Chapter Summaries

Son Gohan visited Universe 8 and found Supreme Kai Iru recovered and diligently helping defend his universe. He then arrived in Universe 10, where Rumsshi and Kusu were struggling to cope with the Destruction Beast crisis, and learned that Kusu herself was seriously unwell.

• Son Gohan warned Quitela to stop playing games, left Universe 4, and sent all Guide Angels the Grand Minister's warning about guarding the passages from the Dark Demon Realm.
• Son Gohan visited Universe 8 and found Iru hunting Destruction Beasts with his attendant; Iru said he had fully recovered and that his universe was guarding its passage and eliminating the beasts.
• Son Gohan praised Iru and his universe, secretly recorded Iru's eager response, and left for Universe 10.
• Son Gohan found Rumsshi exhausted from dealing with the powerful Destruction Beasts that Universe 10's weak fighters could not handle.
• Kusu told Rumsshi to stop slacking, but admitted she was tired and continued working despite feeling ill and seeing double.

Son Gohan found Kusu gravely weakened by the world’s laws and sent her back to rest before equipping Rumsshi to continue the crisis response. Meanwhile, Vegeta cleared two powerful Destruction Beasts on a dead planet in Universe 10.

• Son Gohan examined Kusu, recognized that the world’s laws were suppressing her, and persuaded her to return to the God of Destruction Planet to recover.
• Son Gohan reassured the pessimistic Rumsshi and gave him a Capsule containing Enforcement Team equipment, including Senzu Beans, a spaceship, and a Scouter.
• Son Gohan sensed that Vegeta was fighting Destruction Beasts in Universe 10 and recalled that Broly and Goku had reached the level of Gods of Destruction.
• Vegeta fought two powerful Destruction Beasts on a dead planet, tore one apart, and destroyed the other with an energy blast.

Son Gohan briefed the Enforcement Team on the Black Mists, their link to the Destruction Beasts, and the threat posed by the Dark Demon Realm. He offered to teach them the Purification Technique, but warned that the enemy’s powerful forces and Zeno’s and the Grand Minister’s conditions left their side at a disadvantage if war began.

• Son Gohan visited all eighteen universes, killed over a hundred Destruction Beasts, and returned to Earth to reassure Videl and Chi-Chi.
• The Enforcement Team gathered at headquarters and compared how many Destruction Beasts they had killed.
• Son Gohan explained that the Black Mists surrounded the universes, were linked to the Destruction Beasts, and could be dispersed in small areas with the Purification Technique.
• Son Gohan warned that the contaminated Demon Race might invade Zeno's Universe and described the Demon Lord, the fallen Angels, and the Dark Demon Gods.
• Broly proposed charging into the Dark Demon Realm and destroying its universe.

Son Gohan taught the Enforcement Team the Purification Technique, then met Dragon God Zalama in a dream and learned that the Black Mists and Dark Demon Realm were only part of a greater threat. He woke with a warning to seek a lost creation source in a higher world, but Zalama vanished before explaining further.

• Son Gohan rejected Broly's proposal to attack the Dark Demon Realm and warned that a major battle could shatter the Spatial Barrier and let the Outer Black Mists enter the eighteen universes.
• Son Gohan taught the Purification Technique, and the Enforcement Team members learned its basic principles.
• Goku suggested a feast, and the group shared a barbecue on Earth before returning home for the night.
• Son Gohan dreamed of Dragon God Zalama, who warned him that the true source of destruction was older and more terrifying than the Dark Demon Realm.
• Zalama told Son Gohan to travel to a higher world and recover the long-lost creation source, but the dream collapsed before he could explain more.
• Son Gohan woke in the middle of the night, remembered Zalama's warning, and wondered whether Akira Toriyama had already died.

Son Gohan pondered Dragon God Zalama’s warnings about the Black Mists, a mysterious force of destruction, and a higher world, then visited Old Kai to ask what they meant. After recounting his dream, he left Old Kai looking deeply troubled.

• Son Gohan speculated that the world’s creator god might be dead and wondered how he could reach the higher world beyond the Black Mists.
• Son Gohan and Videl spent the night together, then woke late and shared lunch before going their separate ways.
• Son Gohan warned King Kai to watch for unusual changes in himself and King Yemma, then teleported to the Supreme Kai Planet.
• Son Gohan told Old Kai about his dream and Dragon God Zalama’s warnings, and Old Kai grew visibly more troubled.

Son Gohan investigated the black mists eroding the Eighteen Universes and failed to break through the Spatial Barrier to the world beyond. Meanwhile, Son Wu discovered a human-shaped Destruction Beast that looked exactly like his grandfather Goku.

• Old Kai told Son Gohan that the source of destruction was a higher-order power opposing the Laws of Creation, and suggested the sleeping Zeno might know about the higher world.
• Son Gohan left Old Kai and traveled to the edge of the Eighteen Universes, where he tested the black mists and tried to punch through the Spatial Barrier.
• The barrier resisted Son Gohan’s attack and sent him reeling, so he decided to seek out the Grand Minister in the Divine Realm.
• Son Wu explored an abandoned dead star and found a Destruction Beast with Goku’s appearance, whose cold aura enveloped the planet.

Son Wu subdued a violent stranger who looked like Grandpa, then summoned Son Gohan to identify him. Son Gohan revealed the stranger as Turles and compelled him to recount his past, leaving Turles explaining why he had come to Earth.

• Son Wu dodged Monster's attacks, stopped him from using Energy Spheres, and knocked him unconscious when he tried to flee.
• Son Wu contacted Son Gohan, who arrived and recognized Monster as Turles.
• Son Gohan used his power to make Turles speak, and Turles identified himself as a Saiyan Low-Class Warrior.
• Turles recounted fleeing Planet Vegeta before Frieza destroyed it, meeting Slug, and learning about the Tree of Might.
• Turles explained that he used Tree of Might fruit to grow stronger and came to Earth after hearing it was suitable for growing the trees.

Turles learned that he was a dead warrior from another timeline and begged Son Gohan to save him, but Son Gohan ordered Son Wu to kill him. Meanwhile, Vegeta was ambushed in Universe 10 by Goku Black and Zamasu, who declared that he would eliminate the Saiyan.

• Turles realized that the Kakarot he remembered was Son Wu’s grandfather and that decades had passed since their fight.
• Son Gohan concluded that Turles came from another spacetime and explained that he was a conscious corpse whose soul was trapped in his body.
• Turles pleaded with Son Gohan to save him, but Son Gohan ordered Son Wu to kill him, and Turles lost consciousness again.
• In Universe 10, Vegeta dodged a massive energy sphere and confronted a figure with Goku’s face.
• Goku Black identified himself as Zamasu, the Supreme Kai of Universe 10, and attacked Vegeta to punish mortals.

Vegeta defeated and erased Zamasu after overpowering him without transforming. On a planet in Universe 7, Son Wu speculated that beings from other timelines were appearing because of the Outer Black Mists or because the world’s rules had broken down.

• Vegeta blocked Zamasu’s attacks and mocked him, prompting Zamasu to reveal his rose-colored transformation.
• Zamasu’s attacks and a massive energy sphere failed to harm Vegeta, who taunted him about stealing Goku’s body.
• Vegeta reached for Zamasu and erased him as Zamasu tried to flee.
• Vegeta left in his spaceship, pleased that he had avenged a version of Kakarot.
• While grilling fish, Son Wu asked Son Gohan about Turles and proposed that the Outer Black Mists or disrupted world rules explained the arrival of people from other timelines.

Son Gohan and Son Wu discussed their inability to escape or repair the world they lived in, then focused on eating. In Universe 14, Goku was ambushed by a rampaging Broly, who attacked him with overwhelming force and showed no sign of stopping.

• Son Wu offered Son Gohan grilled fish and asked what they should do next, and Son Gohan said they could only grow strong enough to reach someone who could repair their world.
• Goku retrieved the lunch Chi-Chi had packed after defeating a Destruction Beast, but an incoming Energy Blast scattered the food.
• Goku kicked the Energy Blast into the sky, then recognized Broly as the attacker charging toward him and shouting Kakarot’s name.
• Broly struck Goku with a powerful punch that drove his legs into the ground and cracked the plain.
• Broly continued attacking, and Goku dodged a sweeping blow that gouged a colossal crater in the ground.
• Goku realized Broly could not be reasoned with as the rampaging Saiyan prepared to attack again.

Goku fought a demon-like Broly, who transformed into a powerful Super Saiyan 4 and destroyed planets as they battled through space. After Broly annihilated a life-bearing planet, Goku grew furious and launched a fierce counterattack.

• Goku dodged Broly's relentless attacks and asked where he had come from, but Broly called himself a demon and vowed to kill him.
• Broly transformed into an unusually powerful Super Saiyan 4, and he and Goku traded blows until their battle destroyed the planet beneath them.
• Goku and Broly continued fighting through space, destroying planets as Broly hurled energy blasts at him.
• Broly destroyed a planet full of life despite Goku's attempt to steer him away, enraging Goku.
• Goku charged Broly and slammed a white-aura-wreathed fist into his lower abdomen, blasting energy through his back.

Goku fought the increasingly powerful Super Saiyan 4 Broly while waiting for Son Gohan to arrive. Son Gohan took over the battle, stopped Broly with one finger, and then caught his fist, asking whether he could talk.

• Goku dodged Broly's attacks with Ultra Instinct and contacted Son Gohan for help.
• Goku and Broly clashed energy blasts, and Broly dodged the Kamehameha but lost flesh from his arm before charging back into the fight.
• Son Gohan arrived, recognized Broly as a Dragon Ball Heroes fighter, and reflected that the universe's growing chaos left him no choice but to deal with whatever came.
• Son Gohan asked Goku to let him test Broly's strength, and Goku withdrew as Broly pursued him.
• Son Gohan stopped Broly's punch with one finger, sent him flying, and caught his next fist when Broly attacked again.
• Son Gohan asked Broly whether he could talk, but Broly struggled without freeing his arm.

Gohan and Goku fought a Broly from another spacetime after black mists boosted him, while Jiren and Cohl learned that spacetime was becoming disordered. Goku defeated Broly and brought his unconscious body back to Gohan, who had yet to decide what to do with him.

• Broly advanced to Limit Breakthrough, but Gohan hurled him into a dead star as Goku and Gohan discussed his origins and the arrival of people from other spacetimes.
• Broly emerged from underground, absorbed the planet's black mists, and grew stronger before charging at Goku.
• Goku fought Broly while Jiren and Cohl arrived; Gohan explained that people from other spacetimes might keep appearing because the world's laws were disordered.
• At Gohan's urging, Goku activated perfected Ultra Instinct and knocked Broly unconscious.
• Broly returned to his normal form, and Goku carried him back to Gohan and asked what they should do with him.

Son Gohan sealed Broly’s strength and sent him to the Ancestral Planet before Goku and Jiren began a long-awaited spar. Their battle escalated on a reinforced dead star, where Goku fought in perfected Ultra Instinct and Jiren used Ultra Ego’s Max form.

• Son Gohan sealed Broly’s strength and sent him to the Ancestral Planet.
• Goku, Son Gohan, Jiren, and Cohl ate together, and Son Gohan used Destruction to erase the empty food containers.
• Jiren asked Goku to spar with him, and Son Gohan transported them to a barren dead star.
• Goku activated perfected Ultra Instinct while Jiren entered Ultra Ego’s Max form, and they traded powerful blows.
• Son Gohan reinforced the planet and settled down with Cohl to watch as Goku and Jiren exchanged energy blasts and attacks.

Son Gohan restrained the berserk Broly in his inner world and read his thoughts, confirming that Broly was fixated on killing Kakarot. In Universe 9, Trunks encountered the Ancient Evil Saiyan Cumber, and the two powered up to fight.

• Goku and Jiren ended their sparring match in a draw, and Son Gohan headed to inspect the passage between Universe 14 and the Dark Demon Realm.
• Broly woke on the Ancestral Planet, remembered Kakarot, and went on a rampage despite having his power sealed.
• Son Gohan forced Broly to the ground, restored his senses, and read his thoughts before sending him flying away.
• Trunks encountered Cumber in Universe 9, and the two exchanged blows before Cumber claimed to be Trunks's ancestor.
• Trunks transformed into Super Saiyan 4 Limit Breakthrough, while Cumber shattered his armor and unleashed his black-and-red aura.

Trunks fought Cumber on a dead planet, resisting his evil Ki and matching his transformations and attacks. After their finishing moves exploded, Cumber created an Artificial Full Moon and transformed into a Great Ape, while Trunks stayed in Super Saiyan 4 and struck at him from behind.

• Trunks fought Cumber, resisted the rage-inducing effects of his evil Ki with the Purification Technique, and prepared to kill him.
• Cumber transformed into Super Saiyan 3, and Trunks answered by entering full-power Super Saiyan 4 Limit Breakthrough.
• Cumber used shadowy hands and a massive Energy Sphere against Trunks, who countered with Ki arms and a Masenko; their attacks collided and blasted both into the rubble.
• Cumber created an Artificial Full Moon and transformed into a Great Ape, while Trunks realized he could not stack the transformation on top of Super Saiyan 4.
• Trunks dodged Cumber's Great Ape breath attack with Instant Transmission, appeared behind him, and slammed an Energy Sphere into his neck.

Trunks transformed into Super Saiyan 5 and defeated Cumber, but a one-armed man in black appeared and took the unconscious Cumber away. Trunks believed the stranger was Gohan, but the man refused to answer before disappearing.

• Cumber broke his mask and used his Great Ape form to overwhelm Trunks with a powerful energy breath, but Trunks dodged and attacked him.
• Trunks transformed from Super Saiyan 4 into Super Saiyan 5, then struck Cumber with a series of blows and a massive energy pillar.
• Cumber survived the blast but fell unconscious after being returned to human form, and Trunks approached to finish him.
• A one-armed man in black appeared before Cumber, and Trunks called him Gohan and tried to approach.
• The black-robed man warned Trunks to stop, picked up Cumber, and flew away.

Trunks told Son Gohan that Cumber had attacked him and that a black-robed man had rescued Cumber, while Son Gohan explained that people from other timelines were appearing amid the chaos. The rescuer was revealed as One-Armed Son Gohan, who offered to heal Cumber in exchange for learning how to grow stronger and threatened to kill him if he refused.

• Trunks contacted Son Gohan and reported his encounter with Cumber and the black-robed rescuer.
• Son Gohan explained that timelines were overlapping and that people from other timelines had entered their world.
• After checking the passage between Universe 11 and the Dark Demon Realm, Son Gohan worried that the realm's arrival was approaching and wondered who had revived the dead.
• One-Armed Son Gohan took the badly injured Cumber to a secluded spot, searched him, and found nothing.
• One-Armed Son Gohan offered to heal Cumber if Cumber taught him how to grow stronger, then formed an Energy Sphere when Cumber questioned the deal.

The one-armed Son Gohan struck a bargain with Cumber, hoping to learn how to grow stronger, while Trunks and Son Gohan secretly followed him. After recovering enough to move, Cumber revealed that his method was for Son Gohan to absorb his evil aura, risking that Son Gohan would lose himself.

• The one-armed Son Gohan agreed to spare Cumber in exchange for strength training and gave him moldy bread.
• The one-armed Son Gohan flew off to find more food, while Cumber ate the bread and secretly recovered through his regenerative constitution.
• The one-armed Son Gohan found giant crab claws from the Destruction Beast and brought them back to Cumber, unaware that Trunks and Son Gohan were following him.
• Cumber and the one-armed Son Gohan ate the crab meat, and Cumber recovered enough to stand.
• Cumber told the one-armed Son Gohan to absorb his evil aura, and Son Gohan angrily refused because he feared losing himself.

One-armed Son Gohan fought Cumber after refusing to serve under him, but Cumber transformed into a Super Saiyan and overwhelmed him. Two newcomers intervened, and Cumber’s attack on one of them was effortlessly stopped by a single finger.

• One-armed Son Gohan refused Cumber’s offer and attacked him with his gold, black, and red aura.
• One-armed Son Gohan wounded Cumber with a Special Beam Cannon, but rejected his offer to become partners.
• Cumber transformed into a Super Saiyan and badly beat one-armed Son Gohan.
• Two streaks of light entered the battlefield and interrupted Cumber’s assault.
• Cumber transformed into Super Saiyan 3 and charged a newcomer, who stopped his punch with one finger.