Recaps

Houka used a massive Seastone attack to drive Imu away, then joined Rocks and Loki in a risky fusion. The chapter ended as their combined form appeared and unleashed a furious roar.

• Houka, Rocks, and Loki agreed to fuse despite the danger of losing control to their Devil Fruit abilities.
• Houka unleashed his stockpile of Seastone, triggering explosions that forced Imu to flee and left the battlefield covered in Seastone.
• Shiki, Xiong, and the others worried about the fortune Houka had thrown away, while Sambel revealed plans to salvage the Seastone and protect the group.
• Red warned everyone not to become a weakness Imu could exploit, and Sambel described the backup plan involving deep-sea warships.
• Gier Buster spotted a never-before-seen primordial phantom beast formed from Houka, Rocks, and Loki, which roared with pain and destructive fury.

Kozuki Houka, fused with two allies as a dark Ancestral Dragon, clashed with Imu while their God-level powers made the battlefield too dangerous for their companions to approach. Imu failed to pierce the dragon’s black-and-gold scales, while Houka continued attacking in a frenzy that hinted the unstable fusion was taking its toll.

• Kozuki Houka’s dark Ancestral Dragon launched a combined flame, lightning, and dark-power attack at Imu, who avoided taking it head-on.
• Imu transformed into their largest demonic beast form and collided with the dragon, unleashing shock waves that cleared the battlefield and drove enormous tsunamis across the sea.
• Redfield, Harald, Charlotte Linlin, Golden Lion Shiki, and the others retreated beyond the clash’s reach and discussed the fusion’s instability and their inability to help.
• Redfield ordered the group to rescue the wounded Giants, Mink Tribe, Marines, and Zunesha while they waited for the battle to end.
• Imu’s strongest Haki failed to break the dark Ancestral Dragon’s scales, and the bloodshot-eyed Houka continued savagely tearing into Imu.

Houka and Imu fought for half a month as Houka’s fused body drained his soul, but Houka staged a last-ditch attack and forced Imu to retreat. Houka revealed that allies were carrying Uranus away from Mary Geoise, then yielded control to Harald and Newgate while he recovered.

• Imu endured the dark ancestral dragon’s attacks for half a month, waiting for Houka’s consciousness to fail as Rocks and Loki briefly took turns controlling the fused body.
• Houka’s soul weakened, and he decided to drag Imu into the ocean in a mutual-destruction attack.
• Imu countered Houka’s final charge, struck him into the sea, and blasted the water while believing he might have won.
• Harald emerged in a submersible warship, and Houka revealed that he had fused with Harald and Whitebeard Newgate.
• Houka told Imu that the Paw-Paw Fruit User and Float-Float Fruit User were carrying Uranus away from Mary Geoise, then charged at him.
• Imu, low on Haki, teleported back to Mary Geoise, while Houka let Harald and Newgate take control and entered recuperation.

Harald and Whitebeard Newgate tested their powers while sharing Houka’s body after the battle with Imu. The victors returned to Elbaf and looted the battlefield as Imu retreated to Mary Geoise and began rebuilding its forces.

• Harald and Whitebeard Newgate fought for control of Houka’s body and tested its abilities, including the Age-Age Fruit, Gravity Ability, and Haki.
• The fish-man Sambel confirmed it was safe, allowing Charlotte Linlin, Shiki, and the others to surface and learn that the war was over.
• Red and Roger argued that they needed to recover and grow stronger before challenging Imu and the World Government again.
• Shiki, Silver Axe Xiong, Babel, and Gier Buster stayed behind with Sambel’s Fish-Man troops to salvage wreckage and search for spoils.
• Imu returned to Mary Geoise and ordered God's Blade Habert to summon Marine Headquarters and Impel Down leaders so it could rebuild its contract forces.

Imu promoted Habert to Holy Knight and moved to rebuild his forces by recruiting powerful fighters from the member nations and summoning Navy and Impel Down elites. As Imu’s offer stirred royal families across the world, Houka and his allies remained too exhausted to stop him and tried to deter potential recruits through publicity.

• Imu granted Habert a Holy Knight position and ordered him to summon Navy and Impel Down powerhouses while offering Celestial Dragon seats to nations that provided strong fighters.
• Imu ordered Habert to identify Celestial Dragon families that had produced no senior fighters in fifty years, and Habert feared his own family might otherwise be targeted.
• Imu restored his strength, recondensed contract marks, and grew furious over Houka’s ability to sever their connections and the looting of his treasure vault.
• The kings of Kano Country and the Sang Kingdom sought to obtain Celestial Dragon seats by gathering or coercing powerful fighters, while member nations across the world scrambled to meet Imu’s terms.
• In Elbaf, Houka and his allies struggled to recover their souls, so Houka ordered his news agency to publicize that Imu had devoured the Five Elders, Holy Knights, and Navy leadership in hopes of frightening potential recruits.

After the New World Alliance emerged, Imu rapidly rebuilt the World Government’s forces by granting contracts, creating demon puppets, and recruiting Affiliated Nations. He planned to grow stronger and overwhelm Kozuki Houka and the Rocks Pirates in a prolonged war.

• Imu granted Deep Sea Contracts to six powerful officials and made a former Marine Admiral an Abyss Contract holder, then turned powerful Impel Down prisoners into demon puppets.
• Imu won over hesitant Affiliated Nations by purging five corrupt Celestial Dragon families and offering six new Celestial Dragon seats to loyal rulers.
• Powerful fighters and armies gathered at Mary Geoise and Marineford, and Imu selected candidates for contracts while planning to turn the rest into demon puppets.
• Within seven days, Imu had rebuilt his contract holders, assembled a puppet army, and established six new Celestial Dragon families as a new alliance of the Twenty Kings.
• Imu trained his Conqueror’s Haki, ordered a search for Devil Fruits, and planned to use recruited fighters and the World Government’s resources to defeat Kozuki Houka and the Rocks Pirates.

In Elbaf, Houka learned that Imu and the World Government were rapidly building their forces and decided to train rather than strike immediately. He began awakening more of his abilities and recruited powerful allies to help, preparing to stockpile his own trump cards.

• Stussy reported that Imu had turned pirates and powerful Marines into undead contractors, while six allied nations had joined the World Government as new Celestial Dragon families.
• Shakky revealed that the World Government was frantically searching for Devil Fruits, while Gloriosa’s affection for Houka and the other officers’ attraction to Shakky created tension among the group.
• Loki urged Houka to attack Mary Geoise or Marineford, and Harald offered to become a source of power for Houka to atone for sparing the Marines.
• Shiki proposed raiding Marineford for Marines and supplies, but Houka rejected the attack plans and called on Rocks, Loki, Harald, Newgate, Red, and Linlin to train with him.
• Houka awakened a flame cloud ability and began training to awaken his other abilities, intent on matching Imu’s growing stockpile of power.

Two years after the battle of Elbaf, the World Government and the New World Alliance competed for territory, Devil Fruits, and military strength while avoiding all-out war. After the World Government isolated Fish-Man Island and made it a major battlefield, Houka emerged from seclusion to answer Babel, Sambel, and the others’ pleas for help.

• The World Government and the New World Alliance divided much of the New World and fought localized wars in the North Blue and West Blue while Imu and Houka held back from escalating the conflict.
• Houka sent Presley to search World Government territory for Devil Fruits, expanded his electromagnetic wave receiver network, and gave Presley spatial abilities by fusing him with the House-House Fruit user.
• Vegapunk’s team developed Seastone warships, Devil Fruit weapons, artificial Zoan Devil Fruits, and cloning technology under Houka’s direction.
• Imu shut down Sabaody’s coating factories, forcibly recruited people for the Marines, and sealed Fish-Man Island off from the world while harassing it and trying to prevent Poseidon’s birth.
• After Babel, Sambel, and others repeatedly pleaded for help, Houka emerged from seclusion in the Underworld as Rocks, Harald, Loki, and others gathered behind him.

After emerging from seclusion, Houka learned that Fish-Man Island had to relocate to escape Imu’s threat and that the Mark-Mark Fruit user, Vander Decken VII, had been captured. Houka left the relocation to Babel and Sambel while he planned to control Vander Decken and continue searching for powerful Devil Fruits.

• Houka reflected on the Devil Fruits the World Government had secured and learned that Charlotte Linlin had borne twins, found the Phoenix Fruit, and become a dual-Fruit user.
• Rocks emerged from seclusion, told Houka to handle Fish-Man Island, and hurried off to reunite with Alice and their children.
• Houka asked Babel and Sambel whether they had found the Mark-Mark Fruit, which was needed to relocate Fish-Man Island.
• Babel said they had found its user, Vander Decken VII, who had demanded marriage to the princess before cooperating.
• Sambel revealed that they had already captured Vander Decken, and Houka said he would control him after resting while Babel and Sambel managed the relocation.
• Houka decided to avoid Fish-Man Island so Imu would not discover him, and planned to search Green Bit and Drum Island for the Heal-Heal Fruit and Human-Human Fruit.

After relocating Fish-Man Island’s residents, Houka learned that several mermaids with unusual Observation Haki had been brought to Elbaf for him to choose from. He postponed meeting them to visit his family, where he played with his children and urged Charlotte Linlin to awaken her abilities.

• Sambel reported that investigators had found Otohime, two goldfish mermaids with empathy-type Observation Haki, and a shark mermaid who could foresee fortune and disaster.
• Babel and Sambel brought the merfolk family, the shark mermaid, and the royal princesses to Elbaf for Houka to select.
• Houka praised Babel and Sambel, then sent them back to Fish-Man Island with Vander Decken VII to take command.
• Houka visited his family in the Sun World and was greeted by his wives and children, including Rocks playing with his children nearby.
• Charlotte Linlin showed Houka her Phoenix ability and competed with Lu Ya for his attention, while Lu Ya displayed golden flames.
• Houka left Linlin’s embrace, reminded her to awaken her Soul-Soul Fruit ability, and reflected on protecting his family.

Houka reunited with Rocks, his wives, and their children after training, while Gloriosa and Shakky waited for him in Elbaf. Meanwhile, mermaids selected from Fish-Man Island gathered for Houka, including princesses, noblewomen, and the hopeful commoner Dongli.

• Rocks doted on his children and teased Houka, who took his own children to train and then visited his wives and newborns.
• Gloriosa worried that Houka did not like her, but Shakky reassured her and guessed he was searching for mermaids connected to Poseidon.
• Princess Ariel and Princess Lucia worried that they did not meet Houka’s selection requirements, while Yagami Hime and Yakumo Hime recognized their own frailty.
• Dongli hoped that meeting Houka would change her life and resolved to compete for a chance to live beneath Elbaf’s warm sunlight.

Houka reunited with Gloriosa, accepted her love, and secretly agreed to pursue Shakky as well. He then visited the mermaids in Elbaf to test their fortune for signs that one of them could become Poseidon's mother, leaving Princess Ariel first to offer her hand.

• Gloriosa confronted Houka about his absence, confessed her love, and kissed him after he warned her about his many women.
• Gloriosa celebrated winning Houka, while Houka and Shakky secretly exchanged a promise to meet that night.
• Houka spent several hours at Shakky's Rip-off Bar before heading to the inn where the mermaids were staying.
• Houka arrived and explained that he would test the mermaids' fate and fortune by touching their hands.
• Princess Ariel volunteered first, extending her hand to Houka for the test.

Houka discovered that five mermaids shared the fortune linked to Sea King Poseidon's birth, so he told them one would become Poseidon's mother and promised to take all five as wives. That night, Shakky slipped away from her bar to meet Houka, leaving Gloriosa drunk in the care of the Kuja warriors.

• Houka tested Princess Ariel and Princess Lucia and found that both had unusually high fortune.
• Houka tested the other three mermaids and found that all five had nearly identical fortunes, together matching Amatsuki Toki's.
• Houka told the five mermaids that one of them would give birth to Sea King Poseidon and said he would marry all five regardless of which became the mother.
• The five mermaids eagerly accepted Houka's offer and celebrated after he left.
• Shakky got Gloriosa drunk, left her with Toritoma and the other Kuja warriors, and went alone to meet Houka.

Houka began dating Shakky and Gloriosa, then reunited with other women before traveling to Green Bit to search for the Heal-Heal Fruit and escort the Oath Ark Noah. He used his luck ability to locate a direction on the island as Tontatta warriors gathered around his clone.

• Houka invited Shakky on a date, and they spent the night together in the Underworld.
• Gloriosa visited Houka the next day, and they spent a day together in his Golden Castle.
• Houka visited the five mermaids and later returned to Elbaf to spend time with Charlotte Linlin and other women.
• Houka teleported to Dressrosa after the Oath Ark Noah departed Fish-Man Island, intending to search Green Bit for the Heal-Heal Fruit and protect the ship.
• Houka sent a chestnut-hat clone to distract the Tontatta warriors while he searched Green Bit with his Soul Fires and activated his luck ability.
• Houka transformed into lightning and followed the direction indicated by a fallen leaf, leaving his clone to handle the Tontatta.

Houka’s clone persuaded the Tontatta to consider relocating ahead of the Celestial Dragons’ coming world war, while his true body followed the Lucky-Lucky Fruit’s guidance to find the tiny Heal-Heal Fruit. The Tontatta king contacted King Riku, and Houka continued searching Green Bit for more Devil Fruits.

• Tontatta warriors mistook Houka’s clone for a descendant of their hero Noland, and Houka told them the Celestial Dragons were preparing for a world war and offered to relocate them.
• The Tontatta led Houka to their kingdom, where the king hesitated to leave their homeland and the Riku royal family; Houka offered to move them and invited the Riku family to come too.
• The Tontatta king agreed to contact King Riku, while Houka asked the Tontatta to search Green Bit for Devil Fruits and declined their Rhinoceros Beetle Fruit.
• Following the Lucky-Lucky Fruit’s guidance, Houka’s true body found and claimed the tiny Paramecia Heal-Heal Fruit in a primeval forest.
• Houka continued using his luck to search Green Bit for another Devil Fruit.

Kozuki Houka relocated the Tontatta to his empire and then traveled to Drum Island to search for the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Commoner. He found it somewhere in the island’s frigid forest as Dr. Kureha sensed his presence and approached.

• Riku II learned that Houka was on Green Bit and urged the Tontatta to leave Dressrosa quietly.
• The Tontatta found a Stitch-Stitch Fruit, while Houka found a Wasp-Wasp Fruit.
• Houka lifted the Tontatta Kingdom into the Lost World and settled its people in a forest near the Sacred Ancient Moon Palace.
• Houka went to Drum Island to search for the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Commoner, while Noah headed toward Totto Land and the Mercury Kingdom to find a place for the Fish-Man Race.
• Dr. Kureha sensed Houka’s terrifying presence and decided to investigate the frigid forest.
• Houka followed his divination through the forest toward the Human-Human Fruit.

Houka found the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Commoner, and considered which creature or plant could use it best against Imu's Black Conversion Puppet Army. He ended the chapter holding the fruit and resolved to investigate its true nature, while also planning to ask Dr. Kureha about her longevity secret.

• Houka rejected himself and Zunesha as suitable users of the Human-Human Fruit, then considered large beasts and Lily Carnation as possible hosts.
• Houka decided to ask Zunesha whether it could and wanted to eat the fruit before seeking out Lily Carnation.
• Houka added the Kirin Lion to his possible candidates and considered making it his mount or giving it a different Human-Human Fruit.
• Houka realized the Human-Human Fruit had taken extraordinary luck to find and sensed Dr. Kureha approaching.
• Houka found the red-capped Human-Human Fruit among poisonous mushrooms in a snow-covered forest.

Kozuki Houka found Dr. Kureha on Drum Island, took her longevity recipe and medical notebooks after she declined to join his empire, then returned to Vegapunk with the recipe. He sent Presley to search for two islands before heading to the research institute to choose a Mythical Zoan ability for the reforged Seven-Star Sword.

• Houka confronted Dr. Kureha and asked her for the secret to her longevity.
• Houka invited Kureha to join the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire and offered the services of its scientists, but she declined and gave him her longevity recipe.
• Houka followed Kureha to her hideout and took the recipe and several medical notebooks before leaving Drum Island.
• Houka returned to the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire, brought the recipe to Vegapunk, and ordered Presley to locate two remote islands and install electromagnetic wave receivers.
• Presley set out to search for the islands, while Houka entered Vegapunk's research institute to select a Mythical Zoan ability for the reforged Seven-Star Sword.

Houka learned that Vegapunk had succeeded in making weapons consume artificial Devil Fruits, though the results were unstable and needed improvement. After giving Vegapunk Dr. Kureha’s longevity research and checking on his other projects, Houka returned to Elbaf and prepared a family trip to Treasure Beast Island.

• Houka explained that he was waiting for a suitable flying Mythical Zoan ability for the Seven-Star Sword and had not agreed to give Shenwei the Ice-Ice Fruit.
• Vegapunk demonstrated an artificial Devil Fruit weapon whose animal consciousness attacked the mechanical arm holding it, and Houka told him to improve the process.
• Houka gave Vegapunk Dr. Kureha’s longevity formula and medical notes, then emphasized artificial Devil Fruits, the Mother Flame, and Seraphim technology as priorities.
• Houka spent several days with beauties from different races before returning to Elbaf.
• Presley reported finding Treasure Beast Island, and Houka set out for it with his family as Rocks and his family joined them.

Houka and Rocks brought their families to Treasure Beast Island, where their children showed off their powers and prepared to hunt the Kirin Lion. Rocks pushed Teach to join his brothers, and Teach revealed his new Mythical Zoan power, leaving Houka wondering about its sinister nature.

• Houka sent Presley back to his mission after he shared a meal and played with Teach.
• Kamui, Ryuma, Katakuri, and Lu Ya asked to hunt the Kirin Lion, and Lu Ya showed off his fire breath and rubber body.
• Rocks urged Teach to play with his brothers and train, while Alice encouraged him to be brave.
• Houka and Magnolia sent Shamrock and Shanks to join their brothers on the adventure.
• Rocks revealed that Teach had eaten the Mythical Zoan Octopus Fruit, Cthulhu Form, and Teach transformed as his sisters cried in fright.

Houka warned Rocks that Davy Jones might have survived as a soul and could try to resurrect through Rocks or Teach. Rocks rejected the idea of becoming his ancestor’s vessel, and the group continued toward the Kirin Lion as the children rushed into battle.

• Rocks told Houka that Davy Jones had fought Joy Boy and Imu, and Houka grew suspicious that the Davy Clan’s history involved a broken pact and betrayal.
• Houka speculated that Davy Jones’s soul had survived and might seek resurrection through a descendant with an awakened Dark-Dark Fruit or Cthulhu ability.
• Houka warned Rocks that Davy Jones might try to use him or Teach as a vessel, and Rocks swore he would fight his ancestor if he threatened his family.
• Houka and Rocks hurried after the children, who had begun fighting the Kirin Lion outside Beast King Mountain.

Houka and Rocks brought their children to Treasure Beast Island, where the youngsters tested their powers by ganging up on the Kirin Lion as their parents coached and watched. The adults shared a picnic while Alice raised the possibility of a marriage alliance between the Davy Clan and the Ancient Moon Clan.

• The Kirin Lion flew out to protect Treasure Beast Island's rare beasts and was immediately attacked by Kamui, Ryuma, and Katakuri.
• Little Lu Ya, Shanks, Shamrock, and Teach joined the fight, each trying out their abilities against the Kirin Lion.
• Houka coached the children while Rocks urged Teach to fight more boldly, and the Kirin Lion held back to avoid seriously hurting them.
• The women arrived and watched the children fight while Stussy arranged a picnic and the infants crawled around on the mat.
• Alice told the women she wanted to connect the Davy Clan and the Ancient Moon Clan through marriages between their children.

Alice explored possible marriage matches for Tina and Tilly among the Ancient Moon Clan, while Houka and Rocks watched the children fight the Kirin Lion. Houka considered what second Devil Fruit would best strengthen Kamui’s offense, and the chapter left him weighing the Woods-Woods Fruit and other options.

• Tsuru eased Alice’s attempt to discuss marriage alliances, and Alice decided to let Tina and Tilly spend time with the Ancient Moon Clan children.
• Houka and Rocks brought the Kirin Lion to fight the children, and the beast king attacked after growing tired of being swarmed.
• Katakuri, Kamui, and Ryuma took the lead against the Kirin Lion while the younger children stayed back and supported them.
• Rocks asked why Houka had not given Kamui a second Devil Fruit, and Houka explained that he wanted a stronger offensive ability than the Ice-Ice Fruit.
• Rocks suggested the Woods-Woods Fruit for Kamui, while Houka said he was still considering options and working to control Admiral Mu Jian.

Qilin Lion surrendered to Houka’s family after the children convinced it to leave Treasure Beast Island, where Charlotte Linlin created tree Homies to guard the treasure beasts. Elsewhere, the World Government’s blockade and expanding conflicts continued as Golden Lion Shiki, Silver Axe Xiong, Black Arm Zephyr, and Imu’s forces shaped the struggle for power.

• After hours of fighting Kamui, Ryuma, and Katakuri, Qilin Lion surrendered but refused to leave Treasure Beast Island because it felt responsible for protecting the treasure beasts.
• Little Lu Ya, Katakuri, Shamrock, Shanks, Ryuma, and Kamui pressed Qilin Lion to join them, and Houka approved when they settled the matter themselves.
• Charlotte Linlin turned more than a dozen trees into tree Homies to guard Treasure Beast Island, and Qilin Lion accepted that it had to submit.
• As Fish-Man Island’s relocation continued under Noah, the World Government maintained its blockade while Golden Lion Shiki announced flying-ship routes to carry people out of the affected seas.
• Silver Axe Xiong expanded the New World Alliance’s territory in North Blue, where Black Arm Zephyr rose to elite vice admiral but refused the Celestial Dragons’ dark test.
• Imu abandoned hope of restarting Uranus after research into the Mother Flame stalled and focused on strengthening Their Haki and contract servants.

Houka reached the island where the Flower of Life and Death grew and subdued the ravenous plant after it attacked him and Presley. He made Lily Carnation agree to serve him and gave it a Human-Human Fruit, Ordinary Form, leaving its transformation and future role unresolved.

• Presley found an enormous, living root on the nameless island, and the Flower of Life and Death attacked him with a storm of arrows.
• Houka arrived to help Presley, repelled the arrows with his Gravity Field: Almighty Push, and subdued the Flower of Life and Death with Conqueror’s Haki.
• Houka made Lily Carnation inhabit a blood servant so it could speak, and it begged him not to kill it.
• Houka offered Lily Carnation food and shelter in exchange for serving him, and it agreed.
• Houka gave Lily Carnation the Human-Human Fruit, Ordinary Form, so it could become human.