Chapter Summaries

Figo overwhelmed Tiraya in a running battle across the landscape, then defeated him after Tiraya tried to use a town's civilians as leverage. Figo also knocked Paula unconscious, while Ana went to assess the destroyed town.

• Figo chased Tiraya across the sky and battered him with punches, despite Tiraya using his powers to animate mountains and the ground.
• Tiraya fled toward a town, hoping Figo would hesitate to attack while civilians were in danger.
• Tiraya tried to engulf the town, but Figo struck him, carried him away, and smashed him into the mountains.
• Figo acknowledged that his attack had destroyed part of the town and caused casualties, then knocked Tiraya unconscious.
• Figo struck Paula and sent her flying, while Ana descended into the damaged town to assess the destruction.

Figo learned that Ana’s Devil Fruit could reverse recent events at the cost of her lifespan, and heard her hope to restore Aisen Star. He resolved to kill Beelzebub and asked Ana to help with a favor after that, before setting out to deal with the remaining Devil race members.

• Figo saw the imprisoned Tiraya and Paula’s records, including Tiraya’s record-breaking Crime Index, and asked Ana about joining the Devil Hunters.
• Ana revealed that her Forget-Forgot Fruit had restored the destroyed town and its dead residents by returning the area to its state five minutes earlier, at a cost of about a year of her lifespan.
• Ana told Figo she wanted to restore Aisen Star to how it had been 87 years ago, and Figo asked what it would cost to turn an elderly sixth-stage swordsman’s body back by 70 years.
• Figo said Ana could owe him a favor after he killed Beelzebub, while Ana said she already owed him one and apologized for using him and Straw Hat.
• Figo told Ana to look after Tiraya and Paula, then went to find clothes before pursuing the three remaining Devil race members.

After becoming the East Universe Sea’s new First Sword Saint, Gaston Figo left Sword Prosperous Star and his fame spread across the stars. As news reached old allies and powerful enemies, Dragon rescued a half-Devil race boy and Beelzebub ordered Yato to kill Figo while sparing Ana.

• Figo reviewed Demis’s difficult Character Events and chose to strengthen his Armament Haki and physique with his rewards.
• At the Sword Prosperous Star starport, Figo disarmed a swordsman who challenged him, then returned the man’s blade and told him to improve his grip.
• News of Figo’s new title reached Garp on Lassoo Star and Babani on Zou Star, who recognized the scale of his achievement.
• Dragon rescued a half-Devil race boy from his pursuers, and the boy saw the rejected half-Devil race as key to a future revolution.
• Beelzebub ordered Yato to kill Gaston Figo and leave Ana alive, while the Ninth Divine General acknowledged the change in the First Sword Saint.

Figo accompanied Ana to the Hunter Guild on Peplodon, where she exchanged a Devil horn for a bounty and told him about the Demon Suppression Prison. They then prepared to search for recent sightings of Devils in the East Universe Sea.

• Figo and Ana explored Peplodon and discussed its technology and Combat Suits.
• Ana brought Figo into the Hunter Guild without registering him and explained the dangers of tampering with its Mechanical Life information system.
• Ana submitted a Devil horn and received 1.735 billion Star Coins, explaining that living Devils earned the full bounty.
• Ana told Figo that living Devils were sent to the Demon Suppression Prison, where the Celestial Dragons turned them into Devil Fruits.
• Figo asked Ana to look up recent Devil sightings in the East Universe Sea.

Figo and Ana reviewed Devil Hunter intelligence reports, revealing that several powerful figures from the Blue Sea had emerged across the stars. When a report identified the Rocks Pirates as possible remnants of the Devil Race Liberation Plan, Figo chose to conceal the Blue Sea’s connection and redirect the investigator toward himself.

• Ana explained the Devil Hunter ranks and showed Figo recent intelligence reports.
• Figo recognized Kong, Dragon, Redfield, and Oden in separate reports and confirmed their connections to his home planet.
• Ana and Figo read a report that the Rocks Pirates had four flame-igniting members and might be linked to the Devil Race Liberation Plan.
• Figo decided Ana should not pursue the Rocks Pirates and instead tell the informant about another King with a D in his name.
• Figo revealed his real name as Gus D. Figo, the newly emerged First Sword Saint of the East Universe Sea.

Aman Bina was framed with a Devil Fruit and pursued by Devil race Ancestors, but Figo caught him while hunting the Devil race. After chasing down several more high-ranking targets over three months, Figo returned to Peplodon with a bundle of Devil horns and surprised Ana.

• Aman Bina fled from a Devil race Ancestor after realizing a planet's ruler had framed him, but another Ancestor, Hobilon, struck him down.
• Hobilon called Dam and blamed Figo, the newly crowned First Sword Saint of the East Universe Sea, for killing his children.
• Figo arrived, defeated the Devil race Ancestor pursuing Bina, and captured Bina despite Bina thanking him for saving his life.
• Figo captured the little Ancestor and pursued Hobilon, later defeating Dam and other powerful Devil race members over the following weeks.
• Figo returned to Peplodon three months later and showed Ana seven or eight Devil horns from the leading groups he had captured.

After Figo killed eight powerful Devil race members, Ana warned him that his success could expose his true strength and attract the Celestial Dragons, but he chose to keep hunting discreetly. The Devil race struggled to find a way to stop him until they learned Demon Prince Yato was already in the East Universe Sea and contacted him for orders.

• Ana was shocked by the bounties Figo had earned and asked how he had defeated so many Devil race members.
• Figo explained that he had followed Hobilon to his companions, then said he would keep his hunts and bounty claims quiet to avoid drawing attention.
• Ana warned Figo that the Celestial Dragons might discover he had ignited both his Body Flame and Armament Flame and summon him to the Central Universe.
• Devil race leaders gathered to discuss Figo's killings and considered leaking his identity to the Celestial Dragons or contacting a Progenitor.
• A Devil race member revealed that Demon Prince Yato had secretly entered the East Universe Sea, and the group contacted him.
• Yato told the Devil race members to wait for his orders.

Yato learned that Gaston Figo was a powerful flame-igniting fighter and received Beelzebub’s orders to rescue captured Devil race members being transported from East Seaoz Star. After Figo and Ana discovered an urgent report about a possible Devil race rescue, Figo decided to investigate the transport, while Beelzebub watched Ana read the report.

• Yato told Beelzebub that Gaston Figo was not merely a Sword Saint, and Beelzebub ordered him to rescue captured Devil race members without killing Ana.
• Figo and Ana reviewed three months of Hunter Guild intelligence, including reports about Figo’s hunts and a Devil Hunter who had declined to investigate the Rocks Pirates’ homeworld.
• Ana found an urgent report about six Devil race teams gathering, possibly to rescue captives being transported from East Seaoz Star in seventeen days.
• Ana explained that the captives were likely headed to a heavily defended transit planet, but Figo said he wanted to investigate anyway.
• Beelzebub checked the report and saw that Ana had read it, then closed it using his L4 Devil Hunter authority.

Figo and Ana arrived at East Seaoz Star, where they learned about its defenses and Celestial Dragon-controlled islands. After entering the planet, they agreed to split up and explore, leaving Figo’s intentions uncertain.

• Figo and Ana arrived at East Seaoz Star and saw the Artificial Star Ring and the barbarians maintaining it.
• Figo noticed a barbarian couple working to pay for their daughter Naika’s tuition, and Ana explained the Academy Island’s promise of advancement.
• Two Kings recognized Figo and Ana at the entrance, but let them pass after Ana said they were sightseeing for about half a month.
• Figo and Ana entered the Planet Membrane and surveyed the island map, including the forbidden Devil race Great Prison.
• Figo suggested they split up and meet that night on the Den Den Mushi sales island, while Ana warned him not to cause trouble.

Figo investigated the Devil race transfer prison, where a Celestial Dragon with powerful Observation Haki warned him away, then visited Academy Island to study the schools. There he encountered a bullied girl named Naika and a young Gillard, and the chapter ended with Figo asking Gillard to take him to a good place to eat.

• Figo probed the Devil race prison with Observation Haki, but a Celestial Dragon suppressed his perception and confronted him with a sword strike.
• Figo identified himself as the Devil Hunter who defeated Demis, and the Celestial Dragon warned him not to use Mantra near forbidden islands.
• Figo decided to investigate Academy Island and learned that its hundreds of schools served as a talent-selection base for the Celestial Dragons.
• Naika's classmates tricked her into losing her lunch and drenched her with water, prompting her to flee in tears.
• A large, muscular man comforted Naika and offered to buy her a meal after hearing her stomach growl.
• Figo met Gillard playing Celestial Dragon against Devil race, reassured the crying boy that he was not evil, and asked where they could get a good meal.

Figo met Yali and Naika at a restaurant, where Naika told him about being bullied for being a barbarian. After learning Figo opposed the Celestial Dragons’ treatment of the Devil race, Yali arranged to meet him again that night.

• Yali treated Naika to an expensive meal, and Figo recognized them after hearing Naika’s name.
• Naika told Figo that children at school had bullied her and asked him not to tell her parents.
• Figo and Yali comforted Naika, sharing their understanding of how painful peer rejection could be.
• Naika left for class after Yali promised to meet her outside school and take her to dinner.
• Yali asked Figo whether the Devil race had harmed him and whether he supported the Celestial Dragons raising the race; Figo answered no to both.
• Yali smiled and told Figo they would meet again that night.

As the Devil race prepared a surprise assault on East Seaoz Star, Figo learned that Yato was the Giant Demon serving Beelzebub and realized he was heading toward the planet. Yato arrived and destroyed Prison Island with one blow, leaving Josegarato defeated and the battle underway.

• Josegarato sensed an imminent Devil race attack and alerted Lord Is, prompting the planet's forces to mobilize.
• Figo asked Ana about Beelzebub's strongest followers and recognized Yato among the Seven Demon Princes.
• Yato said goodbye to Naika and left her with Star Coins before taking to the sky.
• Ana explained that Yato was a powerful Behemoth-blooded Demon Prince, and Figo confirmed he intended to confront him.
• Yato reached Prison Island, where Josegarato charged to stop him and was hurled into the island.
• Yato's single blow shattered Prison Island and sent it sinking into the sea.

Yato rescued imprisoned Devils from the collapsing prison and fought Josegarato, who used Pulse Seeking to amplify his power. After Yato nearly killed him, Figo caught Josegarato to run a test, then met Yato’s punch with one of his own, leaving Josegarato to die as their clash darkened the sky.

• Yato freed dozens of Devils from their cages, but Josegarato attacked and killed two newly rescued prisoners.
• Josegarato used Pulse Seeking to draw on his ancestors’ power and fought Yato, but Yato overwhelmed him and battered him across the seabed.
• Figo caught Josegarato before Yato could deliver a fatal blow and explained that he had been running a test.
• After the test, Figo punched Yato with his arm enlarged and coated in Armament Haki, and their fists collided with force that froze and shattered the surrounding sea.
• Josegarato fell as the darkness lifted, and he died while Yato and Figo remained standing.

Figo and Yato clashed over the fate of East Seaoz Star, while Is chose not to reinforce the planet. After both fighters transformed, their blows tore through the planet’s membrane and struck the star ring, abruptly stopping the battles above.

• Ana sensed Figo and Yato’s collision, but Figo told her not to attack the freed Devil race members while Yato was still holding back.
• Yato questioned whether Is would come to defend East Seaoz Star, and Figo condemned Is’s decision to stay on the star ring and continue fighting the Devil race Kings.
• Yato argued that the Devil race had been driven toward darkness by discrimination and betrayal, while Ana insisted the Devil race would always be wicked to her.
• Yato transformed into his Behemoth true form, and Figo expanded into his Giant form before the two clashed with their Conqueror’s Haki.
• Figo and Yato punched through the planet’s membrane and struck the star ring, blasting up a vast stretch of land and making Is, his Kings, and the Devil race Kings stop fighting in shock.

Figo emerged from beneath the Star Ring and fought Yato in a devastating physical clash, revealing himself as a powerhouse capable of matching the Behemoth. Is tried to join the fight, but the shock wave from their attacks injured him; Yato and Figo paused and agreed to continue after dealing with the interruption.

• Yato and Figo burst through the earth and exchanged rapid, powerful blows, each recovering almost instantly from their injuries.
• The watching Kings reacted with alarm, and Is charged toward the fighters while the Devil race Kings tried to stop him.
• Is transformed into fiber and pierced Yato, but Yato and Figo's attacks collided and their shock wave destroyed Is's threads and injured him.
• Yato and Figo paused their battle, acknowledged each other's strength, and Yato told Is they would continue in a moment.

Figo and Yato agreed to let the Devil race withdraw rather than risk a massacre, leaving the two powerful fighters to face each other. Figo unleashed the powers of more than twenty races and transformed into a fifty-meter Moon Lion form as Yato grew to three hundred meters, and they prepared to fight to the death.

• Yato ordered the Devil race to leave, explaining that he could not defeat Figo quickly and that staying would expose them to human reinforcements.
• Figo and Is accepted the Devil race's withdrawal, and Yato escorted the Devil race members and rescued prisoners to their airships.
• After the others departed, Yato challenged Figo to continue their fight, and Figo told the surrounding Kings to fall back.
• Figo unleashed the powers of more than twenty races and transformed into a towering white Moon Lion form with chains, wings, fins, and aurora-like energy.
• Yato grew to three hundred meters, and Figo and Yato declared that their fight would continue until one of them won and died.

Figo and Yato fought an all-out battle that devastated the star ring, until they agreed to move the fight into open space. They left the ring and resumed their clash among the stars.

• Yato attacked Figo, but Figo caught his claws and hurled him into the star ring’s dome before the two exchanged more devastating blows.
• Is protected himself and the Kings with fibers while the combatants’ collisions battered the dome and East Seaoz Star; the other Kings fled, and Is later watched from a distance as the battle continued for hours.
• Figo struck and injured Yato’s right shoulder, then stopped when he sensed fleeing barbarians, including the people maintaining the star ring.
• Figo gave himself the same shoulder injury as Yato and suggested they had too little room to fight freely.
• Figo and Yato smashed through the dome, entered open space, and resumed their battle by destroying a large asteroid.

Baoyu reported on Figo and Yato’s prolonged battle, while Yato explained why he had come to the East Universe Sea despite expecting to die. Figo forged a new power from his accumulated abilities, and the two entered the final stage of their fight.

• Baoyu broadcast a report on Figo and Yato’s battle from a barren planet, then fled when Yato noticed him.
• Figo and Yato discussed the Starry Sky Newspaper and Yato’s mission, which his father had ordered despite the danger.
• Figo used Life Return to fuse his abilities into a new power, which he named Figo’s Power.
• Figo trapped Yato in a web of powerful chains, and their clash began the final stage of the battle.

Figo defeated Yato after a prolonged battle, but Yato chose to leave rather than surrender. As three kings attacked the wounded Behemoth, Figo walked away, leaving Yato’s fate uncertain.

• Linlin heard Baoyu’s broadcast of Figo and Yato’s battle and told Rak she wanted to return home, but Rak refused to let her go.
• Rocks read a report about Figo’s battle and agreed with Crocodile that they might return to the Blue Sea for a visit.
• After two more days of fighting, Yato was badly wounded and told Figo to tell Naika he was sorry before turning to leave.
• Figo viewed Yato’s Character Event and learned that Yato believed Beelzebub had rescued him from loneliness and wanted Beelzebub told not to grieve.
• Haber, an Angel king, and a Serpent Head king attacked Yato with their Devil Fruit powers as Figo limped away.

After recovering from his battle with Yato, Figo found the Den Den Mushi Yato had left behind and called Beelzebub to tell him of Yato’s death. Yana threatened to kill Figo, while Beelzebub’s tears revealed his grief, and Yana left to pursue Figo.

• Figo recovered from his wounds, learned Yato was listed as deceased, and traveled to an uninhabited planet near East Seaoz Star.
• Yana confronted Beelzebub about sending Yato to East Seaoz Star, and Beelzebub admitted he had not clearly foreseen what would happen.
• Figo found Yato’s Den Den Mushi and called Beelzebub, introducing himself and admitting he had killed Yato, Tiraya, and her husband.
• Figo told Beelzebub that Yato had chosen to die and wanted him not to feel guilty, but Yana shouted that she would kill Figo.
• Yana’s Haki destroyed Beelzebub’s house, but she stopped when she saw Beelzebub looking at the sky with tears in his eyes.