Chapter Summaries

Sengoku used the authority granted by Lord Imu to create the Buddha Realm Pure Land, shaping its lands, city, temples, and Buddhist creatures. He linked it to the Sea Star Underworld and discovered how several other realms received and transformed souls.

• Sengoku gathered void energy and created the Buddha Realm Pure Land’s land, golden-cloud firmament, and Buddha City.
• Sengoku established the Eight-Treasure Merit Lotus Pond, Thunderclap Temple, Bodhi Tree Sea, and other sacred sites, then populated the realm with Buddhist creatures.
• Sengoku built the Hall of the Enlightened above Buddha City and linked the Buddha Realm Pure Land to the Sea Star Underworld.
• Sengoku sensed the High Heavens, the blood river, and the Summoning World drawing in and transforming different kinds of souls.
• Sengoku discovered that Reincarnation Paradise, the Shadow Dimension, the Main God Space, and Star City also had connections to the Underworld.

Enel decisively dominated Vice Admiral Budo in their lightning duel during the final day of the Full-Army Combat Power Assessment. As the senior officers agreed Budo deserved promotion to Admiral, a mysterious Buddha-light appeared in their conference room.

• Budo and Enel began a duel at the aerial arena, each unleashing powerful lightning attacks.
• Enel used his superior lightning and Observation Haki to overwhelm Budo and leave him badly injured.
• Budo broke through his limits and released a powerful aura, but Enel dismissed it and prepared to end the fight.
• Tsuru, Garp, and Zephyr agreed that Budo had earned promotion to Admiral despite losing to Enel.
• A gentle Buddha-light appeared without warning in the conference room, catching Garp, Zephyr, Kuzan, and Tsuru by surprise.

Sengoku returned from seclusion as a Buddha Sovereign with an awakened Daibutsu Fruit and Colorless Haki, and the Navy’s leadership changed hands. At Army Headquarters, Nahashu opened a duel against Dalmatian with a powerful water-based sword attack.

• Sengoku told Zephyr, Garp, Tsuru, and Kuzan that he had completed a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation and attained Buddhahood.
• Sengoku revealed his second Daibutsu awakening and Colorless Haki, then accepted his appointment as Minister of the High Command while Kuzan succeeded him as Navy Fleet Admiral.
• Enel’s lightning defeated Budo as the leadership meeting concluded.
• Nahashu faced Dalmatian in Duel Arena No. 16 while Onigumo watched anxiously from outside.
• Nahashu used his Namielle Wave Sword and Water Breathing to unleash a high-pressure water slash at Dalmatian.

Nahashu fought Dalmatian in an assessment but was overwhelmed by the awakened Marine’s speed and power. After Dalmatian defeated him with a lightning-charged technique, Onigumo resolved to recommend Nahashu for promotion to Vice Admiral, and Dalmatian agreed to support it.

• Dalmatian crushed Nahashu’s water slash, awakened his Zoan form, and launched a relentless attack that left Nahashu badly injured.
• Nahashu summoned the Divine Dragon of the Abyssal Realm, but Dalmatian pierced through it with his Thunder Spots: Dalmatian technique and knocked him unconscious.
• Onigumo rushed to Nahashu, confirmed that he was alive, and criticized Dalmatian for hitting too hard.
• Dalmatian praised Nahashu’s strength and Swordsmanship, while Onigumo said he would recommend him for promotion to Vice Admiral.
• Dalmatian promised Onigumo that he would vote in favor of Nahashu’s promotion.

Sanemi Shinazugawa fought Capone Bege in the Vice Admiral challenge evaluation, but Bege’s Teigu constructs and heavy firepower kept him under relentless pressure. The battle continued as Sanemi struggled to break through the defenses and Gang Killers surrounding him.

• Genya Shinazugawa, Giyu Tomioka, and Kyojuro Rengoku watched Sanemi’s challenge from outside Duel Arena No. 26 after each had faced a difficult evaluation of their own.
• Sanemi entered his Carnage Kabuto human-beast form and unleashed Wind Breathing, Soru, and sword attacks against Capone Bege.
• Capone Bege held his ground behind thousands of armored shadow soldiers, whose shields withstood Sanemi’s windstorm and blades.
• Bege fired a Haki-coated barrage from Godfather’s Majesty: Flame Tank, forcing Sanemi to endure the explosions and escape at high speed.
• Gang Killers emerged from the shadows and attacked Sanemi with blades and Haki-laced bullets while Bege continued firing precise blasts.

Capone Bege defeated Sanemi Shinazugawa by crippling him with three precise shots, and Kyojuro Rengoku began his duel against Jozu. The chapter left Rengoku shocked as his Flame Tiger began melting Jozu’s diamond wall.

• Capone Bege transformed his weapon into a scoped rifle and shot Sanemi Shinazugawa in the shoulder, knee, and wrist.
• Sanemi fell, dropped his blade, and lost the duel to Capone Bege, while Genya Shinazugawa resolved to grow stronger and protect his brother.
• Kyojuro Rengoku entered Duel Arena No. 65 to face Jozu, the Diamond Admiral.
• Rengoku launched a Flame Tiger at Jozu, who raised a diamond wall with Diamond Breathing, Adamantine Crystal Wall.
• The Flame Tiger began melting the diamond wall, shocking Rengoku and the watching officers.

Kyojuro Rengoku fought Admiral Jozu, who revealed that his diamond crystal wall was an illusion concealing a physical Stone Breathing technique. After an hour of Jozu testing and teaching him with Diamond Breathing, Jozu unleashed his fully crystallized body’s charge, and Rengoku answered with a final, limit-breaking slash.

• Kyojuro Rengoku realized Jozu’s diamond crystal wall was an illusion layered over a physical Stone Breathing wall.
• Jozu used Diamond Breathing techniques to attack Rengoku and explain how his style created diamond illusions and constructs.
• Rengoku fought Jozu for an hour, unleashing his Flame Breathing, Haki, Physical Arts, mark, and Transparent World without breaking through Jozu’s defense.
• Jozu ended the instructional battle by turning his entire body into diamond and charging at Rengoku with overwhelming force.
• Kyojuro Rengoku poured his remaining Haki, stamina, and will into the Crimson Blade and unleashed a final slash beyond his limits.

Jozu defeated Kyojuro Rengoku in the final duel, and the ten-day combat assessment concluded with promotions and assignments issued. At the leaders’ meeting, they reviewed standout performers and prepared for the Paramount War, which would begin the next day with Sakazuki’s match against Mereoleona Vermillion.

• Jozu’s diamond charge overwhelmed Kyojuro Rengoku, broke his Nichirin Blade, and left him unconscious and severely injured.
• A medical team treated Kyojuro as Jozu regretted using his Burst Qi technique and hitting him too hard.
• The Supreme Command issued the combat assessment results, including officer promotions, demotions, and reassignments.
• Kong, Zephyr, Tsuru, Raymond, Sengoku, Sakazuki, and Kuzan reviewed the performances of promising officers, including Meteor Tribe warriors, Charlotte Family members, Whitebeard’s allies, and Dragon Folk fighters.
• Kong announced that the Paramount War would begin the next day with Sakazuki’s match against Mereoleona Vermillion.

Mereoleona discussed her impending Paramount War against Akainu with her brothers, Fuegoleon and Leobert, who warned her that he was a Martial God. The conversation shifted to their growing influence in the Mage Association, while Leobert noted that Brimir remained unmatched unless the legendary Magic Emperor truly existed.

• Mereoleona told Fuegoleon and Leobert that her battle against Akainu would begin at eight the next morning, and she welcomed the challenge despite their warnings about his strength.
• Fuegoleon reported that the 13th Ophiuchus Star Army Group was taking shape under Princia and that the Four-Leaf Clover Federation was recovering.
• Leobert said he had secured his Crimson Lion Kings captaincy and earned an A-rank mage evaluation, but was determined to reach S-rank.
• Leobert reported that Pei Leimena defeated Jack and took the Earth Spirit Order captaincy, leaving nine of the Mage Association's twelve captaincies held by their side.
• Leobert said Brimir was beyond anyone in the Black Clover World unless the legendary Magic Emperor truly existed.

Leobert warned Mereoleona that she could not defeat Sakazuki, but she embraced the challenge and prepared to fight him. The Paramount War’s first battle began at RL1111 Area, with Mereoleona facing the admiral before a watching military audience.

• Leobert told Mereoleona that Yuno was an SSS-rank mage and had still lost to Madara Uchiha, then warned her that Sakazuki was stronger than an admiral.
• Mereoleona told Fuegoleon and Leobert that challenging powerful opponents was her path and declared she would fight Sakazuki to her heart’s content.
• At 8:00 a.m. on May 11th, officers across Army Headquarters watched the first Paramount War battle on virtual screens.
• Mereoleona and Sakazuki faced each other across RL1111 Area, and Sakazuki praised her assessment results.

Mereoleona challenged Sakazuki to demonstrate her strength, but his overwhelming command of magma and flames countered every attack. After Sakazuki defeated her ultimate technique with Great Eruption, Mereoleona was blasted into a crater, leaving the Army Headquarters stunned by the gap between a Martial God and an admiral.

• Mereoleona unleashed Avatar of Hellfire and peppered Sakazuki with thousands of blue-flame punches, but his authority suppressed them before they could reach him.
• Mereoleona concentrated her mana into Scorching Arm. Rengoku, and Sakazuki absorbed the massive pillar of flame with a magic circle on his palm.
• Mereoleona launched her ultimate attack, Scorching Arm. Abyss, using black flames she had recreated by studying Amaterasu.
• Sakazuki answered with Ancient Dragon. Magma Magic. Great Eruption, and his giant lava fist crushed Mereoleona's black flames and engulfed her.
• Sakazuki knocked Mereoleona out of Avatar of Hellfire and blasted her into a crater a thousand meters away, silencing the Army Headquarters and the watching officers.

After Sakazuki grievously wounded Mereoleona, she awakened Flame Ultimate Magic: Lion's Legion and challenged him again, but his strength still overwhelmed her. Sakazuki spared her and left, while Mereoleona vowed to catch up to him and become an Army General.

• Mereoleona awakened Flame Ultimate Magic: Lion's Legion, absorbed the battlefield's flames, healed her wounds, and grew stronger.
• Mereoleona attacked Sakazuki with Flame Burial, but his Great Eruption defeated her and left her unable to move.
• Sakazuki praised Mereoleona's will and potential, spared her, and encouraged her to become stronger and aspire to be an Army General.
• Mereoleona shouted that she would catch up to Sakazuki and become an Army General as Army officers watching the broadcast remembered her name.

At Army Headquarters, Raymond presented the tentative reorganization of the six Main Battle Legions after the combat assessment. The chapter ended with the officers preparing for final adjustments after the Paramount Wars and a campaign to conquer other worlds and universes.

• Sakazuki returned from RL1111 Area and asked for Mereoleona to join the 1st Main Battle Legion after leaving the hospital; Bullet approved.
• Raymond explained that Sakazuki would become Fleet Marshal, Aramaki and Newgate would step down as Admirals, and Bullet and Crocodile would command the 1st and Second Legions.
• Raymond displayed the tentative legion rosters, which named officers including Mereoleona and Leone in the 1st Legion and Crocodile in the Second Legion.
• Raymond said the legions would remain at sixty thousand personnel because of a shortage of senior officers, while raising the minimum rank for their soldiers to Major.
• Bullet said he supported Leone's choice to keep fighting, and Newgate voiced concern for her safety and family.
• Raymond said the rosters would be adjusted after the Paramount Wars and declared that the legions would help the World Government conquer other worlds and universes.

Crocodile reflected on his absent companion Shukaku and received an unexpected call from Princia before the second Paramount War began. Enel challenged Navy Admiral Arbel, while Arbel’s family and the Wing Tribe watched and hoped for his victory.

• Crocodile meditated alone and thought nostalgically of Shukaku, who had dispersed himself to become Sea Star’s spirit beast.
• Princia called Crocodile to wish him luck in the Paramount War, then hung up without explaining how she got his private number.
• Crocodile noticed glowing tree-like patterns briefly appear on the back of his right hand.
• Enel and Arbel entered the battlefield at RL1111 Area of the Red Line to begin the second Paramount War’s admiral qualification challenge.
• Shayna reassured her children, Edley and Fenria, that Arbel would win as the Wing Tribe watched from their territory.

Enel and Arbel fought an intense battle in the sky, but Arbel’s enhanced resistances made Enel’s lightning ineffective. By the second day, neither had stopped, and Enel still faced the challenge of lasting five days against him.

• Enel attacked Arbel with Thunder Judgment, but Arbel stood unharmed thanks to his heightened elemental resistance.
• Arbel countered with Flame Emperor: King, while Enel used Observation Haki to evade and discovered that lightning alone could not hurt his opponent.
• Enel summoned over a hundred Lightning Clones, and Arbel destroyed them with his Flame Emperor Guard techniques as the two clashed at close range.
• Enel blocked Arbel’s Tankyūdon with Zeus’s Shield but was sent flying over a thousand meters.
• Enel shifted to using lightning to enhance his Physical Arts while Arbel fought with Current Driving and flaming kicks, and their battle continued into the second day.
• Enel attacked with Thunder Feathers and Rumble-Rumble Eight Trigrams, while Arbel defended and met his blows head-on.

Marine leaders discussed Enel’s strength and considered the Admiral epithets “Thunder Dragon” and “Thunder Phoenix” while his fight with Arbel continued. On the fourth day, both fighters unleashed their full power, and Enel transformed into an armored lightning giant wielding four weapons.

• Sengoku and the other Marine leaders recognized Enel’s strength and debated his Admiral epithet, shortlisting “Thunder Dragon” and “Thunder Phoenix.”
• Enel used his Dragon-Coiling Fine-Gold Staff’s transformations and Life Return to endure Arbel’s attacks through three days and nights of combat.
• Arbel unleashed the power of a divine warrior from Lunarian legend as the battle reached its decisive stage.
• Enel awakened his Rumble-Rumble Fruit and combined it with his Teigu’s secret technique to become an armored lightning giant with four weapons.

Arbel and Enel fought for five days in a vast battlefield created by Imu, until the challenge ended and Enel earned qualification for promotion to Navy Admiral. Arbel’s status fully recovered, but he was immediately told to prepare for the next challenger, Charlotte Smoothie.

• Arbel transformed into a legendary Lunarian form and clashed with Enel, whose God of Thunder body wielded six arms and refined gold weapons.
• Imu expanded RL1111 Area into a vast, self-restoring battlefield, allowing Arbel and Enel to continue fighting without destroying its barriers.
• Arbel gained the upper hand over Enel through a battle that lasted five days and ranged from the battlefield to outer space.
• Sengoku declared time up, and the challenge system announced that Enel had qualified to be promoted to Navy Admiral.
• The battlefield, Enel, and Arbel were restored to their condition from five days earlier, and Enel was transferred away.
• The system told Arbel to receive the next challenger, Charlotte Smoothie, and announced that his status had fully recovered.

After Arbel defeated Smoothie and Karasu in the Paramount War, military leaders debated how to fill vacant Admiral positions. Kong approved Sengoku’s plan to make Smoothie and Karasu Navy Admiral Candidates, leaving their eventual appointments to future assessments and battles.

• Arbel defeated Charlotte Smoothie after two days of fighting, then defeated Admiral Karasu after three days.
• Kong raised concerns that vacant Admiral positions would leave the military’s legions and future space fleets without commanders.
• Tsuru and Zephyr argued that Smoothie, Karasu, and other powerful Senior Admirals needed a promotion path beyond winning the Paramount War.
• Sengoku proposed restoring the Admiral Candidate title, granting candidates partial authority and benefits, and deciding their official appointments after a three-year period and another assessment.
• Kong approved the plan to name Smoothie and Karasu Navy Admiral Candidates after the Paramount War, while the Army’s vacancies would depend on the remaining challenges.

Sengoku and Kong planned to persuade Zunesha to join the World Government by showing it footage of Luffy as Nika, while preparing for King Chido’s Deviluke fleet to arrive. The chapter ended as Capone Bege challenged Crocodile for the Army General position during the Paramount War.

• Sengoku told Kong that Lord Imu had ordered him to subdue Zunesha, and they agreed he would try showing it footage of Luffy becoming Nika after the Paramount War.
• Kong warned Sengoku that King Chido’s fleet was expected to reach the Sea Star System around May 28 and urged the Navy to prepare for its arrival.
• Sengoku learned that Princess Lala was touring Sea Star with Zastin, Buwaz, Maru, and Quintus, whose strength suggested King Chido’s forces could pose a major threat.
• On May 19, Capone Bege faced Crocodile on the Paramount War battlefield and declared his determination to win the Army General position.

Crocodile overwhelmed Capone Bege’s summoned forces and wounded him with a single Desert Spada. Bege recovered enough to unleash the Big Father’s War Mode, covering the castle with ten thousand cannons.

• Crocodile dismissed Bege’s declaration and said only the strong had the right to speak of dreams.
• Bege transformed into Big Father and summoned Gang Thugs and Gang Killers with his two Teigu.
• Crocodile’s Desert Spada tore through the shield wall, while his Conqueror’s Haki erased the Gang Killers and their shadow bullets.
• Crocodile’s attack pierced Big Father, wounded Bege, and blasted the castle a thousand meters through the city.
• Bege used Life Return to control his bleeding and activated War Mode, deploying ten thousand cannons across Big Father.