Chapter Summaries

Frieza and Granolah nearly beat Turles to death, but his mind grew calm and he began evading their attacks with his eyes closed. As Baby ordered the pair to unleash their full power, faint silver particles of light began appearing around Turles.

• Frieza and Granolah trapped Turles in a barrage of attacks, wounded him severely, and battered him across the ruins.
• Baby, possessing Babidi, celebrated Turles's apparent defeat and anticipated establishing the Tuffle Force.
• As Frieza and Granolah continued their assault, Turles's injuries and fading aura brought him into a state of calm, and he dodged Frieza's killing punch.
• Turles evaded Frieza's and Granolah's successive attacks without opening his eyes, alarming Baby and the two attackers.
• Baby ordered Frieza and Granolah to use all their power, but Turles kept pace with their faster attacks as faint silver particles appeared around him.

Turles entered a state that let him dodge Frieza and Granolah’s attacks while recovering, then broke out of it to defeat them with his Meteor Death Beam. He returned to normal after the attack and discovered that Baby had escaped.

• Turles awakened a silver state that erased Frieza and Granolah’s finishing attacks and let him evade their assaults effortlessly.
• Turles sensed that his body could dodge on its own but that attempting to attack would end the state, so he let himself recover while Frieza and Granolah wore down.
• Baby noticed Frieza and Granolah’s declining auras and quietly prepared to flee.
• When Frieza and Granolah left an opening between attacks, Turles ended the silver state, struck them both, and overwhelmed them with Ki Blasts.
• Turles fired his Meteor Death Beam, defeating Frieza and Granolah and leaving them unconscious in a crater.
• Turles returned to normal and realized Baby had already escaped.

Jaco spread Ultra Divine Water across the ruins, freeing the warriors controlled by Baby, while Turles stopped Frieza from killing Granolah. Merus and Kibito arrived with Baby contained in a special energy bag.

• A sacred mist spread across the ruins, breaking Baby’s control over Son Goku and the other warriors.
• Frieza regained consciousness, remembered being controlled, and angrily confronted Turles about his defeat.
• Granolah left the ruins in despair, and Turles stopped Frieza from firing on him.
• Jaco arrived and used Ultra Divine Water to free the Frieza Force soldiers from Baby’s control.
• Merus and Kibito landed beside Turles and Frieza, with Merus carrying a containment bag holding a thrashing mass of silvery liquid.

Five years after the universe recovered from the Hell uprising, the Frieza Force held its power and prestige as Frieza staged a public execution on Planet He'ai. The chapter ended with Frieza savoring the crowd’s adoration and hoping to surpass Turles in popularity.

• Earth's Eternal Dragon revived the innocent victims and restored the planets damaged in the war.
• Turles and the Frieza Force helped the Galactic Patrol restore order and rebuild the devastated universe, raising the Force's standing.
• Five years later, Frieza presided over the trial of Planet He'ai's corrupt real estate leaders, whom Zarbon accused of land seizures, predatory loans, and violent oppression.
• Frieza rejected the leaders' offer of wealth, invited the people to denounce them, and killed the accused with Death Beams.
• The crowd praised Frieza, who enjoyed their worship and considered becoming more popular than Turles a possible victory.

Turles, Merus, Supreme Kai Shin, and Kibito visited the Sacred World of the Kai, where Merus explained that its God Ki was unusually faint and Shin had yet to awaken his divine power. Turles agreed to test the legendary Z Sword and began pulling it from the rock, shaking the entire world as it emerged bit by bit.

• Shin welcomed Turles and Merus to the Sacred World of the Kai after they arrived with Instant Transmission.
• Merus found little God Ki in the realm and told Shin he had not awakened his divine power.
• Shin asked Turles to try pulling out the legendary Z Sword, and Turles agreed.
• Kibito led the group to the sword peak, where Turles powered up in his normal form and gripped the Z Sword.
• Turles pulled with all his might, cracking the rock and drawing the sealed sword out bit by bit.

Turles drew the Z Sword from its pedestal, but found no sign of the supreme power Shin had promised. When Shin and Kibito insisted the sword could cut through Katchin, Turles tested it and snapped the blade in half, leaving Shin collapsing in horror.

• Turles pulled the Z Sword from the stone pedestal and examined its blade with Merus.
• Turles asked Shin where the sword’s legendary supreme power was, and Shin guessed it needed to be awakened through combat.
• Shin conjured a block of Katchin and claimed the Z Sword could cleave the hardest substance in the universe.
• Turles struck the Katchin with the Z Sword, breaking the blade in two.
• Shin stared at the broken sword and collapsed to the ground.

Turles broke the Z Sword and freed Pitotoro, the Supreme Kai from fifteen generations before Shin, who explained that Beerus had sealed him in the sword. After learning why Shin had become the only surviving Supreme Kai, Pitotoro offered to train him and asked Turles to become his disciple.

• Turles broke the Z Sword, releasing a lecherous old man from the blade.
• The old man identified himself as Pitotoro, the Supreme Kai from fifteen generations before Shin, and recognized Turles as the one who freed him.
• Pitotoro revealed that Beerus had sealed him in the sword after Pitotoro talked back to him, and that its restriction prevented gods from drawing it.
• Shin explained that Majin Buu had killed the other Supreme Kais and absorbed the Grand Supreme Kai while Shin was still an apprentice.
• Pitotoro offered to educate Shin and asked Turles if he wanted to become his disciple.

Merus explained that God Ki was a higher form of energy that Turles could not sense, then analyzed Turles’s account of the Super Saiyan God legend. The chapter ended with Merus recognizing that Turles wanted to pursue the transformation.

• Old Kai offered Turles a special technique, then became baffled when he could not discern Turles’s latent power and walked away.
• Shin and Kibito apologized for Old Kai’s behavior before following him away.
• Merus demonstrated God Ki and explained that sensing and controlling it was the first step toward entering the Realm of the Gods.
• Turles asked Merus about the Super Saiyan God and recounted the legend of a righteous Saiyan receiving power from five companions.
• Merus concluded that the Super Saiyan God was a Saiyan who temporarily gained God Ki through the resonance of six pure Saiyan bloodlines.

On King Kai's Planet, the gathered fighters watched as Retasu, Trunks, and Son Goten challenged Krillin to a revenge match. Retasu sent Son Goten to fight, and Trunks and Retasu persuaded him with promises of toys as he approached Krillin.

• King Kai admired the lively training on his planet as Son Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo, Son Gohan, Amond, and Daiz trained nearby.
• Retasu, Trunks, and Son Goten confronted Krillin with a dramatic Saiyan Force pose and demanded that he repent for beating the younger boys.
• Son Gohan applauded the pose, drawing the other fighters over to watch while Krillin grew increasingly embarrassed.
• Retasu named Son Goten as their fighter for a one-on-one revenge match, and Trunks offered him toys to encourage him.
• Retasu promised Son Goten any toys he wanted for serving their squad, and Son Goten confidently marched toward Krillin.

Krillin fought Son Goten, who relied on instinct until Retasu urged him to use the special move he had taught him. Son Goten tried to perform it in front of the watching fighters, but admitted he had forgotten it, leaving Retasu and Trunks sprawled on the grass.

• Son Goten rushed Krillin with a fierce series of punches and kicks, while Retasu and Trunks realized he had forgotten the move they had taught him.
• Krillin blocked Son Goten's attacks, then activated Kaioken and overwhelmed him with swift, precise strikes.
• Retasu shouted for Son Goten to use the special move, and Krillin stopped fighting to watch.
• Son Goten took a stance that made Amond and the others expect a transformation, prompting Vegeta to ask Son Goku if the boy could become a Super Saiyan.
• Son Goten strained to perform the move but nothing happened, and he sheepishly admitted he had forgotten it.
• Retasu and Trunks stumbled and fell face-first onto the grass.

Trunks transformed into a Super Saiyan and overwhelmed Krillin, but Krillin revealed he could use Kaioken Times Ten and turned the fight around with his combat experience and techniques. As the battle became an even struggle, Vegeta tried to motivate Trunks by promising him an amusement park visit if he won.

• Trunks pushed Son Goten aside, transformed into a Super Saiyan, and attacked Krillin with overwhelming speed and strength.
• Krillin struggled to defend himself as Trunks drove him back and told him to give up.
• Krillin activated Kaioken Times Ten, shocking Tien Shinhan, Amond, and Daiz.
• Krillin exploited Trunks's inexperience with the Afterimage Technique and Solar Flare, then counterattacked with a flurry of strikes.
• Son Goku praised Krillin while Vegeta urged Trunks to win by promising to take him to an amusement park.

After Trunks and Krillin ended their fight in a draw, Vegeta taunted Son Goku and Piccolo, prompting Son Goku to challenge Piccolo. The two rose into the sky to face off as everyone on King Kai's Planet watched, and their fight was about to begin.

• Trunks lost his Super Saiyan form and collapsed, ending his fight with Krillin in a draw; both fighters received help from their friends.
• Vegeta mocked Son Goku because Son Goten could not transform, but Son Goku pointed out that Son Gohan had transformed at a young age.
• Piccolo noted that Son Goten was a year younger than Trunks, angering Vegeta, who challenged Piccolo to fight.
• Son Goku stopped Vegeta from confronting Piccolo and challenged Piccolo himself, eager to test how strong he had become.
• Piccolo and Son Goku flew into the sky and faced each other as everyone gathered below to watch their showdown.

Son Goku fought Piccolo on King Kai's Planet, initially holding back while Piccolo overwhelmed him. After Piccolo called him out, Goku unleashed a power beyond Super Saiyan 2 and began transforming, leaving Vegeta stunned.

• Son Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan 2 as Piccolo powered up with a deep orange aura, and they began a fierce battle in the sky.
• Piccolo gained the advantage with a sudden surge in speed and strength, striking Goku with close-range blows and Ki Waves.
• Vegeta watched Piccolo suppress Goku and resolved to close the remaining gap, while Son Gohan observed the fight quietly.
• Piccolo stopped attacking and challenged Goku to stop testing him, prompting Goku to admit he had been adapting to Piccolo's rhythm.
• Son Goku released energy several times greater than his Super Saiyan 2 power, and his hair grew long as his eyebrows disappeared.
• Vegeta recognized Goku's change as a transformation beyond Super Saiyan.

Son Goku broke through to Super Saiyan 3 and battled Piccolo, but the form’s heavy drain left him vulnerable and Piccolo defeated him. After recovering with a Senzu Bean, Goku challenged Vegeta, who walked away.

• Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 3, and Piccolo revealed his own deeply awakened state while explaining that he could not combine it with Kaioken.
• Son Goku and Piccolo fought at full strength, trading close-range blows and Ki attacks as the battle battered King Kai's Planet.
• Son Goku's energy faltered while he prepared a Kamehameha, allowing Piccolo to strike him repeatedly and knock him out of the sky.
• Son Goku admitted defeat after his Super Saiyan 3 form expired, and Piccolo remarked that the transformation still needed work.
• Son Goku healed himself with a Senzu Bean and invited Vegeta to fight, but Vegeta walked away.

Moro escaped from the Galactic Patrol's prison and spent five years growing stronger by devouring energy from remote planets. After draining another world, he decided to go somewhere else, saying there was little time left and something should be becoming difficult to maintain.

• The patrol captain checked Moro's deepest prison cell, but after the patrol left, Moro's figure began to flicker between reality and nothingness.
• Moro arrived at a desolate planet aboard a spaceship with his sharp-horned subordinate, who recalled helping him for five years.
• Moro emerged from the ship and drained the planet's life energy until its crust collapsed and its core went dark.
• Moro told his subordinate that he had avoided lively planets because the balance of power had changed and Frieza had spread his influence across the universe.
• Moro decided they had gathered enough power and ordered the ship elsewhere, saying there was little time and something was becoming hard to maintain.

After Piccolo defeated Son Goku, the group discussed training and the experts on Grand Kai's Planet. Turles and Merus arrived, and Turles began counting the Saiyans gathered on King Kai's Planet.

• Piccolo defeated Son Goku, and Retasu, Trunks, and Son Goten praised Son Goku's transformed appearance.
• Piccolo quizzed Son Gohan about the battle, and Son Gohan said Piccolo's training had helped him follow it.
• King Kai invited Son Goku and Piccolo to Grand Kai's Planet, but Piccolo dismissed the idea when King Kai admitted its experts might not match them.
• Turles and Merus appeared on King Kai's Planet, and King Kai eagerly asked Turles about the Sacred World of the Kai.
• Turles said he had not paid much attention to the Sacred World of the Kai and looked over the Saiyans as if counting them.

Turles underwent the Super Saiyan God ritual on King Kai's Planet, with Son Goku, Son Gohan, Retasu, Trunks, and Son Goten supplying their power while Vegeta refused to join. The ritual awakened ancient God Ki, and Turles emerged transformed with red hair and an otherworldly presence.

• Piccolo said the five Saiyans with righteous hearts were enough for the ritual and implied Vegeta might not qualify, prompting Vegeta to withdraw.
• Son Goku, Son Gohan, Retasu, Trunks, and Son Goten joined hands around Turles and poured their golden Super Saiyan energy into him.
• Merus sensed ancient soul power and learned that the ritual awakened the lingering God Ki of a failed Saiyan rebellion from the distant past.
• A storm swept across King Kai's Planet as Turles's aura weakened, then a crimson pillar of light erupted from his body.
• Turles emerged with fiery red hair, a leaner frame, and an immense presence that Merus recognized as God Ki.

Turles transformed into a Super Saiyan God and discovered that God Ki could not coexist with his Limit Form and was slowly fading from his mortal body. He challenged Merus to test his new power, and Merus guided him to focus on sensing and absorbing the God Ki even as it drained faster.

• Turles found that he could not combine Limit Form with his Super Saiyan God state because the powers were incompatible.
• Merus explained that the ritual-given God Ki was not fully compatible with Turles's mortal body and would fade over time.
• Turles challenged Merus to fight while his God Ki remained, and Merus accepted.
• Turles attacked at great speed, but Merus calmly dodged and deflected every blow with one hand.
• Merus told Turles to sense and comprehend the God Ki, and Turles's crimson aura surged as he focused on it, causing the energy to drain faster.

Turles used the fading God Ki to temper his own power, transforming into a dark red-furred ape-like form and forcing Merus to take him seriously. Merus began to overwhelm him in their fight, but a flashing Galactic Patrol alert interrupted the battle.

• After his God Ki vanished, Turles revealed his transformed form and struck Merus with a powerful punch.
• Turles explained that he had used God Ki to refine his own energy, raising its quality close to God Ki.
• Merus became more serious and began landing precise counterattacks that sent Turles flying and exposed his limits.
• As Merus prepared to increase his pace, he stopped and took out a Galactic Patrol communicator displaying a red alert.

Moro traveled to a lifeless planet to retrieve a Dark Dragon Ball and release a woman he had sealed beneath a mountain. The woman awoke and recognized him as the Star devourer, greeting him with hatred.

• Moro landed on the dark planet and told his sharp-horned subordinate that they had come to see a friend, not devour the planet.
• Moro blasted a passage through a mountain and found an ancient stone platform in its depths.
• Moro showed his subordinate a black Dragon Ball with dark red stars and tucked it into his robes.
• Moro destroyed the platform and revealed a chained coffin in a vast underground chamber.
• Moro broke the seal he had placed on the coffin, and a scarlet-eyed woman rose and called him the Star devourer.