Recaps

Goku reunited with Bardock and Gine, brought them home, and continued training himself and Gohan. Gohan awakened Mystic Form and became the masked hero Light, whose actions drew the underworld’s attention and led him into a confrontation with Mercenary Tao.

• Goku met Bardock and Gine in the Time Realm, where Bardock defeated Yamoshi and earned Space-Time Origin before agreeing to return home with Goku.
• Goku sparred with Time Patrol Goku and Time Patrol Vegeta, lost to their fused form Gogeta, then brought Bardock and Gine to Earth to meet Bulma, Gohan, Goten, Bulla, Trunks, and Raditz.
• Goku broke the Z Sword and freed Old Kai, who unlocked Gohan’s hidden power and awakened his Mystic Form.
• Goku helped Bardock master Super Saiyan 4 Limit Breaker, then trained for two years and developed an emotion-infused Ultra Instinct Sign.
• Gohan received transforming armor from Bulma and began fighting crime as Light, while stories of him and Shadow spread through West City.
• Gohan went undercover as Shadow at a drug deal, killed some fleeing criminals, and called the police to report the gang.
• Gohan heard that Hoi-Poi Capsule Film and Television Co., Ltd. was making a series about Shadow and Light, then left school to respond to a bank robbery.
• At the bank, Gohan killed the suited gang leader and the other criminals, but Mercenary Tao dodged his attack, fired a Dodon Ray, and fled on a pillar as Gohan pursued him.

Goku defeated Babidi and evil Majin Buu, then reunited the Grand Supreme Kai with Fat Buu and entered the World Martial Arts Tournament with his family. He and Bulma traveled across universes to collect Super Dragon Balls, and the stretch ended as Goku prepared to fight Champa in Universe 6.

• Gohan defeated Mercenary Tao, then asked Videl to be his girlfriend after they shared lunch.
• Goku learned Babidi was heading for Earth, trained Goten, and joined Vegeta and the others at the World Martial Arts Tournament.
• Goten beat Trunks in the junior division, while Goku fought Bardock to win the adult division.
• Goku destroyed Babidi and evil Majin Buu, separated Fat Buu from the Grand Supreme Kai, and brought Fat Buu home.
• Goku and Bulma left on a space journey, discovered King Cold had destroyed Planet Beyond, and Goku erased King Cold and his fleet.
• Goku and Bulma collected three Super Dragon Balls before crossing into Universe 6, where Goku defeated Jiren in a fight.
• Vados and Champa met Goku and Bulma, and Vados arranged a match between Goku and Champa with a wager about Champa's diet.

Goku gathered the Super Dragon Balls, returned to Earth, and helped Gohan awaken a new power while Broly joined the group. After Beerus challenged Goku and lost, Demigra began a new assault on the Time Realm, leaving Goku and his allies fighting the Darkness Demon Realm.

• Goku defeated Champa, then gathered all seven Super Dragon Balls with Bulma and wished that no one could take over his body.
• Goku and Bulma found that Universe 6's Earth had been destroyed, returned to Universe 7, and later came home to find Buu's power had grown.
• Tarble asked for help against Abo and Cado, and Goten and Trunks fused into Gotenks to defeat them.
• Goku took Gohan to Planet Vampa, where Gohan fought Broly and eventually awakened a silver-haired form that defeated him.
• Goku brought Broly and Paragus to Earth, where Broly fought Vegeta and proved too strong for him to defeat.
• Beerus challenged Goku and lost, then became devoted to Earth's food while Broly began learning to control his power.
• Two years later, Chronoa called Goku and his allies to the Time Realm after Demigra broke free and began preparing to resurrect the Dark King.
• Goku restored Bardock and Yamoshi, killed Salza with a single punch, and fought Aku while Gohan and the others battled the Darkness Demon Realm fighters.

Goku and his allies defeated the Darkness Demon Realm’s invasion, then took part in Champa’s tournament and restored Universe 6’s Earth. After Goku erased Zamasu and unlocked a new form, Universe 7 entered the Tournament of Power, where Goku’s team faced a united attack.

• Broly defeated Frieza while Goku overwhelmed Aku, forcing Demigra’s forces to retreat and leaving Cumber behind to fight Yamoshi.
• Yamoshi captured Cumber, and Goku healed him before leading the group back to the Time Realm, where Chronoa revived fallen Time Patrol members and hosted a victory feast.
• Champa challenged Beerus to a five-on-five tournament, and Aku, Vegeta, and the other Universe 7 fighters defeated Universe 6’s contestants to win the Super Dragon Balls.
• Zeno proposed a tournament among all twelve universes, and Beerus used Super Shenron to restore Universe 6’s Earth.
• Goku traveled to the Future Timeline, where he defeated Gogeta Black and erased Zamasu, then returned to his own timeline and later developed Ultra Instinct: Ultimate Realm.
• The Grand Priest announced the Tournament of Power, where eight universes faced erasure, and Goku chose Goten and Trunks to complete Universe 7’s team.
• At the tournament, Goku identified Jiren as a god-level fighter, while Beerus learned that other universes planned to target Universe 7 first.
• Goku knocked an invisible Universe 4 fighter out of the arena as Universe 7 battled several opponents and the other gods feared Goku would soon be free to fight.