Chapter Summaries

Ling Donglai returned to Izumo and used his magnetic power to reshape the world’s islands into a new map planned by Nami and Robin. He began reviving the dead as Star Gods, then sent Nami and Robin to an island where he promised them a surprise.

• Ling Donglai returned to Izumo, reunited with Robin, and spread his Overlord's Domain across the world.
• Nami and Robin planned a new world map, and the islands moved into seasonal continents as the Grand Line and Reverse Mountain disappeared.
• Ling Donglai began the investiture of gods, and Gan Fall revived Sakazuki as the Star God Mars.
• Morgans celebrated Sakazuki’s revival and declared that the Empire would conquer death.
• Ling Donglai sent Nami and Robin the coordinates of an island, and Nami set off to see his promised surprise.

Nami arrived with Ling Donglai at a past version of Ohara and reunited with Bellemere, whom she mistook for her mother. The chapter contrasted Nami’s reunion with Robin’s painful history with Nico Olvia, while Ling Donglai reflected on respecting others’ choices without abandoning his own path.

• Nami considered Ling Donglai’s wager and reflected on how he had helped her fulfill her dream of mapping the world.
• Nami arrived at Ohara with Ling Donglai and saw its scholars trying to save books from the World Government’s destruction.
• Nami heard Bellemere’s voice, found her, and tearfully embraced her, mistaking her for the mother she had lost.
• The chapter recounted how Nico Olvia left Robin to pursue archaeology, returned to Ohara, and chose to remain with the island rather than flee with Robin.
• Ling Donglai reflected that he understood and respected people’s choices but followed his own path, and that Sakazuki had chosen to fight for The Emperor after feeling understood.

Robin reunited with Olvia on Ohara after explaining that she and Nami had come from the past into the future. Ling Donglai healed his soul with Sunlight Tree Eve, protected the depleted tree, and returned to meet the mothers as the new king.

• Robin remembered how Jaguar D. Saul had rescued and befriended her before sacrificing himself to protect her during the Ohara incident.
• Olvia arrived by boat, mistook grown Robin for someone else, and learned that Robin was her daughter from fifteen years in the future.
• Ling Donglai concluded that Echo of Time had not changed the memories of people brought from the past, then left to inspect Sunlight Tree Eve.
• Ling Donglai drew on Sunlight Tree Eve's energy to heal his soul, leaving the tree nearly depleted, and shielded it with a powerful magnetic field.
• Ling Donglai returned to Ohara, where Olvia and Bellemere met him and Bellemere asked about the Marines and his promised amnesty for prisoners.

Ling Donglai summoned Wenqu Star Vegapunk, who pledged his scientific knowledge to Izumo and transmitted it to the emperor. As Ling Donglai used the knowledge to advance his magnetic-field powers and Izumo’s technology, Sakazuki’s traveling light cannon struck a spacecraft belonging to the Dark Matter Thieves.

• Ling Donglai learned that the Investiture of the Gods had created a small number of Star Gods and planetary immortals, then summoned Wenqu Star Vegapunk to the Heavenly Palace.
• Vegapunk offered his knowledge to Ling Donglai, who allowed him to transmit encrypted files and used the information to refine Magnetic Field Rotation and develop the Titanium Body.
• Ling Donglai studied Vegapunk’s biology and physics, advanced from molecular to atomic control, and named his four-hundred-thousand-horsepower realm Contacting Atoms.
• Ling Donglai’s magnetic field expanded to cover half of Sea Ball without signal-tower amplification, while three simulated planets became real planets through artificial acceleration.
• Sakazuki’s light cannon continued through space and pierced a spacecraft, throwing the Dark Matter Thieves aboard into chaos.

The Dark Matter Thieves, led by Boros, fired a civilization-destroying attack toward Sea Ball and traveled through a wormhole toward the habitable planet, unaware of Izumo. Meanwhile, Vivi and the others worked to reorganize the world, and Robin and Morgans settled on a new title for the King: the Peerless Scholar-Swordsman.

• The Dark Matter Thieves identified a distant civilization, fired a plasma attack along the route of an earlier shot, and passed through a wormhole toward a habitable planet expected to be reached in half a year.
• Vivi issued orders to standardize Izumo’s systems and abolish foreign royal titles while Nami and Robin worked to build the new government.
• Izumo’s Templars arrested the remaining rebels, stripped away their Devil Fruits, and sent them to Sun Prison; the straw-hatted boy was kept there as a human battery.
• Robin asked Morgans to help choose a title for the King, and he named him the Peerless Scholar-Swordsman.
• In the ending serial, the Queen objected to Hawkeye’s title as the World’s Greatest Swordsman and kicked Morgans down while ordering him to change the rankings.

After Shanks was killed by Sakazuki, Luffy tried to attack him but Dragon knocked Luffy unconscious and led the others away from the second explosion. The Templars detained the Revolutionary Army and pirates, while Dragon and Whitebeard accepted that the old era had ended; later, Dragon watched Luffy wake from another dream about Shanks in Sun Prison.

• Sakazuki obliterated Shanks, and Luffy charged toward him until Dragon knocked Luffy unconscious and carried him away.
• Dragon, Luffy, Ace, Sabo, and Chopper retreated hundreds of kilometers as the second explosion sent a storm across the landscape.
• The Templars surrounded the Revolutionary Army and pirates, declared them untrustworthy, and ordered them to surrender or be imprisoned in Sun Prison.
• Dragon surrendered, and Whitebeard urged the pirates to accept that the age of pirates was over.
• Inside Sun Prison, Luffy woke shouting Shanks's name, and Dragon turned on the television to show the News King's report on the new era.

Shanks visited Luffy in prison and told him he had been resurrected as Izumo, an Earth Immortal, and no longer wanted to be a pirate. Luffy refused to abandon his dream, while Olvia and Ohara’s scholars made archaeological breakthroughs.

• Luffy grieved for Shanks and insisted he would become Pirate King to avenge him, while Garp tried to beat the idea out of him.
• Sengoku explained that Sakazuki had also returned after dying, and Shanks arrived to describe how the Heavenly Palace had resurrected him as Izumo.
• Alice repaired the hole Garp had punched in the wall, and Luffy recognized Shanks, who had returned with a new body and both arms.
• Shanks told Luffy to give up their promise because he was no longer a pirate, but Luffy declared that becoming Pirate King was his own dream and reclaimed his straw hat.
• Shanks offered to call Luffy the King of the Seas or the King of Adventure and warned that otherwise he would remain confined.
• Olvia adapted to life in the future and, with Izumo’s help, led Ohara’s scholars in uncovering Poneglyphs and advancing their research.

Shanks explained that Izumo could resurrect the dead in new bodies and that he had become an Earth Immortal, while Sakazuki served as a Heavenly God. As the prisoners reconsidered Izumo’s power and ambitions, Morgans reported that Hawkeye had been demoted to the world’s second-greatest swordsman.

• Luffy learned that Shanks had returned to life in a body made by Izumo, and Shanks explained the limits of resurrection and the roles of Earth Immortals and Heavenly Gods.
• Shanks said he had become a Day Patrol God and described how Izumo’s laws and knowledge had changed his loyalties.
• Shanks revealed that Sakazuki was a Heavenly God who fought in the star realms, prompting Sengoku to reconsider why his strategy had failed.
• Morgans reported on Izumo’s education system and praised The Emperor’s power, sword Tai'a, and status as a swordsman.
• Morgans announced that Hawkeye had fallen to second place in the swordsman rankings, and Garp and Sengoku reacted to the news.

Hawkeye challenged Sea Tiger after learning he had become the world’s top swordsman, and Morgans publicized the coming duel. At a sea restaurant, a green-haired swordsman decided to travel to the sky to watch it, while the cook’s criticism of Sea Tiger attracted surveillance drones.

• Hawkeye called Morgans and declared that he would challenge Sea Tiger for the top swordsman position.
• Morgans published a headline about Hawkeye’s challenge and announced a pardon for people with minor offenses.
• At a sea restaurant in East Blue, Green Moss Head learned about the duel from the television and asked the cook how to reach the sky.
• The cook arranged phone navigation for Green Moss Head, who said he would watch the duel and challenge the first-place swordsman himself.
• The cook spoke critically of Sea Tiger, prompting nearby customers to flee and drones to scan the restaurant before flying away.

At Baratie, Sanji revealed that he knew Izumo’s powers and technology as he tested Zoro’s strength and heard of his vow to become the world’s greatest swordsman. Sanji led Zoro to an Izumo Battle Corps aircraft, leaving Zoro wondering who Sanji really was.

• Sanji explained that he resented The Emperor because the end of piracy had hurt the restaurant’s business, while Zoro said the same change had left bounty hunters without work.
• Zoro admitted he had no money for his meal and wanted the guards to arrest him so he could reach the Heavenly Realm to watch the swordsmen’s duel.
• Sanji restrained Zoro with qi, criticized his lack of training, and advised him to study Haki through official Izumo courses.
• Zoro asked Sanji to teach him, but Sanji told him to use his phone and scolded him when he noticed Sanji’s browsing habits.
• After Zoro finished eating and insisted on going to Izumo, Sanji took him inside the ship and showed him an aircraft used by the Izumo Battle Corps.
• Zoro recognized the aircraft and asked Sanji who he really was.

Sanji took Zoro to the Heavenly Realm in a sentient Cloud Car, explaining how Izumo had reshaped the world and how he had already fulfilled his dream of finding All Blue. The Cloud Car entered the Heavenly Realm’s electronic surveillance zone as Sanji planned to visit his sister and learn more about its ability to transform.

• Zoro touched Sanji’s Cloud Car, which turned dark and shocked him with lightning, before Sanji soothed it back to white.
• Sanji told Zoro that his sister, a scientist connected to Izumo, had sent him the Cloud Car and that he was considering returning to see his family.
• Sanji invited Zoro to ride with him to Izumo, and Zoro asked why Sanji was helping him.
• Sanji explained that Sakazuki’s destruction of Mary Geoise and the Emperor’s reshaping of the land had created All Blue, fulfilling his dream.
• Sanji described Izumo’s rule, the distinction between the Old World and the New World, and the claims surrounding the Emperor’s history.
• The Cloud Car broke through the clouds and received a warning that it had entered the Heavenly Realm’s electronic surveillance zone.

Zoro arrived in Izumo to learn about the duel between Hawkeye and The Emperor, while Sanji argued that the Emperor's strength would define the new era of swordsmanship. Elsewhere, Ling Donglai paused his intensive study of Vegapunk's knowledge and caught up on events outside.

• Sanji told Zoro that the duel represented a clash between old and new swordsmanship, and argued that The Emperor's strength would decide which path prevailed.
• Zoro defended traditional swordsmanship and said he would become the world's greatest swordsman by defeating anyone who stood in his way.
• Sanji dropped Zoro off in Izumo, where Zoro saw crowds of swordsmen gathering to watch Hawkeye challenge The Emperor.
• Sanji reminded Zoro that he owed him for a meal and left to visit his sister.
• Ling Donglai explained that he had developed atomic-level perception but could not fully absorb Vegapunk's vast scientific knowledge.
• Ling Donglai stopped studying and rapidly reviewed news about what had happened while he was occupied.

Ling Donglai uploaded his latest swordsmanship research and reviewed advances in magnetic-field training and Lineage Factor science. After Nami presented a training method for newcomers, Tai'a revealed how she had arranged Ling Donglai's duel with Hawkeye and asserted her place as his closest companion.

• Ling Donglai explained that he had created a new sword art suited to Magnetic Field Rotation and uploaded his research, including a path toward the quantum threshold.
• Ling Donglai reviewed Vegapunk's rapid progress in Lineage Factor research and reflected on how Magnetic Field Rotation made even long-lived people think quickly.
• Nami sent Ling Donglai a manual for Contract Magnetic Field Mode, which used a Swallow-Swallow Alloy iron sphere to help ordinary people learn to control electricity and sense magnetic fields.
• Ling Donglai suggested that the iron sphere could be shaped into a flying sword pellet and agreed to use the upcoming duel with Hawkeye to promote his new swordsmanship.
• Tai'a interrupted Nami, claimed that the number one place belonged to her, and teased Ling Donglai by calling him her father, emperor, and master.

The Emperor visited Issho in Sun Prison and discussed the danger that Kara Link could turn understanding into forced assimilation. He acknowledged that Izumo had developed Divine Judgment, a weapon capable of overwhelming minds, leaving Issho’s doubts about resisting the Empire unresolved.

• The Emperor went to Sun Prison, where criminals were held for scientific research and possible reincarnation experiments.
• The Emperor found Issho, a blind swordsman captured for plotting rebellion, and asked whether he still intended to oppose him.
• Issho said Izumo seemed nearly perfect but could still fall into an abyss, and he feared Kara Link might threaten freedom of thought.
• The Emperor explained that Kara Link could foster assimilation and acknowledged Issho’s concern about the Empire’s power.
• The Emperor revealed that Divine Judgment could spread electromagnetic signals through towers and turn an entire planet’s population into fanatics.

Ling Donglai revealed the Light of God to Issho, then appointed him to lead the Empire’s opposition so he could gather and regulate its enemies. Convinced of the Emperor’s greatness, Fujitora left prison determined to resist him while remaining hidden from Izumo’s sunlight.

• Ling Donglai told Issho about the Light of God and removed his symbolic handcuffs, allowing him to resist the Emperor by imperial decree.
• Ling Donglai marked Issho as a special unit, gave him authority to approach the Emperor, and taught him Magnetic Field Rotation and knowledge of the Star Gods.
• Issho accepted the name Fujitora and left Sun Prison, using Magnetic Field Rotation to move through the shadows as he vowed to gather opposition to the Emperor.
• Ling Donglai told Tai'a that Fujitora would help maintain the Empire because he wanted the Emperor to remain a great ruler.
• Law proposed calling the combination of Armament Haki and Observation Haki psionic power while cutting apart a great pirate.

Ling Donglai used photons to begin elementalizing his body, then arrived at the Heavenly Realm’s swordsmanship duel. He took his throne as Hawkeye Mihawk prepared to challenge him.

• Ling Donglai used quantum properties of photons to encrypt part of his fingers and began converting his body into light quanta.
• Ling Donglai completed the elementalization of his upper body, which could move at near-light speed, while his lower body remained unchanged.
• Ling Donglai learned that Buggy had become spirited and stronger after his Chop-Chop Fruit was extracted.
• Nami and Robin toured the crowded Heavenly Realm and discussed making a projection if Ling Donglai missed the duel.
• Ling Donglai appeared on a throne formed from atoms and molecules, and Hawkeye Mihawk began his challenge.

Hawkeye challenged The Emperor to a sword duel, but The Emperor used Tai'a and a vast array of flying swords to overwhelm him. Injured and disarmed, Hawkeye protested that The Emperor's technique was not swordsmanship at all.

• Hawkeye opened the duel by sending a powerful flying slash toward The Emperor, while Zoro and other swordsmen watched the broadcast.
• The Emperor summoned swords from across the world, and Tai'a appeared atop a sword dragon that tore apart Hawkeye's slash.
• Hawkeye unleashed Swallow Return, but the sword dragon crushed the technique and trapped Black Blade Yoru.
• The Emperor's flying swords repeatedly attacked Hawkeye until he was wounded, and Black Blade Yoru fell toward Cloud City.
• Hawkeye struggled to stand after the one-minute duel and declared that The Emperor's technique was not swordsmanship.

The Emperor defeated Dracule Mihawk with a storm of flying swords and convinced him that swordsmanship had to evolve beyond wielding blades by hand. Mihawk accepted the new path and fell beside Black Blade Yoru, while a new generation of unconventional swordsmen began to emerge.

• The Emperor overwhelmed Mihawk by striking him with thousands of flying swords until Mihawk could no longer hold Black Blade Yoru.
• The Emperor declared that swordsmanship should evolve and argued that swords were weapons of killing, not objects that had to be held and swung.
• Mihawk recognized that swordsmanship had stagnated and understood that incorporating firearms and other innovations could create a new path.
• Mihawk accepted defeat, and Ling Donglai slashed his chest before urging him to understand the world and become strong again.
• Mihawk fell beside Black Blade Yoru, ending his challenge for the title of world's strongest swordsman.
• Swordsmen began adopting unconventional methods and buying Izumo-made swords, asking one another whether their weapons had changed.

Ling Donglai continued developing his power after defeating Hawkeye, while Sanji learned why the Vinsmoke Family had brought him back and was warned about dangers beyond the world. Zoro and Sanji met Luffy and set out together to grow stronger through adventure.

• Ling Donglai continued capturing photons, recording bodily information, and working to elementalize his body after defeating Hawkeye.
• Zoro received the three weapons used against Hawkeye and declared that he would master their techniques and challenge The Emperor.
• Luffy invited Zoro and Sanji to adventure with him, explaining that he wanted to become the Adventure King and eventually reclaim the Pirate King title.
• Reiju told Sanji that the Vinsmoke Family had regained their emotions and arranged a Pokémon girlfriend and other things for him after reviewing his preferences.
• Reiju gave Sanji materials for hatching a Pokémon and warned him to get stronger because the universe beyond the world was dangerous.

Reiju warned Sanji that Sea Star faced cosmic enemies and urged him to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Ling Donglai became a quantum lifeform, mastered gravity, synchronized with Tai'a, and rejected her attempt to make him abandon everyone else.

• Reiju explained that a nebula attack had revealed Sea Star's location, then described the danger posed by cosmic pirates and the God Race.
• Reiju asked Sanji to become stronger so he could survive the coming cosmic war, and Sanji reluctantly accepted that he could not remain only a cook.
• Ling Donglai transformed almost entirely into light quanta, absorbed Vegapunk's knowledge, and realized he could control gravity through the Slow-Slow Fruit.
• Ling Donglai synchronized with Tai'a, who embraced him and urged him to leave Nami, Robin, and others behind.
• Ling Donglai refused Tai'a's proposal and wondered about the higher dimension from which he had descended.