Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiao and the monkey stayed in Tushita Palace under Laojun’s orders while Xu Xiao used the Power of Variables gained from changing the Journey to the West’s fate to prepare for a Golden Immortal breakthrough. After purifying his cultivation and filling his body with Immortal Power, Xu Xiao reached the dangerous Dao Merging step.

• Laojun left Xu Xiao and the monkey two gourds of pills and ordered them to remain in Tushita Palace until the journey west began.
• The monkey explored the palace with Kinkaku and Ginkaku while Xu Xiao inspected the abundant Power of Variables he had gained by changing the monkey’s fate and disrupting the Western Sect’s plans.
• Xu Xiao decided that reaching Golden Immortal was necessary despite the danger from the Western Sect and other powerful watchers, and the monkey promised to guard him.
• Kinkaku and Ginkaku strengthened the formation and Spiritual Energy in Xu Xiao’s side hall as he spent three days examining his Great Dao before beginning his breakthrough.
• Xu Xiao removed the power seeds from his other systems and absorbed Spiritual Energy until his body was filled with Immortal Power, then prepared to merge with the Dao.

Xu Xiao used the Power of Variables to manifest an illusory Golden Immortal Dao Fruit and began facing the Golden Immortal Tribulation. He resisted the outer tribulations, but a heart demon challenged his confidence and engulfed his main consciousness.

• Xu Xiao reversed cause and effect to summon an illusory Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, concealing his traces from divination.
• The Golden Immortal Tribulation began, and Laojun realized Xu Xiao had hidden his cause and effect before returning to refining pills.
• Xu Xiao used the Dao of Reversal to weaken the Heavenly Dao lightning and transfer much of its force to his future self.
• Xu Xiao resisted the other outer tribulations, including Yin and Yang Qi, heavenly winds, fire, and water.
• Xu Xiao suppressed the heart demon by relying on his tempered Dao heart, but a chuckle challenged him and the heart demon engulfed his main consciousness.

Xu Xiao woke from a vivid dream in a classroom, then lived through the apocalypse as an ordinary survivor after mutated creatures threw society into chaos. After losing his parents and the survivor squad that had taken him in, he reached Vanguard City and was registered as a scavenger.

• Xu Xiao woke in class after dreaming of other worlds, but continued having strange dreams that he dismissed as unreal.
• While Xu Xiao was at an internet cafe, a virus alert interrupted the screens and mutated wild dogs attacked people outside, forcing him to flee as the apocalypse began.
• Xu Xiao became separated from his parents and survived alone until a squad of seven ordinary survivors took him in and taught him how to stay alive.
• Two months later, raiders killed Xu Xiao’s squadmates, and he escaped alone.
• After hearing about the Human Alliance and reaching Vanguard City, Xu Xiao registered as a scavenger and received a card requiring him to do ten hours of production work each day.

Xu Xiao endured years of hardship in an illusion that suppressed his memories until repairing an old player brought his past back. He defeated his inner demon and awoke in Tushita Palace, resolved to focus on improving himself despite the World-Crossing Gate’s unknown origins.

• Xu Xiao spent years building Vanguard City and then scavenging ruins for contribution points, living numbingly in the outer city.
• After the recycling counter rejected a damaged player and USB drives, Xu Xiao repaired the player and plugged in a drive.
• The player showed Xu Xiao in a feather robe, triggering his memories and restoring his true spirit.
• Xu Xiao recognized the ordeal as an inner demon’s illusion and confronted the inner demon Xu Xiao, who admitted defeat before vanishing.
• Xu Xiao awoke in Tushita Palace, dismissed the inner demon’s warning about the World-Crossing Gate, and began merging with his Dao Fruit.

Xu Xiao passed the Golden Immortal Tribulation, gained insight into the laws of heaven and earth, and concealed his karma after emerging from seclusion. Tathagata learned of his breakthrough and prepared the Buddhist Sect for the coming journey west; Xu Xiao then went to meet Laojun.

• Xu Xiao survived the Golden Immortal Tribulation, and the Heavenly Dao rewarded him with a revelation of the laws of heaven and earth.
• Tathagata sensed Xu Xiao’s breakthrough and the severing of their karmic thread, while Guanyin failed to divine anything about him.
• Manjushri and the other Buddhist figures vowed to confront Xu Xiao during the journey west, and Tathagata ordered preparations for the eighty-one tribulations.
• After three days, Xu Xiao emerged from seclusion and concealed his karma so others could no longer divine or remember him clearly.
• Xu Xiao told Sun Wukong he was now qualified to contend with the Western Sect, then followed Kinkaku and Ginkaku to meet Laojun.

Xu Xiao asked Laojun to let him travel to other worlds and gather the Power of Variables he needed to grow strong enough to face the Western Sect, but Laojun refused because he had promised to keep Xu Xiao and Wukong confined in Tushita Palace. Xu Xiao remained trapped by the restriction and began considering sending a clone on an adventure.

• Xu Xiao explained to Laojun that he needed to seek opportunities in other worlds, while Laojun warned that attaining Daluo would not be enough to counter the Western Sect.
• Laojun refused to let Xu Xiao leave Tushita Palace, though he said Xu Xiao could do as he pleased inside it.
• Xu Xiao walked through Tushita Palace with Wukong and lamented that their cultivation was too weak to resist the coming struggle.
• Wukong offered to bear the consequences of Xu Xiao changing his fate, but Xu Xiao said he did not regret helping him.
• Xu Xiao considered sending a clone to roam other worlds and asked Wukong whether he wanted to go on an adventure.

Xu Xiao and Sun Wukong awakened their past-life memories in the bodies of twin brothers in the Dragon Ball world and began training in martial arts and Ki. Now known as Zhao Long and Zhao Hu, they were rising stars in Huaxia’s martial arts community, while Xu Xiao planned to seek opportunities and Sun Wukong looked forward to meeting this world’s Goku.

• Zhao Hu attacked Zhao Long with monkey fist, but Zhao Long dodged and struck his hand, prompting Zhao Hu to retreat and complain that he needed his staff.
• Zhao Long advised Zhao Hu to learn to fight without relying on a weapon, and Zhao Hu explained that he had only recently awakened his past-life memories.
• Zhao Hu asked when they could meet the other Sun Wukong, and Zhao Long told him to be patient and focus on mastering this world’s Ki.
• Xu Xiao explained that he had brought Sun Wukong to the Dragon Ball world to hone his Dao of Battle and gain Power of Variables by changing fate.
• The twin brothers, now called Zhao Long and Zhao Hu, trained in Ki and gained recognition as promising young martial artists in Huaxia.

Xu Xiao accepted an invitation to the 21st World Martial Dao Tournament and received the Two-Star Ball from Zhao Li. He planned to use the Dragon Balls to enter and alter the unfolding story, and called for Sun Wukong to discuss making him the world’s protagonist.

• At the Zhao Family residence, Xu Xiao agreed to attend the 21st World Martial Dao Tournament despite Zhao Li’s concerns.
• Xu Xiao reassured Zhao Li that he valued his family’s kindness and urged him to practice the Qi Condensation Art.
• Zhao Li presented Xu Xiao with the Two-Star Ball, which the Zhao Family had found through special channels.
• Xu Xiao sensed a presence in the Dragon Ball that he believed came from the Celestial who lived on Kami's Lookout.
• Xu Xiao considered visiting Korin Tower to learn about Dragon Ball creation and Senzu Beans, then decided to ask Sun Wukong about his plan to change the story.

Xu Xiao and Sun Wukong flew to Korin Tower to investigate Senzu Beans and the nature of the so-called immortals. They met Korin, who accepted Xu Xiao’s desserts and asked why they had come.

• Xu Xiao explained to Sun Wukong that Celestials and gods were simply beings with greater power, and Sun Wukong reflected on his determination not to be manipulated.
• After flying for more than an hour, Xu Xiao and Sun Wukong reached Korin Tower and found Korin waiting for them.
• Korin was astonished by the two young humans’ powerful Qi, while Sun Wukong examined him curiously.
• Xu Xiao greeted Korin, offered him a box of desserts, and said he wanted to get to know him.
• Korin enjoyed the pudding and asked Xu Xiao and Sun Wukong what had brought them to the tower.

Xu Xiao demanded Korin teach him how to cultivate Senzu Beans, and when Korin refused, Xu Xiao had Sun Wukong restrain him and threatened to strip away his divine office and intelligence. Korin gave in and agreed to reveal the cultivation method, hoping Xu Xiao would not harm the world.

• Korin refused to teach Xu Xiao how to cultivate Senzu Beans and offered him 263 beans instead.
• Xu Xiao declined the beans, spread a dangerous pressure through Korin Tower, and said he had prepared special choices for Korin.
• Sun Wukong restrained Korin as Xu Xiao explained that he would limit Korin's movements while they talked.
• Xu Xiao examined Korin and threatened to destroy his divine office and leave him a mindless wildcat.
• Korin agreed to reveal how to grow Senzu Beans and asked Xu Xiao not to harm the world.

As Xu Xiao and Sun Wukong climbed toward Kami's Lookout, Xu Xiao explained how Senzu Beans could address the Dragon Ball world's limited focus on Qi and outlined his plan to spread martial arts throughout Universe 7. He intended to study the Dragon Balls with Kami and transform the world's development, while strengthening his karmic bond with Wukong.

• Xu Xiao and Sun Wukong ate Senzu Beans and discussed how their healing life force could compensate for the Dragon Ball world's weak focus on bodily recovery.
• Wukong agreed that the world's Qi was powerful as a technique but limited in its potential to develop into a Dao.
• Xu Xiao reflected on how he had become Wukong's first teacher and was deepening their karmic bond to keep the monkey from being drawn back to the Western Sect.
• Xu Xiao told Wukong he would study the Dragon Balls with Kami and use them to help spread Qi cultivation across Universe 7.
• Wukong approved of Xu Xiao's plan to give more beings access to martial arts and looked forward to fighting stronger warriors.

Xu Xiao and Wukong reached Kami's Lookout, where Xu Xiao demanded that the Celestial teach him how to make Dragon Balls. After the Celestial refused, Xu Xiao forced him to the ground and declared that he was giving an order.

• Xu Xiao and Wukong flew through an invisible barrier and landed at Kami's Lookout, where the Celestial and Popo confronted them.
• Wukong questioned the Celestial's strength, while the Celestial recognized the visitors' immense Qi and warned Popo not to intervene.
• Xu Xiao revealed that he knew the Celestial was a Namekian and offered to explain his origins in exchange for the Dragon Ball-making method.
• The Celestial questioned Xu Xiao's intentions, and Xu Xiao promised to control the Dragon Balls and use them to advance humanity.
• The Celestial refused to hand over the Dragon Ball knowledge, so Xu Xiao pinned him down with his Qi and ordered him to comply.

Xu Xiao forced the Celestial to agree to teach him how to make Dragon Balls by threatening the people of Planet Namek. On the road, Xu Xiao and Zhao Hu confronted Bulma, Oolong, and little Wukong, leaving the Dragon Ball seekers stunned by their power.

• Xu Xiao revealed the Celestial’s origins and threatened Planet Namek until the Celestial agreed to help him make Dragon Balls.
• Bulma told Oolong and little Wukong that she wanted to use the Dragon Balls to wish for an ideal boyfriend.
• Oolong nearly hit Xu Xiao and Zhao Hu with the hovercar, so Xu Xiao blasted a canyon through the road to stop him.
• Xu Xiao introduced himself and Zhao Hu to Bulma and little Wukong, who wondered how Xu Xiao knew them.

Xu Xiao gathered all seven Dragon Balls and summoned the Eternal Dragon, hoping to change Earth’s destiny by making Martial Dao accessible to everyone. The dragon appeared and demanded that Xu Xiao state his wish.

• Xu Xiao took Bulma’s Dragon Balls after promising to help her find a suitable boyfriend, then persuaded Little Goku to lend him the Four-Star Ball.
• Xu Xiao explained that he wanted to help everyone cultivate the Martial Dao and make Earth a center for powerful fighters, and Little Goku agreed to give him the Four-Star Ball.
• Xu Xiao used Bulma’s Dragon Ball Radar and his Qi sensing to find the One-Star Ball from Emperor Pilaf and complete the set.
• Xu Xiao summoned the Eternal Dragon, which appeared in the sky and demanded that he state his wish.

Xu Xiao restrained the Eternal Dragon and summoned Xu Xuanpin to remake it into a creature with its own will. Xu Xuanpin began a vast formation that plunged the Dragon Ball solar system into darkness as he prepared to complete the transformation.

• Xu Xiao explained that the Eternal Dragon stored wish power and urged him to state a wish, then bound it with Qi instead.
• Xu Xiao said he intended to help the mindless Eternal Dragon evolve into a creature with its own will.
• Xu Xuanpin arrived through the World-Crossing Gate and joined Xu Xiao to carry out the remaking.
• Xu Xuanpin created a Four Symbols formation that drew in the sun and moon, plunging the Dragon Ball solar system into darkness and blocking North Kai's telepathy.
• Xu Xiao reassured Bulma that the darkness would pass and released his hold on the Eternal Dragon as Xu Xuanpin settled above the forming array.

Xu Xuanpin used the Yin-Yang Five Elements Creation Great Array to transform the Eternal Dragon into a living divine being. The dragon awakened with a true spirit, while Xu Xuanpin forced the seven Dragon Ball Stones back onto its body.

• Xu Xuanpin summoned the Creation Great Array and drew the powers of the five elements and yin and yang into the Eternal Dragon.
• At Kami's Lookout, Kami and Popo chose not to intervene, unable to contact the other gods and believing they could not stop Xu Xiao and the monkey.
• Xu Xuanpin added a spark of Golden Immortal origin to the array and formed a dragon spirit from it.
• The dragon spirit entered the Eternal Dragon, which shed its old scales and began to beat with a heartbeat as Bulma and Little Wukong watched.
• The Eternal Dragon expelled the seven Dragon Ball Stones, but Xu Xuanpin returned them to its body in a Big Dipper arrangement.
• The awakened Eternal Dragon roared as a living divine being, its body covered in seven-colored scales.

Xu Xiao guided the newly living Eternal Dragon through shrinking itself and using its stored wish power to make sensing Ki easier for everyone on Earth. The dragon flew off to gather wish power, while the monkey began sparring with Little Goku.

• The Eternal Dragon emerged from the formation, lowered Xu Xuanpin to the ground, and obeyed Xu Xiao.
• Xu Xuanpin thanked Xu Xiao and left through a World-Crossing Gate to return to Xu Xiao's original body.
• Xu Xiao had the Eternal Dragon use its dragon inheritance to shrink to a hundred meters long.
• Xu Xiao spent the dragon's accumulated wish power to make it easier for every Earthling to sense Ki.
• The wish power ran out, and Xu Xiao sent the Eternal Dragon away to gather more before turning to leave.
• Xu Xiao found the monkey sparring with Little Goku.

The Zhao Family’s rise and the spread of the Qi Condensation Art transformed Earth’s martial arts world, bringing the Super Martial Alliance into the open at the 21st World Martial Dao Tournament. Master Roshi, Little Goku, Krillin, and their friends registered amid a crowd of exceptionally powerful fighters as the tournament’s opening day approached.

• The Zhao Family took control of Dragon Country, established the Super Martial Alliance, and distributed the Qi Condensation Art to neighboring nations.
• Governments promoted the technique after discovering it let ordinary people cultivate Qi, and martial artists joined the Super Martial Alliance seeking greater strength.
• Little Goku, Krillin, Master Roshi, Launch, and Yamcha arrived at Papaya Island and were astonished by the number and strength of the contestants.
• Master Roshi reflected that the Qi Condensation Art had made powerful Qi users common and that the Alliance’s strict rules prevented martial artists from fighting freely.
• Master Roshi took the group to register, and they finished late that night before the tournament officially began the next day.

The World Martial Dao Tournament began its first elimination round, using Power Level Detectors to screen its 72,964 entrants. Sunglasses Guy enforced the rules with the Super Martial Alliance’s threat of lethal force as contestants lined up or withdrew.

• Sunglasses Guy announced that 100 contestants would advance from the tournament’s 72,964 entrants to the second-round ranking battles.
• Transport planes dropped 100 Power Level Detectors across the plaza, and Super Martial Alliance staff inspected and guarded them.
• Sunglasses Guy announced that contestants with a Power Level below 100 would be eliminated, with the detectors built by Doctor Bulma and other scientists under Xu Xiao’s instructions.
• Sunglasses Guy and the Super Martial Alliance staff released their Qi and warned that anyone causing trouble could be killed on the spot.
• Contestants formed lines to be tested, while those who doubted their strength quietly withdrew; cameras broadcast the event after approval from an unseen presence high above.

Little Goku passed the power-level test and vowed to grow strong enough to challenge Sun Wukong, while Yamcha worried about falling behind. Watching from a spaceship, Xu Xiao and Sun Wukong discussed Ki’s limits and planned to accelerate the world’s development into an age of cosmic martial arts.

• Little Goku passed the test with a power level of 185, while Krillin was eliminated with a score just over eighty.
• Little Goku reunited with Yamcha, who had passed with 105 and worried that other martial artists were far stronger.
• Little Goku declared that he would reach the finals, win prize money, and one day challenge Brother Wukong.
• Xu Xiao and Sun Wukong watched the contestants from a spaceship, and Sun Wukong welcomed Little Goku’s ambition as a chance to test Saiyan potential.
• Xu Xiao assessed Ki as powerful but limited compared with law-based abilities, and said he would accelerate the world’s development into cosmic martial arts.
• Sun Wukong agreed, expecting battles against powerful Ki users to deepen his understanding of the Dao of Battle.