Chapter Summaries

Turles met the Grand Elder on Planet Namek, who sensed both his calm soul and his anxiety over power, and agreed to bring him the Dragon Balls despite Nail’s suspicions. The Grand Elder warned Turles about the dangers of relying on the Dragon Balls, then offered to draw out his hidden potential.

• The Grand Elder welcomed Turles and recognized that the Saiyan had a calm soul and a heart inclined toward goodness.
• The Grand Elder sensed Turles’s anxiety over power, and Turles admitted he had come to obtain the Dragon Balls.
• Nail threatened Turles, but the Grand Elder stopped him and sent him to bring the Dragon Balls.
• The Grand Elder warned Turles that the Dragon Balls could cause unpredictable disasters and said his homeworld had been destroyed that way.
• The Grand Elder invited Turles to let him draw out the power within his body, and Turles eagerly considered the offer.

Turles accepted the Grand Elder’s offer to unleash his potential after learning that Planet Namek’s future might be tied to his own. The ritual left the Grand Elder weary, and Turles joined Nail and Dende outside to summon Porunga.

• Dende emerged from behind the Grand Elder’s chair and worriedly objected to the decision.
• Turles hesitated when he realized the Grand Elder’s ability could cost him lifespan, but the Grand Elder said helping him served Planet Namek’s future.
• Turles promised to protect Planet Namek and let the Grand Elder unleash his potential, which made his ki grow stronger.
• The Grand Elder sent Dende to help Turles and his companions communicate with Porunga, and Dende led them outside to the Dragon Balls.
• Nail sensed Turles’s increased power, confirmed Dende had helped him, and turned away resentfully.

Turles summoned Porunga and used his first two wishes to gain limited teleportation and learn the Tree of Might seed’s history and cultivation requirements. He learned the tree could only produce true Fruit of the Gods on Core World, and forcing it to grow on a mortal planet would irreversibly drain life.

• Dende summoned Porunga, who appeared and offered three wishes.
• Turles asked to teleport anywhere in the universe, but Porunga said that power was beyond him and offered teleportation limited to three designated planets instead.
• Turles chose Earth, Planet Namek, and Planet Yardrat, and Porunga granted the wish.
• Turles had Cacao give him the Tree of Might seed and asked Porunga to reveal everything about it.
• Porunga explained that the tree came from Core World, where its fruit once helped young members of the divine race, and that it could grow and bear true fruit only in divine soil.

Turles used his final wish to increase the number of S-Cells in his body, then left Planet Namek with Tights and Cacao. The Grand Elder explained that he had helped Turles to make him a friend rather than an enemy, while Nail went to train after realizing how far Turles surpassed him.

• Turles wished for Porunga to increase the number of S-Cells in his body, and Porunga granted the wish before disappearing.
• Turles, Tights, and Cacao said goodbye to the Grand Elder and left Planet Namek.
• The Grand Elder told Nail that helping Turles was the right choice because Turles could have destroyed Planet Namek if he had come with evil intentions.
• The Grand Elder explained that Turles trained constantly and that even in heavy clothing he had made Nail doubt he could win.
• Nail went to train because Turles's strength made him fear he could not protect the Grand Elder from another powerful invader.

Piccolo, Krillin, Master Roshi, Tien Shinhan, and Son Goku each spent a peaceful day training or at home, while Piccolo warned that Son Goku’s peace would not last. The chapter ended with three figures appearing on a remote cliff in the western region.

• Piccolo meditated in the Gobi Desert, then told Son Goku to enjoy his last bit of peace.
• Master Roshi and Krillin fought over the remote until Bulma arrived with snacks and scolded them.
• Tien Shinhan trained beneath a waterfall and said he could not let Son Goku pull too far ahead.
• Son Goku chopped firewood, played with Son Gohan, and headed home to eat with Chi-Chi.
• Three figures appeared out of thin air on a remote western cliff.

Turles arrived on Earth with Tights and unleashed a terrifying ki that overwhelmed the planet’s warriors. Son Goku flew to confront him, but faced an unprecedented sense of powerlessness.

• Turles arrived on Earth with Tights, who eagerly celebrated her return and promised to treat him to Earth food.
• Master Roshi, Krillin, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, Son Goku, Kami, and others sensed the immense ki and reacted with alarm.
• Son Goku gave Gohan to Chi-Chi and flew toward the source of the power on his golden cloud.
• Turles identified the approaching Son Goku, handed Cacao his scouter, and prepared to greet Earth more seriously.
• Turles powered up, unleashing a blast of ki that battered the cliff and left people across Earth overwhelmed.
• Son Goku arrived opposite Turles but felt powerless before the force he sensed.

After his power exceeded the scouter’s range, Turles brought Tights and Cacao to Kami’s Lookout and asked Kami to speak with him inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Turles revealed that Kami was a Namekian, and as Kami hurried to learn more, Turles suddenly vanished before they entered the chamber.

• Turles’s power surpassed the scouter’s 100,000 detection limit, so he teleported with Tights and Cacao to Kami’s Lookout.
• Kami mistook Turles for Goku at first, then welcomed him after Turles explained that he meant no harm and needed Kami’s help.
• Turles asked Kami to discuss the matter with him alone inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, while Tights stayed with Cacao.
• As they walked, Turles told Kami that he was a Namekian, prompting Kami to ask about his people.
• At the chamber entrance, Turles told Kami to wait and suddenly vanished.

Turles borrowed Korin's Senzu Beans and entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber with Kami, while Son Goku arrived at the Lookout and met Tights and Cacao. Tights concluded that Goku was Turles's younger brother because they looked alike and Goku was a Saiyan.

• Turles took Korin's nearly empty jar of Senzu Beans, warned Yajirobe not to waste them, and hurried away.
• Turles and Kami entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, where Kami explained its harsh conditions and two-year lifetime limit.
• Son Goku arrived at Kami's Lookout after losing track of Kami's ki, and Mr. Popo told him that Kami had entered the chamber with Turles.
• Tights met Son Goku and noticed that he looked almost exactly like Turles, except for a scar and the lack of a tail.
• Mr. Popo explained that Kami had stopped Goku's tail from growing back, and Tights declared that Goku was a Saiyan and Turles's younger brother.

Son Goku learned from Tights and Mr. Popo that Turles might be his Saiyan brother, while Tights began explaining the universe to him. In the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Turles trained with Kami, who decided to safeguard Earth’s Dragon Balls and taught Turles to sense and control Ki.

• Son Goku questioned whether Turles was his brother, and Mr. Popo said Turles looked exactly like him.
• Tights explained that Son Goku was a Saiyan and offered to teach him about the universe.
• Turles told Kami that the Grand Elder believed Planet Namek had been destroyed by excessive use of its Dragon Balls.
• Kami decided that the Lookout would keep Earth's Dragon Balls and that they would only be used when Earth's survival was at stake.
• Kami taught Turles to sense Ki, and Turles detected Kami's energy for the first time.
• Kami instructed Turles to draw his Ki back into his body and blend with his surroundings.

Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu arrived at Kami's Lookout to learn what had happened to Earth and Kami. There, Bulma reunited with her sister Tights, while Goku still struggled to explain the mysterious ki and Kami's disappearance.

• Krillin and Yamcha reached the deserted Lookout, then Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu arrived shortly afterward.
• Tien Shinhan noticed Yamcha had been neglecting his training and urged him to take King Piccolo's threat seriously.
• Goku came out of the Lookout and began to explain the overwhelming ki and Kami's disappearance, but Tights recognized Bulma and interrupted him.
• Bulma and Tights reunited with a joyful embrace and caught up after years apart.
• Bulma marveled that Tights still looked like a teenage girl, and Tights wondered how old she was.

After months of training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Turles mastered a Pseudo Super Saiyan state by stimulating his S-Cells and decided he was ready to leave. He estimated his normal combat power at over one million and believed his new form could rival Slug.

• Turles's Ki erupted into a golden aura, terrifying Kami, before Turles regained control.
• Turles reflected on how his martial arts training, weighted clothing, and Senzu Bean-assisted self-injury training had improved his strength and Ki control.
• Turles used the S-Cells restored through his third wish to Porunga to develop a method of briefly activating them without fully transforming.
• Turles mastered Pseudo Super Saiyan after nearly two months of practice and gained a tremendous boost in power.
• Turles collected the Senzu Beans and told Kami it was time to leave the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

At the Lookout, the Earth warriors learned that Turles had taken Kami into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and decided not to interfere. Cacao refused Goku’s requests to spar, while Tights privately reflected on her changing opinion of Turles and his continued suspicion of her.

• Tights and Mr. Popo explained the situation, and Mr. Popo warned that a third person entering the Hyperbolic Time Chamber would trap everyone inside.
• Krillin asked to check on Kami, but Mr. Popo said Kami was still alive and the group agreed not to act rashly.
• Tien Shinhan asked about Cacao, and Tights explained that he was a war machine who obeyed Turles.
• Goku challenged Cacao to a friendly spar, but Cacao refused because his orders were to protect Tights and avoid unnecessary combat.
• Yamcha suggested attacking Cacao to force him to fight, but Mr. Popo and Bulma rejected the idea.
• Bulma teased Tights about her relationship with Turles, and Tights thought that although her opinion of him had begun to change, he still distrusted her and wanted her to work for him.

Turles arrived at the Lookout and met Son Goku, whose appearance matched his own, while the others sensed his overwhelming Ki. Turles let Son Goku believe they were brothers and postponed questions until after he had eaten.

• Bulma examined Cacao while Tights praised him, until the warriors sensed powerful Ki and rushed toward the Lookout terrace.
• Son Goku and the others found Kami with Turles, who greeted Son Goku as Kakarot.
• Son Goku noticed Turles's tail and asked whether he was his brother, and Turles let the misunderstanding stand.
• Turles asked Kami to have Mr. Popo prepare food and said he would answer questions after eating.
• Son Goku and the others went to Kami and asked whether he was all right.

After sharing a meal with Son Goku, Turles challenged him to join the Frieza Force, but Goku refused and vowed to defeat it. Turles then argued that Earth’s comfortable conditions had kept its warriors from growing strong, and offered them a chance to leave the planet and train.

• Mr. Popo served a large meal, and Turles invited the hungry Son Goku to eat with him.
• Turles praised Earth and asked Son Goku to join the Frieza Force, but Goku refused after learning it took planets from others.
• Son Goku vowed to keep training until he surpassed Turles and could defeat the Frieza Force, earning agreement from the other Earth warriors.
• Turles told the warriors that Earth’s safety and comfort had kept them weak, pointing out that King Piccolo had been an incomplete Namekian.
• Turles offered the warriors a chance to leave Earth and see more of the universe once they had decided to become stronger, then went to rest.

Turles visited Capsule Corporation with Tights and met her parents, Mrs. Briefs and Dr. Brief, while Mrs. Briefs mistakenly assumed he and Tights were dating. After Dr. Brief declined Turles’s invitation to leave Earth, Turles prepared to ask him for help with Cacao, whose growth had lagged behind the others.

• Tights reunited emotionally with Mrs. Briefs at Capsule Corporation.
• Mrs. Briefs asked Turles when he and Tights planned to marry, but Tights insisted they were not in that kind of relationship.
• Mrs. Briefs led Turles and Tights through Capsule Corporation’s blend of technology and nature to Dr. Brief’s laboratory.
• Dr. Brief mistook Turles for Goku and then for Tights’s boyfriend before Turles introduced himself.
• Turles invited Dr. Brief to leave Earth, but Dr. Brief declined because he no longer wanted to travel or take on trouble.
• Turles considered seeking Dr. Brief’s help for Cacao, whose training gains had fallen behind those of Amond, Daiz, and the others.

Turles learned that Dr. Gero might help with his biotechnology plans and set off toward North City after finding a clue to the scientist’s whereabouts. Dr. Brief also returned Turles’s upgraded scouter.

• Tights felt envious of Bulma’s scientific talent, and Turles tried to reassure her by praising her writing.
• Dr. Brief said a genius in artificial life technology might help Turles, and Bulma identified him as Dr. Gero.
• Turles asked where Dr. Gero was, and Bulma found a magazine article saying he had often been spotted in North City.
• Dr. Brief returned Turles’s optimized scouter, and Turles flew toward North Capital with Cacao to search for Dr. Gero.

Turles tracked Dr. Gero to a hidden mountain laboratory, but found it empty and pursued him through an escape passage with Cacao’s help. After capturing Dr. Gero, Turles asked him to help upgrade Cacao, while Dr. Gero questioned Turles about his connection to Son Goku.

• Turles and Cacao searched the mountains around North Capital and broke into Dr. Gero’s concealed laboratory.
• Turles found a radar tracking his location, discovered a hidden basement and escape passage, and followed it out of the mountains.
• Cacao stopped Dr. Gero outside, and Turles introduced himself as a Frieza Force officer and asked Dr. Gero for help with Cacao.
• Back at the laboratory, Dr. Gero asked Turles about his relationship with Son Goku, and Turles challenged his interest in him.

Turles tried to recruit Dr. Gero by offering him planets and resources to rebuild the Red Ribbon Army, then tested his trustworthiness while Gero examined Cacao. After Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu sought to leave Earth with Turles, he found Son Goku troubled at Mount Paozu.

• Turles argued that Son Goku had saved Dr. Gero's life and descendants, then suggested Gero could pursue world domination beyond Earth.
• Turles offered Dr. Gero a planet, resources, and help rebuilding the Red Ribbon Army, and Gero asked him to prove he was an alien.
• Turles took Dr. Gero to view Planet Namek from space, leaving Gero sick but persuaded of Turles's claims.
• Dr. Gero examined Cacao while Turles watched to see whether Gero could be trusted not to tamper with the android.
• Turles returned to the Lookout and learned that Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu wanted to leave Earth with him.
• Turles found Son Goku sitting troubled beside a stream at Mount Paozu and asked what was wrong.

Turles persuaded Chi-Chi to let Son Goku join the Frieza Group by promising regular visits, wages, and support from Capsule Corporation. After Goku delivered Chi-Chi’s gifts, he asked Turles to fight him, and Turles noticed someone else had arrived to watch.

• Turles visited Son Goku and Chi-Chi, presented himself as Goku’s reliable older brother, and explained how the Frieza Group would support their family.
• Chi-Chi accepted Turles’s assurances after Mrs. Briefs confirmed Capsule Corporation’s arrangement, then sent Goku after Turles with gifts.
• Goku caught up with Turles and asked him for a fight, despite knowing he was far weaker.
• Turles and Goku traveled to a desolate stretch of the Gobi and prepared to fight.
• Turles addressed someone who had arrived to watch, asking whether they had come only to observe the one-sided fight.

Piccolo joined Son Goku in challenging Turles, but their combined attacks failed to touch him. Turles unleashed his overwhelming Ki and left both fighters unable to move.

• Piccolo revealed himself and proposed that he and Son Goku fight Turles together.
• Son Goku and Piccolo attacked Turles from both sides, but he repelled Piccolo and hurled Son Goku into a mountain.
• Son Goku and Piccolo fired a Kamehameha and Special Beam Cannon at Turles, and his expanding ring of light vaporized both attacks.
• Turles released a black-purple aura that overwhelmed Son Goku and Piccolo and pinned them to the ground.