Recaps

Sengoku and Aokiji joined forces to stop Samehada’s devastating attacks and suppress the giant beast beneath a glacier. With Samehada temporarily contained, the Navy soldiers regained hope, though the battle with the Divine Court continued.

• Samehada fired a Tailed Beast Bomb at the Navy, and Sengoku blocked it with a Great Buddha Shockwave, suffering serious injuries.
• As Samehada prepared another Tailed Beast Bomb, Aokiji froze it and Sengoku knocked it far out to sea, where it exploded.
• Aokiji froze the water sharks and advanced his Ice Age toward the Divine Court, but Samehada raised a wall of water to block the cold.
• Sengoku and Aokiji coordinated their attacks against Samehada, but the beast endured them and began forming another Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Sengoku struck Samehada with Tathagata and drove it beneath the ice, while Aokiji refroze the seawater into a glacier to hold it down.

Nara Dan watched the Marines struggle after Samehada’s defeat as Gion fought Zero and Tsuru treated the wounded. Gion killed Zero with a Supreme Realm slash, but Zero revived, and the battle remained unresolved as she confronted Aokiji.

• Nara Dan judged that the Marines were losing ground and looked toward the unfolding battlefield.
• Gion fought Zero, whose regeneration and poisoned tail kept her in danger, but Gion unleashed Kompira’s Black Blade and cut Zero in half before collapsing from the poison.
• Tsuru used the Wash-Wash Fruit to remove the poison from Gion, while Zero revived and announced that the war was over.
• Aokiji froze the three Vinsmoke brothers and moved to aid the Marines, but Zero intercepted him and warned him to leave.
• A blue, ice-colored pheasant shot toward Zero just as Aokiji prepared to attack her.

Meru defeated Akainu, forcing the Marines into a chaotic retreat while Sengoku and the remaining senior officers stayed behind to cover them. As the world watched, Doflamingo realized the World Government planned to unleash Pluton for a global purge and warned his subordinates to flee.

• Meru appeared on the battlefield after defeating Akainu and threw his unconscious body aside, shattering Marine morale.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to retreat, then stayed with Aokiji, Tsuru, and the Vice Admirals to hold the line.
• The Five Elders discussed the Marines' defeat and said Pluton would carry out the purge while the World Government reorganized the Marines.
• Doflamingo learned that CP0 would not intervene and concluded the World Government was preparing to unleash Pluton.
• Doflamingo revealed Pluton's name to his subordinates and urged them to flee before the global purge began.

Imu used Pluton’s armor to attack the Marines and Divine Court, then badly wounded Garp and Dragon with overwhelming force. As Meru caught the falling Dragon, Imu turned his attention toward the Divine Court and its otherworldly members.

• Imu appeared in Pluton Armor and unleashed laser attacks across the ice, forcing Sengoku, Tsuru, Aokiji, and the Divine Court to defend themselves.
• Garp charged Imu but was struck into the ice and plunged into the sea, prompting the Vice Admirals to dive after him.
• Dragon confronted Imu and attacked with Gale: Descending Dragon, but Imu answered with Pluton: Divine Punishment, vaporizing a vast stretch of sea and leaving Dragon near death.
• Meru caught Dragon as he fell and recognized that he was not strong enough to match Imu, while Marines and Divine Court members watched in fear.
• Imu noticed the markings on Meru’s forehead and turned his attention toward the Divine Court, calling its people creatures that did not belong to the sea.

Nara Dan ambushed Imu with Divine Gang-Earth Reversal and left him apparently dead, while the Marines and Divine Court struggled together to survive the cataclysmic aftershocks. As Nara Dan reached for the shattered Pluton Armor, Imu suddenly opened his eyes.

• Nara Dan struck Imu from behind with Divine Gang-Earth Reversal, unleashing a blast that devastated the battlefield and swallowed the Marines and Divine Court in raging seawater.
• Sengoku rallied the Marines and Divine Court to reinforce Samehada’s water barrier with Armament Haki, while the broadcast signal failed after showing Imu being knocked down.
• The Five Elders ordered CP0 to restore the broadcast, and Doflamingo called for Violet so he could watch the North Sea battle again.
• Nara Dan found Imu unconscious inside the cracked Pluton Armor and concluded that his ambush had overwhelmed Imu.
• Nara Dan reached for the Pluton Armor, but Imu’s corpse suddenly opened its eyes.

Nara Dan delayed Imu’s use of Pluton’s world-level authority, killed him, and claimed the restored armor. After the Marines witnessed the devastation and Imu’s defeat, Sengoku accepted Nara Dan’s offer to storm Mary Geoise together.

• Nara Dan used faith gathered in the North Sea to briefly delay Imu’s activation of Pluton’s ultimate power, then killed Imu with Divine Gang: Startle Immortal.
• Nara Dan restored Pluton Armor and equipped it, but found that his authority and the Divine Court’s support were not yet strong enough to activate its ultimate power.
• Sengoku and the Marines emerged from Samehada’s barrier, saw the ruined battlefield and Imu’s corpse, and realized the Divine Court had won.
• Nara Dan asked Sengoku whether the Marines would join him in storming Mary Geoise, and Sengoku accepted the offer as an honor.

After Imu’s defeat, Nara Dan recruited the Navy into Divine Court, ordered the remaining World Government forces and major pirate crews destroyed, and healed Dragon. As the world learned the World Government had fallen, Meru began the pirate purge and killed Doflamingo in Dressrosa.

• Aokiji joined Nara Dan, and Kizaru appeared as Sengoku and the Navy officers gathered after the battle.
• Nara Dan caught Kaido as he tried to flee, crushed his body with vibrations, and brought the defeated Emperor back to the others.
• Nara Dan healed Dragon, ordered him to lead the Navy to headquarters and attack the Celestial Dragons, and assigned the Navy to maintain order under Divine Court.
• Nara Dan sent Meru in Pluton Armor to wipe out the major New World pirate crews, while the restored broadcast revealed Imu’s death and the World Government’s fall.
• Doflamingo learned that Imu was dead and welcomed the destruction of the Celestial Dragons, despite knowing Divine Court would target him.
• Meru descended on Dressrosa and destroyed the royal palace with a pillar of light, killing Doflamingo before continuing the pirate purge.

Dragon, Kizaru, and Aokiji attacked Mary Geoise to purge the Celestial Dragons after joining the Divine Court. The Five Elders were already dead by the time Aokiji reached their office, and he prepared to finish his mission.

• Dragon led Kizaru and Aokiji to Mary Geoise and ordered that no one be left alive.
• Dragon surrounded the Holy Land with a massive hurricane to prevent anyone from escaping.
• Kizaru bombarded Mary Geoise with Yasaka Magatama, killing and wounding Celestial Dragons and CP0 agents who tried to resist or flee.
• Aokiji entered the Five Elders' office and found them dead, realizing they had taken their own lives after Imu fell.
• Aokiji used Ice Time Capsule on the Five Elders' bodies to complete his mission.

A year after the Divine Court eliminated piracy, Luffy refused to believe Garp’s claims and traveled to Loguetown to find proof that pirates and the One Piece still existed. He arrived safely and began eating at a restaurant, where the owner decided to call the Military Police Force to deal with him under the new rule of law.

• Garp told Luffy that pirates no longer existed and urged him to join the Military Police Force or work with Dragon, but Luffy insisted he would become King of the Pirates.
• Luffy accused Garp of lying about Ace and Shanks, then ran into the forest; Garp let him go so he could discover the truth himself.
• Luffy sailed directly to Loguetown on a wooden raft, believing Roger’s birthplace and execution site would reveal the truth about pirates.
• Loguetown dock officials registered Luffy and laughed when he declared he would become the new King of the Pirates, warning that the Patrol Department could arrest him for saying so.
• Luffy entered a restaurant and ate an enormous meal, while the owner told the waiter to call the Military Police Force instead of using violence if Luffy tried to leave without paying.

Luffy was arrested in Loguetown after trying to pay for his meal with a fake treasure and fighting the Military Police Force. Drake learned that Luffy was Garp’s grandson and Dragon’s son, then struggled to decide what to do with the captured boy.

• Luffy admitted he had no money for his meal and offered the waiter a stone marked “Treasure” as payment.
• Luffy escaped the restaurant guards and knocked down Military Police Force members who tried to arrest him.
• At Roger’s Execution Platform, Luffy declared that he would become Pirate King, and Drake arrived to arrest him.
• Drake fought Luffy with his Allosaurus Form, Six Powers, and Armament Haki, then subdued him with Seastone handcuffs.
• After Aokiji called, Drake learned Luffy’s family connections and decided he needed to pass the troublesome case to someone else.

After learning that the Divine Court had wiped out the pirate crews, Luffy demanded to find the lord responsible, and the Inspectorate Department passed him from one authority to another. Nara Dan ordered Luffy released and challenged him to reach the Peak of the Red Line, while Luffy’s quest remained a distant goal.

• The Inspectorate Department told Luffy that piracy had ended and that the Red-Hair Pirates and Whitebeard Pirates had likely been destroyed, prompting him to mourn Ace and Shanks.
• Luffy demanded to meet the lord who had ordered the pirates eliminated, and Sabo sent the matter to Zero after deciding he could not handle it himself.
• Zero reported Luffy’s case to Nara Dan, who dismissed the fuss and ordered that Luffy be released unless he broke the law again.
• Nara Dan told Zero to direct Luffy to seek him at the Peak of the Red Line if he wanted answers, setting a difficult journey through the Military Police Force and Divine Court as his goal.
• Nara Dan resumed cultivating and summoned a sphere of light representing the Gaia Authority.

Nara Dan used the One Piece World’s authority to advance his body to the nine-zhang pinnacle of the Transcendent realm, becoming an apex demigod while refusing to bind himself to the world as a Gaia God. He began feeding the World Tree with the world’s origin and concluded that reaching the Realm of Human Gods would be far more difficult than his rapid growth.

• Nara Dan examined the abundant Gaia Authority and decided that world authority was a resource, not a foundation for his own ascension.
• He absorbed World Origin Power through his Otherworld Visitor Talent Entry and grew into a nine-zhang Divine Demon Body with a five-thousand-year lifespan.
• Nara Dan recognized that his strength had reached the apex of demigods and could shake space and time with his movements.
• Nara Dan opened a spatial gate and let his World Tree clone drain the One Piece World’s origin, believing he could eventually sustain the world on its branches.
• Nara Dan considered the obstacles to entering the Realm of Human Gods and recognized the divide between Transcendents and true gods.

Nara Dan reflected on his pursuit of Celestial Immortality and decided it was time to return to the Ninja World. There, Madara Uchiha learned that Nara Dan had the Rinnegan, while Black Zetsu began considering a plan involving another pair of eyes.

• Nara Dan weighed the difficulty of becoming a god through his own power and reaffirmed that he sought the lasting freedom of a Celestial Immortal.
• Nara Dan decided to return to the Ninja World after accumulating enough strength and experience.
• Black Zetsu used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Madara Uchiha and told him a year had passed.
• Black Zetsu explained that Nagato lived in Konoha without the Rinnegan and that Nara Dan likely possessed the eyes.
• Madara Uchiha decided to proceed cautiously, while Black Zetsu considered abandoning him and seeking another pair of eyes, possibly the Tenseigan.

Nara Dan returned to Konoha after spending a year in another world and found that Yakushi Nonō and Nara Shikaku had kept the village running according to his plans. He rewarded Shikaku with the Shadow Fruit and rejuvenated Nonō before allowing her to return to the orphanage.

• Yakushi Nonō, disguised as the Fourth Hokage, returned to the Hokage Office and was astonished to find Nara Dan waiting there.
• Nara Dan explained that he had traveled to another world, and Nara Shikaku reported that Konoha had prospered while Orochimaru continued requesting funds for experiments.
• Nara Dan gave Nara Shikaku the Shadow Fruit, which let him control and merge with shadows and greatly strengthened his Shadow Secret Technique.
• Nara Dan offered Yakushi Nonō a Devil Fruit, but she declined and said she wanted to return to directing her orphanage.
• Nara Dan used the World Tree's Life Essence to heal and rejuvenate Nonō, then told Shikaku to take a week off and study his Shadow Secret Technique.

Nara Dan returned to Konoha after a year of training in other worlds and reunited with Tsunade, Hyuga Nana, and Konan. He explained the Hyuga Clan’s ancestry and promised to help Nana pursue the power of her ancestors, ending as he prepared to give her a preview.

• Nara Dan wandered through Konoha and observed how its buildings, economy, and villagers had changed during his absence.
• Nara Dan visited Konan’s origami shop, where she explained that she also worked at the Explosive Tag Factory.
• Tsunade and Hyuga Nana recognized Nara Dan, and Nana embraced him after he explained that he had traveled to other worlds to train.
• At a barbecue restaurant, Nara Dan told Tsunade, Nana, and Konan about his travels and claimed he could defeat even the Sage of Six Paths.
• Nara Dan assessed Nana’s training, explained the Hyuga Clan’s connection to Otsutsuki Hamura and the Byakugan’s potential evolution, and promised to arrange a path for her to gain that power.

Nara Dan removed Hyuga Nana’s Caged Bird Seal and awakened her bloodline potential, then encountered Might Duy and Might Guy training with methods they had worked out from the Ninja Academy curriculum. He praised their progress, and the pair mistook his praise for proof that he had been secretly testing them.

• Nara Dan erased Hyuga Nana’s Caged Bird Seal and stimulated her body and bloodline, causing her to faint; he assured Konan she would recover by morning.
• The group ended their gathering, and Tsunade stayed behind to keep drinking while Nara Dan explored Konoha’s expanded layout.
• Nara Dan saw Might Duy and Might Guy practicing Standing Meditation and realized they had independently learned to cultivate Blood Qi from the Academy’s Taijutsu lessons.
• Nara Dan greeted the pair and praised their training, and Might Duy and Might Guy excitedly embraced and wept, believing he had been testing them all along.

Nara Dan corrected Might Duy and Might Guy’s training, taught them to cultivate blood and energy, and revealed that he had removed Hyuga Nana’s Caged Bird Seal. At the Training Ground, he praised Ino Rinya’s progress and began guiding him toward using his Sixth Sense to attack as well as defend.

• Nara Dan adjusted Might Duy and Might Guy’s stances, explained the principles of Taijutsu, and helped them enter a state that cultivated nourishing blood and energy.
• Nara Dan told Might Duy and Might Guy to report to the office in a week so Nara Shikaku could establish the Taijutsu Research Department.
• Hyuga Nana awoke at home with greater strength and Chakra, realized that Nara Dan had erased her Caged Bird Seal, and learned that Konan had brought her home.
• Hyuga Nana hurried to the Training Ground after hearing that Nara Dan had summoned her, where she found Kakashi, Ino Rinya, and Might Duy and Might Guy training.
• Kakashi defeated Ino Rinya in a weapons spar by using Lightning Release to numb his body, though both acknowledged Ino Rinya’s rapid progress.
• Nara Dan pointed out that Ino Rinya lacked a decisive attack and suggested that he use his Sixth Sense to guide his attacks as well as his defenses.

Nara Dan taught his students how to strengthen their combat styles, demonstrating Sixth Sense targeting and a devastating Lightning Release technique. He gave Kakashi a modified Yin Seal scroll, advised Hyuga Nana to adjust to her transformed body, and assigned the Might Father and Son to train alongside them.

• Nara Dan showed Ino Rinya how to use his Sixth Sense and mental strength to lock onto a target and make attacks harder to evade.
• Nara Dan advised Kakashi to develop Lightning Release, then demonstrated a Kirin that destroyed the nearby forest.
• Kakashi said he would pursue both greater Chakra reserves and improved nature transformation, and Nara Dan gave him a modified Yin Seal scroll.
• Nara Dan told Hyuga Nana to focus on adapting to her new body so she could reach Jonin level.
• Nara Dan brought in the Might Father and Son and assigned them to the Taijutsu Research Department with his students.

Nara Dan reunited with Orochimaru and learned how his research had advanced, including the creation of the Palm Sage Tag. After revealing that he had traveled to other worlds and now walked the path of the Sage of Six Paths, Dan left Orochimaru wondering whether the Sage was still alive.

• Might Guy excitedly declared Kakashi his Lifelong Rival, and Nara Dan considered arranging for Guy to save his strongest attack for Kakashi.
• Nara Dan met Orochimaru, who had perfected the Living Corpse Reincarnation technique using a Hashirama-cell embryo to obtain a youthful, powerful new body.
• Nara Dan warned Orochimaru that body transfers could hasten the soul's destruction and recommended that he study the Spirit Transformation Technique.
• Orochimaru reported progress on a crop-growing potion and Samehada-cell clones, then demonstrated the Palm Sage Tag, which sealed the Mystical Palm Technique into paper.
• Orochimaru led Nara Dan to the Research Base and asked about his power, and Dan revealed that he had visited other worlds and was walking the path of the Sage of Six Paths.
• Orochimaru wondered whether the Sage of Six Paths was still alive.

Nara Dan showed Orochimaru and Sasori a new firearm, then gave Orochimaru technology from another world to study. Meanwhile, Madara Uchiha chose to hunt the Four-Tails himself as part of his plan to gather the Tailed Beasts and create the Ten-Tails without Nara Dan discovering him.

• Nara Dan told Orochimaru that the Sage of Six Paths' battle with Kaguya may have created the Land of Wind's vast desert, and Orochimaru recognized how far he still was from godhood.
• Nara Dan visited the new laboratory, where Sasori demonstrated a puppet firing a newly developed rifle, and Orochimaru explained how firearms could threaten even Kage-level fighters.
• Nara Dan gave Orochimaru technology and special products from the One Piece World to research.
• Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu discussed infiltrating Konoha through an orphan and considered targets among the Jinchuriki.
• Madara Uchiha decided to capture the Four-Tails himself so he could gather the Tailed Beasts and create the Ten-Tails while keeping his plan hidden from Nara Dan.

Nara Dan returned to Konoha’s Cabinet meeting and handed gifts to Minato Namikaze and Uchiha Fugaku for their newborn sons, Naruto and Sasuke. Hyuga Hiashi reported that Konoha’s expanded food production had drawn the Daimyo’s nobles into opposing its grain exports.

• Nara Dan teased Nara Shikaku about his marriage and promised a gift when Shikaku had a child.
• Yakushi Nonō announced the Cabinet meeting, and Nara Dan joined the five Cabinet members for the first time since returning.
• Nara Dan gave Minato Namikaze a gift box containing a protective charm for Naruto Namikaze.
• After Uchiha Fugaku mentioned his newborn son Sasuke, Nara Dan gave him a World Tree Leaf.
• Hyuga Hiashi reported that Konoha had increased crop yields, become a food exporter, and faced opposition from nobles at the Daimyo’s Residence.

Nara Dan introduced the Palm Sage Tag and reshaped the upcoming Chunin Ninja Exams into an event that would also host the other villages’ Kage. After Konoha’s invitations spread, Rasa questioned Konoha’s intentions, but Chiyo urged him to accept that Sunagakure could not resist Nara Dan and depended on Konoha’s support.

• Nara Dan assured Hyuga Hiashi he would handle the Daimyo and sent a Shadow Clone to deal with the matter.
• Nara Dan presented Orochimaru’s Palm Sage Tag to Konoha’s leaders, and they discussed pricing, supply limits, and its strategic value.
• Minato Namikaze reported on the rebuilt education system, and Nara Dan ordered the Chunin Ninja Exams to include eligible Genin and upper-grade students.
• Nara Dan announced that every other ninja village and its Kage would be invited to Konoha’s exams, prompting the Cabinet to recognize Konoha’s overwhelming power.
• Rasa asked Chiyo whether Konoha’s invitation concealed a scheme, but Chiyo argued Sunagakure had no viable allies and relied on Konoha’s support.

Nara Dan banished Black Zetsu into the void and confronted Madara Uchiha, who captured the Four-Tails while seeking a chance to fight Dan at full strength. Madara revealed his Rinnegan and demanded that Dan return his eyes, setting up their clash.

• The Fourth Raikage accepted Konoha's invitation, while Black Zetsu tried to turn young Kabuto against Nara Dan by claiming Dan was keeping Yakushi Nonō away from him.
• Nara Dan appeared at the Orphanage, burned Black Zetsu with Divine Refined Gang Qi, and banished him deep into the void with Space-Time Banishment.
• Madara Uchiha found Roshi at the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Grass, defeated the Four-Tails with Wood Release and genjutsu, and captured him.
• Nara Dan appeared before Madara and said he had killed Black Zetsu, then asked whether Madara could escape him this time.
• Madara said he wanted to fight Dan after being revived at full strength, revealed his Rinnegan, and demanded that Dan hand over his eyes.

Nara Dan revealed a godlike form and erased Madara Uchiha’s Susanoo army with an ordinary punch, then confronted the Sage of Six Paths, who had possessed Madara. The Sage warned Dan to stay out of the Ninja World, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Madara Uchiha unleashed Shinra Tensei and summoned more than a hundred Complete Body Susanoo, but Nara Dan remained unharmed.
• Dan transformed into a nine-zhang Divine Demon Body and incapacitated Madara with a punch that devastated the surrounding land.
• Madara recognized Dan’s overwhelming power and understood that his Eye of the Moon Plan could not succeed against it.
• Dan called out the watcher, and the Sage of Six Paths took control of Madara’s body and confronted him.
• Dan accused the Sage of Six Paths of stealing Gaia’s and the God of Death’s authority to prolong his existence.
• The Sage of Six Paths warned Dan to leave the Ninja World and not interfere in its affairs again.

Nara Dan confronted the Sage of Six Paths over their opposing paths to power, but the Sage escaped by calling on Otsutsuki Hamura and the moon’s Byakugan. Nara Dan could not pursue him into the Underworld, so he turned his attention to Hamura.

• The Sage of Six Paths recognized that Nara Dan’s Blood and Qi martial arts could rival or replace chakra and threaten his plan to become the Ninja World’s god.
• Nara Dan declared that the Sage’s rule would end and prepared to strike, while the Sage chose to flee rather than face his overwhelming power.
• Nara Dan sealed the space around the Sage and reached for his soul, but the Sage used his Rinnegan to break free briefly.
• The Sage called out to Hamura, and an enormous Byakugan covering the moon slowed Nara Dan long enough for the Sage to vanish.
• Nara Dan concluded that the Sage had escaped to the Underworld and confronted Otsutsuki Hamura for interfering.