Emperor Piccolo Saga

The Emperor Piccolo Saga is the first major saga of DRAGON BALL V

Summary -Piccolo is still in Hell after the events of Dragon Ball GT and tries to maintain the peace. Meanwhile a secret cult of worshippers of King Piccolo manage to come into contact with their old master and he puts together a plan. Piccolo eventually senses a disturbance and goes after it to find his old self King Piccolo who makes him an offer to fuse together to become an even more powerful being. Piccolo refuses and prepares to attack King Piccolo confident that will all of the power he has gained over the years that he wouldn't be a challenge. He manages to best both him and his men until King Piccolo reveals that his followers on Earth have captured Gohan's daughter Pan, and that she will be killed unless Piccolo went through with the fusion. Piccolo agreed reminding himself that no matter how powerful his dark counterpart became he would still be trapped in hell, and thus King Piccolo absorbs him and becomes the immensely powerful Emperor Piccolo. But Piccolo did not know that once fused, Emperor Piccolo would hatch a plan to merge both Hell and Earth together and rule it as his dominion.