Recaps

Kozuki Houka met the earth god, who urged him to join forces against the fate god and warned that the forest god had been reduced to a devil fruit. Houka demanded more information and a sweeter deal, while the gathered fighters waited to see how his negotiations would unfold.

• Loki, Rocks, and the others watched Houka leave with Imu and reacted to the ancient gods gathering for a possible divine war.
• The fighters waited for Houka to negotiate, with Whitebeard Newgate ready to fight and Redfield advising patience.
• The earth god offered Houka a chance to join the gods against the fate god and share control of the world will.
• Houka asked the earth god to explain the fate god, describing the world will and fate god as his family and teachers, and demanded a better deal.
• The earth god warned Houka that the forest god had been erased and reduced to a devil fruit, then questioned whether Houka had already escaped Fate's control.

The Earth God tried to recruit Kozuki Houka into the Ancient God Alliance, while the Fate God considered Houka’s sudden rise and rebellion part of his broader plans. Houka offered to kill the Rain God in exchange for true god origin, leaving Imu suspicious that Houka was hiding his real intentions.

• The Earth God decided Houka might be free of the Fate God’s control and would accept him as an independent force if he refused to serve the Fate God.
• The Fate God reasoned that Houka’s actions and the ancient gods’ conflict still fit within his plans to take control of the world will.
• The Earth God urged Houka to join the Ancient God Alliance and promised that they could divide up the world will together.
• Houka said he needed the ancient gods’ blood to strengthen his brothers and offered to kill the Rain God as proof of allegiance.
• The Earth God offered Houka some true god origin, while Imu wondered whether Houka’s eagerness concealed another scheme.

Kozuki Houka negotiated for True God Origin by agreeing to help Earth God and Imu kill Rain God, then joined their assault and swallowed Rain God’s storm form. After collecting more payment from Ocean God and Imu, Houka began absorbing their origins while Earth God urged Imu to complete the Devil Yin Release Shadow Zone.

• Houka threatened to fight Earth God and disrupt Imu’s Devil Yin Release Shadow Zone unless they paid him, and Earth God handed over part of His True God Origin.
• Houka demanded double payment from Imu after Rain God’s death, and Imu agreed while Earth God promised to speak to Ocean God.
• Earth God, Houka, and Imu joined Ocean God to attack Rain God, and Fate God ordered Rain God to retreat as the assault stripped away much of his aura.
• Houka transformed into a giant dragon and swallowed Rain God’s extreme storm, preventing his escape.
• Houka demanded True God Origin from Ocean God and double payment from Imu, then began devouring and fusing their origins.
• Earth God pressed Imu to finish the Devil Yin Release Shadow Zone, wary that the World Will and Fate God had not intervened.

As Houka refined divine power, Imu resumed spreading the Devil Shadow Zone while the fighters debated whether to intervene. Loki charged toward the gods, leaving the others bracing for a clash as Houka ignored Imu and continued refining power.

• Imu expanded the Devil Shadow Zone toward the West Blue and East Blue while Houka refined the Rain God’s power and the three great deities’ Source Power.
• Roger drew Ace and vowed to stop Imu from turning Loguetown into a shadow wasteland, but Rayleigh and Gaban restrained him.
• Loki flew toward the gods and ordered Roger to hold off the Ocean God and Rocks to watch the Earth God.
• Harald, Charlotte Linlin, Redfield, and the others shouted for Loki to return, while Harald transformed into a crow tengu and pursued him.
• Imu suspected Houka had arranged the fighters’ charge, but Houka ignored him and kept refining power as the Earth God and Ocean God watched.

The Earth God and Ocean God let Loki fight Imu while they weighed their plans around Kozuki Houka and the other rising demigods. Seeing the ancient gods stay out of the battle, Rocks and the other powerful fighters charged Imu, eager to fight a True God.

• The Earth God boasted about Loki’s rise, while the Ocean God warned that the Giants had forgotten their divine ancestor and questioned whether the Earth God could control Loki and Imu.
• The Earth God decided to watch Kozuki Houka closely and pursue Loki rather than risk trusting Houka, while the Ocean God noted that the gods were competing to replace the World Will.
• Loki attacked Imu as the Earth God and Ocean God stood aside, and Harald worried that the battle would disrupt Houka’s plans.
• Rocks called on the fighters aboard the Flying Warship to attack Imu, and Roger followed him into the battle.
• Shiki hesitated, while Whitebeard Newgate warned the others of the danger; Bullet, Redfield, and Charlotte Linlin joined the charge, hoping to face a god and grow stronger.

The chapter recounts how the gods’ destruction of the First World provoked the World Will to impose heavenly punishment on those who attained godhood, and how the surviving gods shaped the later world. It ends with the Earth God and Ocean God forming an alliance after the Ocean God’s flood and the creation of the Calm Belt.

• The Earth God and other True Gods killed Sun God Nika and destroyed the First World, provoking the World Will to inflict heavenly punishment that killed the Death God and Darkness God and gravely wounded the Earth God.
• The Earth God used the Hellfire Serpent to create the Red Line and the first Divine Barrier, surviving as the other gods who had not yet become True Gods endured in the void.
• The Forest God created Devil Fruits to divert life willpower and weaken the World Will, but the Fate God manipulated the resulting conflict and secretly pursued control.
• The Fate God arranged the Forest God’s death and the Rain God’s transformation into a puppet vessel for the World Will.
• The Ocean God found and raised Sun God Nika as his enforcer, then ruled the world until the Fate God arranged Nika’s death and the World Will’s backlash drove the Ocean God to flood the world.
• The Earth God offered a plan that saved the Ocean God from certain death, leading them to create the Calm Belt and form an alliance.

The chapter recounts how the Fate God’s plans for the Great Kingdom and Sun God Nika were derailed by Imu and Joy Boy’s unexpected rise to true godhood. After Joy Boy died and Imu seized his solar authority, the Fate God began rebuilding its plans around a new group of allies.

• The Fate God guided lunar humans to establish the Great Kingdom, which used stolen Ocean Authority to nurture Poseidon and built Uranus and the Pluton Battleship.
• Joy Boy emerged as the new Sun God Nika, and the Fate God arranged for him to meet Poseidon and gain the Giants and sea races as allies.
• Imu, Joy Boy’s friend and a wielder of the Mythical Zoan [Devil] Fruit, rallied the Twenty Kings against Joy Boy and began the Hundred Years War.
• Joy Boy killed Elbaf Dousan, attained true godhood, and made preparations for his friends before dying at Imu’s hands, who seized his solar authority.
• Imu became the war’s final victor, while the Fate God suspected other powers had interfered and resolved to gather new allies around Sun God Nika.

Houka defied the Earth God’s order to keep humans away from Imu, insisting that his friends and family could join the battle while he held the ancient gods back. The Earth God and Ocean God pressed Houka to begin building his Divine Barrier, but he stayed to test whether Imu deserved to be their ally as Rocks and the others charged in.

• The Earth God used God-level Conqueror’s Haki to repel the fighters rushing toward Imu, forcing Rocks, Newgate, Roger, and the others to stop.
• Houka countered the Earth God’s Haki and ordered the god to keep his people in line, then used gravity to send his friends and family toward Imu’s battlefield.
• The Earth God accused Houka of humiliating him and demanded that Houka begin building his Divine Barrier, while the Ocean God urged him to calm down.
• Houka said he was testing Imu’s worth as an ally and would otherwise raise the other candidates to God-level.
• Rocks, Charlotte Linlin, and the others charged at Imu, trusting Houka to hold off the Earth God and Ocean God.

Houka confronted the Earth God and Ocean God while Rocks and the others launched a desperate assault on Imu. The gods’ confrontation continued as the battle’s shock waves forced most fighters to retreat, leaving only the strongest able to support Rocks and Loki.

• The Earth God and Ocean God accused Houka of undermining their alliance and demanded that he establish a Divine Barrier or stop his subordinates from attacking Imu.
• Houka displayed nine flames of Soul Fire, announced that he planned to create a Misfortune Barrier, and asked the two gods to lend him fortune.
• Rocks, Loki, Harald, and the other fighters attacked Imu, forcing Imu to halt the expansion of the devil's shadow barrier and defend himself.
• The battle's shock waves overwhelmed weaker fighters, prompting Malone, Bolo Gram, Sambel, Fugetsu Kizaburo, Babel, and Gil Basta to retreat.
• Charlotte Linlin, Newgate, Harald, Roger, and Redfield remained near the battlefield's heart, while Charlotte Linlin unleashed her Soul-Soul and Phoenix abilities and vowed to reach pseudo-god level.

Imu tried to control the fighters attacking her, but Charlotte Linlin, Newgate, and Redfield proved immune to Black Turn Domination. Roger was briefly transformed and beheaded by his allies, then revived, while Imu was left facing a growing group of opponents she could not control.

• Imu blocked Rocks and Loki with a demonic shield and sent shadow tentacles after Charlotte Linlin, Newgate, and the other kings.
• Loki and Rocks helped repel the tentacles as Charlotte Linlin, Newgate, Redfield, and Roger attacked Imu; Roger was pierced and transformed by her power.
• Imu failed to control Charlotte Linlin, who joined Rocks in striking Imu and sending her flying.
• Newgate and Redfield beheaded demonized Roger, then broke the tentacles that pierced their backs; Roger revived and Redfield kicked him out of the battle zone.
• Golden Lion Shiki wondered why some fighters could resist Imu's power and resolved to seek the same advantage from Houka.
• Charlotte Linlin explained that abilities fused with the origins and aspirations of two spacetime realms could resist Black Turn Domination, a result Houka had tested through Demon Merry.

Charlotte Linlin broke through to pseudo-godhood after unleashing her Conqueror’s Haki against Imu, while Houka’s allies prepared to challenge the True God as well. The earth god, alarmed by Houka’s growing influence, intervened before the fight could escalate further.

• Loki told Harald to fall back and charged Imu, while Houka considered the missing Devil Fruits and Roger’s shortened lifespan after Black Turn Domination.
• Imu cursed Houka for repeatedly countering their powers, and Charlotte Linlin defended Houka by blasting Imu away with overwhelming Conqueror’s Haki.
• Charlotte Linlin told Houka she had broken through to pseudo-godhood, and Houka praised her as the World’s Strongest Goddess.
• Golden Lion Shiki envied Linlin’s ascent and resolved to cling to Houka, while Whitebeard Newgate and Redfield charged Imu in hopes of reaching godhood themselves.
• The earth god grew impatient with Houka for using Imu as a whetstone and warned that they could not let him wear down a True God.

Houka persuaded the Earth God and the Ocean God that the Fate God was attacking him, then used their fortune to accelerate his Misfortune Barrier. As the two gods continued to support him, Imu sensed something familiar while fighting off his attackers.

• Houka redirected the Earth God and the Ocean God from Imu and began expanding his Misfortune Barrier across the North Blue and South Blue.
• Houka claimed the Fate God was interfering with him and asked the two gods to lend him their fortune.
• The Earth God and the Ocean God searched for the Fate God, then cautiously let Houka make contact with them.
• Houka used the Lucky-Lucky Fruit to siphon their fortune, restoring his strength and speeding up the Misfortune Barrier.
• Houka urged the gods to endure the drain and promised to take over Imu's Devil Shadow Zone after finishing his barrier.
• Imu noticed the gods being manipulated by Houka and felt a familiar, ominous sensation.

As Houka continued building the Divine Barrier while fighting Imu, Roger and Harald were forced out of the divine battle, and Roger began questioning whether Haki alone could reach the top. Roger’s anger at the growing Misfortune Barrier brought him into conflict with Shiki and the Rocks Pirates, while Rayleigh and Gaban restrained him and suspected Houka had a deeper plan.

• Imu worried that Houka might be deceiving the Earth God and Ocean God, but the ongoing battle left Imu little chance to warn them.
• Rocks, Loki, Charlotte Linlin, Newgate, and Redfield pressed Imu, while Harald and Roger remained excluded from the highest-level battlefield by Black Turn Domination.
• Roger questioned whether Haki could surpass everything, and Shiki mocked him and Harald while vowing to learn Houka’s methods and regain his favor.
• Roger grew angry that the Misfortune Barrier and Imu’s Devil Shadow Zone could further divide the world and endanger civilians, including people in Loguetown.
• Shiki, Babel, and Sambel confronted Roger when they suspected he might interfere with Houka, while Gaban and Rayleigh restrained him and tried to prevent a fight.
• Rayleigh suspected that the Misfortune Barrier was a smokescreen for Houka’s true plan against Imu and the Fallen Ancient Gods.

Dracule Mihawk revealed that he and Bullet came from a future timeline where Houka had killed Imu and the Five Elders, then the battle against Imu continued as Houka absorbed divine power from the Earth God and Ocean God. Houka abandoned his plan to complete the Misfortune Barrier, fused with the Rain God, nine Soul Fires, and Demon Merry, and reached God-level Peak.

• Dracule Mihawk told the Rocks officers that Houka had killed Imu and the Five Elders in Bullet and Mihawk's timeline, while Whitebeard Newgate and Charlotte Linlin were dead.
• Golden Lion Shiki learned that his future self had vanished after escaping from Impel Down, and the Rocks officers pressed Mihawk about their futures.
• Rocks, Loki, and Charlotte Linlin led the attack on Imu while Newgate and Redfield tried and failed to break through to Demigod.
• Houka continued draining the Earth God and Ocean God's divine fortune until they severed their connections to him and demanded that he stop.
• Houka revealed that he had deceived the ancient gods and declared that one side would kill the other.
• Houka fused with the Rain God, nine Soul Fires, and Demon Merry, reaching God-level Peak as the Red Line trembled and the Calm Belt collapsed.

Houka’s God-level Conqueror’s Haki damaged the Divine Barrier and forced the Earth God and Ocean God to take him seriously. As the gods prepared for battle, Imu warned them not to underestimate Houka, while doubting their confidence.

• Houka’s Conqueror’s Haki ravaged the Holy Land and began eroding the Divine Barrier, alarming the Earth God.
• Houka’s power disrupted the God-level battle and suppressed Devil Fruit abilities, impressing Bullet and making him choose Houka as his ultimate goal.
• The Earth God and Ocean God revealed their enormous true forms, and the battlefield became a war between gods.
• The Earth God ordered Imu to use everything and kill Houka, while Imu warned that Houka was dangerous.
• The Earth God dismissed Imu’s warning, but Imu grew more uneasy about whether the two ancient gods could defeat Houka.

Houka used the Rain God’s authority and a rising moon to confront the Earth God and the Ocean God while sending the Demon Merry to help fight Imu. As the divine war spread fear across the world and awakened the World Will, the Fate God schemed to exploit the battle and seize control of the world.

• Houka expanded into a colossal god beneath the moon, displayed his nine Soul Fires and Rain God power, and sent the Demon Merry to join the fight around Imu.
• Houka left Rocks, Loki, Linlin, Newgate, and Redfield to battle Imu while he faced the Earth God and the Ocean God alone atop the Red Line.
• People and Marines across the world witnessed the gods’ clash, and civilians’ fear and prayers caused the World Will to awaken with tangible power.
• On the Final Island, the Fate God considered how the divine war could weaken his enemies and allow him to replace the World Will as the world’s ruler.
• The Fate God placed forest authority into a giant vine and sent it back toward Houka, hoping Houka would kill Gaia and Pontus and give him another advantage.

Houka faced the Earth God and the Ocean God alone while urging Rocks and the others to defeat Imu and come help him. As the battle against Imu turned lethal, Whitebeard Newgate fought through Imu's attacks without Houka's protection, determined to grow strong enough to protect his family.

• Houka told Rocks and the others to defeat Imu quickly and then help him hold off the two Fallen Ancient Gods.
• Charlotte Linlin and Newgate's resolve intensified, and Redfield reflected on Newgate's deep bond with Houka.
• Linlin, Newgate, Rocks, Loki, and Redfield resumed their fight against Imu as the alliance collapsed and the battle became a fight to the death.
• Imu unleashed shadow spears at Newgate and Redfield, while Rocks blocked the attacks and Loki and Linlin struck at Imu.
• Newgate charged beyond Rocks's protection and clashed with Imu's shadow spears, refusing to be protected by Houka.
• Demon Merry stood on Newgate's shoulder as Newgate's Conqueror's Haki and fighting momentum grew stronger, alarming Imu.

Houka protected Newgate with Demon Merry while Loki, Rocks, and Charlotte Linlin exploited Imu’s soul weakness, allowing Newgate to break through to Demigod and shatter Imu. The Earth God and Ocean God intervened to save Imu and stop Houka from devouring him, while Lily Carnation began to display signs of another power awakening.

• Houka transformed Demon Merry into armor that healed Newgate, then Newgate attacked Imu with renewed resolve.
• Rocks and Loki blocked Imu, while Charlotte Linlin restored the souls in Imu’s Devil Eyes and made them fight for control of Imu’s body.
• Newgate broke through to Demigod and smashed Imu into bloody mist with a single punch, but Demon Merry began devouring Imu’s power.
• The Earth God and Ocean God rescued the collapsing Imu and forced the Demigods back, preventing Houka from devouring Imu.
• Lily Carnation’s eyes changed, green sprouts emerged across the Flying Warship, and Dracule Mihawk sensed the danger beside her.

Lily Carnation revealed herself as the Fate God and empowered Roger by borrowing the fortune of his crew. As Houka faced a choice between the Earth God and Ocean God’s True God Origins, he refused to pick a side and said he would deal with them after killing Imu.

• Lily Carnation revealed a powerful life aura, and Roger recognized her as the Forest God while Golden Lion Shiki and Harald pulled back.
• Lily Carnation gathered the Roger Pirates’ fortune and poured it into Roger, boosting his Conqueror’s Haki as the crew suffered misfortune.
• Imu recovered under the Earth God’s protection, and Gaia recognized Lily Carnation as the Fate God while Houka questioned whether she had truly arrived in person.
• The Ocean God urged Houka to join the ancient gods against the Fate God, while Lily Carnation offered him a choice between the Earth God’s and Ocean God’s True God Origins.
• Houka refused to choose and told the gods he would kill Imu first, then share some True God Origin with them.

Houka watched the Fate God fight the Earth God and Ocean God through Lily Carnation’s body, then faced pressure to intervene as her defeat became imminent. The Ocean God offered to split the Forest God’s true god origin and authority with Houka, leaving him to decide whether to join the fight.

• The Earth God and Ocean God turned from Houka to attack Lily Carnation, while she transformed into a colossal deer and fought them.
• Seeing Lily Carnation overwhelmed, Houka abandoned his plan to hunt Imu and stayed to watch the battle.
• The Earth God and Ocean God urged Houka to leave, while Lily Carnation begged him to help as her body was gravely wounded.
• Hajrudin, Little Oars Jr., Sanjuan Wolf, and other Giants charged to protect Lily Carnation, but Houka blasted them away with Almighty Push.
• The Ocean God offered Houka a share of the Forest God’s true god origin and authority as Lily Carnation fled toward him.

Houka intervened as the Earth God battered Lily Carnation, then devoured her and absorbed the Forest God's True God Origin and authority. After fending off the Earth God and Ocean God, he fused with the power and prepared to keep fighting, even as he suspected he was following the Fate God's scheme.

• Houka kicked the Ocean God away when it tried to attack Lily Carnation, but the Earth God continued to devastate her.
• The Fate God-controlled Lily Carnation crashed toward Houka, who realized the Fate God had removed her Life Willpower and delivered the Forest God's power to him.
• Houka devoured Lily Carnation and fused the Forest God's True God Origin and authority into his soul, while the Earth God and Ocean God attacked him.
• Houka merged Lily Carnation's plant soul into a demon sword, intending to revive her later with a Mythical Zoan Human-Human Fruit ability.
• Houka completed the fusion and wielded both Rain God and Forest God authority, matching the Earth God at the peak of Ultimate Ascension.
• Houka rejected the Ocean God's offer to join forces and decided to keep fighting the Earth God and Ocean God, while considering how he might turn the Fate God's scheme against it.

Houka fought the Earth God and Ocean God while the Fate God schemed to use the divine battles to make the World Will destroy Houka and Imu. As the world descended into panic, the Fate God prepared to restore Roger and Rocks to their ordained fates.

• The Earth God and Ocean God attacked Houka to seize the Rain God and Forest God authorities, and Houka fought them while secretly preparing for the Fate God.
• Imu and the Demigods were driven from the Red Line, and Golden Lion Shiki took his companions toward Marineford to watch Rocks and the others fight Imu.
• Harald learned that Lili had died and decided to rescue Hajrudin and the other young Giants before returning them to Elbaf.
• Newspapers spread news of the two divine battles, prompting panic and lawlessness as the World Alliance's Neo Marines moved to restore order.
• The Fate God watched both battles and planned to make Houka witness the deaths of Rocks, Roger, and the others so the World Will would erase Houka and Imu.

Redfield confronted his lingering obsession with the Barorick Family’s destruction and found a new conviction to grow stronger alongside Houka. As his resolve changed, Enma and the Red Earl transformed into the Quasi-Divine Artifact Red Demon Blade, leaving Redfield poised for a major transformation.

• Redfield watched the Demigod fighters battle Imu while Demon Merry stayed nearby to protect him.
• The Red Earl reminded Redfield that the Celestial Dragons, not Houka’s prophecy, had caused the Barorick Family’s destruction in both timelines.
• Redfield accepted that Houka had helped Red Earth Island and decided to grow stronger to keep up with him and support Katakuri.
• The Red Earl provoked Redfield by warning that he could be left behind when Houka explored other worlds.
• Redfield’s conviction shifted, and Enma evolved with the Red Earl into the dark-red Quasi-Divine Artifact Red Demon Blade.

Houka battled the Earth God and Ocean God while each side suspected the Fate God was manipulating them. The Earth God warned that Heaven's Mandate would counter Houka's ambitions, while Houka continued probing the ancient gods and concealed his plan to target gods in another world.

• The Ocean God questioned why Houka kept fighting despite knowing the Fate God's schemes, and Houka refused to answer.
• Houka considered the Fate God a greater threat than the Earth God and Ocean God because the Fate God remained at full strength and could use the World Will.
• The Earth God summoned the Hellfire Serpent and accused Houka of hiding his strength while waiting for a chance to seize Imu's devil power.
• Houka dodged the World-Destroying Hellfire and said everyone was taking their chances until the battle's end.
• Houka privately intended to test the ancient gods before ambushing their counterparts in another world, while using his genuine desire to kill Imu as a smokescreen.
• The Earth God mocked Houka's plans and warned that Heaven's Mandate might help Imu devour Houka's clone to keep him under control.

Fang Huo continued battling the Earth God and Ocean God while provoking them to reveal their hidden powers and testing how to sever the Earth God’s connection to the Red Line. He remained determined to take Imu and prepare for a future hunt of the ancient gods in another spacetime.

• Fang Huo considered how the Fate God might interfere through Imu or Roger, and resolved to strike early if It entered the conflict.
• Fang Huo dismissed the Earth God’s taunts and recognized that the old god was trying to distract him and reclaim the Rain God’s and Forest God’s authorities.
• Fang Huo assessed the limits of the Fate God’s and Shyarly’s visions, which showed only incomplete scenes and no voices.
• Fang Huo challenged the Earth God and Ocean God to reveal their remaining powers, saying he intended to take Imu.
• Fang Huo enlarged the Seven-Star Divine Sword and used the Forest God’s power to attack the Earth God’s feet and sever his connection to the Red Line.