Recaps

King Cold ordered his forces to attack Tien Shinhan’s group and the Namekians while he faced the two Gokus, who wanted to test their strength against him. The two Gokus launched powerful attacks that forced King Cold to transform and struggle to defend himself.

• King Cold sent Salza, Cooler’s Armored Squadron, and the other soldiers to attack Tien Shinhan’s group and the Namekians.
• The two Gokus asked Tien Shinhan to let them fight King Cold, and Tien Shinhan agreed.
• Kid Goku used Tenfold Kaioken and punched King Cold, sending him flying.
• The timeline’s Son Goku unleashed Hundredfold Kaioken and fired a Super Kamehameha at King Cold.
• King Cold transformed into his final form and pushed the Super Kamehameha into space with his King Cold Comet Ball.

Tien Shinhan took advantage of King Cold mistaking him for small fry and swiftly wiped out the Cooler Force and King Cold Force warriors on Planet Namek. After killing Cooler's Armored Squadron and Slug's hidden subordinates, he left the battlefield almost entirely cleared of enemies.

• Tien Shinhan charged into the legion warriors and slaughtered them as King Cold and Cooler fought the Gokus.
• Salza led Neiz and Dore to stop Tien Shinhan, but Tien Shinhan killed all three with ordinary strikes.
• Yamcha watched Tien Shinhan's ruthless efficiency and recalled the time Tien Shinhan had broken his leg.
• Tien Shinhan continued wiping out the enemy forces while Krillin and the others defeated a smaller number of warriors.
• Slug's five subordinates hid at the battlefield's edge, but Tien Shinhan sensed them and killed them with Spirit Balls before they could seize hostages.

Tien Shinhan healed both Gokus with Senzu Beans, then confronted King Cold after the tyrant unleashed his full power. Tien Shinhan destroyed King Cold with a Limit Perfected Dragon Fist, leaving the battlefield without its final enemy.

• Tien Shinhan gave the wounded Son Goku a Senzu Bean, restoring him to full health and strengthening him, then gave Kid Goku one as well.
• King Cold revealed that his full power was 200 million and decided the two Gokus could not defeat him.
• Tien Shinhan activated Tenfold Kaioken and prepared his Limit Perfected Dragon Fist as King Cold charged King Cold Comet Blast.
• Tien Shinhan's Limit Perfected Dragon Fist shattered King Cold's Comet Blast and pierced King Cold's abdomen.
• King Cold exploded under the force of Tien Shinhan's punch and was reduced to dust.

Tien Shinhan recovered with a Senzu Bean after killing King Cold with one punch, then faced Slug and Cooler as they joined forces against him. He grew nearly a thousand meters tall with the Heavenly Phenomenon Fist, leaving the two stunned as they charged.

• Kid Goku watched Tien Shinhan kill King Cold with a single punch and admired his strength.
• Slug and Cooler stopped fighting and agreed to attack Tien Shinhan together.
• Slug proposed a crude plan to overwhelm Tien Shinhan with simultaneous attacks, and Cooler agreed.
• Tien Shinhan ate a Senzu Bean to recover as Slug and Cooler charged at him.
• Tien Shinhan unleashed the Heavenly Phenomenon Fist and grew nearly a thousand meters tall, shocking Slug and Cooler.

Tien Shinhan defeated Cooler and ensured Slug could not regenerate after surviving the first attack. The battle ended with the onlookers recognizing the importance of his attention to detail.

• Tien Shinhan used the Neo Tri-Beam to blast Slug apart, while Cooler hid behind Slug and escaped with little injury.
• Cooler launched a surprise Supernova attack, but Tien Shinhan calmly countered with his Limit Perfected Dragon Fist and destroyed him.
• Tien Shinhan ate a Senzu Bean, returned to normal size, and fired another Neo Tri-Beam to destroy Slug's surviving head.
• Krillin remarked that the others needed to learn from Tien Shinhan's attention to detail as well as his strength.

After Tien Shinhan agreed to the Namekians’ plan to build statues, the Grand Elder unlocked the warriors’ potential again, and Goku from this timeline proposed using Tien Shinhan’s group as rivals to motivate everyday training. The chapter left the two timelines’ warriors poised to compete through their training.

• The Grand Elder offered to build statues honoring Tien Shinhan and his group, and Tien Shinhan accepted after hearing his explanation.
• The Grand Elder sent Nail to organize the statues, then unlocked Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu’s potential again.
• Krillin’s power level rose to 50,000, while Yamcha and Chiaotzu both reached 10,000; the warriors from this timeline also gained strength.
• Goku from this timeline said he would encourage his allies to treat Tien Shinhan’s group as rivals in their everyday training.
• Tien Shinhan welcomed the idea but warned Goku that his group would not accept slackers as worthy rivals.

Tien Shinhan and Goku made a promise to keep surpassing themselves in martial arts, while the group waited for their return to their own timeline. Yamcha was upset to find the finished statue showed him cheering instead of fighting, but Tien Shinhan persuaded him to accept the pose as proof that he was special.

• Tien Shinhan and Goku clasped hands and agreed to keep competing in their martial arts training, and Nail explained the promise’s meaning to Dende, Kunbar, and the Grand Elder.
• Bulma left the martial artists to themselves as the final day passed and the Namekians completed Yamcha’s statue.
• Yamcha objected when he saw the statue showed him cheering while the others fought, and Krillin and Tien Shinhan laughed at his pose.
• Yamcha decided to ask the Namekians to change the statue, but Tien Shinhan warned that there might not be time before the group’s return transport.
• Tien Shinhan convinced Yamcha that being the only cheerleader made him uniquely special, and Yamcha happily accepted the explanation.

Tien Shinhan and his companions returned from the other timeline after Bulma recorded their spacetime teleportation and noticed possible spacetime rifts in the footage. Back at Kami's Lookout, Launch and Tien Shinhan reunited warmly, while Yamcha's hoped-for greeting from Bulma fell flat.

• Tien Shinhan and the others vanished through a spacetime vortex as Bulma recorded their return teleportation.
• Bulma slowed the footage and studied the passage, while Gohan noticed thin black lines that Bulma suspected were spacetime rifts.
• Tien Shinhan's group reappeared at Kami's Lookout, where Mr. Popo welcomed them and led them to the hall.
• Krillin teased Tien Shinhan and Yamcha about Bulma and Launch waiting for them, making both men awkward.
• Blonde Launch greeted Tien Shinhan with their shared promise to collect protection money, and they touched fists with a smile.
• Yamcha tried to hug Bulma, but she pushed him away, leaving him puzzled by Tien Shinhan and Launch's reunion.

Bulma and Launch held a feast to welcome Tien Shinhan and the others back, and Tien Shinhan invited Yajirobe to join them. He then suggested moving the celebration to Korin Tower so Master Korin, Kami, and Mr. Popo could take part, leaving everyone gathered together in the tower’s hall.

• Bulma announced that she and Launch had prepared a feast at the foot of Korin Tower to welcome everyone home.
• Yajirobe greeted Tien Shinhan and Goku, and Tien Shinhan asked Bulma to let him join the celebration.
• Bulma agreed to include Yajirobe, who eagerly turned his attention to the feast instead of answering Tien Shinhan’s question about his past year.
• Tien Shinhan spotted Bora and Upa and suggested bringing the food to Korin Tower so Master Korin, Kami, and Mr. Popo could join.
• Tien Shinhan packed the food into Hoi-Poi Capsules and brought it to the tower, while Bulma and Launch carried Yajirobe, Bora, and Upa in an aircraft.
• Kami, Mr. Popo, and Master Korin joined the feast and expressed their gratitude at being remembered.

After returning from their journey through time and space, Yamcha embellished his role in the battles at a celebration before Krillin and Chiaotzu nearly exposed his claims. The next morning, the group set out to find the Fountain of Youth so Yamcha could prepare for his Ultra Divine Water challenge, while Launch and Bulma could drink from it too.

• Yamcha recounted their victories over Turles, Frieza, and other enemies, exaggerating his own role as Puar praised him.
• Krillin and Chiaotzu asked Yamcha to describe his statue on Planet Namek, but he avoided revealing that it showed him cheering from the side.
• After the celebration and a night's rest, Tien Shinhan and the others gathered to begin the planned Ultra Divine Water challenge preparations.
• Tien Shinhan led the group from Korin Tower toward Fortuneteller Baba's desert to find the Fountain of Youth.

Tien Shinhan and his group visited Fortuneteller Baba to learn where the Fountain of Youth had moved, with Bulma paying the steep fee. They found its entrance over the sea near Kame House and prepared to enter, leaving Yamcha to handle the monsters inside.

• Tien Shinhan and the others arrived at Fortuneteller Baba's desert palace and asked her to locate the Fountain of Youth's entrance for Yamcha.
• Fortuneteller Baba charged Yamcha a hundred million, and Bulma paid with gold and jewels from a Hoi-Poi Capsule.
• Fortuneteller Baba revealed that the entrance was over the sea near Kame House, so the group set off toward it and picked up Bulma's parents along the way.
• Tien Shinhan, Krillin, and Chiaotzu explained that monsters lived inside the Fountain of Youth's space, and Yamcha eagerly agreed to fight them.

Yamcha led the group through the Fountain of Youth Space, cleared its monsters, and helped everyone drink from the spring. Their visit weakened the barrier concealing the passage to the Demon Realm, allowing Dabura to locate its entrance and begin preparing to break its seal as Tien Shinhan and the others traveled to Kame House.

• Yamcha used his Spirit Ball to clear a path through the monsters to the Fountain of Youth.
• Tien Shinhan gave Yamcha, Bulma, Launch, Bulma's parents, Oolong, Puar, and Son Goku cups to drink the spring water.
• Bulma, Launch, and Bulma's mother examined their appearances in mirrors after drinking, while Kid Goku questioned the importance of the changes.
• Dabura sensed that the Fountain of Youth's power had weakened, located the passage to the Human Realm, and discovered an ancient seal he would need time to break.
• Tien Shinhan and the others left the Fountain of Youth Space and headed for Kame House, unaware of Dabura's plans.

Tien Shinhan and the others visited Master Roshi after drinking from the Fountain of Youth, and Tien Shinhan asked to learn the Evil Containment Wave. Master Roshi agreed to discuss the technique, while Bulma's mother's name remained unknown.

• Tien Shinhan told Master Roshi that the group had drunk from the Fountain of Youth, whose entrance moved from place to place.
• Master Roshi apologized for forgetting the Fountain of Youth's location, and Tien Shinhan reassured him that he held no resentment.
• Master Roshi leered at Bulma and Launch, then flirted with Bulma's mother and asked whether she was married.
• Dr. Brief angrily confronted Master Roshi, who apologized but still asked Bulma's mother for her name.
• Tien Shinhan stopped the farce and asked Master Roshi to teach him the Evil Containment Wave, prompting Master Roshi to turn serious.

Tien Shinhan asked Master Roshi to teach him the Evil Containment Wave and explained that he wanted to understand its principles as part of his pursuit of martial arts. After testing Tien Shinhan’s abilities, Master Roshi recognized that he had surpassed Earth’s acknowledged martial arts grandmaster and agreed to share his own understanding.

• Tien Shinhan asked Master Roshi to teach him the Evil Containment Wave, hoping to master and improve the technique.
• Master Roshi asked Tien Shinhan to explain what martial arts meant to him, and Tien Shinhan described his principles of limits, inclusiveness, protection, and transcendence.
• Master Roshi realized Tien Shinhan’s understanding of martial arts had reached the realm of using techniques without being bound by their prescribed movements.
• At Master Roshi’s request, Tien Shinhan performed the Dodon Ray using the Kamehameha’s movements with ease.
• Master Roshi declared Tien Shinhan Earth’s true martial arts grandmaster and agreed to share his own understanding of martial arts.

After returning from Kame House, Tien Shinhan learned that Bulma had built gravity chambers reaching up to five hundred times Earth’s gravity. Before beginning his training, he offered Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu the chance to use the Earth Dragon Balls to break their limiters, and Krillin and Yamcha agreed while Chiaotzu refused.

• Master Roshi taught Tien Shinhan the Evil Containment Wave and Thunder Shock Surprise, and their exchange strengthened Tien Shinhan’s martial arts foundations.
• Tien Shinhan and the others returned from Kame House to Kami’s Lookout, where Bulma revealed two new gravity chambers with maximum settings of two hundred and five hundred times Earth’s gravity.
• Tien Shinhan was stunned by the advanced chamber and eagerly anticipated training in its five-hundred-times gravity.
• Tien Shinhan offered Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu the chance to wish on the Earth Dragon Balls to break their limiters, despite the cost of half their lifespan and all their hair.
• Krillin agreed to make the wish, Chiaotzu refused to risk losing his lone strand of hair, and Yamcha agreed after Bulma promised him an unlimited supply of wigs.

Tien Shinhan proposed using Earth's Dragon Balls to send Krillin and Yamcha to Planet Namek, where they could use Porunga's wishes to break their limiters and return to Earth. While gathering Earth's Dragon Balls with Launch and Chiaotzu, Tien Shinhan encountered the Black Snake Organization, and Launch attacked its men before their leader called for help from the world's number one assassin.

• Tien Shinhan suggested that Krillin and Yamcha travel to Planet Namek and use Porunga's wishes to break their limiters, then return to Earth.
• Tien Shinhan gave Krillin a Senzu Bean to watch over Yamcha during the Ultra Divine Water challenge, while Goku and Tien Shinhan's group set out to collect Earth's Dragon Balls.
• Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Blonde Launch collected three Dragon Balls and tracked the last one to the Black Snake Organization.
• The Black Snake Organization's leader threatened Tien Shinhan and demanded that Launch stay behind, so Launch opened fire on him and his men with a machine gun.
• The Black Snake Organization's leader called for his master, and the world's number one assassin emerged from a cave.

Tien Shinhan stopped Mercenary Tao from killing Launch and swiftly destroyed the android assassin. The Black Snake Organization’s leader surrendered its Dragon Ball and offered its wealth, but Tien Shinhan rejected his attempt to bargain for mercy.

• Mercenary Tao emerged from the cave and shattered Launch’s machine gun with a kicked shoe.
• Tien Shinhan blasted Mercenary Tao’s second shoe before it could hit Launch, then revealed himself.
• Mercenary Tao threatened to kill Tien Shinhan and accused him of betraying the Crane School.
• Tien Shinhan fired a Dodon Ray and obliterated Mercenary Tao before he could attack.
• The Black Snake Organization’s leader surrendered its Dragon Ball and offered the group’s treasures, but Tien Shinhan told him he had no right to negotiate.

Tien Shinhan and his companions dismantled the Black Snake Organization, reunited at Kami's Lookout, and sent Krillin and Yamcha to Planet Namek by wish. With his friends gone, Tien Shinhan prepared to test the advanced gravity chamber at 300 times gravity.

• Tien Shinhan and the others seized the Black Snake Organization's wealth, distributed its members according to their crimes, and entrusted Launch with giving the assets to people in need.
• Tien Shinhan, Launch, and their companions reunited with Goku and returned to Kami's Lookout, where Krillin reported that Yamcha had completed the Ultra Divine Water challenge.
• Tien Shinhan used his Scouter to discover that Yamcha's power level had risen to 23,000.
• Tien Shinhan gathered the Dragon Balls and had Krillin and Yamcha summon Shenron to wish for transport to Planet Namek.
• After Shenron granted the wish and Krillin and Yamcha were transported away, Tien Shinhan headed to continue training at 300 times gravity.

Tien Shinhan pushed his training in the advanced gravity chamber, raising his base strength and developing the defensive technique Hardening. As the three-month training period ended, Goku entered the chamber, and Krillin and Yamcha returned from Planet Namek.

• Tien Shinhan trained under 300-times gravity, then added stronger Wave Bracelet interference and Neo Multi-Form clone combat to push his limits.
• Tien Shinhan focused on raising his base Power Level to close the gap between his powerful offense and weaker defense.
• Over three months, Chiaotzu advanced to ten-times gravity and Goku reached the intermediate chamber's 200-times limit before entering the advanced chamber.
• Tien Shinhan's close-quarters clone fights led him to develop Hardening, which could double his overall defense or triple the defense of a focused body part.
• Goku asked about Tien Shinhan's clone training, and Tien Shinhan explained that it came from his awakened third-eye abilities and could not be taught.
• Krillin and Yamcha returned from Planet Namek after roughly three months away.

Krillin and Yamcha returned from Planet Namek after spending three months completing trials to gather its Dragon Balls, and they reunited with a much taller Goku. Tien Shinhan welcomed them back and said the group’s next journey through spacetime would begin the following day.

• Goku mistook Krillin and Yamcha for having grown shorter until they pointed out that he had grown taller over the past three months.
• Krillin and Yamcha confirmed that Tien Shinhan’s wish plan had worked and that they had broken their limiters; Yamcha revealed that he wore a wig after losing his hair as the price of a wish.
• Krillin explained that Planet Namek’s Dragon Balls were scattered among seven villages, so he and Yamcha spent three months passing the villages’ trials to collect them.
• Tien Shinhan praised their progress, told them to rest, and said the Time Machine would finish charging the next day.
• Krillin noticed he could barely sense Tien Shinhan’s ki, and Tien Shinhan said he would need actual combat to gauge his rapidly increasing power.

Bulma and Launch joined Tien Shinhan and the others on another trip through spacetime, while Mr. Popo noticed cracks in the vortex after they departed. Kami and King Kai agreed to investigate the anomaly, and King Kai resolved to seek help from his superiors after learning the travelers had defeated Frieza.

• Bulma and Launch asked to travel with Tien Shinhan and the others, and the group agreed they could stay away from any fighting.
• Mr. Popo sent the group to another timeline and saw thin black cracks running through the spacetime vortex.
• Mr. Popo told Kami about the anomaly, and Kami contacted King Kai for advice.
• King Kai admitted he knew little about spacetime vortices and planned to consult Grand Kai and possibly Supreme Kai.
• Kami told King Kai that Tien Shinhan and the others had defeated Frieza, prompting King Kai to commit himself to investigating the anomaly.

Tien Shinhan explained that the group had arrived on Earth in a future timeline where Goku died of a virus and the androids killed the Dragon Ball Warriors, leaving Trunks alone. The group resolved to change that tragic future and began looking for the androids, while Bulma accepted Tien Shinhan’s account after he praised her technology.

• Bulma confirmed that the group had arrived on Earth, though its ruins left everyone baffled.
• Tien Shinhan revealed the future timeline’s history: Goku died of the Heart Virus, the androids killed the Dragon Ball Warriors, and Gohan eventually died protecting Trunks.
• The group resolved to prevent the timeline’s tragedies and make up for their counterparts’ losses while still seeking battles to grow stronger.
• Goku regretted that his counterpart had died without fighting the androids and asked Tien Shinhan where to find them.
• Yamcha and Krillin wondered why this timeline’s Tien Shinhan had died, and Bulma questioned how Tien Shinhan knew the future’s history.
• Tien Shinhan claimed the information had entered his mind during their journey, and Bulma endorsed his account after he called her a genius.

Tien Shinhan and Goku raced toward a powerful ki signature and met Future Trunks on the way. Tien Shinhan reached the battlefield first and attacked Android 17 and Android 18 as they were about to finish off Son Gohan, but the androids recognized him and showed no concern.

• Tien Shinhan explained that Android 17 and Android 18 used internal energy rather than ki, and he and Goku flew toward the powerful ki source.
• Tien Shinhan and Goku met Future Trunks, who recognized them from photographs and was surprised to see them alive.
• Tien Shinhan sensed Son Gohan's ki weakening and hurried ahead after concluding the androids had likely overwhelmed him.
• Tien Shinhan used Tenfold Kaioken and fired two Super Dodon Rays at Android 17 and Android 18, forcing them to dodge.
• Android 17 and Android 18 recognized Tien Shinhan as someone they had killed before and dismissed him as a weak opponent.

Trunks transformed into a Super Saiyan after finding Son Gohan near death, and Son Goku also transformed to help him fight Android 17 and Android 18. Tien Shinhan revived Gohan with a Senzu Bean, and Gohan recognized the familiar silhouette fighting beside Trunks as his father, Son Goku.

• Trunks raged at Android 17 and Android 18 for nearly killing Son Gohan and transformed into a Super Saiyan.
• Android 17 and Android 18 knocked Trunks back, while Son Goku realized he could use the same transformation.
• Son Goku became a Super Saiyan and kicked Android 17 away before joining Trunks against the androids.
• Tien Shinhan ground a Senzu Bean into powder and fed it to the unconscious Son Gohan, restoring him to health.
• Son Gohan awoke, saw Trunks fighting as a Super Saiyan, and recognized Son Goku's silhouette beside him.

Tien Shinhan rescued Son Gohan and helped Son Goku and Trunks fight Android 17 and Android 18, blasting off Android 18’s hands before the siblings escaped. Gohan then recognized Son Goku as his father and broke down in tears, leaving Trunks stunned.

• Tien Shinhan told the confused Son Gohan that he was alive and rushed to help Son Goku and Trunks against the androids.
• Android 17 and Android 18 knocked Son Goku and Trunks into the ruins, but Tien Shinhan struck Android 18 with a Tenfold Kaioken Neo Tri-Beam and destroyed her hands.
• Android 17 used a powerful barrier to cover their escape, carrying the injured Android 18 away before Tien Shinhan could locate them with Ki Sensing.
• Son Goku praised Tien Shinhan’s attack, then explained that Trunks had shown him how to transform into a Super Saiyan by gathering Ki in his back.
• Son Gohan recognized Son Goku’s transformation lesson from his childhood, embraced him, and cried out, “Dad!” while Trunks watched in astonishment.