Chapter Summaries

Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu returned after destroying all the Perfect Cells and revealed the victory to the relieved survivors. The Dragon Radar then detected Earth's restored Dragon Balls, and Tien Shinhan sensed that the Future Timeline's Goku had been revived but urgently needed his heart disease medicine.

• Tien Shinhan explained that Yamcha and Chiaotzu would have to reach their own martial arts realms before they could manifest their techniques and develop states unique to themselves.
• Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu returned to the settlement and tricked Mr. Satan, Bulma, Launch, and the others into thinking they had failed to defeat the Perfect Cells.
• Chiaotzu revealed that all the Cells were dead, and Bulma hit Yamcha in the face with the Dragon Radar for joining the prank.
• The Dragon Radar began beeping, and Tien Shinhan sensed that Goku's group had restored Earth's Dragon Balls and revived Kami, Piccolo, and the Future Timeline's Goku.
• Tien Shinhan urged Bulma to bring the heart disease medicine because the newly revived Future Timeline's Goku was extremely weak.

Tien Shinhan and the others rescued the revived Future Timeline Goku with Heart Virus medicine while Bulma teased Trunks about their head start. After returning, Trunks and Gohan heard about the battle against ten Perfect Cells, and Tien Shinhan and his companions arrived with Piccolo to answer questions about it.

• Tien Shinhan and the other two took the Heart Virus medicine to the ruins of Mount Paozu and found Son Goku in pain.
• Trunks urged young Bulma to prepare medicine, but she revealed that Tien Shinhan and the others had already gone to save Goku.
• Young Bulma and Future Timeline Bulma teased Trunks, who gave up on confronting Tien Shinhan.
• Young Bulma, Launch, Mr. Satan, and Mai told Trunks, Gohan, and young Goku about the ten Perfect Cells that had attacked the settlement.
• Tien Shinhan and the other two returned after treating Son Goku and brought Piccolo with them, then spent several hours answering questions about the battle.

After Tien Shinhan defeated the Perfect Cells, the warriors gathered the Earth Dragon Balls and resurrected the people killed by the android catastrophe. Future Goku reunited with Gohan and challenged Tien Shinhan to a spar, revealing his Super Saiyan 2 strength in the desert.

• Gohan suggested collecting the restored Earth Dragon Balls so they could rebuild Earth and revive those killed by the androids.
• Trunks summoned Shenron, and Gohan wished for the good people who died in the android catastrophe to be resurrected.
• Future Goku promised to use Planet New Namek's Dragon Balls later to revive Krillin and the others who could not be brought back by Shenron's wish.
• Future Goku reunited with Gohan, who welcomed his father back without dwelling on the pain of the past.
• Future Goku and Tien Shinhan sensed each other's fighting spirit and moved to a desert to spar.
• Future Goku revealed his trained Super Saiyan 2 state and asked whether it could match Tien Shinhan's Ultimate Dragon God state.

Future Goku tested his Super Saiyan 2 against Tien Shinhan’s Ultimate Dragon God State and found that Tien could anticipate and counter every attack. Goku ended the sparring match, recognizing that he could not gain an advantage unless his abilities surpassed Tien’s or he waited for the state to wear off.

• Future Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 2 and charged at Tien Shinhan, who entered the Limit Dragon God State.
• Tien anticipated Goku’s close-range attacks and sent his Super Kamehameha back with a Reverse Kamehameha.
• Future Goku tried to surprise Tien by biting him, but Tien saw the attack coming and punched him in the chin.
• Future Goku called off the sparring match after realizing Tien could counter his attacks and sustain the state longer than Goku could maintain Super Saiyan 2.

After Tien Shinhan’s sparring match with future Goku, the martial artists spent half a month exchanging techniques and growing closer. Tien Shinhan and his companions then returned to their own timeline, leaving future Goku warned that more mysterious androids might appear.

• Tien Shinhan overwhelmed future Goku in their sparring match, demonstrating the advantage of his Ultimate Dragon God State and superior martial arts realm.
• Young Goku learned about Super Saiyan 2 from future Goku, while Tien Shinhan learned Instant Transmission and the Fusion Dance from him.
• Chiaotzu partially mastered Instant Transmission, and all five members of Tien Shinhan’s group learned the Fusion Dance, with some fusions producing strange or weaker forms.
• As his group prepared to leave, Tien Shinhan warned future Goku and the others that Android 21 or other mysterious androids might still appear.
• Tien Shinhan and his companions said goodbye and vanished through the white vortex, returning to their own timeline.

After returning from the Future Timeline, Tien Shinhan and the others discovered that evil, familiar ki signatures had appeared on Earth and that Kami and Mr. Popo were missing. Tien Shinhan killed Garlic Jr. and his demon servants, leaving one alive to reveal where Kami and Mr. Popo had been taken.

• Goku worried about the Future Timeline, and Tien Shinhan reassured him that its fighters should be able to handle future threats.
• Tien Shinhan sensed unfamiliar evil ki on Earth, and Krillin and Yamcha recognized it as stronger than the gray mist monsters from the Fountain of Youth Space.
• Tien Shinhan discovered he could no longer sense Kami or Mr. Popo, then sensed approaching enemies and prepared to confront them.
• Garlic Jr. kicked open the Time Chamber door and demanded that the martial artists serve him or face death.
• Tien Shinhan recognized Garlic Jr., killed him with a Super Dodon Ray, and eliminated all but one of his demon servants.
• The surviving demon servant told Tien Shinhan that Kami and Mr. Popo were near the tombs of past Kamis, where Garlic Jr. had created a banishment vortex.

Tien Shinhan and the others killed Garlic Jr. and freed Kami and Mr. Popo by breaking through two seals in the tomb. Tien Shinhan then asked Kami what had caused the evil ki and the sharp decline in human ki signatures across Earth.

• A surviving demon servant led Tien Shinhan and the others to Garlic Jr.'s Banishment Vortex, and Tien Shinhan killed him after they arrived.
• Tien Shinhan shattered the weakening Banishment Vortex and freed Kami and Mr. Popo, who remained trapped by a second seal powered by the past Kamis' residual divine power.
• Kami began explaining how to open the second seal, but Tien Shinhan broke it with a hand chop before he finished.
• Kami praised Tien Shinhan's strength and lamented that he had no interest in becoming Earth's Kami.
• Tien Shinhan asked Kami and Mr. Popo what had happened on Earth, where unfamiliar evil ki signatures were present and human ki signatures had greatly decreased.

Kami explained that Dabura had opened a passage from the Demon Realm to Earth, allowing increasingly powerful creatures to invade. Tien Shinhan and the others went to help Master Roshi defend Kame House, where Yamcha destroyed a huge Demon Realm creature.

• Kami told Tien Shinhan and the others that Dabura had opened a passage between the Demon Realm and Earth, and that the invaders were growing stronger.
• Tien Shinhan reassured Kami and decided they would kill the invaders or drive them back, while wondering why Dabura had appeared nearly twenty years early.
• Tien Shinhan sensed Master Roshi at Kame House and used Instant Transmission to bring the group there.
• Master Roshi used Thunder Shock Surprise to hurl a powerful Demon Realm creature into the sea, but it survived and charged back.
• Yamcha destroyed the creature with a Spirit Ball as Tien Shinhan and the others arrived.

Yamcha arrived at Kame House's island and destroyed a huge Demon Realm creature, earning admiration from the martial artists gathered there. After Master Roshi explained the survivors' situation and confirmed that Demon King Dabura had not passed through the spatial passage, Yamcha offered to take on the creatures attacking the island.

• Yamcha blasted a huge Demon Realm creature apart with one move, impressing the martial artists on Kame House's island.
• Master Roshi returned to the group, while blonde Launch threatened him with submachine guns after catching him leering at her and Bulma.
• Master Roshi told Tien Shinhan, Goku, Krillin, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha that Demon King Dabura had not yet passed through the spatial passage.
• Master Roshi explained that he, King Chappa, Nam, and other martial artists had gathered survivors on the island and fought off Demon Realm creatures together.
• Yamcha assured everyone he would handle the creatures around the island and attacked them with his Multiple Spirit Balls.

Yamcha cleared the Demon Realm creatures from the waters around Kame House, winning the survivors’ admiration. Meanwhile, Chi-Chi reunited with Son Goku earlier than expected, though he failed to recognize her, and she challenged him to a spar.

• Yamcha unleashed homing Spirit Balls to destroy nearly a hundred Demon Realm creatures at once, astonishing King Chappa and Nam.
• Yamcha continued firing Spirit Balls for nearly ten minutes and cleared the waters within five thousand nautical miles of Kame House.
• King Chappa, Nam, and the survivors praised Yamcha, who basked in their admiration despite his depleted Ki.
• Ox-King arrived with Chi-Chi, who approached Son Goku while Krillin, Bulma, and Launch watched with curiosity.
• Son Goku failed to recognize Chi-Chi, so she challenged him to a spar, and he began sensing her Ki.

Chi-Chi insisted on fighting Goku over the promise they made as children, and Tien Shinhan arranged a match on a newly formed sea arena. After Tien Shinhan’s display of effortless power stole the crowd’s attention from Yamcha, Goku and Chi-Chi prepared to fight with the spectators cheering them on.

• Krillin tried to dissuade Chi-Chi from challenging Goku, but she explained that the fight concerned their childhood promise and insisted on going through with it.
• Goku promised to control his strength, and Tien Shinhan offered to referee the match using World Martial Arts Tournament rules.
• Tien Shinhan raised part of the seabed to form an arena, then used a Super Explosive Wave to clean and dry its floor.
• Master Roshi marveled at Tien Shinhan’s martial arts mastery, while he also spotted his ruined magazines among the debris.
• The crowd abandoned Yamcha’s autograph line to watch the match, and Yamcha, Launch, Bulma, and others cheered for Goku and Chi-Chi.

Chi-Chi fought Goku at Kame House, but he defeated her and then remembered their childhood promise to marry. Goku agreed, and as the two celebrated, Chi-Chi learned that Gohan was Goku’s son.

• Chi-Chi attacked Goku with impressive speed, but he blocked her strikes while holding back his strength.
• Goku swiftly grabbed Chi-Chi and hurled her to the beach, and Tien Shinhan declared him the winner.
• Chi-Chi reminded Goku of their childhood promise to marry, and Goku agreed after remembering her and hearing that Gohan had mentioned it.
• Goku caught Chi-Chi in his arms as Launch and Tien drew close, while Bulma refused Yamcha’s hug because his clothes were wet.
• Chi-Chi asked who Gohan was, and Goku casually told her that Gohan was his son.

Tien Shinhan and Goku’s group destroyed a Demon Realm base near the entrance to the Fountain of Youth Space, then entered and encountered Mr. Satan. He explained that Earth’s human survivors were preparing to blow up a castle they mistakenly believed housed the Demon Realm’s king.

• Tien Shinhan and Goku’s group blasted the Demon Realm base near the Fountain of Youth entrance, killing the high-level creatures stationed there.
• The five entered the Fountain of Youth Space and sensed thousands of Demon Realm creatures nearby.
• Mr. Satan warned them to hide and led them into a concealed tunnel before their arrival exposed the survivors’ plan.
• Mr. Satan explained that the survivors had mistaken the Fountain of Youth Space for the Demon Realm and believed the castle was Dabura’s stronghold.
• Mr. Satan said the survivors had planted explosives around the castle and were waiting for their people to return and connect the fuses.

Mr. Satan led the survivors in preparing a bomb attack on Dabura, and Tien Shinhan let them proceed while considering a plan of his own. Mr. Satan won the survivors’ admiration and crawled out to light the fuse, confronting his fear as memories of his master and Mercenary Tao surfaced.

• Mr. Satan insisted that his bomb plan could defeat Dabura, and Tien Shinhan persuaded Krillin and the others to let the survivors try it.
• A survivor reported that the fuses were connected, and Mr. Satan volunteered to light them himself.
• The survivors offered to take Mr. Satan’s place, but he reassured them that he alone was fast enough to escape.
• Krillin, Yamcha, and the others recognized Mr. Satan’s remarkable ability to rally the survivors.
• Mr. Satan left the tunnel and crawled toward the fuse with a windproof lighter, recalling his master and his unresolved grudge against Mercenary Tao.

Mr. Satan’s explosives damaged the Demon Realm castle but failed to kill its inhabitants, and a furious boar-headed demon emerged and devoured his own troops. As the survivors panicked, Tien Shinhan led Goku, Krillin, and the others out of the tunnel to try their own plan.

• Mr. Satan lit the fuse and raced back, but Tien Shinhan caught him as the shock waves hurled him past the tunnel entrance.
• Dozens of explosive caches detonated around the Demon Realm castle, leaving scorch marks and shattered windows but not destroying it.
• A powerful boar-headed demon appeared, demanded to know who had attacked the castle, and sucked in and ate dozens of low-level Demon Realm creatures.
• The human survivors panicked as Mr. Satan realized his decapitation plan had failed and the explosives could not stop the demons.
• Tien Shinhan led Goku, Krillin, and the others out of the tunnel to try resolving the crisis with their plan.

Krillin fought Rudani, the Pig-Headed Demon King, after Tien Shinhan and the others revealed themselves to the Demon Realm creatures. Krillin’s early advantage turned into a trap when Rudani’s body swallowed his limbs, leaving the human survivors in shock.

• Yamcha reassured Mr. Satan and the tunnel survivors that the Demon Realm creatures would die, and Mr. Satan led the others to watch the group emerge.
• Krillin asked to fight Rudani, and Tien Shinhan, Goku, and Chiaotzu let him take the opponent.
• Rudani identified himself as one of the Four Heavenly Kings under Lord Dabura and mocked Krillin for challenging him alone.
• Krillin attacked Rudani at close range and appeared to overwhelm him, delighting Mr. Satan and the other survivors.
• Rudani stopped defending and revealed that his body could turn bog-like, trapping Krillin’s fist and swallowing his kicking foot.
• Mr. Satan rushed out of the tunnel and called to Tien Shinhan, asking him to help Krillin.

Krillin escaped the Pig-Headed Demon King’s absorption technique and killed him with Destructo Discs and a Super Kamehameha. Yamcha then claimed the next fight, and a muscular kangaroo-like demon attacked him.

• Mr. Satan and the survivors emerged from the tunnel to cheer Krillin after the Pig-Headed Demon King exposed their hiding place.
• Krillin used the Neo Multi-Form Technique to escape the demon’s grasp and created nine clones.
• Krillin’s Destructo Discs cut the Pig-Headed Demon King into pieces, and his Super Kamehameha destroyed every fragment.
• Krillin returned to Tien Shinhan and the others, and Yamcha volunteered to fight the next of the Four Heavenly Kings.
• A muscular kangaroo-like demon appeared, mocked the Pig-Headed Demon King, and charged at Yamcha.

Yamcha fought the Kangaroo Demon King, whose rapid punching technique initially matched Yamcha’s Wolf Fang Fist. After the demon released his demonic Ki and overwhelmed Yamcha, Yamcha countered with his Explosive Ki Wolf Fang Fist, and the two were left in an even clash before Yamcha snapped his fingers.

• The Kangaroo Demon King attacked Yamcha with his Hundred-Crack Star-Shattering Fist, and its invisible air fists slipped through Yamcha’s Wolf Fang Fist.
• Yamcha activated Tenfold Kaioken and traded rapid punches with the Kangaroo Demon King, but could not quickly defeat him.
• The Kangaroo Demon King released his demonic Ki, transformed into a giant horned kangaroo, and struck Yamcha hard enough to send him flying.
• Yamcha answered with his Explosive Ki Wolf Fang Fist, and the two fighters flew backward after their attacks collided in a stalemate.
• The Kangaroo Demon King claimed he would win through superior endurance, but Yamcha snapped his fingers before he could finish speaking.

Yamcha destroyed the Kangaroo Demon King, and Tien Shinhan revealed the remaining three members of the Four Heavenly Kings by demolishing Dabura’s castle. Goku fought the Crocodile Demon King and the Bat Demon Kings, who unleashed their demonic ki as the battle continued.

• Yamcha detonated the Kangaroo Demon King from within and impressed Mr. Satan and the human survivors.
• Tien Shinhan razed the Demon Realm castle, exposing a vortex and the three remaining members of the Four Heavenly Kings.
• Goku took on the Crocodile Demon King and the Bat Demon Kings while Yamcha returned to the others to recover.
• Chiaotzu asked Tien Shinhan for permission to join Goku, and Tien Shinhan agreed.
• Goku easily knocked the three demons around in his base form and urged them to use Demonic Ki Release.
• The Crocodile Demon King and the Bat Demon Kings unleashed their demonic ki and threatened Goku.

Goku faced the Crocodile Demon King's perception-distorting Super Heavy Sound Wave and the invisible attacks of the twin Bat Demon Kings without transforming into a Super Saiyan. By adapting to sense the world through his pores, he broke out of the predicament and named his new path the Super Saiyan Mystic State.

• The Crocodile Demon King struck Goku with Super Heavy Sound Wave, which made Goku perceive his body as heavy and disrupted his movements.
• Tien Shinhan analyzed and mastered the sonic technique, while the twin Bat Demon Kings turned invisible and concealed their Ki to attack Goku.
• Goku chose to adapt to the technique rather than transform, closed his eyes, and gradually learned to sense his surroundings through his pores.
• Tien Shinhan stopped Chiaotzu from helping Goku, recognizing that Goku was developing a new path to strength.
• After the Crocodile Demon King turned on the others, Chiaotzu pinned him with Super Gravity Field, and Goku counterattacked the twin Bat Demon Kings while blind and unable to sense Ki.
• Goku overcame the attacks through pore-based perception and named his balanced combination of Super Saiyan power and martial realm the Super Saiyan Mystic State.