Chapter Summaries

During the Whitebeard Pirates’ celebration, Kamizuki Yu revealed that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was consuming Whitebeard’s life and demonstrated a precise way to resonate with matter. Whitebeard recognized a new path for mastering his power and bowed to Kamizuki Yu in respect.

• Ace knelt before Whitebeard and wept with relief at being reunited with his father.
• Whitebeard toasted Kamizuki Yu for saving his life, but Kamizuki Yu said the Tremor-Tremor Fruit was still draining Whitebeard’s vitality.
• Kamizuki Yu demonstrated a controlled vibration that disintegrated a glass while leaving the rum inside it perfectly still.
• Kamizuki Yu explained that Whitebeard could integrate vibration into his body and Haki instead of releasing it recklessly.
• Whitebeard sensed a new path to mastering his power and bowed deeply to Kamizuki Yu.

Shanks arrived at the Moby Dick intending to mediate, but Kamizuki Yu effortlessly nullified his Conqueror's Haki and made clear that Shanks had no authority there. Recognizing the gap between them, Shanks approached Kamizuki Yu without his Emperor's imposing presence and raised a bottle of rum.

• Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates arrived at the Moby Dick and found Whitebeard celebrating after his triumphant return.
• Shanks noticed Kamizuki Yu and Sasuke, whom his Observation Haki could not perceive, and unleashed Conqueror's Haki toward them.
• Kamizuki Yu's King's Domain erased Shanks's Haki and forced him to stagger back, while the other pirates watched in shock.
• Kamizuki Yu told Shanks that his face was not important in his domain, and Shanks stopped his officers from attacking.
• Shanks recognized Kamizuki Yu as the true arbiter and approached him, raising an unopened bottle of rum.

Kamizuki Yu told Shanks and Whitebeard that the Will of D was a law imprint in its bearers’ blood and souls, setting them against the world’s rules. He warned that Luffy’s ultimate enemy might be the laws of the world itself, leaving Shanks shaken by the possibility that he had led Luffy into a fate he could not understand.

• Shanks asked Kamizuki Yu what had happened at Marineford, and Yu dismissed it as a traitor’s punishment and an old man temporarily regaining his life.
• Yu asked Shanks about the straw hat and the Will of D, and Shanks described it as a flame of freedom passed down through generations.
• Yu said Luffy, Ace, and Teach shared a law imprint in their bloodlines and souls that made them inherently conflict with the world’s established rules.
• Yu warned Shanks that Luffy’s path might lead beyond the Marines and World Government to a battle against the laws of the world itself.
• Shanks reconsidered the burden of guiding Luffy and raised the rum bottle to himself for a fierce drink.

After the Summit War, Morgans published a sensational headline naming Kamizuki Yu the “Divine Emperor,” prompting alarm across the world and a furious response from the World Government. When the newspaper reached the Moby Dick, Kamizuki Yu treated the title casually.

• Morgans rejected the World Government’s demand to downplay the Navy’s defeat and decided to publish the truth about the Summit War.
• Morgans named Kamizuki Yu the “Divine Emperor” and announced a new hierarchy above the Five Emperors.
• The newspaper spread worldwide, provoking reactions from Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, Vinsmoke Judge, Princess Vivi, and the Five Elders, who ordered Kamizuki Yu erased.
• A News Coo delivered the headline to the Moby Dick, where Marco, Whitebeard, and Shanks were shocked by Kamizuki Yu’s new title.
• Kamizuki Yu read the newspaper, called Morgans good at naming things, and returned to his tea.

Kamizuki Yu analyzed the extracted origin of Marshall D. Teach’s Dark-Dark Fruit and discovered its power was encoded in law-like runes resembling the Divine Tree’s method of absorbing planetary laws. He resolved to seek more Devil Fruits and Poneglyphs, then set course for Fish-Man Island.

• Kamizuki Yu dismissed the God Emperor title and entered an isolated laboratory aboard the Moby Dick while Sasuke guarded the entrance.
• Kamizuki Yu analyzed the Dark-Dark Fruit’s origin and identified Gravity, Devour, and Void as its core commands.
• Kamizuki Yu found that the fruit’s law runes resembled the Divine Tree’s process and conjectured that Devil Fruits came from leaked planetary-law fragments left by a failed harvesting process.
• Kamizuki Yu copied the fruit’s rune structure and realized he could use it as a blueprint to replicate a weakened version of the fruit.
• Kamizuki Yu decided to find more Devil Fruits and investigate the Poneglyphs, then told Sasuke they were going to Fish-Man Island.

Doflamingo learned that Kamizuki Yu had upended the world’s balance and discovered the Five Elders feared a hidden figure named Imu. On the Moby Dick, Yu challenged Ace and Luffy to accept a one-day crash course, and Ace agreed.

• Doflamingo learned Whitebeard had returned to his peak and Blackbeard had been crippled by Kamizuki Yu, leaving his plans in ruins.
• A CP0 mole told Doflamingo that the Five Elders had begged Imu to erase the God Emperor, prompting Doflamingo to order more intelligence on Yu.
• Kamizuki Yu used a miniature messenger to overhear the Five Elders, then turned his attention to Ace and Luffy celebrating their reunion aboard the Moby Dick.
• Yu criticized Ace and Luffy for lacking the strength to protect each other and reminded the Whitebeard Pirates that their rescue at Marineford had nearly destroyed them.
• Yu offered Ace and Luffy a one-day crash course, and Ace accepted after reflecting on his helplessness during the war.

Kamizuki Yu took Ace and Luffy to a deserted island and used shadow clones to train them in precise Haki control. After a day of intense practice, both brothers made major breakthroughs, and Kamizuki Yu prepared to give Ace a new way to use his flames.

• Ace and Luffy followed Kamizuki Yu from the Moby Dick to a deserted island, where he created two shadow clones to teach them separately.
• Shadow Clone A taught Luffy to focus his Conqueror's Haki on a single target, while Shadow Clone B taught Ace to make his Armament Haki penetrate rock.
• After twelve hours of repeated failures, Luffy precisely directed his Conqueror's Haki without disturbing a blade of grass, and Ace sank a finger into a boulder using penetrating Armament Haki.
• The shadow clones vanished and passed their training experience back to Kamizuki Yu, who judged the brothers' progress barely acceptable.
• Kamizuki Yu formed his black Amaterasu flames into a sword and offered Ace a gift that would let him hurt anyone without relying on Armament Haki.

Kamizuki Yu altered Ace’s Flame-Flame Fruit, removing its weakness to seawater and giving its flames the power to burn relentlessly. Ace tested the change by igniting the sea, leaving the Whitebeard Pirates and Shanks stunned.

• Kamizuki Yu told Ace to elementalize, then reached into Ace’s flame form and seized the core of his power.
• Kamizuki Yu used Yin–Yang Release chakra to remove Ace’s weakness to seawater and Seastone and implant a flame that would not stop until its target burned to ash.
• Ace transformed into human form with black flames and, at Kamizuki Yu’s urging, tested them at the shore.
• Ace’s black flame burned across the seawater without going out, astonishing Luffy, Whitebeard, the commanders, and Shanks.
• Ace clenched his fist and made the black flames in his palm surge at his will.

Kamizuki Yu signed in at the Sunlight Tree Eve in Fish-Man Island, gaining a spiritual connection with Sea Kings and perfect water affinity. After discovering Vander Decken IX’s obsession with Shirahoshi and Hody Jones’s coup plans, he began dealing with the threats, leaving Hody forced to kneel before his followers.

• Kamizuki Yu reached the Sea Forest and signed in at the Sunlight Tree Eve, gaining spiritual resonance with Sea Kings and perfect water affinity.
• Kamizuki Yu heard Shirahoshi’s frightened thoughts and identified Vander Decken IX and Hody Jones as threats to Fish-Man Island.
• Kamizuki Yu summoned and then calmed a massive waterspout, alarming King Neptune and Hody Jones.
• Kamizuki Yu appeared aboard Vander Decken IX’s ship and used an invisible attack to make Hody Jones kneel before his subordinates.

Kamizuki Yu erased Vander Decken IX’s consciousness, ending the attacks that had tormented Shirahoshi for ten years. He then headed to the Fish-Man District as Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates prepared to rebel against Ryugu Palace.

• Vander Decken IX prepared to throw another axe at Shirahoshi, but Kamizuki Yu used his will to crush and kill him from afar.
• Shirahoshi waited for another attack, then realized that Vander Decken IX’s malice had vanished forever and began to feel free.
• Kamizuki Yu sensed that Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates had taken a drug that traded their life force for temporary strength.
• Kamizuki Yu declined to stop the rebellion as a savior, but went to the Fish-Man District to meet the rebels.

Kamizuki Yu crushed Hody Jones’s rebellion and used his power to create a sunlit continent above Fish-Man Island, giving the fish-men and merfolk a new home. The island’s residents watched the impossible land take shape and celebrated their chance to live beneath the sunlight.

• Kamizuki Yu restrained Hody Jones and the New Fish-Man Pirates with seawater, breaking their bodies and ending their rebellion.
• At Queen Otohime’s gravestone, Kamizuki Yu read her dream of peace between fish-men and humans and decided to help make it possible.
• Kamizuki Yu flew above the sea and summoned a giant wooden Buddha from Sunlight Tree Eve as Neptune, Jinbe, the princes, and the island’s residents watched.
• Kamizuki Yu transformed the Buddha’s arms into trees and formed a vast continent with soil, freshwater lakes, forests, and grasslands.
• Kamizuki Yu announced that the new land would be the fish-men’s home, and Neptune, Jinbe, Shirahoshi, and the residents reacted with shock, tears, and cheers.

The World Government condemned Kamizuki Yu after he created a vast new continent, but its statement only exposed its fear and weakened its authority. As Fish-Man Island declared independence and settled in the Land of Divine Blessing, Dragon decided to meet Kamizuki Yu himself.

• Saint Charlos demanded that the Five Elders send CP0, the Marines, and a Buster Call against Kamizuki Yu, but they said their forces could not stop him.
• The World Government issued a public condemnation of Kamizuki Yu, prompting widespread mockery and further damaging its authority.
• Jinbe announced that Fish-Man Island was withdrawing from the World Government and that the fish-men and merfolk would recognize Kamizuki Yu as their guardian.
• Princess Shirahoshi watched her people enjoy the sunlight in the Land of Divine Blessing and wept with joy.
• Dragon heard the news from Koala and decided to travel to the Land of Divine Blessing to meet Kamizuki Yu.

Monkey D. Dragon visited Kamizuki Yu to recruit him into the Revolutionary Army, but Kamizuki Yu challenged whether Dragon could build a better world after overthrowing the Celestial Dragons. Dragon left shaken and uncertain about his ideals.

• Monkey D. Dragon introduced himself as the Revolutionary Army's leader and invited Kamizuki Yu to fight for freedom.
• Kamizuki Yu questioned what the Revolutionary Army would build after victory and argued that overthrowing one regime would only transfer power and repeat history's cycle.
• Kamizuki Yu pointed to the new home for the fish-men and merfolk, warning that conflicts over land, authority, and rules would arise there too.
• Kamizuki Yu criticized Dragon for dreaming of building an ideal nation when he could not properly raise his own son.
• Kamizuki Yu told Dragon to return only after he understood what kind of world he wanted to create, and Dragon departed doubting his path.

Kamizuki Yu showed Dragon memories of the Divine Hidden Village, a society where everyone could learn to use power and the government guided and served its people. Dragon reconsidered his revolutionary vision as Kamizuki Yu set out to discover the true pinnacle of power in this world.

• Kamizuki Yu used Divine Hidden Vista to show Dragon a world built around shared power, advanced technology, and social care.
• Dragon saw the Divine Hidden Village, where scholars from many nations gathered to pursue knowledge without serving rulers.
• Dragon emerged from the vision shaken and asked Kamizuki Yu if that world had been his.
• Kamizuki Yu said it had once been his world and turned toward Mary Geoise to see the pinnacle of power in this world.

Kamizuki Yu left Dragon to reconsider his worldview, then used Kamui to arrive in Mary Geoise and seek the secrets behind the world’s ruling order. He appeared in the Room of Authority before the Five Elders and greeted them as their meeting was underway.

• Dragon departed in his ship, while Kamizuki Yu left him to decide what to do with the answer he had received.
• Kamizuki Yu told Sasuke’s puppet that exposing the World Government’s lies would be more effective than destroying Mary Geoise and creating new cycles of hatred.
• Kamizuki Yu locked the Empty Throne in Mary Geoise as a Mythical check-in location, hoping to uncover secrets about the Void Century and the origin of Devil Fruits.
• Kamizuki Yu used Kamui to travel with Sasuke’s puppet directly to the Room of Authority in Pangaea Castle.
• Kamizuki Yu greeted the shocked Five Elders and asked whether he had interrupted their meeting.

Kamizuki Yu and Sasuke's puppet entered Mary Geoise, where Yu showed that the World Government's guards could neither perceive nor stop him. After healing a fish-man slave abused by Saint Charlos, Yu confronted the Celestial Dragon and left the next move to him.

• Kamizuki Yu and Sasuke's puppet emerged in Mary Geoise and passed a CP0 patrol unnoticed.
• They encountered Saint Charlos riding a wounded fish-man slave while the surrounding people knelt.
• Saint Charlos ordered his guards to attack, but they could not aim at Kamizuki Yu, and Charlos's bullet stopped before reaching him.
• Kamizuki Yu healed the fish-man slave's wounds with the Mystical Palm Technique.
• Kamizuki Yu faced Saint Charlos and said they should discuss how Charlos had dirtied his eyes.

Kamizuki Yu effortlessly defeated Rob Lucci and the CP0 agents by nullifying their attacks and dismantling their control over their bodies. He demonstrated cellular transformation with a bone blade, leaving the surviving agents helpless and despairing.

• Saint Charlos ordered his guards to kill Kamizuki Yu, but CP0 appeared to protect the Celestial Dragons and confront him.
• Rob Lucci attacked Kamizuki Yu with his strongest Six Powers technique, but Kamizuki Yu absorbed the attack without harm.
• Kamizuki Yu appeared behind Lucci and severed the connection between his soul and Devil Fruit, forcing him back into human form.
• Kamizuki Yu disabled the other CP0 members by striking the core of their Life Return techniques.
• Kamizuki Yu explained that true bodily control meant commanding every cell and formed a bone blade from his palm using Shikotsumyaku and Sage Body.

Kamizuki Yu reached Bartholomew Kuma in Pangaea Castle and erased the control program that enslaved him, restoring his memories and awareness. As Kuma began to question who he was, Sabo and the other Revolutionary Army commanders watched in shock, while Kamizuki Yu left Kuma to choose his own path.

• Kamizuki Yu explained to Sasuke's puppet that defeating CP0 showed the rule-makers their rules did not apply to him.
• Kamizuki Yu saw Saint Rosward order Kuma to extract a maid's pain while Sabo, Morley, and Karasu watched from hiding.
• Kamizuki Yu touched Kuma's forehead and erased Vegapunk's control program, restoring Kuma's memories and emotions.
• Kuma asked, "Who am I?" as Saint Rosward and the Revolutionary Army commanders reacted with shock.
• Kamizuki Yu told Kuma he could choose whether to remain obedient or become himself again.

Kamizuki Yu led Kuma through Pangaea Castle and used Tsukuyomi to mentally break the Celestial Dragons who tried to stop him. He reached the grandest palace, leaving Kuma and the Revolutionary Army commanders behind amid the Celestial Dragons’ screams.

• Kuma agreed to follow Kamizuki Yu, while Sabo, Morley, and Karasu decided to pursue them.
• Kamizuki Yu and Kuma entered Pangaea Castle’s core region without interference from its guards.
• A young Celestial Dragon ordered his guards to attack Kamizuki Yu and Kuma, but Kamizuki Yu stopped Sasuke’s puppet from killing him.
• Kamizuki Yu trapped the young Celestial Dragon in a Tsukuyomi nightmare that made him experience life as a suffering orphan for seventy-two hours.
• Kamizuki Yu used Tsukuyomi to drive other Celestial Dragons into mental breakdowns as he continued through the castle.
• Kamizuki Yu stopped before the grandest palace, with Kuma following him through the wailing Celestial Dragons.

Kamizuki Yu faced the Five Elders outside the palace and effortlessly stopped their combined attack with Truth-Seeking Orbs that erased their powers. After the stunned Elders realized the orbs stood above their Haki and Devil Fruit abilities, Kamizuki Yu announced that his turn had begun.

• The Five Elders emerged from the palace shadows and confronted Kamizuki Yu, sealing the area with their combined aura.
• The Five Elders launched a coordinated attack using a sword slash, an Armament Haki punch, repulsive force, beast claws, and paper.
• Kamizuki Yu summoned nine Truth-Seeking Orbs, which formed a shield around him and the Sasuke puppet.
• The shield erased every attack, leaving the Five Elders shocked and unable to understand the orbs' power.
• Kamizuki Yu dispersed the shield, stepped forward, and said it was his turn.