Chapter Summaries

The Five Elders’ Ultimate One forms and divine authorities were explained as they faced powerful opponents at God Valley. Their clashes with Kaido, Shiki, and Aramaki began, leaving the battle underway.

• Nusjuro Saint’s Bone Horse form and Shepherd Ju Peter Saint’s Sand Worm form were described, along with the Five Elders’ place in Sea Star’s divine hierarchy.
• Warcury Saint appeared as a metal-and-mercury boar while Marcus Mars Saint, transformed into a flaming Itsumade, confronted Kaido’s Azure Dragon.
• Saturn Saint’s massive forest form began stripping Aramaki’s vegetation from his control, prompting Aramaki to challenge him.
• Kaido unleashed Bolo Breath, but Marcus Mars Saint’s calamity flames blocked it and drove it back across God Valley.
• Shiki’s sword clashed with Nusjuro Saint’s Cursed Sword, which froze the edge of Shiki’s blade, and the two fought at close range.

Ten god-tier fighters battled across God Island as the Five Elders’ abilities countered their opponents. After Saint Shepherd Ju Peter absorbed Aramaki’s ultimate attack and turned its energy against him, Boros decided to join the fight while Imu watched from hiding.

• Platinum Sperm failed to damage Saint Warcury, while Bullet charged Saint Saturn and Aramaki attacked Saint Shepherd Ju Peter with his ultimate Rasengan.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter absorbed Aramaki’s Rasengan, then spat its energy back at the Forbidden Hatred Woods tree man and forced Aramaki to shrink another energy sphere with Sukuna Hikona.
• Boros observed the battles and concluded that Kaido and the others could not defeat the Five Elders without his help.
• Boros decided to enter the team battle, while hidden Imu wondered whether he could force the Five Elders to reveal their trump cards.

Boros joined the battle against the Five Elders as Shiki and Platinum Sperm struggled to fight Warcury, while Kaido and Bullet remained at a disadvantage against the other Elders. Zephyr and Kong entered the fray, and Edward Newgate confronted Teach on the Duel Star Tower’s ninety-ninth floor.

• Boros took over Shiki’s fight against Nusjuro Saint, and Shiki went to help Platinum Sperm battle Warcury.
• Shiki broke through Warcury’s domain and wounded him, letting Shiki and Platinum Sperm push their fight toward a stalemate.
• Kaido and Bullet continued fighting the Five Elders at a disadvantage as Imu watched from the shadows.
• Zephyr met Kong outside God Valley, learned that Kong had awakened Colorless Haki, and followed him into the battle against the Five Elders.
• Newgate endured Teach’s attacks on the Duel Star Tower’s ninety-ninth floor, then declared that Teach would be his son and prepared to strike.

As the battle at God Valley continued, Imu designed a hierarchy for Sea Star’s gods and considered how the World Government should manage newly emerging elemental spirits and celestial demons. After hearing Isos’s proposal, he began developing a formal system for classifying elemental life forms.

• Kong, Zephyr, and Edward Newgate joined the fighting at God Valley, gradually tilting the battle in their allies’ favor.
• Imu created a divine hierarchy ranging from Creator Gods and True Gods to Chief, High, Mid, and Low Gods, and assigned ranks to Sea Star’s existing deities.
• Isos told Imu that growing concentrations of natural energy, magic power, and demonic aura were producing elemental spirits and celestial demons that sometimes caused disorder and harm.
• Isos proposed housing and educating elemental life forms in the Elemental Spirit Kings’ domain spaces and offering contracts to those willing to follow them.
• Imu approved the idea in principle, named the race the Elemental Tribe, and began considering how to classify its members and determine when they qualified as intelligent life.

Zenon delivered Imu’s decree establishing the Elemental Spirit Race and naming four new Spirit Kings. Ibert emerged on Lightning Island and vanished in a flash of lightning, while the other three new kings began forming elsewhere.

• Zenon arrived at Wind King City with Surtr and Utgard, and Ister stopped the locals from confronting the divine messenger.
• Zenon read Imu’s decree establishing the Elemental Spirit Race, setting out its ranks and rules, and assigning governance to the existing Spirit Kings and Empress Historia.
• Zenon announced that Isos would be a superior god and Ister, Ivester, and Inos would be intermediate gods, then named Ibert, Ilariel, Istima, and Ilsa as new Spirit Kings.
• Lightning gathered over Lightning Island, sunlight over Enies Lobby, darkness above Twilight City, and green motes over Isoloren, drawing the attention of local inhabitants.
• Ibert took human form above Lightning Island, declared himself the Thunder Elemental Spirit King created by the Great Creator, and disappeared as lightning.

Ilariel, Istima, and Ilsa introduced themselves as Elemental Elf Kings and began establishing their roles across Sea Star. Meanwhile, Imu arranged for Historia to manage all eight Elf Kings, then watched the nine-on-five battle against the Five Elders escalate into a barrage of Martial God-level Hakai.

• Ilariel appeared over Enies Lobby, introduced herself as the Light Elemental Elf King, and vanished.
• Istima told Moria that he would protect the Shadow Dimension's environment rather than take over its society, and Moria accepted him as an ally.
• Ilsa toured Isoloren Island with Lufterun and the treants, then left to meet the other Elf Kings and establish her domain.
• Historia learned from Imu that she would manage the eight Elf Kings and summon them through equal contracts.
• Imu saw Boros, Aramaki, Newgate, and the others gather into a nine-on-five battle against the Five Elders, whose opponents unleashed repeated Martial God-level Hakai attacks.

Kaido, Bullet, and the other fighters used powerful combined attacks to damage the Five Elders, but the Elders fused into the Star Soul Titan. Boros and the others charged the new enemy, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Kaido and Bullet used Colorless Hakai to blast Saint Saturn into a golden mountain, while Kong and Newgate struck Saint Warcury with their own Colorless Hakai.
• Shiki and Zephyr knocked Saint Mars into the valley, while Boros and Aramaki attacked Saint Nusjuro and Saint Shepherd Ju Peter, who blocked the attack with a frozen Red Line mountain.
• The Five Elders stopped attacking and gathered around a dark-purple Pentagram formation as five beams of colored light converged.
• The Five Elders emerged from a giant egg as the Star Soul Titan, identified as their combination form of five Chief God-level planetary UOs.
• Boros activated Meteoric Burst and charged the Star Soul Titan alone, followed by Kaido, Bullet, Newgate, Shiki, and the others.

The Star Soul Titan overwhelmed Boros, Aramaki, and the other fighters in God Valley, while the Five Elders discussed upcoming World Government priorities. Imu then reviewed the Academy of Sciences’ newly completed first-generation Knights of the Round Table mecha, Gawain, and considered the need to select and train pilots.

• The Star Soul Titan hurled a planet at the fighters’ attacks, sending Kong, Platinum Sperm, Zephyr, Kaido, Shiki, Bullet, Newgate, and the others flying out of the valley.
• Boros and Aramaki survived the blast, but the Star Soul Titan struck them with Venus and Mercury, leaving their allies outside the valley to await their return.
• The Tower Spirit informed the Five Elders that their projections had been summoned and their fusion form had been forced out, prompting them to discuss the God Valley battle and upcoming World Government matters.
• Topman Warcury reviewed plans for the Reverie, a military parade, Star City, the Tiangong Institute, and King Chido Lucion Deviluke’s arrival in the Sea Star System.
• Imu examined the Academy of Sciences’ completed twenty-five-meter Gawain mecha and noted that the World Government still needed to select and train pilots.

Im gave Platinum Sperm the Split-Split Fruit, intending for him to develop it into a power that could create up to ten thousand Platinum Sperm copies. After eating it, Platinum Sperm produced a tiny Black Sperm and began testing the ability, though he remained unsure how useful it would be.

• Im told Brimir to have Platinum Sperm wait at the Star Temple and promised him a Devil Fruit and a great fortune if he awakened it to the second realm.
• Brimir relayed Im's message to Platinum Sperm, and Alucard arrived with the Paramecia Split-Split Fruit.
• Platinum Sperm ate the fruit and learned how its awakening could let him create as many as ten thousand copies with his own strength.
• Platinum Sperm split a tiny Black Sperm from his hand, and Brimir supplied it with Emperor Turkey meat.
• Platinum Sperm explained that the Black Sperm could grow into a Dragon-level fighter, but admitted he was not yet sure what use it would have.

After the Star Map unlocked its new Star Council function, Imu learned that it could gather people’s consciousnesses from across universes to exchange information and trade. He invited three members, and the chapter ended as an unknown man from a sinister research facility arrived at the council.

• Imu learned that Lala was exploring the Red Line’s Underworld, where the Underground People and other races were expected to settle.
• The Star Map announced that the Star Council had loaded after Imu met the spatial-temporal authority requirement.
• Imu activated the Star Council, inspected its twenty-four constellation seats, and learned he could summon or expel members and control the meeting space.
• Imu chose to conceal his identity and invited members seated at Gemini, Virgo, and Aries.
• A man conducting experiments in a hidden facility sensed an unfamiliar force affecting his consciousness and found himself before the council’s round table.

After Emilia died when Subaru tried to reveal Return by Death, Beatrice sent him and Emilia’s body away from the mansion. In the forest, Petelgeuse attacked them, but Puck appeared to protect Emilia’s corpse.

• Subaru tried to tell Emilia about Return by Death, but a dark force stopped him and Emilia suddenly died in his arms.
• Beatrice found Subaru holding Emilia, explained that Puck had returned to his true body, and refused Subaru’s request to kill him.
• Beatrice opened a dark void and sent Subaru and Emilia’s body out of the mansion into a forest.
• Subaru begged someone to kill him, and Petelgeuse and the Witch Cult followers emerged from the forest and confronted him.
• Petelgeuse used his Unseen Hand and threatened Emilia’s body, but Puck stopped the attack with a barrage of ice spikes.

Imu summoned Aizen, Natsuki Subaru, and Perona to the Star Council, a nexus connecting different worlds. After Subaru revealed his Return by Death ability, Aizen calmed him and encouraged him to treat it as a source of strength.

• Aizen, Natsuki Subaru, and Perona materialized at the Star Council, where Imu welcomed them as its first guests.
• Perona excitedly asked where they were, while Subaru feared that he had died without returning to an earlier point in time.
• Imu identified himself as the Lord of Stars and explained that the council connected consciousnesses from different worlds.
• Imu described the three visitors' worlds, prompting Subaru to ask whether he knew about the witch and could help him.
• Aizen soothed Subaru, explained that he should clarify his value and demands, and heard him describe his Return by Death ability.
• Aizen told Subaru that each return after death could make him stronger through information or mental fortitude.

At the Star Round Table, Perona and Aizen introduced their abilities and worlds while Aizen questioned Natsuki Subaru about Return by Death. Subaru began recounting his deaths in Lugnica, but stopped when he realized his heart was not reacting to his confession of the Witch’s Scent.

• Aizen suggested that the Star Council existed for its members to exchange knowledge and benefit one another.
• Perona demonstrated her Negative Hollow, but it had no effect on Natsuki Subaru because Imu prevented the invitees from harming or affecting one another.
• Perona introduced herself as a former princess of the Sizukair Kingdom and a student at the Onmyo Academy, then described the many supernatural organizations in her world.
• Aizen introduced himself as a Shinigami and captain of Squad Five in the Gotei 13, prompting Perona and Subaru to ask what a Shinigami was.
• Natsuki Subaru began explaining how he arrived in the Dragon Kingdom of Lugnica and repeatedly died, but stopped when he noticed his heart did not react as he spoke about the Witch’s Scent.

In the Star Council, Natsuki Subaru explained his Return by Death to Aizen, who reassured him and began analyzing how it could help him overcome his current predicament. Aizen asked for the full story and then asked Imu about the Council’s time limit and its time ratio with the outside world.

• Imu told Subaru that Satella’s curse could not affect him inside the Star Council and identified her as the Witch of Envy among seven witches.
• Aizen questioned Subaru about Return by Death, and Subaru described its death trigger, reset points, retained memories, and his repeated failures against the Witch Cult and White Whale.
• Aizen framed Return by Death as a means to gain information and urged Subaru not to let panic and despair control him.
• Aizen asked Subaru to recount the events of his predicament from the beginning so they could organize the information and determine his goal.
• Aizen asked Imu how long they could stay in the Star Council and how time there compared with time outside.

Aizen explained the Star Council’s item-trading rules, then listened as Natsuki Subaru recounted his repeated deaths and helped him devise a plan to form an alliance against the White Whale. The chapter left Subaru with offers of practical training and renewed hope, while Aizen reminded him to thank the Lord of Stars.

• Imu explained that council members could trade nonliving objects by placing them on the table and designating recipients with their minds.
• Aizen asked Natsuki Subaru to recount his experiences, and Subaru described his repeated deaths, including his latest death at Puck’s hands.
• Perona cried over Subaru’s suffering, comforted him, and promised to help him.
• Aizen advised Subaru to approach the Royal Selection candidates as a partner and use information about the White Whale, his ability to attract it, and Roswaal’s magic ore resources to negotiate an alliance.
• Aizen offered to teach Subaru basic swordsmanship, while Perona offered to teach him Moon Breathing.
• Subaru thanked Aizen and Perona, and Aizen told him to thank the Lord of Stars.

At the Star Council, Aizen asked Perona to explain Breathing Techniques and the education of her world. Perona described Onmyo Academy and its advanced talent detector, leaving Aizen intrigued and ready to learn more about the World Government.

• Aizen reminded Natsuki Subaru to thank the Lord of Stars, and Subaru vowed to help other council members and uphold the council’s goodwill.
• Aizen asked Perona to explain Moon Breathing, and she recounted how Yoriichi Tsugikuni created Sun Breathing and inspired other breathing schools.
• Perona explained Total Concentration Breathing, its constant form, and how Breathing Techniques were taught alongside meditation and sword forms.
• Perona told Aizen that Teacher Kanao had used a Comprehensive Talent Detector to assess her abilities and determine that Moon Breathing suited her.
• Aizen praised the World Government’s orderly governance and asked Perona to describe Onmyo Academy, while Imu let her continue speaking.

Perona described the Yin-Yang Bureau and the World Government’s conquest of other worlds, revealing the scale of its military and supernatural power. She then explained that Sea Star’s Creator had fused five stars with their planet, leaving Aizen shaken by the Creator’s immense power.

• Perona explained that the Yin-Yang Bureau maintained relations with the Underworld and handled supernatural threats in the living world.
• Perona revealed that the World Government had conquered more than a dozen worlds since opening its first Star Gate ten years earlier.
• Aizen questioned Perona about the World Government’s leaders and military, and she listed powerful officials and several Underworld gods.
• Perona said the World Government had millions of soldiers and an Astral Legion that entered newly discovered worlds first.
• Perona revealed that Sea Star’s Creator had fused five stars with the planet, increasing its mass tenfold and changing gravity over the next dozen years.
• Aizen was shaken by the revelation of the Creator’s power.

Aizen learned about the Sea Star Creator’s power to fuse worlds and reframed his own ambitions as a starting point for exploring the wider universe. Imu assessed which Breathing Techniques suited Natsuki Subaru, while Perona revealed her extraordinary strength.

• Aizen heard Perona describe Five-Star Sea Unification and decided that the existence of world-shaping powers proved boundaries could be broken.
• Aizen thanked Perona, then asked Imu which Demon Slayer Breathing Technique would best suit Natsuki Subaru.
• Imu recommended Moon Breathing for Subaru’s yin magic but said his current physical abilities could not sustain it, and outlined Love, Insect, Mist, and Water Breathing as alternatives.
• Perona objected that Moon Breathing did not require much strength, and Imu asked how much she could lift with one hand.
• Perona said she could lift a two-hundred-kilogram barbell, shocking Subaru and making Aizen frown.

Natsuki Subaru confirmed that his training with Perona and Aizen had carried over after his return, and he set out to negotiate with Anastasia and Crusch. In Perona’s world, her account of meeting the Star King prompted an investigation by the Yin-Yang Bureau, which found no sign of outside influence.

• Natsuki Subaru tested his newly learned swordsmanship and breathing techniques against Rem, then realized the training had been real.
• Natsuki Subaru told Rem to take him to see Anastasia and Crusch so he could negotiate with them.
• Perona woke in her dormitory and excitedly told Miada, Rin, and Hakaion Hato about the Star Council and teaching Natsuki Subaru Water Breathing.
• Rin suggested informing Teacher Guralis, and Perona agreed because the Star King had not asked her to keep the encounter secret.
• Guralis reported Perona’s experience to the Investigation Bureau, and Roxanne led investigators to examine the dormitory and Perona.
• Roxanne’s team found no suspicious traces, abnormal energy, or evidence that Perona’s soul or consciousness had been influenced.

After learning that Perona had encountered the Star Council and Lord of Stars, Charlotte Linlin prepared to investigate the incident and developed a plan to use soul-refining artifacts to create the Jewel of Four Souls. She summoned Perona and began to search her memories to learn what had happened.

• Roxanne reported Perona’s encounter to Urouge, who forwarded the report through Brook to Charlotte Linlin.
• Charlotte Linlin examined the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and Heaven-and-Earth Cauldron, which she had created to refine captured souls into spiritual energy.
• Charlotte Linlin planned to use the artifacts and the Yin-Yang Bureau’s operations to produce Jewels of Four Souls and strengthen herself and the bureau.
• Naraku brought Perona to Charlotte Linlin, who questioned her about the danger of having her consciousness lured away.
• Perona said the Star King, Mr. Shinigami, and her big brother had treated her well, then asked to bring supplies to help her brother.
• Charlotte Linlin told Perona she would search her memories and began to rise.