Chapter Summaries

Kenma revealed to Yoruichi that Whitebeard, the Uchiha Clan, and others came from worlds beyond the Three Worlds and Hell. He opened a Senkaimon passage to another world and took Yoruichi inside, leaving her stunned as they prepared to cross.

• Riko Amanai recognized Yoruichi in her cat form and recalled their earlier encounter in Soul Society.
• Kenma carried Yoruichi away from the children’s class and brought her to the Senkaimon.
• Kenma explained that the Yomi Whitebeard had mentioned was another world’s land of the dead, not Soul Society.
• Kenma used his Zanpakuto to open a passage through the Senkaimon and told Yoruichi that Whitebeard, the Uchiha Clan, Zhen'er, and Riko came from other worlds.
• Kenma and Yoruichi stepped into the spatial passage leading to the world Whitebeard and the others came from.

Kenma brought Yoruichi to Marineford and revealed that he had not been born in the Three Realms, confirming her suspicion that he came from another world. Yoruichi realized he might be seeking a way back to his original world and asked him to tell her what it was like.

• Kenma took Yoruichi through the Senkaimon to Marineford and explained its connection to Whitebeard's final battle.
• Yoruichi learned that the other Senkaimon led to worlds associated with the Uchiha Clan, Zhen'er and Riko, and an unexplored world.
• Yoruichi questioned how Kenma had thought to use Kiritsugu's Severance ability to open passages between worlds.
• Kenma revealed that he was not an intelligent being born within the Three Realms, leaving Yoruichi stunned.
• Yoruichi guessed that Kenma had opened paths to other worlds to return to his original world, and he admitted only part of her guess was right.
• Kenma described the wonders and powerful beings of other worlds, and Yoruichi asked him to tell her about his original world.

Kenma brought Yoruichi to the world of the sea and explained why he had kept its existence secret from the Soul Society. After touring Marine G-1 Base and sampling its food, Yoruichi agreed to visit the underworld next.

• Yoruichi reflected on Kenma's caution about revealing the existence of another world, and Kenma said he had told no one in the Soul Society.
• Yoruichi teased Kenma about treating Mayuri more warmly than Kisuke, and Kenma denied being jealous, saying he did not trust Kisuke's scheming nature.
• Kenma carried Yoruichi around Marine G-1 Base, where she marveled at the Giants, Devil Fruit powers, and the tall people of the sea world.
• Yoruichi ate nearly enough food for twenty people in the Marine cafeteria and became too stuffed to move comfortably.
• Kenma agreed to take Yoruichi to the underworld, and Yoruichi said her thick fur would protect her from the cold.

Kenma brought Yoruichi to the Underworld Land and explained that he could use only the Severance half of his Bankai. They encountered Ace, Yakumi, and Little Oars, who were guarding the unfamiliar realm.

• Kenma opened a spatial rift and took Yoruichi into the cold Underworld Land, where he tucked her inside his collar.
• Yoruichi asked whether Kenma could use Bankai, and he explained that he had learned its Severance aspect but could not yet access its connection ability.
• Kenma told Yoruichi that he learned the half Bankai during the period when Kuchiki Kyoka rebelled.
• Kenma and Yoruichi sensed three approaching Spiritual Pressures, and Kenma identified them as Yakumi, Ace, and Little Oars.
• Kenma and Yoruichi approached Little Oars, who stopped hammering the ground and announced their arrival to Ace and Yakumi.

Kenma visited the Underworld Land with Yoruichi, where Yakumi, Ace, and Little Oars were preparing a site for a future city. After learning that Luffy had reached Wano Country and been imprisoned by Kaido, Kenma returned to Sabaody with Yoruichi, who urged him to use his Zanpakuto to visit another world.

• Kenma found Yakumi, Ace, and Little Oars leveling a basin for a future city and approved Yakumi's choice of site.
• Kenma introduced Yoruichi to the workers, and Yoruichi remembered Ace's habit of falling asleep mid-meal at their wedding.
• Ace told Kenma that Luffy had reached Wano Country and been imprisoned after challenging Kaido.
• Kenma returned to Sabaody with Yoruichi and said they would head back to Soul Society after he showed her the island.
• Yoruichi tugged Kenma's collar and asked him to demonstrate how his Zanpakuto opened paths to other worlds.

Kenma opened a passage from the Pirate World to an unknown modern world and invited Yoruichi to cross it with him. The pair entered the passage, leaving the destination just beyond their reach.

• Kenma agreed to take Yoruichi to another world, then demonstrated his immense Spiritual Pressure as he prepared to open a passage.
• In his Zanpakuto’s inner world, Kenma learned from Kiritsugu that the destination and its danger could not be known until he chose a direction to slash.
• Kenma used two slashes to open a new passage through the Pirate World’s spatial barrier, revealing a glimpse of a modern world with skyscrapers.
• Yoruichi marveled at the passage to another world, and Kenma carried her inside.

Kenma and Yoruichi enjoyed a private beach vacation in the modern world they had crossed into, but a wave of coordinated attacks revealed that the world was far more dangerous than it seemed. After recognizing the soldiers with inverted-swastika armbands on a broadcast from war-torn London, Kenma decided they would investigate before returning to Soul Society.

• Yoruichi teased Kenma during their beach vacation, and the two spent the day enjoying their time together.
• Kenma reflected on how Yoruichi had spent the past few days exploring the modern world and adapting to its technology and customs.
• A breaking report showed the United States President being attacked and eaten by his own attendants, whose eyes and fangs marked them as nonhuman.
• Kenma and Yoruichi watched reports of similar attacks on leaders across several countries and a devastating assault on London.
• Kenma recognized the inverted-swastika armband worn by a soldier in the London footage and told Yoruichi they would go there instead of returning to Soul Society.

Kenma and Yoruichi arrived in London during a massacre by vampires and their forces, which had turned many residents into ghouls. Kenma stopped Yoruichi from intervening, and the Vatican's Crusaders arrived to declare judgment on the city.

• Kenma and Yoruichi saw London overrun by soldiers who slaughtered residents and transformed victims into ghouls.
• Kenma told Yoruichi the ghouls could not be saved and stopped her from attacking the soldiers, insisting that the living must handle their own affairs.
• Fireworks shaped like an angel appeared over London as armed helicopters approached.
• A man in a truck suspended beneath a helicopter condemned the United Kingdom and the monsters to death.
• Kenma recognized the arriving forces as the Vatican's Crusaders, who had launched an operation in response to the disaster.

Crusaders attacked everyone in London, prompting Yoruichi to try to stop the massacre before Kenma restrained her and warned her not to interfere. As the Crusaders and the Last Battalion faced off, Alucard, the priest, and the Werewolf Captain gathered on the battlefield, and Kenma anticipated a battle beyond anything he and Yoruichi could imagine.

• The Crusaders bombarded London indiscriminately, killing civilians and vampires while their Archbishop celebrated the slaughter.
• Yoruichi tried to intervene, but Kenma held her back and argued that outsiders should not interfere in the war.
• A wounded vampire woman raced across the rooftops, and Kenma recognized her as Seras Victoria, a likely descendant of Alucard.
• The Crusaders and the Last Battalion assembled and faced one another across a plaza as Kenma and Yoruichi sensed an approaching presence on the Thames.
• Alucard arrived by warship and entered the battlefield, where a priest and the Werewolf Captain joined him beneath falling Bible pages.
• Kenma watched the three factions' strongest fighters gather and warned Yoruichi that a great battle was about to erupt.

Alucard unleashed the River of Death and annihilated the forces surrounding him, while Kenma set up a Kido Barrier to hold the dead souls in London. After defeating Father Anderson and Walter, Alucard began feeding on the city’s dead to restore his power, as Kenma and Yoruichi watched.

• Alucard released Control Art Restriction System: Level Zero and unleashed the River of Death, whose million souls overwhelmed and destroyed the soldiers around him.
• Kenma explained Alucard’s nature to Yoruichi, then created a Kido Barrier to keep the dead souls in the city longer.
• Father Anderson used the Holy Nail to transform into a Thorn Monster, but Alucard defeated him as the airship crashed.
• Walter challenged Alucard after surgery restored him to youth, but Alucard turned the fight around using Luke Valentine and outlasted him.
• Alucard took the form of a young girl and began drinking the blood of London’s dead, the remaining Vampire Brigade, and the Larger Knight Orders of the Papal State.

Kenma and Yoruichi witnessed Alucard vanish after swallowing the poisoned blood of London, then entered the airship to find the souls of the Werewolf Captain and the Major. The Major awoke as a soul and mistook Kenma for Brezhnev.

• Alucard drank the blood in London, but Schrödinger's Cat prevented him from observing himself, causing him to disappear.
• Kenma and Yoruichi entered the airship and found the Werewolf Captain's soul; he refused Kenma's invitation to join him.
• Kenma and Yoruichi reached the command room and found the Major's mechanical body among the wreckage.
• Kenma summoned the Major's soul, and the Major stared at him in astonishment, calling him Brezhnev.

Kenma offered the dead Major a chance to travel to another world and wage war, but the Major refused, declaring that he had already won by making Alucard unable to drink blood without losing himself. Kenma left after wishing him torment in Hell, and the Major accepted the curse with amusement.

• The Major realized he had died and learned that Kenma was a Shinigami from another world.
• Kenma invited the Major to travel to his world and find another war, but the Major refused because he would not let anyone else direct his wars.
• The Major explained that he considered himself victorious because Alucard could never drink blood again without disappearing and losing himself.
• Kenma questioned whether Alucard might return, then accepted the Major's view as a kind of victory and departed, wishing him torment in Hell.
• The Major laughed and thanked Kenma for the blessing.

Kenma and Yoruichi discussed the Major before finding Walter and the doctor dead in the burning laboratory. Kenma recruited both souls for the Soul Society and opened a passage home, while Walter secured permission to visit Integra.

• Yoruichi condemned the Major, while Kenma explained that he respected the Major’s resolve and had only pretended to promise him war in the Soul Society to win him over.
• Kenma released the souls of Walter and the doctor from their corpses in the burning laboratory.
• The doctor agreed to go with Kenma after learning he would continue existing in another Afterlife and hearing that the Major had refused the invitation.
• Walter explained that the doctor had modified his body to look young and agreed to serve as Kenma’s household butler after securing permission to visit Integra.
• Kenma formed contracts with Walter and the doctor, then opened a spatial passage to the Soul Society and explained that the thorny priest would never accept his invitation.

After Kaido and Big Mom died in the magma, Kenma summoned their souls and brought them to Underworld City. The former Emperors learned they were dead and had become Lost Souls.

• Ace and Whitebeard discussed Luffy's victory over Kaido and Big Mom, and Kenma asked Whitebeard to discipline the two defeated Emperors.
• Kenma explained that Underworld City had been built in Yomi, where Whitebeard and his sons now guarded the realm.
• Shisui and Yakumi delivered Kaido and Big Mom's charred corpses to Kenma.
• Kenma awakened the two souls, and Kaido and Big Mom recognized Whitebeard and Ace.
• Whitebeard told Kaido and Big Mom that they were dead and were now Lost Souls, leaving Kaido stunned by the revelation.

After defeating Kaido and Big Mom’s attempt to seize the Afterlife Underworld, Kenma offered them jobs as Lost Souls. Both agreed to work for him, and Kenma began preparing to have them sign contracts.

• Kaido learned he had died, and Whitebeard explained that he was a Lost Soul working for Kenma, the Shinigami lord of Yomi.
• Kaido and Big Mom tried to challenge Kenma and claim the Afterlife Underworld, but Shisui’s Spiritual Pressure pinned them to the ground.
• Kenma offered Kaido a chance to grow stronger by working for him, and Kaido agreed.
• Big Mom agreed to work for Kenma on the condition that her children’s souls could remain with her after they died, and Kenma accepted.
• Kenma drew his Zanpakuto and told Kaido and Big Mom to sign contracts with him.

Kenma bound Kaido and Big Mom to him with a contract that restored their Devil Fruit abilities, then promised to restore Big Mom’s youth. Big Mom offered to marry him, while Kaido agreed to help Kenma in the future, leaving the former enemies indebted to him.

• Kenma used his Zanpakuto to bind Kaido and Big Mom to him with a contract that tied their fates together.
• Whitebeard pointed out that the contract had restored Kaido’s and Big Mom’s Devil Fruit abilities, and both tested their powers.
• Big Mom thanked Kenma for restoring her Soul-Soul Fruit and pledged to help him, then asked him to marry her; Kenma refused because he had a wife.
• Kenma promised to restore Big Mom’s youthful appearance when they returned to Yomi.
• Big Mom argued that Kaido owed Kenma and her favors, and Kaido dismissed her reasoning before promising to help Kenma in the future.

Kenma recruited the dead subordinates of Kaido and Big Mom, including several prominent pirates, and brought them under his command. After assigning Whitebeard to escort the gathered souls to Underworld City, he left with Shisui to handle another task.

• Kaido and Big Mom asked Kenma to gather their dead subordinates, and Kenma said Riko Amanai was already collecting their souls.
• Riko Amanai returned with the gathered Lost Souls, who reunited with Whitebeard, Ace, Kaido, and Big Mom.
• Izo, Perospero, Jack, Hawkins, and other fallen pirates met their leaders, who welcomed them without blame.
• Riko Amanai extracted the soul of the dead CP0 agent Gernika, who recognized his former colleague Maha.
• Kenma instructed Whitebeard to take the Lost Souls to Underworld City and keep them under control.
• Kenma summoned Shisui and headed through the rooftop opening to take care of something.

After Kenma left with a Shinigami attendant, Big Mom and Kaido considered how to gain influence over Yomi, while Uchiha Tekka recruited two former CP0 agents into the Shinigami’s organization. The agents agreed to follow him to Underworld City and seek entry into the Soul Society.

• Big Mom told Perospero that Kenma might become his father, and they discussed making the Afterlife part of her territory.
• Jack urged Kaido to seize Yomi before Big Mom could act, and Kaido struck him before advising him to assess their opponents’ strength.
• Gernika and Maha criticized the pirates’ disrespect toward the Shinigami, then denied making disparaging remarks when Uchiha Tekka confronted them.
• Uchiha Tekka offered Gernika and Maha positions in Kenma’s Onmitsukidō, and they accepted.
• Uchiha Tekka told the two agents to follow him to Underworld City, where he would submit their applications to join the Soul Society.

Kenma and Shisui opened a Senkaimon to send Whitebeard and the other Lost Souls to Underworld City, then went to meet the Straw Hat Crew and claim Momonosuke’s Devil Fruit. Kenma appeared before the crew as their familiar fan, and the chapter left him watching Momonosuke’s announcement on a giant screen.

• Whitebeard opened the Senkaimon and had an Uchiha Shinigami guide the Lost Souls toward Underworld City.
• Kenma told Shisui that he planned to take Momonosuke’s pink dragon Devil Fruit and give its power to him.
• Kenma and Shisui found the Straw Hat Crew tending to the wounded and watching Momonosuke’s announcement in the Flower Capital.
• The Straw Hat Crew recognized Kenma from their meeting at Sabaody, while Brook refused to reveal Kenma’s identity.
• Kenma said he had business with Momonosuke and watched the screen reveal Momonosuke in his adult form.

Kenma and Shisui appeared in Wano Country during Momonosuke’s public announcement and confronted him. They crushed the Scabbards and the gathered citizens with their overwhelming pressure, leaving Momonosuke kneeling before them.

• Kenma told the Straw Hat Pirates he had business with Momonosuke, then used an ability to transport himself and Shisui to the Flower Capital.
• Kenma and Shisui appeared before Momonosuke as he announced that he would rule Wano Country.
• The Scabbards tried to protect Momonosuke, but Kenma and Shisui’s pressure forced them to the ground and reopened their wounds.
• Shisui released more pressure, knocking the citizens to the ground and silencing their protests.
• Momonosuke tried to flee, but Shisui directed his pressure at him and forced him to his knees.