Recaps

After the Tuffles defeated the Saiyans with no casualties, the Tuffle King thanked Tien Shinhan and the others and urged them to accept rewards. Dr. Lychee promised to invent something to aid their martial arts training, and three days later he returned with the Tuffle King carrying two treasure chests.

• The Tuffles' light-energy barrier held until dawn, and their forces defeated the Saiyan attackers with no Tuffle casualties; Tien Shinhan had blown King Vegeta apart.
• The Tuffle King ordered the surviving Saiyans taken to the light-energy detention facility for trial and sentencing.
• The Tuffle King thanked Tien Shinhan and the others and offered to fulfill their requests, while they chose adjusted Scouters as their reward.
• At the Tuffle King's urging, Tien Shinhan asked for additional items to help with martial arts training, and Dr. Lychee said he would invent something.
• Three days later, Dr. Lychee and the Tuffle King arrived at the group's lodgings with two treasure chests carried by Tuffle warriors.

The Tuffle King and Dr. Lychee gave Tien Shinhan and the others improved Scouters and Wave Bracelets designed to train ki directly. Tien tested a bracelet and found that he could adapt to its suppression, confirming its training potential.

• Dr. Lychee presented the group with improved Scouters that detected power levels up to 200,000, and the Tuffle King gave one to each of them.
• Dr. Lychee handed Tien Shinhan a Scouter blueprint and explained that Bulma could use it to make Scouters on Earth.
• Dr. Lychee introduced five Wave Bracelets that used grudge waves to suppress and disrupt their wearers' ki, strengthening their energy control and training as they adapted.
• Tien Shinhan activated his bracelet, lowered its wave amplitude, and gradually raised his suppressed ki from about 30,000 to 50,000.

Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Launch tested Dr. Lychee’s Wave Bracelets and experienced their aura-suppressing effects. Tien Shinhan adjusted his bracelet to suppress his power to 300, multiplying the automatic growth from his Limit Breakthrough trait.

• Goku activated his Wave Bracelet and found that its interference reduced his power level, then increased the suppression to test its strength.
• Krillin and Chiaotzu also activated their bracelets and were startled when their power levels dropped to five.
• Blonde Launch collapsed from the bracelet’s effects, turned it off, and gave it to Tien Shinhan to hold, while hinting at her feelings for him.
• Chiaotzu offered Tien Shinhan his bracelet and admitted he wanted to ease up on training, but Tien Shinhan encouraged him to keep it for his own use.
• Tien Shinhan set his bracelet to suppress his aura to a power level of 300 and found that his automatic power growth had multiplied several times over.

Tien Shinhan and the others returned from the Tuffles’ world with Wave Bracelets and Scouters after helping defeat the Saiyans. Back at Kami’s Lookout, Tien Shinhan learned how the Time Machine’s return settings worked, while Kami was stunned by the group’s increased strength.

• Dr. Lychee’s Wave Bracelets proved useful for training, and Tien Shinhan accepted them and the other rewards on the group’s behalf.
• The Tuffle King and Dr. Lychee led Tien Shinhan and the others to a plaza, where the Tuffles welcomed them and unveiled a statue of the heroes.
• A pulling force began drawing the group back through time and space, and they stopped resisting as they were teleported to Kami’s Lookout.
• Mr. Popo explained that travelers could set their return time, but time passed at the same rate in both spaces, so Tien Shinhan’s training loophole would not work.
• Tien Shinhan and the others switched off their Wave Bracelets, revealing their powerful auras and shocking Kami.
• Krillin showed Kami the Scouters and explained that they could display power levels.

Kami used a Scouter and was astonished by the vast gap between Tien Shinhan’s power and everyone else’s. After learning that the Time Machine needed three months to recharge, Tien Shinhan, Kami, and Mr. Popo advised balancing future time transfers with regular training and rest.

• Kami put on a Scouter and saw that Tien Shinhan’s power level was far higher than Goku’s, Krillin’s, and Chiaotzu’s.
• Kami praised Tien Shinhan as extraordinarily gifted, and Tien Shinhan accepted the compliment without modesty.
• Goku asked Kami and Mr. Popo to let them use the Time Machine again immediately, and Tien Shinhan began thinking about future opponents.
• Mr. Popo explained that the Time Machine consumed all its stored energy with each use and needed about three months to recharge.
• Goku and Tien Shinhan were disappointed by the wait, but Tien Shinhan proposed using the interval for daily training.
• Kami agreed that combat and training both mattered and reminded them that rest was also necessary.

Tien Shinhan and his companions began their three-day break by flying to visit Bulma and Yamcha, where Tien Shinhan planned to apologize for breaking Yamcha’s leg. When Tien Shinhan tried to buy an apology basket, the group discovered that the martial artists had no money, so Launch paid for it.

• Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, and Chiaotzu agreed to spend their first three days resting and decided to visit Bulma and Yamcha.
• Tien Shinhan accepted responsibility for injuring Yamcha and resolved to apologize in person with a fruit basket.
• The group flew toward Bulma’s home, with Tien Shinhan carrying Launch, who blushed as she traveled in his arms.
• Tien Shinhan asked whether anyone had money to buy tangerines, and Goku, Krillin, and Chiaotzu could not afford the basket.
• Launch offered protection money from her purse, and Tien Shinhan teased the others for being broke.

Tien Shinhan and the others visited Bulma and Yamcha after defeating King Piccolo, and Tien Shinhan encouraged Yamcha to keep training despite the enormous gap in their strength. Yamcha planned to join their next trip to Korin Tower, while Bulma was left annoyed that Tien Shinhan had not mentioned the healing Senzu Beans sooner.

• Tien Shinhan and the others flew to Bulma's estate, where Bulma was building a second Dragon Radar from materials salvaged from Tien Shinhan's airship.
• Bulma noticed that Goku had grown taller, and Yamcha admitted he regretted missing the fight against King Piccolo but vowed to catch up.
• Krillin checked Yamcha's power level and worried that telling him how far behind he was would crush his optimism.
• Tien Shinhan gave Yamcha a fruit basket, praised his determination, and apologized for forgetting Yamcha's injured leg and the Senzu Beans.
• Yamcha dismissed the old mistake and asked to join their next training trip to Korin Tower, and Tien Shinhan agreed.
• Bulma complained that Tien Shinhan had kept the Senzu Beans secret while she had spent months caring for Yamcha.

Bulma confronted Tien Shinhan for forgetting to heal Yamcha, then agreed to research a gravity chamber after he praised her inventions and asked for her help. She revealed that her billion-zenny demand had only been a joke meant to make Tien Shinhan feel comfortable asking his friends for help.

• Tien Shinhan gave Bulma a Senzu Bean and promised to use one if Yamcha broke his leg again, making Bulma suspect he intended to injure Yamcha.
• Tien Shinhan praised Bulma's second Dragon Radar, and she explained that she had already mastered gravity-adjustment technology.
• Tien Shinhan asked Bulma to build a gravity chamber, but Bulma demanded a billion zeni as payment for the research.
• Blonde Launch offered to help Tien Shinhan rob banks or collect protection money, so Bulma stopped teasing him and agreed to research the gravity chamber.
• Bulma explained that she had only been joking because she wanted Tien Shinhan to stop being distant and ask her for help as a friend.

Tien Shinhan cleared up a misunderstanding with Bulma, who agreed to develop a gravity chamber and improve the Scouters after teasing him. After celebrating Yamcha’s recovery, the group left to resume training, determined to grow stronger before a powerful enemy appeared.

• Tien Shinhan realized Bulma had considered him a close friend and apologized for treating their last meeting as a business transaction.
• Bulma accepted the Scouter blueprints and agreed to work on them and the gravity chamber, then teased Tien Shinhan about treating her like a hired researcher.
• Tien Shinhan postponed telling Bulma about the Fountain of Youth and joined the others in celebrating Yamcha’s recovered leg.
• Yamcha declared that he would catch up with the others, while Tien Shinhan and Goku encouraged him and Krillin privately wondered how he would react to their power levels.
• After three days of rest, Tien Shinhan and the others left to resume training, insisting that they needed to grow stronger before a dangerous enemy appeared.

Tien Shinhan brought Yamcha and the others back to Korin Tower, where Yamcha began training under Master Korin and Krillin prepared to challenge the Ultra Divine Water. After finding and drinking from the Fountain of Youth, Krillin began his challenge with everyone watching to see how much he could drink.

• Tien Shinhan reassured Bulma that she could later fly to Kami's Lookout in an improved aircraft, then led everyone back there and stopped at Korin Tower.
• Tien Shinhan introduced Yamcha to Master Korin, who explained the Ultra Divine Water and agreed to train him.
• Tien Shinhan told Krillin about the Fountain of Youth, and Krillin chose to seek it out before challenging the Ultra Divine Water.
• Krillin returned after drinking from the Fountain of Youth and described feeling lighter, clearer, and more energetic.
• Master Korin brought out the Ultra Divine Water, and Krillin began his challenge as Tien Shinhan and the others watched.

Krillin challenged Korin’s Ultra Divine Water after preparing with training, combat experience, and the Fountain of Youth, enduring more than half a day of agony to unleash his latent strength. He emerged with a battle power of 830, rising past Chiaotzu, while Yamcha grew more determined to improve.

• Krillin drank one cup of Ultra Divine Water, and Tien Shinhan reassured Yamcha that Krillin was prepared for the challenge.
• Krillin drank an additional half cup, then rolled around Korin Tower’s main hall in agony for more than half a day while Master Korin watched over him.
• Krillin finally recovered and proudly announced that he had succeeded, while Yamcha sensed how much stronger he had become.
• Tien Shinhan and the others scanned Krillin with their Scouters and measured his battle power at 830, putting him ahead of Chiaotzu.

After Krillin’s breakthrough, the Dragon Ball warriors trained together, and Yamcha learned just how far behind he was. He recovered his resolve and set his first goal: matching Chiaotzu’s strength.

• Yamcha congratulated Krillin, then declared he would surpass everyone and become the Tea God.
• Krillin thanked Tien Shinhan for sharing the Fountain of Youth, but Tien Shinhan stopped him and said he wanted everyone to grow stronger together.
• After a month of training, Yamcha completed his training at Korin Tower and gained an initial grasp of Ki Sensing.
• Tien Shinhan showed Yamcha Bulma’s Scouter, and Yamcha was stunned to learn that his power level of 203 was far below Tien Shinhan’s 90,000 and the others’ levels.
• Tien Shinhan encouraged Yamcha and pointed to Bulma’s new gravity chamber, reigniting Yamcha’s determination.
• Yamcha set his first goal on the path to becoming the Tea God: catching up to Chiaotzu.

Bulma learned about the Fountain of Youth and demanded to drink from it, but Tien Shinhan pranked her before promising she and Launch could use it later. After a month of training with Bulma’s gravity chamber and Dr. Lychee’s Wave Bracelets, Tien Shinhan’s power level reached 100,000, attracting King Kai’s attention.

• Bulma demanded to drink from the Fountain of Youth, and Tien Shinhan and Krillin tricked her into believing it only worked on martial artists.
• Tien Shinhan agreed that Bulma and Launch could drink from the Fountain of Youth after Yamcha trained enough to take on the Ultra Divine Water.
• Tien Shinhan, Goku, and Krillin made rapid progress over a month of training with the gravity chamber and Wave Bracelets.
• Chiaotzu measured Tien Shinhan’s power level at 100,000, while Goku had surpassed 10,000 and Krillin had passed 1,000.
• King Kai sensed Tien Shinhan’s immense Ki and left his planet to investigate the powerful fighter.

North Kai arrived on Earth and invited Tien Shinhan and the others to train on King Kai's Planet after learning they had saved Earth from King Piccolo. Tien Shinhan agreed to go for one month, while the group planned to resume their time-and-space combat training afterward.

• North Kai used a spatial passage to reach Earth and flew toward Kami's Lookout.
• Goku called North Kai a blue fatty, and Kami explained his status as ruler of the North Galaxy.
• Kami told North Kai how Tien Shinhan and the others had defeated King Piccolo and continued training to protect Earth.
• North Kai invited the group to train with him and promised he could help them become among the strongest warriors in the universe.
• Goku questioned why they should train with North Kai if he was not the strongest in the North Galaxy.
• Tien Shinhan proposed training on King Kai's Planet for one month, and North Kai's techniques interested him.

North Kai agreed to train Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, and Chiaotzu on King Kai's Planet while Yamcha stayed behind to build his strength. After North Kai assigned them to catch Bubbles, Tien Shinhan completed the task in seconds, leaving North Kai stunned.

• North Kai agreed to give Tien Shinhan a month of training before the Time Machine finished charging and took Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, and Chiaotzu to King Kai's Planet.
• The group screened Yamcha out because his power level was below the planet's training threshold, so he stayed at Kami's Lookout to train.
• Tien Shinhan and Goku used their Wave Bracelets to suppress their power under the planet's tenfold gravity, while Krillin and Chiaotzu struggled with the conditions.
• North Kai assigned the group to catch Bubbles, and Goku's first lunge failed when the monkey dodged him.
• Tien Shinhan caught Bubbles on his third attempt within seconds, and North Kai stared at him in disbelief.

Tien Shinhan and the others trained on King Kai's Planet, where Tien Shinhan mastered the Kaioken and Spirit Bomb and began using their principles to develop a technique of his own. After a month, North Kai sent the group back to Earth, impressed by Tien Shinhan's mastery and potential.

• Tien Shinhan caught Bubbles quickly, so North Kai began teaching him the Kaioken while the others continued their initial training.
• Goku caught Bubbles later that day and joined Tien Shinhan in learning the Kaioken.
• Over the month, Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha trained with North Kai, but only Tien Shinhan and Goku mastered the Kaioken.
• Tien Shinhan learned the Spirit Bomb from North Kai and began applying its principles to create a new ultimate technique.
• Tien Shinhan reminded everyone that the Time Machine was charged, and North Kai sent the group back to Earth.
• North Kai reflected that Tien Shinhan had surpassed him in understanding his techniques and had nothing more to teach him.

Yamcha traveled with Tien Shinhan and the others to Planet Nymph and eagerly fought the giant monsters in its forest to test his training. After the group met the friendly Elf Race, Yamcha accepted their spring water while blushing.

• Mr. Popo explained how to use the Time Machine, and Yamcha focused on imagining a formidable opponent before the group traveled to a forest on another world.
• Yamcha defeated a giant dinosaur monster with his Wolf Fang Fist and grew more confident in his strength.
• Yamcha continued taking the lead against monsters as the group crossed the enormous forest.
• The group met friendly members of the Elf Race, who explained that not every creature on the planet was an enemy.
• An elf woman offered the group Elf Spring Water to thank them for clearing dangers from the forest, and Yamcha accepted it bashfully.

Tien Shinhan and the others drank Elf Spring Water, which increased their physical strength, then visited the elves’ settlement on Planet Nymph. The elven queen warned that an enemy was draining the planet’s life force, and Tien Shinhan suspected the attacker was the Saiyan who planted the Tree of Might on life-bearing planets.

• Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha drank Elf Spring Water and felt their physical strength increase.
• Krillin and Chiaotzu believed the boost had brought them to the threshold of using the Kaioken, while Yamcha realized he still fell short.
• Tien Shinhan agreed to visit the elves’ settlement, where the elves’ queen welcomed the group as guests who had helped protect the Forest of Life.
• The elven queen sensed that the Forest of Life and Planet Nymph were being drained of life force and ordered her people to prepare for battle and summon the treants.
• Tien Shinhan suspected the enemy was the Saiyan who traveled between life-bearing planets to plant the Tree of Might.

Tien Shinhan and his companions learned that Turles had planted the Tree of Might on Planet Nymph, draining the planet’s vitality. They joined the Elf Race’s response and arrived at the Forest of Life, where Daiz attacked the elven queen.

• Tien Shinhan recognized Turles as their enemy and explained that Planet Nymph’s abundant vitality made it a suitable place to grow the Tree of Might.
• Yamcha and Krillin urged the group to help the Elf Race, and Tien Shinhan, Goku, and Chiaotzu agreed to join them.
• The elven queen warned the visitors to leave, but Tien Shinhan said they wanted to face the enemy, and the group flew with the elves to the Forest of Life.
• Tien Shinhan and the others found five of Turles’s subordinates watching the Tree of Might drain the Forest of Life’s vitality.
• Amond let Daiz take the lead, and Daiz charged at the elven queen after dismissing the group as too weak to threaten him.

Daiz attacked the Elf Queen and overwhelmed the elves and Treant Race despite her power-boosting ability. Goku, Krillin, and Chiaotzu struck back, and Goku’s true strength stunned Daiz and Turles’s other subordinates.

• Daiz charged the Elf Queen, but she retreated and used Silk of Radiance to double the strength of the elves and Treant Race warriors attacking him.
• Daiz endured the warriors’ attacks, then fired a barrage of ki blasts that killed or wounded more than half of them.
• Yamcha tried to deflect Daiz’s energy balls, while Tien Shinhan reassured him that the enemy was beyond his current strength.
• Goku, Krillin, and Chiaotzu struck Daiz; Krillin and Chiaotzu had removed their Wave Bracelets, and their boosted attacks doubled Daiz over with pain.
• Reiz, Lakasei, and Cacao mocked Daiz and urged him to finish the fight, prompting him to prepare to use his full strength.
• Goku realized he had left his Wave Bracelet on, switched it off, and revealed a power level that stunned Daiz and the others.

Goku killed Daiz with a single flying kick after Daiz mistook his boosted power level for a Scouter malfunction. As Goku fought Amond and was surrounded by Turles’s other subordinates, Tien Shinhan stopped Turles’s ambush and revealed a power level of 20,000.

• Daiz ignored Amond’s warning and attacked Goku, whose kick overwhelmed him and turned him into a bloody mist.
• Amond accused Goku of pretending to be weak, and Goku charged at him to fight for answers.
• Reiz, Lakasei, and Cacao joined Amond in surrounding Goku as Turles fired a surprise energy beam from near the Tree of Might.
• Tien Shinhan intercepted Turles’s beam with a Dodon Ray, killing Cacao, then appeared beside Turles.
• Turles recoiled from Tien Shinhan’s apparent power level of 20,000, unaware that it was only a fraction of his strength.

Tien Shinhan fought Turles as the Tree of Might continued draining Planet Nymph, and Turles transformed into a Great Ape to overpower him. Tien Shinhan revealed his immense strength by growing to giant size and launched Turles into the sky, where he battered him as the planet’s warriors watched.

• Turles praised Tien Shinhan as a worthy opponent, but Tien refused to give his name and attacked, cracking Turles’s arm with a powerful punch.
• Turles created an artificial moon and transformed into a Great Ape, while Yamcha led the weaker elf and treant warriors to safety.
• Krillin and Chiaotzu finished off the wounded Cacao, and Goku pursued the remaining members of Turles’s team.
• Tien Shinhan used Heavenly Phenomenon Fist and the Silk of Radiance to grow to a hundred-meter giant with nearly 250,000 power level.
• Tien Shinhan punched Great Ape Turles into the sky and hammered him repeatedly as the Elf Queen and Planet Nymph’s warriors cheered.

Tien Shinhan defeated Turles by pounding him out of his Great Ape form, then rejected Turles's offer of the Tree of Might fruit. The chapter ended with Tien Shinhan preparing to kill the beaten Saiyan.

• Turles realized Tien Shinhan had anticipated his ambush and hidden strength, leaving him unable to fight back as a Great Ape.
• Tien Shinhan beat Great Ape Turles into a huge crater until Turles exhausted his stamina and returned to his original size.
• Yamcha and the Elf Race and Treant Race warriors watched from a distance, and the locals approved of Tien Shinhan's punishment of the forest-destroying villain.
• Tien Shinhan's fighting spirit surged during the beating, raising his power level to nearly 130,000 before Silk of Radiance boosted his unleashed strength beyond 250,000.
• Turles begged for his life and offered the Tree of Might fruit, but Tien Shinhan refused and raised his fist to kill him.

Turles escaped Tien Shinhan by using the Tree of Might’s roots, then ate its unripe fruit and gained an enormous surge of power. He targeted Krillin to demonstrate his strength, but Tien Shinhan activated Kaioken before Turles could attack.

• Turles used the Tree of Might’s roots to escape Tien Shinhan’s blow and return to the tree’s base.
• Turles ate the unripe Tree of Might fruit, causing his power level to rise rapidly.
• Goku noticed Turles looked much like him and wondered whether people with his face were likely to become villains.
• Turles’s power exceeded 500,000, and he boasted that he would become king of the Saiyans and the universe.
• Turles chose Krillin as his target, and Tien Shinhan activated Kaioken before Turles could strike.

Tien Shinhan escalated his Kaioken to tenfold, raising his power beyond 2.6 million, then killed Turles with a single punch. The force of the blow also obliterated the Tree of Might.

• Tien Shinhan used twofold Kaioken to raise his power level from 260,000 to 520,000, startling Turles.
• Tien Shinhan activated fivefold Kaioken and pushed his power level to 1.3 million, causing Turles to panic.
• Tien Shinhan forced himself into tenfold Kaioken, surpassing 2.6 million as Krillin and the others watched.
• Turles launched a surprise punch with nearly a million power, but Tien Shinhan struck first and blasted him into oblivion.
• Tien Shinhan's blast continued past Turles and destroyed the Tree of Might.