Recaps

Houka gathered allies, Devil Fruits, and Pluton while deceiving the World Government and building his forces. As the World Government advanced on Elysium Island, Loki awakened his Conqueror’s Haki and joined Houka’s side for the coming battle.

• Houka traded a Road Poneglyph to the Four Elders for four Devil Fruits, then escaped and recruited Brook, Tom, Jerry, Kaido, and Vegapunk.
• Houka gave Devil Fruits to Presley, Tina Jet, and Kaido, then sent the Davy siblings to recruit the D Clan and Buccaneer Tribe.
• Imu learned Houka had deceived the World Government and mobilized for war, while Gunko ate the Eagle Vedfolnir Fruit and took command of the Holy Knights.
• Rocks and Shiki sailed Pluton toward the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire as Marines prepared to seize or destroy it, and Tsuru secretly obtained Seastone from Houka.
• Houka persuaded Amatsuki Toki that fate had brought her to him, and she agreed to remain in his era and recounted what she knew of the Great War.
• Houka used the Ripe-Ripe Fruit to age Loki by thirty-two years, then trained him alongside Harald, Rocks, and Newgate to master Conqueror’s Haki Infusion.
• Roger, Redfield, Shiki, and Charlotte Linlin mastered Conqueror’s Haki Infusion during Houka’s trial, and Loki awakened his own after Houka provoked him.
• As the World Government and Marines advanced on Elysium Island, Loki vowed to fight beside Houka, while Rocks, Shiki, Silver Axe Xiong, and Babel prepared for battle.

Houka helped the Rocks Pirates and their allies battle Imu, the Holy Knights, and the World Government fleet, while Loki’s Nidhogg power proved vital against Imu’s contracts. Houka finally arrived with reinforcements and turned the tide, then rushed to Rocks and Harald’s battlefield to keep Imu from controlling them.

• Houka helped Rocks begin the war against the World Government, and Loki gained the Nidhogg Fruit and Tirei Ragnir after defeating the ancient hammer.
• Pluton and Loki’s dragon form devastated the World Government fleet, but Imu and the transformed Elders and Holy Knights pursued the pirates toward Mary Geoise.
• Houka and Tsuru freed Garp and Sengoku from Imu’s control, while Rocks and Harald fought Imu and the allies struggled against the immortal enemies.
• Imu transformed Dorry, Brogy, and other giants into demons, but Rocks and Harald restored them by beheading them as Pluton fired its cannon at Imu.
• The pirates and giants fought Imu’s forces across the fleeing fleet, and Pluton’s final cannon blast destroyed Oars JS while Imu’s contract powers weakened.
• Imu offered Harald and Loki an alliance as a Marine fleet arrived, but Loki refused, and the exhausted pirates and giants prepared to face the reinforcements.
• Houka arrived with Whitebeard Newgate, Redfield, Charlotte Linlin, and other allies, defeated the two Admirals, and began rescuing demonized fighters and battling Marine forces.
• Houka restored Ganzi and Malone from their demon forms, then rushed to Imu’s battlefield to prevent Rocks or Harald from being controlled.

Houka saved his allies from Imu, built up the Sacred Ancient Moon Empire, and led the alliance back into the New World. After giving Rocks the Dark-Dark Fruit, Houka and the Rocks Pirates raced Golden Lion Shiki and other powers to claim the Griffin Fruit.

• Houka and his allies fought Imu, but Imu’s overwhelming darkness and solar power forced Houka to rescue the Rocks Pirates, Roger Pirates, and giants and flee the battlefield.
• Houka returned to Elysium Island, where Shiki raised the alliance’s kingdoms into the sky as the World Government declared victory and offered a Celestial Dragon seat to competing nations.
• Two years later, Roger gave Houka the Human-Human Fruit, Model: Nika, for his newborn son Lu Ya, while Zunesha recognized the child as one of two kings.
• Houka established D Village, issued bounties for Imu and the World Government’s leaders, and equipped the alliance’s ships with electromagnetic receivers before ordering a New World offensive.
• Houka began a relationship with Tsuru, then found the Dark-Dark Fruit while major powers competed to claim the Griffin Fruit in the West Blue.
• Houka gave Rocks the Dark-Dark Fruit, and Rocks ate it, demonstrated its powers, and prepared his crew to pursue the Griffin Fruit.
• Golden Lion Shiki arrived in the West Blue as Gu Akade hesitated over the Griffin Fruit, while Kano Country withdrew and Sang Kingdom’s samurai ambushed Shiki’s officers.

Houka and Rocks led their allies into a war against Imu, who detonated the sun and left Houka, Rocks, and Loki near death. The survivors escaped to the Lost World, where Lu Ya showed signs of sun power and Houka awoke after healing, discovering that Gu Yue Shenwei had gained Soul Fire.

• Rocks seized the Griffin Fruit from CP0 and gave it to Houka, who planned to use the conflict with Imu to place teleportation receivers throughout World Government territory.
• Houka and Rocks divided their allies into battle groups as Imu’s forces attacked Assyria Island, and Houka, Rocks, and Loki confronted Imu while the pirates fought the Elders, Marines, and Holy Knights.
• The Blood Servant Legion planted receivers across Sabaody, Red Port, Marineford, and Mary Geoise, while allied nations sent forces to Assyria Island and Zephyr helped restore controlled Marines.
• Babel and Sambel stopped Saint Sommers’s regeneration by destroying and submerging his mechanical heart, while Redfield and his allies fought Thatchers Maffy.
• Imu abandoned her Yang Release authority and vanished to Mary Geoise, causing the sun to explode and forcing the survivors to flee as Houka, Rocks, and Loki appeared to have been killed.
• Redfield led the Roger and Rocks Pirates toward Elbaf, and the crews used explosive sky mines to slow the immortal pursuers while Harald carried them across the Calm Belt.
• Rocks, Houka, and Loki survived the explosion and were treated in the Lost World, where Lu Ya began breathing flames and gained a golden forehead mark.
• Houka healed after the Lost World’s inhabitants donated blood, then woke and separated Gu Yue Shenwei from his body, discovering that his eldest son had gained a wisp of Soul Fire.