Chapter Summaries

Imu prepared to travel to the Teigu World, but an emergency meeting revealed that a spacecraft from an unknown civilization had passed through Sea Star’s planetary system. He ordered the World Government to strengthen its space defenses and confirmed that the next Star Gate would open on February 1st.

• Imu set out for Noah with Esdeath, Historia, and the others, but Stussy interrupted him with news of an emergency meeting called by the Five Elders.
• Saint Marcus Mars told Imu that a lunar research base had detected a spacecraft passing through Sea Star’s planetary system, and showed him the telescope footage.
• Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro proposed stationing an Air Force Admiral on the moon, and Imu ordered the admirals to take turns serving there for one year.
• Imu ordered Vegapunk to make spacecraft development the Academy of Sciences’ highest priority.
• Imu told the Five Elders that the next Star Gate would open on February 1st, and they prepared Sea Ninja Village to investigate the Shinobi World.

Biba Amatori arranged a mass evacuation to Albion and proposed how the World Government should take control afterward. As Borsalino and Major General Lan flew toward the Elf Kingdom of Nephthys, the chapter left them approaching its advanced defenses.

• Biba Amatori told Staff Officer Rodrin he would evacuate as many people as possible to Albion by spreading panic about the Wind Stone Disaster.
• Biba Amatori recommended that the World Government preserve Albion’s political system and asked Admiral Kizaru to secure the Holy Land, take the Elf Race, and contact the Winged Race.
• Staff Officer Rodrin told Biba Amatori that Jonin Uzui and Chelsea had been recalled to investigate the next Otherworld.
• Borsalino and Major General Lan departed the Valais Mountains with a small fleet to meet the Elf Race, discussing the mission and its potential dangers.
• The chapter described Nephthys in the Sahara Desert, where a council governed the Elf Kingdom and metal gunships and Wind Dragon riders patrolled the sky.

On an Elf warship, Nasto and Captain Ryder learned that Captain Yajil’s fleet had been attacked by barbarian flying machines, prompting the Elf Kingdom to raise its highest alert. Borsalino sent fighters and the White Sea Sky-Splitting Corps to capture the approaching Elf patrol, as the modern fleet prepared to confront the Elves near the Strait of Gibraltar.

• Ryder warned Nasto that wars among kingdoms on the barbarian side could spread to the Elves, and urged him to monitor intelligence.
• An Elf warrior reported that Captain Yajil’s fleet had come under attack from barbarian flying machines and requested support.
• Ryder ordered his warship and Wind Dragon riders to reinforce Yajil’s fleet, while the Elf Kingdom responded to the highest-level alert.
• Borsalino sensed an Elf patrol about five hundred kilometers away and ordered a fighter squadron and one hundred Air Force Majors to capture the Elves alive if possible.
• Thirty fighters launched from the sky carrier, followed by the Sky-Splitting Corps as they headed toward the Elf patrol.

Captain Yajil organized the Elf Race’s defenses when fighter aircraft attacked, and the ensuing aerial battle turned deadly as Sea Star pilots fought with both machines and martial abilities. The elves began adapting to the pilots’ techniques, but the chapter ended when reinforcements appeared and an elf knight recognized them as the Winged Race.

• A lookout reported flying machines approaching, and Yajil ordered Wind Dragon riders into two defensive lines while the warship prepared its guns, barrier, and alarm.
• Fighter pilots launched Thunder Spear Missiles at the first line of elf knights, and both sides suffered losses as the dragons closed in and attacked with magic.
• Pilots whose aircraft were destroyed used Geppo and other techniques to keep fighting in midair, surprising the elves by appearing on their Wind Dragons and killing their riders.
• An experienced elf knight led the survivors in adapting with spinning wind spheres, making it harder for the pilots to approach and increasing their casualties.
• An elf knight spotted more flyers arriving and identified them as the Winged Race.

After the Winged Race joined the barbarian attack, the Elf Council sent Aismailu and his hardline followers to reinforce the front and prepared to open the Firestone vaults. At the outer edge of the Elf Kingdom, Air Force Majors proved more effective than the elf defenders, and the battle continued with the elves’ warships still posing a challenge.

• An elf messenger reported to Chairman Tliuk that members of the Winged Race had appeared among the barbarian fleet.
• Aismailu received permission to lead the Council Guard against the attackers and flew out with more than forty allied councilors.
• The remaining councilors acknowledged that war could no longer be avoided, and one proposed opening the Firestone vaults to prepare for battle.
• Propeller fighters and elf knights fought over an oasis while Air Force Majors clashed with elite elf warriors.
• An Air Force Major used Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash to cut an elf knight, his wind sphere, and his Wind Dragon in half.

The World Government’s Air Force and the Elf Race fought a brutal battle above an oasis while Borsalino and Major General Lan prepared to commit their main force. The reinforcements arrived by fighter jet, but the elf knights remained difficult to break through.

• An elf knight summoned a tornado, but two Air Force Majors combined their techniques to destroy it, and one Major knocked the knight from his wind sphere.
• A naval shell struck the Red-Leg Major and sent him and his Wind Dragon falling, while the feathered Major was held back by the elves’ magic.
• Borsalino projected the battle for Major General Lan, and they ordered the fleet and main force to advance toward the Elf Kingdom.
• Nine hundred remaining White Sea Skybreaker Force members formed ranks as a new squadron of thirty fighter jets launched from the carrier.
• The arriving pilots fired Thunder Spears at the elf knights, disrupting their formation and giving the surrounded Air Force officers a brief respite.

Governor Aismailu dismissed the approaching forces until Kesha and the Sky-Splitting Unit tore through the elf fleet with overwhelming power. The elves broke into panic as their ships and warriors fell, leaving them convinced that demons had descended.

• Governor Aismailu mocked the human and Winged Race forces and insisted the elf fleet would defeat the five approaching metal airships.
• An enormous flaming blade cut through elf knights, Wind Dragons, and protected warships, while nearly a thousand blue-coated fighters appeared in the northern sky.
• Vice Admiral Kesha charged into the elf formation and slaughtered its fighters with blazing sword strikes.
• The nine hundred officers of the Sky-Splitting Unit crashed into the elf knights and overwhelmed Wind Dragons and warship defenses with their abilities and Haki.
• The Air Force officers shattered a warship's rebound barrier and slaughtered its crew, while the elf councilors' attacks failed to harm them.
• An elf councilor screamed that demons had descended as the elves faced defeat.

Aismailu ordered the Firestone used against the demons, but Borsalino returned it to the elf fleet with his Glint-Glint Fruit powers, devastating the battlefield. After the blast, the World Government’s Air Force descended on Adilu Oasis to occupy the elf capital and prepare a surrender message.

• Aismailu dismissed the councilor’s objections and ordered the fully formed Firestone launched at the demons.
• As the Firestone neared detonation, Borsalino flashed into the elf fleet and returned it beside the warships.
• The Firestone exploded, engulfing elf ships and soldiers in a blast that shook the surrounding oases and battlefield.
• Borsalino told Rear Admiral Lan to prepare the surrender video for the elves.
• After the blast subsided, Borsalino’s aviation wing reached Adilu Oasis, and blue-uniformed airborne troops descended into the capital using parachutes and Omni-Directional Mobility Gear.

Imu observed the Heavenly Gate Sacred Temple and watched Doflamingo fight Brogy, who used his Calamity Water against him. Stussy reported Kizaru’s deployment to the Elf Kingdom and the Sea Ninja Village’s reconnaissance mission across several worlds.

• Civilians worshipped the Celestial Dragons at the Heavenly Gate Sacred Temple, which the Empire, Divine Harmony, and Alkemi had built and the An Ning Church managed.
• Imu considered the temple’s worship amusing and thought the World Government could allocate more resources to the Teigu World.
• Doflamingo fought Brogy, whose Yamata no Orochi form used corrosive Calamity Water to destroy Doflamingo’s thread defenses.
• Imu praised Doflamingo’s improving Haki and predicted he would soon reach admiral-level strength.
• Stussy reported that Kizaru had suppressed the Elf Kingdom and that a Sea Ninja Village unit was traveling to the Shinobi World for reconnaissance.

The World Government sent a large Sea Ninja Village unit through the Star Gate into Demon Slayer World while Imu assessed Wind Stones and prepared to open the sixth Star Gate. He turned his attention to Shinobi World, where pirates and Hokage were about to clash, and wondered who his opponent would be.

• A nearly two-hundred-strong ninja unit from Sea Ninja Village raced into the Shrinking Tunnel as onlookers speculated about the World Government’s plans.
• Imu reviewed a report showing that Wind Stones required spiritual power and could be activated with Observation Haki or Armament Haki.
• Imu decided Wind Stones were difficult to use widely and set aside plans to apply them across Sea Star’s cities.
• Imu planned to open the sixth Star Gate the day after tomorrow and trusted Kizaru to handle threats in Zero Magic World.
• Imu shifted his focus to Shinobi World and anticipated a clash between pirates and Hokage, wondering who his opponent would be.

Queen Sara learned that Sand Village forces had repelled the Cloud-Hidden invasion, and hoped Loulan could soon hire Sand ninja to clear its ruins. But the Third Raikage’s army was approaching Loulan, threatening the city despite Sara’s relief.

• Salai told Queen Sara that only Boone and Tashi had returned from the investigation, while Mr. Hara was missing.
• Salai reported that Rasa had driven back the Cloud-Hidden forces with Magnet Release and gold dust, easing Sara’s fears for the Land of Wind.
• Sara recalled Loulan’s destruction, its dependence on the Land of Wind, and her plan to hire Sand ninja to clear the rubble once the Sand Village stabilized.
• The Third Raikage led three to four thousand Cloud-Hidden ninja toward Loulan to replenish their water and food supplies.

As the Third Raikage approached Loulan, Queen Sara ordered her people to flee while she stayed behind to face him. Meanwhile, Tengen Uzui’s team emerged through the Star Gate into an underground palace and sent an invisible scouting party to find their location.

• Salai told Queen Sara that the Third Raikage and several thousand Cloud Village ninja were less than twenty kilometers away.
• Sara ordered Loulan’s people to flee west with food and water and entrusted her daughter Sanari to them, while she stayed behind with her Chakra blade.
• A small robot emerged from the Star Gate, scanned the underground palace, and reported that the surroundings were safe for activity.
• Tengen Uzui arrived with his assistants and ordered Wind Blade and Qiao Ya to scout above the broken altar with ninja who knew Geppo.
• Wind Blade used Invisibility on himself, Qiao Ya, and ten chūnin before the group flew out to scout.

Imu identified Loulan as a valuable target during the Third Shinobi World War and sent the World Government’s Main Battle Legion to confront the Cloud Village forces there. As Wind Blade and Qiao Ya’s team investigated the deserted city, the Queen escaped Cloud Village control and the Third Raikage ordered Loulan destroyed.

• Imu concluded that Loulan’s Dragon Vein and royal bloodline could be useful after the Shinobi World was conquered, and chose not to deploy the Auxiliary Corps.
• The Third Raikage ordered his troops to seize Loulan’s supplies, bring out the Queen, and burn the city.
• A Cloud Village Chunin reported that unidentified black-clad ninjas had attacked their personnel and freed the Queen.
• Wind Blade and Qiao Ya split their teams after emerging from Loulan’s underground palace and searched the city in silence.
• Wind Blade spotted four Cloud Village ninjas running up a tower and envied their ability to move along its walls with Chakra.

Cloud-Hidden ninjas occupied Loulan and threatened Queen Sara, who demanded to meet the Raikage. Wind Blade and five Sea Ninja Village ninjas killed the Cloud-Hidden squad and offered Sara help, then prepared to face the Cloud-Hidden forces outside the city.

• Sara confronted four Cloud-Hidden ninjas in Loulan’s central tower and demanded to see the Raikage.
• The Cloud-Hidden chunin ordered Yagui to deliver Sara’s request while the others waited in the hall.
• Wind Blade and five black-clad ninjas emerged from concealment and killed the three Cloud-Hidden ninjas guarding Sara.
• Wind Blade offered Sara the Sea Ninja Village’s help, but she warned him that over three thousand Cloud-Hidden ninjas and the Third Raikage were outside Loulan.
• Wind Blade said his group would fight the Cloud-Hidden forces whether or not Sara hired them.

Qiao Ya and her Sea Ninja Village squad defeated a Cloud-Hidden squad on an aerial bridge in Roran City, capturing its Chunin leader. The captured ninja feared he would never return home as Qiao Ya prepared to take him away.

• The Sea Ninja Genin used illusory elemental effects and hidden blades to overwhelm the Cloud-Hidden squad, prompting its Chunin leader to order a retreat.
• The Cloud-Hidden Chunin cast a wide Lightning Release web, knocking two Sea Ninja Genin unconscious, while smoke bombs covered his squad’s escape attempt.
• The Sea Ninja squad struck the three Cloud-Hidden Genin with shuriken through the smoke, and Qiao Ya caught up with the Chunin after he dodged her rope.
• The Chunin’s lightning attack failed to harm Qiao Ya, who kicked him hard and bound him with a rope.
• Qiao Ya checked on her fallen subordinates, confirmed they were still breathing, and told the captured Chunin to cooperate as he feared for his fate.

Two hundred Sea Ninja Village ninjas occupied Loulan and prepared to face the Cloud-Hidden Village army outside. Tengen Uzui called out to the Third Raikage and pretended that his forces were Konoha ninjas, leaving the Raikage wary.

• Five junior alchemists finished connecting the altar to the palace entrance, opening the stone doors, and building a staircase to the surface.
• Tengen Uzui, Wind Shadow, Bishamon, and Yazaemon led two hundred Sea Ninja Village ninjas through Loulan and split them into four groups to seize the city.
• The Sea Ninjas secured Loulan and defeated investigating Cloud-Hidden squads that lacked Jonin.
• Tengen Uzui decided to take the initiative and shouted to the Third Raikage, proposing a discussion about Loulan and the Cloud-Hidden captives.
• The Third Raikage challenged Tengen Uzui to reveal his forces' true identity, so Tengen claimed they were Konoha ninjas sent by the Hokage to guard Loulan.

Tengen Uzui tried to convince the Third Raikage to leave Loulan, but the Third Raikage ordered an assault after deciding the black-clad defenders were Root. As Cloud-Hidden forces attacked, Loulan’s defenders used crow-dropped explosives and revealed firearms, leaving the attackers stunned.

• The Third Raikage suspected Tengen Uzui and his companions were Root agents sent by Danzo to take the Queen of Loulan.
• Tengen Uzui confirmed they were Root and offered the Cloud-Hidden ninjas supplies, but the Third Raikage rejected the offer and ordered Loulan taken within thirty minutes.
• Tengen Uzui ordered the defenders to retreat while fighting, holding a five-hundred-meter perimeter around the underground palace.
• Cloud-Hidden ninjas charged Loulan from four directions as crows dropped explosive black balls that blasted their ranks.
• Sea Ninja Village defenders aimed long, black firearms at the approaching Cloud-Hidden ninjas, and a Chunin stared in disbelief.

The Sea Ninja Village used rifles, explosives, and archery to fight the Cloud Village forces in Loulan, while Tengen Uzui battled the Third Raikage on the western wall. The Third Raikage realized Tengen was not from Konoha Root and suspected he was a Hidden Mist Village ninja.

• The Sea Ninja Village opened fire with automatic rifles as the Karasu dropped Heavenly Origin Explosive Balls, causing heavy casualties among the Cloud Village Genin and Chunin.
• Cloud Village Jonin combined Wind and Fire Style attacks to blast down part of Loulan's southern wall, and Yazaemon ordered his fighters to retreat behind smoke bombs.
• Yazaemon's group threw Heavenly Origin Shells at the pursuing Cloud Village forces, then used arrows to detonate the pellets and disrupt the Jonin's wind techniques.
• Cloud Village Jonin pursued Yazaemon's retreating fighters after his arrows pierced through several advancing ninjas.
• Tengen Uzui fought the Third Raikage atop the western wall, and the Raikage concluded that Tengen was likely from the Hidden Mist Village rather than Konoha Root.

Tengen Uzui fought the Third Raikage across Roran City, using his swordsmanship, defenses, and sound-based attacks to withstand the Raikage’s overwhelming speed and strength. After Uzui revealed a powerful Sound Wave Cannon, the Third Raikage concluded that he was far more than a Jonin.

• The Third Raikage attacked Tengen Uzui with lightning-fast hand blades, but Uzui evaded him and countered with Sound Breathing techniques.
• The Third Raikage used Hell Stab, and Uzui blocked it with his twin blades and Armament Haki as their clash drove them into Roran City.
• Uzui launched flying blade slashes, which the Third Raikage destroyed before realizing Uzui had concealed himself nearby.
• The Third Raikage attacked Uzui’s suspected position with Lightning Release: Black Panther.
• Uzui emerged and blasted the black panther with Sound Wave Cannon, shattering the skybridge and prompting the Third Raikage to declare that he was not just a Jonin.

Queen Sara watched the battle in Loulan as Gozuki and CIPHER POL took charge of her protection and joined the fight against Cloud Village. Their reinforcements helped Sea Ninja Village reach a stalemate, while Gozuki saw the battle as a chance to earn merit and advance within CIPHER POL.

• Queen Sara questioned why the Sea Ninja Village guards refused to evacuate Loulan, and Gozuki arrived to explain that CIPHER POL would protect her.
• Chikushi showed Sara a promotional film while Gozuki sent the guards into the battle and positioned his team around the tower.
• Lubbock reported that he had set up traps, and Gozuki watched the fighting while reflecting on his ambition to surpass Biba Amatori within CIPHER POL.
• CIPHER POL agents armed with pistols appeared behind Sea Ninja Village's forces and attacked Cloud Village with swift martial arts and gunfire.
• Cloud Village's ninjas struggled to counter the agents, and the two sides in Loulan fell into a fierce, bloody stalemate.