Recaps

Nara Dan destroyed the Phantom Troupe and the Zoldyck elders, advanced his cultivation, and entered the Hunter Exam to meet Netero. After Machi defeated Maha and seized Nanika, Nara Dan prepared to fight Netero and explore the Dark Continent with Machi.

• Nara Dan defeated the Phantom Troupe, killed Uvogin and Nobunaga, and escaped Chrollo after Pakunoda sacrificed herself to help him flee.
• Nara Dan studied Machi’s Spiritual Light, left the Kurta settlement with a marked kunai for Kurapika, and traveled to Heavens Arena to pursue the Hunter Exam and information from Netero.
• Nara Dan condensed Void Spirit Qi, transformed his Gang Qi, and killed Silva, Zeno, and Chrollo before the Zoldyck family learned the scale of his power.
• Nara Dan resisted Nanika’s attempt to kill him, entered the Hunter Exam, and passed Biscuit’s Gem Maze test by knocking out the other examinees.
• Nara Dan met Netero aboard the Hunter Association airship and agreed to wait until Netero died before visiting the Dark Continent if Netero won their duel.
• Machi attacked the Zoldyck estate, defeated Maha, killed the witnessing butlers, and found Alluka, whom she identified as Nanika and sealed before entrusting Alluka to the Trial Gate’s guard.
• Nara Dan and Machi discussed his duel with Netero, Nanika’s possible uses, and the danger of his still-limited Rank, then agreed to explore the Dark Continent together after the fight.

Nara Dan defeated Netero, entered the Dark Continent, and gained a World Tree seed that he used to create Meru. He then crossed into the One Piece World with her and joined Reiju’s voyage toward the Notis Kingdom, where Drake awaited them.

• Nara Dan defeated Netero, who used Post-Mortem Nen to return to life in a rejuvenated body but lost his ability to use and sense Nen.
• Nara Dan entered the Dark Continent with Machi, found the World Tree, and received a seed from its awakened consciousness, Gaia.
• Nara Dan cultivated the seed in the Void Realm Sea and gained the World Tree’s life force and space-time abilities.
• Nara Dan fed his Transcendent flesh to the Chimera Ant Queen, and her newborn Ant King emerged as a humanlike girl whom he named Meru.
• Nara Dan used Nanika’s World Origin and the World Tree to glimpse a dangerous high-level world, then crossed into the Ninja World and discovered that six months had passed there.
• Nara Dan and Meru entered the One Piece World, killed the Flying Axe Pirates, and took their ship.
• Reiju invited Nara Dan and Meru to join the Vinsmoke Family, and Nara Dan agreed to work for them while asking to meet Vinsmoke Judge.
• Nara Dan and Meru boarded Reiju’s ship for the Notis Kingdom, where Drake waited with his warship and claimed he was cooperating with the Vinsmokes to protect public order.

Nara Dan attacked the World Government, survived Imu’s ultimate weapon, and learned that the Gaia Authority depended on the will of living beings. He returned to the Vinsmoke Family and set its forces to conquer the North Blue, while the Five Elders chose to watch Meru and let the Revolutionary Army confront them.

• Reiju and Meru helped Nara Dan defeat the pirates invading Notis Kingdom, and Nara Dan persuaded Gaji to work with him on Devil Fruit research and the Ancient Kingdom.
• Nara Dan attacked the Celestial Dragons at Pangu Castle, fought the Five Elders, and faced Imu in the Pluton Armor before Imu’s Final Weapon appeared to kill him.
• Nara Dan survived in the Void Realm Sea, stole Devil Fruits from Marine Headquarters, and concluded that he needed to find the lost Gaia Authority to challenge Imu.
• Nara Dan confronted Zunesha and studied the Road Poneglyph, learning that the Gaia Authority drew power from the faith and will of living beings and that the Will of D. could unite them.
• Nara Dan killed Buggy to reclaim the Bara Bara no Mi’s World Origin Power, then ordered Gaji to take control of the North Blue’s Non-Member States.
• Nara Dan implanted Samehada Bio-Armor in Reiju and the three Vinsmoke brothers, and Meru captured Morgans after catching him spying on her.
• The Vinsmoke forces seized nearly all the North Blue’s Non-Member States, while Ichiji defeated a Masked Swordsman who refused to join them.
• The Five Elders decided to conceal Meru from Imu and the Navy, monitor her, and let the Revolutionary Army confront the Vinsmokes.

Nara Dan formed the Divine Court with Dragon and the Vinsmoke Family, then led them into a war against the World Government. The battle in the North Sea continued as Meru held off the Admirals, while Nara Dan’s interference and Imu’s secret observation left the conflict poised to escalate.

• Nara Dan created the Chimera Ant Guard Squad, and Meru joined the Vinsmokes’ fight against Dragon before helping bring him to Nara Dan, who founded the Divine Court with Dragon as its First Division captain.
• The Five Elders declared the Vinsmoke Family enemies of the World Government and sent Borsalino to pursue Meru, but Nara Dan overwhelmed Borsalino and strengthened Sabo as Dragon prepared for the coming retaliation.
• The Divine Court used the Flying Thunder God Formation to occupy the North Sea, while Zero defeated Drake and Morgans’ newspapers announced the new organization to the world.
• Sengoku led the Navy to confront the Divine Court, and the two forces began a major battle in which the Vinsmokes, Dragon, and Meru repelled the Navy’s attacks.
• Meru fought Akainu and Aokiji, while Zero defeated Onigumo and then faced Gion, and Garp clashed with Dragon, revealing their father-son relationship to the Marines.
• The Five Elders discussed capturing the Otherworlders and keeping CP0 near the battlefield, while Nara Dan watched from between spacetime and the Void Realm Sea and sensed Imu observing too.
• Samehada transformed and attacked the Marines with water sharks, while Meru kept Aokiji occupied until Akainu ordered him to support the main battlefield, and Meru smashed Akainu’s magma Cerberus but let Aokiji escape.