Arc 3Broly’s Return

Son Goku defeated Goku Black and Zamasu in a ruined future, then faced a succession of powerful challengers, including Broly. After helping Broly regain control, Son Goku brought him to meet the returning Trunks and the two visitors from another timeline, where Broly began testing his strength against Vegeta.

  • Son Goku escaped the World of Void into a devastated future Earth, rescued Bulma from Goku Black, and killed Goku Black after defeating him in battle.
  • Son Goku defeated Zamasu, learned about the ruined Other World and slaughtered Namekians, and later fought Trunks and the visitors from another timeline when they mistook him for Goku Black.
  • Zamasu summoned Masked Goku Black, who had killed ninety-nine versions of Son Goku, but Son Goku erased Zamasu and killed Masked Goku Black.
  • Broly attacked Son Goku and lost control of his power, so Son Goku fought him across dimensions until Broly regained his senses and admitted defeat.
  • Son Goku brought Broly to Earth, where Broly learned to control his strength and became Son Goku’s friend while Earth’s survivors began rebuilding.
  • Son Goku brought Broly to West City to meet Trunks, Super-Space-Time Son Goku, and Super-Space-Time Vegeta, then asked Broly to test his training against them.
  • Broly charged Super-Space-Time Vegeta, smashed him into the ground, and pushed through Vegeta’s energy blast as the fight continued.
Chapters 51–75 Vol. 1 Read

Ch. 51Breaking the world, crossing space and time?!

After Son Goku’s power sent him into the turbulent currents of space-time, Whis and Beerus left the World of Void with the dying Vegeta, while Earth mourned Goku’s disappearance. Goku eventually escaped the tunnel into a devastated future timeline on Earth.

  • Whis explained that Son Goku had broken the World of Void’s barrier and been swept into unknown space-time currents, and Beerus feared he was lost for good.
  • Whis found the dying Vegeta in the World of Void, and he and Beerus departed.
  • On Earth, Chi-Chi and Son Goten grieved over Goku’s disappearance while Son Gohan vowed to take up his father’s mantle and defeat Beerus.
  • The Grand Priest watched Son Goku travel through the space-time tunnel using an ancient power.
  • Son Goku endured the dangerous currents, spotted a light, and plunged through it to escape the tunnel.
  • Son Goku emerged above the mountains on a devastated Earth in a future timeline, where a terrifying evil god had brought ruin after Majin Buu’s defeat.

Ch. 52Is This the Despair Timeline?!

Son Goku arrived in a devastated Earth and discovered that Goku Black, who had stolen his body, was hunting Trunks. He followed them to Bulma’s underground laboratory, where Trunks had gone to help prepare the Time Machine.

  • Son Goku transformed back from Super Saiyan 5 and found that only a few thousand life energies remained on Earth.
  • Son Goku sensed Trunks and an evil aura resembling his own, then flew toward ruined West City.
  • Trunks sneaked through the sewers while Goku Black searched for him above ground, unaware that Son Goku was watching.
  • Trunks returned to the ruined Capsule Corporation and entered Bulma’s underground laboratory, where she was preparing energy for the Time Machine.
  • Goku Black followed Trunks into the basement, and Son Goku followed after sensing Bulma’s aura underground.

Ch. 53Goku Black, You Have Courted Death!

Trunks prepared to travel to the past to seek Son Goku’s help, but Goku Black attacked Bulma before he could leave. Son Goku appeared, rescued Bulma, and faced Goku Black with a cold fury.

  • Bulma reunited with Trunks and gave him the Time Machine fuel, urging him to travel to the past and ask Son Goku to save their world.
  • Goku Black ambushed them and blasted the laboratory, leaving Bulma injured and unable to move.
  • Bulma ordered Trunks to leave for the Time Machine, and he ran to the Capsule Corporation estate while Goku Black approached her.
  • Son Goku appeared behind Goku Black, caught his punch, and sent him flying more than ten kilometers away.
  • Son Goku carried the unconscious Bulma to safety, then turned back toward Goku Black with an expression of anger.

Ch. 54Beating Up Goku Black!

Son Goku tracked down Goku Black and overwhelmed him with three devastating blows, leaving him unable to fight as Son Goku prepared a fatal energy attack. Goku Black called for help, and Zamasu used Instant Transmission to reach him.

  • Son Goku noticed Trunks's Time Machine disappear, then used Instant Transmission to find Goku Black.
  • Goku Black questioned which timeline Son Goku came from and boasted that he had killed this world's version of him.
  • Son Goku unleashed his power and crushed Goku Black with three blows, leaving him severely injured and unable to move.
  • Son Goku began charging a fatal energy attack while Goku Black reached out telepathically to Zamasu for help.
  • Zamasu received Goku Black's plea and used Instant Transmission to travel to his location.

Ch. 55Super Saiyan Rosé? Trash!

Son Goku confronted Goku Black and Zamasu after Zamasu saved Black from his Kamehameha. Goku Black transformed into Super Saiyan Rosé, but Son Goku dismissed it as counterfeit and prepared to show him a real Super Saiyan.

  • Son Goku fired a Kamehameha at Goku Black, and Zamasu arrived by Instant Transmission to take the blast with his immortal body.
  • Zamasu healed Goku Black, and the two faced Son Goku in the air.
  • Goku Black revealed that he had taken Son Goku’s body and transformed into Super Saiyan Rosé after his recovery.
  • Zamasu praised Goku Black’s new form, while Son Goku saw through its power and called it a counterfeit transformation.
  • Son Goku activated Super Saiyan 1 and prepared to demonstrate a real Super Saiyan form.

Ch. 56Goku Black's Overwhelming Defeat!

Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan Full Power and overwhelmed Goku Black and Zamasu with his immense strength. He destroyed Goku Black with a 10x Kamehameha, while Zamasu had been sent crashing into the moon.

  • Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan Full Power, making Goku Black and Zamasu fear his power.
  • Son Goku punched Zamasu into the moon, leaving a huge crater in its surface.
  • Son Goku caught Goku Black's wrist, broke it, and struck him across the battlefield.
  • Goku Black unleashed a Dark Kamehameha, but Son Goku overpowered it with his 10x Kamehameha.
  • Son Goku's 10x Kamehameha engulfed and annihilated Goku Black.

Ch. 57The Apocalypse Ends, Peace Returns!

Son Goku destroyed Goku Black and believed he had killed Zamasu after blasting him with a 20x Kamehameha Wave. Zamasu survived by escaping to Universe 10, vowed revenge, and used his Time Ring to travel to the distant future, while Bulma began to wake in the ruined West City.

  • Son Goku found and kept the Time Ring that remained after he destroyed Goku Black.
  • Son Goku attacked Zamasu again, then blasted him and a crimson asteroid with a 20x Kamehameha Wave.
  • Believing Zamasu dead, Son Goku prepared to return to Earth and question Bulma about what had happened after his death.
  • Zamasu revealed he had escaped to the Sacred World of the Kai of Universe 10 and decided to seek another timeline's Super Dragon Balls.
  • Zamasu activated his Time Ring and traveled to the distant future, while Bulma awoke in her ruined laboratory in West City.

Ch. 58Holy Crap! This Mai Is the Wrong Age

Bulma recovered in the ruined laboratory and learned that the Son Goku who had come to her was from another timeline. Mai mistook him for Goku Black before they recognized each other, and she explained why she looked so young.

  • Bulma awoke in the ruined laboratory, feared Son Goku was Goku Black, then recognized him after he explained he came from another timeline.
  • Son Goku told Bulma why he had come, and she reflected on how her world had suffered after its Son Goku died.
  • Mai shot Son Goku with an enhanced bullet, believing he was Goku Black, until Bulma stopped her.
  • Son Goku and Mai recognized each other, leaving Bulma astonished when she realized Mai was the woman who had once traveled with Pilaf.
  • Mai explained that she and Pilaf’s group had wished to become younger, and Shenron had turned them into children before they grew up again.

Ch. 59A Father and Son Meet Across Time and Space!

After learning that Goku Black was dead, Bulma asked Son Goku to help Trunks protect Earth, and Son Goku discovered that Goku Black had devastated the Other World. He found Son Gohan there, but Gohan mistook him for Goku Black and attacked him.

  • Mai learned that Son Goku had killed Goku Black and rejoiced that Earth was at peace again.
  • Bulma asked Son Goku to train Trunks, and Son Goku planned to search the Other World for this world's Gohan and other allies.
  • Son Goku traveled to King Kai's Planet and found it destroyed, with North Kai, Bubbles, and Gregory gone.
  • Son Goku sensed Son Gohan at King Yemma's Palace, where Gohan was trying to restore order after King Yemma's death.
  • Son Gohan transformed into a Super Saiyan Second Grade and accused Son Goku of being Goku Black before vowing not to forgive him.

Ch. 60Planet Namek Slaughtered!

Son Goku convinced Son Gohan that he was his father from another timeline, then set out to restore order in the Other World with Planet Namek’s Dragon Balls. He arrived on Namek and discovered that its inhabitants had been slaughtered.

  • Son Gohan attacked Son Goku, mistaking him for Goku Black, until Son Goku stopped him without harming him.
  • Son Goku explained that he came from another timeline and had defeated Goku Black, and Son Gohan accepted that he was his father.
  • Son Goku decided to revive King Yemma and the Kings Kai with the Dragon Balls, leaving Son Gohan to maintain order in the Other World.
  • Son Goku located Planet Namek and used Instant Transmission to travel there.
  • Son Goku found Namekian corpses scattered across the planet and realized the inhabitants had been slaughtered.

Ch. 61Son Goku and Vegeta from the Past Arrive!

Son Goku buried the Namekians, told Bulma that the Dragon Balls were gone, and spent two days mastering his power while humanity began to emerge from hiding. When Trunks returned from the past with Super-Space-Time Son Goku and Vegeta, Son Goku put on the Time Ring and flew to meet them as they vowed to confront Goku Black.

  • Whis sensed God of Destruction Power in Son Goku and considered training him to become the next God of Destruction.
  • Son Goku buried the dead Namekians, returned to Earth, and told Bulma that the Other World was in chaos and the Dragon Balls were gone.
  • Mai spread word that Goku Black had been killed, and humanity began to emerge from its shelters.
  • After two days of meditation, Son Goku stabilized his power and sensed Trunks returning with versions of himself and Vegeta from the past.
  • Son Goku put on the Time Ring and flew toward the newcomers, while Super-Space-Time Son Goku and Vegeta reacted to Earth's devastation and vowed to face Goku Black.

Ch. 62Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta Defeated in an Instant!

Son Goku, pretending to be Goku Black, fought Vegeta from the other timeline after Vegeta transformed into Super Saiyan Blue. Son Goku overwhelmed him and left him unconscious in a crater.

  • Son Goku and Vegeta from the other timeline sensed a powerful aura as Son Goku arrived, while Trunks mistook him for Goku Black.
  • Vegeta from the other timeline transformed into Super Saiyan Blue and challenged Son Goku to avenge Bulma.
  • Super Saiyan Blue Vegeta fired a Big Bang Attack and charged, but Son Goku shattered the blast and blocked his attacks with his aura.
  • Son Goku activated his Super Saiyan 1 energy and sent Vegeta flying with a surge of power.
  • Son Goku struck Vegeta with a punch, an upward kick, and a final blow that drove him into a deep crater and left him unable to fight.

Ch. 63GT Goku vs. Super Goku!

After Goku Black easily defeated Super-Space-Time Vegeta, Super-Space-Time Son Goku faced him and used the Tenfold Kaioken to increase his power. Their fight began with Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku gaining the upper hand in their first exchanges, but Son Goku remained composed as the battle continued.

  • Son Goku defeated Super-Space-Time Vegeta in Super Saiyan 1, leaving him gravely injured and shocking Trunks and Super-Space-Time Son Goku.
  • Super-Space-Time Son Goku told Trunks to leave, then transformed into Super Saiyan Blue and faced Son Goku.
  • Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku revealed the Kaioken and unleashed the Tenfold Kaioken, greatly increasing his power.
  • Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku and Son Goku clashed, and Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku struck Son Goku back with a powerful attack.
  • Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku continued his furious assault, but Son Goku blocked his punch and taunted him.

Ch. 64Super Saiyan Blue's Twentyfold Kaioken Suffers a Crushing Defeat!

Son Goku overwhelmed Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku despite his escalating Kaioken, then revealed his Super Saiyan 4 form after surviving a Twentyfold Kaioken Kamehameha. The chapter ended with Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku attacking again.

  • Son Goku countered Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku's Tenfold Kaioken assault and drove him back with a powerful barrage.
  • Son Goku advanced to Super Saiyan Second Grade Peak, but Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku raised his Kaioken to fifteenfold and resumed the fight.
  • Son Goku landed a decisive blow and blasted Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku into a collapsing building, then turned toward Trunks.
  • Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku stood back up and unleashed a Twentyfold Kaioken Kamehameha at Son Goku.
  • After the smoke cleared, Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku saw Son Goku in Super Saiyan 4, and Son Goku attacked him with an aura shaped like fists.

Ch. 65This Act Went Too Far!

Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku overwhelmed the other timeline's Son Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks while pretending to be Goku Black. After pushing Trunks into despair, he let him escape with the unconscious Son Goku and Vegeta, then admitted to himself that his act had gone too far.

  • Super Saiyan 4 Son Goku defeated the other timeline's Super Saiyan Blue Son Goku and left him unconscious.
  • Son Goku knocked Vegeta unconscious with a mental shock, then used his aura to pressure Trunks.
  • Son Goku taunted Trunks about his mother's death, and Trunks broke through the pressure to attack him.
  • Son Goku stopped Trunks's punch and sent him flying with a controlled finger flick.
  • Son Goku dropped his Super Saiyan 4 form and claimed he wanted to keep Trunks as a toy.
  • Trunks carried the unconscious Son Goku and Vegeta to the Time Machine and escaped, while Son Goku watched and admitted he had gone too far.

Ch. 66Son Goku's Hunter, Masked Goku Black!

Zamasu used the Super Dragon Balls to summon Masked Goku Black as a stronger partner for his Zero Mortals Plan. The pair returned to Son Goku’s timeline and confronted him at Mount Paozu.

  • Son Goku reflected on Trunks’s ordeal while Bulma and Mai watched from hiding and cried.
  • Zamasu gathered the seven Super Dragon Balls and wished for a partner powerful enough to kill Son Goku across every timeline.
  • Super Shenron summoned Masked Goku Black, who claimed he had killed countless Son Gokus and mastered his body completely.
  • Zamasu and Masked Goku Black traveled through time and space to the original timeline.
  • Son Goku sensed them at his abandoned home on Mount Paozu, and Zamasu introduced Masked Goku Black as his new partner.

Ch. 67Super Saiyan Purple?!

Son Goku faced Masked Goku Black and Zamasu, overpowering Black in his Super Saiyan Full Power state before revealing God of Destruction Power. He destroyed Zamasu’s body, leaving the fate of the immortal enemy unresolved.

  • Masked Goku Black revealed that he had killed ninety-nine versions of Son Goku and challenged this Goku to be the hundredth.
  • Son Goku unleashed overwhelming ki, then fought Masked Goku Black as Black transformed into Super Saiyan Rosé.
  • Masked Goku Black landed a punch by reading Goku’s fighting patterns, but Goku took no damage and sent Black crashing into a distant mountaintop.
  • Son Goku teleported to Zamasu, grabbed him by the neck, and transformed his golden Super Saiyan aura into a purple one with God of Destruction Power.
  • Zamasu recognized the destructive power and insisted his immortality would protect him, but Son Goku used that power to destroy Zamasu’s body.

Ch. 68Breaking the Rules, Destroying Zamasu!

Son Goku used God of Destruction Power to overcome Zamasu’s immortality and erase him, then confronted Masked Goku Black. Their battle moved into space, where Masked Goku Black’s new Super Saiyan Rosé Second Grade form still failed to overcome Son Goku’s strength.

  • Zamasu’s immortality initially resisted Son Goku’s God of Destruction Power, but Son Goku intensified it and erased Zamasu’s body and soul.
  • Son Goku located Masked Goku Black, who broke free from a boulder and charged at him.
  • Masked Goku Black used his knowledge of Son Goku’s fighting style to hold him at bay, but Son Goku recognized his attack patterns and countered.
  • Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan Second Grade Peak and overwhelmed Masked Goku Black with a relentless assault.
  • Masked Goku Black transformed into Super Saiyan Rosé Second Grade and resumed attacking, but Son Goku remained stronger as their fight carried them into space.

Ch. 69This World's Legendary Super Saiyan, Broly, Has Arrived!

Son Goku defeated Masked Goku Black and the controlled Syn Shenron, but then sensed Broly racing toward him. The chapter ended as Goku recognized the Legendary Super Saiyan as a terrifying new arrival.

  • Masked Goku Black transformed into Super Saiyan Rosé 3 and summoned a controlled Syn Shenron from a Time Scroll.
  • Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 4 and destroyed Syn Shenron with a blast of energy.
  • Son Goku damaged Masked Goku Black's mask, then killed him with a 20x Kamehameha Wave.
  • Son Goku sensed a powerful presence approaching and recognized the newcomer as Broly.

Ch. 70Fighting Spirit Ignited for the First Time!

Son Goku fought the berserk Broly, whose immense power pushed him to advance into his red-haired Super Saiyan 4 limit-breaking state. Broly’s strength ignited Goku’s fighting spirit, and Goku met his next charge head-on as their battle continued.

  • Son Goku recognized Broly and saw that he had lost himself to his Legendary Super Saiyan power.
  • Broly attacked, but Son Goku dodged, kicked him away, and battered him with a rapid series of blows.
  • Broly struck Son Goku with overwhelming force, prompting Goku to transform into his red-haired Super Saiyan 4 limit-breaking state.
  • Son Goku attacked Broly and fired a 10x Kamehameha Wave, but Broly pushed through it and knocked him flying.
  • Son Goku compared Broly’s strength to Beerus’s, felt his fighting spirit ignite, and stopped Broly’s next charge head-on.
  • Son Goku sent Broly flying with two heavy blows, but Broly endured them without fatal injury.

Ch. 71Descent into the Dimensional Rift!

Son Goku fought Broly as the Legendary Super Saiyan’s power kept growing, until their clash pulled them into the Dimensional Rift. There, Son Goku prepared to fight without holding back and realized Broly’s escalating power could ultimately destroy his own body.

  • Son Goku initially overwhelmed Broly with precise attacks, but Broly’s strength and instincts grew until he began counterattacking.
  • Their battle unleashed universe-shaking collisions, and Son Goku decided he could not let Broly keep growing stronger.
  • Broly struck with an emerald-flamed fist, collapsing space and pulling both fighters into another dimension.
  • Whis traced the fighters’ disappearance and considered Son Goku and Broly as possible God of Destruction candidates.
  • In the Dimensional Rift, Son Goku sensed the surroundings and concluded that Broly’s unchecked power could destroy his body.

Ch. 72Broly, beaten awake!

Son Goku unleashed Super Saiyan 4 God Blue and battered Broly until the wild power controlling him receded and he regained consciousness. The chapter ended with Broly admitting defeat and begging Son Goku to stop as Goku prepared a devastating attack.

  • Broly's power surged out of control, threatening the alternate-dimensional world, so Son Goku transformed into Super Saiyan 4 God Blue.
  • Son Goku charged through Broly's energy storm and struck him, then pursued him with a relentless barrage of attacks.
  • Son Goku's assault weakened Broly's wild power and brought his own consciousness back.
  • Son Goku's final blow sent Broly crashing through alternate-dimensional barriers, and Broly awoke in pain with his memories returning.
  • As Son Goku began gathering a powerful finishing attack, Broly shouted that he was awake and begged for mercy.
  • Son Goku stared in disbelief as Broly admitted defeat.

Ch. 73New Broly Wants to Fight Old Broly?

Son Goku confirmed that this Broly was a different person from the bloodthirsty Broly in his own world, then brought him to Earth after explaining the difference. Broly wanted to visit Son Goku’s world and fight his other self, but learned that the other Broly had died decades earlier.

  • Son Goku questioned Broly, realized he had regained his senses, and told him he had mistaken him for another Broly.
  • Broly thanked Son Goku for freeing him from the power that had made him rampage, and Son Goku explained that he had fought a violent Broly in another spacetime.
  • Son Goku opened a rift to Universe 7 and used Instant Transmission to bring Broly to Earth.
  • Broly feared he had destroyed Earth, but Son Goku reassured him that someone else had done so and that he had killed the culprit.
  • Broly asked to visit Son Goku’s world and fight his other self, but Son Goku told him that the other Broly had died decades earlier.

Ch. 74Son Goku and Vegeta Return!

After befriending Broly and helping him learn to control his power, Son Goku waited for his past self, Vegeta, and Trunks to return to the future. When they arrived, he decided to use them to test Broly’s progress.

  • Son Goku brought Broly to meet his friends after Broly regained control of himself.
  • Whis watched Son Goku and Broly return from the dimensional rift and wondered about Son Goku’s power.
  • Over the following week, Broly stayed with Son Goku, learned to control his strength, and became his close friend.
  • Son Goku stabilized his Super Saiyan 5 power while the survivors of Earth returned to the surface and planned to rebuild.
  • Trunks, Super-Space-Time Son Goku, and Super-Space-Time Vegeta returned to the future, determined to defeat Goku Black together.
  • Son Goku sensed their arrival and asked Broly to test his training against them.

Ch. 75The Fierce Battle Erupts Again, Two Against Two!

Son Goku brought Broly to West City to confront Super-Space-Time Son Goku, Super-Space-Time Vegeta, and Trunks. After Trunks withdrew and both sides transformed, Broly overwhelmed Vegeta, who counterattacked with an energy wave that Broly began pushing through.

  • Son Goku used Instant Transmission to bring Broly to West City, where Super-Space-Time Son Goku, Super-Space-Time Vegeta, and Trunks were waiting.
  • Trunks transformed into a God Ki-enhanced Super Saiyan Second Grade, but Super-Space-Time Vegeta and Super-Space-Time Son Goku stopped him from attacking Son Goku.
  • Super-Space-Time Son Goku and Super-Space-Time Vegeta transformed into Super Saiyan Blue, while Son Goku entered Super Saiyan Full Power and told Broly to control his strength.
  • Broly charged Vegeta and sent him flying, then grabbed his ankle and repeatedly smashed him into the ground.
  • Vegeta broke free, struck Broly into the sky, and fired an energy wave at him, but Broly pushed through the blast and charged back toward him.
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