Goku they still had to marry, and Lin Chen helped organize a grand wedding on Mount Paozu.
• At the wedding, Goku learned Bardock and Gine were his parents and tearfully reunited with them.
• Half a year later, Lin Chen learned Chi-Chi was pregnant and arranged for Tights and Bulma to care for her in West City.
• Lin Chen brought Goku to Kami's Lookout, where Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, Chiaotzu, and Piccolo were waiting to begin training.

Lin Chen brought Goku and the others to the Other World so they could train with King Kai, then flew ahead to King Kai’s Planet. North Kai recognized Lin Chen as the Saiyan who defeated Frieza, and Lin Chen asked him to teach him his techniques.

• Lin Chen told Goku and the others that he planned to take them to train with King Kai, and Kami used his power to bring them to the Other World.
• King Yemma granted the group permission to travel along Snake Way, but privately wondered why Lin Chen was still alive despite his lifespan supposedly ending over a decade earlier.
• At the entrance to Snake Way, Lin Chen gave the group Senzu Beans and flew ahead, leaving them to make the journey without him.
• Lin Chen quickly reached King Kai’s Planet, where North Kai, Bubbles, and Gregory were waiting for him.
• North Kai said he had been watching Lin Chen since he led the Saiyans to change and defeated Frieza, and Lin Chen asked him to teach him his techniques.

Lin Chen visited North Kai to learn Kaioken and used his Beginner Martial Arts Prodigy talent to master it immediately. After spending a month studying the technique and testing its limits, he discovered he could withstand a hundredfold Kaioken and wanted to try combining it with his Super Saiyan form.

• Lin Chen made North Kai laugh with a joke, and North Kai agreed to teach him his techniques.
• North Kai explained Kaioken and demonstrated it, prompting Lin Chen to learn the technique instantly through his talent.
• Lin Chen spent the rest of the month studying Kaioken’s principles and found that his body could endure up to a hundredfold increase.
• North Kai attributed Lin Chen’s resilience to his legendary Super Saiyan bloodline and powerful recovery.
• Lin Chen decided to test whether Kaioken could work alongside his Super Saiyan transformation.

Lin Chen nearly died after combining Kaioken with Super Saiyan, then failed to master the Spirit Bomb before leaving King Kai's Planet. On Snake Way, he boosted Goku and the others with Tree of Might fruit and the Potential Unleashing Technique, urging them to train harder.

• Lin Chen used Kaioken while transformed into a Super Saiyan, collapsed from severe injuries, and recovered after North Kai fed him a Senzu Bean.
• Lin Chen tried combining Kaioken with Super Saiyan several more times but concluded the techniques could not be used together, then failed to learn the Spirit Bomb despite repeated demonstrations.
• Lin Chen thanked North Kai and used Instant Transmission to leave King Kai's Planet, then appeared on Snake Way before Goku and the others.
• Lin Chen gave Goku and the others Tree of Might fruit and used the Potential Unleashing Technique, raising even Chiaotzu's Battle Power above fifteen thousand.
• Lin Chen warned the group that they were still only low-class warriors by Planet Vegeta's standards and told them to train on King Kai's Planet before vanishing.

The Saiyans held the first World Martial Arts Tournament on Planet Vegeta, drawing thousands of contestants to compete for the Tree of Might and a chance to challenge the three Super Saiyans. Lin Chen and Tights watched as the preliminary battle royales began across sixty-four arenas.

• Bardock suggested a Planet Vegeta martial arts tournament to Lin Chen, and they established its rules, ten-year schedule, and prizes.
• Bardock organized the tournament with help from the Trade Alliance, while Saiyans across the planet trained and registered in large numbers.
• Tights arrived on tournament day, and Lin Chen took her to the grounds as the preliminary round approached.
• The tournament divided thousands of contestants among sixty-four arenas, where only the last fighter standing in each battle royale would advance.
• The preliminary round began simultaneously, and contestants were already being knocked out of the arenas.

At the Planet Vegeta tournament preliminaries, Vegeta overwhelmed his opponents and advanced, while Raditz struggled against a group of Saiyans in another ring. Lin Chen learned that Raditz had reached 360,000 battle power through years of training with Vegeta.

• Tights watched the preliminaries as King Vegeta praised the Saiyans’ progress and boasted about Vegeta’s championship ambitions.
• Vegeta unleashed his ki in Ring 2, blasting most of the competitors out before knocking out the rest and winning the match.
• Lin Chen read Vegeta’s battle power as 530,000 and told King Vegeta that the Tree of Might fruits would no longer help him much.
• Vegeta spotted Raditz fighting in Ring 3 and ordered him to defeat his attackers, then left him to continue the fight.
• Raditz fought back despite being outnumbered, and Lin Chen learned from Bardock that Raditz had reached 360,000 by training as Vegeta’s sparring partner.

Lin Chen upheld Artificial Alien No. 7’s place in the tournament after Saiyans protested that an android was ineligible. The android joined the final sixty-four, where Saiyan contestants vowed to defeat it.

• Saiyan contestants protested Artificial Alien No. 7’s victory at Ring 52, arguing that an android could not enter the tournament.
• Dr. Gero told Lin Chen that No. 7 was his first successful artificial alien and had a maximum battle power of 600,000.
• Lin Chen ruled that No. 7 could compete because the tournament rules allowed anyone who signed up, and he urged the Saiyans to defeat it in the ring.
• Bardock worried Dr. Gero might create an android capable of rivaling a Super Saiyan, and Lin Chen said the Saiyans could use the threat as motivation to grow stronger.
• The final sixty-four contestants were decided, including Vegeta, Raditz, and Artificial Alien No. 7; other Saiyan finalists vowed to defeat the android.

The finals of Planet Vegeta’s World Martial Arts Tournament showcased Vegeta’s overwhelming skill as he advanced toward the championship. Artificial Alien No. 7, formerly Cui, also reached the final, setting up a showdown with Vegeta as the Saiyans cheered him on.

• Lin Chen approved Paragus’s announcement opening the tournament finals at Ring 65.
• Vegeta defeated his opponents with ease, while Raditz was eliminated and Tarble encouraged him.
• Artificial Alien No. 7 defeated a Saiyan, and Raditz revealed that he was the former Frieza Force warrior Cui, who had long hated Vegeta and the Saiyans.
• Vegeta vowed to teach No. 7 that becoming an Android would not let him defeat a Saiyan.
• Vegeta entered the ring to face Artificial Alien No. 7 in the championship match as the crowd chanted his name.

Vegeta faced Cui in the World Martial Arts Tournament final and revealed that he had learned to control and release his ki to increase his battle power. The chapter ended with Vegeta firing his Galick Gun at Cui to defend the Saiyans' honor.

• Paragus asked Lin Chen to have Dr. Gero order Cui to throw the match, but Lin Chen refused and trusted Vegeta to win.
• Vegeta opened the fight by blasting Cui, then dodged Cui's counterattack and defeated him in a midair exchange.
• Vegeta revealed that his battle power could rise from 530,000 to 650,000 by releasing stored ki, then raised it further by concentrating his energy.
• Vegeta declared that he would defend the Saiyans' honor and fired his Galick Gun at Cui, engulfing him in its blast.

After Vegeta won the tournament, he challenged Lin Chen and saw the overwhelming difference between their strength. Lin Chen encouraged Vegeta to keep training before ending the match with a single flick, leaving Vegeta unconscious outside the ring.

• Lin Chen stopped Vegeta's Galick Gun from destroying the stands, and Paragus declared Vegeta the tournament champion.
• Vegeta chose to challenge Lin Chen, who accepted and gave him a Senzu Bean to recover.
• Lin Chen stood still as he blocked Vegeta's attacks with one finger and pierced every Ki Blast.
• At Vegeta's request, Lin Chen transformed into a Super Saiyan and then revealed his Legendary Super Saiyan Form, making the spectators tremble and Vegeta weep in frustration.
• Lin Chen told Vegeta that hard training could still let him surpass Lin Chen, then flicked him out of the ring and knocked him unconscious.

After the tournament, Lin Chen sought a better prize than Tree of Might fruits and decided to pursue the power to create Dragon Balls. Zuno told him he needed Dragon God Zalama’s permission or a wish from the Super Dragon Balls, leaving Lin Chen uncertain how to reach either option.

• Lin Chen displayed his full Legendary Super Saiyan power, then the tournament ended and he awarded prizes to the winners and finalists.
• Lin Chen discussed future tournament prizes with King Vegeta and the others, and King Vegeta suggested granting wishes through Porunga.
• Lin Chen decided to learn how to create Dragon Balls and used Instant Transmission to visit Zuno, bringing him Tree of Might fruits.
• Zuno explained that Lin Chen needed Dragon God Zalama’s permission or a wish from the Super Dragon Balls to gain the ability.
• Lin Chen considered the difficulty of finding Zalama or traveling across universes to gather the Super Dragon Balls.

Lin Chen learned from Zuno that a god-given Instant Transmission could reach other universes, then used Planet Namek's Dragon Balls to learn the Divine Language and obtain coordinates for all eleven universes. Slug warned that abusing the Dragon Balls had caused a catastrophe in Namek's past and said this would be the last time Namek helped Lin Chen, who left with his wishes granted.

• Lin Chen asked Zuno how to learn the Divine Language and travel between universes, and learned that Namek's Shenron might help with the language while Kibito's Instant Transmission could reach other universes.
• Lin Chen used Instant Transmission to visit Planet Namek, where Nail introduced him to Slug and warned that the new Grand Elder viewed the Dragon Balls differently.
• Slug agreed to let Lin Chen use the Dragon Balls once more, but warned that abusing their power had caused Namek's past devastation and that this would be the final time.
• Lin Chen wished to learn the Divine Language at Supreme Kai level and to learn coordinates for every universe; Porunga granted the language and random coordinates for eleven universes.
• After the Namekians dismissed Porunga, Slug said Namek and Lin Chen owed each other nothing, and Lin Chen offered Planet Vegeta's help if Namek ever faced a crisis.

Lin Chen, Hanasia, and Tights began searching for the Super Dragon Balls after Bulma upgraded a Dragon Radar for them. They found the first one near the universe’s center, and Lin Chen stored the enormous Dragon Ball in his System Space.

• Lin Chen agreed to let Hanasia and Tights join his search after Tights reminded him that Son Goku already had a child.
• Three months later, Lin Chen, Hanasia, and Tights traveled to the center of the universe, where Lin Chen used the Super Dragon Radar to locate the first Dragon Ball.
• During their three-day flight toward it, Lin Chen and Hanasia trained with Android Saibamen while Tights wrote a travelogue.
• Tights spotted the Dragon Ball on the radar, and Lin Chen found the gigantic Four-Star Ball outside their spaceship.
• Lin Chen used his System Space to make the Super Dragon Ball disappear and confirmed that he had collected it.

Lin Chen destroyed the colony on Cooler 89 Planet and uncovered the Six-Star Ball, giving him four Super Dragon Balls from Universe 7. After half a year of searching, he took Tights and Hanasia to Universe 6 to look for the remaining Dragon Balls.

• Lin Chen wiped out the inhabitants and structures on Cooler 89 Planet, then used telekinetic force to expose the Six-Star Ball hidden beneath its surface.
• Tights and Hanasia recognized the planet as a Super Dragon Ball, and Lin Chen stored the Six-Star Ball in his system space.
• A soldier reported a Super Saiyan attack on Cooler 89 Planet to Salza, who chose not to interrupt Cooler's training.
• After half a year of searching, Lin Chen collected four Super Dragon Balls and suspected the remaining ones were in Universe 6.
• Lin Chen used Instant Transmission to take Tights and Hanasia to an uninhabited planet, where Tights confirmed they had reached Universe 6.

Lin Chen, Tights, and Hanasia searched Universe 6 for its Dragon Balls, but after half a month their supplies ran low and they stopped at a populated planet to restock. They arrived to find its blue-skinned inhabitants boarding ships and preparing to leave, and Lin Chen asked some passersby what had happened.

• Lin Chen warned Tights and Hanasia that Universe 6's Gods of Destruction and Angels could threaten them, while an Angel secretly watched their arrival.
• The group spent another half month searching for Dragon Balls without success because Lin Chen could not use Instant Transmission without precise locations.
• Tights told Lin Chen that their food and energy supplies were nearly gone, so they decided to find an advanced planet to restock and obtain a star map.
• Lin Chen sensed a nearby inhabited planet, and the three teleported there after putting away their spaceship.
• They saw blue-skinned residents loading luggage onto ships and departing, so Lin Chen approached some pedestrians and asked what was happening.