Chapter Summaries

Imu learned that Star Fate was causing the Giant World to develop Devil Fruits and possibly adopt Sea Star’s environment and biology, while Redfield found the Dark-Dark Fruit. Truth visited Imu, accepted access to the Demon Slayer World instead of his preferred Zero Magic World, and granted Imu the basic abilities of a Stigmata Alchemist.

• Stussy reported that CP7 had captured a Devil Fruit User in the Giant World’s Absolute Freedom Zone, and Imu ordered tests of the world’s seawater and monitoring of newborns and local creatures.
• Stussy explained that the captured user had exhausted himself and coughed blood from overusing his ability, confirming that Giant World inhabitants struggled to withstand Devil Fruit powers.
• Stussy reported that Cipher Pol-0 Vice Director Redfield had found the Dark-Dark Fruit on a Winter Island in the latter half of the Grand Line.
• Truth appeared before Imu, discussed the knowledge he had absorbed from the Kabane World, and requested access to another world.
• Imu offered Truth the Demon Slayer World, rejected his request for the Zero Magic World, and asked why he lacked the abilities of a Stigmata Alchemist.
• Truth told Imu he now had the basic abilities of a Stigmata Alchemist and warned that limited knowledge would keep him from reaching Isaac’s level.

After gaining Stigmata Alchemy from Truth, Imu learned that Crocodile was in danger from two powerful demons in the Ninja World. He identified them as Lilith and Naamah, sent their weaknesses to Sakazuki and Kuzan, and called the only person who could reach Crocodile in time.

• After the second Truth left, Imu gained the Kabbalistic Tree of Life mark and discovered he could use Stigmata Alchemy to transform matter and create Philosopher's Stones.
• Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro told Imu that Lilith and Naamah were overwhelming Crocodile and that reinforcements would take at least a day to arrive.
• Imu recognized the demons as Black Clover's highest-ranking first-level Hades twins and reviewed their weaknesses and combat abilities.
• Imu entered information about Lilith and Naamah into the Star Sea Den Den Mushi network and sent it to Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro to pass to Sakazuki and Kuzan.
• Imu called the only person who could support Crocodile in time and worried that the World Government would need to grow stronger before confronting Hades and its Rulers.

Crocodile struggled to survive Lilith and Nahama’s combined assault in the Land of Swamps, refusing to surrender even as they overwhelmed his defenses. Just as he unleashed a colossal sand crocodile against their attack, a woman’s Mahapadma froze the entire battlefield.

• Onoki arrived with Hidden Rock Village troops, used Dust Release to destroy over a thousand demons, then joined Fugaku Uchiha, Rasa, and Jiraiya against Aketos.
• Lilith and Nahama intensified their attacks on Crocodile, shattering his Sand Tornado and leaving him burned and frostbitten.
• Crocodile mocked Lilith, resisted her ice thorns with Conqueror’s Haki, and healed himself with a Purple Butterfly Emergency Pill.
• Lilith and Nahama covered the sky above Crocodile with black ice and flames as he summoned a colossal sand crocodile to meet their attack.
• A woman shouted Mahapadma, and pale blue light froze the entire battlefield, even stopping light itself.

Crocodile’s hopes rose when Esdeath and Red Lotus arrived, but Lilith and Nahama unleashed another devastating attack. Esdeath and Red Lotus joined the fight against the demons, and Red Lotus’s icy counterattack met their magic head-on.

• Lilith shattered the frozen domain with Demonic Ice Magic, and Nahama evaporated the falling ice and snow with black flames.
• Crocodile mistook the newcomers for Aokiji, then recognized Esdeath and Red Lotus and hoped they could help defeat Lilith and Nahama.
• Red Lotus told Esdeath that Imu had ordered her to return, but Esdeath refused and Red Lotus transformed into her nine-tailed fox form.
• Crocodile warned Esdeath and Red Lotus that only Devil Fruit abilities and Haki could harm the demons, while Red Lotus said they already knew more than he did.
• Lilith and Nahama unleashed Demonic Ice Magic and Demonic Flame Magic, and Esdeath and Red Lotus answered with an enormous ice-blue attack.

Crocodile, Red Lotus, and Esdeath struggled against the highest-ranking demons Lilith and Nahama, but the demons’ black fire and frost overwhelmed them. Crocodile wounded Lilith yet remained badly injured, and the battle continued with the three fighters on the defensive.

• Crocodile charged Lilith and Nahama with his Desert Greatsword but was blasted away by their black fire and ice.
• Esdeath and Crocodile launched a coordinated attack while Red Lotus protected Esdeath with her nine Haki-coated tails.
• Crocodile cut off Lilith’s left hand, then evaded Nahama’s counterattack by scattering into sand.
• Lilith regenerated her severed hand as she and Nahama boasted of demons’ resilience, and Crocodile mocked their claim of immortality.
• Lilith and Nahama unleashed another wave of black fire and frost, forcing Crocodile, Red Lotus, and Esdeath to keep fighting despite their injuries.

Imu learned that Biba Amatori had awakened Conqueror’s Haki, then accompanied Little Enma into the Sea Star Underworld to meet Shimotsuki Ryuma. As Little Enma guided him toward Higanbana Garden, Imu considered the Underworld’s unusual materials and asked her to remove its volcanoes when she became its ruler.

• Imu received a report that Biba Amatori had awakened Conqueror’s Haki and concluded that Otherworlders could possess it without any connection to Star Fate.
• Little Enma told Imu that Hashirama Senju had agreed to help defeat King Enma and that Wald had gone to invite Shimotsuki Ryuma to the Underworld.
• Imu traveled with Little Enma to the Flower Chamber, where she sent his soul into the Sea Star Underworld.
• Little Enma explained that an Underworld ruler could change its environment using local materials, and Imu discovered that its soil resisted his ordinary alchemy.
• Little Enma led Imu toward Shimotsuki Ryuma’s secluded home in Higanbana Garden, and Imu asked her to remove the volcanoes when she renovated the Underworld.

Imu and Little Enma watched Byndi Wald try to invite Shimotsuki Ryuma to the Giant Underworld, but Ryuma attacked him and declared that he deserved death. Imu recognized Ryuma’s strength and, realizing their blood feud made reconciliation impossible, decided he could not let him live.

• Little Enma showed Imu Higanbana Garden and explained the Kabane Butterflies that lived among its flowers.
• Imu and Little Enma hid near the estate while Imu considered how to handle Shimotsuki Ryuma if he refused Enma’s invitation.
• Byndi Wald announced that he had come on Enma’s orders, but Ryuma’s Sword Saint Domain struck him and drove him out of the garden.
• Shimotsuki Ryuma appeared, and Imu noticed how much he resembled Zoro.
• Ryuma condemned Wald for serving the World Government and for slaughtering people in Wano Country, then attacked him with Shusui.
• Imu recalled the World Government’s blood feud with Ryuma and decided that he could not let Ryuma live.

Shimotsuki Ryuma defeated Byndi Wald in the Sea Star Underworld and vowed revenge on the World Government. Imu arrived, and the two Sword Saints began a pure duel of blades, which continued as the chapter ended.

• Shimotsuki Ryuma defeated Byndi Wald, whose body and soul were consumed by Kabane Butterflies.
• Shimotsuki Ryuma condemned the World Government for destroying Wano Country and vowed to make it pay.
• Imu appeared and sealed off the Higanbana Garden with golden energy, crushing the Kabane Butterflies with his overwhelming pressure.
• Shimotsuki Ryuma recognized Imu and welcomed a duel, while Imu chose to fight him with blades rather than other methods.
• Imu summoned Enma, and he and Shimotsuki Ryuma exchanged sword strikes in a fierce contest that filled the garden with clashing sounds and blade lights.

Imu defeated Shimotsuki Ryuma in the Underworld and left its affairs unchanged pending King Enma’s situation. Meanwhile, the shinobi and their allies struggled against the demon tide, while Crocodile, Esdeath, and Red Lotus fought to survive.

• Imu and Shimotsuki Ryuma fought for over four hours before Imu killed him with a decisive clash of blade flashes.
• Mature Enma praised Imu, who told her to leave the Underworld as it was for now and said its future depended on King Enma.
• Fugaku Uchiha, Rasa, Jiraiya, and Onoki killed Aketos by combining Fugaku’s Mangekyou Sharingan technique with Onoki’s Dust Release, but they had little Chakra left to rejoin the Allied Shinobi Forces.
• Crocodile endured severe burns and frostbite while dodging the demons’ attacks, and Red Lotus shielded herself and Esdeath inside a shell of ice as she struggled to fight demons whose flames and ice resisted her abilities.

Onigumo ordered a massive artillery barrage to support the Allied Shinobi Forces as they struggled against the demon army in the Land of Swamps. The bombardment devastated the demons, and the shinobi recognized that the World Government’s support had arrived.

• Onigumo, Doberman, and Fabien discussed their divisions’ rear-line artillery role while the Allied Shinobi Forces held the front.
• Onigumo ordered the guns to fire two ammunition loads of Heavenly Origin Shells using coordinates from the Survey Corps.
• Rasa, Fugaku Uchiha, and Onoki fought the demons until their Chakra was nearly exhausted and they feared the line would collapse before reinforcements arrived.
• Seventy-two heavy howitzers fired 120 shells each into the demon army, unleashing powerful blasts across its middle and rear.
• The shinobi heard the barrage and realized the World Government had arrived to support them.

The World Government’s 3rd and 5th Divisions arrived to relieve the Allied Shinobi Forces, and tests confirmed that Seastone Bullets weakened demons. Meanwhile, Lilith and Nahama attacked the defeated Crocodile, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Onoki and Rasa spotted the World Government’s armored convoys approaching as artillery continued to strike the demons.
• The 3rd and 5th Divisions built a defensive line and ordered the Allied Shinobi Forces to withdraw behind it.
• Charlotte Oven and Dalmatian tested Seastone Bullets on demons and confirmed the ammunition weakened them and hindered their movement.
• Charlotte Oven and Dalmatian ordered Seastone Bullets distributed to the troops after four Air Force warships dropped crates of ammunition.
• Lilith and Nahama prepared to kill the badly wounded Crocodile, while Red Lotus and Esdeath lay exhausted nearby.
• Lilith and Nahama unleashed black flames and black frost at Crocodile as he wondered if his journey was ending.

Sakazuki rescued Crocodile from Lilith and Nahama, then joined Kuzan to face the two demons. The chapter ended as Sakazuki and Kuzan prepared to fight them, each taking one opponent.

• Sakazuki erupted from the ground and blasted Lilith and Nahama away, saving the wounded Crocodile from their combined attack.
• Sakazuki gave Crocodile a Purple Butterfly Emergency Pill and ordered him to return to Loulan with Red Lotus and Esdeath.
• Lilith and Nahama recovered and confronted Sakazuki, while Kuzan arrived on his ice bicycle.
• Sakazuki and Kuzan agreed to separate the demons, with Sakazuki fighting Nahama and Kuzan fighting Lilith.
• Sakazuki and Kuzan struck fists beneath their fluttering Coats of Justice and prepared to battle.

Sakazuki and Kuzan fought Nahama and Lilith while the Army and Allied Shinobi Forces prepared a counterattack against the demon army. Twenty Conquerors arrived and began charging their light-based weapons, leaving the battle poised to intensify.

• Sakazuki countered Nahama’s demonic flames with Great Eruption, pushing a magma fist through the fire as he attacked from inside it.
• Kuzan used Ice Age to create a blizzard and rising icebergs, then clashed with Lilith as both fighters elementalized and traded attacks.
• Onoki, Rasa, Jiraiya, Fugaku Uchiha, Chiyo, and the other commanders withdrew most of the exhausted Allied Shinobi Forces behind the defensive line while rearguards bought time.
• The Army opened fire with Seastone bullets, artillery, heavy weapons, and airships against the advancing demons.
• Charlotte Oven and Dalmatian ordered ten reported Conquerors into battle, and twenty blue-haired, horned Conquerors emerged as golden Flash Beams gathered in their mouths.

Sakazuki and Kuzan helped stabilize the front while the World Government expanded its control around the Land of Fire and absorbed the Shinobi World’s representatives. Orochimaru joined the Biochemical Research Institute, but a report on Chakra’s origins led the World Government to warn its leaders away from using it.

• Sakazuki, Kuzan, and the 1st Main Battle Legion stabilized the fighting, while Shiryu and Stainless’s 6th Main Battle Division seized nearby small nations and handed them to World Government officials.
• Onigumo deployed the arriving Hidden Mist, Cloud Village, and Land of Iron forces to guard the sea entrances around the Land of Swamps.
• Orochimaru asked to join the Biochemical Academy of Sciences, and Saint Marcus Mars investigated his research skills before sending him to Impel Down’s Biochemical Research Institute.
• Orochimaru eagerly began working with the researchers studying Hashirama Senju Cells and White Zetsu, putting his duties as Fourth Hokage and Konoha representative out of mind.
• Imu presented a report on Chakra’s origins and its connection to the Ōtsutsuki, prompting the World Government’s leaders and Muzan Kibutsuji to avoid acquiring Chakra until its dangers were resolved.

The World Government monitored Sakazuki, Kuzan, Lilith, and Nahama’s battle as it devastated the Shinobi World’s western peninsula, while Imu received the Dark-Dark Fruit and a Demon Slayer manga set in Noah. Imu ended the chapter considering who should receive the fruit.

• Orochimaru joined the Biochemical Research Institute, though the World Government treated his arrival as minor amid its many other projects.
• The World Government considered using Rosinante’s Rewind-Rewind Fruit to restore and reproduce the Thousand-Mile Heavenly Eye, which could give it many long-range observation devices.
• Sakazuki, Kuzan, Lilith, and Nahama fought westward, wiping out civilians and turning more than a dozen small nations into a battlefield.
• Nahama was astonished by Sakazuki’s ruthless willingness to sacrifice cities to win, while Kuzan failed to steer the battle toward the sea.
• Stussy delivered the Dark-Dark Fruit and Tesoro’s Demon Slayer manga set to Imu in Noah.
• Imu read part of the manga, then opened the box containing the fruit and wondered who should receive it.

Imu considered how the World Government could use the Dark-Dark Fruit and decided to send it to Rob Lucci, though he reconsidered after imagining giving it to Luffy. Meanwhile, Shiki grew furious at being kept on standby and blamed Akainu and Aokiji for delaying his campaign.

• Imu reviewed proposals to strengthen Impel Down with Shinobi World sealing and barrier techniques, including the Fire Release: Heavenly Prison Technique.
• Imu chose Rob Lucci as the intended recipient of the Dark-Dark Fruit after Stussy confirmed the boy's exceptional training progress on Guanhao Island, but then stopped her to reconsider giving it to Luffy.
• Most of Halkeginia's people migrated to Albion Great Sky Island while the rest of the continent collapsed, providing the World Government with access to magical materials.
• Shiki asked Budo whether he had received permission to go to war, and Budo reported that Shiki had to remain on standby until the battle between Akainu and Aokiji became clearer.
• Shiki slammed his desk and threatened to apply to fight in the Shinobi World himself so he could deal with the demons.

Im ordered Little Enma to seize the Sea Star Underworld after King Enma’s defeat, while the World Government continued fighting demons in the Shinobi World. On the battlefield, Sakazuki relentlessly attacked Nahama, leaving the demon enraged and struggling to escape.

• Little Enma told Im that King Enma had been killed in the Shinobi World’s Pure Land, where Hamura Ōtsutsuki had joined forces with Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki.
• Im ordered Little Enma and Hashirama Senju to occupy Enma Castle and take control of the Sea Star Underworld, while sending an envoy to the Pure Land to offer friendly intentions.
• The World Government’s forces deployed Exploding Rock and the Five-Path Rotary Furnace against demons in the Land of Swamps, impressing the Shinobi World’s leaders.
• Sakazuki blasted Nahama into a crater with a Shockwave, then struck it with a Lava Meteor and continued attacking at close range.
• Nahama used black flames to counter Sakazuki’s magma attacks, but feared his strength and ability to predict its movements and shouted for him to go away.

Kuzan continued fighting Lilith in the blizzard while trying to learn the nature of her black ice. In Loulan, Imu contracted with the Dragon Vein after transforming the surrounding desert into soil, leaving it bound to obey him if he restored the Land of Wind within three years.

• Kuzan used the blizzard, Observation Killing, and repeated slashes to restrict Lilith while sensing the power of her black ice, though she wounded him whenever he attacked up close.
• Crocodile, Red Lotus, and Esdeath arrived at Roran City, where Crocodile collapsed from his injuries and was taken to a hospital for emergency treatment.
• Imu entered the emptied underground palace and used Stigmata Alchemy to break Minato Namikaze's sealing formula and contact the Dragon Vein.
• Imu promised to make the Land of Wind lush within three years and used his power to turn the desert around Loulan into black soil.
• The Dragon Vein agreed to obey Imu and acknowledge him as its master for a thousand years if he restored the Land of Wind within three years, but Imu had already disappeared.

Sanast learned that World Government forces had invaded the Sea Star Underworld and led three thousand Shinigami to confront them. Admiral Eren and the Titan officers joined the battle, while Zeke Yeager attacked the defenders with volleys of stone balls.

• Sanast prepared Enma Castle for a possible attack from the Shinobi World and worried over King Enma's defeat and Shimotsuki Ryuma's unexplained death.
• A Shinigami reported that World Government ships had attacked the western Styx sea outlet, and Sanast chose to lead three thousand Shinigami there while leaving five thousand to guard Enma Castle.
• At the western sea outlet, Titans in purple-black uniforms disembarked from thousands of ships and battered the Sea Star Underworld's skeleton soldiers.
• Admiral Eren ordered Zeke Yeager to attack the black-robed Shinigami, and Zeke hurled volleys of stone balls from the Beast Titan.
• Eren ordered Bertholdt Hoover, Reiner Braun, Lara Tybur, Annie Leonhart, and the other Titan officers to join the battle and end it quickly.

Eren Yeager led Enma’s Titan Legion against the Enma Army along the Styx, where five Colossal Titans devastated the battlefield. The Enma Army collapsed, and Eren’s forces advanced toward Enma Castle.

• Eren Yeager commanded Pure Titans and intelligent Titans as they fought the skeleton warriors and Shinigami along the Styx.
• Reiner Braun led the Armored Titans through the skeleton ranks while other intelligent Titans battled across the field.
• Bertholdt Hoover and four other Colossal Titan hosts fell from the sky and transformed above the battlefield.
• The five Colossal Titans’ explosions destroyed hundreds of thousands of skeleton soldiers and left vast craters in the ground.
• The Enma Army collapsed, and Eren Yeager led his forces up the Styx toward Enma Castle.