Chapter Summaries

After Son Gohan and Beerus returned from their sparring match, the group shared a meal and said goodbye to Gowasu, Beerus, Whis, and Shin. Future Trunks and Mai prepared to return to their ruined future with supplies, encouragement, and a signaling device from Son Gohan.

• Son Gohan told the group that he and Beerus had fought to a draw, and everyone celebrated with a meal at Capsule Corporation.
• Beerus warned Gowasu to screen his disciples more carefully, and Gowasu apologized before leaving for Universe 10.
• Son Gohan declined Beerus's invitation to visit the God of Destruction Realm, and Beerus and Whis departed.
• Shin offered Trunks a place as his disciple, but Trunks declined and prepared to return to the future with Mai.
• Bulma gave Mai supplies, while Goku, Vegeta, and Son Gohan encouraged Trunks to rebuild his world and grow stronger.
• Son Gohan gave Trunks a signaling device, and Trunks and Mai said farewell before departing in the Time Machine.

Son Gohan returned to Mount Paozu and learned that Son Goten, Son Wu, and Pan were training for the revived World Martial Arts Tournament. He took them to a barren planet to test their abilities, where Son Wu revealed his Super Saiyan 3 form and attacked Son Gohan with a Spirit Ball technique.

• Son Gohan returned home and found Son Goten and Son Wu sparring while Pan told him they planned to enter the World Martial Arts Tournament.
• Son Gohan transported the three children to a barren planet and asked them to show him their skills.
• Son Wu volunteered first, transformed through Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2 into Super Saiyan 3, and told Son Gohan that it was his limit.
• Son Gohan matched Son Wu's power and invited him to attack, but Son Wu's strikes failed to touch him.
• Son Wu launched Energy Blasts that circled Son Gohan in a Spirit Ball attack, then appeared in the sky surrounded by revolving Energy Spheres.

Son Gohan sparred with Son Wu and Son Goten, testing their abilities and pointing out what they needed to improve. After Son Wu lost to him, Son Goten also gave up, leaving Son Gohan to heal his swollen forehead.

• Son Gohan caught Son Wu by surprise and ended their fight, then praised his talent while advising him to gain more combat experience.
• Son Wu told Son Gohan that Son Goten could not yet become a Super Saiyan 3 and that Pan had reached Super Saiyan 2 the previous month.
• Son Gohan asked Son Goten to fight at full power, and Son Goten transformed into a Super Saiyan 2.
• Son Goten attacked Son Gohan with energy blasts and a flurry of punches, but Son Gohan dodged and knocked him into a mountain with a finger flick.
• Son Goten pretended to be hurt before trying a surprise kick, then gave up when Son Gohan blocked him.
• Son Gohan healed Son Goten's swollen forehead with a Healing Spell.

Son Gohan sparred with Pan and visited Paragus before discussing the World Martial Arts Tournament with Bulma and Trunks. Trunks asked him to invite Jiren and Toppo, while Bulma let four-year-old Bruce enter the tournament, and Gohan agreed to inspect the venue with Trunks.

• Son Gohan sparred with Pan, then gave her, Little Wu, and Goten advice on their fighting techniques.
• Son Gohan visited Paragus and met Broly and Kale's three-year-old son, Parami.
• Son Gohan discussed the World Martial Arts Tournament venue at Capsule Corporation with Bulma, and Trunks asked him to invite Jiren and Toppo.
• Son Gohan said he would try to invite Jiren and Toppo and could invite Hit, Cooler, and Universe 6's Saiyans.
• Bruce asked to enter the tournament, and Bulma agreed to lower the minimum age to four.
• Trunks invited Son Gohan to inspect the tournament venue, and Son Gohan agreed.

Son Gohan and Trunks visited the nearly completed World Martial Arts Tournament venue at Yunzabit Heights, then went to Kami's Lookout and the God of Destruction Planet to find the fighters preparing to compete. The chapter left them greeting Whis while Beerus slept through their arrival.

• Son Gohan and Trunks surveyed the vast tournament arena under construction at Yunzabit Heights and discussed how much they looked forward to competing.
• Son Gohan decided to reinforce the arena before the tournament, and he and Trunks explored the newly developed area.
• Son Gohan and Trunks visited Kami's Lookout, where they told its residents about the tournament.
• Son Gohan and Trunks traveled to the God of Destruction Planet and found Vegeta, Goku, and Broly training for the tournament.
• Son Gohan greeted Whis, but Beerus pushed away Whis's staff and continued sleeping.

Son Gohan told Whis about his trip to a past timeline and discussed inviting Jiren and Toppo to the World Martial Arts Tournament. After Beerus woke from a nightmare and learned it was already his day off, everyone gathered to prepare the fish Son Gohan had caught.

• Son Gohan and Whis went to the lake, where Son Gohan recounted his encounter with Zamasu in a past timeline and said their timeline's Zamasu had been eliminated during the Tournament of Power.
• Son Gohan asked Whis about inviting Jiren and Toppo to the World Martial Arts Tournament, and Whis suggested they could participate if they did not use destruction energy.
• Son Gohan caught a large fish, splashing Beerus awake from a nightmare and prompting Whis to joke that Son Gohan had become Beerus's nightmare.
• Beerus learned from Whis that the day was already his day off, while Son Gohan laughed at his confusion.
• Goku and the others gathered around the fish, and Beerus assigned Trunks to cook it; Broly and Goku offered to help.

Son Gohan visited Frieza, then went to Universe 6 to ask Vados for help mastering his divine abilities. Vados welcomed him as her little brother, and Son Gohan agreed to come learn from her often.

• Vegeta gathered firewood while Goku and Broly prepared fish, and Beerus set up a grilling rack with Whis's help.
• Son Gohan and Trunks grilled the fish, and the Saiyans ate hundreds of pounds before Son Gohan told Beerus to work hard the next day.
• Son Gohan visited Cooler to tell him about the World Martial Arts Tournament, then went to Planet Frieza and left after silently observing Frieza.
• Son Gohan found Champa rolling around on the grass and teased him about slacking off, prompting Champa to pretend he had recovered from an illness.
• Son Gohan asked Vados to spar and teach him about divine abilities because he could only control a fraction of his power.
• Vados offered to help him as his big sister, and Son Gohan accepted the name while Champa nervously tried not to laugh.

Son Gohan and Vados fought across Universe 6, testing their strength and divine techniques. After Son Gohan nearly struck her during Time Reversal, Vados advised him on improving his Divine Technique and God Ki, and they returned to review the battle.

• Son Gohan and Vados agreed to spar while Champa watched from the side.
• The two clashed in the sky, and their shock waves knocked Champa to the ground.
• Son Gohan unleashed Dragon Fist, shattered Vados's Spatial Barrier, and chased her through space as they continued fighting.
• Vados used Time Reversal, but Son Gohan's fist pierced through time and space and stopped just short of her forehead.
• Vados acknowledged Son Gohan's strength and advised him to practice his Divine Technique and God Ki.
• Son Gohan asked Vados about Time Reversal, practiced her guidance, and returned with her to the God of Destruction Planet to review their battle.

The Grand Minister summoned Son Gohan, Vados, and Champa to Zeno’s Palace, where Zeno asked about Earth’s martial arts tournament. They agreed to use tournaments across the universes to select four God of Destruction Candidates, and the Grand Minister summoned the universes’ Guide Angels, Gods of Destruction, and Supreme Kais to a meeting.

• The Grand Minister called Son Gohan and asked him to bring Vados and Champa to Zeno’s Palace.
• Son Gohan taught Zeno how to make his excavator toy transform, and Zeno asked about Earth’s upcoming martial arts tournament.
• Zeno proposed using the tournament to select God of Destruction Candidates, and Son Gohan suggested holding preliminary tournaments in each universe before a joint competition to choose four candidates.
• Son Gohan asked to let Jiren and Toppo compete without using destruction energy, and Zeno agreed.
• The Grand Minister contacted all eighteen universes’ Guide Angels and told them to come to Zeno’s Palace with their Gods of Destruction and Supreme Kais.

Son Gohan announced a tournament to select God of Destruction Candidates for Universes 15 through 18, with fighters from all eighteen universes competing. The gods returned to their universes to hold tryouts, with their top three contestants due in five days.

• Zeno summoned the gods from seventeen universes and asked Son Gohan to explain the vacant God of Destruction positions in Universes 15 through 18.
• Son Gohan said each universe would hold preliminary tryouts and send its top three fighters to a final tournament, where candidates would also be evaluated for their willingness and suitability.
• Son Gohan announced that Jiren and Toppo would participate as training, and both agreed.
• The Grand Minister set a deadline of five days for each Guide Angel to submit three names and said he would summon the contestants on the sixth day.
• Zeno urged everyone to organize the tournament, and the Grand Minister dismissed the gods to return to their universes and begin tryouts.

The Grand Minister announced that Earth would host an all-universe martial arts tournament, combined with its World Martial Arts Tournament, to select God of Destruction candidates. Son Gohan returned to Beerus’s planet and told Universe 7’s fighters to prepare, leaving them eager to face Jiren and powerful opponents from other universes.

• The Grand Minister told Son Gohan, Beerus, Whis, and Shin that the final tournament would be held on Earth in six days, with contestants from the other universes competing in preliminary rounds there.
• The Grand Minister warned that Universes 1, 12, and 18 had fighters who could rival Jiren, and Son Gohan led the group back to Beerus’s planet.
• Son Gohan explained to Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, Broly, and the others that all universes would send three fighters to Earth, where the tournament would also select God of Destruction candidates.
• Son Gohan confirmed that Jiren and Toppo would compete, prompting the Saiyans to return to training with excitement.
• Son Gohan took Shin to the Sacred World of the Kai to visit Old Kai, then returned to Earth.

Son Gohan brought Goku home for dinner, and the family reminisced about the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. The next day, he found Caulifla on his planet and invited her to enter the upcoming universe-wide tournament, which she eagerly accepted.

• Chi-Chi and Videl reminisced about the 23rd and 24th World Martial Arts Tournaments while the family gathered for dinner.
• Son Gohan used a snap to bring Goku home from the God of Destruction Planet, and Goku joined the family meal.
• Goku recalled fighting Piccolo in the 23rd tournament and marrying Chi-Chi before the family spent the evening together.
• The next day, Son Gohan visited his planet and found Caulifla there.
• Son Gohan told Caulifla about the upcoming universe-wide tournament, and Caulifla agreed to compete.

Son Gohan explored how his Other-Dimensional Space had grown into a universe and found that the World Tree improved his cultivation. Meanwhile, a secretive Doctor prepared his monster research and ordered his soldiers to gather Dragon Balls as Son Goten, Son Wu, and Pan headed toward the tournament venue.

• Son Gohan answered Caulifla's training questions, then returned to his Other-Dimensional Space and found it had expanded into a universe with a growing World Tree.
• Son Gohan discovered that cultivating Divine Arts Laws beside the World Tree made his mind clearer and improved his results several times over.
• An alien soldier entered a hidden base near the tournament venue and reported to the Doctor that the area was becoming unsafe.
• The soldier gave the Doctor a Capsule Corporation product and the Four-Star Dragon Ball, prompting the Doctor to order more Dragon Ball searches and stricter patrols.
• Son Goten persuaded Pan and Son Wu to fly to Yunzabit Heights to inspect the tournament venue, and the three children set off.

The white-coated doctor used Capsule Corporation capsules to acquire their product data, awakened Androids 13, 14, and 15 to guard his base, and watched over his developing creation. When Son Goten, Son Wu, and Pan reached the valley, the Androids attacked them, and one of the three was destroyed.

• The white-coated doctor ate six Capsule Corporation capsules, allowing the computer to decode details of the company's new product.
• The white-coated doctor awakened Androids 13, 14, and 15 and ordered them to kill anyone approaching the base.
• The white-coated doctor checked the nutrient tank and excitedly anticipated the completion of his creation.
• Pan sensed strange Ki as she, Son Goten, and Son Wu flew into Yunzabit Heights, and the three followed it to a valley.
• Androids 13, 14, and 15 attacked the newcomers, and Android 13 asked Son Goten whether he was Goku's son.
• Pan struck Android 14 in the forehead, destroying him in an explosion.

Son Wu and Son Goten defeated Androids 14 and 13, but Piccolo sensed a strange presence beneath them, its Ki mixed with that of several powerful fighters. As the group descended toward the underground base, the White-Coated Doctor awakened his unfinished creation, which burst from its tank as a golden monster.

• Son Wu transformed into a Super Saiyan and gained the advantage over Android 13 while Son Goten defeated Android 14.
• Android 13 absorbed Android 14's chip, transformed into a hulking monster, and was destroyed by Son Wu.
• Piccolo arrived, and Son Wu sensed unusual Ki below them; the group went down to investigate.
• The White-Coated Doctor released the monsters and entered the supercomputer as intruders breached the base.
• The Doctor awakened his unfinished creation, which shattered the laboratory and erupted upward as an enormous golden figure.

Piccolo and the children encountered a golden great ape that emerged from a collapsing mountain and threatened to destroy Earth. As the creature overwhelmed their combined attacks, Piccolo charged his Special Beam Cannon and fired it at the monster.

• Piccolo and the children destroyed a crowd of monsters, then escaped as the valley collapsed and a golden great ape emerged from the ruins.
• The great ape fired energy blasts across the area, and Piccolo led the attack to stop it from destroying Earth.
• Piccolo and the children fought the great ape, with Son Wu transforming into Super Saiyan 3 and Son Goten and Pan reaching full-power Super Saiyan 2.
• The great ape resisted the children's combined Kamehameha, so Piccolo transformed into his orange form and began charging his Special Beam Cannon.
• Piccolo finished charging and fired the Special Beam Cannon at the golden great ape.

Son Wu, Son Goten, Pan, and Piccolo defeated the golden great ape, but it regenerated and attacked again. Trunks arrived, took over the fight, and cut the great ape into dozens of pieces.

• Piccolo, Son Wu, Son Goten, and Pan blasted the golden great ape, but it survived and regenerated.
• Piccolo fought the great ape while Son Wu, Son Goten, and Pan watched, and Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Yamcha, Android 16, and Seven-Three arrived.
• Trunks appeared, asked Piccolo to let him fight the great ape, and transformed into Super Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker.
• Trunks drew his longsword and sliced the golden great ape into dozens of pieces.

Trunks used Forced Spirit Fission to strip away the Golden Great Ape’s fused ki and destroy it for good. He and the others then entered the ruined laboratory to investigate where the monster had come from, reaching the room where it had been cultivated.

• Trunks repeatedly battered the Golden Great Ape and used Forced Spirit Fission to remove the ki fused within it.
• After the Great Ape shriveled to skin and failed to revive, Trunks burned the remains and shattered the gathered ki into starlike points.
• Piccolo led the group to the laboratory ruins to investigate the monster’s origin.
• Trunks and the others cleared rubble to uncover the underground laboratory and entered cautiously.
• Son Goten found a broken robot, and the group passed dead creatures and damaged equipment before reaching the Great Ape’s cultivation laboratory.

Trunks and Seven-Three repaired the Red Ribbon Army's Supercomputer and forced its Digital Double to reveal how the Golden Great Ape had been created. The group learned that Dr. Gero's hidden base had spent years gathering fighters' cells, but the experiment was interrupted before it could be completed.

• Trunks recognized the Red Ribbon Army logo on the shattered nutrient tank and wondered how many secret bases remained.
• Seven-Three used Dr. Brief's abilities to repair the Supercomputer and alter its programming.
• The Supercomputer's Digital Double appeared and confirmed that Dr. Gero had created it to restore the Red Ribbon Army and take revenge on Goku and the others.
• The Digital Double explained that the Supercomputer had gathered cells from powerful fighters over the years and used them to cultivate the Golden Great Ape.
• The Supercomputer had activated Androids 13, 14, and 15 to protect its base after nearby construction increased the risk of discovery, setting off the battle that exposed the experiment.

After the Red Ribbon Army’s laboratory was destroyed, the story shifted to the other universes as their deities began preparing qualifiers for the competition. Universe 6, Universe 11, and Universe 10 discussed how to find fighters, with the preparations still underway.

• Trunks salvaged what he could from the laboratory, destroyed it with an energy sphere, and left with the three little ones for Capsule Corporation.
• Champa proposed that Universe 6 merely go through the motions, but Fuwa and Vados insisted that it hold proper qualifiers.
• Champa and Fuwa agreed to recruit Hit and fighters from Planet Sadala, while Champa complained that two talented girls had joined Beerus.
• Belmod lamented that Toppo and Jiren had left Universe 11, then agreed with Marcarita and Khai to invite skilled fighters from across the universe.
• Gowasu questioned Rumsshi’s plan to recruit muscular fighters for Universe 10, but Rumsshi defended them for the one-on-one competition.