Recaps

Tien Shinhan visited Fortuneteller Baba to learn whether the Grand Supreme Kai could help him absorb the Ultra Divine Water faster. After confirming that Mount Five Elements was his only option, he chose to reach it alive and climb from its foot.

• Goku and Krillin vowed to train at Korin Tower and catch up to Tien Shinhan, while Chiaotzu and Launch saw him off as he left alone.
• Tien Shinhan returned to Fortuneteller Baba and paid her a billion zeni to divine how he could accelerate his absorption of the Ultra Divine Water.
• Fortuneteller Baba confirmed that the Grand Supreme Kai on Mount Five Elements had a suitable method and described two routes: die and travel Snake Way, or climb the mountain from its foot while alive.
• Tien Shinhan learned there were no other methods on Earth and chose to travel alive, accepting the danger of climbing Mount Five Elements.

Tien Shinhan entered Mount Five Elements Space and climbed Mount Five Elements, defeating its ghosts and monsters before reaching the summit. Grand Supreme Kai suggested that the Eight Trigrams Furnace’s flames might help his body absorb the effects of the Ultra Divine Water faster.

• Fortuneteller Baba explained how Tien Shinhan could return to Earth and watched him enter Mount Five Elements Space.
• Tien Shinhan fought through the ghosts and monsters on Mount Five Elements and reached its summit without being injured.
• Tien Shinhan saw the Eight Trigrams Furnace and met Grand Supreme Kai and Son Gohan.
• Tien Shinhan told Grand Supreme Kai that he wanted to speed up his absorption of the Ultra Divine Water’s effects.
• Grand Supreme Kai proposed that the furnace flames could temper Tien Shinhan’s body if he could withstand them.

Tien Shinhan entered the Eight Trigrams Furnace to absorb the Ultra Divine Water and retrieve the Five Elements Pill Annin had told him about. After reaching the furnace’s bottom and growing stronger, he took the pill and felt its effects begin.

• Tien Shinhan agreed to enter the Eight Trigrams Furnace, and Annin revealed that a Five Elements Pill at its bottom could greatly improve mental power and comprehension.
• Tien Shinhan addressed her as Lady Annin and jumped into the furnace, while Annin forgot to warn him that the flames intensified after ten minutes.
• Tien Shinhan endured the flames as they helped him absorb the Ultra Divine Water and raise his power level to 3,500.
• Tien Shinhan reached the furnace’s bottom, found the gray Five Elements Pill, and swallowed it despite its unpleasant taste.
• The pill’s soul-strengthening and comprehension-enhancing effects began to take hold of Tien Shinhan.

After taking the Five Elements Pill, Tien Shinhan gained a major boost to his martial arts comprehension and stayed inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace to absorb more of its power. While Grand Supreme Kai and Son Gohan believed he had died, the furnace’s intensified flames triggered another Limit Breakthrough, pushing his battle power past 4,000.

• Tien Shinhan used his enhanced comprehension to devise improvements for the Tri-Beam and the other techniques he knew.
• Tien Shinhan decided the Five Elements Pill had completed his path toward catching up with Super Saiyans and stayed in the Eight Trigrams Furnace to absorb more of its medicinal power.
• Grand Supreme Kai returned after fifteen minutes and, after Son Gohan told her Tien Shinhan was still inside, assumed he had been burned to ashes.
• Tien Shinhan endured the doubled flames, which burned away his uniform but strengthened his body and soul.
• Tien Shinhan's battle power broke through 4,000 as he continued growing stronger inside the furnace.

Tien Shinhan spent a day and night inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace, absorbed the Five Elements Pill’s power, and strengthened his martial arts until his power level reached 8,000. He emerged unharmed, leaving the Grand Supreme Kai and Son Gohan stunned that he had survived.

• Tien Shinhan perfected several techniques, including the Solar Flare, and created stronger Neo versions that could disrupt opponents’ ki sensing.
• Tien Shinhan estimated his power level at 8,000 after absorbing the Five Elements Pill and the Ultra Divine Water’s remaining effects.
• Tien Shinhan jumped out of the furnace and flicked its lid into the sky because he had not yet learned to control his increased strength.
• Son Gohan warned the Grand Supreme Kai that the furnace seemed to be exploding, but Tien Shinhan caught the lid and set it back in place.
• Tien Shinhan landed in front of the Grand Supreme Kai and Son Gohan, put on a spare uniform, and asked why they were surprised when Son Gohan asked if he had not died.

After surviving the Eight Trigrams Furnace and gaining the Five Elements Pill’s benefits, Tien Shinhan accepted the Grand Supreme Kai’s challenge. He learned her giant transformation during their brief fight and left her amazed by his strength and talent.

• Tien Shinhan explained how he had survived the furnace’s increasingly fierce flames and thanked the Grand Supreme Kai for the Five Elements Pill.
• The Grand Supreme Kai invited Tien Shinhan to spar and summoned a guandao, then grew to a hundred meters tall to attack him.
• Tien Shinhan recognized her giant transformation as a technique and quickly learned it, naming his version Heavenly Phenomenon Fist.
• Tien Shinhan grew to match the Grand Supreme Kai and disarmed her with one finger, forcing her to retreat and end the fight.
• Tien Shinhan returned to normal size, and the Grand Supreme Kai praised his extraordinary talent.

After leaving Grand Supreme Kai and Son Gohan, Tien Shinhan returned to Earth near Korin Tower, where Kami, Goku, and Krillin sensed his greatly increased strength. Goku and Krillin eagerly approached him for a fight, so Kami postponed his plans to discuss passing on his position.

• Grand Supreme Kai opened a passage to Earth, teased Tien Shinhan about sending him to Snake Way, and Son Gohan asked him to tell Goku not to wish him back to life.
• Tien Shinhan left the Mount Five Elements Space through the passage and emerged near Korin Tower.
• Kami sensed Tien Shinhan's powerful presence and became eager to pass on his position as Earth's Kami.
• Tien Shinhan greeted Master Korin, then went to Kami's Lookout with Launch and Chiaotzu.
• Goku and Krillin approached Tien Shinhan, eager to spar with him, and Kami decided to watch before raising the subject of succession.

Tien Shinhan invited Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, Kami, and Mr. Popo to spar against him, then quickly overwhelmed the first three with his superior strength. Kami and Mr. Popo joined the fight and launched a coordinated attack.

• Tien Shinhan agreed to spar with Goku and Krillin, then asked Chiaotzu to join them.
• Tien Shinhan invited Kami and Mr. Popo to make it a five-on-one fight, and Kami agreed on both their behalf.
• Tien Shinhan began testing a special move he had perfected inside the Eight Trigrams Furnace as the battle started.
• Goku and Krillin attacked together, but Tien Shinhan caught their legs and flung them nearly off the plaza at Kami's Lookout.
• Chiaotzu tried to freeze Tien Shinhan with psychic powers, but Tien Shinhan shattered the restraint with his Ki.
• Kami and Mr. Popo launched a coordinated attack on Tien Shinhan.

Tien Shinhan faced Kami, Mr. Popo, Goku, Krillin, and Chiaotzu in a spar, overwhelming their attacks with his new Neo Four Witches Technique. The others were left stunned by his strength, while Launch watched in admiration.

• Kami and Mr. Popo tried to surprise Tien Shinhan with suppressed ki, but he saw them coming and sent them flying with a palm strike.
• Goku and Krillin launched simultaneous Kamehamehas as Kami and Mr. Popo fired compressed ki beams at Tien Shinhan.
• Chiaotzu followed Tien Shinhan's instructions and joined the others with a Dodon Ray, completing a five-direction barrage.
• Tien Shinhan activated the Neo Four Witches Technique, grew six extra arms, and punched apart all five ki blasts.
• Goku, Krillin, Kami, Mr. Popo, and Chiaotzu stared in awe, while Launch watched Tien Shinhan with tearful admiration.

After Tien Shinhan defeated Goku, Krillin, Kami, and Mr. Popo in a spar, Kami offered him the position of Earth's god, but Tien refused to focus on martial arts. He asked about special training facilities, and Mr. Popo revealed that the Time Machine could take him to opponents in other times and places.

• Tien Shinhan ended the spar after easily breaking apart the group’s Kamehameha, leaving the others amazed by his strength.
• Chiaotzu praised Tien, who encouraged everyone to keep training and resolved to reach the level of Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan God through martial arts.
• Kami offered Tien the position of Earth's god, but Tien refused because he cared more about becoming stronger.
• Kami considered Goku as a possible successor and planned to decide what to do after King Piccolo’s egg hatched.
• Tien asked Kami and Mr. Popo about special training locations so he could find stronger opponents.
• Mr. Popo revealed that the Lookout had a Hyperbolic Time Chamber and a Time Machine that could transport users to times and places with suitable opponents.

Tien Shinhan and his companions used Kami's mysterious Time Machine to search for suitable opponents, arriving on Planet Plant among the Tuffles. The Tuffles mistook Goku for a returning Saiyan and raised the alarm, leaving the group facing a hostile population.

• Launch insisted on joining Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, and Chiaotzu, and Tien Shinhan agreed to protect her.
• Mr. Popo showed the group the strange room housing Kami's Time Machine and explained that it would choose a destination based on their shared thoughts.
• Tien Shinhan imagined fighting Saiyans, while Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Launch pictured different opponents.
• Mr. Popo activated the Time Machine and transported Tien Shinhan and his four companions to a modern city.
• The Tuffles mistook Goku for a Saiyan and shouted for the group to leave Planet Plant as a signal flare rose into the sky.

Tien Shinhan and the others disarmed the Tuffles and convinced them they meant no harm, while Tien revealed that Goku was a kindhearted Saiyan. The Tuffles accepted their explanation about arriving in a Time Machine, and Dr. Lychee approached with a group of Tuffles.

• Tien Shinhan used his Neo Multi-Form Technique, and he, Goku, Krillin, and the others quickly disarmed the Tuffles without killing them.
• Tien Shinhan told the Tuffles they meant no harm and explained that Goku was a kindhearted Saiyan raised on Earth.
• Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Launch were shocked when Tien Shinhan confirmed Goku was a Saiyan.
• Goku told the Tuffles that the group had arrived in a Time Machine, prompting them to discuss Dr. Lychee's research.
• Dr. Lychee arrived with a group of Tuffles on hovering motorcycles, and Tien Shinhan recognized his eyepiece as a Scouter.

Dr. Lychee’s Scouter revealed the extraordinary strength of Tien Shinhan and Goku, convincing him that the Tuffles who had called for help were telling the truth. Just as Tien Shinhan’s group prepared to tour the Tuffles’ city, King Vegeta and the Saiyan warriors arrived to claim Planet Plant, bringing the two sides to the brink of battle.

• Dr. Lychee scanned Krillin, Chiaotzu, Launch, and Goku, discovering their surprising battle power and deciding that Goku might become a threat.
• After Tien Shinhan’s battle power exceeded the Scouter’s 5,000 limit and destroyed it, Dr. Lychee believed the Tuffles’ account, apologized, and offered the group a tour.
• Tien Shinhan agreed to the tour, while Goku looked forward to Tuffle food and Blonde Launch took an interest in their weapons.
• King Vegeta arrived with the Saiyan warriors and demanded that the Tuffles leave Planet Plant, but Dr. Lychee refused to surrender their home.
• Tien Shinhan alerted Goku and the others that the Saiyans were their opponents, and Goku and the group eagerly prepared to fight.

King Vegeta led more than three hundred Saiyans in a massive assault on the Tuffles, whose advanced weapons helped them resist the invasion. Tien Shinhan overwhelmed the Saiyan elites and then faced King Vegeta, who challenged him to fight.

• King Vegeta sent the Saiyan force charging into the Tuffles’ city, where the attack caused widespread destruction and casualties.
• Dr. Lychee scanned the Saiyans and worried that the Tuffles’ weapons might not be enough against such a large invasion.
• Tuffle forces used laser guns, large cannons, and cosmic-ray missiles to fight back, while Blonde Launch joined the battle with two laser guns.
• Goku, Krillin, and Chiaotzu chose Saiyan opponents near their own strength, while Tien Shinhan defeated dozens of Mid-Class and Elite Warriors with single punches.
• Tien Shinhan confronted King Vegeta, who provoked him into a duel despite Tien’s confidence in his strength.

Tien Shinhan faced King Vegeta alone while Goku, Krillin, and Chiaotzu tried to reach him, only to be intercepted by Saiyans led by Bardock, who discovered his resemblance to Goku. With the Tuffle defense stretched thin, Dr. Lychee could not divert the special weapons and had to leave Tien Shinhan to fight King Vegeta by himself.

• King Vegeta laughed off Tien Shinhan's challenge and believed his own victory was certain.
• Krillin noticed King Vegeta's Ki was stronger than Tien Shinhan's, so he, Goku, and Chiaotzu flew to help Tien Shinhan.
• Three Saiyans blocked their path, and Goku recognized that their strongest warrior looked like him.
• Bardock introduced himself, questioned why Goku fought against the Saiyans, and clashed with Goku over their invasion of other people's cities.
• Dr. Lychee considered diverting special weapons to help Tien Shinhan but decided the Tuffle defensive line could not spare them.

Tien Shinhan used his special techniques to overwhelm King Vegeta, humiliating him and turning the battlefield’s attention to their duel. After testing his new moves, Tien Shinhan canceled his Four Witches Technique and powered up for the head-on fight King Vegeta had demanded.

• Tien Shinhan refused King Vegeta’s offer to become his subordinate and gave him one last chance to surrender, but King Vegeta attacked instead.
• Tien Shinhan dodged King Vegeta’s energy ball and blinded him with Neo Solar Flare.
• Tien Shinhan used Neo Four Witches Technique to attack King Vegeta with eight arms, landing six fists while King Vegeta blindly countered with two.
• Tien Shinhan mocked King Vegeta for blaming his special techniques, while Goku and the others renewed their efforts and Dr. Lychee admired Tien Shinhan’s combat skill.
• The Saiyan warriors tried to help King Vegeta, but Tuffle combat units and weapons kept them occupied.
• Tien Shinhan canceled his Four Witches Technique, accepted King Vegeta’s demand for a straightforward fight, and flared his Ki.

Tien Shinhan abandoned his special moves to fight King Vegeta head-on, using the pressure to adapt and rapidly raise his power level. After surpassing King Vegeta’s limit, Tien Shinhan turned the battle around and began mercilessly beating him.

• King Vegeta welcomed Tien Shinhan’s decision to fight head-on and powered up for a direct clash.
• Tien Shinhan attacked with punches and kicks, but King Vegeta’s higher power level let him block and counter, forcing Tien Shinhan onto the defensive.
• King Vegeta landed a solid punch, but Tien Shinhan revealed that the pressure had helped him adapt and break through a power level of 10,000.
• Tien Shinhan’s aura rose to match and surpass King Vegeta’s, and he began overwhelming him with increasingly faster, heavier attacks.
• King Vegeta realized Tien Shinhan kept growing stronger as they fought and found himself trapped in a relentless beating.

King Vegeta transformed into a Golden Great Ape to overcome Tien Shinhan, but Tien Shinhan countered with ten clones that grew stronger as they fought. King Vegeta realized the battle was still turning against him and began considering retreat.

• King Vegeta used a special energy ball to transform into a Golden Great Ape, raising his battle power to nearly one hundred thousand.
• Bardock explained that King Vegeta's pure Saiyan bloodline let him retain his reason, and Krillin warned Tien Shinhan of the danger.
• Tien Shinhan revealed that he had forced the transformation to make the battle more challenging, then used the Neo Multi-Form Technique to create ten clones.
• King Vegeta crushed one Tien Shinhan clone, but the other nine grew stronger and attacked him together.
• After half an hour, five Tien Shinhans remained, each with a battle power around fifteen thousand, and King Vegeta began thinking about retreating.

After King Vegeta retreated, Tien Shinhan and his allies recovered from the battle and visited the Tuffle capital at Dr. Lychee’s invitation. Their tour of the Tuffles’ scientific laboratory ended when they spotted a mysterious humanoid-shaped machine.

• King Vegeta ordered the Saiyans to retreat, and Tien Shinhan let them go rather than risk being surrounded.
• Tien Shinhan gave Goku and the others Senzu Beans, and Goku’s battle power rose to nearly 6,000 after he recovered.
• Dr. Lychee invited Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Launch to the Tuffle capital to thank them for helping defend his people.
• After a meal, Dr. Lychee showed the group the Tuffles’ scientific laboratory and gave Launch a crate of nanoscale laser guns.
• Dr. Lychee promised to improve the Scouters and give the visitors some, then the group noticed a humanoid-shaped machine at the far end of the laboratory.

Dr. Lychee explained Hatchiyack, his machine for collecting and amplifying the Tuffles’ resentment into a weapon against the Saiyans. Tien Shinhan understood the machine’s rotational compression method and asked to examine it, leaving Goku and the others stunned by his scientific insight.

• Dr. Lychee revealed that Hatchiyack would grow stronger as it gathered Grudge Waves from Tuffle deaths and injuries.
• Krillin understood Dr. Lychee’s desire for revenge, while Dr. Lychee admitted he both wanted Hatchiyack completed and hoped that day never came.
• Tien Shinhan asked how Hatchiyack collected and amplified Grudge Waves, prompting Dr. Lychee to explain its special material and compression method.
• Tien Shinhan recognized the Armstrong Lykist Rotation as the principle he could use and asked Dr. Lychee to let him operate the machine.
• Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Launch were astonished that Tien Shinhan understood the explanation and repeated the technical term correctly.

Tien Shinhan studied Dr. Lychee’s Grudge Wave Amplification Device and used its rotational compression principles to create the Perfected Dragon Fist, a technique that released ten times his normal destructive power. While the group trained in the Tuffles’ accommodations, Dr. Lychee finished upgrading the Scouter, and Blonde Launch began checking everyone’s power levels, ending on Goku’s astonishing reading.

• Dr. Lychee showed Tien Shinhan the Grudge Wave Amplification Device’s rotating, compressed energy streams, and Tien discovered their repeated rotation pattern.
• Tien Shinhan applied the compression principle to his ki and created the Perfected Dragon Fist, a punch with ten times his normal destructive power.
• When the group was not transported back to their own time and space, Tien Shinhan and the others trained in the accommodations arranged by the Tuffle king.
• Dr. Lychee completed a new Scouter capable of detecting power levels up to one hundred thousand.
• Blonde Launch scanned the group, reading Krillin’s power level as 310 and Chiaotzu’s as 398 before she saw Goku’s power level of 6,000.

Goku and Tien Shinhan’s power levels were revealed, and Tien’s immense strength left the others stunned. With Planet Plant’s full moon approaching, Dr. Lychee confirmed the Tuffles’ defenses were ready and thanked Tien Shinhan for warning them about the Saiyans’ Great Ape transformations.

• Goku’s power level reached 6,000 after recovering from near-fatal injuries and training, leaving Krillin discouraged by the widening gap.
• Dr. Lychee read Tien Shinhan’s power level as 21,300, stunning Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Blonde Launch.
• Goku treated Tien Shinhan as his rival and resolved to train harder, while Tien judged his own progress sufficient to face the Saiyans.
• Tien Shinhan asked Dr. Lychee whether the Tuffles were prepared for Planet Plant’s full moon in two days.
• Dr. Lychee said the Tuffles would shelter behind a defensive light barrier and thanked Tien Shinhan for warning them that the Saiyans could become Great Apes.

On Planet Plant’s full moon night, King Vegeta led the transformed Saiyans in a destructive assault on the Tuffle metropolis. Tien Shinhan and the others left the city’s light-energy barrier to fight the Great Apes, while King Vegeta confronted Tien Shinhan and prepared to prevent him from evading and growing stronger.

• King Vegeta ordered the Saiyans to transform into Great Apes under the full moon and led them toward the Tuffle city.
• The Saiyan Great Apes devastated the city’s outskirts, but King Vegeta noticed there were no Tuffles or signs of blood and ordered the army to advance toward the city center.
• Tien Shinhan and tens of thousands of Tuffles sheltered inside the palace’s light-energy barrier, which Dr. Lychee had activated in advance.
• Tien Shinhan and his companions refused Dr. Lychee’s advice to remain behind the barrier and flew out to confront the Saiyan Great Apes.
• Krillin and Chiaotzu struggled against the Great Apes, while Goku held back to avoid transforming and attacking his allies.
• King Vegeta faced Tien Shinhan again and kept the two strongest Great Apes beside him to stop Tien Shinhan from evading and growing stronger during the fight.

King Vegeta transformed into a Golden Great Ape with a power level near 100,000 and surrounded Tien Shinhan, expecting an easy victory. Tien Shinhan used the Heavenly Phenomenon Fist to grow to the Great Apes’ size and knocked King Vegeta backward, leaving the battle poised for Tien Shinhan to reveal more of his strength.

• Dr. Lychee checked King Vegeta’s power level and saw that his Golden Great Ape form approached 100,000, while Tien Shinhan remained a little above 20,000.
• King Vegeta surrounded Tien Shinhan with two other Great Apes and mocked his chances of escaping or fighting back.
• Tien Shinhan used the Heavenly Phenomenon Fist to grow into a giant, surprising King Vegeta and giving the Tuffles renewed hope.
• King Vegeta realized Tien Shinhan’s giant transformation had not increased his power level and called him a paper tiger.
• Tien Shinhan punched King Vegeta head-on and made the Golden Great Ape stagger backward four or five steps.

Tien Shinhan fought King Vegeta in Golden Great Ape form, prolonging their evenly matched battle to raise his own power level. After King Vegeta exhausted himself and surrendered, Tien killed him, causing the Saiyan offensive against the Tuffles to collapse.

• Tien Shinhan killed two Saiyan Elite Warriors with single punches while keeping King Vegeta alive as sparring material.
• King Vegeta attacked Tien Shinhan, who concealed his advantage and grew stronger throughout their prolonged fight.
• After fighting all night, Tien Shinhan's power level had risen above eighty thousand, while an exhausted King Vegeta could no longer maintain his Golden Great Ape form.
• King Vegeta begged to stop, and Tien Shinhan killed him with a punch.
• The Saiyans abandoned their remaining resistance after King Vegeta's death, and the Tuffles survived the attack.