Chapter Summaries

Fortuneteller Baba divined that the Fountain of Youth’s entrance was near Mount Paozu and would move again in three days. Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu reached it, entered the special space, and faced its first trial.

• Fortuneteller Baba explained that the Fountain of Youth lay in a shifting special space and divined its current entrance near Mount Paozu.
• Tien Shinhan thanked Fortuneteller Baba and immediately flew with Chiaotzu toward Mount Paozu.
• Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu reached the entrance and stepped into the special space.
• Strange birds attacked them as their vision returned, and Tien Shinhan killed two with punches.

Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu found the Fountain of Youth, drank from it, and returned to Korin Tower with renewed vitality. There, Tien Shinhan agreed to let Launch stay, while Korin welcomed her and her gifts.

• Tien Shinhan defeated the creatures and illusions inside the special space and reached the Fountain of Youth with Chiaotzu.
• Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu drank from the spring, then left the remaining water to replenish and returned to Korin Tower.
• Goku arrived at Korin Tower with Krillin and Blue-haired Launch, who apologized for her blonde self's behavior and asked to stay with Tien Shinhan.
• Krillin urged Tien Shinhan to let Launch stay, and Tien Shinhan agreed after asking Korin for permission.
• Korin welcomed Launch and accepted her dried fish, while Launch prepared tea for everyone.

Tien Shinhan, Goku, and Chiaotzu traveled through the Glacier Labyrinth to retrieve the poisonous Ultra Divine Water, while Krillin chose to train and prepare before trying it. The four returned to Korin Tower with the water, and Tien Shinhan began the challenge by pouring himself a full cup.

• Krillin learned that the Ultra Divine Water was highly poisonous and decided to prepare through training before drinking it.
• Master Korin revealed that the Ultra Divine Water was hidden in the Glacier Labyrinth, so Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Goku, and Krillin set out to retrieve it.
• The group entered the Glacier Labyrinth through a jar passage and fought off its snow monsters as they explored.
• Tien Shinhan and his companions completed the labyrinth and returned to Korin Tower after about half a day.
• Tien Shinhan scooped a full cup of Ultra Divine Water and prepared to drink it.

Tien Shinhan, Goku, and Chiaotzu drank the poisonous Ultra Divine Water to draw out their potential, with Tien Shinhan pushing himself beyond the others. After collapsing from two and a half cups, Tien Shinhan remained conscious enough to sense the water extracting his hidden potential.

• Tien Shinhan drank two cups of Ultra Divine Water, while Goku followed by drinking two cups despite the intense pain.
• Goku passed out after finishing his second cup, and Chiaotzu drank three-quarters of a cup before rolling in agony.
• Krillin decided to wait until he had trained more before attempting the Ultra Divine Water, while Master Korin watched over the three challengers.
• Tien Shinhan poured himself half a third cup, and Master Korin urgently warned him that another dose could kill him.
• Tien Shinhan drank the final half cup, collapsed, and sensed the Ultra Divine Water drawing out his potential while his consciousness remained clear.

After surviving the Ultra Divine Water, Tien Shinhan and Goku awakened much stronger and fought a close match that Tien Shinhan won. Tien Shinhan resolved to pursue a risky method for absorbing the water’s remaining effects as he prepared for the next stage of training.

• Tien Shinhan woke with his power level increased from about 1,100 to 3,000 and sensed the Ultra Divine Water still working inside him.
• Goku also recovered, reaching an estimated power level of 2,500 after the water’s effects combined with his Saiyan ability to grow stronger after near-death experiences.
• Tien Shinhan and Goku agreed to spar, then waited for Chiaotzu to overcome the trial before beginning their match.
• Krillin, Launch, Korin, and Chiaotzu watched as Tien Shinhan and Goku fought at speeds they could barely follow.
• Tien Shinhan defeated Goku, who vowed to win after another three months of training.
• Tien Shinhan confidently accepted Goku’s challenge and considered taking a risky approach to absorb the Ultra Divine Water’s remaining effects.

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.