Chapter Summaries

Imu forced Figarland Garling through a near-death breakthrough, making him a Sword Saint and appointing him Master of Sword Saint Hall. He then let Uta remain with Shanks to pursue singing and ordered Garling to bring her a contract-bound score for Tot Musica.

• Garling greeted Imu at Star-Pressure Palace and described his progress toward the Sword Saint realm.
• Imu attacked Garling with Sword Saint power, using his controlled perception of death to push him through the threshold; Garling survived and awakened as a Sword Saint.
• Imu appointed Garling Master of Sword Saint Hall and removed him as Commander of God's Knights, naming Figarland Shamrock as his successor.
• Garling asked Imu to let him bring Uta back from Shanks, but Imu allowed her to stay outside the Holy Land and pursue her idol career while studying remotely.
• Imu gave Garling a contract-bound summoning score for Tot Musica and ordered him to take it to Uta so she could sign it with her blood.

Stussy taught Lala and the Deviluke guards about Sea Star, the World Government, and Imu’s Star Gates, showing them footage of the Government’s conquests across other worlds. Lala became eager to stay on Sea Star, and Stussy began explaining the Five-Star Sea Unification.

• Sastin, Puwats, Maru, and Quintus arrived at Pangaea Castle and reunited with Lala and Stussy.
• Stussy explained that the World Government had entered its New Era ten years earlier when Imu opened the first Star Gate to another world.
• Stussy described how Star Gates connected Sea Star to other worlds, astonishing Sastin and the other guards with Imu’s power.
• Stussy showed Lala and the guards footage of the World Government’s conquests and rule across multiple worlds.
• Lala decided she wanted to remain on Sea Star, and Stussy began a lesson on the Five-Star Sea Unification.

Stussy brought Lala to meet Historia, who welcomed the Deviluke princess and explained life on Sea Star and the upcoming Magical Creature Battle Tournament. Lala planned to explore Sea Star and its other worlds, hoping Imu would accompany her, and agreed to attend the tournament on Jaya Island.

• Stussy finished her lesson for Lala and the others, while Sastin worried that King Chido might come to Sea Star and encounter Imu’s power.
• Hinaki Ubuyashiki told Stussy that Historia had arrived, and Stussy took Lala to meet her in the Flower Chamber.
• Historia welcomed Lala, learned that she ruled two galaxies, and invited her to call her big sister.
• Historia and Lala discussed their worlds, Imu, and Lala’s plans to explore Sea Star and other worlds; Lala said she would ask Imu to join her.
• Historia invited Lala to watch the Magical Creature Battle Tournament on Jaya Island in four days, and Lala agreed.

Alucard defeated the last of the God's Blades and was formally made a Shichibukai, where the others welcomed him and helped him join their group chat. Meanwhile, Historia showed Lala the Summoning World, and Lala proposed testing whether her Digital Teleportation Phone could store creatures for cross-universe summoning.

• Alucard defeated the final God's Blade, and Imu named him a Shichibukai alongside Falcon Dragon, Karna, Fatalis, and Zenon Zogratis.
• Falcon Dragon welcomed Alucard and showed him how to download the One Piece group and join the Shichibukai Group.
• Historia took Lala and the others through a door into the Summoning World and showed them Summoning City and the Spirit-Binding Hall.
• Lala demonstrated her Digital Teleportation Phone and suggested testing whether stored creatures could be summoned across a Star Gate.
• Lala said Nana had a zoo of animals stored in her phone, then suggested they store some animals and try the experiment themselves.

Imu reviewed Vegapunk’s plan to rebuild Sea Star’s cities for rising gravity, then met Lala after she returned from the Summoning World with her teleportation invention, the D-Dial. Lala offered to share its technology with the World Government and agreed to visit the Academy of Sciences, while Imu asked whether it could be made into a ball.

• Imu read Vegapunk’s proposal for upgrading Sea Star’s cities with stronger buildings, flying vehicles, weather controls, energy shields, and Mother Flame power.
• Imu added a suggestion for a citywide virtual-image communication system and sent the proposal onward for review.
• Stussy told Imu that Historia and Lala had returned early because they had something important to discuss.
• Lala excitedly described her visit to the Summoning World before Historia explained that the D-Dial could be valuable to the World Government.
• Lala offered to share the D-Dial without compensation in exchange for a visit to the Academy of Sciences.
• Imu asked what form the D-Dial could take, and Lala said he could choose; he requested a ball.

On Jaya Island, Yamato entered the Magical Creature Battle Tournament with Ice Dragon Grass while Ace and the Vinsmoke siblings watched. Yamato defeated Eddie’s Falmart Griffin in the opening match, and the battle continued with Eddie’s second creature yet to appear.

• Ace complained that the tournament’s minimum age requirement kept him from competing, while Yamato and Reiju discussed their creatures’ progress.
• Yamato received a call to Arena 35 and faced Eddie, whose first creature was a Griffin.
• Yamato ordered Ice Dragon Grass to attack with Cold Breath as the Griffin dodged and then countered with Gale and Pounce and Claw.
• Ice Dragon Grass caught the Griffin in its jaws, endured its claws, and froze it with Extreme Cold Breath.
• The referee declared the Falmart Griffin unable to fight and asked Eddie to send out his second magical creature.

Fukaboshi battled a female cat-person’s Earth Tiger with his Sea Dragon in Arena 12, while Kohaku’s Eggplant Ninja lost to a Guardian Rooster in Arena 42. Kohaku sent Kirara into the arena as his second Fantastic Creature.

• Fukaboshi requested an enlarged arena with an ocean environment for his match against the female cat-person.
• The female cat-person summoned an Earth Tiger, and Fukaboshi summoned his Sea Dragon from the water.
• Fukaboshi’s Sea Dragon attacked with a tail sweep and Thunderballs as the Earth Tiger fought using its own instincts and earth-controlling ability.
• Kohaku’s Eggplant Ninja struggled against the Guardian Rooster’s speed, kicks, and fire, then lost its ability to battle.
• Kohaku called on Kirara, which grew larger and ignited Agni around its paws as it entered the arena.

Noelle prepared to compete in the Magical Creature Battle Tournament while Yami Kaito watched Kurome’s Dementor win a frightening match and Nagato triumph with Gamabunta. After spotting the symbol on Konan’s Talisman Codex, Yami Kaito mistook her for a Celestial Dragon and fled.

• Noelle’s Black Bulls companions gathered outside Arena 12 to support her tournament bid, while Yami Kaito went off on his own.
• Yami Kaito watched Kurome threaten to have her Dementor suck out Spartan Bamboo’s soul, and the opposing contestant surrendered after Akame warned Kurome to stop.
• Nagato won his match after Gamabunta defeated all three of Wick’s magical creatures, then celebrated with Konan and Yahiko.
• Yami Kaito approached Konan after noticing her Talisman Codex and asked if she came from Black Clover World.
• Yami Kaito saw the Soaring Dragon Hoof symbol on the codex, mistook Konan for a Celestial Dragon, and fled while claiming he needed the restroom.

Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko ate lunch on Jaya Island while discussing the Magical Creature Battle Tournament and the careers available to ninjas. They spotted Mitsuri and Iguro, who had come for the tournament, and Nagato considered whether to change his team before the main event.

• Konan explained that her tome had expanded to contain over a hundred spirit talismans and that she made talisman paper for the Yin-Yang Bureau and Sea Ninja Village.
• Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko chose to eat at Megumi Tadokoro's Polar Star Homestyle, where Nagato wondered who would qualify for the tournament's Top 16.
• Yahiko offered to gather information on the competitors, and Nagato explained that ninjas could serve in many World Government fields beyond the military.
• Mitsuri Kanroji and Iguro Obanai ate at the neighboring table, with Mitsuri accompanied by three magical plants and entered in the tournament.
• Nagato discussed the tournament's shift from one-on-one qualifiers to three-on-three main matches and considered replacing Liuhe with another toad.
• Yahiko and Konan advised Nagato to keep Liuhe as the team's core, even if its strength gave him an advantage over other contestants.

Vegapunk studied Princess Lala’s advanced teleportation phone technology as several of her inventions caused dangerous accidents at Punk Hazard. Lala contained the runaway weather device, but her vacuum robot kept sucking up the institute’s equipment after she forgot how to turn it off.

• Vegapunk marveled at the digital-space and teleportation-phone technology Lala had developed as a child.
• An explosion at the Weapons Research Institute was traced to Lala’s Bomb-Bomb Spark-kun, while her Rumble-Rumble Snow-kun caused heavy snow and falling temperatures across the island.
• Vegapunk activated the Island-wide Air Conditioning System, which restored the island’s weather despite Snow-kun repeatedly gathering new clouds.
• Lala summoned GOGO Vacuum and ordered it to suck up Snow-kun, stopping the device’s effect on the weather.
• GOGO Vacuum began sucking up research materials, and Lala admitted she could not remember how to turn it off.

Imu upgraded Seastone to suppress supernatural powers from worlds covered by Star Fate and ordered the World Government to regulate it. Esdeath then told him that Reincarnation Paradise was preparing for the Top 100 Tournament but lacked powerful candidates, with three of its Four Great Abyssal Ones coming from the Claymore World.

• Stussy reported that Princess Lala's GOGO Vacuum had exploded and damaged the Meteorological Research Institute, and Imu told her to let Vegapunk keep an eye on Lala.
• Imu used Star Fate to give Seastone the ability to counter powers from the Titans, Teigu, and Shinobi World, then informed Saturn and ordered strict regulation of Seastone.
• Esdeath visited Imu and said she was mainly occupied with preparations at Reincarnation Paradise for the Top 100 Tournament.
• Esdeath explained that Riful's three-year-old daughter Daufu had become the Autumn Abyssal One, while Isley and Riful were also among the four.
• Esdeath said Kidomaru had defeated Dauf, Solin, and Briz to become the Spring Abyssal One, leaving three of the Four Great Abyssal Ones from the Claymore World.

Esdeath reported that Reincarnation Paradise needed stronger fighters, and Imu arranged for White Scale, Fafhena, and five Elder Dragons to join its forces. She also presented spirit stones discovered across Sea Star and demonstrated that Ice Breathing could draw on natural energy, leaving Imu to recognize the technique’s power.

• Esdeath told Imu that Reincarnation Paradise lacked powerful fighters, so he arranged for White Scale, Ibara, Suzuka, Mato, and the Cult of Jashin followers to be sent there.
• Imu also assigned Fafhena to Reincarnation Paradise and agreed to let Esdeath choose five Elder Dragons for it.
• Esdeath reported that Sapphire Star, Blaze, and others had found spirit stone veins across Sea Star, which Imu attributed to the rise in natural energy after the Five-Star Sea Unification.
• Esdeath took Imu outside, where he noticed a Velkhana and ten Ice Storm Knights, and explained that Akame had accompanied Kurome to the Magical Creature Battle Tournament.
• Esdeath demonstrated Swordsmanship without using her Kirin Fruit or Demon Extract, and Imu realized that Ice Breathing was drawing on natural energy in the air.

Imu and Esdeath discovered that advanced Demon Slayer Breathing Techniques could draw on natural energy and turn elemental illusions into reality. Imu defined the True Breathing Technique’s stages and explained how practitioners could absorb compatible energy safely, including from spirit stones.

• Esdeath explained that only practitioners who had mastered Constant Breathing could use natural energy to make their elemental techniques real.
• Imu tested several Breathing Techniques, producing fire, wind, lightning, water, and earth, and observed that Stone Breathing could create and manipulate rocks.
• Imu named the real-element style the True Breathing Technique and distinguished its Total Concentration and Constant stages from the older Illusory Technique.
• Imu absorbed fire-aligned natural energy into his hand and demonstrated fire elementalization as the highest expression of the True Technique’s Constant stage.
• Imu explained that practitioners should identify compatible natural energy, learn to guide it into their bodies, and carefully control its fusion to avoid harm.
• Imu discovered that spirit stones held pure, attribute-neutral natural energy that could adapt to an element already present in the body.

The World Government began cataloguing spirit stone veins and debating how to spread the True Breathing Technique. Esdeath asked the World Ecological Association to recommend five dangerous creatures for Reincarnation Paradise, and President Exes named four before the chapter ended.

• Saint Topman Warcury ordered tighter controls on spirit stones and Seastone and a survey of Sea Star’s spirit stone veins.
• Sel Lambert registered a spirit stone with the World Encyclopedia: Rongorongo and began a planetary scan that would take more than four months.
• Officials argued over whether to add the True Breathing Technique to public school courses immediately or wait another year or two.
• Esdeath contacted the World Ecological Association and asked it to select five suitable creatures for Reincarnation Paradise.
• President Exes recommended the Grimclaw Tigrex in Ice Land, the Hellblade Glavenus on Flame Continent, the Scorned Magnamalo on Divine Tree Island, and the Aomak Horned Dragon near Nanohana.

Esdeath arranged new Elder Dragons and prepared Reincarnation Paradise for the Top 100 Tournament, while Lala helped the Academy of Sciences develop its first Poké Ball. The chapter ended with Vegapunk explaining the Poké Ball’s features and its one-creature limit.

• Dean Exes recommended Blackveil Vaal Hazak and Frostfang Barioth for Reincarnation Paradise, and Imu arranged for six Human-Human Fruits to be brought from the Holy Land Treasury.
• Esdeath described the territories, monster rankings, and contestant rules she had prepared for the Top 100 Tournament.
• Imu invited Esdeath to join him at the Magical Creature Battle Tournament and considered inviting Teresa as well.
• Lala helped researchers at the Academy of Sciences overcome problems and advance their projects.
• On March 4th, Lala examined the first Poké Ball as Vegapunk explained its functions, dimensions, and one-creature limit.

Imu reviewed the contestants for the first Magical Creature Association Battle Tournament as Lala arrived late after accidentally setting off a punishing galaxy-wide lesson device. Lala introduced six newly made Poké Balls, and Imu assigned them to Esdeath, Teresa, Historia, himself, Lala, and Stussy.

• Imu looked over the tournament roster and noted familiar contestants including Ayame Yomogawa and Hagoromo Fox.
• Lala arrived late and explained that her Amazing Amazing Teacher-kun had forced the Academy of Sciences staff into lessons until she disabled its punishment feature.
• Lala joined Imu, Historia, Esdeath, and Teresa, apologized for the delay, and greeted the two women.
• Lala revealed six Poké Balls and explained how they stored magical creatures, impressing Esdeath and Teresa.
• Lala gave Poké Balls to Esdeath, Teresa, Historia, and Imu, then Imu assigned the final two to Lala and Stussy.

Imu advised Historia on expanding the Magical Creature Association with champion honors, gyms, regional tournaments, and a new Uranus ranking system. He left her with a long-term plan to build the Association’s structure and attract trainers from other worlds.

• Hysteria explained the tournament’s prize money, and Imu urged her to add honors and privileges for champions.
• Imu proposed champion and master titles, badges, statues, and Association-funded gyms for the top three contestants.
• Imu explained that trainers would collect eight gym badges to qualify for the Association Battle, and he outlined gym regions across Sea Star.
• Imu proposed four Uranus for each of nine regions and a Masters Tournament to select them.
• Imu planned simultaneous tournaments in seven regions beginning the following year, followed by a Masters Tournament at Jaya Island.
• Imu told Historia that the Association needed to attract trainers from other worlds, especially people with relatively weak physical strength.

The Top 100 Tournament opened with a ceremony, and its thirty-two contestants learned their first-round matchups. Louise regained some of her confidence, while Mimosa challenged Noelle over their feelings for Asta.

• Hozumi welcomed the packed crowd, led the Flag of Justice ceremony, and introduced the thirty-two qualifiers.
• Karina encouraged Louise to focus on the tournament, and Louise traded taunts with Kirche before showing renewed confidence.
• Mimosa told Noelle she planned to confess to Asta and challenged her; Noelle accepted while asking that their friendship remain intact.
• Hancock told Yamato she had entered the Top 100 Tournament and aimed to reach the top ten.
• The virtual screen revealed the Top 16 matchups, including Nagato against Mimosa and Noelle against Jem.

Boa Hancock and Kohaku began the first Top 16 team battle in the magical creature tournament. After summoning their creatures and sending them into the forest arena, Kohaku's scouts launched the opening attack.

• Hozumi introduced Hancock and Kohaku before the crowd, and the referee asked them to choose the battle environment.
• Hancock chose an enlarged arena without changing its environment, while Kohaku requested a forest setting.
• The arena transformed into a vast forest, and Hancock summoned the Basilisk, Water Snake Dragon, and Rune Snake.
• Kohaku summoned Two-Tails Matatabi, Eggplant Ninja, and Dark Night Mushroom, then ordered his scouts to conceal themselves and attack.
• Eggplant Ninja and Dark Night Mushroom hurled a massive dart and six poisonous stars at the Basilisk and Rune Snake.

Kohaku’s team battled Hancock’s giant snakes in the arena, with Kirara’s flames proving effective while Eggplant Ninja was petrified and eliminated. Water Snake Dragon’s bouncing water-ball attack then struck down Dark Night Mushroom, leaving Kirara alone against the remaining opponents.

• Eggplant Ninja’s dart and Dark Night Mushroom’s Venom Stars failed to damage the Basilisk, but Kirara blasted it with flames.
• Kirara burned the Rune Snake, dodged its attack, and was struck by Water Snake Dragon’s water balls before recovering and retreating.
• Dark Night Mushroom halted the Rune Snake so Kirara could escape, but the Basilisk petrified Eggplant Ninja, who was removed from the arena.
• Kirara and Dark Night Mushroom continued attacking the snakes as pools of venom and Water-Bouncing Shells accumulated across the arena.
• Water Snake Dragon bounced water balls between the shells and struck Dark Night Mushroom, knocking it unconscious and ending its ability to fight.