Chapter Summaries

Chiba conquered the Pure Land after defeating Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki, then returned to the living world for his coronation. The Parallel Ninja World had been unified under the Empire, and the Otsutsuki brothers were left powerless and imprisoned.

• Hagoromo Otsutsuki sensed Chiba's overwhelming power and sought Hamura Otsutsuki's help in the Pure Land.
• Chiba ordered the Empire to unify the Parallel Ninja World within three days, and its forces subdued the remaining nations and villages.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki summoned Chiba to the Pure Land and challenged him after he declared his intention to conquer it.
• Hagoromo Otsutsuki recognized that Chiba's Six-Tomoe Rinnegan held power willingly given by his counterpart, but he and Hamura still refused to surrender.
• Chiba defeated Hamura with High Plain of Heaven and repelled the brothers' attacks with Yata Mirror.
• Chiba used High Imperial Deity to erase the brothers' powers, imprisoned them in the Pure Land, and returned to the living world for his coronation.

Chiba discovered and destroyed the Death God and Jashin, freeing the Natural Energy they had stolen from the Parallel Ninja World. The world began to collapse, but Orochimaru revealed that it was being assimilated into the Empire, and Chiba realized the two worlds were merging.

• Chiba ordered reinforcements to occupy the conquered territories and destroy any forces that resisted.
• Chiba summoned the Death God with the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and erased it with his Six-Tomoe Rinnegan.
• Chiba used Hidan's Jashin Sacrificial Ritual to trace Jashin's hidden lair, then erased Jashin and freed the trapped Natural Energy.
• The liberated Natural Energy flooded back into the Parallel Ninja World, whose skies and terrain began breaking apart.
• Orochimaru reported that the Empire's territory and Natural Energy were expanding as the Parallel World was drawn through the Cross-World Transmission Channel and merged with the Imperial World.

Chiba evacuated the Empire’s forces from the collapsing Parallel Ninja World before its lands fused with the Main World. The fusion expanded the Empire’s territory and gave its people memories and power from their parallel counterparts, leaving the Empire stronger and its subjects more devoted to Chiba.

• Chiba ordered Lucheng Nara and the Empire’s scattered troops to evacuate, then used Shadow Clones to retrieve the troops stranded across the Parallel Ninja World.
• The Empire’s forces passed through the Teleportation Gate, and Chiba escaped just before the gate vanished and the Parallel Ninja World’s lands fused into the Main World.
• The fusion expanded the Empire’s territory, and Alternate-Self Memory Resonance gave its people memories of life in the parallel world; Itachi Uchiha and Neji Hyuga reacted with fury and grief, while millions of commoners grew more loyal to Chiba.
• The counterparts’ remaining life origins and chakra strengthened the Empire’s fighters, including Kakashi Hatake and Yamato, while the nine tailed beasts gained immense power.
• Naruto grieved over the abuse his parallel counterpart had suffered and grew furious at Konoha’s leaders, as Chiba observed the Empire’s increased strength and loyalty.

After the Parallel World merged with the Empire, Chiba’s officials restored the provinces while clans from the original Ninja World faced public scorn for their counterparts’ crimes. When the Myriad-World Crossing Gate revealed the Pirate World, Chiba ordered the Empire onto first-level combat readiness, and the assembly eagerly demanded to lead the invasion.

• Chiba ordered Rasa, A, Ōnoki, and Mei Terumi to return to their provinces and direct reconstruction, while Lucheng Nara coordinated repairs in Fire Province and the Imperial Capital.
• Ninjas and civilians shamed members of the Sarutobi, Utatane, and Mitokado Clans over their counterparts’ deeds, and Sarutobi Hiruzen told his clan to endure the disgrace and earn back merit.
• Half a month later, the Myriad-World Crossing Gate revealed information about the One Piece world, and Chiba identified it as a new target for the Empire.
• At an Imperial Privy Council meeting, Shikaku Nara reported the army’s growth and the provincial governors reported that reconstruction had restored their regions.
• Chiba ordered the entire army to enter first-level combat readiness and showed the officials images of the Pirate World’s Devil Fruits, Haki, Marines, Pirates, and Celestial Dragons.
• Fugaku Uchiha, Hyuga Hiashi, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and others demanded to lead the campaign as Chiba described the World Government and its rule over the seas.

Chiba and the Empire’s powerhouses emerged through a mysterious gate into the Orute Kingdom, where Shisui killed Celestial Dragon Saint Morde. After the surviving CP0 agent reported the assassination, Chiba ordered the army to prepare as Marine Headquarters sent Sakazuki and Borsalino to the West Blue with a large force.

• A mysterious black gate appeared above Orute Kingdom, and Chiba, Shisui Uchiha, and the Empire’s powerhouses emerged from it.
• Saint Morde ordered CP0 to attack the newcomers, but Shisui killed three agents and held his blade to the Celestial Dragon’s throat.
• Chiba explained the Celestial Dragons’ status and abuses, and Shisui beheaded Saint Morde.
• A dying CP0 agent reported the assassination to Marine Headquarters, and Chiba ordered the entire army to prepare.
• Sengoku ordered Sakazuki and Borsalino to lead ten warships and thirty thousand Marines to the West Blue.

Chiba’s Empire took control of Orute Kingdom, learned the Navy Six Powers and Haki, and prepared for the Navy’s response. When Akainu and Kizaru arrived, Sasuke and Naruto attacked their fleet, destroying a warship and confronting the Admirals with their colossal forms.

• Chiba took the Orute Kingdom palace and learned from Yamanaka Inoichi that CP0’s memories contained the Navy Six Powers and Haki techniques.
• Chiba mastered Armament and Observation Haki and ordered the Empire’s army to study the new techniques.
• Akainu led a fleet of thirty thousand Marines toward Orute Kingdom while Kizaru warned that the attackers who defeated CP0 might be formidable.
• Sasuke and Naruto ambushed the fleet with combined fire and wind techniques, while Kizaru’s attack failed to stop the flames from destroying a warship.
• Akainu launched Meteor Volcano, but Sasuke’s Susanoo and Naruto’s Nine-Tails deflected the magma meteors as the Empire’s ninjas watched from a nearby island.

Naruto and Sasuke overwhelmed Akainu, Kizaru, and the Marine fleet in West Blue after Sasuke used natural energy to pierce Akainu’s Logia defense and Naruto entered Sage Mode. Sengoku ordered the marines to retreat and bring the intelligence back to Marineford.

• Naruto and Sasuke devastated the Marine fleet while Akainu and Kizaru struggled to protect their ships and soldiers.
• Kizaru told Akainu that Naruto and Sasuke lacked Armament Haki, but Sasuke’s Susanoo sword still cut through Akainu’s magma and badly wounded him.
• Sasuke explained that Sage Mode’s natural energy could overcome Logia defenses, and Naruto used Sage Mode to strike Kizaru with a Rasenshuriken that destroyed a warship and forced Kizaru to flee.
• Orochimaru, Shikaku Nara, and the imperial ninjas recognized natural energy as a way to counter the admirals’ abilities.
• Vice Admiral Momonga reported the battle to Sengoku, who ordered the fleet to retreat and prioritize bringing the intelligence back to Marineford.

The Marines retreated from the battle at Orute Kingdom, but Chiba’s forces captured Akainu and defeated the fleet. In the royal palace, Chiba challenged Akainu’s idea of Absolute Justice and ordered him imprisoned in sensory darkness.

• Momonga relayed Sengoku’s retreat order, and Akainu reluctantly agreed after Kizaru warned that their enemies could harm their real bodies.
• Shisui Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, Kakashi, and the allied clans attacked the retreating fleet; Kakashi and Hyuga Hiashi drove Kizaru away while the others overwhelmed Akainu.
• Chiba’s forces captured Akainu, Momonga, and the surviving Marines, then Yamato used Wood Style vines to tow the damaged warships to port.
• Chiba questioned Akainu’s Absolute Justice and condemned the Marines for protecting the Celestial Dragons while civilians suffered.
• Akainu’s memories of Ohara made him doubt his justice, and Chiba ordered Kakashi to seal him in the lowest dungeon with all his senses blocked.

After Chiba explained his plan to use Akainu as bait and draw the World Government’s forces into West Blue, the Empire’s army arrived in Orute Kingdom to begin its conquest. The Five Elders ordered the Marines to conceal their defeat and prepare reinforcements, while Chiba’s forces stood ready to expand across the region.

• Chiba ordered the Empire to conquer West Blue from Orute Kingdom and gather Devil Fruits, explaining that capturing Akainu would lure the World Government’s forces into a trap.
• Kizaru reported to Sengoku that five Admiral Level fighters and more than a hundred other powerhouses had defeated the Marines, destroyed their fleet, and captured Akainu.
• Sengoku informed the Five Elders, who ordered him to suppress news of the defeat and prepared to send CP0 and possibly the God's Knights to West Blue.
• The Five Elders refused to seek Lord Imu’s instructions and vowed to erase the unknown force challenging the World Government.
• Chiba’s army streamed through the Myriad-World Crossing Gate, and Shikaku ordered the gathered forces to advance across West Blue, demanding surrender before seizing territory by force.

The Empire’s ninja forces swept through the West Blue, conquering islands and overwhelming local defenses as the Marines mobilized to stop them. Garp met Killer B’s transformed Eight-Tails Gyuki above the sea, and their attacks collided before the Marine fleet.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen’s clan conquered three islands, recovered a Devil Fruit, and sent it to His Majesty rather than claim it for themselves.
• Ōnoki, Rasa, Gaara, Mei Terumi, and other provincial leaders crushed resistance across the West Blue with their ninja forces.
• A and Killer B learned that more than a hundred Marine warships were approaching, and A prepared to attack them.
• Sengoku’s fleet discussed the invasion and Sakazuki’s capture while CP0 dismissed the threat posed by the invaders.
• Garp sensed a huge force beneath the sea and launched himself upward as Killer B transformed into Gyuki and struck at the surface.
• Garp and Gyuki’s attacks collided in front of the flagship.

A and Killer B led the Empire’s Lightning Province ninjas against a Marine fleet, and their forces overwhelmed CP0 before the Admirals intervened. The chapter ended with A blocking Kizaru’s Light-Speed Kick while the battle escalated.

• Garp struck Eight-Tails Gyuki’s tentacle but was thrown back, while Killer B and Gyuki revealed their enhanced strength and surfaced before the Marine fleet.
• A introduced himself as Governor of the Empire’s Lightning Province and claimed the sea for the Empire as hundreds of ninjas stood on the water around Eight-Tails.
• CP0 attacked the ninjas, but their Lightning Release defenses blocked the assault and the ninjas paralyzed and drove back the agents.
• Killer B fought CP0’s leader and formed a Tailed Beast Bomb, forcing Sengoku to order the Admirals to act.
• Aokiji froze the sea and intercepted the Tailed Beast Bomb, which exploded in the air, while Kizaru attacked A.
• A blocked Kizaru’s Light-Speed Kick with a lightning-wreathed fist.

The Navy and CP0 overwhelmed A and Killer B until Mei Terumi and the Water Province reinforcements turned the tide. Ōnoki and the Earth Province forces then arrived, bringing the Empire’s Admiral-level strength to eight and launching a devastating assault on the Marine fleet.

• Sengoku, Garp, Kizaru, Aokiji, and CP0 attacked A, while Momousagi and the Vice Admirals tore through the Lightning Province ninjas.
• A called on Killer B to stop holding back, and Gyuki used the sea to create a huge whirlpool and attack the Navy fleet, but the veteran Admirals injured him and pressed their assault.
• Mei Terumi and the Water Province ninjas arrived in dense mist, using acid mist, Isobu, and water ninjutsu to rescue the Lightning Province forces and counterattack.
• Garp nearly killed Mei Terumi, but Ōnoki’s Dust Release forced him to evade and erased part of a Marine warship.
• Ōnoki arrived with Deidara, Rōshi, Han, and hundreds of Earth Province ninjas, and Deidara’s bombs and the others’ attacks battered the Marine fleet.
• Han smashed through CP0’s defensive formation as Rōshi attacked Aokiji, and the Earth Province forces joined the battle.

The Empire’s ninjas overwhelmed the Marines in West Blue after Wind Province arrived, forcing Sengoku to order a retreat. Garp stayed behind to cover the fleet, while Kizaru and Aokiji spent their remaining strength delaying the pursuing Empire forces long enough for the warships to escape.

• Ōnoki, Deidara, Han, Mei Terumi, and the other ninjas battered the Marines, while Garp struck back and drove off Isobu and Rōshi.
• Rasa and Gaara arrived with Wind Province, crushing warships with Gold Dust and sand as the Empire killed one Admiral-level CP0 agent and the other two fled.
• The Empire’s forces overwhelmed the Marine leaders, and Sengoku abandoned the battle and ordered the surviving fleet to retreat.
• Garp, badly wounded, charged the Empire’s army alone to cover the retreat while Tsuru directed the warships away.
• A, Rasa, and Mei Terumi bypassed Garp and pursued the fleet, but Kizaru blocked A and Rasa, while Aokiji froze Isobu and bought the warships time to escape.

Chiba explained that the Five Elders could only be killed by severing their bond to the sea’s rules with Conqueror’s Haki, then overwhelmed the Marines’ remaining fighters with Wood Style. The Marine leaders were captured alive, while Chiba planned to find Conqueror’s Haki users to study.

• Chiba drove Saint Saturn, Saint Nusjuro, and the God's Knights to retreat, then told Kakashi, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Shisui Uchiha that the Five Elders could revive unless Conqueror’s Haki severed their connection to the sea’s rules.
• Chiba said he had not mastered Conqueror’s Haki and suggested capturing users to find a shortcut, while Garp, Aokiji, and Kizaru continued fighting the Empire’s ninjas below.
• Chiba summoned a vast forest across the sea, trapped Kizaru in a wooden cocoon, and pinned Aokiji to a tree after suppressing his Logia power.
• Garp charged Chiba with his strongest punch, but Chiba stopped it with two fingers, shattered Garp’s arm, and bound him in wooden vines.
• The Empire’s ninjas watched as Chiba left Garp, Aokiji, and Kizaru unconscious and captured in the vast forest covering the sea.

After the Navy’s catastrophic defeat, Sengoku headed for Marineford while the captured officers confronted the collapse of their faith in Marine justice. In Orute Kingdom, Chiba ordered Orochimaru to study Garp and uncover how to reproduce Conqueror’s Haki.

• Sengoku blamed the fleeing CP0 agents for the Navy’s defeat, but Vice Admiral Tsuru urged him to seek World Government support, and he ordered the surviving fleet to Marineford.
• In the dungeon, Akainu questioned the justice he had upheld after recalling Chiba’s condemnation of the Navy’s disregard for civilians.
• The Empire’s ninjas brought Garp, Kizaru, Aokiji, Momousagi, and other captured Marines into Akainu’s cell, where Akainu challenged them to explain what the Navy protected.
• Garp revealed that he had refused promotion to avoid serving the Celestial Dragons, condemned the World Government, and said Chiba should overthrow it.
• Shikaku Nara reported the Empire’s gains in West Blue, and Chiba ordered the Major Clans to consolidate their territory rather than overextend.
• Chiba told Orochimaru that Garp possessed Conqueror’s Haki and ordered him to discover how it awakened and reproduce it in the Empire’s strongest warriors.

Imu chose not to confront the Empire in West Blue while the World Government focused on the Grand Line. After Garp cooperated with Orochimaru’s research into Conqueror’s Haki, Chiba ordered Kakashi to capture four young people with the aptitude for it.

• The Five Elders and Saint Garling reported the Empire’s strength to Imu, who decided to leave it alone unless it moved into the Grand Line.
• Orochimaru studied Garp, who explained Conqueror’s Haki and said he would help the Empire overturn the World Government.
• Orochimaru reported that he needed more test subjects with Conqueror’s Haki aptitude to develop a reliable cultivation method.
• Chiba ordered Kakashi to capture Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Eustass Kid, and Portgas D. Ace alive.

Imperial forces captured Portgas D. Ace and Monkey D. Luffy while Kakashi Hatake searched for Zoro. In West Blue, Tsunade defeated Eustass Kid and his officers after he attacked the casino where she had lost the mission funds, leaving Kid badly injured in a crater.

• Shisui Uchiha and the Anbu defeated the Spade Pirates and captured Portgas D. Ace at Reverse Mountain.
• Itachi Uchiha incapacitated Dadan and the other bandits with genjutsu, then knocked out and captured Monkey D. Luffy in Makino’s bar.
• Kakashi Hatake used Pakkun and the other ninja hounds to track Zoro’s scent from a tavern on a nameless island.
• Tsunade lost the West Blue mission funds gambling in the Polto Kingdom casino while Shizune tried to stop her.
• Eustass Kid attacked the casino, and Tsunade smashed his mechanical arm, broke his jaw, and defeated his officers.

Orochimaru experimented on Eustass Kid and captured Ace to investigate Conqueror’s Haki, while the imprisoned Marines debated the Empire’s motives. Garp’s grandsons Ace and Luffy reunited with him in the dungeon, and Akainu erupted in fury as the cell descended into chaos.

• Orochimaru injected Eustass Kid with a serum and probed his mind for signs related to Conqueror’s Haki.
• Ace was thrown into the Marines’ cell, where he recognized Garp and explained that a red-eyed man had captured him near Reverse Mountain.
• Orochimaru took Ace away and tortured him in an attempt to awaken his Conqueror’s Haki, then returned him to the cell bruised and drained of blood.
• Akainu blamed Garp for raising Ace as a pirate, and Ace defended his grandfather and challenged Akainu’s claims about justice.
• Zoro was brought into the cell after Kakashi defeated him, and he described being overwhelmed by the silver-haired swordsman.
• Luffy was thrown into the cell and reunited with Ace and Garp, prompting Akainu to rage at Garp for having two pirate grandsons while the prisoners erupted into a fight.

Orochimaru’s experiments awakened Conqueror’s Haki in several prisoners, and his findings helped Chiba awaken and master a vastly superior form of it. After his power overwhelmed the Orute Kingdom and its prisoners, Chiba ordered the Empire to expand its operations beyond the West Blue.

• Orochimaru tortured Kid, Zoro, Ace, and Luffy, provoking each of them to awaken or strengthen Conqueror’s Haki, while Garp resisted his experiments.
• Orochimaru reported to Chiba that Conqueror’s Haki arose from extreme spiritual pressure, ambition, and conviction, and could be forcibly awakened through the right conditions.
• Chiba used Orochimaru’s findings to awaken his own Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out hundreds of thousands across the Orute Kingdom and forcing even powerful fighters to their knees.
• Chiba’s Haki overwhelmed the prisoners, including Garp, Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, Luffy, Kid, Zoro, and Ace, while the surrounding sea retreated and the sky split beneath his pressure.
• Chiba withdrew his Haki, mastered Conqueror’s Haki Coating, and told Orochimaru to mobilize more ninjas and expand the Empire’s operations beyond the West Blue.

The Empire launched simultaneous campaigns across the Four Seas, defeating pirates and taking control of islands and Loguetown. At Marineford, Sengoku learned the Five Elders offered no orders or information about the captured Marines, leaving him to suspect the World Government feared Chiba and the Orute Kingdom.

• Uchiha Cang and his clansmen killed more than a hundred pirates in South Blue and declared the island part of the Empire.
• Neji Hyuga and the Hyuga clansmen destroyed the Violent Bear Pirates' ship in North Blue and continued toward their next target.
• Choji Akimichi defeated Smoker with one Armament Haki-coated punch, and Shikamaru Nara's group took control of Loguetown after the Marines surrendered.
• Sengoku reviewed reports of the Empire's advances and told Vice Admiral Tsuru that the Five Elders had only replied, “Understood,” before ending their call.
• Sengoku wondered whether the World Government's silence meant it feared the ruler of the Orute Kingdom.