Beerus, the God of Destruction, begins searching for a warrior known as the "Super Saiyan God" that he saw in a premonition. After using the Dragon Balls to learn that Super Saiyan God is a temporary transformation his race can achieve, Goku has his fellow Saiyans perform a ritual so that he can attain the deity-like form. His fight with Beerus ends undecided and the latter spares Earth. Following the events of ''
Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F''' (2015), Goku and Vegeta have both achieved a form beyond Super Saiyan God, dubbed Super Saiyan Blue, and are training with
Whis, when
Champa, the God of Destruction of
Universe 6 and Beerus' twin brother, proposes a tournament between inhabitants of his universe and Universe 7, the one where Goku and his friends reside, in order to determine which universe will take Universe 7's Earth and get to use the Super Dragon Balls, the original planet-size Dragon Balls scattered throughout both universes from which the Namekian ones were derived, which can grant any wish. Goku, Vegeta and
Piccolo face opponents such as
Frost, the Saiyan
Cabbe and the legendary assassin
Hit, before winning the tournament. It draws the attention of
Zenō-sama, the Lord of Everything who rules over all twelve universes, who wishes to watch another tournament involving the rest of the universes in the future.
Future Trunks returns from his timeline, having fled from someone he calls
Goku Black, a Goku doppelgänger who wants to annihilate all mortals on Earth in the name of justice. Goku Black is eventually identified as
Zamas, a
Lord of Worlds in
Universe 10 and apprentice
Lord of Lords, who killed his teacher, used the Super Dragon Balls to switch bodies with Goku and killed him, traveled in time to Future Trunks' timeline, and killed the remaining Lords of Lords which in turn killed the Gods of Destruction. The Zamas of Trunks' timeline, who used the Dragon Balls to make himself immortal, also appears and teams up with Goku Black. They eventually fuse into one immortal body they call God Zamas and everyone plans to flee to the main timeline out of futility. However, Goku summons the Zenō-sama of Trunks' timeline, who then destroys the universe and God Zamas, while everyone else flees to the main timeline. Goku then retrieves that Zenō-sama and brings him to the main timeline, while Trunks travels back to his, but before the Lord of Lords died so he can warn Beerus about Zamas. Both Zenō-samas later hold the , where teams of ten fighters from eight of the twelve universes battle, with the defeated universes being erased from existence. Goku, Vegeta, Piccolo,
Son Gohan,
Kuririn,
Android 18,
Tenshinhan and
Kame-Sennin are joined by
Android 17 and a temporarily revived
Freeza. They battle formidable warriors, such as female Saiyans
Caulifla and Kale and Pride Troopers
Toppo and
Jiren. Goku attains a state known as Ultra Instinct -Sign-, allowing him to dodge attacks subconsciously. Android 17 wins the tournament for Universe 7 and is awarded with a wish from the Super Dragon Balls, which he uses to restore the erased universes. As a reward for helping in the tournament, Freeza is permanently revived by Whis. Following the events of the film
Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018), Goku and Vegeta are inducted as temporary members of the Galactic Patrol and tasked with capturing an escaped fugitive named
Moro, a millennia-old magical being who destroyed innumerous planets by absorbing their life energy, before his magic was sealed by the
Great Lord of Lords. Moro defeats the two Saiyans and Majin Boo, within whom the Galactic Patrol awakens memories as the Great Lord of Lords, as Boo had absorbed the Great Lord of Lords 5 million years ago. Moro then uses the Namekian Dragon Balls to restore his full power and release all the criminals from Galactic Prison, before rampaging across the galaxy as he absorbs planets. On Earth, his army engages Piccolo, Kuririn, Gohan, Kame-Sennin, Tenshinhan,
Chaozu,
Yamcha, Android 17 and Android 18, backed by
Jaco and the Galactic Patrol, in battle across the planet. When Goku is gravely wounded, Beerus and Whis mildly intervene in mortal affairs, and Goku finally perfects Ultra Instinct. Near defeat, Moro fuses with the Earth, threatening to self-destruct and destroy the galaxy. Vegeta uses his newly learned Forced Spirit Fission in reverse to give the energy of their friends and the god power of
Uub, the reincarnation of the evil side of Boo and the half who actually inherited the Great Lord of Lords' powers, to Goku, allowing him to defeat Moro and save the Earth. Bounty hunter Granolah learns from the Heeters, a sibling-run organization that deals in bounties and assassinations, that Freeza is alive and vows to get revenge for the massacre of his people. Using the Dragon Balls on planet Cereal, he becomes the strongest lifeform in the universe at the cost of drastically reducing his lifespan. The Heeters manipulate Granolah and Goku and Vegeta into fighting each other, during which, Vegeta, who has learned the technique of the Gods of Destruction, gains a new form dubbed Ultra Ego. Granolah's foster father, the Namekian Monaito, reveals that it was a Saiyan named
Bardock who saved them from the attack on Cereal ordered by Freeza 40 years ago, and that Elec of the Heeters is the person who killed his mother. Meanwhile, Elec uses the Cerealian Dragon Balls to make his younger brother Gas the new strongest lifeform. Monaito gives Goku and Vegeta Bardock's Scouter, revealing an audio recording of the Saiyan defeating Gas. It is also revealed that the Cerealian Dragon Balls were used by Monaito to wish that Bardock's sons "thrive"; thus being why Goku and his older brother
Raditz survived Freeza's extinction of the Saiyans. Granolah charges up a final attack, which shortens his life even more, to finish Gas, but intentionally does not kill him. Having aged rapidly due to the battle, Gas begins fighting Goku and Vegeta again. However, Freeza appears and quickly kills Gas and Elec, before briefly unveiling a new form he calls Black Freeza and departing. Whis arrives to take Goku and Vegeta back to Beerus' planet to train in order to catch up to Freeza, who is now stronger than them.
Magenta, CEO of Red Pharmaceuticals and son of
Commander Red, recruits
Dr. Gero's grandson and genius scientist
Dr. Hedo to help build Androids for the reformed
Red Ribbon Army and to seek revenge on Goku and his friends. They send
Gamma #2 to ambush Piccolo, but he survives and learns that they have Hedo working on an Android known as "
Cell Max", but the doctor is hesitant to awaken it. Because Goku and Vegeta are off training under Beerus and Whis, Piccolo uses the Dragon Balls to awaken his own latent potential, with
Shenlong throwing in a "bit extra" as a bonus, and forms a plan with
Pan to lure Gohan to the Red Ribbon Army's base. Together, Gohan and Piccolo battle
Gamma #1 and Gamma #2, who view them as villains and begin to lose the fight once Piccolo achieves a new form that he calls Orange Piccolo. Eventually, the Androids realize Dr. Hedo was mislead and that it is the Red Ribbon Army who are evil. Magenta retreats and is killed by Dr. Hedo, but not before activating Cell Max. Bulma arrives with
Son Goten, Trunks, Kuririn and Android 18, just as the fight against the giant version of Cell begins. Gamma #2 sacrifices himself and severs Cell's left arm. When it appears as if Piccolo has been killed, Gohan attains a new transformation, later dubbed Beast, and successfully defeats Cell Max with Piccolo's help. After the final battle, a repentant Dr. Hedo and Gamma #1 are employed by Bulma. == Production ==