Chapter Summaries

The Five Elders discovered a mysterious starry gate within Perona’s soul, but Imu identified the Star Council as his own creation and suppressed the investigation. On Sphinx Island, Newgate told Jozu and Teach to use Duel City’s Star Tower to prepare to challenge Crocodile in the upcoming combat assessment.

• Charlotte Linlin’s memory scroll showed the Five Elders the starry gate inside Perona’s soul, which resisted their attempts to investigate it.
• The Five Elders searched the world and Perona’s soul but learned nothing, so Imu revealed that he was the Lord of Stars and ordered them to keep the matter secret.
• Newgate returned to Sphinx Island and found Jozu and Teach sparring in a swamp created by Teach’s fruit ability.
• Newgate described Duel City’s Star Tower and encouraged Jozu and Teach to challenge its upper floors to practice against Crocodile’s projections.
• Jozu and Teach agreed to leave for the tower, while Newgate ordered Teach to clean the island before Loli and Whitey Bay arrived.

On Sphinx Island, Loli Mercury told Whitebeard and Whitey Bay about the Yin-Yang Bureau’s plan to let the living meet the dead during Wano Island’s Fire Festival. Whitey Bay decided to join Army Headquarters and pursue the rank of admiral, and Loli asked to spar with her as she began her new path.

• Loli Mercury explained that the Yin-Yang Bureau had prepared a barrier for the Fire Festival so approved souls could visit their living relatives on Wano Island.
• Loli Mercury said the service would expand to major cemeteries across Sea Star and eventually to affiliated worlds, with applications requiring payment.
• Whitey Bay told Whitebeard she no longer wanted to be an adventurer and wanted to join Army Headquarters, enter the Full-Army Combat Power Assessment, and become an admiral.
• Whitebeard agreed to recommend Whitey Bay for the military and encouraged her to prove her strength.
• Loli Mercury congratulated Whitey Bay on her decision and asked her to spar so she could assess her strength.

Whitey Bay and Loli Mercury fought a sparring match while Newgate refereed, revealing the gap between their abilities. After Loli won, Newgate promised he would help Whitey Bay become an admiral someday.

• Whitey Bay accepted Loli Mercury's challenge, and Newgate set up a protected arena outside the castle.
• Whitey Bay and Loli Mercury began their duel, wielding Radiant Light and Halberd Scythe as ice magic and necromancy clashed.
• Whitey Bay used her ice techniques to repel Loli's attacks, but Newgate judged that her strength still fell short of the admiral level.
• Loli Mercury overwhelmed Whitey Bay with Withering Slash, and Whitey Bay conceded the match.
• Loli said she wanted Whitey Bay to become as strong as her or stronger, and Newgate promised Whitey Bay would someday be an admiral.

Edward Newgate arranged for Whitey Bay to study ice magic under President Edward and obtained the dangerous Red Lotus Blood to strengthen her potential. His support brought Whitey Bay to the attention of the world's military and political leaders, who began to see her as a possible future general or admiral.

• Edward Newgate called Boros and asked him to introduce Whitey Bay to Brimir so she could become President Edward's ice-magic disciple.
• Boros agreed to pass along Newgate's request, and Brimir arranged a video conference where President Edward accepted Whitey Bay as his student.
• President Edward explained that Whitey Bay could not receive a Grimoire but promised to teach her the Falmart magic system and advanced techniques from his world.
• Newgate exchanged military achievements for a bottle of Red Lotus Blood, believing Whitey Bay could master its dangerous power with Haki and Life Return.
• News of Newgate's efforts reached military and political leaders, who remembered Whitey Bay as a possible future general or admiral.

Imu reviewed the Paramount War challengers and learned that nine Army officers had chosen Crocodile as their opponent. In Alabasta, Crocodile received the list and vowed that none of them would last five days against him.

• Imu examined Cipher Pol's report on Whitey Bay, then reviewed the Paramount War challengers from the Army and Navy.
• Imu noted that nine Army challengers had targeted Crocodile, while Mereoleona Vermillion planned to challenge Sakazuki and Enel, Karasu, and Budo planned to challenge Black Sable Arbel.
• Crocodile's Alabasta territory had grown into a guarded desert city, with sand defenses and crystal-breeding pyramids protecting his home.
• Crocodile studied a Philosopher's Stone he had exchanged from the Holy Land Treasury and considered how to use it.
• Crocodile received the High Command's list of nine challengers and declared that none of them would last five days.

The World Government opened its third All-Army Officer Combat Assessment at the War Military Academy, assembling a thousand Army and Marine officers alongside senior commanders and spectators. Kong and Zephyr addressed the forces, and the chapter ended with Zephyr calling on them to grow stronger or make way.

• On April 30, officers from the Army and Marines assembled at the War Military Academy for the assessment’s opening ceremony.
• Senior officers and cadets, including Mereoleona, Marshall D. Teach, Whitey Bay, Loki, Hancock, and Yamato, watched the commanders gather on the reviewing stand.
• Kong, Zephyr, Tsuru, Raymond, and Kuzan arrived as Morgans and the publicity staff prepared to record the ceremony.
• Kong addressed the assembled forces and said the assessment would reinforce the strength underpinning the World Government’s order.
• Zephyr explained that the assessment would weed out those who failed to improve and urged the officers to grow stronger or make way.

Kong announced a comprehensive military combat assessment, with Kuzan serving as acting fleet admiral while Sengoku remained unconscious aboard Noah. The World News Broadcast then covered the assessment and updates on reconstruction and security programs across several worlds, ending with a warning about increasing supernatural activity on Sea Star.

• Kuzan briefly addressed the officers and left, while Sengoku remained asleep aboard Noah as his consciousness underwent reincarnation trials in the Main God Space.
• Kong announced the military assessment’s schedule, categories, promotion rules, and opportunities for generals to challenge admirals.
• Stella opened the World News Broadcast and reported on the military assessment at the War Military Academy.
• Stella reported that Hero World’s reconstruction had passed twenty-five percent and that professional heroes would join Sea Star’s security system under the Hero Association, led by T-Bone.
• Stella reported that order had returned to Hundred Demons World and that the Yin-Yang Bureau would open a branch campus there.
• The Yin-Yang Bureau warned Sea Star residents that supernatural energy was increasing and urged them to contact police or its public hotline if endangered.

Six-year-old Nami watched the news with her parents and learned that monsters could appear, but her Cloud-Cloud Fruit powers reassured them. She prepared to leave for Academy City as a special recruit, then became excited by a report about telekinesis lessons and superpower education.

• Nami's parents comforted her after the news warned that demons and ghosts might appear, and she said her Logia-type Cloud-Cloud Fruit could protect her.
• Nami's mother reminded her that Academy City's admission letter had arrived and that she would leave home in a few days; her parents encouraged her to make friends and learn to control her powers.
• Stella reported that basic telekinesis would become mandatory in public elementary schools and showed Geryuganshoop discussing superpower education at Academy City.
• Nami eagerly asked whether she would learn telekinesis at Academy City, and her mother said it might not be as impressive as her Cloud-Cloud Fruit power.
• After her bath, Nami messaged Sanji about the news, received no reply, and watched a saved video of Uta before bed.

Mereoleona and other field-grade officers took a theoretical military examination, while the military’s senior leaders met to discuss upcoming personnel changes. The meeting ended with Kong announcing his departure from the military to lead the Martial God Palace.

• Mereoleona chose aggressive answers on the exam, while Nahashu and Whitey Bay selected more tactical options for the first question.
• Kong, Zephyr, Tsuru, Raymond, Kuzan, Sakazuki, and other top officers discussed the candidates and the military’s coming leadership changes.
• Kong announced that Sakazuki would become Army Headquarters Marshal and Raymond would become president of the War Military Academy.
• Kong said Kuzan would become Navy Fleet Admiral after Sengoku returned and took Kong’s former position.
• Kong revealed that he was leaving the military to become master of the Martial God Palace, a role he had discussed with Garp.

Mereoleona and other officers began the physical fitness assessments after completing their theoretical exams. Mereoleona easily passed the treadmill and gravity-chamber tests, then went to take the final Doriki Value test.

• On May 3rd, Army and Navy officers finished their theoretical assessments and began the physical fitness tests.
• Mereoleona ran on the environmental simulation treadmill at up to 650 kilometers per hour and earned an outstanding score.
• Tsuchigumo, Zhu Tian, Alva, Carlson, Whitey Bay, and other powerful officers displayed exceptional running speeds.
• Mereoleona completed 1,000 push-ups under triple gravity without breaking form or breaking a sweat.
• After learning the chamber could reach twenty times gravity, Mereoleona proceeded to the Doriki Value test, whose Lieutenant Colonel passing requirement was 2,000.

Enel impressed the Navy during the physical fitness assessment by reaching the tester’s 10,000-point limit, then demonstrated his fleet command skills in a virtual space-warfare assessment. The battle remained underway as his outnumbered fleet attacked the Galactic Empire’s patrol teams.

• Enel scored 10,000 on the Doriki Value Tester, drawing astonished attention from the officers around him.
• Enel heard that Vice Admiral Budo had also reached 10,000 and considered Budo’s distant prospects of becoming an admiral.
• Enel entered the Main God Space for the command assessment and received a mission to intercept three Galactic Empire patrol teams.
• Enel used Observation Haki to direct his fleet into a fast, coordinated attack against the larger enemy force.
• Enel’s fleet exploited the asteroid belt and struck the enemy’s vulnerable points, turning the engagement into a one-sided assault.

Zephyr, Tsuru, and Garp reviewed the Marines’ command assessments and heard about Borsalino’s successes in the Galactic Empire. Meanwhile, Teach led a brutal assessment battle and set his sights on claiming one of the Army’s four Admiral positions.

• Zephyr and Tsuru praised Enel’s command skills as they reviewed the candidates’ performances, while Garp watched and ate senbei.
• Tsuru reported that Borsalino’s First Fleet had struck enemy bases and patrols, helped damage a Galactic Empire squadron, and found signals linked to Harusame and coordinates for Edo Star and Rakuyou.
• Zephyr, Tsuru, and Garp returned to watching the assessments as low scores appeared for officers who had finished early.
• Teach commanded five thousand troops against more than ten thousand Yoma, ordering risky bombardments and reinforcements to complete the mission.
• Teach viewed the battle as a rehearsal for greater power and vowed to claim one of the Army’s four Admiral positions.

During the Full-Army Combat Power Assessment, Tsuchigumo watched the fierce Major battles and noticed a woman whose icy power seemed to exceed general grade. Genya Shinazugawa defeated a Fish-Man Major with flesh-and-blood projectiles, then returned from his demonized state.

• The Full-Army Combat Power Assessment began, with Majors challenging officers of the same rank before later cross-rank battles.
• Tsuchigumo arrived at Army Headquarters, eager to fight his way toward a higher rank and find powerful opponents.
• Tsuchigumo watched a woman in Dueling Arena No. 26 freeze a Dakini Major with one breath and suspected she was stronger than general grade.
• Genya Shinazugawa shot a Fish-Man Major with rounds that transformed into spiked flesh whips, piercing his arm and leg and slamming him into the arena barrier.
• Genya Shinazugawa's demonized appearance returned to normal, and he dismissed his defeated opponent as weak.

Genya Shinazugawa defeated Major Mog and earned a rank-skipping challenge after gaining control of his Demon King Transformation. Tsuchigumo defeated Lieutenant Colonel Collins, while Lieutenant Colonel Mereoleona Vermillion beat a Giant and qualified for her own rank-skipping challenge.

• Genya Shinazugawa defeated Major Mog, then learned he would challenge Lieutenant Colonel Alfonso the next morning.
• Genya reflected on how Muzan Kibutsuji helped him gain Demon King Transformation, allowing his strength to grow rapidly.
• The Army’s Major assessments concluded, leaving winners to continue challenging and putting some poor performers at risk of demotion or reassignment.
• Tsuchigumo blasted apart Lieutenant Colonel Collins’s Meteor Energy Cannon and defeated him with a stone pillar.
• Lieutenant Colonel Mereoleona Vermillion defeated Lieutenant Colonel Arnold and earned the qualification for a rank-skipping challenge.

Mereoleona watched as Lieutenant Colonel Liam challenged Loki and was defeated by a single finger. Loki then noticed Mereoleona watching him, leaving their encounter poised to continue.

• Mereoleona arrived at Duel Arena No. 12 and focused on Loki, who was facing Lieutenant Colonel Liam.
• Liam transformed into a blue-furred Bearman and invoked the Divine Power of Dankan before attacking Loki with his Warhammer.
• Loki stopped Liam’s flaming hammer with one finger, then sent him crashing into the arena floor and knocked him unconscious.
• Loki mocked Liam’s bad luck and turned to meet Mereoleona’s gaze through the magic barrier.

The Full-Army Combat Power Assessment reached its final stage, with Loki, Mereoleona, Tsuchigumo, and Whitey Bay standing out before the challenges advanced to Admiral-level combat power. At a high-command conference, the leaders discussed Crocodile’s overwhelming strength and Loki’s decision to join the military, and agreed that Loki would become an Admiral even if he failed Crocodile’s assessment.

• Loki, Mereoleona, Tsuchigumo, and Whitey Bay dominated their assessment battles as the combatants prepared to face Admiral-level opponents the next day.
• Kong and the other leaders discussed Loki’s near-certain promotion and Crocodile’s threat to defeat every challenger within five days.
• Tsuru explained that Crocodile had grown stronger through natural-energy cultivation, physical training, Haki, his Sand-Sand Fruit, and alchemy.
• Tsuru reported that Loki had surrendered the Giant clan chieftainship and Elbaf Spear to his half-brother, Helding, to join the military.
• Kong told Raymond and Sakazuki that the leaders could proceed with Loki’s promotion to Admiral, even if Crocodile defeated him.

Teach used his Swamp-Swamp Fruit and Shadow Claw against Major General Wakanda in a duel at Army Headquarters. Wakanda entered Sulong form and attacked at greater speed, but Teach summoned three dragons and left him surrounded in the swamp.

• Wakanda rushed Teach, but Teach spread a swamp across the arena and trapped him with mud tentacles.
• Wakanda used Sting of the Queen Bee to repel the tentacles, but a Mud Fish Dragon burst from the swamp and struck him.
• Wakanda swallowed a Moon Lion Pill, transformed into Sulong form, and tore through the Mud Fish Dragon to attack Teach.
• Teach evaded Wakanda by merging into the swamp, and the spectators deduced that he could retrieve and reposition the dragons through it.
• Teach summoned Swamp-Spraying Dragon and Almudron, surrounding Wakanda with all three dragons and coating them in protective mud.

During his hundredth reincarnation, Sengoku recovered his sealed memories and power by merging the lessons of a hundred lives with his sense of justice. His Buddhist awakening spread across the Four Souls World, and he answered Imu’s summons to Empty Throne Hall.

• Imu watched Teach and other fighters with Stussy before sensing that the World Government’s guardian deity was about to return.
• Sengoku relived the suffering and lessons of his past reincarnations, including his life as Bhishma, and reaffirmed his identity as a guardian of the world’s justice.
• Sengoku’s enlightenment destroyed Imu’s seal, restoring his memories and fusing his hundred lives’ insights with his will and pursuit of justice.
• Sengoku’s Buddhist light swept through the villa and pierced the dimensional barrier, filling the Four Souls World with golden clouds and astonishing its inhabitants.
• Imu summoned Sengoku to Empty Throne Hall, and Sengoku respectfully agreed to obey.

Sengoku returned to Imu after enduring a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation and declared himself a sovereign Buddha devoted to defending the World Government’s order. He presented five sutras and revealed that his awakened Daibutsu Fruit could turn believers’ souls into Buddha spirits, though he could currently contain only ten thousand.

• Sengoku knelt before Imu, reported attaining enlightenment through a hundred lifetimes, and vowed to use Buddhist might to protect Imu’s order.
• Sengoku explained how his experiences as Tang Sanzang, Fahai, Whiteheart Venerable, Bai Yun, Ji Gong, and Bhishma shaped his doctrine of forceful protection.
• Sengoku presented five sutras that defined obedience to the World Government as Correct Dharma and resistance as evil.
• Sengoku revealed that his Daibutsu Fruit had awakened and his Haki had become colorless through Three Colors Unified.
• Sengoku explained that Buddha Land in the Palm could transform devout believers’ souls into Buddha spirits, with a current limit of ten thousand.

Imu granted Sengoku the Buddha Realm Pure Land, authority over Sea Star’s Buddha Fruit Ranks, and the title of Buddha Lord. Sengoku accepted a mission to enlighten Zunesha, then left to establish his Pure Land.

• Imu gave Sengoku an eight-million-square-kilometer pocket dimension called the Buddha Realm Pure Land and decreed that self-sacrificing monks would enter it after death.
• Sengoku told Imu that the Four Souls World had granted him the Buddha Fruit Rank, and Imu established five ranks on Sea Star and entrusted Sengoku with deciding who could attain them.
• Imu named Sengoku the Buddha Lord and ordered Buddhist religions in affiliated worlds to practice his scriptures, but Sengoku argued that voluntary conversion would create stronger faith than forced conversion.
• Imu tasked Sengoku with using Buddhist teachings to win over Zunesha, whose power could rival a Martial God, and Sengoku accepted the mission.
• Sengoku departed with the Pure Land and Buddha Fruit Rank authority, while Imu reflected that Sengoku could face powerful figures from other universes in the future.