Chapter Summaries

Son Gohan defeated Android 17, avenging the lives lost to the androids, while Turles stood by him. Dende revived Earth’s Dragon Balls, and just as the group celebrated their chance to restore Earth and its people, a familiar voice contacted Turles about Majin Buu’s seal.

• Android 17 awoke and challenged Son Gohan, who transformed into a Super Saiyan and quickly overpowered him.
• Son Gohan brushed aside Android 17’s energy blasts, grabbed him by the throat, and destroyed him despite his pleas for mercy.
• Turles joined Son Gohan as they looked over the devastated Earth, and the two touched fists.
• Dende used the Eternal Dragon statue to revive Earth’s Dragon Balls, which returned to their orange form across the planet.
• Bulma confirmed on the Dragon Radar that the Dragon Balls were active, and Son Gohan celebrated the chance to bring everyone back.
• A familiar voice contacted Turles to discuss Majin Buu’s seal.

Three years after the Frieza Force lost the General, Zarbon presented the success of reforms based on the Turles Model and proposed expanding them across all star regions. Berryblue supported the proposal, leaving the Force poised to adopt the model throughout its territory.

• The Frieza Force improved its efficiency, suppressed major illegal armed groups, and began applying the Sixth Branch's model in its first star regions.
• Zarbon reported that the Force's net profits had increased three- to fourfold after it withdrew forces and abandoned barren regions.
• Zarbon presented Planet Gaibian as a successful model planet, where the Third Branch established a new order and secured control over key services and resources.
• Zarbon showed evidence of growing loyalty and public support for Frieza, then praised the General's ideas about gaining loyalty through benefits rather than fear.
• Zarbon submitted a proposal to implement the Turles Model across all star regions, and Berryblue supported it.

A Ding explained the growing Patrol Team to Da Zhuang and welcomed its diverse recruits, emphasizing that they would protect Planet Aixin’s residents. When Sam warned that the new chief instructor was arriving to inspect recruit training, A Ding ordered the recruits into combat formation just as the instructor’s spaceship landed.

• A Ding told Da Zhuang that Planet Aixin’s growing population needed human patrol officers alongside Defenders.
• A Ding welcomed the recruits and instructed them to protect the law and the people who followed it.
• Sam told A Ding that the new chief instructor was arriving to inspect the recruits’ training.
• A Ding ordered the recruits to take combat formation within ten seconds.
• A spaceship landed at Planet Aixin’s space landing pad, and its hatch opened to reveal a gleaming bald head.

Krillin arrived on Planet Aixin to take up his post as chief security instructor of the Frieza Force Sixth Branch and toured the security bureau. At the training grounds, he watched A Ding challenge the exhausted recruits to accept the responsibility of protecting the planet or leave.

• The Planet Aixin honor guard welcomed Krillin, and Sam recognized him as the man who had saved him two years earlier.
• Sam showed Krillin the busy shopping district, the patrols, and the Defenders who handled high-level threats.
• Krillin went with Sam to the training grounds to inspect the bureau's new recruits.
• A Ding rebuked the recruits, reminding them that the Frieza Force had saved Planet Aixin and that patrol officers needed strength to protect its people.
• A Ding challenged the recruits to endure the training and shoulder their responsibility, ordering anyone who could not to remove their uniform and leave.

Tien Shinhan taught the Sixth Branch warriors that true strength came from sensing and controlling Ki rather than relying on Scouter readings or physical power. He began their training in meditation and set a test for one week later.

• After the drill, a lizard-headed warrior asked Tien Shinhan how the soldiers could become as strong as him.
• Tien Shinhan explained that they had to learn to sense and control Ki, then asked the lizard-headed warrior to attack him.
• Tien Shinhan blocked the warrior's powerful punch with one finger and used Ki to push him back, despite his lower Scouter reading.
• The warriors asked Tien Shinhan to teach them Ki, and he guided them through their first attempt at sensing it.
• When the warriors struggled to make progress, Tien Shinhan announced that he would test them in one week before allowing those who met his standards to advance.

Amond, Daiz, and Cacao returned from their expedition after destroying the remaining Cooler Force and suppressing rebellious galaxies, bringing prisoners and spoils to Dr. Gero. Son Goku learned the returning fighters had grown stronger, but Dr. Gero refused his request to join their next mission, and Son Goku spotted Vegeta in the corridor.

• Son Goku eagerly wondered whether Amond and Daiz had become strong enough to surpass him as the group waited to welcome them.
• Amond, Daiz, and Cacao arrived with captured prisoners and spoils, and Amond told Dr. Gero they had eliminated the remaining Cooler Force and rebellious galaxies.
• Amond told Dr. Gero that the expedition had uncovered ancient ruins and legends, then handed him a written record.
• Son Goku asked Amond, Daiz, and Cacao to spar, but they said they were not strong enough to keep up with him.
• Son Goku asked to join their next expedition, but Dr. Gero refused because Son Goku was unsuited to missions where enemies had to be killed.
• As the group walked through the base, Son Goku spotted Vegeta standing by the corridor wall with his eyes closed and arms crossed.

Vegeta confronted Son Goku in the wasteland, revealing that he had come close to death countless times to surpass him. Their battle began, and Vegeta’s power surged as he rejected Son Goku’s praise and declared himself the prince of the Saiyans.

• Vegeta told Son Goku that he had repeatedly neared death in his effort to surpass him, and Son Goku promised to fight with everything he had.
• Piccolo persuaded Son Gohan to watch the fight by promising to take him somewhere with lots of books.
• Son Goku and Vegeta clashed at tremendous speed, trading blows and devastating the surrounding rocky terrain.
• Vegeta’s energy blasts engulfed Son Goku, who emerged unharmed and praised Vegeta’s increased speed and strength.
• Vegeta angrily rejected Son Goku’s praise, declared himself the prince of the Saiyans, and unleashed a stronger aura with a faint golden glimmer.

Vegeta overwhelmed Son Goku with a furious barrage, but Son Goku kept dodging and deflecting the attacks without showing signs of tiring. Vegeta realized Son Goku was still holding back and warned that his next attack would kill him, while Son Goku admitted he had been adapting to Vegeta’s fighting style.

• Vegeta’s speed surged, and he broke through Son Goku’s guard with a heavy punch before relentlessly attacking him.
• Piccolo watched the fight and reflected that Son Goku had never shown his full strength during their sparring matches.
• Son Gohan asked Piccolo how to locate the fighters, and Piccolo told him to sense their Ki.
• Vegeta unleashed a barrage of golden energy blasts, but Son Goku dodged through the explosions while his energy remained steady.
• Vegeta recognized that Son Goku was holding back and threatened to kill him with his next attack.
• Son Goku emerged from the flames and told Vegeta that he had needed time to adapt to his fighting style.

Son Goku overwhelmed Vegeta in their fight and knocked him unconscious, then reassured Son Gohan that Vegeta was still alive. Piccolo doubted Goku had truly given his all and challenged him to fight again after he recovered.

• Son Goku unleashed his full power and quickly gained the advantage over Vegeta.
• Vegeta’s attacks failed to stop Son Goku, who eventually struck the back of his neck and knocked him out.
• Son Goku caught Vegeta and laid him on a boulder while Piccolo and Son Gohan approached.
• Son Gohan asked whether his dad had killed Vegeta, and Son Goku reassured him that Vegeta had only passed out.
• Piccolo asked whether Son Goku had given his all, then challenged him to another fight once he had recovered.

Raditz enjoyed his comfortable logistics job and believed his standing had risen, until Nappa approached him with an unexpected request. Nappa said Vegeta would no longer let him follow and asked Raditz to take him on as a subordinate.

• Raditz got supplies for Tights Foundation's relief effort approved using Tights's signature and headed to warehouse three, pleased with his apparent influence.
• Raditz ran into Nappa at the base and feared Nappa had come to confront him.
• Nappa treated Raditz with deference, believing Raditz's connection to Turles placed him among the Sixth Branch's elite.
• Nappa explained that Vegeta would no longer let him follow and asked Raditz if he could work for him.

Raditz reluctantly agreed to ask around about helping Nappa find work, while Bulma and Tights discussed how their lives had changed. An explosion and flames at Bulma’s house interrupted their conversation, leaving the cause unknown.

• Raditz told Nappa that the foundation had strict recruitment requirements, then promised to ask around despite his doubts about helping him.
• Bulma video-called Tights and noticed how much more composed and responsible her sister had become.
• Tights described overseeing the Sixth Branch’s expanding population and the challenges of managing its planets.
• Bulma wondered whether Tights had changed for the better, and Tights said she would try to make herself happy.
• As Bulma prepared to leave the laboratory, she heard an explosion and saw flames rising from the direction of her house.

Bulma found Vegeta gravely injured after his gravity training room exploded, while he insisted he needed harsher training to surpass Kakarot. At the base, Reiz and Lakasei identified ancient records of a universe-wide catastrophe and an evil gang, but Dr. Gero let them investigate only if it did not delay core research.

• Bulma rushed to the burning wreckage and discovered that Vegeta's gravity training room had been destroyed from the inside.
• Bulma found Vegeta badly wounded among the debris as he muttered that he needed higher gravity and harsher training to surpass Kakarot, then collapsed.
• Bulma confirmed that Vegeta was still alive and lamented having to deal with another mess.
• Reiz and Lakasei told Dr. Gero that damaged ancient writings described a universe-wide catastrophe and a powerful evil gang.
• Dr. Gero said the records were unrelated to the Force's development and research, but allowed the team to investigate as long as it did not delay core research.

Granolah learned that the Frieza Force had driven down crime across the North Galaxy, leaving bounty hunters like him with fewer jobs, but he refused to believe its motives were good. He returned to Planet Cereal and approached his home, where an unusual silence greeted him.

• Granolah complained to Oatmeel that the North Galaxy's peace had dried up his bounty work.
• Oatmeel reported that the Frieza Force had wiped out many pirate gangs and was expanding its influence through security, commerce, and infrastructure.
• Granolah rejected Oatmeel's information as propaganda and insisted that the Frieza Force could not be acting for justice.
• Granolah set the ship's automatic course and slept until he reached Planet Cereal.
• Granolah landed beside his house, prepared to greet his grandfather cheerfully, then slowed as he sensed an unusual silence.

Granolah discovered that Monaito, Elec, and Jass had disappeared, while the Heeters prepared to recruit ancient criminals to help them oppose the Frieza Force. The chapter ended with Elec deciding to distract the Galactic Patrol so the Heeters could reach the criminals’ prison planets.

• Granolah searched the house, found Monaito’s treasured orange ball and the Heeters’ belongings missing, then discovered the communicator he had given Monaito left behind.
• Aboard their spaceship, Oil and Maki celebrated the Heeters’ return to power while Elec insisted they needed a plan and allies to defeat the Frieza Force.
• Maki showed the family four remote prison planets and explained that ancient records described their prisoners as powerful villains sealed away by the gods.
• Elec explained that the Dragon Balls had granted Jass the ability to become stronger than each enemy he faced, at the cost of his lifespan.
• When Oil worried that the prisoners might turn against them and the family noted the Galactic Patrol guarded the planets, Elec decided to find a way to keep the Patrol occupied.

Son Goku and Piccolo fought an intense sparring match that showed how much Piccolo had improved. Amond and Daiz arrived with a special mission away from the base, leaving Goku eager to find stronger opponents and Piccolo asking for details.

• Son Goku and Piccolo clashed in a fierce aerial fight, and Piccolo knocked Goku to the ground.
• Son Goku praised Piccolo’s strength, and Piccolo vowed not to stay behind him forever.
• Amond and Daiz watched the fight, then praised the two warriors for getting stronger.
• Amond and Daiz invited Son Goku and Piccolo on a special mission away from the base.
• Daiz explained that they would report directly to Reiz and Lakasei and investigate matters in the universe.

After recovering with two Senzu Beans, Vegeta gained a dramatic surge of power and learned that Kakarot and Piccolo had left on a mission. Determined to catch up with Kakarot and become a Super Saiyan first, Vegeta pursued their ship into space.

• Bulma brought Vegeta food and scolded him for risking his life, then gave him two Senzu Beans she had gotten from Little Son.
• Vegeta ate both Senzu Beans, healed completely, and unleashed a shockwave that knocked Bulma down and damaged equipment.
• Vegeta asked Bulma where Kakarot was and learned that Kakarot and Piccolo had left the base on a mission less than half a day earlier.
• Vegeta changed into a Battle Suit, took a spherical spaceship, and used the departure records to trace Kakarot and Piccolo's flight path.
• Vegeta pursued their ship through space, vowing not to let Kakarot become a Super Saiyan before him.

A year after peace returned to Earth, Turles saw the survivors rebuild their home and prepared to leave for his own timeline. Bulma gave him a Time Machine powered by his ring, and he said goodbye to the Z Fighters as Son Gohan vowed to keep training.

• Son Gohan and Turles watched Earth’s survivors rebuild settlements and agreed that people would cherish what they made themselves.
• Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu joined Son Gohan in thanking Turles for helping restore Earth.
• Turles announced that he planned to leave, and Son Gohan said Bulma had found a method worth trying.
• Bulma explained that Turles’s ring could power three Time Machine trips and that he would need to calculate his destination carefully.
• Turles said farewell to Bulma and the Z Fighters, then praised Yamcha for keeping his spirit as a martial artist.
• Son Gohan told Turles he would train with Supreme Kai and never lose again, and Turles bumped fists with him.

Son Goku and Piccolo reached a desolate planet and found dead Galactic Patrol officers before encountering the Heeters Family. Vegeta arrived and provoked a confrontation, and Elec ordered Jass to attack them as the first strike in their revenge against the Frieza Force.

• Son Goku and Piccolo landed on the ominous planet and followed information from Reiz and Lakasei into a canyon.
• Piccolo found recently killed Galactic Patrol officers near a rune-covered rock and realized they had all died in one blow.
• Elec and the other Heeters revealed themselves, and Son Goku and Piccolo demanded to know who they were and whether they had killed the officers.
• Vegeta crash-landed nearby, recognized the Heeters, and threatened them after Maki mocked him.
• Elec ordered Jass to attack Son Goku, Piccolo, and Vegeta, and Jass stepped forward to face Vegeta.

Vegeta challenged Jass to prove his power, but Jass effortlessly defeated him and prepared to kill him. Son Goku intervened by catching Jass’s energy blade with one hand.

• Son Goku and Piccolo sensed something strange about Jass and warned Vegeta to be careful, but Vegeta dismissed them and declared he had surpassed Son Goku.
• Vegeta unleashed his power and attacked Jass, who blocked his blows and cut Vegeta’s battle suit with a transformed energy weapon.
• Vegeta fired a point-blank Ki blast at Jass, but Jass emerged unharmed behind an energy shield.
• Jass overwhelmed Vegeta with a punch and knee strike, then hurled him through a canyon wall and left him unable to stand.
• As Jass aimed a blade at Vegeta’s heart, Son Goku stepped in and caught it with one hand.

Son Goku unleashed his hidden power against Jass and transformed into a Super Saiyan. Vegeta watched in disbelief as the Saiyan Prince’s pride and confidence began to crumble.

• Son Goku stopped Jass from killing Vegeta, then fought him and forced the two of them to retreat from each other.
• Jass demanded that Son Goku show his full power and threatened Vegeta and Piccolo if he did not.
• Son Goku released his restrained Ki, tearing open the blood-red clouds above the canyon.
• Son Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan, shocking Piccolo and Vegeta.
• Vegeta recalled boasting that he would become a Super Saiyan first and struggled to accept that Son Goku had saved him and surpassed him.