Chapter Summaries

Son Gohan battled Golden Cooler, whose greater power was offset by Gohan’s Instant Transmission and spirit-control techniques. After Gohan wounded Cooler with his Ki Sword, Cooler launched a massive Triple Supernova toward Gohan and Earth.

• Golden Cooler overpowered Son Gohan in their first clash, but both continued fighting at close range and recovered their energy.
• Son Gohan formed a Ki Sword and used it to slash Cooler and cut off part of his tail.
• Cooler attacked from a distance, but Son Gohan’s Energy Liquefaction defense absorbed much of the incoming energy.
• Son Gohan resumed his assault with Instant Transmission and his Ki Sword, cutting off more of Cooler’s tail as Cooler fled.
• Cooler unleashed Triple Supernova, sending a gigantic golden Energy Sphere toward Son Gohan and Earth.

Son Gohan and the others joined forces to repel Cooler's Triple Supernova, but Goku sensed that Cooler had survived. Gohan pursued Cooler into space and destroyed him, revealing that his Namekian wish had given him a body that could survive the vacuum.

• Son Gohan unleashed a 10x Kamehameha as Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, Piccolo, the Supreme Kai, Kibito, and the others added their energy against Cooler's Triple Supernova.
• Cooler stopped powering the Supernova and fled, but his own attack struck him and exploded, leaving Earth safe and Cooler grievously wounded in space.
• Goku sensed that Cooler was still alive, and Son Gohan used Instant Transmission to pursue him despite Vegeta's concern that Saiyans could not survive in space.
• Son Gohan explained that his wish on Planet Namek had given him a body capable of surviving in space, then killed Cooler with an energy blast.

After defeating Cooler, Son Gohan returned to Earth in his new Super Saiyan 4 form and explained the transformation to his friends and family. Meanwhile, the God of Destruction Beerus awoke from a nightmare and learned that Frieza had been killed by a Saiyan named Goku.

• Son Gohan returned to Earth after Cooler crumbled to dust, and everyone gathered to ask about his Super Saiyan 4 form.
• Son Gohan explained that the transformation let him wield Great Ape Power in human form and said Goku and Trunks might be able to achieve it.
• The Supreme Kai and the others celebrated their survival, while Son Gohan prepared to go to Other World and the rest set out to gather the Dragon Balls.
• Beerus woke from a nightmare in which someone killed him and asked Whis how long he had slept.
• Whis told Beerus that Frieza had destroyed Planet Vegeta but had later been killed by Goku, who became the Legendary Super Saiyan.

Beerus and Whis traveled to Earth after the Oracle Fish said a Super Saiyan God might challenge Beerus. At Kami’s Lookout, Beerus effortlessly knocked Goku unconscious with one flick, leaving the Z Fighters stunned.

• Beerus learned from Whis that the surviving Saiyans lived on Earth and asked the Oracle Fish about a worthy opponent.
• The Oracle Fish named the legendary Super Saiyan God, so Beerus and Whis set off for Earth.
• Beerus and Whis arrived at Kami’s Lookout while Shenron, Vegeta, and King Kai reacted fearfully to Beerus’s presence.
• Goku greeted Beerus and challenged him, transforming through Super Saiyan forms as Beerus dodged his attacks.
• Beerus flicked Goku on the head, knocking him unconscious and ending his Super Saiyan 3 transformation.
• In Other World, Son Gohan sensed Goku’s Ki appear and vanish, and wondered what had happened.

Beerus and Whis arrived at Kami's Lookout, where Beerus knocked out Goku and demanded to learn about the Super Saiyan God. Son Gohan returned, explained the transformation, and distracted Beerus from destroying Earth by promising him its finest food.

• Beerus defeated Super Saiyan 3 Goku with one blow, and Supreme Kai healed him while warning Beerus that Son Gohan would retaliate.
• Beerus questioned Vegeta about the Super Saiyan God and learned that Son Gohan was Goku's Saiyan son.
• Son Gohan arrived by Instant Transmission, confirmed he knew about the Super Saiyan God, and explained that it was a transformation achieved by mastering god ki.
• Beerus threatened to destroy Earth when Son Gohan admitted he had not mastered the transformation, but Son Gohan praised Earth's cuisine and called for Trunks.
• Trunks returned with two tables of food, and Beerus let the destructive energy at his fingertip dissipate as he eyed the dishes hungrily.

Son Gohan explained the Super Saiyan God ritual to his friends and arranged for Goku to become the first god. After Beerus and Whis finished eating, Gohan said they could begin the transformation.

• Beerus and Whis eagerly ate the food Son Gohan had prepared, while Vegeta watched Gohan win them over.
• Son Gohan explained that six Saiyans with righteous hearts could channel their energy into one person to create a Super Saiyan God.
• Son Gohan used Instant Transmission to bring Goten, Pan, and little Wu to the Lookout, where the group counted the Saiyans available for the ritual.
• Everyone suggested Son Gohan become the Super Saiyan God, but he chose Goku so he could observe Beerus fighting him and learn from Beerus afterward.
• Beerus claimed the food had been ordinary, then asked when the Super Saiyan God would appear; Son Gohan said they could perform the transformation once Beerus and Whis had finished eating.

Goku became the Super Saiyan God through the others’ shared righteous hearts and began fighting Beerus. Their initial clash left Goku trading blows with Beerus, but Beerus then gained the upper hand and sent him crashing toward the ground.

• Son Gohan, Vegeta, Trunks, Son Goten, Chi-Chi, Videl, and Little Wu joined hands and transferred their righteous hearts to Goku.
• Goku transformed into the red-haired Super Saiyan God, and Beerus challenged him to demonstrate his new power.
• Goku attacked Beerus, but Beerus stopped his fist with one finger before the two began exchanging blows in the sky.
• Goku admitted that he had gained the power temporarily with everyone’s help, and Beerus asked whether Son Gohan was really so strong.
• Beerus kicked Goku in the abdomen, chased him with two purple Energy Spheres, and struck him from above, sending him plummeting toward the ground.

Goku fought Beerus, discovered he could transform into a Super Saiyan God on his own, and survived Beerus's attack on Earth. Beerus then challenged Son Gohan, who revealed his Super Saiyan 4 form as their fight was about to begin.

• Beerus overwhelmed Goku in their aerial and underwater battle while the Z Fighters watched from nearby.
• Goku's God Ki continued to grow after his Super Saiyan God form faded, and he transformed again to destroy Beerus's energy sphere before it hit the ocean.
• Beerus told Goku that he could now transform into a Super Saiyan God without help, then claimed Goku had pushed him to use seventy percent of his power.
• Beerus called Son Gohan over to fight, and Son Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan 4 instead of Super Saiyan God.
• Beerus studied Son Gohan's unfamiliar transformation and prepared to test its power.

Son Gohan fought Beerus in Super Saiyan 4, growing stronger as their battle pushed him toward his limits. Beerus noticed that Son Gohan was absorbing his God Ki and wondered whether he was combining it with his Saiyan power.

• Son Gohan dodged Beerus's Energy Sphere, landed a heavy punch, and followed with more attacks that Beerus deflected.
• Son Gohan used a Ki Sword to slash and thrust at Beerus, who increased his power and charged at him.
• Son Gohan and Beerus's fists collided with enough force to devastate the ocean and shake Earth, so they moved higher into the sky.
• Son Gohan and Beerus fought for half an hour, and Son Gohan's strength and mastery of Super Saiyan 4 continued to grow.
• Beerus noticed traces of his own God Ki in Son Gohan's attacks and suspected Son Gohan was combining God Ki with his Saiyan bloodline.

Son Gohan and Beerus fought to a standstill in space, then returned to Earth after agreeing to stop. Piccolo used Shenron to revive the people Babidi had killed, restore Earth, and reinforce its core, and everyone gathered at Kami’s Lookout for a feast.

• Whis projected Son Gohan and Beerus’s battle in space for the others to watch as their attacks destroyed an entire star system.
• Son Gohan and Beerus’s blasts exploded, injuring both fighters, but Son Gohan quickly recovered and Beerus agreed to end the fight.
• Son Gohan told Beerus that his transformation was Super Saiyan 4, and Beerus kept secret how much of his power he had used.
• Son Gohan returned Beerus to Kami’s Lookout with Instant Transmission and reunited with Pan.
• Piccolo asked Shenron to revive Babidi’s victims, restore Earth, and reinforce its core after consulting Beerus about restoring the destroyed planets.
• Mr. Popo and Dende brought out food, and everyone helped prepare a feast at Kami’s Lookout.

Son Gohan encouraged Piccolo after he grew discouraged by falling behind the Saiyans, and suggested using Shenron to unlock his potential. Piccolo regained hope and agreed to train with Gohan in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

• Whis praised Son Gohan's martial arts and considered teaching him, while Beerus privately wanted to guide him himself.
• Beerus warned the Supreme Kai to stop wandering around, then Whis took Beerus and their bags of food back to the God of Destruction Planet.
• Vegeta became a Super Saiyan God, Krillin married Maren, and Trunks achieved Super Saiyan 4.
• Piccolo told Son Gohan that he feared he had reached a bottleneck and could no longer grow stronger.
• Son Gohan proposed that Shenron unlock Piccolo's potential, and Piccolo agreed to train with him in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

Inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Son Gohan trained with Piccolo, independently unlocked Super Saiyan God, and then combined God Ki with Super Saiyan 4 to achieve a new form. He left Piccolo stunned by how far his strength had surpassed Piccolo’s.

• Son Gohan and Piccolo sparred, and Piccolo revealed that he had broken through his bottleneck six months into their training.
• Piccolo worried that Son Gohan had exceeded the chamber’s two-day lifetime limit, but Son Gohan said he could break through its space-time barrier and leave whenever he wanted.
• After another six months of training, Son Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan God through his own efforts and tested the form against Piccolo.
• Son Gohan spent half an hour fighting in Super Saiyan God, studying the form and learning more about God Ki.
• Six months later, Son Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan 4 and infused it with God Ki, creating Super Saiyan 4-Limit Breakthrough.
• Piccolo marveled at Son Gohan’s new power, and Son Gohan asked whether he looked cool.

After spending more than a year inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Son Gohan and Piccolo escaped, and Gohan returned home to his family. Three months later, Bulma became pregnant again, leaving Vegeta and Trunks excited about the new baby.

• Son Gohan tore open a rift in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and brought Piccolo back to Kami's Lookout.
• Son Gohan returned home, reunited with Son Goten, Pan, Little Wu, and Videl, and spent time with his family.
• Bulma became pregnant, and Vegeta celebrated by rewarding Capsule Corporation employees and giving a dog a chicken drumstick.
• Trunks visited Son Gohan and excitedly wondered whether Bulma's baby would be a boy or a girl and when it would be born.

Nearly a year after their last visit, Beerus and Whis returned to Earth for Trunks's banquet, where Son Gohan asked Beerus to train him and the others. Beerus agreed to take them to the God of Destruction Planet, and the group set off with Trunks's supply of food.

• Beerus and Whis returned to Earth and feasted at Trunks's celebration banquet, enjoying Cream Pudding prepared for them by Son Gohan.
• Son Gohan asked Beerus to teach him, Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, and Piccolo how to train, and Beerus agreed to bring them to the God of Destruction Planet with Whis's guidance.
• Son Gohan told the others about the training opportunity, and Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, and Trunks were eager to go.
• Vegeta hesitated because Bulma was pregnant, but Son Gohan reassured him that they could return to Earth regularly.
• Trunks packed food while the group informed their families, and Whis carried them with Beerus toward the God of Destruction Planet.

Son Gohan and the others arrived at the God of Destruction Planet to train, while Gohan asked the Supreme Kai to watch over Earth and learned that their Senzu Beans had ripened. Whis easily defeated Trunks and dodged Goku’s attacks, then invited everyone to fight him together, prompting Gohan to reveal his Super Saiyan 4-Limit Breakthrough form and startling Beerus.

• Son Gohan contacted Old Kai, but Beerus frightened him into dropping his Communication Orb, so Supreme Kai Shin spoke with Gohan instead.
• Gohan asked the Supreme Kai to watch over Earth, and Shin agreed to inform King Kai and reported that Kibito had harvested 456 Senzu Beans.
• The group reached Beerus’s palace, where the Oracle Fish babbled about Great Saiyaman until Beerus quieted it and told everyone to choose rooms.
• Trunks fought Whis in Super Saiyan 4, but Whis dodged his attacks and defeated him with a light tap to the neck.
• Goku transformed into Super Saiyan God and attacked Whis, who effortlessly evaded him and invited everyone to attack together.
• Vegeta, Piccolo, and Son Gohan powered up, with Gohan reaching Super Saiyan 4-Limit Breakthrough and leaving Beerus astonished.

Son Gohan tested his new limit breakthrough against Whis, surviving a powerful attack before Whis ended the sparring session and began arranging training. Two months later, the group held one-on-one matches on the God of Destruction Planet, and the chapter ended as Vegeta challenged Goku to a supposedly sparring match.

• Whis was surprised by Son Gohan's new power, while Vegeta, Goku, and Piccolo joined Son Gohan in fighting Whis and were eliminated.
• Son Gohan fought Whis alone, used Energy Liquefaction to survive an attack, and nearly exhausted his Ki before Whis called off the match.
• Whis proposed a training plan, and the group agreed to eat before continuing their training.
• Son Gohan visited the Supreme Kai Planet and stored four hundred Senzu Beans in his other-dimensional space during the two months of training.
• Piccolo conceded his match against Trunks, who fought only in Super Saiyan 2 form.
• Vegeta transformed into Super Saiyan God and challenged Goku to fight to the death, while Goku reminded him they were only sparring.

Son Gohan demonstrated Super Saiyan Blue, a Super Saiyan transformation built on Super Saiyan God, and fought Beerus. After discovering how rapidly the form drained his energy, he left the fight aware that he still needed to master it.

• Goku defeated Vegeta in their Super Saiyan God sparring match, and Son Gohan gave them Senzu Beans before challenging Beerus.
• Son Gohan transformed from Super Saiyan God into Super Saiyan Blue, revealing the new form to Beerus, Goku, and Vegeta.
• Son Gohan and Beerus fought fiercely, and Beerus blasted Son Gohan into the lake, evaporating it and scorching the pink water monster.
• Son Gohan left Super Saiyan Blue, ate a Senzu Bean to recover, and agreed with Beerus that the form lacked endurance and finesse.

Son Gohan fought Beerus in Super Saiyan 4 limit breakthrough, while the others trained on the God of Destruction Planet. After Goku and Vegeta developed Super Saiyan Blue, Champa and Vados arrived and Champa immediately argued with Beerus.

• Son Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan 4 limit breakthrough and fought Beerus for over half an hour before Beerus called off the battle.
• Beerus noticed that Son Gohan grew stronger during their fights and that his god Ki had gained a trace of destruction energy.
• Goku and Trunks investigated the Water Monster, which Beerus and Whis identified as an electric eel, and Goku prepared it for everyone to eat.
• The group continued training for another month; Trunks refined Super Saiyan 4 and learned god Ki, while Goku and Vegeta developed Super Saiyan Blue.
• Champa and Vados arrived on the God of Destruction Planet, and Champa and Beerus immediately quarreled over which brother was older.

Son Gohan won over Champa and Vados with Rainbow Lollipops, but Vados revealed that Universe 6’s Earth had lost its humans. Champa proposed a five-fighter martial arts tournament against Beerus, with the winner claiming the other universe’s Earth, and Beerus pointed to Son Gohan as a warning.

• Whis introduced Vados as his older sister and the Angel of Universe 6, and introduced Champa as Beerus’s twin brother and Universe 6’s God of Destruction.
• Son Gohan offered Champa and Vados Rainbow Lollipops; Champa first ate his with the wrapper on, then praised the candy after Vados showed him how to unwrap it.
• Vados searched Universe 6 and found that its humans had gone extinct after a foolish war, leaving Champa dismayed about the food contest with Beerus.
• Champa proposed a five-fighter martial arts tournament, with the winner claiming the other universe’s Earth.
• Beerus accepted the challenge with confidence and pointed out Son Gohan as someone Champa should fight before committing.

Son Gohan fought Champa on the God of Destruction Planet, revealing his Super Saiyan 4 form with god ki and matching the God of Destruction in a fierce battle. Their final clash tore open space, and both fell bloodied before Son Gohan shakily got back to his feet.

• Champa accepted Beerus's challenge to fight Son Gohan and rose into the air to face him.
• Son Gohan transformed into Super Saiyan 4 and added god ki, then struck Champa with a punch that sent him crashing into a crater.
• Champa recovered and entered his battle-ready state, and he and Son Gohan exchanged punches and energy attacks.
• Son Gohan used Instant Transmission and fired a Tenfold Kamehameha, which Champa countered with a Ki Blast in a beam clash.
• Their attacks exploded, tearing open space and injuring both fighters, while Vados closed the rifts and cleared away the residual energy.
• Champa asked Whis to check on Son Gohan, but Son Gohan shakily climbed to his feet.