Chapter Summaries

Imu revealed his mastery of humanity’s combat techniques and overwhelmed Garen with speed and devastating attacks, but Garen survived and kept fighting. Imu then threatened to kill the more than one hundred thousand people beneath the Sky Island, betting that Garen could not stop him.

• Imu used Life Return to condense his body and attack Garen with a massive Rokushiki Tempest blade, but Garen erased it with Laurent's Eye of the Mind.
• Imu exploited Garen's brief immobility and struck his chest with Giant Wheel Rokuogan, sending him several kilometers into a crater.
• Garen fired Ultimate Flash, but Imu charged through the explosion and pursued him as Garen dodged and fought back in midair.
• Imu and Garen exchanged hundreds or thousands of blows before withdrawing, and Imu questioned whether Garen was truly indestructible.
• Garen argued that Imu's drug-stimulated power would not last, but Imu said he would change his approach and threatened the people beneath the Sky Island.

Imu raced from Sky Island to Marine Headquarters and targeted Hancock and Reiju to force Garen to take the Forbidden Pills. Garen arrived in time to save them, and Imu realized Garen had taken the pills, which he believed would kill him.

• Imu outran Garen and descended toward Marine Headquarters, while Garen warned Golden Lion to gather defenders.
• Imu broke through Fujitora's attack and the alliance's defenses, then identified Hancock and Reiju as targets important to Garen.
• Imu overwhelmed Hancock and Reiju with Conqueror's Haki and stopped his punch when Garen appeared and seized his arm.
• Garen's strength had surged after taking the Forbidden Pills, and Imu revealed he expected their side effects to kill Garen.
• Garen declared that he would protect Hancock and Reiju even if doing so meant his death.

Garen fought Imu after taking the Forbidden Pills, which steadily drained his life, and appeared to die when Imu turned him into a stone statue and sent him into the sea. The battle left the world believing Imu had won, but Garen secretly began recovering through his resurrection ability.

• Hancock and Reiju feared Garen would die, while Garen privately realized his act had made their farewell seem genuine.
• Garen explained that his large Health Bar and resurrection ability gave him enough time to outlast Imu’s Forbidden Pills, then countered Imu’s attack with Fatal Strike and Hero’s Spear.
• Garen drove the battle away from Marine Headquarters, and the two clashed across the sky with devastating force as soldiers and viewers watched.
• Imu remained in the air while Garen fell into the sea as a gray-white stone statue, and the world assumed Garen was dead.
• After waiting for Garen to return, Golden Lion heard Garen explain that his resurrection had restored only 30% of his HP and that he needed time to recover.

Imu believed he had killed Garen and tried to flee, but Golden Lion and Garen struck him with a pincer attack of Ultimate Flashes. Garen revealed that he could revive without limit, and after Imu exhausted his life force in a contest of endurance, he admitted defeat and asked Garen to kill him.

• Imu confirmed that Garen appeared dead, then decided to escape and rebuild his empire after sleeping for decades.
• Golden Lion fired an Ultimate Flash at Imu as another beam erupted from the sea, and the two attacks badly burned him.
• Garen rose from the sea unharmed, explained that he had died and revived, and taunted Imu about how long he could endure.
• Garen and Imu stopped fighting and waited for their life forces to run out, but Garen revived again while Imu aged rapidly.
• Imu admitted defeat and asked Garen to kill him, and Garen struck him with his blade.

Garen killed Imu, ending the war and drawing worldwide celebration, then shared a televised victory kiss with Hancock. He confronted the defeated Five Elders and sentenced the Celestial Dragons to face the suffering they had inflicted, while leaving Gorbachev a possible chance at pardon.

• Garen killed Imu, and people across Marine Headquarters and the world celebrated the end of the war.
• Hancock rushed to Garen, embraced him, and kissed him in front of the livestream cameras; Morgans turned the moment into the famous "Kiss of Victory" photograph.
• Nami and Vivi watched the kiss with jealousy, while the Five Elders lamented the fall of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons.
• Garen condemned the Celestial Dragons' crimes and declared that they would face lifelong labor reform and lives of poverty and humiliation.
• Garen told the Five Elders that they could instead face Impel Down or execution, but suggested Gorbachev might earn a pardon by cooperating and behaving well.

Garen and the Alliance took control of Mariejois, freed the slaves, and imprisoned the Celestial Dragons. After discovering that his new skills could heal and revive ordinary people, Garen began considering how they might make the Perennial Youth Operation repeatable and keep his loved ones from aging.

• Garen led Alliance troops through Mariejois and honored Spandam by opening the gates to the Celestial Dragons’ city.
• Garen’s soldiers freed the slaves, shackled the Celestial Dragons, and imprisoned them after Garen declared that the World Government was dead.
• Hancock thanked Garen for ending her nightmare, and she told him she wanted to keep the mark on her back rather than risk an ugly scar.
• Garen recalled testing his skills on wounded Government agents and realized that he could cure illnesses, restore grievous injuries, and revive the dead.
• Garen considered using his skills to repeat the Perennial Youth Operation and resolved to have Trafalgar Luo improve his surgical skills, while an old military doctor at Marine Headquarters felt inexplicable heart palpitations.

After Robin uncovered the truth of the Void Century in Pangaea Castle, Garen presented her with fireworks and the captured Spandain. Robin accepted the gift and forgave the past, then agreed to study history with Garen at home.

• Robin explored the underground chambers of Pangaea Castle and emerged after uncovering the final piece of the Void Century’s history.
• Garen greeted Robin outside the castle and showed her a fireworks display, which she mistook for a romantic gift.
• Garen revealed that he had captured Spandain, and Robin chose to let the Alliance bring him to Judgment rather than seek revenge herself.
• Robin told Garen that she had learned the historical truth and could explain the One Piece, but Garen jokingly described it as a plan to unite the world’s seas.
• Robin agreed to study history with Garen at home, while he admitted he was interested in the truth but wanted to discuss it privately.

At Syrup Village's construction site, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji welcomed Usopp into their crew and planned to keep training through construction work before setting sail. When the foreman announced the workers would head to the Grand Line to search for the new era's One Piece, Luffy eagerly embraced the news.

• Luffy insisted he would go to sea and become Pirate King, while Zoro declared he would challenge Garen and become the strongest swordsman.
• Sanji defended his sister Reiju after the workers teased him about her relationship with Garen.
• Usopp asked to join Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji, and Luffy accepted him as a companion.
• Sanji explained that the group had delayed their departure to train after Luffy was captured, and the four decided to train by working at the construction site.
• The foreman announced that the construction crew would go to the Grand Line to search for the new era's One Piece, and Luffy's eyes lit up.

After the Alliance settled into its new government, Garen gathered his future wives at his Mary Geoise home and heard about their work and the transformed world. He proposed marrying all six women, and the chapter ended with Nami accepting and the prince and princesses living happily ever after.

• Garen settled into a renovated manor in Mary Geoise, where Shirahoshi happily swam in its large seawater pool while Hancock and Reiju vied for his attention.
• Vivi arrived and told Garen that Sakazuki had subdued the Supernovas in Sabaody, with Kidd hospitalized and the others assigned to labor reform camps.
• Robin arrived and told Garen that Chopper had joined Demacia University as a pharmacology professor; Garen also learned that several Straw Hat crew members were building a bridge in Sabaody.
• Nami arrived, and Shirahoshi thanked Garen for their new home before asking whether they would fulfill their engagement and marry.
• Garen proposed marrying Shirahoshi, Nami, Vivi, Robin, Reiju, and Hancock, claiming the Alliance had made a special legal exception for him.
• Nami accepted after recalling that she had stolen Garen's sword two years earlier, and the princesses and Garen lived happily ever after.

Two years after Wano Country opened to the world, Momonosuke and four Kozuki retainers arrived from the past at Oden Castle’s restoration site and fought the workers who mistook them for attackers. They discovered their own elaborate tombs, including a towering grave for Momonosuke, and the chapter left them bewildered about the future.

• Kuri City's mayor began restoring Oden Castle to attract tourists and boost the city's economy.
• Momonosuke appeared at the construction site just as an Excavation Chicken’s beak threatened him, and Kin'emon cut the chicken down to save him.
• The construction workers attacked Momonosuke's group, and Kin'emon, Kanjuro, Raizo, and Kiku defeated them before the workers called the police and fled.
• Kin'emon mistook the workers and their communication devices for evidence of a planned ambush by Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi, and he urged the group to escape.
• Momonosuke noticed a cemetery among the ruins, where the group found elaborate tombs bearing their names and a prominent, oversized grave for Kozuki Momonosuke.

Kin'emon and the other retainers brought Momonosuke into a modernized Kuri, where they learned Wano had already opened its borders and struggled to understand the Alliance's rule. After an emergency broadcast identified them as terrorists, a passerby recognized the group and kicked Momonosuke away.

• Kuri City's mayor ordered an investigation and a territory-wide wanted notice after hearing about the attack at Oden Castle.
• Kin'emon and the other retainers fled the ruins with Momonosuke and headed for Kuri City to hide and learn about Wano's future.
• The group found Kuri transformed by modern infrastructure, foreign businesses, and slogans promoting openness and reform.
• Kin'emon and the others learned Wano had opened its borders and resolved to pursue the Kozuki Clan's vengeance anyway.
• Momonosuke and Kin'emon questioned a passerby about the year and Wano's shogun, alarming her with their strange behavior.
• An emergency broadcast described the group as dangerous terrorists, and the passerby kicked Momonosuke dozens of meters away.

Momonosuke and his retainers were mistaken for terrorists in modern Kuri and fought their way through the police before fleeing to the harbor. There, Kin'emon mistook Shutenmaru's labor reform for imprisonment and launched a rescue, while Shutenmaru was left bewildered.

• A passerby kicked Momonosuke after hearing the wanted announcement, then fled and alerted the neighborhood that terrorists were on the street.
• Kin'emon and the others fought the Alliance guards who tried to arrest them, seriously injuring dozens, then escaped Kuri City and ran to the harbor.
• At the modern port, Kin'emon and the others spotted Shutenmaru in shackles and mistakenly believed Kaido had enslaved him.
• Shutenmaru refused an offer to remove his shackles, praised the Alliance regulations, and was told his diligent labor could earn him release in two years.
• Kin'emon and the others attacked the port guards, accidentally hitting the guard uncle with anesthetic-coated shuriken, and declared that they had come to rescue Shutenmaru.

Kin'emon and the other time travelers reunited with Shutenmaru, who revealed that Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi had already died and that Wano was governed by an Alliance. Shutenmaru captured them to earn leniency and merit, while Momonosuke faced an interrogation that ended with the interrogators considering executing him.

• Shutenmaru rejected Kin'emon's appeal to serve Momonosuke and explained that he was building Demacia socialism rather than working for Kaido.
• Kin'emon learned that Kaido and Kurozumi Orochi had been dead for more than two years and realized the group had attacked workers and state employees.
• Shutenmaru seized Kin'emon and Momonosuke, telling the group that surrendering to the Alliance could bring lenient treatment and help him earn merit.
• The authorities separated Momonosuke from the others and interrogated him about his name and alleged terrorist attacks.
• Momonosuke claimed he had traveled twenty years into the future and argued that he was a child with mental problems, but the interrogators discussed executing him by firing squad.

Mayor Kato recognized Kin'emon among the captured time travelers and arranged supervised release for him and the others, but Morgans's coverage turned the incident into worldwide news. After the leadership warned Kato that Garen's National Security Committee would investigate, Momonosuke harassed hotel attendants, prompting Kato to order him sent to detention.

• Mayor Kato recognized Kin'emon as an old friend and learned that Kin'emon, Kanjuro, Raizo, Kiku, and Momonosuke had traveled from the past by mistake.
• Kato arranged for Kin'emon and the others to stay under supervision at the Kuri International Hotel, though he rejected Kin'emon's claim that he was Kuri's daimyo.
• Reporters confronted Kato about his decision, and Morgans arrived to investigate and publish the time-travel story.
• Morgans's report made the incident a worldwide sensation, and a Flower Capital leader reprimanded Kato and told him that Garen's National Security Committee would investigate.
• Kato's secretary reported that Momonosuke had pawed at female hotel attendants, so Kato ordered an escort to take him to the detention center.

Kalifa investigated Momonosuke and the retainers for the Kuri terrorist attack, laying out the laws and likely sentences as their old loyalties began to fracture. After Momonosuke returned to his cell, Kalifa asked Garen why he was so personally interested in the time-traveling boy, and Garen began an enigmatic reply.

• Momonosuke was taken from his cell to a meeting with Kalifa, Mayor Kato, and the others investigating the Kuri attack.
• Kalifa ordered the case handled under Alliance law, explaining that Kin'emon, Kanjuro, Raizo, and Kiku faced labor reform while Momonosuke could face a sentence from ten years to death.
• Kin'emon asked Kato to help them because of their loyalty to the Kozuki Clan, but Kato rejected his old retainer ties, and Kalifa rebuked them for invoking the former dynasty.
• Momonosuke tried to distance himself from the attack, causing his four retainers to question their loyalty to him; Kalifa then identified him as the principal offender and said he faced at least ten years.
• Kalifa called Garen after returning to her hotel and asked why he had sent her to deal with Momonosuke, and Garen began to answer that she could choose not to become the Pirate King.

Momonosuke passed his juvenile detention assessment and was assigned to work as a forest ranger on Samwell Island in East Blue. After settling into the mountain post, he heard a dog barking nearby.

• Momonosuke studied Demacian theory, passed his graduation assessment, and became eligible for labor reform work.
• The supervisor assigned Momonosuke a forest ranger post in East Blue, and he traveled from Wano Country to Samwell Island.
• The island police chief took custody of Momonosuke, warned him against escaping, and sent him to live alone in the mountains.
• Momonosuke settled into an easy routine patrolling the forests and enjoying his supplies and entertainment.
• Momonosuke wondered aloud about his loneliness, then heard a dog barking from beyond the bushes.

The author thanked readers for supporting the completed novel and reflected on its flaws. The author had not chosen a new book’s subject yet and hoped to publish it around the beginning of the next month, possibly after the Spring Festival.

• The author said the novel was finished and thanked readers for staying with them.
• The author acknowledged flaws involving Tai Ri Tian, Garen’s girlfriends and personality, lengthy speeches, combat power, and system skills.
• The author explained that choosing a fanfiction setting depended on popularity, familiarity, and personal interest.
• The author considered popular settings such as Naruto, One Piece, and Marvel but had not decided what to write next.
• The author said they would take a holiday and hoped readers would visit when the new book launched.