After Holy Land Mary Geoise sank, the culprits, Uchiha Hiko and Otsutsuki Kaguya, vanished without a trace. The Marines who rushed over found only a blank expanse of sea where Mary Geoise had once stood. They rescued the scattered Celestial Dragons.
The collapse of the world's center of power sent the Celestial Dragons' status plummeting from its pedestal. In particular, news leaked that the demon Otsutsuki Kaguya had been worshipped by the Celestial Dragons' royal family, driving their prestige to rock bottom. Nations around the world seized the opportunity to rebalance power, and the World Government faced grave troubles both within and without.
The Celestial Dragons gathered again, hoping to rally the allied nations and restore the old order. However, there were very few responders. The major nations all paid lip service while acting otherwise. If not for the Five Elders stepping forward to support them, those countries might have directly declared their withdrawal from the World Government.
By comparison, the Marines' autonomy became even more firmly entrenched. With the World Government's upper echelon suffering such a devastating blow, Akainu immediately gained absolute control of the Marines. Now, even if the World Government's higher-ups wanted to control the Marines again, they lacked the power to do so.
Chaos erupted throughout the world, with arson, murder, pillaging, and plunder everywhere. Even the exceedingly secretive Revolutionary Army, upon witnessing the horrific misery of this human purgatory, began revealing their identities in large numbers and prepared to save the world. Yet many people did not appreciate it and instead caused even greater havoc.
The Uchiha Alliance, once renowned throughout the world and capable of effortlessly exterminating Four Emperors, was also in a miserable state. More than half of its affiliated nations declared their departure from the Alliance, leaving only some weaker countries struggling