Recaps

Houka raided Mary Geoise, then returned to Elbaf to confront Imu as the World Government’s forces and the Rocks Pirates fought across the island. Imu reclaimed the power and lives tied to the Deep Sea Contracts and reached God-level Conqueror’s Haki, leaving Houka and his allies to battle on while many fighters withdrew.

• Houka escaped the Lost World, reunited with the Kuja Pirates, and returned to Elbaf as the World Government declared him, Rocks, and Loki dead and attacked the New World and Elbaf.
• Houka recovered his strength, freed Rocks, and led Rocks and Shiki to Mary Geoise while the remaining fighters prepared to defend Elbaf.
• Houka stole Imu’s Devil Fruits and treasures, while Rocks and Shiki looted Pangea Castle and Rocks fought the Five Elders before escaping with Houka.
• Houka and his allies returned to Elbaf, where they trapped Gunko and faced Imu’s forces as the battle spread across the island.
• Houka, Rocks, and Loki confronted Imu, while their allies fought the Holy Knights, Elders, Admiral candidates, Marines, and allied fleets, and Kaido awakened Conqueror’s Haki.
• Houka captured Petti Palace and Saint Guster fell, while Imu reclaimed their Deep Sea Contracts and Houka unveiled his Ancestral Dragon form.
• Imu reclaimed the lives and powers of the Four Elders and several Marine commanders, then awakened God-level Conqueror’s Haki and wounded Loki.
• Houka fused with Rocks to become a Dark Ancestral Dragon and drew Imu away with Black Hole, while Harald ordered a retreat and some fighters stayed to rejoin the fight.

Houka rebuilt his strength, relocated the Tontatta and prepared to move Fish-Man Island while the World Government rebuilt its forces under Imu. As Houka’s family explored Treasure Beast Island, he found Lily Carnation and gave it the Human-Human Fruit.

• Houka and Rocks fused with Loki to fight Imu, and after the battle Houka revealed he had also fused with Harald and Whitebeard Newgate before letting them take control of his body.
• Imu rebuilt the World Government’s contract forces, recruited new Celestial Dragon families, and prepared to fight Houka, who chose training and technological development over an immediate attack.
• Houka arranged to relocate Fish-Man Island, selected five mermaids with fortunes tied to Poseidon, and searched Green Bit and Drum Island for the Heal-Heal Fruit and Human-Human Fruit.
• Houka found the Heal-Heal Fruit and Human-Human Fruit, relocated the Tontatta Kingdom to the Lost World, and brought Dr. Kureha’s longevity recipe and medical notes to Vegapunk.
• Houka and Rocks took their children to Treasure Beast Island, where the children fought the Kirin Lion and persuaded it to join them while Houka considered the Davy Clan’s history and possible threat to his family.
• As Fish-Man Island’s relocation continued and Imu focused on Haki and contract servants, Presley found Lily Carnation on a remote island, and Houka subdued it and gave it the Human-Human Fruit.

Houka investigated Davy Jones and the ancient gods while strengthening his family, awakening Rocks and Loki, and preparing for war with Imu. The arc ends as both sides converge on G-1 and Houka reveals his Sun God Nika transformation.

• Houka raised Lily Carnation in Elbaf, where her giant forms and fighting prowess captivated the giants, then trained and investigated Harley’s accounts of gods and Davy Jones with Rocks and Loki.
• Houka concealed the birth of Shirahoshi and four other mermaid princesses from Imu, and Lu Ya discovered he could hear the Sea Kings and persuaded them to protect Fish-Man Island.
• Houka and Imu negotiated a ten-year pause while secretly investigating each other, but Houka later captured Thor on Skypiea and led his family to the moon to explore Birka’s ruins.
• Houka helped Rocks awaken the Dark-Dark Fruit as a Mythical Zoan and pushed Loki to awaken Nidhogg, while Davy Jones hid within Teach and planned to seize the fruit through him.
• Imu sent Wilkes Booth to assassinate Poseidon, and Houka’s response brought the alliance to Elbaf as both rulers prepared for war at G-1.
• Houka assigned allies and children to the coming battle, gave Kamui the Ice-Ice Fruit, and sent Rocks and Loki to occupy the New World.
• Imu strengthened Hell Bakotsu and prepared new contracts as Marine forces gathered at G-1, where Newgate sent a colossal tsunami toward the base.
• Houka fused Shamrock, Shanks, and Lu Ya into himself, transformed into Sun God Nika, and joined Queen Lily in the attack on G-1.

Houka and his allies drove Imu from the battlefield, freed several allies from Imu’s contracts, and captured Davy Jones in a controlled Seraphim body. After helping Rocks reunite with Teach and claiming Davy Jones’s treasure, Houka resumed his plans while a mysterious ship appeared in the Rainbow Mist.

• Houka, Rocks, and Loki fought Imu while Lili’s apparent death triggered the giants’ awakening, and Houka revealed that she was alive before persuading Imu to withdraw with her.
• Houka and Rocks agreed to a truce with Imu, and the World Government and New World Alliance divided the world as Houka took the unconscious giants to Elbaf for training.
• Davy Jones tempted Teach and tried to take over Rocks, but Houka and Rocks restrained him, then used soul experiments and a Seraphim body to capture him.
• Houka and Rocks removed the contract marks from Sengoku, Garp, Marcus Peitigong, and Gunko, while Imu feared that Houka had found a way to break the marks.
• Davy Jones escaped Teach by possessing a Lunarian hybrid, but Vegapunk’s Authority Chip let Houka and his allies control him in a Seraphim body.
• Houka learned that Davy Jones’s treasure lay beneath Fish-Man Island and brought its gold and relics back to the Lost World, where his family and the Ancient Moon Clan sorted it.
• Rocks reunited with Teach in D Village and thanked Houka for protecting his family, while Houka resumed the Golden Forbidden City project.
• Tsuru reported that Hajrudin and Little Oars Jr. had mastered Conqueror’s Haki and wanted to rescue Lili, and a vague ship silhouette appeared in the Rainbow Mist.