Chapter Summaries

Itachi Uchiha watched a broadcast with Fugaku Uchiha and learned about Sesshomaru’s contest for the Demon Race chieftaincy. As Sesshomaru and Inuyasha waited for the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, Roxanne and the Claymore Warriors arrived to witness the contest.

• Itachi Uchiha told Fugaku Uchiha that he sensed something might happen, then recognized Sesshomaru on the broadcast.
• Fugaku Uchiha explained the chieftaincy contest and warned Itachi Uchiha to avoid the Demon Race.
• Information spread among Wano Island’s factions that Sesshomaru and Inuyasha were sons of the late Toga, and that Saint Mihawk seemed to favor Sesshomaru.
• Sesshomaru and Inuyasha saw about thirty Claymore Warriors approach from the north.
• Roxanne introduced herself as director of the Investigation Bureau and told Sesshomaru that the group had come to witness the contest, not compete.

Sesshomaru faced Rihan Nura and the Hundred Demons Night Parade alone while Inuyasha sparred with Roxanne and the Claymore demons nearby. Rihan Nura entered Demon Binding with Setsura and attacked Sesshomaru, who countered with his Poison Claw.

• Sesshomaru ordered Inuyasha to fight Roxanne and the Claymore demons so he could learn their abilities and keep watch over them.
• Inuyasha introduced himself to Roxanne, teased her about their ages, and went with her and the others away from the battlefield.
• Rihan Nura arrived before Sesshomaru and explained that he would use Demon Binding to combine his power with the Hundred Demons Night Parade.
• Rihan Nura merged with Setsura through Demon Binding: Zero-Tear Snow, gaining ice wings as the other demons’ Fear amplified his power.
• Rihan Nura attacked Sesshomaru with a blade of ice, used his Illusion talent to strike from behind, and Sesshomaru evaded before appearing behind him and raising his Poison Claw.

Sesshomaru and Rihan Nura fought fiercely while Rihan shifted among the powers of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons. As Sesshomaru drew Bakusaiga, Rihan felt an overwhelming fear, and the battle reached a turning point.

• Sesshomaru and Rihan Nura exchanged attacks across the frozen battlefield, with Rihan using illusion to evade Sesshomaru's senses.
• Inuyasha and Roxanne watched their own fight without taking it seriously, while Mihawk, Gion, Yami Tsukahara, and Yami-hime watched the broadcast from Shogun Castle.
• Mihawk predicted Sesshomaru would win because Bakusaiga was the natural enemy of Rihan's Demon Binding and the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.
• Rihan switched between Demon Binding forms, gaining different abilities from demons such as Setsura, Yakujin, and Kurotabo.
• Sesshomaru drew Bakusaiga, and Rihan felt panic as green lightning and golden light filled the night sky.

Sesshomaru defeated Rihan Nura by using Bakusaiga to break the Nura Clan’s demon-energy connections, then appointed him Head of Heart Demons. The major factions of Wano Island recognized Sesshomaru as a threat, though some dismissed the Demon Race as a second-rate force because it lacked Admiral-level combat power.

• Rihan Nura unleashed Mirror of Still Water: Sakura: Fire Slash, but Sesshomaru’s Bakusaiga overwhelmed it and left the battlefield cratered with lava.
• Sesshomaru explained that Bakusaiga’s energy traveled through demon-energy connections, breaking Rihan Nura’s techniques and striking the Nura Clan demons as well.
• Rihan Nura conceded defeat and pledged the Nura Clan’s allegiance after Sesshomaru spared his companions.
• Sesshomaru appointed Rihan Nura Head of Heart Demons, giving him authority over demons and ghosts born from spiritual realms under the World Government.
• Nurarihyon and Wakana Nura watched the outcome from the Treasure Ship, while Wano’s factions assessed Sesshomaru and the Demon Race’s strength.
• Some factions judged the Demon Race to be second-rate or third-rate because it lacked Admiral-level combat power.

Mikasa told Historia she was leaving her guard unit to enter the Top 100 Tournament and try to revive Eren. Historia accepted her decision, promised to arrange custom weapons for her, and then called her husband to ask about Eren.

• Mikasa told Historia she planned to leave the guard unit and enter the Top 100 Tournament to wish for Eren's revival.
• Historia warned that Eren's fate was uncertain, but agreed to Mikasa's plan and embraced her.
• Mikasa said she would join the military if she failed, or live in seclusion with Eren if she succeeded.
• Historia insisted on giving Mikasa a gift and arranged for her to receive custom epic-grade dual blades from swordsmiths on Wano Island.
• After Mikasa left, Historia called her husband to ask about Eren Yeager.

After Imu allowed Mikasa to pursue Eren’s resurrection under the World Government’s rules, Doflamingo returned to the Adventurers Guild and met with Shanks. Doflamingo hinted that the coming Five-Star Sea Unification would bring changes affecting them both, but he left the details unrevealed.

• Imu told Historia that Mikasa could resurrect Eren if she followed World Government rules and accepted the consequences.
• Doflamingo returned to Cactus Island, where Diamante told him Shanks had come to resign as West Blue Branch president.
• Doflamingo met Shanks, who explained that he wanted to focus on training in God's Knights rather than keep the position without serving.
• Shanks said there was already another version of him in God's Knights, but declined to explain further.
• Doflamingo told Shanks that Imu had revealed changes tied to the Five-Star Sea Unification and said they concerned both of them.

Buggy resigned from the Academy of Sciences to pursue his dream of finding treasure, but Vegapunk granted him indefinite leave instead. As Buggy said goodbye to Ikoma and Flam, Shanks appeared, and Buggy demanded to know why he was there after becoming a Celestial Dragon.

• Buggy asked Vegapunk to accept his resignation so he could leave and become an adventurer, but Vegapunk gave him indefinite leave and welcomed him back whenever he wished.
• Flam and Ikoma questioned Buggy's decision, and he argued with them over the joy of searching for treasure himself.
• Shanks arrived at the rooftop with Gyuki, and Buggy froze before recognizing his old friend after nearly ten years apart.
• Buggy grabbed Shanks by the collar and asked why he had come when he had become a Celestial Dragon, while Flam and Ikoma reacted in shock.

Shanks invited Buggy to join the Adventurers Guild as president of its West Blue Branch, hoping to gain a trusted ally as he prepared to become guildmaster. Buggy accepted after Gyuki suggested making him an honorary guildmaster, setting the stage for the guild’s Era of Two Kings.

• Shanks stopped Ikoma and Flam from kneeling and greeted them as Buggy’s friends.
• Shanks told Buggy that he would soon become guildmaster and invited him to lead the West Blue Branch.
• Buggy refused to become Shanks’s subordinate and threatened to return to piracy or stay at the Academy of Sciences.
• Gyuki proposed making Buggy an honorary guildmaster who could serve as West Blue Branch president until a replacement was found.
• Shanks explained that he needed Buggy’s help to handle resistance from Doflamingo’s former officers, and Buggy agreed to join as honorary guildmaster.

Crocodile and Shukaku relaxed in Shukaku’s desert territory until Bullet arrived on a black dragon and challenged Crocodile to fight. Crocodile answered with a Haki-coated Desert Spada, leaving their confrontation about to begin.

• Crocodile and Shukaku played a co-op game in Shukaku’s territory while the Lynx Tribe handled the household chores.
• Crocodile told Shukaku that a full-scale offensive against Hades would begin after the Five-Star Sea Unification, and Shukaku asked to join him.
• Crocodile and Shukaku sensed an approaching Elder Dragon, and Crocodile recognized its rider as Bullet.
• Bullet flew to the ancient city on a black dragon and roared a challenge at Crocodile.
• Crocodile welcomed Bullet with a Conqueror’s Haki-coated Desert Spada.

Bullet and Crocodile fought in the desert, where Bullet unveiled his lightning-powered Current Driving and battled Crocodile until nightfall. Afterward, Bullet introduced his dragon as Ruiner Nergigante, and Crocodile mocked its grand name.

• Bullet blocked Crocodile’s Sand Blade with his Gustav Great Cannon, causing a massive explosion that Shukaku contained to protect his territory.
• Crocodile and Bullet began a close-quarters contest of Physical Arts and Haki while Shukaku assessed Fatalis and wondered whether rebirth would increase his power.
• Bullet activated Current Driving at fifty million volts and struck Crocodile with a lightning-fast punch, escalating their fight.
• Crocodile and Bullet fought from noon until night before stopping, and Crocodile praised Zephyr’s Physical Arts style with a joke.
• Bullet called his dragon Ruiner Nergigante, and Crocodile questioned what world it had supposedly destroyed.

Bullet told Crocodile how he raised a Ruiner Nergigante from an egg with Sapphire Star’s help, then revealed that Leone had given him a son. Crocodile learned the boy’s name was Grant.

• Bullet explained that he had sought a Nergigante as a mount and asked Sapphire Star to find an egg.
• Sapphire Star found an egg and arranged for its mother to visit Sea Star, and Bullet fought the adult Nergigante to prove he could raise its child.
• Bullet described how Sapphire Star helped care for the hatched Nergigante, which grew into a powerful special individual with a huge appetite.
• Bullet brought the Ruiner Nergigante to Crocodile’s home, where it ate grilled Banana Crocodile meat while Shukaku petted it.
• Bullet said he had come to show Crocodile his Ruiner Nergigante and his newly mastered Current Driving, then revealed that Leone had given him a son named Grant.

As the World Government settled the reviewed yoma on Sea Star, it prepared the population and military for Five-Star Sea Unification. In May, Imu ordered Stussy to bring the three Empresses and Mu back to Sea Star so they could spend the next month in Mary Geoise.

• Hagoromo Fox received a pardon through Abe no Seimei's appeal, while yoma who had harmed humans were imprisoned or purged during the World Government's review.
• More than ten thousand approved Demon Race members settled in Wano Island's Myriad Demon Mountains, and Hagoromo Fox abandoned her bid to challenge Sesshomaru after losing to Rihan Nura.
• Tsuchigumo joined Army Headquarters as a major and began military training after asking to be assigned somewhere with strong fighters and frequent war.
• As Five-Star Sea Unification approached, the World Government suspended train service, locked down major cities, relocated island residents, and increased security across Sea Star.
• In May, Imu told Stussy to bring the three Empresses and Mu back to Sea Star and spend the next month in Mary Geoise.

Imu used his Star-Point Finger to move Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Venus, and Jupiter toward Sea Star, beginning the first stage of Five-Star Sea Unification. After the feat was broadcast across the World Government’s worlds, Imu left the Magic Moon and planned to modify Sea Star before the next stage.

• Imu returned to the Magic Moon and warned Igu that the five planets would soon approach Sea Star.
• Imu pointed at Mercury, and the planet glowed, trembled, and began moving as Kuzan and other Marines watched in shock.
• Imu pointed at Mars, Saturn, Venus, and Jupiter in succession, causing each planet to light up and move toward Sea Star.
• Tesoro’s Publicity Department broadcast the spectacle, astonishing people across the worlds under the World Government.
• Boros spotted Imu and Igu on the Magic Moon, and Imu noticed his gaze before vanishing into starlight.
• Imu decided to modify Sea Star before beginning the next stage of Five-Star Sea Unification.

Imu began moving five planets toward Sea Star, relying on the Star Map to manage the gravitational disruption. At Tsuru’s courtyard, Garp told the children he had met the Creator, then persuaded Luffy to go with him to the dangerous Schrade Continent instead of Sky Island.

• Imu used the Star Map to begin shifting five planets toward Sea Star, arriving a month early to reduce the damage.
• At the Crane Courtyard, Luffy asked Garp whether he had met the Creator, and Garp confirmed that he had.
• Garp told Ace and Yamato that Dragon, Kaido, and Charlotte Linlin had also met the Creator, while Ace wished he could thank the Creator himself.
• Yamato teased Ace about leading the elementary school tennis club, and Ace vowed to win the next three Sea Star tournaments.
• Garp announced that he would take Luffy to the Schrade Continent in the Teigu World, and Luffy agreed after hearing there would be unfamiliar meat.

After the Golden Bell Tower gathered an unprecedented torrent of faith, Imu explained how the power was routed through it and returned to Sea Star. He then summoned Gamamaru, Katsuyu, and Historia to announce a new Summoning World and put its management under Historia’s leadership.

• The Golden Bell Tower rang and blazed with light as faith from more than ten worlds flowed into it, prompting Kukulkan to report the strange occurrence to Imu.
• Imu recognized the energy as faith, explained that the Golden Bell Tower collected it and sent a portion to Dark Imu, then returned to Sea Star after confirming there was no danger.
• Imu summoned Gamamaru, Katsuyu, and Historia to the Empty Throne Hall, where Gamamaru relied on a Pure Gold ring to prolong his life and Katsuyu explained her method of renewing her body through split bodies.
• Imu announced that Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest would be merged into a Summoning World attached to Sea Star’s space.
• Imu said the new world would house summoned beasts so people could summon them from any world with a Star Gate, and placed it under the Magical Creature Association led by Historia.

Imu created the Summoning World by merging Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest, then attached the new plane to Sea Star. He set his sights on building nine realm-planes around Sea Star as he continued conquering worlds.

• Imu ordered Gamamaru and Katsuyu to leave Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest so he could combine the spaces into the Summoning World.
• Historia accepted responsibility for managing the Summoning World through the Magical Creature Association, while Tengen Uzui arranged for the toad clan’s relocation with help from Onoki and Kitsuchi.
• The Hidden Rock Village logistics forces built Myōboku Village, and the toads moved there as Katsuyu found a place to burrow.
• On May 4th, Imu crushed the spatial structures of Mount Myōboku and Shikkotsu Forest together, destroying their contents and forming one enlarged plane.
• Imu added the Summoning World to Sea Star’s spatial system and resolved to create nine realm-planes around it before returning to the physical world.

Doflamingo presented Imu with his design for Star City, a vast transfer hub intended to connect Sea Star and other worlds through portals and support trade. Imu listened to Doflamingo’s plans as the future city lord.

• Katsuyu and the toads remained on Wano Island while the spatial fusion stabilized and Five-Star Sea Unification approached.
• Doflamingo entered Pangaea Castle, greeted Imu, and presented his Star City design proposal.
• Imu planned for Star City to serve as a portal transfer station connecting destinations across Sea Star and other worlds.
• Doflamingo described plans for trade, logistics, business districts, auctions, dining, and entertainment in Star City.
• Imu examined Doflamingo’s proposed headquarters, whose upright Five-Circle Cross design placed the city lord’s office at the top.

Doflamingo proposed making Star Gate City Sea Star’s portal transit hub to protect the homeworld, and Imu appointed him Lord of Star City, giving him authority to build it within a plane. The next day, Imu traveled to the Canberra Continent with Karna, Falcon Dragon, and Albertrion, while Fatalis sensed his master’s summons from Reincarnation Paradise.

• Doflamingo warned Imu that placing hundreds of portals in Star City would create a security risk and proposed making Star Gate City the transit hub instead.
• Imu approved Doflamingo’s proposal and gave him a primitive plane to transform into Star City.
• Doflamingo used his granted authority to raise a mountain and turn it into a vast desert, then pledged to obey Imu as Lord of Star City.
• Imu stored the Star City plane and prepared to deal with Reincarnation Paradise.
• The next day, Imu traveled to the Canberra Continent through a Small Star Gate with Karna, Falcon Dragon, and Albertrion, and Fatalis awoke in the volcano after sensing his master’s summons.

Imu freed Fatalis from guarding Reincarnation Paradise and decided to relocate its monsters to Hundred Demons Takamagahara, where he planned to build a more varied and orderly training ground. He teleported every monster into the new Reincarnation Paradise, leaving the original territory empty.

• A volcanic eruption and tremors threw Reincarnation Paradise into chaos, as monsters fled and organized factions mobilized against the resulting beast tide.
• Fatalis greeted Imu and complained that he had been forgotten, and Imu released him from his duty as guardian and appointed him one of Mu’s Shichibukai.
• Imu planned to turn Takamagahara into a diverse monster-filled training ground with four climate regions, specialized territories, circular railways, and four powerful Abyssal Ones to maintain order.
• Imu used his spatial authority to teleport every monster from the old Reincarnation Paradise, including the factions led by Isley, Riful, Dauf, Solin Briz, Kidomaru, and Ibaraki-dōji.

The Awakened Beings arrived at a recreated Claymore Organization headquarters in a new Reincarnation Paradise, where Isley resolved to pursue the title of one of the Four Abyssal Ones. Imu gave Esdeath authority over the central Sky Island as her exclusive domain, and she grew excited about the world’s endless opportunities for combat.

• Dauf, Daufu, Riful, Isley, and the other Awakened Beings appeared at a recreated Claymore Organization headquarters and learned that it was their territory in a new Reincarnation Paradise.
• The Awakened Beings received information about the plane’s regions, resources, resurrection rules, and the Four Abyssal Ones’ roles and requirements.
• Isley decided to compete to become an Abyssal One and planned to calm the Yoma before sending them to scout nearby territories.
• Imu told Esdeath that the central Sky Island would become the World Ecological Association’s headquarters and gave her authority over it as her exclusive space.
• Esdeath learned that monsters in the plane could be resurrected and became eager to unleash her nature there.