In Dragon Ball Z, by the rules established in the manga/anime, there are four timelines. Following the Future Trunks arc in Dragon Ball Super, two additional timelines were created as result of paradoxes.
All of these timelines have the exact same events, i.e. the events seen in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, up until year before the beggining of the Android Saga with the arrival of King Cold and Mecha Freeza on Earth.
1: Cell’s Timeline - This is the timeline that the main Cell (Cell[1-4]) that we see throughout the majority of the Androids Saga comes from. This is the only timeline that was not created by a fissure from time travel, so in a sense it is the only “true” timeline, definitely the only unaltered timeline. After Trunks[1] returns to the past and destroys the Androids, creating Timeline 2, he then returns with their blueprints and destroys the Androids in his future. Cell[1], needing the Androids to achieve perfection, kills Trunks[1], steals his time machine then travels back to one year before Trunks[1] originally went back to the past, causing an even earlier timeline split and creating Timeline 3. As Cell[1] never returned to this timeline, and what happens in that timeline exactly is unknown. Mankind is presumably destroyed when Majin Buu awakens since there are no Z-Fighters to face them, and most of the universes in this timeline are likely erased by Zeno due to there being no Tournament of Power proposed by Goku, who is dead.
2: Unseen Timeline - This timeline is implied to exist but is never seen in the manga/anime. This timeline is split from Timeline 1 when Trunks[1] goes back in time and destroys the Androids. This timeline is very interesting as the Z-Fighters were never killed, but also never had to face Perfect Cell as a threat. What happens in this future is unknown, but presumably it takes a similar path to Timeline 4 (and maybe even 4a) since Goku, Gohan, Vegeta and the rest of the Z-Fighters continue training and will still have to face an awakened Majin Buu, an awakened Beerus, Revived Freeza, probably Zamas, and participate in the Tournament of Power.
3. Future Trunks’s Timeline - This is the timeline we (presumably) see in the History Of Trunks TV Special, and the timeline associated with Future Trunks (Trunks[3]). This timeline is split from Timeline 1 when Cell[1] returns to the past and buries himself in the ground a year before the arrival of King Cold/Mecha Freeza. This timeline follows a similar path to Timeline 1, but diverges when Trunks[3] finally returns to the future and is able to kill Cell[1-3] in his imperfect form after having trained in the past for the Cell Games. In both the Super anime and manga, it is shown that Trunks faces Deborah and Babidi (notably many years after they originally appear in Timeline 4), kills them before Majin Buu awakens, and achieves Super Saiyan 2.
3a. Future Trunks’s Doomed Timeline - This timeline is the “original” path of Timeline 3. After Goku Black (Zamas[4a]) comes to this timeline and meets Zamas[3a], who wishes for an immortal body, the two proceed with their Zero Mortal Plan and kill all the Supreme Kai (killing all the Gods of Destruction as well) and all the mortals in existence. This is where we see most of the fights that take place in the Future Trunks arc. This timeline and all the universes associated with it are erased by Zeno[3a], who is summoned by Goku[4b] in an effort to defeat Fused Zamas.
3b. Future Trunks’s Saved Timeline - This is the timeline Trunks[3a] and Mei[3a] create at the end of the Future Trunks Arc, after having defeated Fused Zamas and returned to Timeline 4a. In the Super anime, the two return to Timeline 3 sometime before the arrival of Goku Black, but not before Zamas[3] wishes for an immortal body. Trunks[3a] tells Beerus[3] of his doomed future, so then Beerus[3] then seals Zamas[now 3b] forever. In the Super manga, the two return to a time before the Supreme Kai[3] is killed by Deborah so Beerus[3] is still alive, who presumably does the same thing/kills Zamas[3]. Since Trunks[3b] and Mei[3b] are not dead, two versions of Trunks and Mei currently exist in this timeline.
4. Main Timeline - This is the main timeline seen through most of the anime/manga up until it diverges in the Future Trunks arc in Dragon Ball Super, and is also the same timeline that Dragon Ball GT is based in. This timeline is split from Timeline 3 when Trunks[3] returns to the past, kills Mecha Freeza and King Cold before Goku arrirves, and informs the Z-Fighters about the Android threat. The Android saga, Majin Buu saga, Battle of Gods arc, Ressurection ‘F’ arc, Universe 6 arc all take place as seen. In the Future Trunks arc, Trunks[3a] returns to this time and is followed by Goku Black(Zamas[4a]) who fights Goku. Goku and Beerus then eventually meet Zamas[4] who is appalled by Goku’s power as a mortal.
4a. Doomed Main Timeline - This timeline is the “original” path of Timeline 4. After being disgusted by Goku’s mortal power, Zamas[now 4a] uses the Super Dragon Balls to take Goku’s body and becomes Goku Black, then kills Goku, Goten, and Chi-chi, destroys the Super Dragon Balls, then travels to Timeline 3 after having learned about this timeline’s split from it due to Trunks[3]’s time travel. It is presumed that all the mortals are killed in this timeline as well.
4b. Saved Main Timeline - This is the timeline seen throughout the Future Trunks arc and the rest of the Super manga/anime. This timeline is created when Beerus[now 4b] kills Zamas[now 4b] after having learned about his energy’s resemblance to Goku Black’s. This timeline, at the time of the post, is currently near the finale of the Universe Survival arc.
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