Chapter Summaries

Kuzan arrived to stop Lucci from attacking Rock and froze him, while Issho defeated Kaku and the other CP agents. Afterward, Kuzan noticed that Airin’s jewelry held sealed traces of Conqueror’s Haki.

• Lucci rose from the rubble and prepared to attack Rock, but frost spread from the ground and trapped him.
• Kuzan appeared and froze Lucci into an ice sculpture.
• Issho defeated Kaku and the CP agents with his Cane Sword and gravity.
• Kuzan checked on Rock, who thanked him for arriving, and Airin ran over in relief.
• Kuzan noticed faint, sealed traces of Conqueror’s Haki in Airin’s accessories and said nothing would have happened even if he had not come.

Roy resisted Imu’s attempt to take control of his body and forced Imu out of the darkness domain. He summoned an old man to strike Imu with a hundredfold iron fist, unleashing a shockwave that tore through the skies above Mary Geoise.

• Imu impaled Roy with a shadow arrow and used the wound to invade his body and soul with the power of Mu.
• Roy fought Imu’s domination as darkness spread across the battlefield and Imu tried to consume his will.
• A strange power inside Roy pushed back against Imu, and Roy shattered the darkness domain to return them to the real world.
• Roy teleported an old man in front of Imu, where the old man unleashed the Doubling Hundredfold Iron Fist.
• The punch struck Imu and sent a massive shockwave across the Holy Land, splitting the sea and land and engulfing half the sky.

Garp’s hundredfold Iron Fist appeared to destroy Imu, while the allied fighters defeated several Holy Knights across the battlefield. Roy steadied the exhausted Garp, but warned that Imu’s battle might not be over.

• Garp’s hundredfold Iron Fist struck Imu, whose body vanished into fragments of shadow and light.
• Luffy and Zoro combined their attacks to disintegrate Saint Shepherd Ju Peter.
• Ace and Kuina joined their flames and sword strike to destroy Saint Mars, while Zephyr the Phoenix clashed with Shanks.
• Enel killed Saint Shamrock, and Kizaru cornered Saint Garling as Akainu, Sabo, the Okama King, and Crow fought the remaining Holy Knights.
• Roy appeared beside the exhausted Garp, eased some of his fatigue, and warned that the battle was not over.

Imu revived by draining the fallen Saints and Holy Knights, then awakened Uranus to destroy the world. Roy revealed its power source was a fake Mother Flame, causing the ancient weapon to explode and leaving Imu raging amid the destruction.

• The fallen Saints and Maffey withered into skeletons as an unseen force drew their souls toward the sky.
• Five Holy Knights exploded into black mist, and their energy helped Imu reassemble while Imu vowed to kill everyone who had hurt it.
• Imu activated Uranus and charged its weapon with energy, prompting Saint Garling to proclaim that its Divine Judgment would kill them all.
• Roy revealed that Uranus's supposed Mother Flame was a Shadow Core made on Punk Hazard, and the core destabilized the ship.
• Uranus exploded in a chain reaction that lit the sky and sent wreckage falling toward the ocean as Imu roared that it would drag everyone into the Underworld.

Imu used Black Turn Domination to open Underworld gates across the battlefield, turning Ivankov and Crow into demons and unleashing demonized Saint Garling. Roy fought Imu while the others tried to contain the demons, but Imu’s Black Piece: Fall swallowed Sakazuki and Zephyr into darkness.

• Imu activated Black Turn Domination, causing magic circles to appear beneath the Marines and Revolutionary Army members.
• Imu’s tentacles dragged Ivankov and Crow into the Underworld, and they returned as demons bound to Imu’s Soul Contract Seal.
• Garp attacked Imu’s Conqueror’s Haki barrier, but Roy teleported him out and took over the fight.
• Roy ordered Sakazuki, Zephyr, and Dragon to contain the demonized Ivankov and Crow while Enel was pinned by the regenerating Saint Shamrock.
• Demonized Saint Garling emerged from another Underworld gate and joined the attack on Sakazuki and Zephyr.
• Imu activated Black Piece: Fall, and the magic circle swallowed Sakazuki and Zephyr as Dragon cried out in alarm.

Zephyr and Sakazuki emerged as demonic, mindless fighters, forcing their former allies into a desperate battle while Roy attacked Imu with fused Haki, spatial power, and darkness. As the conflict spread across the Red Line, Shanks spotted two streaks of white light, and an ancient drumbeat began to shake the battlefield.

• Zephyr and Sakazuki transformed into demonic forms and attacked Kizaru and Dragon, with Zephyr declaring that he would kill every human.
• Ace, Luffy, Sabo, Zoro, and Kuina joined Kizaru and Dragon in a defensive line, while Zoro and Kuina struck at their former teacher.
• Roy combined Haki, spatial power, and the Dark-Dark Fruit to break through Imu's defenses and slam Imu into the earth.
• Demon Saint Garling returned and worsened the battle as the fighters struggled against Zephyr and Sakazuki without killing them.
• Shanks noticed two streaks of white light crossing the horizon as a powerful, ancient drumbeat began to sound.

Loki and Blackbeard Teach arrived on the battlefield as Roy fought Imu, and Imu recognized Teach as Davy. Roy knocked Imu away and ordered Teach to do his part, leaving Teach and Loki charging the demonized Sakazuki and Zephyr to complete the ritual.

• Shanks sensed the arrival of powerful newcomers and remembered the boy who had eaten the Gum-Gum Fruit.
• Loki arrived with his hammer Ragnir and announced that he had joined the battle.
• Blackbeard Teach appeared in Nika Form, prompting Shanks to angrily demand to know who he was.
• Imu emerged from underground, recognized Teach as Davy, and accused him of having Joy Boy's aura and appearance.
• Teach confronted Imu over the deaths of his father and family, but Roy punched Imu away and ordered Teach to do his part.
• Teach told Loki to complete the ritual, and the two charged the demonized Sakazuki and Zephyr.

Teach and Loki joined Kizaru and Dragon to free Sakazuki and Zephyr from Black Turn Domination, while Roy broke Imu’s Devil Contract and struck Imu down. The chapter ended with Roy preparing to settle the score as Imu fell.

• Kizaru and Dragon trapped demonized Sakazuki and Zephyr in a cage of light and wind, allowing Teach and Loki to strip away their Underworld corruption.
• Zephyr reunited with Dragon, and Sakazuki apologized to Kizaru after both returned to normal.
• Teach called out Roy as Ace confronted him, while Luffy and Sabo asked for help saving the unstable Crow and Ivankov.
• Roy’s attack broke Imu’s Devil Contract, causing Imu’s Underworld mark to backlash and weakening Imu.
• Roy struck Imu through the chest with Instant—Explosive Air and said it was time to settle the score.

Roy and his allies joined forces to defeat Imu, whose immortality depended on forbidden power and a succession of bodies. Their final attack ended Imu’s rule and brought eight hundred years of darkness to an end.

• Roy revealed that Imu had gained eternal life through a pact with darkness and intended to use Vivi as their final vessel.
• Teach and Loki struck Imu with a combined attack, but Imu held them back with a barrier of darkness and warned that the world was sinking.
• Roy dismissed Imu’s warning as Garp and Luffy joined him in the sky.
• Roy, Garp, and Luffy unleashed Liberation Resonance: Galaxy Starburst, engulfing Imu and ending their reign.

After Imu vanished, Roy confirmed that she was gone as dawn broke over the ruined Mary Geoise. Zoro and Kuina then destroyed Saint Garling with a combined sword technique, bringing the battle to an end.

• Roy, Garp, and Luffy stood amid the ruins after Imu's presence disappeared, and Garp remembered Rocks with regret.
• Loki and Teach reacted to the aftermath as Roy sensed the battlefield and concluded that Imu was gone.
• The Netherworld Seal shattered inside Saint Garling, and Zoro and Kuina prepared to finish him.
• Zoro and Kuina unleashed their Twin Eclipse Slash and trapped Saint Garling in a sword formation.
• The sword prison tore Saint Garling apart, and Zoro and Kuina declared that it was over.

Vegapunk revealed the truth about the Void Century to the world as the survivors cleared the ruins of Mary Geoise. When Enel tried to kill Saint Shamrock, Shanks intervened, and Roy stopped their clash before Shanks offered to show him the National Treasure in exchange for sparing Shamrock.

• Vegapunk broadcast that the Great Kingdom was destroyed by twenty kings who later founded the World Government, and that the D. Clan descended from its survivors.
• Vegapunk told the world that the Ancient Weapons had been created to connect islands and balance the oceans, and that the World Government had distorted their purpose and erased history.
• Robin wept as she watched Vegapunk confirm that Ohara's scholars had been right.
• As Ace, Luffy, Zephyr, Dragon, and the others cleared the ruins of Mary Geoise, Enel prepared to kill Saint Shamrock.
• Shanks knocked aside Enel's Lightning Spear and demanded that he spare Shamrock, then the two clashed until Roy appeared and stopped their attacks.
• Shanks sheathed his sword and offered to take Roy to see the National Treasure if he spared Saint Shamrock.

After Vegapunk revealed the D. Clan’s history, Roy spared Teach and sent him to Lulusia, while the world learned the World Government had fallen. Vegapunk ended his broadcast by warning that the world was about to sink into the sea.

• Roy asked Shanks to watch over the defeated Saint Shamrock, then left the ruins of Mary Geoise.
• Teach and Loki listened as Vegapunk revealed that the D. Clan descended from survivors of the Free Kingdom, while Dragon confirmed Ivankov and Crow were free of Black Turn Domination.
• Teach told Ace he still stood by his revenge and ambition, though Whitebeard’s connection to his father left him wondering if he might have acted differently.
• Roy sent Teach to Lulusia and promised not to oppose him for two years if he still pursued his ambition.
• Vegapunk announced the World Government’s defeat and the end of the Celestial Dragons’ rule, then warned that the world was about to sink into the sea.

After the World Government fell, Roy and Shanks entered the depths of Pangaea Castle to uncover the National Treasure. Roy learned that it was an ancient device for rewriting life, and connected its legacy to altered races, the Davy Clan, and God Valley.

• The Navy and the Revolutionary Army restored order as nations and races established the World United Assembly on Land Fish Island.
• Enel used his Observation Haki and lightning to find and eliminate the remaining World Government forces, imprisoning those who surrendered.
• Roy and Shanks descended into Pangaea Castle, where they found a giant straw hat and opened a sealed chamber containing the National Treasure.
• After examining the device, Roy concluded that it could alter living beings and rewrite their genes, and that it came from the ancient First World.
• Roy reasoned that the Lunarian Tribe had guarded the National Treasure after the First World fell, while altered human descendants became the Davy Clan and survived in God Valley.

Roy recounted how Imu betrayed Davy Jones and the Davy Clan over the National Treasure, then wondered whether the sea level was rising. At Marineford, he offered Buggy and Bullet pardons if they destroyed the Red Line, leaving them shocked by the impossible-sounding task.

• Roy explained that Imu and Davy Jones had joined forces to seize the Red Line and its National Treasure after a cataclysmic war.
• Roy said Imu betrayed Davy Jones, tried to erase the Davy Clan, and left its descendants known as the D. Clan.
• Roy reflected that Imu's immortal body had been slowly falling apart and questioned whether the sea level was rising.
• At Marineford, Roy met with Buggy and Bullet and offered them pardons if they completed a task for him.
• Roy told Buggy and Bullet to destroy the Red Line, and both reacted with alarm.

Roy gained Neptune and Shirahoshi’s support for destroying the Red Line and reshaping the world’s ocean currents. The Red Earth Plan began with a worldwide declaration, and the Red Line stood on the verge of its transformation.

• Roy told Neptune that the Red Line had become a cage threatening the world and that it had to be destroyed.
• Shirahoshi agreed to summon the Sea Kings, despite Neptune’s concern about the strain and its effect on the undersea ecosystem.
• Neptune pledged Ryugu Kingdom’s full support, and Shirahoshi promised to protect the sea with the Sea Kings.
• Several days later, Roy and allied nations announced the Red Earth Plan and signed the Red Earth Action Declaration.
• World United News reported that Roy would direct the operation alongside Dragon, Sakazuki, Vegapunk, Shirahoshi, and Loki.
• People around the world reacted with fear and excitement as the Red Line awaited the plan’s first action.

Roy and his allies began tearing apart the Red Line, combining their powers to break the continent and clear its fragments from the sea. Shirahoshi and the Sea Kings helped protect the world as the four oceans joined, leaving a new strait where the Red Barrier had stood.

• Roy gathered Garp, Sabo, Law, Sentomaru, Seraphim Whitebeard, Buggy, and Bullet at the ruins of Mary Geoise and announced they would change history.
• Law used his Super-Wide-Area Operating Room while Buggy unleashed his Chop-Chop Fruit, creating fissures across the Red Line.
• Sabo lifted a section of the Red Line as Seraphim Whitebeard, Garp, and Roy's allies combined their attacks to shatter the continent.
• Sentomaru and Bullet fused the scattered fragments into a mass of meteorites and hurled them into the sea, while Shirahoshi summoned the Sea Kings to shield the waters.
• The Red Barrier collapsed, allowing the North, South, East, and West Blue to connect through a new strait.

As the Red Line collapsed, Roy and his allies worked to control the surging currents and keep the continents and islands from being destroyed. Just as their efforts began to stabilize the world, a colossal wave rose from the deep sea, leaving everyone stunned.

• Roy warned the fighters that the Red Line’s collapse had only begun, then used layered spatial barriers to restrain the colliding currents.
• Bullet and Sentomaru stabilized the collapsing continent while Law, Buggy, Garp, and the Whitebeard Seraphim widened the Red Line’s breach, and Sabo raised floating rocks to divert the water.
• Luffy and Ace blasted a gap through a wave in the East Blue, while Nami directed the Marine fleet to form a defensive line.
• Dragon rallied the Revolutionary Army to resist the waves, and Kizaru, Kuzan, Sakazuki, and Sengoku used their powers to defend the New World.
• Shirahoshi called on the Sea Kings, who braced the seabed and helped bear the pressure as the Red Line continued to collapse.
• A wave thousands of meters high rose from the deep sea, and people watching the broadcasts stared in silence.

Roy used spatial barriers to hold back a world-shaking tsunami while his allies continued breaking apart the Red Line. He summoned Aqua, the Water Goddess, who calmed the sea and left them to witness the dawn of a new world.

• Roy formed a spatial shield array that broke the towering wave into streams and redirected the remains of the Red Line into a new strait.
• The world's ancient will seemed to pass judgment as the tsunami surged again and shattered Roy's barriers.
• Roy opened a blue gate and threw Aqua into the path of the oncoming wave.
• Aqua realized the sea was rebelling and unleashed Final Tide Reversal, calming the tsunami and restoring calm waters.
• Roy and Aqua stood together as sunlight fell on the broken Red Line and the waters of the four seas.

Aqua calmed the world-ending wave and soothed the wounded sea, allowing the waters to flow together again. As Roy and the others honored her, the four seas merged beneath the gap in the Red Line and the world became whole.

• Aqua stopped the enormous wave with a gentle gesture, leaving Buggy, Law, Sabo, Bullet, Sentomaru, Seraphim Whitebeard, and the others stunned.
• Aqua grew angry when Roy failed to praise her, and Roy awkwardly called her amazing before asking whether the sea had stabilized.
• Aqua explained that the waves had been the sea’s cry of pain and said it would flow together again if the world avoided further devastating wars.
• Roy thanked Aqua sincerely, and Sabo, Law, Sentomaru, Seraphim Whitebeard, Bullet, and the others bowed to her.
• Roy told Aqua that she had made the world whole, and the waters of the four seas met beneath the gap in the Red Line.

Roy announced the successful destruction of the Red Line, connecting the four seas and promising to end the world’s divisions. One month later, All Blue had formed, a World United Assembly had begun, and people of many races lived and worked together in the new era.

• After the broadcast returned, the world saw the Red Line split by a vast strait where the four seas met.
• Roy announced that the Red Line Operation had succeeded and vowed to keep cutting through the Red Line until the world had no more divisions.
• People around the world celebrated, while Shirahoshi, Shanks, Nami, Luffy, and Sakazuki reacted to the news.
• One month later, All Blue had formed, and people of different races lived together in the waters where the four seas met.
• Representatives gathered at the World United Assembly, where a monument honored the beginning of a world without divisions.
• A child traveling through the New World recognized an East Blue fish, and his mother told him they were in All Blue.