Chapter Summaries

Son Goku defeated Tien Shinhan, Krillin, Xiao Jie, and Chiaotzu, then learned Raditz had arrived and claimed to be his Saiyan brother. Raditz accused Goku of abandoning his mission to destroy Earth’s humans and sell the planet.

• Son Goku overwhelmed Tien Shinhan, Krillin, Xiao Jie, and Chiaotzu, defeating them all at once.
• Son Goku told Krillin that eating a Tree of Might fruit had greatly increased his strength, and Ganazi warned that the fruit was dangerous.
• Ganazi said the day had come as Lord Wumu had predicted and left Son Goku to handle what followed.
• Raditz arrived, recognized Son Goku as Kakarot, and demanded to know why he had not wiped out Earth’s humans.
• Son Goku dodged Raditz’s Ki blast, which destroyed a distant mountain range.
• Raditz revealed that he was Son Goku’s older brother and said their father had sent Goku to Earth to destroy its humans and sell the planet.

Raditz rejected Son Goku’s refusal to join the Saiyans, attacked him, and abducted Son Gohan. Son Goku pursued Raditz to rescue his son, with Piccolo following, while Ganazi said Gohan would be fine.

• Raditz tried to lure Son Goku into a false embrace, then headbutted him and blasted him into the sky.
• Raditz created a smokescreen, seized Son Gohan, and flew toward his spacecraft.
• Son Goku recovered and raced after Raditz, vowing to defeat him and rescue Gohan.
• Piccolo followed Son Goku, declaring that only he would defeat him.
• Bulma confronted Ganazi for failing to intervene, and Ganazi explained that Raditz had taken Gohan because he recognized him as a Saiyan.

Son Goku and Piccolo cornered Raditz after Son Goku’s power surged, and Raditz’s attempt to escape ended with him injured in a crater. Piccolo aimed a ki blast at Raditz, ready to kill him.

• Son Goku caught up to Raditz, knocked him back, and forced him to set Son Gohan down.
• Piccolo arrived, and Raditz warned Son Goku and Piccolo that his two companions were much stronger than he was.
• Son Goku powered up to a power level of 4120, frightening Raditz as Piccolo watched in shock.
• Raditz tried to flee, but Piccolo blocked him; after Raditz fought back, Piccolo raised his power level to 1300 and joined Son Goku in cornering him.
• Raditz unleashed ki blasts to cover his escape, but Piccolo intercepted him and blasted him into a crater.
• Piccolo aimed a ki blast at the injured Raditz and demanded that he accept his death.

Son Goku and Piccolo defeated Raditz, who revealed that Prince Vegeta and another Saiyan would reach Earth in about a year. Piccolo took Son Gohan away to train him, leaving Son Goku to face the coming threat and worry about Chi-Chi.

• Raditz fought Son Goku with increasing desperation, but Son Goku dodged his attacks and struck him in the abdomen.
• Piccolo fired his Special Beam Cannon into Raditz's back, piercing his chest and leaving him mortally wounded.
• Raditz told Son Goku that Prince Vegeta had a power level above ten thousand and that his companions would reach Earth in about a year, then died.
• Son Goku and Piccolo recognized they had a year to prepare for the Saiyans' arrival.
• Piccolo took Son Gohan away to train him, and Son Goku remembered he had promised Chi-Chi he would bring their son home.

After Raditz’s defeat, Master Roshi gave his two Fruits of Might to Tien Shinhan and Xiao Jie as Earth’s fighters prepared to train for the Saiyans’ arrival. Meanwhile, Vegeta and Nappa set course for Earth, while Raditz’s corpse mysteriously vanished from the battlefield.

• Son Goku told the others about the powerful Saiyans who were coming, and Master Roshi gave his two Fruits of Might to Tien Shinhan and Xiao Jie.
• Bulma took Raditz’s Scouter and left with the others to prepare for training.
• After everyone departed, Raditz’s corpse trembled and vanished, leaving only a pool of blood.
• On Planet Phenomena, Nappa destroyed the city, and Vegeta told him Raditz had died without accomplishing his mission.
• Vegeta revealed that Earth had a Namekian and said he intended to use the wish-granting balls to become immortal and defeat Frieza.
• Vegeta and Nappa sold the planet, boarded their spacecraft, and began a year-long journey to Earth.

Ganazi revived Raditz, revealed that he was a Saiyan and explained the destruction of Planet Vegeta, Frieza's power, and the Super Saiyan transformation. He then took Raditz to Planet Yardrat to find Elder Pybara.

• Ganazi healed Raditz and told him he had brought him back to life because he was one of the few surviving Saiyans.
• Raditz attacked Ganazi over his missing Scouter, but Ganazi effortlessly erased his Ki Blast and revealed his Saiyan tail.
• Ganazi told Raditz that Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta and had a true Power Level of 120 million, then demonstrated his Super Saiyan form.
• Ganazi said he had surpassed Frieza five years earlier and that his Earthling lord was vastly stronger than he was.
• Raditz asked why Ganazi had not taken revenge, and Ganazi said he was waiting because the lord had plans.
• Ganazi sensed Elder Pybara on Planet Yardrat and used Instant Transmission to take Raditz there.

Ganazi brought Raditz to Spirit Heart Lake on Planet Yardrat to cultivate his mind and promised to train him until he could transform and meet Lord Wumu. On Earth, Son Goku found Wumu's recording in the Lookout's Pendulum Room, which warned that the Saiyans were only part of a greater crisis and urged him to grow stronger within a year.

• Elder Pybara allowed Ganazi to take Raditz to Spirit Heart Lake after noting Raditz's intense viciousness.
• Ganazi told Raditz to cultivate at the lake and spar with him daily, promising to teach him to transform once his power level reached three million.
• Kami told Yalijia and the others to train with Mr. Popo while he contacted Wumu, and directed Son Goku to the recording Wumu had left in the Pendulum Room.
• Kami recalled that Wumu had predicted an Earth crisis three years earlier and worried that Earth's fighters could not yet stop the approaching Saiyans.
• Son Goku watched Wumu's recording warn that the Saiyans were only part of a greater crisis and urge him to become stronger within a year.
• Son Goku asked why Wumu would not fight alongside them to defeat the Saiyans.

Son Goku entered Wumu’s Pendulum Room trial and defeated a black-armored warrior at the Red Ribbon Army base. There he met Kakarot, who used Fivefold Kaioken to overwhelm him, and Son Goku resolved to learn the technique before the crisis a year later.

• Wumu told Son Goku he had to face the trial alone, then sent him into the Pendulum Room through a glowing clock.
• Son Goku arrived at a Red Ribbon Army base and defeated a powerful black-armored warrior in combat.
• Son Goku explored the base and found a man who looked exactly like him inside a machine pod.
• The man identified himself as Kakarot and attacked Son Goku with Fivefold Kaioken, smashing him into a mountain.
• Son Goku emerged from the rubble, sensed that Kakarot’s power was temporary, and resolved to learn the technique.

Wumu considered how to advance his cultivation beyond Dan Jin and began training his kidneys with Genki. In the Pendulum Room, Son Goku passed the second stage by learning Kaioken, then hurried on as the space shifted into a new stage.

• Wumu reasoned that his golden core had transformed his blood and that training his kidneys could help strengthen his bones.
• Wumu drew Genki into his kidneys while meditating on the seabed, causing his body to glow.
• Son Goku fought Kakarot and exchanged Kamehameha attacks, but Kakarot overwhelmed him with Kaioken x6.
• Son Goku understood the principle of Kaioken and tried using it, but his body convulsed under the strain of Kaioken x3.
• Son Goku defeated Kakarot with a punch, passed the second stage, and received knowledge about Kaioken and the four stages of the space.
• The space fractured and its scenery began changing rapidly as Son Goku prepared to continue.

While Son Goku endured a mysterious assault in a dark training space, Raditz and Earth’s fighters trained for the Saiyans’ arrival. Vegeta and Nappa landed on Earth and headed toward Piccolo, Gohan, and the others, who prepared to hold them off until Goku returned.

• Son Goku was battered by unseen attacks in a dark space and could not sense or locate his attacker.
• Ganazi healed Raditz after their sparring on Planet Yardrat, where Raditz’s strength had grown past a Power Level of 100,000.
• After a year of training, Tien Shinhan and Xiao Jie ate the fruit to increase their strength, then led the others away from the Lookout to confront the arriving Saiyans.
• Vegeta and Nappa landed in North City, where Nappa attacked civilians before Vegeta ordered him to stop and used his Scouter to locate the fighters.
• Piccolo and Gohan met Tien Shinhan’s group in the wilderness, and Krillin urged Piccolo to hold off the Saiyans until Goku arrived.

Piccolo and the others faced Vegeta and Nappa, who released eight Saibamen to fight them. Meanwhile, Son Goku completed his training in the Pendulum Room and flew to join the battle as Kami prepared an emergency plan involving the Dragon Balls and Planet Namek.

• Piccolo struck Nappa and sent him crashing into rocks, while Vegeta warned Nappa that the fighters could hide their power levels.
• Nappa planted eight seeds that grew into Saibamen, then sent the monsters to attack Piccolo and the others.
• Son Goku reached the fourth stage of the Pendulum Room, learned to draw power from nature, and emerged with greatly increased strength.
• Kami told Son Goku that the Saiyans had arrived, and Son Goku flew off to find Krillin and the others.
• Kami asked Mr. Popo to gather the Dragon Balls and prepare to wish for transport to Planet Namek if the battle went badly.

The Earth fighters defeated most of the Saibamen, but Yamcha died when one self-destructed. Vegeta and Nappa entered the fight, and Krillin used Solar Flare to blind Vegeta as the battle turned against the others.

• Piccolo urged Son Gohan to fight, and Tien Shinhan and Xiao Jie defeated two Saibamen before Piccolo, Krillin, and Yalijia took down their opponents.
• Yamcha believed his Spirit Ball had defeated a Saibaman, but it clung to his back and self-destructed, killing him.
• Son Gohan defeated his Saibaman with a Masenko, and Piccolo criticized him before offering a brief compliment.
• Nappa attacked Tien Shinhan while Krillin tried to intervene, and the two Saiyans' opponents fought fiercely in the air.
• Vegeta appeared among the Earth fighters, struck Son Gohan, Yalijia, Chiaotzu, and Xiao Jie, then Krillin blinded him with Solar Flare.

Tien Shinhan knocked Nappa away and joined Xiao Jie and Piccolo in fighting Vegeta, while Krillin and the others faced Nappa. Krillin’s Destructo Disc severed Nappa’s arm and wounded him badly, as Son Goku raced toward the battlefield.

• Tien Shinhan hurled Nappa aside and attacked Vegeta while Krillin helped Son Gohan to his feet.
• Vegeta recovered his sight, ordered Nappa to fight Krillin and the others, and challenged Xiao Jie, Tien Shinhan, and Piccolo to face him together.
• Chiaotzu tried to immobilize Nappa with psychic powers, but Nappa broke free and injured him.
• Yalijia and Son Gohan attacked Nappa to buy Krillin time, but Nappa struck Son Gohan down and grabbed Yalijia by the throat.
• Krillin threw his Destructo Disc, which sliced through Nappa’s shoulder and ribs, leaving him screaming and bleeding on the ground.

Vegeta killed Nappa and Yalijia, then nearly killed Piccolo while demanding the Dragon Balls’ location. Son Goku arrived and began fighting Vegeta, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Vegeta dismissed Nappa as his companion and killed him with a Ki Blast.
• Yalijia attacked Vegeta to buy Krillin and Son Gohan time to escape, but Vegeta pierced her abdomen and killed her.
• Vegeta questioned the wounded Piccolo about the Dragon Balls and prepared to kill him when Piccolo refused to answer.
• Son Goku arrived, stopped Vegeta from attacking Piccolo, and promised to handle the fight.
• Vegeta and Son Goku exchanged blows, and Son Goku struck Vegeta in the abdomen, making him stagger back.

Son Goku used Kaioken to challenge Vegeta, then lured him away from the battlefield to protect his companions. Piccolo revived Xiao Jie and Tien Shinhan, who mourned their fallen friends, while Son Goku and Vegeta faced off above a barren island.

• Vegeta overwhelmed Son Goku until Son Goku activated Kaioken and fought back, but their clashes devastated the battlefield and injured their companions.
• Son Goku led Vegeta away from the others, while Piccolo woke Xiao Jie and Tien Shinhan.
• Tien Shinhan mourned Chiaotzu, and Xiao Jie grieved for Yalijia before Tien Shinhan reminded him that the Dragon Balls could revive the dead, though Chiaotzu could not be revived again.
• Son Goku reached a barren island, and Vegeta followed, asking if it was the burial ground Son Goku had chosen for himself.

Son Goku defeated Vegeta’s Galick Gun with the Kaio-ken and Kamehameha, but Vegeta used an artificial moon to transform into a Great Ape. Goku pushed his Kaio-ken beyond its limits to repel Vegeta’s blast, but Vegeta knocked him down, leaving him unable to fight.

• Vegeta fired a barrage of Ki Blasts at Son Goku, but Goku dodged them and struck back, starting a fierce close-range battle.
• Vegeta unleashed the Galick Gun, but Son Goku used Kaio-ken x3 to strengthen his Kamehameha and overwhelm it.
• Vegeta threw an artificial moon into the sky and transformed into a Great Ape, claiming the transformation raised his power tenfold.
• Vegeta attacked Goku with an energy blast, and Goku used increasingly powerful Kaio-ken levels before firing a Super Kamehameha that stopped the blast.
• Vegeta dismissed Goku’s weakened attack, struck him with his enormous hand, and sent him crashing to the ground without strength to continue.

Son Goku and his allies defeated Vegeta, but Son Goku let him escape back to Frieza Force Base No. 79. Meanwhile, Wumu completed his breakthrough to Gang Jin beneath the sea and arrived at the Lookout to see Kami.

• Krillin and the others returned with Senzu Beans, restored their strength, and helped Son Gohan revive Son Goku.
• Son Goku destroyed the artificial moon, forcing Vegeta back into his original form as the fighters surrounded him.
• Xiao Jie struck Vegeta, but Son Goku stopped him and let Vegeta leave Earth in his spaceship.
• Vegeta reached Frieza Force Base No. 79, collapsed, and was placed in a Healing Tank.
• Wumu completed his Gang Jin breakthrough, then teleported from the seabed to the Lookout and greeted Kami.

Wumu arranged for Son Goku and the others to travel to Planet Namek instead of using Earth’s Dragon Balls, while he went to King Yemma to delay the dead people’s afterlife arrangements. The group set off to find Bulma and prepare the spaceship, and King Yemma agreed to hold the Earthlings’ souls in exchange for Wumu’s future help.

• Wumu told Kami not to use Shenron yet and instructed him to send Son Goku and the others to Planet Namek.
• After Son Goku and the others asked Kami to revive the Saiyans’ victims, Kami explained that Wumu had borrowed Earth’s Dragon Balls and revealed that Piccolo and Kami came from Namek.
• Kami directed the group to Wumu’s house, where Son Goku found a letter with Namek’s coordinates and instructions for a spaceship stored in a Hoi-Poi Capsule.
• Son Goku and the others went to find Bulma so she could help them operate the spaceship.
• Wumu appeared before King Yemma and asked him to delay processing the recent Earth deaths, promising to resolve one future problem for free.
• King Yemma accepted Wumu’s offer and set aside an area for the Earthlings.

Wumu took Yalijia, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha to King Kai's Planet, then returned to Spirit Heart Lake to consider his plans for Namek and hear Raditz's appeal to join him. The chapter ended with Wumu dismissing Raditz's offer as insufficient, leaving Raditz stunned by the vast gap between their strength.

• Wumu found Yalijia, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha in the soul queue and brought them to King Kai's Planet to train under King Kai.
• Yamcha resolved to resume martial arts training after realizing how far Wumu had surpassed him.
• On Planet Yardrat, Wumu weighed whether Krillin should die to help trigger Goku's Super Saiyan transformation, then decided to make the choice when the time came.
• Wumu teleported to Spirit Heart Lake, where Raditz asked to follow him and promised loyalty and potential.
• Wumu revealed that his Power Level exceeded ten billion and told Raditz that his offer was not enough, shocking Raditz and Ganazi.

Wumu accepted Raditz after Ganazi pleaded for him and explained two Saiyan growth paths. Ganazi chose Super Saiyan God and transformed on Planet Yardrat, while Raditz chose the alternate path.

• Raditz lost hope after Wumu overwhelmed him, but Ganazi knelt and pleaded for Wumu to take him in.
• Wumu agreed to let Raditz stay, then presented Ganazi and Raditz with the choices of Super Saiyan God or genetic atavistic evolution.
• Ganazi chose the path to godhood, while Raditz chose the alternate path to restore Saiyan glory.
• Wumu guided Ganazi in absorbing divine energy, and Ganazi transformed into a Super Saiyan God.
• Whis sensed that a Super Saiyan God had appeared far ahead of schedule, while Ganazi marveled at his new power and sensed Wumu's mysterious aura.