Chapter Summaries

Merlin left Brimir to contain the Amaterasu while he went to investigate the world's Grimoire system. Brimir absorbed the black flames into a transformed textbook, which began turning into a Four-Leaf Clover Grimoire.

• Sagittarius Astral Group Army pilots attacked the demon army and Dead River army as ground forces assembled to buy the Second Main Battle Legion time to recover.
• Merlin asked Brimir to deal with the black wildfire, then vanished to explore the world's Grimoire system.
• Brimir decided to collect the Amaterasu flames and turned his Elementary Theory of the Four-Element Magic System textbook into a Grimoire with a small space.
• Brimir sent the Grimoire into the flames, and it drew in the black fire until the surrounding sea began to recede.
• Hashirama Senju realized the flames were retreating and stayed to guard his wood statue until he could hand it over to the World Government.
• As it absorbed the flames, the Grimoire's cover changed to red with black patterns and formed a four-leaf clover of four black tomoe.

After stopping the Amaterasu flames, Brimir found Qin Su and Susanoo beside the ruined Shikoutazer and agreed to report its destruction and the damage to the Strong Magic Region. He learned that the world had transformed his Grimoire into a Four-Leaf Clover Grimoire with Amaterasu Magic, which he planned to give Sasha.

• Brimir examined the Grimoire left after the flames vanished, photographed its unreadable message, and flew off to find someone who could interpret it.
• Brimir found Qin Su mourning the wrecked Shikoutazer with Susanoo, and Qin Su explained how the fire had started.
• Brimir determined that his magic could not repair Shikoutazer, then urged Qin Su to report the damage and offered to include it in his own report to the World Government.
• Brimir learned from a Magic Knight that the Grimoire was the world's gift for resolving the Amaterasu fire and that it now granted Amaterasu Magic.
• Brimir decided to give the Four-Leaf Clover Grimoire to Sasha to support her ambitions in the Elf Union Council.

Aramaki and his allies planned how to overcome Hades’ limit on powerful fighters battling in each layer, while Aramaki kept delaying his explanation. Moryo and Adrammelech sensed new arrivals and worried that the World Government had found a way around the spatial limit.

• After the Black Clover war ended, the demon invasion opened a new battlefield as World Government forces gathered in Hades First Layer.
• Hamura Otsutsuki explained that the layer could withstand only four god-level combatants, while two Supreme Demons usually defended it.
• Aramaki proposed using his Black Eye to open brief portals to other Hades layers, forcing the demons to spread out, but Hamura and Aramaki said the plan required a way to secure long-term occupation.
• Boros, Garp, Sakazuki, Kaido, and Edward Newgate threatened to gang up on Aramaki until he agreed to reveal the solution and warned them not to damage his Divine Tree.
• Moryo and Adrammelech sensed three unfamiliar presences alongside a familiar one and feared that the World Government might have solved the spatial limit.

Brimir visited Noah but could not meet Imu, then traveled to Mary Geoise, where he noticed Shanks carrying a concealed chest. Shanks escaped with Uta and Gyuki, and Uta declared she wanted to sing instead of attending Celestial Dragon Academy.

• Brimir entered Noah, saw the faith energy gathering around the Golden Bell Tower, and learned that Nola was carving a sea-suppressing faith artifact for Golden Monkey.
• Stussy told Brimir that Imu could not receive him, so Brimir left to deal with Shikoutazer and traveled to Holy Land Mary Geoise.
• Brimir passed Shanks carrying a chest and noticed that Shanks was using Observation Killing to conceal its contents.
• Shanks convinced a Saint Guard Knight to let him leave Mary Geoise with the chest, which contained Uta and Gyuki.
• After leaving, Shanks released Uta and Gyuki, and Uta shouted that she wanted to be a singer rather than attend Celestial Dragon Academy.

Rosinante learned that Saint Joracol planned to resign as headmaster of Celestial Dragon Academy next year and appoint him as his successor. The Five Elders also requested that Rosinante travel to the Black Clover World to repair Shikoutazer, and Saint Garling began arranging an escort for the dangerous mission.

• Rosinante asked Saint Joracol why Figarland Uta had not enrolled, and learned that she kept hiding because she wanted to become a singer.
• Saint Joracol told Rosinante that he would resign next year and make him headmaster, despite Rosinante's surprise and hesitation.
• Saint Joracol informed Rosinante that the Five Elders wanted him to go to the Black Clover World to repair Shikoutazer, where war against demons was underway.
• Rosinante agreed to go, and Saint Joracol insisted that a God's Knight accompany him because of the danger.
• Saint Garling agreed to arrange an escort and considered sending Sommers or Killingham.

Adrammelech warned Lucifero and the supreme devils that the World Government’s forces might break through Hades’s layers, then proposed opening Gates of Hades to attack the Ninja World and Toranpu Continent. Lucifero ordered the devils to prepare for war, ending the two-year stalemate.

• Adrammelech arrived on Hades’s seventh layer and warned Lucifero that four powerful humans had reached the First Layer, including the man who had killed Nahama.
• Adrammelech explained that the humans might overcome the First Layer’s spatial restrictions, and the devils discussed the enemy’s strength and how to defend Hades.
• Adrammelech proposed sending Moryo to invade the Ninja World and leading an attack on Toranpu Continent while the other supreme devils stalled the invading humans.
• Lucifero ordered the devils across all seven layers to stop fighting one another and prepare for a massive war against the World Government.

Alucard returned to the camp after the bombardment devastated the demons emerging from the Spade Kingdom Royal Castle, while Julius resigned as Wizard King and handed command to Conrad. As the Magic Knights asked to join the war, Bullet assigned Conrad and Edward missions to reinforce the 5th and 4th Divisions.

• Alucard withdrew the Dead River and returned to the camp, where Bullet praised his work.
• Julius announced his resignation as Wizard King and transferred Black Clover World’s highest command authority to Conrad.
• Bastille reported that the 1st Division had taken up its position, the 2nd Division was en route, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Divisions had not yet reported.
• Leone challenged Bullet’s decision to keep her and the 1st Brigade defending the camp, while Conrad asked that the Magic Knights be allowed to fight on the front lines.
• Asta insulted Bullet, but Leone’s laughter eased the tension before Bullet accepted the Magic Knights as allies.
• Bullet ordered Conrad to rendezvous with the 5th Division and Edward to rendezvous with the 4th Division, giving each thirty minutes to prepare.

Barrett assigned the Magic Knights and other fighters to their battlefield units, keeping Asta behind to conserve his anti-magic and ordering the group to follow their commanders. As Crocodile departed for the Shinobi World to join the Third Main Battle Legion, he and Barrett exchanged insults, while Asta reflected on his rivalry with Yuno and his goal of becoming Wizard King.

• Barrett assigned Mereoleona, Princia, and the four Elves to the 1st Division, while Yuno and Mars were ordered to find the 2nd Division.
• Barrett kept Asta at the command post and told Leone to watch over him, then warned the Magic Knights to stay behind the Main Battle Legions and obey their division commanders.
• Barrett ordered the mages to collect Wind Stones from Chairman Joseph, who distributed them while claiming he had suggested it himself.
• Crocodile told Barrett that High Command had sent him to the Shinobi World to join the Third Main Battle Legion, and the two exchanged taunts as he left.
• Asta compared Crocodile and Barrett to rival captains, then said he still wanted to become Wizard King because never giving up was his magic.

The World Government deployed more than 1.3 million people across three fronts in its war against Hades. On the northern battlefield of the Black Clover World, Colonel Arakawa Kibito killed a middle demon for its heart, but the demon Noctus impaled him and said it wanted to examine his heart.

• The World Government assigned forces to the Black Clover World, the Shinobi World, and Hades First Layer, with the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces leading the war.
• The Sagittarius Astral Group Army struggled to hold the northern battlefield against demons until support from the Three Star Units helped stabilize the line.
• Colonel Arakawa Kibito tore out a middle demon's heart and stored it in a case for battle merit.
• Noctus suddenly impaled Arakawa Kibito through the abdomen with a black spear and said it wanted to examine his heart.

Agares opened the second layer of the Gate of Hades and raised a barrier that crippled the World Government's forces, but Heavy Mountain Samuel, Sanemi Shinazugawa, and Princia's reinforcements turned the tide. As the allied armies pushed back the demons, Princia wondered where Crocodile had gone.

• Agares emerged at Spade Kingdom Royal Castle and raised nine Nether Pillars, whose barrier pulled in weapons and vehicles and left much of the Astra Militarum vulnerable to demons.
• Heavy Mountain Samuel crashed into the demon horde, and Sanemi Shinazugawa followed with a storm of wind that slaughtered demons.
• The 1st Division's soldiers charged the demons and began driving their front line back.
• Mereoleona rallied the arriving Magic Knights, while Princia summoned countless magical puppets to disrupt the demons and ease the allies' troop disadvantage.
• Princia searched the battlefield and quietly wondered where Crocodile had gone.

Ninjas carried out executions of royals and nobles accused by commoners, provoking Damnatio to challenge their authority. As Madara Uchiha considered his request for fair trials, a devil appeared on the city wall and asked where Julius was.

• Ninjas arrested and executed Alvaro Simmons after a commoner named Roberts accused him of raping Camilla and threatening the family.
• The Simmons family head attacked the ninjas and was struck by a Rasengan, while the elite chunin spared his son because the youth had committed no crime.
• Damnatio confronted the ninjas over their arbitrary judgments, but they claimed authority from the Otherworld War Commission and dismissed the risk of false accusations.
• Damnatio flew to Madara Uchiha and asked to oversee trials of the royals and nobles, promising to judge them fairly.
• Madara Uchiha noticed a devil sitting on the city wall, and the devil asked where Julius, the Wizard King, was.

Madara Uchiha lured Adrammelech away from Capital Mountain and revealed that Astaroth had been killed, prompting the devil to flee. Madara pulled him back into a fight, and as their battle began, Hashirama Senju rushed toward the Clover Kingdom after sensing Madara’s Haki.

• Adrammelech asked Madara Uchiha where the Wizard King was, and Madara led him to a forest south of Capital Mountain.
• Madara told Adrammelech that Lucius and Astaroth had been killed by the God of Void, causing Adrammelech to panic and flee.
• Madara used Bansho Ten'in to stop Adrammelech and challenged him to fight.
• Madara unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, which Hashirama Senju sensed from the Diamond Kingdom, prompting him to rush toward the Clover Kingdom.
• Adrammelech attacked with Poison Magic: Nation-Destroying Plague Pierce, and Madara countered with Shinra Tensei and Armament Haki, but the venom spears continued toward him.

Madara Uchiha battled Adrammelech, countering its poison attacks with Chibaku Tensei and Dust Release while using Regal Beads to replenish his Chakra. Adrammelech then covered the battlefield in poisonous rain and wind, forcing Madara to spend his remaining beads just to survive.

• Madara Uchiha used invisible clones to block Adrammelech’s poison spikes, then gathered the spreading poison mist into a Chibaku Tensei sphere.
• Adrammelech unleashed thousands of poison spikes, but Madara entered Snake Sage Mode and erased them with his Dust Release barriers.
• Madara expanded the barriers to attack Adrammelech with beams, then replenished his dwindling Chakra with Regal Beads.
• Adrammelech cast World-Annihilating Poison Rain, filling the sky with poisonous rain and purple wind that rapidly drained Madara’s Chakra.
• Madara kept consuming Regal Beads to maintain his defenses, acknowledging that he was fighting only to preserve his life.

Madara Uchiha erased Adrammelech’s World-Ending Poison Rain, then fought back against the supreme devil as his Chakra and Truth-Seeking Balls ran low. The chapter ended with Adrammelech launching its nation-destroying Source of Plague at Madara, who had only one Truth-Seeking Ball left.

• Madara Uchiha used two black spheres to destroy Adrammelech’s poison clouds, toxic water, and poisonous fog, leaving a vast crater.
• Adrammelech attacked again with World-Annihilating Poison Rain and Nation-Destroying Plague Pierce, while Madara used Truth-Seeking Balls and Dust Release to defend himself.
• Madara swallowed his last Regal Bead, shielded himself with a Truth-Seeking Ball, and used Observation Haki to guide Dust Release attacks against Adrammelech’s clones.
• Madara’s attacks forced Adrammelech to dodge, but he failed to hit the devil as his Chakra and Truth-Seeking Balls dwindled.
• Adrammelech formed a gigantic poisonous serpent with Source of Plague and sent it lunging at Madara, who launched his final Truth-Seeking Ball.

Madara Uchiha nearly died fighting Adrammelech, but Hashirama Senju rescued him with a Flying Thunder God Formation Diagram and Wood Release. The two joined forces against the demon, and Madara prepared to teach Hashirama Chakra Domain if they survived.

• Madara Uchiha dodged Adrammelech's venomous attacks until a massive poison explosion overwhelmed his Shinra Tensei.
• Hashirama Senju teleported Madara Uchiha into a Hotei Technique shelter in Clover Kingdom Capital and drove back the poison with his Conqueror's Haki.
• Hashirama Senju summoned a Wood Human and Fivefold Rashomon, but Adrammelech's venomous spikes pierced through all five gates.
• Madara Uchiha told Hashirama Senju that he had fought Adrammelech for half an hour and swallowed Regal Beads to recover.
• Madara Uchiha told Hashirama Senju he would teach him Chakra Domain if they survived the battle.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha shared their Chakra to sustain Dust Release against Adrammelech, but the demon learned to resist it and overpowered them. The chapter left the two warriors' Wood Human shattered and their defeat imminent.

• Adrammelech unleashed the Hydra of the Abyssal Poison Realm, forcing Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha to fight the giant serpents together.
• Madara Uchiha used Dust Release to cut through the Hydra, while Hashirama Senju's other attacks were corroded by the poison.
• Hashirama Senju shared his Chakra with Madara Uchiha, allowing them to unleash Dust Release together and charge Adrammelech.
• Adrammelech caught their Dust Release sword with his claw and smashed the Wood Human into the earth.
• Adrammelech formed Hydra Demon Armor and destroyed the Wood Human with a single punch.

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha struggled to hold off Adrammelech until Douglas Bullet arrived and challenged the highest-ranking demon alone. As Hashirama and Madara left to report, Bullet regenerated his arm and prepared to fight with his Ghost Shark Form.

• Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha trapped Adrammelech with barriers and attacks, but it broke free and nearly killed them.
• Hashirama Senju awakened Future Sight and evaded Adrammelech's kick, while Madara Uchiha shielded them with a Dust Release barrier.
• Adrammelech shattered the barrier and struck at Madara Uchiha, but Douglas Bullet arrived in a burst of lightning and knocked its attack aside.
• Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju warned Bullet to summon reinforcements, but Bullet ordered them to report while he fought Adrammelech alone.
• Adrammelech severed Bullet's right arm, which he regenerated before activating Current Driving: Fifty Million Volts: Ghost Shark Form.

Aramaki used his Otsutsuki power to transform the Divine Tree into a bridge between Hades’ layers, allowing the World Government’s forces to advance. The tree broke through into Hades Second Layer, where Edward Newgate went to face Baal.

• Moryo and Hamura Otsutsuki began a fight to the death in Hades First Layer as the demon invasion pressured the World Government’s forces.
• Garp ordered Aramaki to begin, and Aramaki used Kekkei Mōra: Cudrania Reversal Pillar to make the Divine Tree absorb demonic power and grow upward.
• Shiryu, Onigumo, George, Vista, and their legions climbed around the tree as it rose through Hades First Layer.
• The Divine Tree’s crown broke through the spatial barrier, and Aramaki’s allies praised his success before considering which highest-ranking demon to fight.
• Edward Newgate entered Hades Second Layer and confronted Baal, the ruler of the third layer.

Edward Newgate cleared a vast area of demons with an Airquake, then began fighting Baal as the World Government forces entered Hades’ Second Layer. Marshall D. Teach, eager to prove himself, prepared to face the approaching demons despite his deputy’s doubts.

• Edward Newgate unleashed a powerful Airquake that wiped out demons across nearly a thousand kilometers, leaving Baal and several upper-ranking demons alive.
• Edward Newgate explained how Colorless Haki, psychic powers, and his Tremor-Tremor Fruit had strengthened him before charging Baal and beginning their battle.
• The 5th Main Battle Legion and Gemini Astral Group Army poured into the Second Layer as Aramaki, Boros, Garp, Sakazuki, and Kaido watched; Kaido eagerly asked to fight next.
• Marshall D. Teach grew frustrated that George and Vista had engaged the upper-ranking demons and asked whether more remained.
• Colonel Antoine doubted Teach could fight an upper-ranking demon, but Teach urged his men to face challenges and ordered them to prepare for the approaching demons.

The Supreme Command learned that Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and Douglas Bullet were facing a Supreme Devil in the Black Clover World and urgently sought reinforcements. After Kaguya Otsutsuki refused to go and Lord Imu could not be found, Zephyr set out alone to help them.

• Warhammer reported that Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha had encountered a Supreme Devil in the Clover Kingdom, where Douglas Bullet was fighting it.
• Kong ordered the High Command to seek Star God Brimir, but Warhammer said Brimir had returned to Sea Star Homeworld after defeating Astaroth.
• Tsuru proposed asking Kaguya Otsutsuki to travel from the Shinobi World through the Star Gates, and Kong called the Five Elders with the Golden Den Den Mushi.
• The Five Elders reported that Kaguya Otsutsuki refused to go unless Lord Imu ordered her, while Stussy said Lord Imu had vanished.
• Zephyr smashed through the conference-room glass and rushed toward the spatial gate to reach the Black Clover World.