Chapter Summaries

Goku won the adult martial arts division, then joined his family and friends for a day at Bulma's amusement park. After telling Vegeta to save his gentle side for family, Goku watched Vegeta agree to ride the carousel with Trunks.

• Goku defeated Bardock to win the adult division, while Bardock placed second and Gohan third; Goten won the children's division, with Trunks placing second.
• Goku and his family joined Aku, Tien Shinhan, and the others for a trip to Bulma's amusement park, where the children played bumper cars.
• Goku told Vegeta that he did not need to act proud around his family and should save his gentle side for them.
• Goku reflected on the peaceful scenery and remembered his childhood promise to protect the planet.
• Trunks asked Vegeta to ride the carousel with him, and Vegeta reluctantly agreed.

Goku prepared to search for the Super Dragon Balls with Bulma after learning how to travel between universes and asking her to build a Super Dragon Ball Radar. He agreed to take her on a romantic space journey, and the chapter left him marveling at the enormous, luxurious spaceship she had made.

• At the amusement park, Goku told Aku that they would hold another party in a few days.
• Goku asked Whis whether the Super Dragon Balls worked like ordinary Dragon Balls and learned two ways to travel between universes.
• Bulma finished building the Super Dragon Ball Radar and asked Goku to take her on a romantic journey through space and time.
• Goku agreed to Bulma's request and planned a party before their potentially months-long trip.
• Several days later, Goku saw Bulma's luxurious, fifty-meter spaceship and wondered why it was so large for two people.
• Whis's voice rang out in Goku's mind.

Goku and Bulma left Earth to travel through the universe, with Goku planning to visit Planet Beyond on the way to a Super Dragon Ball. When they reached its location, they learned that King Cold had destroyed the planet several years earlier.

• Goku and Bulma prepared to leave, while Goku gave Vegeta Planet Yardrat's coordinates so he could travel there and learn Instant Transmission.
• Goku and Bulma said goodbye to their family and departed in Goku's upgraded spaceship.
• Goku recognized their route as the one leading to Aku and the others' home planet, and he told Bulma he would take her to see it.
• The spaceship arrived at Planet Beyond's location, but Goku and Bulma found only empty space.
• Goku and Bulma visited a nearby inhabited planet, where Goku paid someone for information and learned that King Cold had destroyed Planet Beyond several years earlier.

Goku learned how Planet Beyond falsely claimed he was its guardian deity, prompting King Cold to destroy it after his power reached ten billion. After getting King Cold’s location from an alien on Planet Gouride, Goku prepared to confront him.

• A green-skinned alien told Goku and Bulma that Planet Beyond had built its fame by claiming Goku was its guardian deity after he killed Cooler there.
• The alien explained that King Cold destroyed Planet Beyond two years ago after announcing he had reached a Power Level of ten billion.
• The alien said Planet Gouride had benefited from Planet Beyond’s destruction by taking over some of its former trade and transit business.
• Goku asked where King Cold was, and the alien gave him coordinates for a nearby star system.
• Goku used Instant Transmission to return Bulma to their spaceship, then sensed a Frost Demon’s Ki at the coordinates and identified it as likely belonging to King Cold.

Goku destroyed King Cold and his fleet with a Kamehameha, then returned to Bulma and continued their travels together. After visiting several planets, they headed toward the first Super Dragon Ball.

• Goku used Instant Transmission to reach King Cold’s fleet and immobilized him with his Ki.
• Goku fired a Kamehameha that erased King Cold and the fleet, sending King Cold to Hell with his two children.
• Goku returned to Bulma, told her he had handled the matter, and did a short training session before rejoining her.
• Goku and Bulma spent several days visiting planets, where Goku intervened against evil people without harming the rest of the inhabitants.
• Goku and Bulma set course for the first Super Dragon Ball.

Goku and Bulma found and collected three Super Dragon Balls, with Goku discovering that storing even one required a large portal and that seven would barely fit in his storage space. As they continued their search, Bulma noticed their route was taking them toward Universe 6, and Goku knew the final Super Dragon Ball had become an uninhabited planet where the Universe 6 and Universe 7 tournament had been held.

• Goku and Bulma approached a Super Dragon Ball and saw that it was an enormous One-Star Ball measuring over 37,000 kilometers across.
• Goku used Instant Transmission to reach the Dragon Ball and struggled to fit it through a portal into his storage space.
• Goku returned to the ship and told Bulma that his storage space could probably hold seven Super Dragon Balls, though six would fit comfortably.
• Over half a month, Goku and Bulma found three Super Dragon Balls while enjoying their journey through the universe.
• Bulma noticed that their route was taking them toward Universe 6, and Goku knew the last Super Dragon Ball had become an uninhabited planet where the Universe 6 and Universe 7 tournament had taken place.

Goku and Bulma crossed a breach in the universe's barrier and found twelve glowing spheres in the space beyond. Goku sensed Jiren fighting a demonic beast, healed him with a Senzu Bean, and challenged him to a fight.

• Goku admitted to Bulma that his storage space could hold only six Super Dragon Balls, so they planned to collect three in Universe 6 and return to Universe 7 before summoning Super Shenron.
• Goku blasted a gap more than a thousand meters wide through the universe's barrier, and Bulma piloted their spaceship through it.
• Goku and Bulma saw twelve spherical objects shining with multicolored light beyond the barrier.
• Goku sensed Jiren's powerful aura, found him fighting a mindless demonic beast, and watched as Jiren defeated it.
• Goku gave the exhausted Jiren a Senzu Bean, restoring him to peak condition.
• Goku introduced himself as Son Goku, or Kakarot, and challenged Jiren to fight.

Goku and Jiren fought in the bubble universe, where Jiren revealed his true strength before Goku transformed into Super Saiyan Blue and defeated him. Jiren accepted his loss and asked how Goku had grown so strong.

• Goku and Jiren exchanged blows for several dozen minutes, with Goku praising Jiren's fighting skills.
• Jiren unleashed his hidden power, swelling with muscle and raising his strength enough to overpower Goku in a clash.
• Goku tore off his martial arts uniform and transformed into Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan Blue.
• Goku appeared before Jiren too quickly for him to react and pressed an energy ball to his abdomen.
• Jiren stopped resisting and admitted defeat, then asked Goku how he had become so strong.
• Goku credited the people he wanted to protect and his teachers, including an angel, prompting Jiren to wonder whether angel training required becoming a God of Destruction Candidate.

After parting with Jiren, Goku and Bulma entered Universe 6, where Champa and Vados noticed their arrival. As the pair waited for the Super Dragon Ball Radar to guide them, two unfamiliar Godly Auras approached their spaceship.

• Jiren told Goku he hoped to meet and surpass him again, then flew back to Universe 11 to pursue a plan to become stronger.
• Goku returned to the spaceship and told Bulma he had fought a powerful fighter from another universe.
• Goku and Bulma crossed Universe 6's cosmic barrier, alerting Vados and Champa to their arrival.
• Vados persuaded Champa to meet the visitors by offering him an extra Dongdong Bird egg, while secretly planning to double his weight-loss training.
• Goku and Bulma used Universe 7's star map to navigate Universe 6, and Goku sensed two unfamiliar Godly Auras heading toward them.

Vados and Champa arrived to meet Goku and Bulma, and Vados arranged a match between Goku and Champa without Champa using a Divine Technique. Goku accepted the fight, and Vados placed the combatants in a protective barrier as Bulma watched from a separate shield.

• Goku and Bulma met Vados and Champa, who had come after Whis told Vados about Goku.
• Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan God, surprising Champa and impressing Vados with his strength.
• Vados provoked Champa into betting that he could defeat Goku without using a Divine Technique.
• Champa accepted the match, wagering that he could avoid dieting for half a month if he won, while Goku agreed to fight.
• Vados enclosed Goku and Champa in a transparent barrier and protected Bulma in a separate shield.

Goku fought Champa without relying on Ultra Instinct at first, then revealed a stronger form and defeated him by combining the Power of Destruction and the Power of Time in his Ultimate Kamehameha. Vados declared Goku the winner and reminded Champa that he had lost their bet.

• Goku transformed into a powerful form and challenged Champa, who realized the match’s outcome was uncertain.
• Goku used Ultra Instinct to dodge Champa’s attacks and slammed him into the barrier.
• Champa attacked Goku with the Power of Destruction, and Goku answered with an Ultimate Kamehameha infused with the Power of Destruction and the Power of Time.
• Goku’s attack pushed back Champa’s Destruction Energy until Vados stopped both attacks and declared Goku the winner.
• Vados reminded Champa that he had lost their bet, and Champa regretted agreeing to it.

Goku departed with Bulma to search for the fourth Super Dragon Ball and visit Universe 6’s Earth. On the way back, Vados told Champa that Goku had completely mastered Ultra Instinct and could surpass him within ten years, prompting Champa to resolve to train seriously.

• Champa complained that he could have beaten Goku with his Divine Technique, and Goku agreed to let him save face.
• Vados thanked Goku and promised to help him if he ran into trouble in Universe 6, then left with Champa in the Warp Cube.
• Goku returned to Bulma’s spaceship, and they set off toward the fourth Super Dragon Ball before planning to visit Universe 6’s Earth.
• Champa told Vados that he expected Goku to surpass him eventually, and Vados revealed that Goku was only in his thirties.
• Vados explained that Goku had completely mastered Ultra Instinct and had entered the Divine Power Fourth Realm, leaving Champa stunned and determined to train harder.

Goku and Bulma found the last three Super Dragon Balls in Universe 6, then discovered that its Earth had been destroyed in a human war. After viewing the past with the Power of Time, they returned to Universe 7 to seek the final Super Dragon Ball.

• Goku and Bulma found three Super Dragon Balls in Universe 6 and encountered Hit, whom Goku defeated in a sparring match.
• Goku and Bulma reached Universe 6's Solar System but found no Earth, so Goku asked Vados what had happened.
• Vados reminded Goku that he could use the Power of Time to observe the past, and he showed Bulma the destruction of Earth and the moon in a war between Earthlings.
• Bulma asked to leave Universe 6, and Goku promised that their Earth would not suffer the same fate.
• Goku and Bulma crossed back into Universe 7 and headed for the final Super Dragon Ball.

Goku and Bulma uncovered the final Super Dragon Ball and summoned Super Shenron, whose vast body filled the universe. Goku asked about immortality and learned that it would freeze his potential, while Super Shenron revealed that Goku’s previous wish had also used the Power of Miracles.

• Goku broke apart the dark red planet and revealed the final Super Dragon Ball, then gathered all seven together.
• Goku spoke the Language of the Gods, and the Super Dragon Balls glowed as they summoned Super Shenron.
• Super Shenron emerged, swallowed Goku and Bulma, and carried them inside his body among the galaxies.
• Goku asked Super Shenron whether an immortal body would have drawbacks, and Super Shenron explained that it would freeze his potential.
• Super Shenron told Goku that his previous wish had used the Power of Miracles and that the power could evolve into forces such as time, destruction, and creation.

After returning from the Super Dragon Balls, Goku brought Bulma home to Earth and found Buu waking from his long sleep. Buu asked for food, and Goku took him to the kitchen.

• Goku wished for no one to be able to take over his body, and Super Shenron granted the wish before scattering the Super Dragon Balls across Universes 6 and 7.
• Goku wondered why he could sense the power of miracles within himself and suspected Dragon God Zalama might be involved, but he reassured Bulma as they traveled home.
• Goku and Bulma returned to Earth after thirty days and were greeted by Goten and Bulla.
• Goku checked on the sleeping Buu and found that his Power Level had climbed from 40 billion to nearly 60 billion, with a trace of Godly Aura.
• Buu woke, asked who Goku was, then said he wanted to eat, so Goku took him to the kitchen and had the robots prepare food.

At a party at Goku’s house, Vegeta recognized his younger brother Tarble approaching Earth with Gure. Tarble asked Vegeta to help save his planet from Abo and Cado, while Goku said the pair were weak enough for Goten and the others to defeat; Tarble was left stunned when his scouter showed Goku’s power level as zero.

• Goku and the others sensed two spaceships arriving, and Vegeta recognized one presence as his younger brother Tarble.
• Tarble and Gure landed on a deserted island and flew toward Goku’s house after Tarble’s scouter detected the strongest people on Earth.
• Vegeta asked Tarble why he had come, and Tarble explained that Abo and Cado were terrorizing his planet and begged for help.
• Goku said Goten and the others could easily defeat Abo and Cado.
• Tarble used his scouter to check Goku’s power level and was shocked when it displayed zero.

Tarble asked Vegeta for help against Abo and Cado, and Vegeta agreed before Goku assigned the fight to Goten and Trunks. As the two brothers arrived on Earth, Goten and Trunks approached them whistling, reminding Piccolo of Gohan’s old training whistle.

• Gohan made Tarble’s scouter explode by releasing a little Ki, revealing that his power exceeded its limit.
• Tarble introduced his wife, Gure, to Vegeta, who was surprised but welcomed her.
• Abo and Cado landed in a wasteland, and Goku and the others used Instant Transmission to meet them.
• Vegeta judged that Goten and Trunks could handle the brothers, so Goku sent the boys to fight them.
• Goten and Trunks whistled as they approached, and Piccolo confronted Gohan about teaching the whistle to the boys.

Goten and Trunks battled Abo and Cado, who fused into a powerful fighter, and the boys decided to answer with the Fusion Technique. They began the fusion as Goku watched in surprise.

• Abo and Cado mocked Goten and Trunks, but the boys struck them hard enough to send them crashing into a cliff.
• Abo and Cado recovered, then fused into a much stronger purple fighter whose power reached one billion.
• Goku intercepted the fused fighter’s energy blasts while Goten and Trunks dodged his attacks together.
• Goten suggested turning Super Saiyan, but Trunks proposed that they fuse using the technique they had learned from Raditz.
• Goten and Trunks powered up, took the Fusion Technique poses, and shouted, “Fusion!”

Goten and Trunks fused into Gotenks and challenged Abo Cado. Gotenks defeated them with his new Ultimate Kamehameha, leaving the brothers unconscious after their fusion ended.

• Goten and Trunks appeared as Gotenks, whose base Power Level reached 200 billion after their highly synchronized fusion.
• Gotenks told Goku that Raditz had taught him and Trunks the Fusion Technique about a year earlier.
• Tarble greeted Raditz and Nappa, then awkwardly apologized after his words made it sound as though they should not be on Earth.
• Abo Cado created copies to surround Gotenks, but Gotenks sensed the real one and struck him into a cliff and then into the sky.
• Gotenks fired his Ultimate Kamehameha at Abo Cado, who fell blackened to the ground as the brothers' fusion ended and they passed out.
• Gotenks boasted that his enemies would either run away or suffer a crushing defeat.

Goku captured Abo and Cado, then welcomed Tarble and Gure before they returned to their planet. The next day, Goku took Gohan to Planet Vampa, hoping Broly would push him to awaken Beast Form.

• Goku restrained Abo and Cado with God Ki and left them in Tarble's care.
• Goku invited Tarble and Gure to eat with everyone before their departure.
• Vegeta taught Tarble how to cultivate Ki and urged him to protect his planet.
• Goku decided Broly could pressure Gohan into developing Beast Form.
• Goku used Instant Transmission to take Gohan to Planet Vampa, appearing directly in front of Broly and Paragus.