Arc 33Dust and the New World

Ash defeated Dust and helped reunite the scattered heroes after the worlds merged. As he searched for the Pretty Cures, he met new allies, comforted Regina, and joined Towa in rescuing Haruka, Minami, and Kirara.

  • Ash helped Primum understand love, but she died after wishing she could have been his true Pretty Cure, while Light and Kale revealed their plan to combine the worlds.
  • Ash reunited with the heroes and fought through the Kamen Rider worlds before reaching Paradigm City, where he challenged Dust and learned the city was an abandoned experiment.
  • Dust trapped Ash between defeating him and saving the wounded heroes, but Kaguya and other allies arrived, and Ash restored the Riders’ powers before Ayumi purified Dust’s Dark Echo.
  • Ash rescued Ayumi with help from Regina and Twilight, and more than twenty Kamen Riders joined their attacks to defeat Dust as the worlds merged.
  • Ash gathered the scattered Rider powers and set out with Puka, Ashu, Towa, and others, while Ayumi stayed behind to guard the place he would return to and confessed her feelings for him.
  • Ash met CureFriendy and Mayu, then helped Regina confront her jealousy and comforted her after she admitted she wanted him all to herself.
  • Ash and Towa entered a magical kingdom, where she transformed into Cure Scarlet and joined him in defeating a giant mechanical monster before they found Haruka, Minami, and Kirara safe with a huge cake.
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Ch. 801Kamen Rider Plays the Villain Among the Pretty Cure

Ash stopped Primum’s rampaging Giant of Light form and restored her power, then challenged her to settle their feelings through battle. When Primum confessed that she wanted to stay with him, Ash said he had cared for her too but would not forgive her for hurting Mana and the others, and struck her with the memories of his bonds with them.

  • Ash shattered the crystal on Primum’s forehead and absorbed the power sustaining her giant form, causing her to return to her human appearance.
  • Ash told Primum that he had not hated her and restored the power he had absorbed before challenging her to fight.
  • Ash and Primum battled while recalling the happier moments they had shared, including celebrating a birthday and playing a game together.
  • Primum stopped fighting to confess that she wanted to remain with Ash, but Ash said he believed her feelings while refusing to forgive her for hurting Mana and the others.
  • Ash struck Primum in the chest and poured his memories of the Pretty Cure and their bonds into her, making her see what real love was.

Ch. 802Kamen Rider Is a Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash defeated Primum, who died in his arms as their collapsing world consumed itself, and he refused to cry. In the following scene, Dust’s fellow villains turned against him and revealed that the system had returned, while their plan to remake the worlds moved forward.

  • Ash urged Primum to flee the collapsing world, but she rejected his hand and died after telling him she had finally understood love and wished she could have been his true Pretty Cure.
  • Ash carried Primum from the hall as Ashu comforted him, and he insisted he would not cry until he defeated their enemies and reclaimed what they had taken.
  • Dust was defeated by Light and Kale, who revealed that the system had survived by transferring its core into the Rise Key of the Super AI Hisutimu.
  • Light and Kale explained that Dust had endangered their plan by nearly killing Ashu and repeatedly giving Ash chances to escape, then let Dust flee through the Aurora Curtain.
  • Kale recalled that Dust inherited all memories from the first world, while Light and Kale prepared to combine the worlds, gather their heroes, and remake the surviving world.

Ch. 803Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

After defeating Primum’s forces, Ash reunited with the Pretty Cure and the girls welcomed him in his younger form. As they agreed to face the unfinished journey together, the other Pretty Cure crowded around little Ash, sparking a jealous tug-of-war over him.

  • Ash comforted Puka after the battle while the traitors helped the Pretty Cure purify Primum’s remaining followers.
  • Ash returned to the girls in a younger form, and they welcomed him with affection and teasing.
  • Ash explained that the shattered wedding hall had been a stage Primum created, and the girls clasped hands with him and vowed to face the road ahead together.
  • The Pretty Cure who had not known Ash before crowded around him, curious about his youthful appearance and eager to touch him.
  • Miyuki and Megumi pulled Ash away from the crowd, and Mana and Rei joined them in guarding him from the other Pretty Cure.

Ch. 804Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash explained the Hundred Worlds threat to the gathered heroes, then watched the visitors return to their own worlds as Primum’s created stage vanished. Back in his hometown, Ash and Ashu encountered Kamiyama Touma, who revealed that Zero had sent the rescued Blades to Ash’s world.

  • Ash told the gathered heroes about Dast, the Hundred Worlds, and the betrayal that had helped defeat them, and Gagula suggested using Ash’s old, more forceful approach to gain their cooperation.
  • Ashu explained that Primum’s power disappearing would send everyone from other worlds home, and the Pretty Cures reassured Ash that they would find him whenever he needed them.
  • As the visitors vanished, Ash promised to seek them out, and he and Ashu left the fading stage with only each other beside them.
  • An Assassin Matter attacked Ash and Ashu, but Kamiyama Touma killed it with his sword and recognized Ash.
  • Touma told Ash that Zero had thawed every Blade and sent them to Ash’s world, the one world the Hundred Worlds had not invaded.

Ch. 805Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash returned to find heroes from across worlds defending his world despite losing their transformation powers, and he revealed the underground base and equipment he had built. The heroes were preparing to fight together when an enormous invasion of monsters and demons struck, and they stopped Ash as he tried to lead the counterattack.

  • Touma explained that heroes without transformation powers had still fought Assassin Matter, and he brought Ash to the temporary shelter where allies welcomed him back.
  • Ash and Ashu met the gathered heroes, swordsmen, and samurai, whose confusion over lookalikes and identities nearly sparked a fight.
  • Ash showed everyone his underground base, powered suits, weapons, and MechaGodzilla, prompting a scramble over the equipment.
  • An earthquake heralded an assault by Choju, Space Beasts, demons, Yokai, and giant demon machines, while Dark Night Angel attacked Bemular.
  • Ash prepared to lead the heroes against the invasion, but a group gathered around him and called for him to stop.

Ch. 806Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash accepted the Kamen Riders’ transformation belts and raced through time and space to reach the battle, transforming into their forms to fight the enemies blocking his way. He continued battling as Kamen Rider Blade after Regina helped him escape the Mirror World.

  • The Kamen Riders entrusted their transformation belts to Ash and urged him to protect their worlds.
  • Ash rode the Cyclone and transformed into Kuuga, defeating waves of monsters and overcoming Gagu with Ultimate Form.
  • Ash used Agito’s forms and weapons to defeat Gagu, then transformed into Ryuki to fight Mirror Monsters.
  • Regina fell into the Mirror World, helped Ash reach its exit, and joined him in clearing a path through the monsters.
  • Ash transformed into Faiz and used Accel and Blaster Forms to destroy Orphnochs and the Orphnoch King.
  • Ash became Blade and unleashed Lightning Sonic against the undead creatures surrounding him.

Ch. 807Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash fought through several monster hordes by using Kamen Rider forms, from Evolution King and Hibiki to Kabuto and Den-O. After Den-O reached Super Climax Form, another Imagin appeared with wings, and Ash prepared a finishing move.

  • Ash transformed into Evolution King and defeated Great Evil God 14 with Royal Straight Flush.
  • Ash became Hibiki and destroyed the Yokai with his Armed Burning Blade Crimson Scythe.
  • Ash used Kabuto’s Clock Up and Hyper Forms to defeat the Worms and Native Worms.
  • Ash passed the Hyper Zecter and Perfect Zecter to his past self, then transformed into Den-O and fought the Imagin with Momotaros, Urataros, Kintaros, and Ryutaros.
  • Ash transformed into Super Climax Form, where another winged Imagin appeared, and he activated Full Charge for their finishing move.

Ch. 808Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash fought through the monsters threatening Twilight and Regina, then transformed into Kamen Rider W with Philip to battle the revived Dopants. After defeating them, he became Kamen Rider OOO and split into many forms to confront the Greeed, with one copy pursuing a specific target.

  • Ash used Kiva's forms and Demon Emperor Form to defeat the Fangire and rescue Twilight.
  • Ash summoned the W Driver and transformed into Cyclone Joker with Philip across two worlds.
  • Ash and Philip defeated the Dopants with W's different forms and Maximum Drives.
  • Ash transformed into OOO's GataKiriBa Combo and created numerous OOO copies in different combos to fight the Greeed.
  • One of Ash's OOO copies pursued a target in a particular direction.

Ch. 809Kamen Rider as a Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash fought through the Hundred Worlds’ forces, tracked Foundation X’s liaison officer to his master, and defeated a trio of demonic impostors. Kouta warned him that Helheim Forest was merging with other worlds again, leaving Ash facing a threat to the multiverse.

  • Ash defeated Foundation X’s senior liaison officer and used the damaged relic he recovered to track the officer’s master.
  • Ash transformed into Fourze and fought off the Star Disciples and monsters, ultimately pulling them into a black hole with his sword.
  • Ash transformed into Wizard, battled the Phantoms, and defeated the Demon Subduing Three Swordsmen in Infinity Dragon form.
  • Ash received a message from Kouta, who warned that Helheim Forest had begun merging with other worlds again.

Ch. 810Kamen Rider Is Being a Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash fought through hordes of resurrected enemies using Kamen Rider Gaim and Drive forms while searching for the stolen powers. After realizing the enemies came from a broader collection of worlds, he pushed onward and reached a snowy world guarded by an impenetrable wall.

  • Ash transformed into Gaim and defeated Inves, Overlords, and black shadow soldiers with his various forms and weapons.
  • Krim arrived in Tridoron, and Ash transformed into Drive to fight the Mechanical Mutants.
  • Ash used Drive's forms and abilities to break through the enemies and reach the enchanted fragment's destination.
  • Ash realized that the opposition included enemies from beyond the Kamen Rider franchise and decided to take advantage of the rare opportunity.
  • Ash traveled through successive worlds until he reached a snow-covered wasteland, where voices warned him that an unbreakable wall would stop him.

Ch. 811Kamen Rider Is Being a Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash entered a gray world where most people lived without emotions and discovered that its monsters and robots were preparing to execute the remaining humans. After reaching Paradigm City and challenging a girl’s belief that her emotionless life was perfect, he witnessed small allies interrupt the attack, leaving the city’s people beginning to question their rulers.

  • Ash used his Rider forms and summoned Heroic Spirits to search the world, then unleashed Infinity Soul’s power and brought sunlight and a rainbow to the gray sky.
  • Guided by his Heroic Spirits, Ash found Paradigm City, fought through its Bugster defenses in Ex-Aid forms, and followed a fragment to Dust as he entered the city.
  • A young girl saw the rainbow and felt warmth, but Ash rescued her from a Defender robot and questioned her about the city’s past and her happiness.
  • Ash told the girl that a life stripped of desire was not truly living, and she began repeating his words with new interest.
  • Smash monsters and Defenders surrounded civilians and announced their execution, but Memory Gadgets, canned robots, and other small allies blocked the attack, prompting the emotionless residents to question what was happening.

Ch. 812Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash transformed into Kamen Rider Build and fought the monsters attacking the people whose hearts had been restored. After entrusting the crowd to Ayumi, he drew the enemies away and unleashed Hazard forms against the Smashes.

  • As the restored people panicked before the Smash, Ash walked against the fleeing crowd and shot one of the monsters with the Drill Crusher.
  • Ash transformed into Kamen Rider Build, defeated the Smash with a Vortex Finish, and inspired the crowd to shout for Kamen Rider.
  • Ash fought the Guardians and a giant robot, then switched to HawkGatling form and led the enemies away from the civilians after asking Ayumi to protect them.
  • Enhanced Smashes pulled Ash from the air, but he retaliated in RabbitTank Sparkling form and blasted them with an explosive attack.
  • Ash activated BlackHazard and destroyed a stag-beetle Smash, then used Dragon Lock Super Best Match to bind and burn the remaining Smashes.
  • With Hazard On's time limit approaching, Ash prepared a row of Fullbottles and activated Rabbit & Rabbit.

Ch. 813Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash fought Duster in Paradigm City, discovering that its inhabitants had been stripped of their negative feelings and that the city was an experiment. After Ash refused Duster’s offer to negotiate, Duster transformed into Oma Zi-O and froze Ash in time, preparing to kill him.

  • Ash transformed into Tank Tank and fought the monsters while realizing the captured people had lost their Dark Echo and their desires.
  • Ash sensed Duster watching Ayumi, attacked him with a combined Genius and Hazard Rider Kick, and confirmed his identity.
  • Ash and Duster transformed into Zi-O and clashed with matching swords until Ash landed a decisive Heisei Riders attack.
  • Duster explained that Paradigm City was a model Earth created for an experiment that had been judged a failure.
  • Ash refused to negotiate with Duster and challenged him to continue their fight.
  • Duster transformed into Oma Zi-O, used his power to freeze Ash in time, and declared that Ash would die.

Ch. 814Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash transformed into Zi-O Ohma and battled Dast, whose stolen Rider powers and Dark Echo energy made him a formidable opponent. Ash drew strength from Cure Knight and the people supporting him, but Dast also absorbed more power as their fight continued.

  • Ash revealed the Ohma Zi-O Ridewatch and transformed into Zi-O Ohma, matching Dast's power and resisting his attacks on time.
  • Woz emerged from hiding to proclaim Ash the true king, while Ash restored the time Dast tried to erase around him.
  • Ash used the Cure Knight Ridewatch to draw power from his friends, a praying supporter, and the citizens, overpowering Dast in their contest of strength.
  • Dast absorbed Dark Echo energy from the monsters and used it to grow stronger, turning their battle into a direct clash of weapons and physical attacks.
  • A girl carrying a smiling accessory ran toward the fight, determined not to let Ash fight alone again.
  • Ash and Dast traded blows and argued over whether Dast's plan to reshape the world could count as salvation before their attacks forced them apart.

Ch. 815Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash defeated Dust and rejected his claim that he could not change, but Dust showed him the heroes of Ash World under attack and forced him to choose whether to abandon the fight. Ash trusted his friends, and the arrival of Kaguya and Ichinose Houtarou’s allies suggested the battered heroes might yet be saved.

  • Dust tried to provoke Ash by claiming they shared the same hunger for strength, but Ash defended his friends and fought back.
  • Ash shattered Dust’s strongest attack, struck him down, and said that accepting the past was how people could change and grow.
  • Dust showed Ash the wounded heroes of Ash World and challenged him to choose between defeating Dust and saving his friends.
  • Ash punched Dust and declared that he trusted the heroes who had never let him down.
  • As the exhausted defenders faced their final moments, an Aurora Curtain brought Kaguya, Ichinose Houtarou, and other allies to Ash World.

Ch. 816Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Kamen Riders, Ultramen, Boonboomgers, and other heroes gathered in the besieged city to fight New Hundred Worlds and its monsters. They drove the enemy back together, leaving the predecessors encouraged as the battle continued.

  • Kaguya and Shinma condemned New Hundred Worlds for taking over the Hundred Worlds Organization and harming their predecessors.
  • Hiruma Gen'to, Tobise Yuma, Jeramie, Hando Daiya, and the other newcomers recognized the danger and joined the fight.
  • Gotchard, Legend, Gummy, Shinma, Blazar, Arc, Gira, and Daiya transformed and charged into the monster army.
  • Blazar and Arc teamed up with improvised spinning light weapons, while Gira and Daiya fought back-to-back against the mechanical monsters.
  • Boondorio and the Guardian Deities joined the giant Ultramen to protect the city, and the recovering predecessors watched with relief.

Ch. 817Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash fought Dust to recover the stolen Ridewatches, while Yusuke Godai and Onodera Yusuke regained their Kuuga powers and defended the children. When Dust took Ayumi hostage, Ash refused to accept her sacrifice and called on Regina and Twilight to help save everyone.

  • Yusuke Godai and Onodera Yusuke protected children from Shocker soldiers, and Godai regained Kuuga while Onodera regained Aguru.
  • Ash struck Dust repeatedly and knocked the stolen Ridewatches out of him, restoring powers to Shoichi Tsugami and the other Riders.
  • Ayumi purified Dust’s Dark Echo with Precure Heart Full Echo, but Dust seized her as a hostage.
  • Ash told Ayumi he wanted her to live and admitted that her feelings had reached his heart.
  • Ash rejected choosing who to save and called on Regina and Twilight to help rescue everyone.

Ch. 818Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash and the Riders defeated Dust with a united finishing attack, ending the battle in Paradigm City. Ash celebrated the victory and learned that the displaced residents would either be sent home or remain in the city.

  • Twilight and Regina helped Ash break Dust’s defenses, allowing Ash to rescue Ayumi from the chasm.
  • Ash summoned more than twenty Kamen Riders, and they combined their Rider Kicks to defeat Dust.
  • Dust’s helmet broke, and he fell into the fissure, declaring himself free as he died.
  • Ash celebrated with Regina and Ayumi before asking what had happened to the Showa cyborgs and the people of Paradigm City.
  • Sougo Tokiwa explained that the veteran Riders had fought elsewhere and that the Space-Time Administration Bureau would return some residents to their worlds, while others chose to stay.

Ch. 819Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

After the spacetime vibration bomb merged most worlds into one, Ash prepared to fight Hundred Worlds and set out with Puka, Ashu, Towa, and Regina to find the scattered Pretty Cures. He began recounting how he had defeated Dust as the group traveled toward their next destination.

  • The livestream showed the veteran heroes losing to Kaler, Light, and Hundred Worlds just before the spacetime vibration bomb detonated, and Ash tackled Ashu as the blast swept across the worlds.
  • After the worlds merged, Ash gathered Rider belts into a device to recover scattered powers and gave the Riders toy replicas to use in battle.
  • Ash said goodbye to his friends, then left with Puka, Ashu, Towa, and others to search for Mana and the other Pretty Cures.
  • Puka sensed other Pretty Cures nearby, and Ash pushed his Cyclone motorcycle while Twilight and Regina rode on it.
  • Ash told Twilight and Regina that Dust had refused to abandon his beliefs, so Ash had sent him on his final journey.

Ch. 820Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash learned that the fifth prototype, Ash, had been killed by Dast after fleeing his mission. Before leaving to search for the missing Pretty Cure, Ash asked Ayumi to stay and protect their home, and they confessed their feelings through a kiss, though Ayumi insisted he must not love or respond to her.

  • Ashu revealed that the original group had included Ash, a Metal Hero prototype whom Dast killed after he abandoned his mission and ran away.
  • Ash invited Ayumi to remain behind and protect the place he would return to, and she happily agreed.
  • Ayumi told Ash that she liked the man he had become, and he acknowledged that she had grown more beautiful.
  • Ayumi kissed Ash and asked him to compensate her for leaving her to guard the home alone.
  • Ayumi told Ash he could not love her or respond to her feelings, and Ash urged her not to torment herself.

Ch. 821Kamen Rider as a Pretty Cure Villain

Ash dreamed of his past with Ayumi, then transformed into Kamen Rider Zero-One and rescued CureFriendy from a monster. After explaining that the creatures were soldiers born from Dark Echo, he encouraged CureFriendy to keep trying to save them, while Ashu watched and noticed another girl approaching.

  • Ash woke from a dream about Ayumi as Regina and Twilight argued over their place in his heart.
  • Sent alone to scout the city, Ash transformed into Zero-One and defeated a monster attacking CureFriendy.
  • CureFriendy introduced herself as Inukai Ayaha, and Ash identified the defeated creature as one of Hundred Worlds' new soldiers born from Dark Echo.
  • Ash told CureFriendy to keep pursuing her wish to reform the monsters if she was ready to bear the risks.
  • Ashu watched Ash meet CureFriendy and noticed another girl approaching.
  • A blue-haired girl hurried through the streets searching for Ayaha while carrying a cat and a dog.

Ch. 822Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash met the new Pretty Cure, Iroha and Mayu, explained the multiverse-wide crisis, and gathered information from them. Later, Regina and Twilight assessed the pair, and Regina announced that she would put them through special training.

  • Mayu found Iroha safe with Ash, learned he was a real Kamen Rider, and accepted his explanation of the crisis.
  • Ash befriended Komugi and Yukine, then asked Iroha and Mayu about someone in a photograph; they recognized the person.
  • Ash told Puka he had never hated Primum and had not blamed her, while reaffirming that no one could be missing.
  • Twilight and Regina evaluated Iroha and Mayu after having them transform, with Twilight encouraging them to keep working hard.
  • Regina announced that she would give the immature new Pretty Cure special training.

Ch. 823Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Regina grew jealous of Twilight’s closeness with Ash and feared losing her place as his special princess. Ash reassured her and kissed her, and Regina’s feelings shifted her back from her selfish form as their relationship became more intimate.

  • Regina imitated Ash’s training methods by chasing the Pretty Cure with her spear, then fought monsters that transformed into Jikochu.
  • Regina confronted Ash and Twilight about whom Ash liked more, and her jealousy caused her to take on her purple Selfish form.
  • Ash rubbed Twilight’s cheeks until Towa emerged, joking that Twilight had become a princess of light and no longer overlapped with Regina.
  • Regina withdrew to her room and confessed that she loved Ash but could not stop wanting him all to herself.
  • Ash comforted Regina, kissed her, and told her that she had left an impression on his heart; her outfit returned from purple to red.
  • Regina embraced and kissed Ash, then privately revealed that she still hoped to make him think of no one but her.

Ch. 824Kamen Rider Plays the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash took Towa on a date, where she shared how she and Twilight were connected, before they entered a strange kingdom where Haruka and the others had reportedly gone. When guards challenged them, Towa transformed into Cure Scarlet and confronted them.

  • Ashu told Ash that Regina had to leave for the day, and Regina later told Ashu she had discovered she could transform into a Pretty Cure.
  • Ash took Towa out for drinks, reassured her that he cared for her, and told her Haruka and Kirara had seen another Princess.
  • Towa explained that she and Twilight shared one life and that Ash had helped protect the hope that let Twilight endure.
  • Ash and Towa passed through a misty gateway into a magical kingdom, where guards demanded their names.
  • Ash declared himself the King of the Black Night Kingdom, and Towa transformed into Cure Scarlet as the guards fled to report their arrival.

Ch. 825Kamen Rider Is Playing the Villain in Pretty Cure

Ash and Towa fought through monsters disguised as royal guards and reached the golden hall where Haruka, Minami, and Kirara were safe. The chapter left Towa stunned to find them enjoying cake while Ash tried some.

  • Towa used Pretty Cure Phoenix Blaze to burn through the disguised guards, and Ash joined her as Shining Hopper.
  • Ash and Towa danced and battled together, then learned from Ashu that Haruka and the others might be in danger.
  • They transformed into Shining Assault Hopper and Elegant Mode and defeated a giant mechanical monster with a combined flying kick.
  • Ash and Towa cleared a path with Buster Bomber and Zero-One Dust, then rushed into the golden hall to rescue Haruka, Minami, and Kirara.
  • Towa found the three Princesses chatting over a huge cake, while Ash tasted it and judged it an eighty out of a hundred.
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