Dragon Ball Super: Groundbreaking

Currently Set in Age 810 during the Horizon’s Rest Era, Dragon Ball Super: Groundbreaking reinvents the Dragon Ball universe through the lens of Zena Airale’s alternate timeline. The long cycle of cosmic wars and the Great Decentralization has left the macrocosm fractured into competing commons, each shaped by the dueling principles of Za’reth (creation) and Zar’eth (control). At the heart of the narrative lies Ver’loth Shaen—a language and philosophy that embodies these opposing forces and guides the breath‑keepers who shepherd life across the cosmos.

The Horizon’s Rest Era follows the aftermath of the Second Nexus Games and the lead‑up to the Twilight Festival. Gohan—now a paralyzed scholar and champion of balance—mentors a new generation alongside Goku, Vegeta and their allies. Legacy heroes like Trunks, Solon and Nahare navigate the tensions between fallen orders and emerging communities, while new factions such as the Children of the Soft Commons and the Soft Ascendancy vie for influence. Across the Roshi‑Root Cycle and the Softness Reconstruction Ladder, the stakes are not only battles but philosophical struggles over free will, societal rebuilding and the right to breathe.

Groundbreaking diverges sharply from canon: the Moro, Granolah and End‑of‑Z arcs never occurred; Frost and Frieza perished after the Tournament of Power; Mai is the daughter of the original Mai without de‑aging. Characters like Goku, Vegeta and Solon carry neurodivergent traits that shape their decisions. As the Twilight Festival approaches, the story explores fate versus autonomy, the burdens of leadership and the hope that emerges when communities reclaim their breath after centuries of war.

This archive is a solitary obsession that was never actually solitary. It was read, questioned, argued with, and held by the DBSG AU and Web of Balance beta team, whose attention shaped the work and whose company kept it from collapsing into a closed loop of one person and a spreadsheet. My gratitude to them is structural: they are part of why the rooms in this project have more than one door.

Lead worldbuilder: Zena Airale.

Beta readers and worldbuilding team: Voidable, Baklava, ChaosFlower, CheeseyPies, Daelin, Viktor, NinjaKai, otakulicious, IcyBlade, Elliot / Chimereya, Mint, SpicyBlade, Westein12.