Chapter Summaries

Enma confronted Commander Sanast and declared that she would take control of the Sea Star Underworld for Imu, while Hashirama Senju was assigned to fight the grim reapers. Enma and Sanast’s clash revealed their overwhelming power, and Hashirama faced the three thousand grim reapers alone.

• Sanast learned that the West River Estuary had fallen and judged that the grim reapers would need to fight the Titans at close range.
• Enma and Hashirama Senju emerged from a spatial rift, and Sanast recognized Enma as the sword once forged by King Enma.
• Enma announced that she would rule the Underworld on Imu’s behalf and urged Sanast to submit, but he and his grim reapers refused.
• Enma told Hashirama Senju to handle the grim reapers and clashed with Sanast using a massive golden blade of light.
• The clash’s shockwave blasted Hashirama Senju and the grim reapers apart, and Hashirama used Deep Forest Emergence as the grim reapers closed in on him.

Imu watched Enma and Hashirama Senju fight the Shinigami Army in the Sea Star Underworld while planning how to secure control of the realm. Enma defeated Sanast and Hashirama defeated the last Shinigami, leaving Imu to reassess Enma’s strength as he awaited King Enma’s rebirth.

• Imu observed Enma battle Sanast from a hidden layer of space and considered how control of the Underworld could govern life, death, and reincarnation.
• Enma fought Sanast using Xihe, while Hashirama Senju held off three thousand Shinigami with his Wood Human, Wood Dragon, and trees.
• Imu decided he wanted to resurrect Hashirama Senju and assign him to the Sea Ninja Village alongside Madara Uchiha.
• About two days later, Enma severed Sanast’s crimson scythe with Xihe and scattered his soul with Hellfire.
• Hashirama Senju smashed the last black-robed Shinigami, and Imu concluded that Enma was less powerful than he had expected.

As the World Government's Underworld Army advanced on Enma Castle, its residents realized their defenses were no match for the invading giants. The giants bypassed the lava moat and walls through a purple space, and the slaughter began inside the city.

• News spread that the World Government's Underworld Army had destroyed 300,000 Enma Army soldiers and 500 black-robed Shinigami, frightening the spirits of Enma Castle and nearby towns.
• The residents hoped Sanast and the Shinigami Army would defeat the invaders, while the Celestial Dragon spirits remained targets of torment throughout the Underworld.
• A purple tide of giants appeared beyond Enma Castle, and the city's defenders feared the lava moat and walls would not stop them.
• The giants entered a hazy purple space that let them bypass the moat and pass through a huge doorway opened in the wall.
• The Pure Titans poured into the city as Enma Army soldiers and black-robed Shinigami watched in shock, and the slaughter began.

Hamura Otsutsuki reported that the invaders had been captured, and he and Hagoromo Otsutsuki discussed their plans and the truth behind Chakra’s return to the Pure Land. Their conversation was interrupted when a World Government ship arrived carrying Hashirama Senju’s clone.

• Hamura Otsutsuki told Hagoromo Otsutsuki that the prisoners had been secured and were being interrogated for information about other worlds.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki recalled how he and Hamura Otsutsuki had defeated King Enma, and Hamura proposed capturing the reincarnated King Enma and reclaiming the Tenseigan.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki argued that they first needed to address the Demons in the Shinobi World and admitted that he had kept one imprisoned in the Box of Bliss for his plans.
• Hamura Otsutsuki reflected that Hagoromo had been gathering Chakra through the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and had supplied souls in the Pure Land with Chakra from that store.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki sensed a World Government ship entering the Pure Land and revealed that Hashirama Senju’s clone was aboard.

After the World Government took Enma Castle, Imu planned how to secure control of the Sea Star Underworld while awaiting King Enma’s resurrection and arranging negotiations with Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo. He began designing a new Underworld administration and wondered whether to keep its traditional names.

• Imu watched Eren Yeager’s Titans occupy Enma Castle and patrol the city under his control.
• Imu learned from Enma that King Enma would resurrect ten days later, though his location would be unknown until Enma sensed him.
• Imu ordered Enma to send a diplomatic team to the Pure Land and Hashirama Senju to accompany them with a Wood Clone.
• Imu studied the Underworld’s neglectful system and decided the World Government needed to establish a complete administration.
• Imu drafted a new organizational structure and considered whether to retain the existing Underworld titles.

Imu designed the World Government’s administration for the Underworld, including its departments, currency, and reincarnation system. He left off while considering how to reshape Hell and whether to publicize its punishments through religion and selected souls who retained their memories.

• Imu abandoned his attempt to copy mythological underworld structures and drafted a government organized around Yellow Springs City and Enma Court.
• Imu assigned the Judges Department responsibility for laws, judgments, cities, envoys, water sources, currency, and records, and planned to suppress Demon Kings and end the use of Yellow Springs Water as money.
• Imu established six offices to manage the paths of reincarnation and reserved the Heavenly Path for Celestial Dragons, with special rules for their souls.
• Imu considered making the Hell Path more varied and decreed special posthumous torment for opponents of the World Government and Celestial Dragons.
• Imu wondered whether to promote a religion and send selected souls back to the human world with their Underworld memories intact.

Imu designed six Hells for the World Government’s Underworld, assigning punishments to crimes ranging from murder and trafficking to rebellion and harming Celestial Dragons. He considered how to staff the Underworld and concluded that he would have to kill King Enma to make it his own.

• Imu named the six Hells and wrote sentences for civilians’ murderers, people traffickers, deserters, corrupt officials, and rebels.
• Imu renamed Blazing Hell and Extreme Cold Hell as Akainu Hell and Aokiji Hell, and recalled Shakky, Gaban, and the former Roger Pirates crew.
• Imu realized he could recruit dead officials from Sea Star to staff the Underworld and find deceased fighters to strengthen its forces.
• Imu created Sand Crocodile Hell for anyone who harmed a Celestial Dragon and assigned lesser sins to the Animal Path.
• Imu finished planning the Hells and decided he had to kill King Enma to take control of the Underworld.

Sakazuki continued his six-day battle with Nahama, overpowering the demon and driving it to seek Lilith’s help. Nahama unleashed its full demonic power against Sakazuki, forming a colossal black sun above itself.

• Sakazuki struck Nahama with a Haki-imbued punch, sending it flying into the magma.
• Nahama realized Sakazuki showed no sign of tiring and feared it might lose the fight.
• Nahama fled toward Lilith and Kuzan’s battlefield, hoping to combine its demonic fire with Lilith’s ice.
• Sakazuki raised both arms beside an erupting volcano and blocked Nahama’s path.
• Nahama released its maximum demonic power and formed a fireball nearly a kilometer wide above its head.

Sakazuki and Kuzan turned the demons’ powers against them, killing Nahama and Lilith before they could merge. Nahama warned that its death would bind the world to Hades and bring stronger Demon Kings, but Sakazuki struck anyway.

• Sakazuki poured a vast torrent of lava into Nahama’s Black Sun, revealing that he could burn rules and concepts.
• Lilith rushed to join Nahama, but Kuzan used Mahapadma to slow it and counter its Demon Ice with his own ice power.
• Kuzan filled the frozen space with ice spears and killed Lilith as it cursed Nahama for failing to merge with it.
• Sakazuki confronted the wounded Nahama, which warned that its death would summon Demon Kings from deeper layers of Hades, including Lucifero.
• Sakazuki dismissed Nahama’s warning and killed it with Great Eruption.

The Five Elders discussed how to close the Gate of Hades and prepare for stronger demons, while Lord Imu remained unreachable. The chapter ended with the East Blue Bridge Network nearing completion as the World Government relocated civilians to the Red Line.

• Saint Shepherd Ju Peter reported that Sakazuki and Kuzan had killed Nahama and Lilith and were returning to Loulan injured.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro explained that the 1st Main Battle Legion needed to advance to the Gate of Hades and find a way to close it completely.
• Saint Marcus Mars suggested locating the being that opened the gate, and the Five Elders discussed using Moryo or Gō, though Moryo had vanished and Gō remained sealed with Shinnō.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro relayed Sengoku's plan to use ninja barriers and sealing techniques, while Saint Marcus Mars proposed asking Lord Imu to send the Imperial Giant.
• Saint Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro said Vegapunk and Director Fritz wanted captured demons for experiments and reported that Lord Imu could not be contacted for at least a week.
• Saint Topman Warcury announced that Tequila Wolf's final bridge section would be completed within the year as the World Government relocated civilians to planned districts on the Red Line.

While Imu remained in the Shinobi World’s Pure Land, Stussy guarded his body and Willy Tybur met with Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki to establish peaceful relations between the World Government and the Shinobi World. Hagoromo agreed to further contact after the World Government defeated King Enma, while the captured fighters remained a matter for later discussion.

• Stussy kept Historia and others away from Imu’s body, convinced that only she should guard him until he returned.
• Imu’s stored alchemy arrays protected his body from external attacks while he was in the Sea Star Underworld.
• Willy Tybur told Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and Hamura Ōtsutsuki that the World Government sought friendly cooperation and would defend the Shinobi World from threats.
• Hagoromo welcomed further contact after the World Government defeated King Enma, but said his side would not interfere in their battle.
• Willy learned that Rayleigh, Gaban, and Kozuki Oden had died, while Gol D. Roger and many other fighters remained alive and might require a price to recover.

King Enma discovered that Imu had occupied Enma Castle and was coming after him, so he fled toward the Western Styx Estuary rather than risk being killed. He destroyed an Underworld Ship on his way out and vowed to return for revenge, while Imu and Enma pursued him.

• King Enma emerged in the West River region after Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki defeated him, and considered hiding the Underworld while he recovered his strength.
• King Enma sensed that the World Government's Underworld Army had invaded and that Imu had occupied Enma Castle, then realized Imu was targeting him.
• King Enma judged that he had little chance of defeating Imu and fled toward the Western Styx Estuary to escape the Sea Star Underworld.
• Matai and his Eldian soldiers spotted King Enma approaching and transformed into Pure Titans to defend the garrison.
• King Enma destroyed one of the Underworld Ships, shouted a threat of revenge at Matai, and continued fleeing as Imu and Enma drew near.

After King Enma escaped, the Sea Star Underworld Will chose Imu as the new Lord of the Underworld, granting him a divine office and knowledge of its powers and limits. Imu accepted the role, which required him to spend three months each year in the Underworld, and planned to appoint Enma as his subordinate god.

• Imu arrived with Enma at the Western Styx Estuary and found King Enma gone, the Underworld Ships destroyed, and Major General Matai overcome by fear.
• Little Enma explained that the Underworld Will would choose a new Lord, but Imu received a Star Map notification that it was trying to contact his soul.
• Imu removed the soul isolation, and a pillar of crimson light enveloped him and transported his soul away from Enma and Matai.
• The Underworld Will imparted knowledge about death, reincarnation, divine power, and the path to becoming a true god, while granting Imu the potential of the Lord of the Underworld.
• Imu accepted the requirement to spend three months each year in the Underworld and decided that Enma would be suited to serve as his subordinate god.

Imu became the Lord of the Underworld and appointed Little Enma to govern it as the Yellow Springs Hell Martial God. He ordered her to stabilize the Underworld, prepare reforms, and spread a story that legitimized his rule.

• Imu emerged with the Divine Power of the God of Death and transmitted information about the Underworld’s new administration to Little Enma.
• Imu told Little Enma to avoid major changes for now and later recruit former World Government officials and soldiers as undead, while Mu arranged for stronger fighters to come.
• Imu and Little Enma entered Enma Palace through a spatial gate, and Imu formally named her Nerona Enma Palace and appointed her the Yellow Springs Hell Martial God.
• Little Enma asked whether Imu was still her father, and Imu confirmed that his bloodline made her his descendant.
• Imu ordered Little Enma to erase King Enma’s influence and spread a tale that Imu had expelled him and appointed Enma as Pluton to rule the Underworld.

Imu planned to weaken King Enma’s influence by creating a religion centered on himself while keeping faith separate from politics. After learning that Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki would send Hamura for peace talks and that Roger had been captured while his companions had died, Imu returned to the Human Realm and awoke in Noah.

• Imu planned a Religious Affairs Division to oversee religions and promote myths about himself as the God of the Celestial Dragons.
• Willy Tybur reported that Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki would send Hamura Otsutsuki to discuss the World Government and the Shinobi World after King Enma was dealt with.
• Little Enma told Imu that Gaban, Rayleigh, and Kozuki Oden had died in battle and Roger had been captured.
• Imu ordered Willy Tybur to return to the Pure Land and invite its delegation, while considering whether Yoriichi Tsugikuni and Zohakuten could be recruited.
• Imu left the Sea Star Underworld, traveled through the Teigu World, and returned to his body aboard Noah beside the sleeping Stussy.

Im reviewed Sea Star’s population and development plans, approved Smoker’s request to join the police, and assessed the World Government’s campaign in the Shinobi World. He ended by considering how to close the Gate of Hades before Lucifero became a greater threat.

• Im punished Esdeath with a year of house arrest and no access to his bed, then spent the night with Historia.
• Im reviewed Sea Star’s satellite defenses, relocations to the Red Line, population census, food plans, and nearly completed East Blue Bridge Network.
• Im approved Smoker, a War Military Academy graduate and Smoke-Smoke Fruit user, to join the Constitutional Police and noted the need for police academies.
• Im read the Shinobi World report and praised Sakazuki and Kuzan for defeating their enemies and mastering the Incineration Rule and Freezing Rule.
• Im considered the danger posed by Lucifero and wondered whether Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki or Mu could close the Gate of Hades.

The 1st Main Battle Legion routed the demons and advanced toward the Gate of Hades, while Hamura Otsutsuki traveled to the Sea Star Underworld on a mission to inspect the crisis. Hamura and his party arrived to find a grand palace and a welcoming lineup of historic Titans waiting beyond a mysterious Black Mist doorway.

• Sakazuki and Kuzan killed Nahama and Lilith, allowing the 1st Main Battle Legion to defeat or capture the scattered demons with support from Oven, Dalmatian, bombardments, and aerial ships.
• Oven received Onigumo’s order to surround the Gate of Hades and eliminate emerging demons before ninjas sealed it with the Uchiha Flame Formation and Four Red Yang Formation.
• Hagoromo prepared to travel to the Shinobi World as Hamura departed the Underworld Pure Land, while Roger chose to stay behind with Madara rather than serve the World Government.
• Hamura, Willy Tybur, Kagami Uchiha, Mu, Annie Leonhart, other ninjas, and Eldian soldiers crossed the Underworld Sea and arrived at the Sea Star Underworld.
• A towering Black Mist doorway opened before Hamura’s group, revealing a black-crystal palace guarded by historic Titans in Coats of Justice.

Hamura Otsutsuki met Nerona Enma in Yellow Springs City to negotiate the Shinobi World's accession to the World Government. After reviewing the proposed plans, he objected to placing all ninjas under Sea Ninja Village, leaving the talks open for further discussion.

• Hamura Otsutsuki entered Yellow Springs City through the Space Gate with Kagami Uchiha, Mu, and the other ninjas, then proceeded to Enma Palace with Willy Tybur.
• Willy Tybur led Hamura Otsutsuki to the meeting hall, where Nerona Enma welcomed him and began talks on the Shinobi World's accession.
• Hamura Otsutsuki questioned why the World Government had killed the Five Great Nations' daimyo, and Nerona Enma said it preferred cooperating with ninjas.
• Nerona Enma presented plans to make Loulan the Shinobi World's government and place its ninjas under Sea Ninja Village.
• Hamura Otsutsuki objected to putting all ninjas under Sea Ninja Village, and Nerona Enma agreed to discuss the matter further.

Hamura Otsutsuki negotiated with Great Enma over how the Shinobi World would join the World Government, but Imu’s knowledge of future Ōtsutsuki invaders and Hades’s demons left him wary and convinced the world needed protection. The discussion ended with Hamura asking Great Enma to explain the dangers of Hades.

• Hamura Otsutsuki proposed rebuilding the Ninjutsu Sect to manage shinobi, but Great Enma insisted that the World Government would retain its own shinobi forces.
• Great Enma argued that the Shinobi World needed the World Government’s protection and revealed that Imu had warned that Ōtsutsuki enemies would arrive in about twenty-three years.
• Hamura Otsutsuki was shocked that Imu knew about Kaguya Otsutsuki and listened as Great Enma explained Imu’s power of Future Sight and the World Government’s intelligence.
• Great Enma described Hades as a seven-layer demon world and identified powerful demons including Lucifero, Astaroth, and Beelzebub.
• Hamura Otsutsuki grew afraid that Imu knew the truths about him, his brother, and his mother, and asked Great Enma to tell him more about Hades.

Hamura Otsutsuki agreed that the Gate of Hades needed to be dealt with and negotiated with Grand Enma over the World Government’s role in the Shinobi World. Their talks left the future of shinobi ranks and the management of the proposed ninja schools unresolved.

• Hamura Otsutsuki reconsidered his plan to leave the Gate of Hades open after Grand Enma warned him of its danger, and he agreed it should be dealt with quickly.
• Grand Enma proposed letting shinobi choose whether to join the Ninjutsu Sect, the Sea Ninja Village, or neither, and Hamura accepted while requiring shinobi records to be shared.
• Hamura read a plan to turn the Five Great Shinobi Villages into universities, establish five specialist universities, and make the Sea Ninja Village responsible for certifying jonin.
• Grand Enma refused to let the World Government recognize Ninjutsu Sect rank assessments, though Ninjutsu Sect shinobi could apply for Sea Ninja Village certification.
• Hamura asked who would own and manage the proposed ninja schools.