Chapter Summaries

Armin Arnold managed postwar government work in the conquered Gintama Underworld while coordinating with the Eternal Calamity Legion. After learning that the legion had captured a powerful local Jashin, he arranged for an investigation and agreed to let the Yato Clan stay at its garrison temporarily, with the assignment reported openly.

• The World Government's Eternal Calamity Legion captured major Gintama Underworld cities, and Armin Arnold arrived in Kyoto to take charge of governmental affairs.
• Armin reviewed the local administrative system, spirit facilities, and available talent, and considered how the Enma Court could use what he learned.
• The Eternal Calamity Legion office informed Armin that Goketsu had defeated and captured Antenmaru, a Jashin with roughly major general-level strength, and that Zohakuten wanted the Underworld Shadow Division to interrogate him.
• The office told Armin that Zohakuten wanted more Yato Clan warriors after being impressed by Un'yo.
• Armin agreed to let the Yato Clan stay at the legion's garrison temporarily and said he would report the arrangement to the Underworld Army Headquarters.

At a banquet, Princess Soyo asked Vice Admiral Momonga to show leniency toward Gintoki and Kagura, and he promised they would be freed once the situation stabilized. Shinpachi turned to Otose for help, and as she began gathering Kabukicho’s allies, he received a call from Princess Soyo.

• Princess Soyo thanked Vice Admiral Momonga for saving Edo and pleaded for leniency for Gin-san and Kagura-chan, and he said they would regain their freedom once the situation stabilized.
• Shinpachi returned to the empty Yorozuya, worried that Gintoki and Kagura had been imprisoned, and went to ask Otose for help.
• Otose decided to act, summoned Doromizu Jirocho and Saigō Tokumori, and said Gintoki was still her tenant.
• Princess Soyo called Shinpachi, who answered in surprise.

The Five Elders discussed how the World Government should respond to manga from other worlds, deciding to ban One Piece while monitoring its author and studying the information in other works. They also reviewed plans for governing Gintama Star and expanding access between it and Sea Star, then Warcury remained behind to report the meeting to Imu.

• Warcury and the other Elders reviewed manga volumes and agreed that One Piece described a likely future, though they questioned whether Imu appeared in later chapters.
• Warcury decided that One Piece should be banned, while Wei Yu Ronglang should keep drawing under surveillance so the World Government could gather intelligence.
• Warcury assigned Fernandez's Otherworld Strategy Committee to create an Otherworld Information Survey Department to study manga worlds and prepare potential conquest plans.
• Mars reported that a technological spatial portal could connect Gintama Star with Sea Star and that officials were traveling to Edo to negotiate the Shogunate's abolition with Shogun Shige Shige.
• Warcury ended the meeting, watched the other Elders depart, and picked up the Golden Den Den Mushi to report to Imu.

Imu ordered the World Government to encourage adventurers to explore Galactic Empire territory and approved sending powerful figures to build forces there. He then considered bringing the cast and districts of Gintama to Sea Star, before Lala announced that the portal was ready.

• Imu told Saint Warcury to have the World Government support adventurers with training, spacecraft, and supplies so they could venture into Galactic Empire territory.
• Imu directed Edward Newgate, Boros, and Shiki to take spacecraft and build forces, and said Kaido could join after retiring from the navy.
• Imu and Saint Warcury planned to announce the initiative at the Reverie and establish a separate organization to manage people active in space.
• Imu decided that bringing Gintoki, Shinpachi, Kagura, and the rest of Gintama to Sea Star would require moving Kabukicho and Yoshiwara as well.
• Lala excitedly told Imu that the portal had been built and that she wanted to bring Momo and Nana over.

Hua Tuo recalled how the World Government’s power had made her abandon her planned attack, then faced a coercive recruitment offer from CIPHER POL No. 9. Kuro began a lethal assessment in a darkened, isolated Edo Vegas, leaving Hua Tuo and the Chandra surrounded by unseen enemies.

• Hua Tuo remembered calling off her forces after Vice Admiral Momonga’s thrown blade destroyed Antenmaru and resolved to wait, believing the World Government might not know her identity.
• Kuro arrived with Rob Lucci and Bruno, introduced CIPHER POL No. 9, and demanded that Hua Tuo lead the Chandra into the agency.
• Kuro threatened to kill everyone if they failed the assessment, then used a magic array to isolate the building in Mirror Space and plunge it into darkness.
• Kuro ordered Hua Tuo and 154 Chandra to kill thirty armed Cockroach People and thirty shadow-type magical plants, reach the entrance before midnight, and ensure at least 77 candidates survived.
• A scream and sounds of fighting came from the lower floors as the Chandra guarded Hua Tuo, who angrily condemned CIPHER POL No. 9.

Hua Tuo led the Chandra Clan through the casino, where Cockroach People killed several warriors before the survivors defeated them. Watching the battle, Lucci judged the Chandra warriors suitable for Cipher Pol training and recommended sending them to Guanhao Island.

• Hua Tuo handed command to White Owl and Ink Veil and urged the Chandra warriors to survive together.
• White Owl led an attack on two Cockroach People and the Moonlight Flower, but its barrier helped the enemies kill and wound more Chandra warriors.
• White Owl exploited an opening to kill one Cockroach Person, and the Chandra warriors finished off the other after the barrier fell.
• Hua Tuo lamented that five Chandra warriors had died, then followed White Owl to gather more people.
• Lucci assessed the Chandra warriors' skills and coordination while watching a holographic projection with Kuro and Bruno.
• Lucci recommended sending the Chandra warriors to Guanhao Island for training so they could become Cipher Pol agents.

Fukuro found the Naraku monks’ hidden base but was detected and surrounded while scouting. He fought off the first wave of attackers, but Oboro and Hitsugi watched as more monks continued the assault.

• Kuro noted that Fukuro was late for his scheduled report, and Lucci suspected something had happened.
• Fukuro tracked the monks to their hidden base near Nagoya and sensed more than a thousand presences there.
• Oboro and Hitsugi surrounded Fukuro, explaining that the Dragon Vein had allowed their teacher to sense him.
• Fukuro revealed himself and defeated seven monk soldiers with Haki and his Beast Might techniques.
• Ten more monk soldiers attacked Fukuro while Oboro and Hitsugi continued watching.

Fukuro fought Oboro and Hitsugi but was overwhelmed when Hollow arrived and knocked him unconscious. In Kabukicho, Kuro confirmed Fukuro was in trouble, and Lucci set out with him and Bruno to investigate.

• Fukuro defeated the monk soldiers and survived Oboro's force-release strike, then revealed that he had mastered Life Return.
• Hitsugi ambushed Fukuro, but Fukuro dodged his attack and smashed his face; Hitsugi rapidly healed and joined Oboro in attacking him.
• Oboro and Hitsugi kept Fukuro from escaping, until Hollow arrived and struck him unconscious with a blow he could not see.
• Kuro confirmed that something had happened to Fukuro, and Lucci agreed to go investigate with Kuro and Bruno.

Kuro, Lucci, and Bruno raided the manor where Fukuro was being held, killed its monk guards, and rescued him. Fukuro warned them that Oboro and Hitsugi had powerful regenerative abilities and that a mysterious Hollow might have admiral-level strength, prompting Locke and Bruno to look toward Lucci.

• Kuro, Lucci, and Bruno silently killed the monks guarding their route through the mountain forest and attacked the manor from separate directions.
• Bruno defeated Hitsugi, crushed his neck despite his rapid healing, and carried him as the team joined Locke and Lucci in clearing the manor.
• Kuro freed Fukuro from his chains, and Fukuro described how he had been captured and reported Oboro and Hitsugi's unusual powers.
• Fukuro recounted that a possible Hollow had overwhelmed him before he could react and might possess admiral-level strength.
• Locke and Bruno looked at Lucci, the only one among them with strength comparable to an admiral, despite his being only sixteen.

Kuro alerted the Navy that Hollow and Oboro were targeting Edo’s Dragon Holes, prompting Admiral Momonga to defend the Central Tower and other sites. Hollow detonated the five Dragon Holes still under his control, while the Navy had already seized or contested the others.

• Fukuro revealed that Hollow had led Oboro and the main force to Edo to destroy its Dragon Holes, and Kuro reported the threat to Kyoto.
• Kuro ordered Bruno to restrain Hitsugi and send him to Kyoto, then the group hurried back toward Edo.
• Admiral Momonga learned of the threat, ordered Major General Darian to defend the Central Tower, and remained at the castle to protect Shogun Shige Shige.
• Oboro reported that ten Dragon Holes were secured and two were still being cleared, while Hollow planned to detonate them all and destroy the planet.
• Warrior monks reported that naval forces had seized one Dragon Hole and were fighting over another, so Hollow ordered the secured nodes detonated.
• Five Dragon Holes exploded and sent pillars of energy into the sky, leaving Hollow to realize that seven nodes had escaped his control.

Vice Admiral Momonga coordinated Okuni’s predictions with Freya’s scans to locate Edo’s Dragon Holes, but the Navy retook only seven before the others were detonated. With five pillars of leaking Altana energy still threatening the city, Momonga asked Shogun Shige Shige how to stop them, but the Shogunate knew no way to repair the Dragon Holes.

• A World Government official proposed using Okuni’s Heavenly Eye and the Sylph’s energy scans to locate the Dragon Holes, and Momonga arranged both efforts.
• Okuni foresaw twelve sites where green pillars would erupt, while Freya’s scan identified matching energy nodes across Edo.
• Momonga sent naval forces to the identified locations, but Tenshouin Naraku’s forces detonated five Dragon Holes before the Navy arrived, leaving seven retaken.
• Momonga asked Shogun Shige Shige whether the damaged Dragon Holes could be repaired and their leaking Altana energy calmed, but the Shogun and his ministers had no answer.

Okuni revealed that the Guardian Hounds could calm the Dragon Vein and identified Sadaharu as one, giving the officials hope of stopping the five energy pillars. As the Shogunate prepared to search for the shrine maiden sisters and summon Gintoki and Kagura, the Navy reported that Lieutenant Colonel Estlin’s hundred-man unit had been wiped out at Kan'ei-ji.

• Okuni explained that Amanto forces had seized Yellow Dragon Gate twenty years earlier, driving out the shrine maidens and Guardian Hounds.
• Okuni named the missing shrine maiden sisters Aine and Momone and said they had fled with two Guardian Hound cubs.
• Okuni drew a Guardian Hound, and Kondo Isao, Hijikata Toshiro, and Okita Sougo recognized it as Sadaharu from the Yorozuya.
• Momonga ordered Gintoki and Kagura brought in, while Shogun Shige Shige directed Matsudaira Katakuriko to broadcast an appeal for Aine and Momone.
• A Navy soldier reported that Lieutenant Colonel Estlin’s hundred-man unit had been wiped out by a powerful enemy at Kan'ei-ji.

Momonga learned that Hollow had massacred a Marine unit and went to confront him, while Gintoki and Kagura arrived at the banquet hall. Hollow reclaimed Kan'ei-ji's Dragon Hole and prepared to attack the Marines' other positions, but Kuro, Lucci, Bruno, and Fukuro arrived to stop him.

• A Marine messenger reported that Hollow had killed a hundred Marines and was likely as strong as a rear admiral, so Momonga set out to confront him.
• Gintoki and Kagura entered the banquet hall, complained about their detention, and asked about the green sky and pillars of light.
• Hollow's warrior monks detonated Kan'ei-ji's Dragon Hole, and Hollow killed Lieutenant Colonel Sterling and the rest of the Marine unit that confronted them.
• Hollow ordered Oboro and the warrior monks to move on to Thunder Gate and Sensoji Temple to reclaim the other Dragon Holes.
• Momonga arrived above Hollow's group and warned them they were going nowhere.
• Kuro, Lucci, Bruno, and Fukuro landed around Hollow's group, and Kuro announced that CP9 would take over the operation.

CP9 confronted Hollow and his allies, and Lucci’s clash with Hollow’s blade devastated the clearing. Bruno and Fukuro discovered that wounded monk soldiers transformed into regenerating Living Dead, while Kuro and Oboro fought through the mist.

• Locke ordered Lucci to face Hollow, Kuro to fight Oboro, and Bruno and Fukuro to handle the monk soldiers.
• Lucci and Hollow exchanged a lightning-fast first blow whose shockwave hurled soldiers and tore up the clearing.
• Kuro and Oboro vanished into the mist and battled at high speed, while Bruno and Fukuro attacked the monk soldiers.
• Wounded monk soldiers revived with white eyes and regenerating bodies, forcing Bruno and Fukuro to contend with seemingly immortal attackers.
• Lucci faced Hollow as Hattori circled overhead and urged him to give it his all.

Lucci and Hollow fought fiercely, and Lucci’s Haki proved capable of wounding Hollow despite his Altana-enhanced transformations and rapid healing. Hollow asked Lucci to stop interfering with his plan to destroy the planet, but Lucci refused and asserted the World Government’s authority over the planet and Hollow’s life.

• Hollow recognized Lucci as a famed CP9 fighter, and Lucci dismissed the praise before attacking with Dark Lightning Breathing and Soru.
• Hollow blocked Lucci’s silent, lightning-fast attacks with a barrage of sword strikes, but Lucci’s attacks disrupted his perception and put him at a disadvantage.
• Hollow used Altana energy to boost his abilities and transform into rainbow-colored energy, but Lucci wounded him with Shigan: Yellow Lotus and smashed him into the ground with Soru: Black Blade.
• Hollow rapidly healed and realized that Haki could hurt him, then explained that killing him would not end his rebirth or his memories.
• Hollow asked Lucci to let him destroy the planet to escape his endless cycle of pain, but Lucci said the planet belonged to the World Government and Hollow had no right to decide its fate.

Rob Lucci overwhelmed Hollow with his dark powers and cut him in two, but Hollow regenerated from the arm he had severed and insisted he could not be killed. Lucci remained wary as Hollow returned to the fight.

• Rob Lucci used his black smoke to devour Hollow’s Altana-powered sword attacks and wounded him with Physical Arts.
• Hollow healed his wounds and tried to flee as multicolored light, but Lucci used Dark Water to pull him back.
• Hollow severed his left arm to escape the pull and counterattacked with Return to the Ruins.
• Rob Lucci defeated Hollow’s counterattack with Rankyaku: Black Blade, splitting Hollow and his sword in two.
• Hollow regenerated from his severed arm and told Rob Lucci again that he could not kill him.

Lucci used the Dark-Dark Fruit to counter Hollow’s regeneration and force him into close combat. As Hollow’s scattered flesh was pulled into Lucci’s Dark Hole, he was left with no choice but to face Lucci directly.

• Lucci recognized that Hollow regenerated by reshaping energy from the Dragon Hole and decided to capture him with the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• Lucci used Dark Water to pull Hollow out of his energy-form escape and drag him toward him.
• Hollow severed his arm and scattered its pieces to use them as sources for regeneration.
• Lucci created a Dark Hole that pulled in every fragment of Hollow’s flesh.
• Hollow realized that he would have to defeat Lucci in close combat or hope the darkness could not affect Altana.

Aine and Momone agreed to help Shige Shige stop the Dragon Vein disaster after he apologized for the Shogunate’s seizure of their shrine and promised compensation. Elsewhere, Momonga arrived at Kan'ei-ji and found Kuro had captured Oboro while Lucci had imprisoned Hollow inside the Dark-Dark Fruit’s darkness.

• Aine and Momone argued over Aine’s nightclub work before Shige Shige apologized for the loss of Yellow Dragon Gate and offered to rebuild the shrine with ten million yen.
• Shige Shige explained that the destruction of five Dragon Holes had made Altana energy erupt out of control, and Aine accepted the shrine maidens’ duty to protect the Dragon Vein.
• Sadaharu reunited with Kagura, and Shinpachi revealed that Otose and others had considered rescuing the Yorozuya before Rokuten Muzō urged everyone to focus on the crisis.
• Momonga reached Kan'ei-ji and saw Kuro restraining Oboro with Seastone handcuffs and a Five Elements Seal, while talismans had subdued the monk soldiers.
• Lucci swallowed Hollow into a dark space that cut him off from Dragon Vein energy, and Momonga stared in shock at the young fighter’s victory.

The author recapped the World Government’s major events in 2025 and shared plans, statistics, and hopes for the novel in 2026. The chapter ended with Tianpang thanking readers and wishing them well for the new year.

• Sesshomaru, Nurarihyon, Inuyasha, Rihan, Hagoromo Fox, and others settled in Wano’s Myriad Demon Mountains and prepared to establish the Demon Race.
• Imu created numerous institutions and systems, unified Sea Star, helped Kuzan and Sakazuki reach the second awakening, and gained initial control over space-time and the Seventh Sense.
• The World Government defeated the Hades demons, conquered the Black Clover World, and supported the Four-Leaf Clover Federation.
• Douglas Bullet became a Martial God after achieving Three Colors Unified and Colorless Haki.
• The author listed planned series for 2026, thanked readers and supporters, and shared goals for the novel’s readership and continued updates.

Borsalino learned from Sylph that his fleet should defend the system’s Mandeville Points rather than gather in a single formation, and he ordered the First Fleet to redeploy. Harusame’s ships then arrived, but Fan Jie and Sylph could not breach their upgraded defenses, leaving Borsalino to suspect they had come prepared.

• Sylph explained Mandeville Points and advised Borsalino that his fleet’s defensive formation was unsuitable for space warfare.
• Borsalino asked Sylph for a map and deployment plan, then sent the First Fleet and its allied forces to defend Mandeville Points around major planets.
• Harusame’s fleet emerged from warp passages near a planet roughly sixty-two million kilometers from Gintama Star.
• Borsalino authorized Fan Jie to infiltrate the pirate fleet’s systems and take control of its ships.
• Fan Jie failed to breach Harusame’s command system, and Sylph estimated that breaking its defenses would take at least thirty hours.
• Borsalino watched the Harusame fleet and concluded that its members had arrived prepared.