Chapter Summaries

Tien Shinhan defeated seven opponents in a sparring match after discovering an early form of the Hundredfold Refinement Realm of No Moves, where he could switch special techniques without their usual stances. After the fight, the Grand Elder offered to unlock the potential of both timelines’ martial artists and revealed that Tien Shinhan’s group could undergo the process again.

• Tien Shinhan countered the Krillins’ Destructo Discs from a Kamehameha stance and discovered he could perform special moves without adopting their usual forms.
• Tien Shinhan blinded the remaining fighters with Neo Solar Flare, tested switching between techniques, and named the new martial arts realm the Hundredfold Refinement Realm of No Moves.
• Tien Shinhan used Neo Multi-Form Technique and Neo Four Witches Technique to overwhelm the five remaining opponents and end the sparring match.
• Nymph praised Tien Shinhan, and Nail recognized his strength; Tien Shinhan said a real fight would have been more difficult.
• After the seven defeated fighters woke in the Grand Elder’s house, Krillin praised Tien Shinhan’s technique, and Tien Shinhan said he had only found a direction for further progress.
• The Grand Elder offered to unlock the potential of this timeline’s martial artists and said he would unlock Tien Shinhan’s group’s potential again after their battle with Frieza.

The Grand Elder agreed to unlock everyone’s potential again, warning that his ability was limited by the gap between their power levels and asking Tien Shinhan to bring Senzu Beans. After restoring the group’s strength and unlocking their potential, Tien Shinhan remained confident he could draw out anything the Grand Elder could not through training.

• The Grand Elder warned that he could only unlock a small portion of the potential of fighters far stronger than him and asked Tien Shinhan to prepare Senzu Beans.
• Gohan had his potential unlocked first, raising his power level from around 2,000 to 14,000, followed by Krillin, whose power level rose from around 4,000 to roughly Gohan’s level.
• Goku from this timeline had his potential unlocked, raising his power level from just over 300,000 to 350,000.
• Tien Shinhan gave Yamcha a Senzu Bean before the Grand Elder unlocked Yamcha’s potential, raising his power level from a little over 3,000 to 4,500.
• The Grand Elder unlocked Krillin’s potential from 10,000 to 30,000, Chiaotzu’s from a little over 3,000 to 4,500, Kid Goku’s from 1,000,000 to 1,200,000, and Tien Shinhan’s from 1,500,000 to 1,600,000.
• Tien Shinhan gave the Grand Elder another Senzu Bean before his own unlocking and resolved to release the rest of his potential through training.

After Nymph left Planet Namek to return to her people, Tien Shinhan used Mind Split and the Neo Multi-Form Technique to begin lethal clone sparring. After more than a month of training, his power level reached three million, matching the level he remembered Son Goku having as a Super Saiyan.

• Nymph asked Tien Shinhan to return with her to Planet Nymph, but he chose to stay on Planet Namek and continue training.
• Nymph departed aboard her flower-bud spaceship, leaving Tien Shinhan to pursue his training plan.
• Tien Shinhan used Mind Split with the Neo Multi-Form Technique to make ten independent clones spar against one another.
• Tien Shinhan spent more than a month repeatedly killing his clones in extreme training, alarming those who watched him.
• Tien Shinhan raised his power level to three million and declared that he had caught up to the heights of a Super Saiyan.

After six months of training on Planet Namek, Tien Shinhan and the others prepared to return to their own timeline, but Slug arrived claiming to be the emperor of the universe. The Frieza Race then appeared and challenged Slug, setting two powerful factions against each other on Namek.

• Tien Shinhan and the others spent their final day on Planet Namek resting and talking with the Namekians before their planned return through time.
• Tien Shinhan had improved his martial arts and refined several techniques, including the Special Beam Cannon, while Goku and the others learned and trained with his techniques.
• Slug arrived in a spaceship, declared himself emperor of the universe, and demanded that the Namekians bring him the Dragon Balls.
• The Grand Elder recognized Slug as the Namekian child prophesied to have the potential to become a Super Namekian and worried about what his survival meant for Planet Namek.
• A second spaceship attacked Slug's vessel, and members of the Frieza Race claimed the emperor title and demanded control of Planet Namek, its Dragon Balls, and Frieza's killer.

Tien Shinhan felt confident that his training had made him strong enough to defeat Slug, Cooler, and King Cold, but the three enemies began fighting among themselves before he could intervene. King Cold then headed toward the Saiyans below while Cooler prepared to face Slug.

• Tien Shinhan assessed the three arrivals and believed his current power and Senzu Bean supply were enough to handle them.
• Slug attacked Cooler and King Cold’s spaceship, but their Death Beams destroyed his blast and wounded his shoulder.
• Slug regenerated his shoulder, then transformed into a giant Super Namekian to end the fight quickly.
• Cooler told King Cold to deal with the people below and warned him to watch for Super Saiyans.
• King Cold dismissed the warning and flew toward Kid Goku and Son Goku with Cooler’s Armored Squadron and most of his soldiers.

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.