Chapter Summaries

Cassius Longinus became the only student in his grade to qualify for elite graduation after excelling in every assessment, including awakening all Three-Color Haki. Rosinante escorted him to the principal’s office, where three special graduation rewards awaited him.

• Vargas explained the graduation assessments and announced that only one student in the grade could graduate as an elite.
• Vargas revealed Cassius Longinus’s outstanding scores, including perfect physical results and mastery of all Three-Color Haki, while the other students reacted with shock.
• Vargas praised Longinus’s discipline, and Hilzati Pal and the others fell silent as they reflected on his dedication.
• Rosinante entered the classroom and told Longinus that the principal wanted to see him.
• Rosinante told Longinus that he would receive three special rewards, and Longinus guessed they might include a Devil Fruit, a sword, and a Teigu.

Longinus learned that Lord Imu had created the Celestial Holy Palace Academy and swore eternal loyalty to him. Saint Dracule gave him a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, which Longinus ate.

• Saint Dracule told Longinus that his three graduation rewards came from Lord Imu, then explained Imu's emergence and the founding of the Celestial Holy Palace Academy.
• Longinus swore to serve Lord Imu forever, crediting the academy with transforming his life and prospects.
• Saint Dracule presented Longinus with a Mythical Zoan Lizard Fruit that granted the Fire Dragon form.
• Longinus ate the entire Devil Fruit despite its terrible taste.

Longinus tested the Fire Dragon Fruit and received the Seven Star Sword as his second graduation reward. After overpowering the sword’s murderous will with Conqueror’s Haki, he learned that Imu wanted to see him.

• Longinus transformed with the Fire Dragon Fruit and tested its flames in Saint Joracol’s office, scorching the carpet before returning to normal.
• Saint Joracol gave Longinus the Seven Star Sword and explained its blood-draining powers and its danger of controlling its user.
• Longinus drew the sword, resisted its mental assault with Conqueror’s Haki, and forced its demonic spirit to submit.
• Longinus absorbed the weakened Seven Star Sword into his palm, and Saint Joracol said he could seek permission for Longinus to obtain blood from Impel Down later.
• Saint Joracol revealed that Longinus’s third reward was a visit to another world, where Imu wanted to see him.

Stella’s World News Broadcast detailed the Teigu Alliance’s accession to the World Government and the agreements that would bring its nations under the government’s laws and institutions. Meanwhile, Cassius Longinus arrived on the Canberra Continent to meet Lord Imu.

• Stella reported that the Qin Clan Empire, Shenwa Island Country, and Alchemi Kingdom had formed the Teigu Alliance and that Shenwa Island Country would represent it at the next Reverie.
• The broadcast announced the alliance’s accession terms, including World Government legal primacy, shared currency, military assistance, and an annual Heavenly Tribute of ten billion Beli.
• Stella described how the World Government would oversee the Qin Clan Empire’s agencies, Shenwa Island Country’s sword schools and craftsmen, and Alchemi Kingdom’s alchemy academy and researchers.
• Cassius Longinus passed through the Star Gate from Demon Slayer World to the Canberra Continent and prepared to meet Lord Imu.

Imu considered whether to cultivate Longinus and weighed the World Government’s capacity to absorb another conquered world. Stussy reported that the Biochemical Research Institute had uncovered fatal consequences tied to the Hallucigenia from Giant World.

• Imu decided to meet Longinus in the guest hall before deciding whether to support him.
• Imu considered delaying a new Star Gate campaign because the World Government was strained by labor demands, unrest, and unfinished development projects.
• Stussy told Imu that Cassius Longinus had arrived on Noah and asked where he should be received.
• Stussy reported that small Hallucigenia could grant non-Eldians Titan powers, but their deaths would cause those people and their descendants to collapse into bloody sludge.
• Stussy warned that killing the giant Hallucigenia could cause all Eldians to suffer the same fate.

Imu considered whether to create a new Eldian race and Ymir to gain control over the Founding Titan’s powers, weighing cloning against natural humans. Meanwhile, Longinus toured Noah’s Ark, witnessed the strength of its inhabitants, and discovered Doflamingo sparring with Dorry.

• Stussy reported that the World Government controlled the Eldians’ Hallucigenia, and Imu considered using it to create a new Founding Titan and Eldian race.
• Imu weighed using clones or natural humans to create a loyal Ymir and new bearers of the Nine Titan Powers.
• Senior led Longinus through Noah’s Ark, where Longinus saw its many extraordinary inhabitants and grew more impressed by Imu.
• Saul knelt to welcome Longinus on the fifth level, and Longinus sensed his immense strength.
• Longinus saw Doflamingo sparring with Dorry, the Thunder Giant God Soldier, and wondered why Doflamingo was not an elite graduate of his academy class.

Imu welcomed Longinus, discussed the ancient war and the limits of strength, and offered to teach him Swordsmanship. The chapter ended with Longinus learning that the month of instruction would be his third graduation reward.

• Ubuyashiki Kanata brought Longinus to meet Imu, and Longinus knelt before him in reverence.
• Imu recognized Longinus’s resemblance to King Cassius and described the ancient war, in which around sixty admiral-level fighters battled and only five survived.
• Imu revealed that he could hear Longinus’s thoughts and promised to guide him toward the life level he had once attained after Longinus reached admiral-level strength.
• Imu offered to teach Longinus Swordsmanship for one month as his third graduation reward.

As the World Government and the three major nations began carrying out the agreements between their worlds, Snowlight City became a hub for troops and visiting representatives. At a northern camp, Esdeath completed five days of meditation and emerged with greatly strengthened ice powers and the ability to sense and manipulate nearby natural energy.

• The World Government established Snowlight City, replacing the Star Gate guards and preparing to move the gate there after the Three Armies withdrew.
• Headmaster Isaac, Senior Alchemist Taylor, Gozuki, Dr. Stylish, Yami Tsukahara, Yami-hime, and others arrived but stayed in Snowlight City while the Army forces occupied the Star Gate.
• Esdeath meditated in her Kirin Hybrid Form for nearly five days while CIPHER POL and Holy Land Garrison officers guarded her from shore.
• Esdeath discovered that her Kirin forms drew in natural energy faster than her human form, and she settled on Hybrid Form because it balanced absorption speed with stamina.
• Esdeath ended her meditation by releasing a wave of chill that froze the sea nearby, then sensed and manipulated ice-element natural energy around her body.

Imu trained Longinus in swordsmanship, urging him to face the Seven Star Sword’s bloodlust without losing his true heart. After Longinus began confronting the sword’s will, Imu learned that Esdeath had mastered natural energy and ordered further tests of Red Lotus Blood and the new cultivation method.

• Imu sparred with Longinus for three hours, deflecting the Seven Star Sword’s attacks while teaching him to unite his heart with his blade.
• Imu told Longinus to face the Seven Star Sword’s greed and killing intent, promising to intervene if Longinus lost control.
• After Imu ended the training, Longinus pulled the Seven Star Sword from the ground and entered its blood-sea world to confront its will.
• Stussy told Imu that Esdeath had absorbed natural energy at the North Pole of the Teigu World and reached Barutus Town, and Imu ordered the Academy of Sciences to investigate whether other Zoan Fruits aided absorption.
• Imu ordered Stussy to shrink Utgard, test Red Lotus Blood on him, and send Aokiji the next batch if the tests succeeded.
• Stussy reported that the Brain-Brain Fruit had arrived at Vegapunk’s private research island, Egghead, and Imu approved.

On Egghead, Vegapunk studied Dr. Stylish’s scientific achievements and devised a way to build a worldwide virtual library using a Brain-Brain Fruit-powered Super Den Den Mushi. After swallowing the modified snail, he began uploading his own knowledge, unaware of how far his invention could develop.

• Vegapunk read Dr. Stylish’s file and hoped the accomplished scientist could understand and assist with his research.
• Lunar robots delivered the Brain-Brain Fruit and brought Vegapunk’s artificial Super Den Den Mushi to his workshop.
• Vegapunk fed the Super Den Den Mushi a bite of the fruit, then swallowed it and gained its shell and abilities.
• Vegapunk planned to use the snail network’s electromagnetic waves and projection abilities to create a worldwide virtual library and communication space.
• Vegapunk began uploading his knowledge into the snail’s brain and planned to add new discoveries as he made them.

Zephyr and Borsalino arrived at the Air Force Headquarters on Elbess and found Enel defeating officers during sparring matches. Zephyr recognized the technique behind Enel’s lightning-coated punch as Hasshoken combined with his Rumble-Rumble abilities.

• Zephyr and Borsalino traveled to Elbess after the Supreme Command meeting, while the Three Armies continued retreating to the Canberra Continent.
• An Air Force Vice Admiral told Zephyr that Enel had already defeated seven Vice Admirals and more than a dozen Rear Admirals in sparring matches.
• Zephyr and Borsalino rushed to the training ground and saw Enel defeat one Vice Admiral with a Thunder Dragon and lightning strike.
• Enel fought another Vice Admiral with a lightning spear, then dispersed it and struck him with a Haki-coated fist.
• Zephyr identified Enel’s punch as Hasshoken combined with Rumble-Rumble abilities.

Enel used Hasshoken to develop Thunderclap Fist and Thunderbolt Leg, then fought Borsalino in a test arranged by Zephyr. Borsalino defeated him, and Zephyr decided Enel needed targeted training while warning Borsalino that neglecting practice could get him killed.

• Enel adapted Hasshoken to his lightning and named his new techniques Thunderclap Fist and Thunderbolt Leg.
• Borsalino ambushed Enel with a Light Speed Kick on Zephyr’s orders, and Enel counterattacked with Thunderbolt Leg.
• Enel and Borsalino clashed with Thunder Spear and Ama no Murakumo, but Borsalino’s swordsmanship disarmed Enel.
• Enel struck Borsalino’s light sword with Thunderclap Fist, but Borsalino dodged and kicked him from behind.
• Zephyr praised Borsalino’s test, assessed Enel’s focus on Physical Arts, and warned Borsalino that insufficient training could cost him his life.

Zephyr stopped Enel’s attack and offered to train him to strengthen his Rokushiki, Haki, and combat skills. As Enel left to begin training, Zephyr wondered whether he might eventually become the Air Force’s next marshal.

• Enel unleashed a Thunder Dragon at Borsalino, but Zephyr smashed it with an Armament Haki-coated fist.
• Zephyr praised Enel’s potential and offered him special training, advising him to master Rokuogan and Life Return and to seek out powerful battles.
• Enel accepted Zephyr’s advice, and Zephyr suggested he challenge Kaido after mastering the techniques.
• Zephyr recalled that Enel might be a Celestial Dragon spy but saw no harm in the military gaining his strength.
• Zephyr considered who might succeed him as marshal and wondered whether Enel had been sent to claim the position.

Melard welcomed Gozuki, Mine, and the others to the World Government’s military base in the Giant World and prepared to escort them through the Demon Slayer world to the Sea Star World. After learning that Akame and Kurome were serving as Esdeath’s personal guards, Melard decided she would try to join them.

• Sakazuki’s 1st Main Battle Legion returned to the Giant World, while Imu moved the Star Gate to Snowlight City so the arriving Otherworlders could follow easily.
• Gozuki and the others were stunned by the World Government’s military base, then reacted with hostility when Melard revealed she had joined the World Government.
• A patrol squad intervened in the standoff, and Gozuki withdrew his killing intent after realizing he and the others were also about to join the World Government.
• Melard playfully embraced Mine and Chikushi, prompting Dr. Stylish to praise love between the same sex while the others moved away from him.
• Melard learned that Akame and Kurome had stayed in the Imperial Capital to serve as Esdeath’s personal guards and decided to ask about becoming one herself.

Esdeath returned to Noah with Akame, Kurome, and ten Balutes Tribe warriors, while Longinus began the World Government’s lengthy internship path toward becoming a Star Lord. Imu postponed opening new Star Gates as the government faced a crowded year of duties, and an experiment at Marineford produced a brief, mysterious effect that froze everyone in place.

• Esdeath received a warm welcome in the Imperial Capital, where the Emperor and officials asked her to look after the Empire before the Celestial Dragons.
• Longinus left Noah to begin rotating through World Government departments, with further military and intelligence internships planned before his eventual Star Lord appointment.
• Imu ordered the Five Elders to delay opening new Star Gates for at least half a year so officials could handle current obligations and upcoming ceremonies and conferences.
• At Marineford, Garp and Bogard watched Kuzan and Issho test whether Devil Fruits could imitate techniques from other worlds.
• A burst of white light spread across the training grounds, briefly freezing Marines and their falling sweat before everything resumed and the bewildered Marines asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

Kuzan successfully triggered a Devil Fruit version of Frozen Time-Space during his battle with Fujitora, though he could not control it reliably. Senior Researcher Wilmo then delivered Red Lotus’s blood, and Kuzan drank it to gain the constitution to absorb ice-attributed natural energy.

• Garp and Bogard recognized that Kuzan’s burst of light had produced Frozen Time-Space, which Garp had previously experienced from Red Lotus.
• Kuzan explained that he could only trigger Frozen Time-Space by chance during intense combat, and Fujitora agreed to help test whether practice could make it reliable.
• Sengoku arrived with Senior Researcher Wilmo and two Cipher Pol agents, and Wilmo explained that Red Lotus’s blood could let Kuzan absorb ice-attributed natural energy.
• Kuzan drank the vial of Red Lotus’s blood, remarking that it tasted terrible but was more bearable than a Devil Fruit.

After drinking Red Lotus Blood, Kuzan discovered that his Logia powers let him sense and absorb ice-element natural energy, greatly improving how he created ice. He left the training hall eager to visit Ice Land, while Sengoku called the others to his office to discuss matters.

• Kuzan resisted the beastly emotions in Red Lotus Blood with his Haki and realized his will had prevented the blood's influence from taking hold.
• Kuzan demonstrated that he could create cold air and ice directly by controlling the surrounding ice-element natural energy, making his attacks quicker and more efficient.
• At Senior researcher Wilmo's suggestion, Kuzan used Observation Haki and emotion to absorb natural energy, then transformed into an ice elemental and formed a Blizzard.
• Senior researcher Wilmo explained that Red Lotus Blood required strong talent for ice-element natural energy, though researchers hoped to develop a safer, more versatile serum.
• Kuzan asked Fleet Admiral Sengoku to approve leave for a trip to Ice Land, and Sengoku invited him, Garp, Bogard, and Issho to his office.

Sengoku gave senior officers Imu’s Haki insights, which described how to combine the three types of Haki into Colorless Haki. Imu also learned that the Ubuyashiki Family and Demon Slayer Corps were organizing trade between worlds and considered how to handle it while travel remained restricted.

• Sengoku gave Garp and Kuzan Imu’s Haki-training documents, and Garp recognized them as a response to his earlier request.
• Garp, Kuzan, Issho, and Bogard read about balancing, merging, and compressing Armament, Observation, and Conqueror’s Haki into Colorless Haki.
• High-ranking fighters across the Army, Navy, Air Force, and CIPHER POL studied the insights, while Kuzan weighed Haki training against his natural-energy studies.
• Stussy told Imu that Kagaya Ubuyashiki had requested a New Year visit for the Ubuyashiki Sisters, and Imu approved their trip and arranged gifts for their family.
• Stussy reported that the Ubuyashiki Family, the Hashira, Muzan Kibutsuji, and Morgan William had begun trading goods between Sea Star and the Demon Slayer World.
• Imu considered whether to stop the trade, noting that the Demon Slayer World route to the Giant World still required military control.

The World Government held a ceremony to honor military personnel who distinguished themselves in the wars to conquer other worlds. As Raymond, Sengoku, and Zephyr prepared to award the Second-Class Medals of Merit, the ceremony moved toward its first presentations.

• Imu set aside the cross-world smuggling operation and instructed Stussy to have Cipher Pol monitor it in secret, while the World Government prepared a military commendation ceremony.
• The World Government assembled its leaders and top Army, Navy, and Air Force officers at the Supreme Command as officials broadcast the ceremony across Sea Star.
• Gareth Marik opened the ceremony, and attendees and viewers across Sea Star rose to sing the anthem, Guidance of the Sea.
• Gareth Marik announced the Second-Class Army, Navy, and Air Force Medals of Merit and described their benefits and designs.
• Raymond, Sengoku, and Zephyr walked onto the stage to award the medals.

At the World Government’s medal ceremony, Douglas Bullet received the Wave Cross War Medal and was appointed an Army General, while nine officers were named Generals and five military leaders were promoted to Marshals. Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro told the newly honored leaders that their loyalty belonged to Lord Imu, and they accepted the change.

• Sengoku, Zephyr, and Raymond awarded the Level-Two and Level-One Three-Army Merit Medals and the Elite Medal to the honorees and their units.
• Steel Bone Kong presented Douglas Bullet with the Wave Cross War Medal for securing the Northern Snow Region during the conquest of the Teigu World.
• Gareth Marik announced Bullet’s appointment as an Army General, along with the General rank promotions of Issho, Momonga, Yamakaji, Crocodile, Aramaki, Charlotte Cracker, Jozu, Onigumo, and King.
• Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro promoted Kong, Tsuru, Zephyr, Sengoku, and Raymond to Marshals and told them to thank and remain loyal to Lord Imu.
• Sengoku and the other four leaders accepted Nusjuro’s demand that their loyalty be directed to Lord Imu.