Beerus yells at Goku for not going Blue before, but Goku wants to save his power. Before they both fall off, Goku goes Super Saiyan Blue to overpower the fighter, sending him knocked down and saving himself.
Despite Goku fighting to be free, Nink prepares to jump off the ring, intending to sacrifice himself to eliminate Goku. Goku prepares to battle Jiren one on one, but he is grabbed behind and held in a headlock by a muscly warrior from Universe 4, Nink. Zeno spots Jiren and they agree to keep an eye on him. While Goku continues to fight Ganos, he is knocked aside and Goku lays eyes on Top, who is also knocked aside by Murichim, revealing Jiren to be standing still in the ensuing chaos. Basil is fighting a sumo-wrestling warrior, Napapa, and fails in knocking him out. However, the fighters remain unharmed, and Master Roshi compliments them as they are indeed worthy of entering the tournament.
The Universe 7 fighters assume a Manji Formation, following the plan, and they initiate a combo attack: Tien's Solar Flare, Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon, Krillin's Destructo Disc, Gohan's energy beam barrage, and Master Roshi's MAX Power Kamehameha to attack the fighters.
Android 18, Vegeta, Android 17, and Goku are fighting their respective battles, and the remainder of Universe 7: Gohan, Piccolo, Krillin, Tien, and Roshi are surrounded by Botamo, Comfrey, Shosa, Dercori, and Lavender, who wants revenge against Gohan. Beerus cheers for his universe, however he overhears Champa cheering for Universe 6 to knock out Universe 7 out of spite. The Universe 10 God of Destruction, Rumsshi, berates Rylibeu for forgetting to use her wings, and for the fact that his universe is the first to have a fighter be knocked out. In order to keep track of the fighters, Zeno reveals they have a tablet, called the GodPad, that they use to mark the fighters who have been knocked out. A female warrior from Universe 10, Rylibeu, fights against Basil, however he counters her attack and knocks her out of the ring, revealing that defeated warriors are instantly transported to the stands to spectate. The Universe 3 gods dub this method the "Super Survival Mode", however it was easily shut down by Hit and Basil. Narirama, a modified robot warrior from Universe 3, begins spinning himself in order to knock some fighters away, and Heles of Universe 2 comments that it's not beautiful for her female warriors to be attacked before they transform. Gohan tries to remind Goku about their teamwork strategy, but Android 17, Android 18, Vegeta, and Frieza also fly away to fight. Universe 7 sticks together in the ensuing chaos, however Goku spots Top fighting with Magetta and flies away to fight him, but he is interrupted by Ganos. The Tournament of Power finally begins, and every warrior rushes to face another warrior, soon engulfing the entire battle stage with lights and battle sounds. Beerus yells at his fighters about teamwork, and Quitela mocks and laughs at Beerus, who refuses to retort. Shin is worried about his universe, and Old Kai tells him to just trust in them as their fates rest in the warriors' hands. Master Roshi offers to fight against the female warriors, and Tien shows skepticism. Goku and Top stare each other down, and Frieza is amused at the amount of tension and bloodlust in the air. Kale is afraid and Caulifla tells her to remember to "go flashy" again. Gohan goes over the strategy again with Universe 7: stick together and always fight with superior numbers, however Vegeta and Frieza once again show sarcastic disagreement.
Grand Priest goes over the rules again: the time limit is 100 takks (48 Earth minutes), and the use of weapons, killing, and Flight are not allowed, however warriors with wings may still fly. The two Zen os are excited as the Grand Minister makes his entrance on top of the stage's main pillar. The eight universes participating in the Tournament of Power are staring each other down.