Chapter Summaries

Wumu traveled toward Planet Yardrat and planted a Tree of Might seed on an uninhabited planet, where he met the Saiyan Ganazi. After telling Ganazi about the surviving Saiyans and Frieza's power, Wumu allowed him to stay and promised to teach him to become a Super Saiyan if he grew strong enough.

• Wumu left for Planet Yardrat, hoping to find new cultivation methods and plant a Tree of Might seed along the way.
• Wumu landed on a forested uninhabited planet and planted the seed, which drained the vegetation and turned the land into a desert.
• Ganazi appeared and questioned Wumu about the destruction; Wumu threatened him, then allowed him to stay after learning his power level was twelve thousand.
• Wumu explained that Planet Vegeta had been destroyed and named the Saiyans still alive, including Son Goku, Vegeta, Broly, and his father.
• Wumu told Ganazi that Frieza's power level was 120 million and promised to teach him the Super Saiyan transformation if he reached three million within a few years.
• Wumu and Ganazi waited for the Tree of Might fruit to ripen.

After gaining strength from the Tree of Might’s fruits, Wumu and Ganazi traveled to Planet Yardrat to train their spiritual power under Elder Pybara. A month of cultivation brought them greater harmony with ki, while Wumu reflected on the approaching events in Earth’s future.

• Wumu gave Ganazi one Tree of Might fruit, which raised Ganazi’s power level from twelve thousand to more than nine hundred thousand, then ate the remaining five and reached three million.
• During their journey to Planet Yardrat, Wumu and Ganazi explored two uninhabited planets, found sixteen more fruits, and Wumu saved twelve for a future breakthrough.
• Wumu and Ganazi arrived on Planet Yardrat and told Elder Pybara they had come to train.
• Elder Pybara sensed that Wumu’s spirit was not fully integrated with his ki and that Ganazi’s ki remained violent, so he directed them to cultivate their spiritual power.
• At Spirit Heart Lake, Wumu learned to sense ki and nature more deeply, while Ganazi’s violent ki gradually became gentle and steadfast.
• After a month of training, Wumu considered the coming World Martial Arts Tournaments, King Piccolo’s appearance, and the possibility of defeating Frieza before Son Goku transformed.

The quarterfinals of the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament began after the Turtle and Crane Schools exchanged insults and the contestants were drawn. Tien Shinhan defeated Yamcha by breaking his leg, leaving the tournament’s remaining matches ahead.

• Master Roshi and Master Shen argued over their old grievances as Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu faced off at the tournament venue.
• Son Goku arrived, and the contestants advanced through the preliminary matches to the quarterfinals; Tien Shinhan secretly ordered Chiaotzu to use psychic powers to cheat.
• The draw paired Yamcha with Tien Shinhan, Jackie Chun with Man-Wolf, Krillin with Chiaotzu, and Son Goku with newcomer Xiao Jie.
• Tien Shinhan and Yamcha began the first quarterfinal, trading attacks as Yamcha used his Super Wolf Fang Fist and Kamehameha.
• Tien Shinhan evaded Yamcha’s Kamehameha, then broke Yamcha’s leg with a vicious kick and won the match.

After Tien Shinhan defeated Yamcha, Son Goku vowed to settle the score while Tien predicted he would win the tournament. On Planet Yardrat, Wumu and Ganazi completed their training and persuaded Elder Pybara to teach them four special skills.

• Son Goku, Krillin, Puar, Bulma, and Launch rushed to help the unconscious Yamcha after Tien Shinhan attacked him again.
• Son Goku angrily accused Tien Shinhan of going too far and vowed to settle the score in the tournament, while Tien mocked him.
• Tien Shinhan told Chiaotzu that the championship was his and Chiaotzu would come second, while Master Roshi praised Son Goku for not interfering in the match.
• Wumu and Ganazi completed their training on Planet Yardrat, with Wumu matching his mental power to his ki and Ganazi learning to sense and control ki.
• Wumu and Ganazi asked Elder Pybara to teach them Yardratian skills, and he agreed to teach them the Mind-Reading Technique, Forced Spirit Fission, Telepathy, and the Healing Technique.

Master Roshi defeated Man-Wolf in the quarterfinals, and Tien Shinhan recognized Jackie Chun as a formidable opponent. Chiaotzu used his psychic powers and Dodon Ray against Krillin, who began charging an imperfect Kamehameha.

• Man-Wolf attacked Master Roshi with his Thousand Transformations of Wolf Shadows, but Master Roshi dispelled the phantoms and won the match.
• Man-Wolf accepted his defeat and thanked Master Roshi for the lesson.
• Tien Shinhan told Chiaotzu that Jackie Chun was a powerful master and learned he would face him in the semifinals.
• Krillin charged Chiaotzu, who floated out of reach before immobilizing him with psychic powers and firing a Dodon Ray.
• Krillin recovered, faced Chiaotzu again, and began gathering energy for his Kamehameha.

Krillin defeated Chiaotzu in a fierce tournament match, and Son Goku and his companions later celebrated with Yamcha at the hospital. Master Shen ordered Tien Shinhan to show no mercy against Master Roshi’s disciples, leaving Tien conflicted between his master’s demands and his own pursuit of martial arts.

• Chiaotzu and Krillin fought with their signature techniques, and Krillin won their final energy-wave clash by retaining a little strength after they both fell.
• Son Goku and Tien Shinhan helped Krillin and Chiaotzu up, and the spectators applauded their match.
• Son Goku and his companions visited Yamcha in the hospital, where Son Goku told Master Roshi that Wumu had sought a training ground with the Dragon Balls and had sent his regards.
• Master Roshi advised Krillin and Yamcha to travel and gain experience after the tournament, and they agreed.
• Master Shen told Tien Shinhan to show no mercy to Master Roshi’s disciples after learning that Mercenary Tao had been killed, while Tien Shinhan struggled with his master’s teachings and expectations.

Son Goku defeated Xiao Jie in the quarterfinals, encouraging the young martial artist to keep training and promising to pass along his wish to learn from Wumu. In the semifinals, Master Roshi conceded to Tien Shinhan, leaving Tien questioning Master Shen’s teachings before his upcoming final.

• Son Goku dodged Xiao Jie’s attacks and defeated him with a counterattack, while Xiao Jie learned from the match and asked to train under Wumu.
• Son Goku promised to pass Xiao Jie’s request along to Wumu and praised his potential.
• Tien Shinhan and Jackie Chun exchanged techniques and fought evenly, with Tien using the Tri-Beam and Flight Technique against Master Roshi’s Kamehameha and experience.
• Master Roshi urged Tien Shinhan to reconsider hatred and prejudice, prompting Tien to question his understanding of martial arts.
• Master Roshi suddenly conceded, and Tien Shinhan began reconsidering Master Shen’s teachings as Master Shen noticed something unusual about him.

Krillin and Son Goku fought in the semifinal, with Son Goku winning and advancing to the final against Tien Shinhan. Tien Shinhan narrowly defeated Son Goku with a Tri-Beam, but the victory left him reflecting on martial arts rather than celebrating.

• Krillin and Son Goku exchanged Kamehameha waves before Son Goku sent Krillin out of the ring and won the semifinal.
• Tien Shinhan reflected on the friendship and respect between the Turtle School disciples as Master Shen urged him to give his all in the final.
• Tien Shinhan and Son Goku began the final, with Tien Shinhan using the Flight Technique and Four Witches Technique to attack from several directions.
• Son Goku countered Tien Shinhan's Tri-Beam with a Kamehameha, and the two fighters continued battling as they grew exhausted.
• Tien Shinhan struck Son Goku with a precisely aimed Tri-Beam, sending him unsteadily to the edge of the ring and securing a narrow victory.

Tien Shinhan rejected Master Shen’s command to kill Son Goku and found a new understanding of martial arts through Master Roshi’s guidance. After Krillin was killed by a monster that stole the Four-Star Dragon Ball and the tournament participant list, Goku set out to find the killer.

• Tien Shinhan refused Master Shen’s demand and listened to Master Roshi’s advice about using strength to protect others.
• Son Goku, Krillin, and their friends celebrated the tournament, while Tien Shinhan discussed his new understanding of martial arts with Chiaotzu.
• Krillin returned to the restaurant for Goku’s Four-Star Dragon Ball, where a monster attacked and killed him before stealing the ball and the tournament participant list.
• Son Goku found Krillin’s body, took Bulma’s Dragon Radar, and flew off on Flying Nimbus to pursue the killer.

After Goku left to pursue the person who killed Krillin, Master Roshi recognized the demon symbol on a sheet of paper as King Piccolo’s mark and explained the ancient threat. The group feared Goku would find Piccolo’s subordinate, while Roshi worried about the stolen Dragon Ball and World Martial Arts Tournament roster.

• Tien Shinhan closed Krillin’s eyes as the others watched Goku leave with unease.
• Master Roshi found a paper marked with the demon symbol and identified it as King Piccolo’s mark.
• Master Roshi explained that King Piccolo had terrorized the world 300 years earlier until Master Mutaito sealed him away, and he insisted Master Shen could not have freed him.
• Yamcha and Oolong feared that Krillin’s killer was one of King Piccolo’s subordinates and that Goku was in danger.
• Launch reminded everyone that Goku had the Dragon Radar and would find the enemy.
• Master Roshi raised concern that the Dragon Ball and the World Martial Arts Tournament roster had been stolen, while Tien Shinhan asked what the Dragon Balls and radar were.

King Piccolo revealed that he wanted the Dragon Balls to gain immortality and keep ruling the world, while Pilaf nervously tried to bargain for a share of his future empire. King Piccolo waited for Tambourine and vowed to kill every martial artist; the chapter ended with an unidentified speaker saying, “I found you!”

• King Piccolo told Pilaf he sought an immortal, youthful body rather than using the Dragon Balls to conquer the world.
• Pilaf asked King Piccolo for part of the world in exchange for helping revive him and reveal the Dragon Balls, but retreated to smaller demands when King Piccolo glared at him.
• King Piccolo asked whether Tambourine had arrived, and Xiao Wu showed him a display tracking Tambourine as he approached.
• King Piccolo demanded the World Martial Arts Tournament's register and destroyed the rice cooker while condemning the martial artists who had sealed him away.
• King Piccolo vowed to send every martial artist to hell, and an unidentified speaker declared, “I found you!”

Son Goku found Tambourine and fought him to avenge Krillin, but his exhaustion left him badly beaten. Tambourine flew away after Son Goku fell motionless on the ground.

• Son Goku confronted Tambourine and demanded the return of his Four-Star Dragon Ball and vengeance for Krillin, whom Tambourine admitted to killing.
• Tambourine caught Son Goku's punch and kicked him into the sky while Master Roshi confirmed that Krillin had died from a blow to the head.
• Son Goku resumed the fight, but Tambourine wrapped him with his long tongue, destroyed the Flying Nimbus, and took away the Power Pole before Son Goku crashed to the ground.
• Son Goku grabbed Tambourine's foot and vowed to avenge Krillin, so Tambourine repeatedly struck him and slammed him into the ground.
• Tambourine saw Son Goku lying motionless, complained that the fight had wasted his time, and flew away.

King Piccolo obtained a Dragon Ball and ordered Tambourine to kill every martial artist on the tournament roster, then anyone who resisted. Tambourine began carrying out the order by slaughtering King Chappa and his disciples, and flew toward his next target.

• Tambourine returned with the Four-Star Dragon Ball and a roster of World Martial Arts Tournament competitors, while Pilaf confirmed the Dragon Ball's location.
• Tambourine said he had already killed one martial artist from the roster and Son Goku, shocking the Pilaf Gang.
• King Piccolo ordered Tambourine and the crow-man to kill every martial artist on the roster and anyone who resisted.
• Pilaf, Xiao Wu, and Shu worried that they had released King Piccolo, and Shu questioned whether Pilaf would really receive half the world.
• Tambourine attacked King Chappa's martial arts school, killed King Chappa and all his disciples, then flew toward his next target.

Tambourine attacked Xiao Jie while King Piccolo created Cymbal and sent him to collect the remaining Dragon Balls. Son Goku woke, recovered after eating, and prepared to confront the enemy who had destroyed the Flying Nimbus, but another figure appeared and challenged him.

• Tambourine wounded Xiao Jie and vanished after muttering that he had about a dozen more targets.
• King Piccolo ignored warnings about the cost of laying another egg, created Cymbal, and ordered him to collect the remaining Dragon Balls.
• Pilaf told Cymbal where the nearest Dragon Ball was, and Cymbal flew away to retrieve it.
• Son Goku woke in a valley, ate fruit and a roasted fish, and decided he would not lose to the monster again.
• Son Goku realized the monster had destroyed the Flying Nimbus and angrily shouted for him to show himself.
• A huge rock flew at Son Goku, who dodged it before a round, fat fellow emerged and challenged him.

Son Goku fought a fat man over a stolen fish, then learned the man had a one-star Dragon Ball and was not allied with Tambourine. When Cymbal arrived seeking the Dragon Balls, the man defeated him and revealed his name was Yajirobe.

• Son Goku and the fat man fought after arguing over a fish, then stopped when Son Goku saw the one-star Dragon Ball around the man's neck.
• The fat man said he had picked up the Dragon Ball three years earlier, and Son Goku apologized for suspecting him.
• Cymbal arrived and demanded to know whether they had seen any Dragon Balls, revealing he was Tambourine's companion and served King Piccolo.
• Son Goku and the fat man argued over who would fight Cymbal, then settled it with rock-paper-scissors, which the fat man won.
• The fat man fought Cymbal, revealed his name was Yajirobe, and killed Cymbal with a sword slash.

The group planned to gather the Dragon Balls to stop King Piccolo and revive Krillin, then moved to a hidden island while Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Master Roshi set out to search. King Piccolo learned Cymbal was dead and sent Tambourine after Cymbal’s killer, leaving Yamcha alive for now.

• Bulma explained that the Dragon Balls could grant one wish, and the group discussed using them against King Piccolo and preserving Krillin’s body.
• After a broadcast reported more martial artists killed by a demon-marked attacker, Master Roshi ordered everyone to leave Kame House while Bulma made a new Dragon Radar.
• The group flew to an unnamed island, where Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Master Roshi departed to search for the Dragon Balls.
• Bulma made a refrigerated capsule to preserve Krillin’s body while Yamcha, Launch, and the others stayed behind.
• King Piccolo learned that Cymbal had died and ordered Tambourine to find and kill Cymbal’s killer.
• Tambourine left Yamcha alive and flew toward the location King Piccolo gave him.

Son Goku defeated Tambourine and avenged Krillin, prompting King Piccolo to set out personally to find the killers. As Goku waited with Yajirobe, the Dragon Radar detected an approaching Dragon Ball, and King Piccolo’s airship appeared overhead.

• Son Goku fought Tambourine, overwhelmed him, and destroyed him with a Kamehameha after he tried to flee.
• King Piccolo learned that Cymbal and Tambourine had been killed and vowed to confront their killers himself, while Pilaf tracked the Dragon Ball signals.
• King Piccolo revealed that he held the Four-Star Dragon Ball and ordered Pilaf to find whoever had killed his warriors.
• Son Goku waited with Yajirobe, who offered his Dragon Ball if Goku won, while Goku noticed another Dragon Ball approaching on the Dragon Radar.
• Son Goku spotted an airship overhead, and a figure jumped from its hatch and landed nearby.

Son Goku fought King Piccolo in the stone forest but was overwhelmed and left for dead after Piccolo took his Dragon Ball. Yajirobe helped Son Goku recover, and Son Goku asked him to take him somewhere for treatment.

• Tien Shinhan landed the aircraft with Master Roshi, while privately wondering about the Evil Containment Wave.
• Son Goku confronted King Piccolo over Krillin's death and the stolen Dragon Balls, then fought him in the stone forest.
• King Piccolo battered Son Goku, eventually knocked him unconscious, and took the Dragon Ball from his chest before flying away.
• Yajirobe found Son Goku and prepared to bury him, but heard his heartbeat and carried him to a river for water.
• Son Goku recovered enough to stand and asked Yajirobe to take him somewhere for treatment, promising to feed him.

Master Roshi prepared to face King Piccolo alone while Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu hid nearby, and Yajirobe drove the badly injured Son Goku away from the battlefield. The chapter ended as King Piccolo descended from his airship to confront Master Roshi.

• Chiaotzu found the fifth Dragon Ball, and Master Roshi discovered the two remaining Dragon Balls were together and approaching.
• Yajirobe drove Son Goku across the plain as Son Goku recovered from his fight with King Piccolo and asked how the demon could be defeated.
• Xiao Wu reported that King Piccolo's airship had reached the Dragon Ball signals, and King Piccolo swallowed the two Dragon Balls before heading out.
• Master Roshi knocked Tien Shinhan unconscious with a mist, admitted that the water of immortality was a lie, and hid him in a cave.
• Master Roshi told Chiaotzu to stay hidden, then called King Piccolo down from the airship and prepared to fight him.

Master Roshi tried to seal King Piccolo with the Evil Containment Wave but failed, dying from the effort. As King Piccolo summoned Shenron to make his wish, Chiaotzu tried to wish him out of existence first.

• Master Roshi battled King Piccolo while Yajirobe drove the exhausted Son Goku toward Korin Tower.
• Master Roshi used the Evil Containment Wave, but he missed the rice cooker and collapsed, apparently dead.
• King Piccolo gathered the Dragon Balls and summoned Shenron while Tien Shinhan urged Chiaotzu to wish him away.
• As King Piccolo began making his wish, Chiaotzu shouted to Shenron to make King Piccolo disappear from the world.