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Part A

The Great Priest explains that teams of ten warriors from each universe will compete in the Tournament of Power, which will be held on the “World of Void”, a world without time or space. With nothing to get in the way, everyone will be able to fight to their heart’s content.

What’s more, the winning contestant will be able to make a wish with the Super Dragon Balls, which have already been assembled. In fact, Champa had already collected three of them. However, the winning universe will receive… nothing. Everyone presses the Great Priest to explain more, and though he is not supposed to reveal this yet, he will make an exception since Goku is Omni-King’s friend — all the losing universes will be destroyed by Omni-King!

Everyone has trouble processing this information, but the Great Priest continues with a special request for Goku. Before the main event, Goku and the others from Universe 7 will fight against another universe in front of the two Omni-Kings. The Omni-King from the future was not around to watch the tournament with Universe 6 and wants to see what Goku and the others can do.

This “Zen Exhibition Match” will serve as a preliminary round to raise expectations for the main tournament. One hour from now, three Universe 7 warriors will face off against three warriors from Universe 9 at Omni-King’s Palace. With that, the Great Priest departs.

Kaiōshin wonders why exactly Universe 9 was selected as their opponent, while Beerus chews Goku out for the terrible danger he has brought upon the universe. Goku thinks they could just ask Omni-King not to destroy the universes, but Whis explains that since Omni-King and the Great Priest have decided on something, there’s no changing their minds. Even asking them to reconsider might be dangerous!

Goku being friends with Omni-King will not save him either; if he loses, Omni-King will still destroy him and the rest of Universe 7. While Goku’s upset about this unexpected development, he remains upbeat. Oh well, he will just have to win then! Goku goes back to Earth to pick his two teammates for the upcoming exhibition. Vegeta still cannot help, since Bulma is about to give birth. Goten and Trunks are fighting nearby, and Vegeta suggests using them, but Goku isn’t so sure. That gives him the idea to use Gohan though.

At Gohan’s house, Goku tries to persuade the reluctant Gohan to enter the tournament; he’s sure Gohan’s knack for fighting will come right back. He even lets Gohan in on how if they lose this tournament, their universe will be destroyed. Gohan is shocked, but decides it’s best to keep this information a secret from Videl and the others. They do not need to start a panic!

Videl stops by and hears about the tournament, and thinks it’d be fine for Gohan to help his father out like this. Pan returns from playing with Mister Satan and Majin Boo, and seeing her with Videl inspires Gohan to enter — he has something to protect! Meanwhile, Goku goes to recruit Boo. Soon Goku, Gohan, Boo, and Satan all arrive in the Kaiōshin Realm (which Satan remembers from his previous visit).

Part B

Beerus wonders what Satan’s doing there, but Satan explains how Boo will only listen to him. He takes Goku aside and asks if the others know about the universes being destroyed, but Goku says only Gohan does. Kaiōshin now takes the team to Omni-King’s palace, where Beerus orders Satan not to say or do anything stupid, if he values his life.

Inside the palace they meet a dwarfish God of Destruction, an old Kaiōshin with a nasty grin, an Angel with shoulder-length hair, and three dog-like warriors. It is the group from Universe 9! The two groups bow to each other, and the Great Priest prepares an arena with spectator seats. They then notice that all the Kaiōshin, Gods of Destruction, and angels from the 12 universes are there to watch the match as well. Seeing Champa, Goku calls out to him, and Satan panics to see him act so friendly with a god. Goku thinks it’s fine since he knows Champa, but even the Great Priest tells him to be quiet.

The Great Priest explains to the assembled gods that this match will serve as a preliminary for the Tournament of Power. The two Omni-Kings arrive with their attendants, and Goku flies up to greet them and thank them for holding this tournament, but Beerus angrily stops him. The Great Priest goes on to say that this tournament was Goku’s idea, and Goku steps forward to say a few words: he heard there were lots of strong guys throughout the universes, and wanted to fight them, so he asked the Omni-King to hold this tournament. He then promises the Omni-Kings a good match!

The three fighters from each universe will fight one-on-one, in order. There is no time limit, and victory is decided once a fighter admits defeat or is unable to continue fighting. While there is no prize for winning, if the Omni-King finds the match to be boring, he may call the match off and erase them on the spot. First up from Universe 9: Basil! First up from Universe 7: Boo… who has fallen asleep. Satan wakes Boo up by giving him some chocolate, and promises him more if he “plays” with Basil.

Boo enters the arena, and the Great Priest declares the start of the match. Basil immediately starts kicking Boo around at a breakneck speed; even the two Omni-Kings think he is fast. Boo is knocked to the ground, but suddenly smiles…

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