Chapter Summaries

Turles transformed into a Super Saiyan and battled Cooler in his final form. Turles gained the upper hand and left Cooler injured amid the metal planet’s wreckage, saying he was a little stronger.

• Turles revealed his golden Super Saiyan form while Cooler assumed his final, bone-armored form, and the two began contesting each other’s strength.
• Cooler launched a devastating red energy attack, but Turles punched it off course and fought back against Cooler’s follow-up kicks.
• The battle intensified, and Cooler struck Turles into a chain of mountains before Turles recovered and drove him back with a heavy punch.
• Cooler tried to keep Turles at a distance with volleys of Ki Blasts, but Turles weaved through them and closed in.
• Turles struck Cooler in the face and sent him crashing into the metal planet, where Cooler landed on one knee with blue blood at his mouth.
• Turles hovered above Cooler and said he was a little stronger.

Turles and Frieza fought off Cooler’s metal army so the others could escape, then Turles recovered with a Senzu Bean and overwhelmed Cooler. Cooler fell helplessly toward the ground as Turles’s attack continued.

• After losing to Turles, Cooler unleashed the Armored Squadron and copied soldiers across the planet, then attacked Turles to keep him from helping the others.
• Frieza blasted the metal troops threatening Piccolo and the others, giving them time to board the spaceship and escape without him or Turles.
• Frieza’s energy attack wiped out the metal copies around the ship, and Turles stopped evading Cooler after confirming the others had escaped.
• Turles ate a Senzu Bean, restored his strength, and launched a relentless attack that left Cooler badly injured and back in his original form.
• Cooler lost consciousness and fell toward the ground.

Cooler used his wristband to activate the metal planet and returned as Metal Cooler, surrounding Turles and Frieza with countless copies. As the two fought the horde, Turles questioned whether Cooler's real body was among them.

• Cooler shattered his wristband as he lay defeated, triggering the metal planet's transformation.
• Cooler reappeared as Metal Cooler, while countless copies spread across the planet and surrounded Turles and Frieza.
• Turles and Frieza fought off the copies, which were weaker than Cooler but attacked in overwhelming numbers.
• A Metal Cooler struck Frieza from behind, and Turles blasted away the attackers before Frieza could be overwhelmed.
• Turles warned Frieza that they would run out of stamina and said there was no need to search for Cooler's real body among the copies.

Turles realized the Metal Coolers were endless and decided to break into the Big Gete Star to find its weak point, leaving Frieza to hold them off. Inside the planet, Turles found a vast network of conduits leading toward its core, while the Metal Coolers combined into a giant Metal Cooler and headed after him.

• Turles told Frieza that the metal planet might have an internal weak point, then gave him the last Senzu Bean.
• After Frieza recovered and vowed to handle the Metal Coolers, Turles teased him about taking over as king if he failed to train and flew toward the planet.
• Turles blasted through the planet’s surface and found its hollow interior, where silver circuits and energy conduits led toward the core.
• The Metal Coolers stopped attacking Frieza, melted into a silver torrent, and combined into a giant Metal Cooler.
• The giant Metal Cooler ignored Frieza and flew into the planet after Turles.

Turles fought through the metal planet to reach Cooler’s core while Metal Cooler tried to stop him. Turles destroyed the planet, but Frieza lost consciousness before he could see whether Turles survived.

• Turles sensed that the metal planet was suppressing him and raced deeper inside as it sent metal replicas to attack him.
• Frieza tried to block Metal Cooler from entering the underground passage, but Cooler knocked him aside.
• Turles destroyed the planet’s interception conduit and fought Metal Cooler, noticing that Cooler was trying to keep him away from something deeper inside.
• Turles reached the face that was the planet’s core and threatened to destroy it, then said he would not live if the planet’s destruction killed him too.
• The metal planet exploded into dust, and Frieza lost consciousness without seeing Turles appear.

Tights felt an unexplained unease while helping distribute aid on a recently liberated planet, while on Earth, Kami and Mr. Popo summoned the Eternal Dragon after Turles's communicator went dark. The dragon refused Kami's wish to revive Turles, revealing that Turles had not died and was not in the Land of the Dead.

• Tights reassured the planet's people that reconstruction aid and Guardian patrols would arrive, while Raditz helped manage their gifts.
• Tights's growing unease led her to accept Raditz's offer to return to base for a checkup.
• Kami found that Turles's communicator had gone dark and understood that their agreement required preparing for the worst.
• Kami and Mr. Popo summoned Earth's Eternal Dragon with the seven Dragon Balls and asked him to revive Turles.
• The Eternal Dragon refused, saying Turles could not be revived because he was not dead and his soul was not in the Land of the Dead.

Turles woke in a future, apocalyptic world and realized he had somehow traveled through time after his apparent death. Meanwhile, Bulma told Tights that Turles was alive but no longer existed in their timeline, leaving them to seek Dr. Gero’s help.

• Turles woke badly injured in an unfamiliar room, where Bulma explained that Yajirobe and the others had found him.
• Turles revealed he was a Saiyan who had been trying to stop a threat to the universe, then found a drained ring Dr. Gero had given him.
• The Frieza Force searched the wreckage and concluded that General Turles was probably dead.
• Bulma told Tights that Kami had learned from the Eternal Dragon that Turles was alive but likely no longer existed in their world.
• Bulma promised Tights she would tell everyone and ask Dr. Gero to help find a solution.

After Turles’s apparent death, Vegeta believed he would become the next Super Saiyan and went looking for Son Goku to settle their rivalry. Son Goku defended his brother and agreed to fight Vegeta, then challenged him to measure his full power with a Scouter.

• Vegeta watched footage of Turles fighting Cooler as a Super Saiyan and decided that he would become the next strongest warrior in the universe.
• Dr. Gero stabilized the Sixth Branch’s operations while the others waited for Turles to return.
• Vegeta encountered Son Goku at the base and demanded a fight, but Son Goku initially declined because he had a mission.
• Vegeta insulted Turles, prompting Son Goku to defend his brother and agree to teach Vegeta a lesson.
• Son Goku and Vegeta met in the mountains outside the base, where Son Goku asked Vegeta to use his Scouter as he released his full power.

Son Goku demonstrated overwhelming power to Vegeta, who turned his humiliation into renewed resolve to become a Super Saiyan. After recovering, Frieza entrusted the Frieza Force to Berryblue and Zarbon as he prepared to leave and study Turles’s plans.

• Son Goku unleashed his full power, pushing his scouter reading beyond 500,000 until it shattered.
• Vegeta fell to his knees in fear, then vowed that he would surpass Son Goku and become the next Super Saiyan.
• Frieza awoke after seven days of treatment and learned that the fleet had found him but not Turles.
• Frieza put Berryblue in charge of the Frieza Force and ordered Zarbon to visit the Sixth Branch, study its operations, and bring back Turles’s plans.
• Frieza left the Frieza Force in Berryblue and Zarbon’s hands, saying he did not know how long he would be gone.

Turles and Bulma discussed their different timelines and Bulma’s plan to seek New Namek for its Dragon Balls. Turles offered to help her search, but explosions erupted nearby before they could set out.

• Bulma admitted she could not analyze Turles’s ring with her damaged laboratory equipment, and Turles suggested defeating the androids might let her study it properly.
• Bulma asked Turles about his world, learned that Earth there had been protected, and told him that Trunks was her son and had not returned for many years.
• Bulma proposed finding New Namek and borrowing its Dragon Balls, while Turles realized Instant Transmission could not locate the planet in this spacetime.
• Turles offered Bulma a spaceship modified by Dr. Brief and said he would join her search for Planet Namek.
• Explosions sounded in the distance as smoke and flames spread across the sky.

Turles confronted Android 17 and Android 18 in a ruined city after Bulma urged him to hide. Mistaken for Son Goku, he transformed into a Super Saiyan and struck Android 17, who got back up and insisted on fighting Turles himself.

• Bulma hid her belongings and urged Turles to take shelter from the androids, but he gave her his Capsule storage case and flew toward the destruction.
• Turles found Android 17 and Android 18 wrecking the city and killing survivors trapped in the ruins.
• The androids mistook Turles for Son Goku and welcomed the chance to fight him, while Turles mocked them and transformed into a Super Saiyan.
• Android 17 asked Android 18 to let him fight Turles, and she agreed but claimed the finishing blow for herself.
• Turles appeared in front of Android 17 and punched him through the ruins into a water tower; after recovering, Android 17 ordered Android 18 to stay out of the fight.

Turles overpowered Android 17 with a sudden burst of speed and strength, but Android 18 intervened before he could finish him. The siblings joined forces against Turles, who began losing ground as his stamina drained.

• Turles exchanged blows with Android 17 and judged him to be a formidable opponent whose fighting style was difficult to predict.
• Turles used changing rhythms to frustrate Android 17, then unleashed his full speed and struck him with Meteor Explosion.
• Turles followed up with a knee and a double-handed blow that sent Android 17 crashing into the ruins.
• Android 18 attacked Turles with a barrage of Ki Blasts, forcing him to abandon his attempt to finish Android 17.
• Android 17 returned to the fight, and the siblings launched a coordinated assault that pushed Turles onto the defensive.

Turles was overwhelmed by Android 17 and Android 18, but escaped their attack with Instant Transmission and arrived injured on Planet Yardrat. The Yardratians welcomed him and brought him to Pybara, who remarked that he looked a lot like Goku.

• A green figure watched the battle and decided to increase its strength before confronting the fighters.
• Android 17 and Android 18 coordinated their attacks and drove Turles to the brink of defeat.
• Turles used a Ki Blast to create a dust cloud, then escaped with Instant Transmission.
• Turles landed injured in a marketplace on Planet Yardrat, where the residents recognized him as a Saiyan and an elder offered to help him.
• The elder brought Turles to the hall, where Pybara welcomed him and said he looked a lot like Goku.

Bulma refused Vegeta’s demand for a gravity chamber, then left to visit Tights with Vegeta insisting on waiting for her. In the council hall, Dr. Gero announced that androids would carry out the general’s plans, leaving the warriors’ role unclear.

• Vegeta asked Bulma to build him a gravity chamber stronger than Kakarot’s, but she refused because she had no time.
• Vegeta lost his temper and intimidated Bulma until she promised to build the chamber later when she had time.
• Bulma prepared to leave the base to find Tights, but Vegeta stayed outside her room and said he would wait for her.
• Amond questioned Dr. Gero’s decision not to put the warriors in charge of the next mission.
• Dr. Gero explained that he had designed androids to carry the general’s will and build a new order that could influence the old world.

Turles finished his basic Ki-control training on Planet Yardrat, thanked Grand Elder Pybara, and left to search for New Namek with Bulma. On Earth, Bulma, believing Turles had died, prepared to go alone, but she saw him descending from the sky just as she was about to board her spaceship.

• Turles practiced precise Ki control and learned several Yardratian techniques, though Instant Transmission remained unreliable.
• Grand Elder Pybara advised Turles that advanced combat gains depended on how he used his Ki, and Turles left Planet Yardrat.
• Bulma waited a month for Turles and, believing the androids had killed him, decided to search for New Namek alone.
• Bulma finished preparing her spaceship and brought along the spacesuit she had made for Turles.
• Bulma saw Turles's face appear in the sky as she was about to board the spaceship.

Turles and Bulma searched the universe for help finding Planet Namek and arrived at Sorbet’s base to obtain the Frieza Force’s planetary coordinates. Turles confronted Sorbet, whose subordinate Shisami recognized him with terror.

• Turles told Bulma he was worried about Earth and that he had discovered signs Cell had been born.
• Turles took Bulma across the universe to look for an active Frieza Force base, then headed to prosperous systems to search through channels such as the black market.
• Sorbet fretted over the Abo and Cado Brothers’ threat to absorb his force when a ship with an unfamiliar high-level authorization signal entered his star system.
• Turles landed at Sorbet’s base, and Bulma worried about how they would obtain its planetary coordinates.
• Turles approached Sorbet and questioned him about leaving the Frieza Force, while Shisami reacted with terror.

Turles revealed himself to Sorbet and asked the Frieza Force for help, while Cell hunted Android 17 and Android 18 on Earth. The siblings considered seeking help from Son Goku, but Cell found them before they could escape.

• Sorbet recognized Turles as the Super Saiyan who defeated King Frieza and quickly offered to help him.
• After Turles's Ki left Earth, Cell absorbed nearly all the remaining survivors and grew far stronger than Android 17 and Android 18.
• Cell taunted the android siblings as they hid in ruined buildings, and Android 18 stopped Android 17 from giving away their position.
• Android 18 suggested they find Son Goku and join forces against Cell, and Android 17 agreed they needed help.
• As Android 17 and Android 18 crawled out to search for Son Goku, Cell appeared nearby and announced he would absorb them.

The Heeters found one of Planet Cereal’s Dragon Balls and decided to investigate the Frieza Force’s unusual inactivity. After sending Maki and Oil away under new identities, Elec told Monaito that he and Jass would move in with him to keep watch.

• Elec discussed Frieza’s disappearance and possible secret training with Jass.
• Maki and Oil showed Elec the Dragon Ball they had found after a long search on Planet Cereal.
• Elec refused to steal Monaito’s Dragon Ball until he understood what the two balls could do.
• After hearing that the Frieza Force had stopped pursuing many of its former targets, Elec ordered Maki and Oil to leave Planet Cereal under new identities and keep a low profile.
• Elec told Monaito that he and Jass would live with him to ensure he kept their agreement.

Turles completed a meditation battle against opponents modeled on his limits and concluded that mastering Ki application meant concentrating his full power into offense, defense, or speed as needed. He resolved to pursue that path despite being unable to defeat his imagined Cell yet.

• Turles defeated imagined versions of Slug, Metal Final Form Cooler, Android 17, and Android 18 during meditation before facing Perfect Cell.
• Turles opened his eyes and realized the fights had taken place entirely in his mental training space, with Perfect Cell constructed around his own limits.
• Turles reflected on how Planet Yardrat's Ki training had taught him greater efficiency but that Super Saiyan Full Power only eliminated wasted Ki.
• Turles considered Jiren an example of superior Ki application, able to focus his power on attacks, defense, or speed in ways that broke conventional limits.
• Turles accepted that controlling his power at will was only the threshold of application and continued toward the difficult path ahead.

Bulma and Turles reached New Namek, where most of the Namekians did not recognize Bulma because they had been born after the people settled there. After reuniting with Dende and explaining Earth’s tragedy, Bulma and Turles met Grand Elder Moori, who welcomed them and was ready to help with the Dragon Balls.

• Bulma rushed to greet the gathered Namekians, but none recognized her, and a warrior stopped Turles from approaching the village.
• Dende arrived and recognized Bulma, while Turles introduced himself as a Saiyan from Earth.
• Bulma and Dende exchanged awkward remarks about their ages before Dende explained that he had become the youngest elder six months earlier.
• Bulma told Dende what had happened on Earth, and he offered to take her and Turles to Grand Elder Moori for help with the Dragon Balls.
• Grand Elder Moori warmly welcomed Bulma and Turles and brought out food, though neither visitor felt like eating.