Chapter Summaries

A Perfect Cell from another timeline appeared after a mysterious woman transported him, and Goku and the others confronted him. Cell overwhelmed Goku, Gohan, and Trunks at first, but they joined forces to attack him.

• Goku's High-Energy Reaction Scouter alerted him to another android, and Goku, Gohan, and Trunks hurried to its location as Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu followed.
• Mr. Satan revealed that he had discovered Cell and sounded the alarm, then stood up to Cell when Goku and the others arrived.
• Cell identified himself as Perfect Cell, explained that he had devoured Android 17 and Android 18, and said a mysterious woman had brought him to this timeline.
• Goku, Gohan, and Trunks transformed into Super Saiyans and attacked Cell together, but Cell knocked Gohan and Trunks away and forced Goku to dodge.
• Goku, Gohan, and Trunks recovered and surrounded Cell, launching another coordinated attack from three directions.

Goku, Gohan, and Trunks attacked Perfect Cell, but he outmaneuvered them and nearly struck Goku with a Super Kamehameha. Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu diverted the blast, so Cell summoned miniature Cells to attack them.

• Goku, Gohan, and Trunks bombarded Perfect Cell, but his rapid regeneration healed his wounds.
• The three Super Saiyans fought Cell at close range and briefly gained the upper hand by surrounding him.
• Cell baited Trunks with a deliberate opening, then knocked Trunks, Goku, and Gohan away and fired a Super Kamehameha at Goku.
• Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu used their signature attacks to divert Cell's Super Kamehameha, giving Goku time to regroup with Gohan and Trunks.
• Cell blamed the three small fighters for ruining his attack and released several child-sized blue Cells from his tail.

Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu coordinated their new abilities to destroy one of the Cell Juniors, but the effort left Krillin and Yamcha nearly out of ki. Perfect Cell dismissed their success as futile as the remaining Cell Juniors charged them again.

• Four Cell Juniors attacked Krillin, Yamcha, Chiaotzu, and Mr. Satan while Perfect Cell and three others kept Goku and his companions suppressed.
• Chiaotzu slowed one Cell Junior with Super Gravity Field, and Krillin wounded its neck with Continuous Destructo Disc.
• Yamcha struck the wounded Cell Junior with Explosive Ki Wolf Fang Fist, then detonated the Micro Spirit Balls inside its body and destroyed it.
• Krillin and Yamcha nearly exhausted their ki, while Chiaotzu could still use his psychic powers.
• Perfect Cell mocked the trio, and the other three Cell Juniors lunged at them again.

Goku and Gohan used the Neo Multi-Form Technique to overwhelm Perfect Cell and the Cell Juniors with Super Saiyan clones. Perfect Cell’s improved technique failed to impress anyone, and the battle left him badly outnumbered as the heroes closed in.

• Chiaotzu slowed three Cell Juniors with his Super Gravity Field, but Goku created five clones to protect Krillin’s group.
• Goku and Gohan used the Neo Multi-Form Technique, bringing sixteen Super Saiyan fighters against Perfect Cell and the remaining Cell Juniors.
• Perfect Cell created four copies with his version of the Multi-Form Technique, but Yamcha mocked him because the heroes already knew a stronger version.
• Goku, Gohan, Trunks, and their clones surrounded Perfect Cell and the Cell Juniors, then destroyed the three Cell Juniors fighting alongside him.
• Goku’s clones helped Krillin’s group defeat two more Cell Juniors, leaving the last one near defeat and Perfect Cell facing an even larger group.

Perfect Cell tried to outlast Goku and the others, but Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu created an opening for Goku, Gohan, and their ally to unleash a Triple Super Kamehameha. The attack overwhelmed Cell’s Tri-Beam and engulfed him, though Mr. Satan remained unsure whether the fight was over.

• Perfect Cell used Solar Flare to escape the five Gokus, then split up and stalled his pursuers until Goku and Gohan canceled their Neo Multi-Form Technique.
• Cell canceled his own Multi-Form Technique, but Krillin, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu attacked him with the Super Gravity Field, Continuous Destructo Disc, and Explosive Ki Wolf Fang Fist.
• Cell kicked Yamcha away and gravely wounded him, but Chiaotzu caught him and used the Super Light Gravity Field to soften his fall.
• Goku, Gohan, and their ally fired a Triple Super Kamehameha at Cell, who answered with Tri-Beam.
• The Triple Super Kamehameha overwhelmed Cell’s Tri-Beam and engulfed him, while Mr. Satan hesitated to declare victory.

Goku and Gohan exhausted themselves defeating Perfect Cell, but Cell regenerated from his surviving core and attacked Krillin’s group. Tien Shinhan arrived and destroyed Cell’s body and core, leaving him dead.

• Goku and Gohan reverted to their normal forms after the Triple Super Kamehameha, while Trunks reflected on their hard-won victory over Perfect Cell.
• Goku noticed Cell’s core regenerating and warned Trunks, but Trunks’s blasts failed to stop Cell from fully recovering.
• Goku and Gohan ate Senzu Beans and transformed again as Perfect Cell resumed the fight and flew toward Krillin’s group.
• Tien Shinhan struck Cell with a Neo Tri-Beam, driving him into a deep pit, and Cell resolved to self-destruct.
• Tien Shinhan followed with the Tenfold Kaioken and Limit Perfected Dragon Fist, then crushed Cell’s escaping core.

After a year of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Tien Shinhan arrived and swiftly blasted Perfect Cell apart, astonishing everyone. Tien Shinhan explained his improved martial arts control and clarified that Cell’s lack of defense made the victory look easier than it would have been in a fair fight, though no one believed him.

• Tien Shinhan appeared as Perfect Cell prepared to destroy himself and blasted him apart with one punch.
• Tien Shinhan joked about everyone staring at him, then reflected on how his training had made his techniques and body far more coordinated.
• Goku noticed that Tien Shinhan’s third eye had disappeared, and Tien Shinhan showed that he could now open and close it at will.
• Tien Shinhan admitted he had not yet achieved his goal of fusing his explosive techniques, despite his great improvement.
• Tien Shinhan said Perfect Cell had been caught off guard and focused on self-destruction, but Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, and the others dismissed his explanation as modesty.

After Perfect Cell’s appearance was discovered, the survivors rebuilt their settlement while Tien Shinhan and the others continued training. Bulma completed a spaceship to New Planet Namek, and the group chose five travelers, leaving Tien Shinhan behind to guard Earth.

• Tien Shinhan thanked Mr. Satan for discovering Perfect Cell, and Mr. Satan boasted that he was the man behind the saviors.
• Over the next month, the survivors rebuilt their settlement while Tien Shinhan, Goku, and the others trained.
• Bulma announced that the completed spaceship could reach New Planet Namek in three months but could carry only five people.
• Gohan and Trunks from the Future Timeline volunteered to travel to New Planet Namek for the Dragon Balls.
• Goku, Krillin, and Bulma from the Future Timeline joined the expedition, while Tien Shinhan stayed on Earth to guard it.

Goku and the others left for Planet New Namek while Tien Shinhan and the Earth group stayed behind to train and defend their home. After more Cells appeared and Tien Shinhan defeated them, ten Perfect Cells emerged from a black vortex, leaving him stunned.

• Goku, Gohan, Trunks, Krillin, and Future Timeline Bulma departed for Planet New Namek, while Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Yamcha, Launch, and the younger Bulma remained on Earth.
• Bulma led the Earth group to a new gravity chamber capable of reaching 500 times Earth's gravity, and Tien Shinhan and the others began training there.
• During the next three months, an advanced-form Cell that had absorbed Android 17 appeared, followed by another that had absorbed Android 18; Tien Shinhan defeated both.
• Ten Perfect Cells emerged from a black vortex in the sky, and Tien Shinhan was left utterly stunned.

Ten Perfect Cells emerged from a black vortex and terrified Earth’s survivors, while Tien Shinhan vowed to fight them all. He launched a powerful attack, but the Cells blocked it with overlapping Energy Barriers and concluded that their numbers guaranteed his defeat.

• Ten Perfect Cells appeared through a black vortex, leaving Yamcha, Chiaotzu, Bulma, Launch, Mr. Satan, and the other survivors in despair.
• Tien Shinhan hid his uncertainty, declared that he would take on all ten Cells, and charged into the sky with Tenfold Kaioken and Limit Perfected Dragon Fist.
• The Cells raised overlapping Energy Barriers, and Tien Shinhan’s punch shattered four barriers before the fifth stopped it.
• The Cells praised Tien Shinhan’s strength and revealed that a woman had gathered them from different timelines to deal with him.
• The Cells taunted Tien Shinhan, claiming he could defeat at most four of them and was certain to lose against all ten.

Tien Shinhan used the War God Spirit Bomb, Hardening, and the Neo Multi-Form Technique to face ten Perfect Cells, but the Cells multiplied themselves and prepared to attack. He blinded them with Neo Solar Flare and lured them away from the human stronghold, where Yamcha and Chiaotzu diverted the Cells’ blast and then pursued the battle.

• Tien Shinhan activated the War God Spirit Bomb and Hardening, then created ten copies with the Neo Multi-Form Technique to challenge the ten Perfect Cells.
• The Perfect Cells used the Multi-Form Technique to create forty fighters and prepared to kill Tien Shinhan with Tri-Beam.
• Tien Shinhan and his copies used Neo Solar Flare to blind the Cells, then fled beyond the horizon and challenged them to follow.
• The leading Perfect Cell fired an energy blast at the human stronghold before taking the other Cells after Tien Shinhan.
• Yamcha and Chiaotzu diverted the blast, protected most of the survivors, took Senzu Beans, and pursued Tien Shinhan and the Cells.

Tien Shinhan prepared Senzu Beans before confronting forty Cells and used his clones’ shared stamina recovery to hold his own in a prolonged battle. Cell discovered the secret and changed tactics, leaving Tien with two bodies and two remaining beans as the fight continued.

• Tien Shinhan formed a War God Spirit Bomb, restored himself with a Senzu Bean, and gave one bean to each of his ten clones before the Cells arrived.
• Tien Shinhan’s ten figures fought the forty Cells with the Neo Multi-Form Technique, gradually defeating Cell clones while secretly restoring their stamina with Senzu Beans.
• Yamcha and Chiaotzu realized Tien Shinhan was using Senzu Beans as the battle narrowed to five Tien Shinhans against fifteen Cells.
• The lead Cell and two clones fired Super Kamehamehas through the melee, destroying several Cells and forcing Tien Shinhan to dispel three injured clones after one shared a Senzu Bean with the others.
• Cell figured out that Senzu Beans were sustaining Tien Shinhan, while Tien continued the fight with two bodies and two beans remaining.

Surrounded by fifteen Cells, Tien Shinhan countered their coordinated energy-wave assault with a matching technique from each of his arms, demonstrating superior martial arts mastery. His counterattack killed five Cell clones, leaving ten Cells as the battle continued.

• The fifteen Cells surrounded Tien Shinhan and his clone, then prepared different signature energy attacks to overwhelm them.
• Chiaotzu wanted to rush to Tien Shinhan's aid, but Yamcha persuaded him to wait for a chance to help without becoming a burden.
• The Cells fired their attacks from all directions while Tien Shinhan and his clone stood back-to-back.
• Tien Shinhan answered each attack with a corresponding technique, including improved versions that overpowered the Cells' energy waves.
• Tien Shinhan's counterattack killed five Cell clones, leaving ten Cells stunned by his mastery.

Tien Shinhan’s powerful barrage injured a Perfect Cell, but using so many techniques drained his stamina and left him with only one recovery remaining. The Cells recognized that weakness and resolved to outlast him, leaving Yamcha and Chiaotzu stunned as Tien faced their plan.

• Tien Shinhan’s sixteen simultaneous attacks destroyed five Cell clones and badly injured one Perfect Cell, who raged that Tien was using techniques without their usual stances.
• Yamcha and Chiaotzu cheered for Tien, but Tien dismissed his remaining clone after it used a Senzu Bean to restore his stamina.
• The Cells realized Tien had only one Senzu Bean left and that his many powerful attacks consumed too much stamina.
• The lead Cell taunted Tien and urged the others to keep him occupied until he ran out of stamina.
• Tien recognized that the Cells were using his old outlasting tactic against him, while Yamcha and Chiaotzu froze as they understood his predicament.

Tien Shinhan endured the Cells’ rotating attacks while growing stronger, then used the Neo Solar Flare to rush toward the War God Spirit Bomb he had prepared above the clouds. The Cells watched in confusion as he charged straight at it, wondering if he was trying to kill himself.

• The ten Cells wore Tien Shinhan down with alternating ranged and close-range attacks until he used his last prepared Senzu Bean to restore his stamina.
• Tien Shinhan held back and endured their harassment while his strength continued to grow, as Yamcha urged Chiaotzu to wait and Chiaotzu secretly resolved to self-destruct if Tien Shinhan needed help.
• The Cells believed Tien Shinhan was nearly out of stamina and that victory was assured.
• Tien Shinhan suddenly used the Neo Solar Flare, blinding five nearby Cells and opening a path into the sky.
• Tien Shinhan ignored the Cells’ Ki wave attacks, pushing through them toward the War God Spirit Bomb above the clouds.
• The Cells saw Tien Shinhan charging toward the Spirit Bomb and wondered if he was trying to kill himself.

Tien Shinhan absorbed the War God Spirit Bomb to double his power and destroyed seven of the ten Perfect Cells with a Limit Perfected Dragon Fist. As Yamcha and Chiaotzu began to celebrate, the three surviving life cores absorbed the remains of all ten Cells and started to transform.

• Chiaotzu rushed out to help Tien Shinhan, but Yamcha pulled him back and distracted a Perfect Cell by pretending Son Goku had returned.
• Tien Shinhan absorbed the War God Spirit Bomb, restoring his vital energy and doubling his power at the cost of immense strain on his body.
• Tien Shinhan unleashed a Limit Perfected Dragon Fist that destroyed seven Perfect Cells and ground their life cores to pieces.
• Yamcha and Chiaotzu thought Tien Shinhan had won, but three life cores remained intact.
• The three surviving cores absorbed the flesh and blood of all ten Perfect Cells as blue lightning crackled around their forming bodies.

Tien Shinhan realized how to deepen his Hundredfold Refinement Realm of No Moves as he watched Cell’s three life cores compete for flesh. Two Super Perfect Cells emerged, leaving Yamcha and Chiaotzu to face them while Tien remained suspended in meditation.

• Tien Shinhan saw that his punch had failed to destroy three of Cell’s life cores, which began transforming by absorbing the remaining flesh.
• The two stronger cores stripped the middle core of its flesh, inspiring Tien Shinhan to understand that hundredfold refinement meant forging his own martial path from mastered techniques.
• Tien Shinhan closed his eyes and integrated his ultimate techniques as his martial realm continued to develop.
• The two surviving cores devoured the middle core and transformed into Super Perfect Cells.
• Yamcha and Chiaotzu sensed the Super Perfect Cells’ immense power, and Yamcha decided they would fight while Tien remained suspended and seemingly unconscious.

Yamcha and Chiaotzu risked their lives to taunt Super Perfect Cell and keep him occupied while Tien Shinhan remained unconscious. After Cell hunted down their Neo Multi-Form Technique clones, Tien Shinhan awakened and struck both Cells with his newly manifested Hundredfold Refinement Realm of No Moves.

• Chiaotzu and Yamcha insulted Super Perfect Cell's appearance and strength, provoking him to fire Death Beams that blasted them apart.
• Yamcha and Chiaotzu reappeared using the Neo Multi-Form Technique and taunted Cell more viciously, drawing his attention away from Tien Shinhan.
• Super Perfect Cell crushed their visible clones and used Ki Sensing to hunt down the scattered Yamcha and Chiaotzu clones.
• As the two Super Perfect Cells were about to kill the real Yamcha and Chiaotzu, Tien Shinhan launched them away with a lightning-fast attack.

Tien Shinhan completed the materialization of his martial arts realm and rescued Yamcha and Chiaotzu from Super Perfect Cell. He revealed the Ultimate Path Dragon God Realm by overpowering both Super Perfect Cells, leaving Yamcha and Chiaotzu stunned.

• Tien Shinhan arrived just before the two Super Perfect Cells could kill Yamcha and Chiaotzu, acknowledging their efforts to buy him time.
• The two Super Perfect Cells mocked Tien Shinhan, assuming he had merely recovered his stamina and remained weaker than them.
• Tien Shinhan struck one Super Perfect Cell with a single punch that landed more than a dozen times, doubling him over in pain.
• Tien Shinhan attacked the other Super Perfect Cell, and both enemies clutched their stomachs and dry-heaved after only a few punches.
• Yamcha and Chiaotzu noticed Tien Shinhan was not using the Tenfold Kaioken or War God Spirit Bomb and learned he had entered his fully materialized Ultimate Path Dragon God Realm.

Tien Shinhan used his newly attained Ultimate Dragon God state to overwhelm and annihilate the two Super Perfect Cells with the Ultimate Divine Fist. After Yamcha and Chiaotzu recovered from watching the Cells vanish, the three returned toward the human stronghold, where they asked Tien Shinhan about his transformation.

• The two Super Perfect Cells attacked Tien Shinhan for thirty seconds but could not land a hit, as he anticipated and countered their moves.
• Tien Shinhan decided to end the fight and unleashed the Ultimate Divine Fist at the charging Cells.
• The fist weathered both Super Perfect Cells and their life cores into nothing, preventing them from regenerating.
• Yamcha and Chiaotzu asked Tien Shinhan what his final punch was called, and he offered to teach it to them after they returned.
• Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu headed back toward the human stronghold while Yamcha and Chiaotzu asked about his transformation.