Chapter Summaries

After seeing evidence of Sea Star’s transformation, King Chido decided to meet Imu and received Kuzan, who sought peaceful communication. Chido sensed that Kuzan’s power exceeded Sastin’s estimate, and Kuzan revealed his ties to Imu’s Martial God Palace.

• Sastin showed King Chido footage and data documenting the Five-Star Sea Unification, astonishing Chido and the Deviluke personnel.
• King Chido decided he needed to meet Imu and approved Kuzan’s request to visit his flagship.
• King Chido teased Lala about finding a powerful husband, while Lala objected to being set up on more blind dates.
• Kuzan arrived aboard King Chido’s flagship with two Navy Vice Admirals, a staff officer, and a diplomat to seek a peaceful channel of communication.
• King Chido told Sastin that Kuzan’s energy surpassed his own estimate and slightly exceeded Sastin’s.
• Kuzan acknowledged Chido’s perception and revealed that he was also a member of Imu’s Martial God Palace.

King Chido challenged the World Government’s fighters to spar, and Imu approved a matchup with representatives from three halls. Chido met the assembled fighters in space, where Kaido charged him first.

• King Chido asked Kuzan to arrange a spar with the Martial Gods and Imu, while Lala protested his eagerness to fight.
• Kuzan reported the request to Kong, who consulted Imu about whether to accept the challenge.
• Imu approved a spar and ordered the Martial God Palace, Star Temple, and Sword Saint Hall to select representatives.
• Kong selected Garp, Kaido, and Bullet, Brimir summoned Boros, and Garling sent Shiki to meet King Chido.
• King Chido flew into space to face the approaching fighters, and Kaido entered his Azure Dragon’s Hybrid Form and charged at him.

Kaido and Shiki attacked King Chido in space, but he effortlessly repelled their opening strikes. As Kaido charged again and Shiki joined forces with him, King Chido admired Shiki’s swordsmanship as Thousand-Cut Valley reached him.

• Kuzan stayed on the bridge while Sastin watched him warily, and Lala worried about the battle outside.
• Kaido struck King Chido with Thunder Bagua, but King Chido deflected him with a tail swipe and shattered his weapon.
• Shiki attacked with Firmament Slash Wave, but King Chido flicked it apart with his tail.
• Kaido healed, entered his drunken killing state, and charged with Drunken Thunder Wheel: Great Awe: Thunder Bagua.
• Shiki joined Kaido and unleashed Golden Lion: Thousand-Cut Valley, which reached King Chido ahead of Kaido; King Chido praised the technique.

Kaido and Shiki’s attack failed against King Chido, who then faced a coordinated assault from Garp, Bullet, Shiki, and Boros. Despite Imu’s claim that Chido was weakened by excessive energy consumption, he continued evading and countering their attacks with his tail.

• King Chido evaded the golden lion’s blade lights and blasted Kaido out of the attack, leaving him unconscious until Bullet caught him and sent him to Marine Headquarters for treatment.
• Garp, Bullet, Boros, and Shiki surrounded King Chido and attacked together, each using a powerful technique.
• King Chido dodged their barrage and used his tail to break Garp and Bullet’s attacks, block Shiki’s sword energies, and force Boros to evade his beams.
• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter told the other four members in the Authority Room that Imu had said King Chido was weakened by excessive energy consumption.

Boros unleashed his Meteoric Burst Form to challenge King Chido, but Chido overwhelmed him and left him gravely wounded. As Chido turned toward the blue planet to confront Imu, Boros’s aura began rising again, hinting at another transformation.

• Garp, Bullet, Boros, and Shiki attacked King Chido together, but his tail defended against them and countered their blows.
• Boros entered his black-and-gold Meteoric Burst Form, and King Chido praised his power before fighting him alone.
• Boros unleashed a rapid barrage of attacks, but King Chido blocked them with his blue-energy tail and declared that the fight was over.
• King Chido pierced Boros’s body at divine speed, leaving him badly wounded and sending him flying through space.
• King Chido turned toward the blue planet to meet Imu, but sensed Boros’s aura rising again as the onlookers reacted to a sudden change in his body.

Boros awakened Conqueror’s Haki and clashed with King Chido in a beam battle that ended in a draw. As Chido prepared to meet Imu, the Star-Point Finger appeared and filled him with terror.

• Boros awakened Conqueror’s Haki and struck King Chido with a Meteoric Burst Hakai Cannon.
• King Chido answered with his Chido Tail Cannon, and the beams canceled each other out after creating a brief black hole and a powerful shockwave.
• Boros lost consciousness, and King Chido caught him before he drifted away; Garp, Bullet, and Shiki then introduced themselves and explained their titles.
• King Chido asked to meet Imu, but Garp, Bullet, Shiki, and Boros were suddenly teleported away.
• A colossal finger made of stars and nebulae descended toward King Chido, and Garp, Bullet, and Shiki recognized it as the Star-Point Finger.

Imu used the Star-Point Finger to pin King Chido in space and demonstrate his overwhelming power without injuring him. After Chido agreed to stop making trouble and cooperate with the World Government, the Deviluke Kingdom began formal talks, while Imu planned to wait for Chido to recover before facing him again.

• Chido tried to flee the descending Star-Point Finger but found himself unable to leave his position, while Imu froze the Deviluke fleet and its crew.
• Imu pinned Chido beneath the Star-Point Finger, and Chido's massive energy blast failed to weaken the pressure.
• After what felt like months to him, Chido agreed to stop making trouble and establish a cooperative relationship between the World Government and the Deviluke Kingdom.
• Imu lifted the effect, and Kuzan began formal talks with Chido, who agreed to stay on Sea Star and explore it.
• Sastin told himself that Chido would regain his peak strength within a year, while Imu decided to wait for Chido to challenge him after recovering.

King Chido traveled with Lala to Sea Star, where she excitedly planned to show him its attractions while he postponed any convenient connection between their worlds. Meanwhile, Crocodile defeated Charlotte Oven in the Paramount War, leaving Marshall D. Teach as his final challenger.

• Chido left the Deviluke Kingdom’s diplomatic work to his subordinates and stayed on Sea Star with Lala for a month.
• Lala offered to show Chido the Grand Line, Sky Island, Fish-Man Island, Wano Island, the Top 100 Tournament, and Duel City.
• Chido rejected arranging a teleportation gate or Star Gate for now, saying they would discuss it a year later.
• Crocodile and Charlotte Oven fought for more than forty hours across a vast battlefield of sand and magma.
• Crocodile shattered Oven’s Tiger-Flame Whirling-Tail Naginata and struck him down, winning his eighth challenge in the Paramount War.
• Marshall D. Teach remained as Crocodile’s final challenger.

Teach faced Crocodile as the final challenger for the chance to become an Admiral, revealing his ambition and formidable combat abilities. After Crocodile gained the advantage in their Haki and physical fight, Teach awakened his Swamp-Swamp Fruit, but Crocodile’s awakened Sand-Sand Fruit began consuming and drying out the swamp.

• Teach declared that he intended to defeat Crocodile and become an Admiral, then launched a direct attack with Shadow Claw.
• Teach and Crocodile fought for over an hour using Physical Arts and Haki, and Crocodile maintained the advantage.
• Teach activated the awakening of the Swamp-Swamp Fruit with Infinite Swamp Abyss, turning the frozen ground into spreading mud.
• Crocodile countered with the awakened Sand-Sand Fruit technique Erosion Reincarnation, which transformed the snowfield into a desert and dried out Teach’s swamp.

Teach revealed the Kraken-Kraken Fruit and combined it with his awakened Swamp-Swamp Fruit to push back Crocodile’s desert domain. Crocodile responded with his full power, determined to stop Teach from advancing toward admiral.

• Teach realized Crocodile’s decades of experience with the Sand-Sand Fruit gave him an overwhelming advantage and decided to use another power.
• Teach transformed with the Kraken-Kraken Fruit, shocking the watching officers, while military leaders recognized his Davy Family physique and discussed his other Devil Fruit abilities.
• Edward Newgate told Whitey Bay, Fossa, and Squard that Teach had exchanged for the Kraken-Kraken Fruit to survive the war and hoped to obtain the Dark-Dark Fruit later.
• Teach used Abyss Pollution to combine the Kraken-Kraken Fruit with his awakened Swamp-Swamp Fruit, restoring a balance between his swamp and Crocodile’s desert.
• Teach attacked with Thousand-Tentacle Strangulation, hiding the tentacles with Shadow Claw, but Crocodile answered with a massive sandstorm and prepared to defend his rank.

Teach fought Crocodile for seventy hours but was finally defeated before he could endure the full five days. Crocodile won the Paramount War after defeating all nine challengers and declared that no one could beat him in the desert.

• Teach used Kraken and swamp abilities to fight Crocodile while sending mud clones and creatures to stop Crocodile's sand clones from completing the National Transmutation Circle.
• Crocodile gained the advantage as the battle continued, forcing Teach to defend himself with Haki, Shadow Claw, and the Kraken-Kraken Fruit's vitality.
• After fifty-seven hours, Jozu predicted that Teach would not last through the day, and Newgate agreed.
• Teach continued fighting despite his exhaustion, but Crocodile's attacks left both men badly injured.
• At 7:23 in the evening on May 31, Crocodile's Sand Blade tore open Teach's chest, and Teach collapsed unconscious after seventy hours.
• Crocodile defeated nine challengers, brought the Paramount War to an end, and proclaimed that no one could beat him in the desert.

The military announced sweeping leadership changes after the Combat Power Assessment, appointing new commanders and temporary Admirals across the Army and Navy. The new leaders took up their posts as Genya and Sanemi discussed the promotions and Raymond adjusted to his reduced role as president of the War Military Academy.

• On June 1, the Supreme Command announced that Sengoku would lead High Command, Aokiji would become Navy Fleet Admiral, and Akainu would become Army Fleet Admiral, alongside several new Admiral appointments and retirements.
• Genya Shinazugawa explained the appointments to Sanemi, who questioned why several candidates had challenged Sand Crocodile and warned Genya not to get ahead of himself.
• Sakazuki appointed Onigumo, Charlotte Oven, Jozu, and Marshall D. Teach as temporary Army Admirals, urged them to earn full Admiral status, and sent them to inspect their Main Battle Legions.
• Kuzan welcomed Enel, Karasu, and Smoothie as the Navy’s new Admiral candidates and warned that the World Government’s coming campaign across the Galaxy would keep them busy.
• Sengoku settled into High Command with help from Tsuru and Zephyr, Kong considered convening the Martial Gods, and Raymond watched War Military Academy students while privately grieving his demotion to academy president.

Chido and Lala arrived at Whiskey Peak Island for the Top 100 Tournament, but the rules barred Chido from competing. Chido tried to lift Kagome’s skirt, and Inuyasha caught him as Lala apologized, leaving the groups facing one another warily.

• Lala marveled at the crowds gathering on Whiskey Peak Island while Chido complained that the tournament rules barred him from competing.
• Lala warned Chido to behave and threatened to tell his wife about his mischief, but he soon slipped into the crowd.
• Chido reached for Kagome’s skirt, and Inuyasha seized his wrist to stop him.
• Chido blamed Sastin, Puwats, Maru, and Quintus, claiming they had told him to check Kagome’s underwear.
• Lala apologized to Kagome and Inuyasha, who released Chido, while Inuyasha remained protective of Kagome and eyed the royal guards warily.

Inuyasha, Naraku, and their companions met Lala and Chido, then traveled with them to the Whiskey Grand Hotel for the Top 100 Tournament. There, Lala reunited with Uta, and Buggy confronted Chido after he called him a red nose.

• Kagome introduced Inuyasha's group to Lala, Chido, and their guards, and Inuyasha and Naraku explained why they were entering the tournament.
• Chido teased Inuyasha about his strength, and Inuyasha declared his aim to reach the Top 10 and resurrect his mother, Izayoi.
• Lala suggested that her group join Kagome's companions to cheer for Inuyasha and Naraku, and they headed together toward the Cactus Mountains.
• At the Adventurers Guild headquarters, a masked CP0 agent asked Shanks to assign a guide to Chido and Lala, and Shanks considered possible candidates.
• At the Whiskey Grand Hotel, Lala embraced Uta, while Chido asked who Buggy was and called him a red nose.
• Buggy rushed over, grabbed Chido by the collar, and demanded respect as the Adventurers Guild's honorary president and West Blue Branch president.

Buggy clashed with Chido after mistaking him for someone mocking his red nose, then tried to make amends by offering to guide the honored guests and provide their friends with luxury suites. As the group headed to the elevators, the Black Bulls Adventurer Group arrived at the hotel.

• Buggy grabbed Chido, who knocked him aside with a controlled tail strike, prompting Alvida, Mohji, and Cabaji to rush to their captain's defense.
• Buggy remembered Shanks's warning and promised to guide Chido and Lala, while demanding that Chido stop calling him Red Nose.
• Uta excitedly told Lala that Shanks had approved an opening gala for the Top 100 Tournament, where she would debut her song I'm the Strongest.
• Buggy arranged four duke-class suites for Inuyasha, Kagome, and their companions after learning they were friends with Chido and Lala.
• Uta and Buggy led the group toward the guest elevators, where the Black Bulls Adventurer Group emerged, including Henry.

Henry and Nero joined the Black Bulls at the Cactus Island hotel after the Magitech Institute found a way to let Henry interact with others safely. At the restaurant, Noelle drew attention from fans, while Asta and the others crossed paths with Bang and his competitors before heading inside to eat.

• Henry’s curse remained, but the Magitech Institute sealed its effects and provided him with a Wind Stone and a spatial ring to help him live around others.
• Kohaku recognized Noelle as the Magical Creature Battle Tournament champion, and fans crowded around her for autographs, photos, and interviews.
• Lala explained the tournament to Chido in the VIP elevator, and Chido compared it unfavorably to deadly beast fights.
• Asta accidentally bumped into Darkshine, apologized, and met Bang and the competitors heading to their physical fitness assessment.
• Luck expressed excitement at the prospect of fighting Bang, while Magna and Noelle teased Asta about the competition and he loudly insisted he had grown stronger.

Sesshomaru, Rin, and their companions arrived at Examination Site No. 23 and watched contestants compete in the Top 100 Tournament preliminaries. Strong performances by Bang, Darkshine, Suiryu, and the swordsmen at Site No. 13 left Hero World poised to gain recognition in the tournament.

• Sesshomaru agreed to join Kagome’s dinner invitation after Rin told him about it, and Jaken was silenced for complaining.
• Sesshomaru’s group arrived at Site No. 23 early and watched contestants attempt the physical fitness tests required to qualify for the tournament.
• Sesshomaru noticed Bang, Darkshine, and Suiryu’s exceptional performances, while Krieg grew furious at his officers’ showing and alarmed by the competitors’ strength.
• At Site No. 13, Divine Wind, Amane, Zanbai, and the other swordsmen impressed the crowd with their speed, stamina, and technique.

Tiffania and Brian completed their examination while Louise and the others discussed the World Government’s delay in opening a gate to Brian’s Ancestral World. A public argument over Jiraiya’s Icha Icha Paradise ended with Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan quietly regretting the book’s popularity.

• Tiffania and Brian completed the examination, and their friends praised their efforts.
• Louise, Saito Hiraga, Kirche, and Guiche discussed waiting for permission to open a gate to Brian’s Ancestral World.
• Siesta revealed Saito Hiraga’s copy of Icha Icha Paradise, prompting Louise to scold him and nearly use her wand.
• Brian defended Icha Icha Paradise as a guide to romance, drawing curious reactions from the crowd.
• Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan watched the argument and reflected that the book’s popularity made them reluctant to identify Jiraiya as their teacher.

Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan reached the Doriki testing center to register for the Top 100 Tournament, where they saw a powerful five-attribute ninja and learned about the strength and status of the Fish-Man Race. They entered the packed testing hall and prepared to take their turn.

• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan chose the Physical Arts group and headed toward the Doriki Value Testing Center.
• The three watched a middle-aged ninja defeat an opponent with a fluid series of techniques from four Chakra attributes, while Nagato noticed he had prepared to use Lightning Release too.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan encountered Arlong, Hody Jones, and the Fish-Man Adventurer Group leaving the center after posting high Doriki scores.
• Nagato explained the Fish-Man Race’s strength and standing to Yahiko, including the Sea Folk and several powerful Fish-Man figures.
• Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan presented their registration numbers, entered the testing hall, and saw contestants striking the Doriki devices.

Hancock and Nagato tested their Doriki at the tournament venue, where Nagato unveiled his powerful Whirlpool Breathing technique. The young Bang recognized its qualities and asked Nagato whether he had created it or learned it from someone.

• Hancock scored the device's maximum 5000 Doriki, and Drake joined her while Hina later scored 4567.
• Sentomaru and Hina met Drake, who declared that he would become an Admiral and win Hancock's attention.
• Hancock challenged Nagato to surpass her in the Top 100 Tournament, then left to meet her sisters.
• Nagato encouraged Yahiko and Konan to aim for the Top 10 so they could wish for his parents to be resurrected.
• Nagato used Whirlpool Breathing's First Form, Whirlpool Heart Thrust, and scored 4879 Doriki.
• Young Bang analyzed Nagato's technique and asked whether Nagato had created it himself or learned it from someone.