Recaps

Sasuke fought the Mangekyo Clone through the exhaustion of thirty defeats, driven by Natsu’s promise that victory would earn him entry to the Heavenly Awakening Hall. As his attack collided with the clone’s sword, Natsu and Izumi watched, and Natsu reassured her that the brutal training was meant to help Sasuke reach the pinnacle.

• Sasuke’s desire to defeat Itachi and protect the Uchiha Clan fueled his resolve to win access to the Heavenly Awakening Hall.
• Sasuke unleashed his full Armament Haki and a chained assault of forbidden techniques against the Mangekyo Clone.
• The clone drew its sword and met Sasuke’s attack, and their collision shook the Training Ground.
• Natsu watched Sasuke’s improved fighting skills while Izumi worried over his bloodied, battered condition.
• Natsu comforted Izumi and explained that Sasuke needed his goal to endure the harsh training.

Natsu heard Uchiha Setsuna’s report about escalating conflict in the New World and ordered Uchiha Madara to warn Sengoku and the Marine Headquarters. As Sasuke continued his brutal training, immense lightning pressure gathered over the Training Ground, leaving his fight against the clone unresolved.

• Uchiha Fugaku watched Sasuke endure severe injuries during training and reflected on Natsu’s extensive efforts to develop him.
• Uchiha Setsuna reported that Yashiro Chunwu’s faction and other powers had clashed with the Blackbeard Pirates, the Flying Pirates, the Marines, and the World Government.
• Natsu asked about Uchiha Madara and ordered Fugaku to contact him so he could warn Sengoku and the Marine Headquarters to stay out of the New World conflict.
• A tremendous explosion shook the Training Ground as dark storm clouds and lightning pressure gathered over the valley.
• Sasuke kept fighting the clone despite his wounds, rising whenever he was knocked down.

Sasuke endured the clone’s relentless attacks while preparing Lightning Release: Heavenly Punishment of Furious Thunder, a forbidden technique powerful enough to tear apart a Semi-Complete Susanoo. The technique neared completion as the clone’s final assault swallowed him in smoke and lightning, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• The clone intensified its sword attacks, wounding Sasuke as he secretly formed hand seals and drew lightning from the storm clouds.
• Uchiha Setsuna recognized Sasuke’s technique as Lightning Release: Heavenly Punishment of Furious Thunder and revealed that Natsu had developed it.
• Fugaku watched Sasuke’s progress with shock and joy as the technique’s thunderous pressure spread across the Training Ground.
• Sasuke was blasted into the barrier, but rose and continued forming seals while the gathered lightning grew stronger.
• The clone launched its most vicious assault as Sasuke reached the final hand seals, and smoke and lightning engulfed the battlefield.

Sasuke completed Lightning Release: Wrathful Thunder Heavenly Punishment as the Wood Release Clone’s blade nearly struck him, unleashing a storm that destroyed the barrier and Training Ground. The clone raised a towering Susanoo and layered wood and stone defenses against the descending lightning.

• Sasuke narrowly twisted away from the clone’s blade, suffering a deep wound across his back.
• Sasuke formed the final seal and unleashed Lightning Release: Wrathful Thunder Heavenly Punishment.
• The lightning tore apart the sealing barrier and engulfed the Training Ground, spreading its glare across the Four Islands.
• The Wood Release Clone summoned Natsu’s dark-gold Semi-Complete Susanoo to face the storm.
• The clone raised layered wood vines and stone shields around its Susanoo to defend against the lightning.

Sasuke unleashed Heavenly Punishment of Furious Thunder at the back mountain Training Ground, overwhelming the defenses there and startling the Uchiha clan across Origin Island. The Night Owl Guard realized that the young user was likely Natsu’s thirteen-year-old disciple, though they remained astonished by his ability to wield the forbidden technique.

• Sasuke’s lightning destroyed the vine barrier, rock shield, and Susanoo defenses, swallowing the clones and the Training Ground in a sea of thunder.
• Uchiha clan members across Origin Island saw the lightning and assumed Natsu was demonstrating his forbidden technique.
• The Night Owl Guard recognized the attack as Heavenly Punishment of Furious Thunder, but Uchiha Shadian ruled out Natsu because the attack was far weaker than his full power.
• Uchiha Yu noted that only Natsu, Izumi, and Sasuke could be at the exclusive Training Ground, and that Izumi could not have produced the attack.
• Shadian wondered whether Sasuke had unleashed the lightning, and a Night Owl Guard captain concluded that Natsu’s thirteen-year-old disciple was the only possibility.

Sasuke and Natsu's clone remained locked in a desperate clash as Sasuke's lightning technique engulfed the training ground. When the lightning finally receded, Natsu's shattered, nearly exhausted clone stood among the ruins, while Sasuke's fate remained unclear.

• Fugaku, Natsu, and Izumi anxiously watched the lightning sea, sensing Sasuke's wavering presence locked against the steadier presence of Natsu's clone.
• Fugaku worried that Sasuke's forbidden technique would leave lasting damage, while Natsu hoped his disciple would surpass his limits.
• The lightning gradually subsided, revealing that it had obliterated the training ground and left the valley in ruins.
• Natsu's clone stood amid the devastation with his Susanoo shattered, his chakra nearly exhausted, and lightning damage running through his body.

Sasuke survived the lightning attack and launched one last desperate assault on Natsu's weakened clone with his Piercing Resonance Form. The two charged into a potentially fatal clash, and the chapter ended before either blade struck.

• Fugaku believed Sasuke had died beneath the rubble and prepared to rush down to find him.
• Natsu's clone sensed a faint sign of life beneath the ruins and raised his guard.
• Sasuke burst from the scorched earth and unleashed Lightning Release: Piercing Resonance Form.
• Sasuke charged the exhausted clone, who swung his sword while aiming away from Sasuke's heart.
• Sasuke met the clone's lethal strike head-on as the two blades hurtled toward one another.

Sasuke defeated Uchiha Natsu’s Wood Release Clone by enduring a potentially fatal chest wound and striking back, earning Natsu’s acknowledgment. After Sasuke collapsed, Natsu took him away while Fugaku was left shaken by the near-fatal fight.

• Sasuke endured the clone’s blade through his chest and destroyed it with a final lightning-powered strike.
• Fugaku, Uchiha Setsuna, and Uchiha Izumi watched in terror as Sasuke won at the cost of a severe wound.
• Uchiha Natsu acknowledged Sasuke’s resolve but regretted the heavy price of his victory.
• Sasuke’s strength gave out, and Uchiha Natsu appeared to steady him and take him away.
• A clone reassured Fugaku that Sasuke was fine, but Fugaku collapsed in shock and anger.

Natsu brought the gravely wounded Sasuke to the clan laboratory, where Vallen, Caesar, and the medical team began treating him. After Natsu assured Fugaku that Sasuke’s life was no longer in danger, Fugaku’s panic eased, while Natsu expected Sasuke to seek him out after recovering.

• Natsu carried unconscious Sasuke into the medical laboratory, where Vallen and Caesar placed him in the Nutrient Recovery Pod and began emergency treatment.
• Natsu watched Sasuke’s treatment and reflected that, despite the near-fatal outcome, Sasuke had earned his approval by refusing to give up in battle.
• Natsu told the medical team to have Sasuke find him after he recovered, then left the laboratory.
• Fugaku hurried to Natsu and anxiously asked about Sasuke’s condition.
• Natsu told Fugaku that Vallen and Caesar were treating Sasuke and that his life was not in danger, easing Fugaku’s fear.

After reassuring Fugaku and Setsuna that Sasuke would recover, Natsu heard Setsuna’s report on the Uchiha Clan’s growing administrative challenges. The chapter ended with Natsu considering how to reorganize the clan’s affairs as Sasuke rested in a Nutrient Pod.

• Fugaku complained that the day’s shocks were too much for him, and Natsu reminded him that the Uchiha Clan now had lifespans of thousands of years.
• Setsuna revealed that Natsu’s longevity power had rejuvenated him and brought retired elders back to work managing clan affairs.
• Setsuna asked about Sasuke, and Natsu assured him that medical technology and the Nutrient Pod would allow Sasuke to recover without lasting damage.
• Fugaku’s worries eased after Setsuna confirmed Sasuke was safe.
• Setsuna reported that resource consolidation and population relocation on three islands were complete, but confusion between the old and new administrative systems remained.
• Natsu listened as Setsuna outlined the clan’s administrative problems and considered how to reorganize its affairs.

Madara Uchiha reflected on the East Blue’s hidden poverty, corruption, and collusion between Marines and pirates, contrasting it with the order Natsu and the Uchiha Clan had established in the West Blue. The chapter ended with Madara’s gaze turning cold as he considered the injustice around him.

• Madara Uchiha watched a peaceful village and briefly smiled at its ordinary life.
• Madara recalled how nobles exploited East Blue’s commoners and how resistance was punished by the World Government and Marines.
• Madara remembered witnessing ruined villages, pirate raids, and Marines taking bribes to protect pirates during his travels.
• Madara contrasted the East Blue with the West Blue, where Natsu and the Uchiha Clan had abolished the nobility and established their rule.
• Madara considered the Uchiha Clan’s Heavenly Star Guard, Earthly Chief Guard, and Nightingale Guard, then let killing intent spread through the air.

Madara reflected on the West Blue’s prosperity under Uchiha rule before receiving Natsu’s summons to the New Marine Headquarters after a major clash in the New World. With the clan’s affairs stable and Sasuke recovering, Madara prepared to return to the conflict.

• Madara considered how the West Blue had become peaceful and prosperous under strict Uchiha governance, unlike the World Government’s territories.
• A Night Owl Guard delivered Natsu’s message ordering Madara to travel to the New Marine Headquarters after he finished recuperating.
• The guard described a confrontation involving Chunwu, Yashiro, the Straw Hat Pirates, the Flying Pirates, the Blackbeard Pirates, and Marine forces on a deserted island.
• Madara asked about the clan and West Blue, and the guard reported that administration was stable, Sasuke was recovering, transport networks were expanding, and remaining threats were being purged.
• Madara resolved to return to the New World as tensions rose, while Natsu briefly visited Uchiha Izumi before heading to the experimental chamber.

Izuna explained that he had completed the framework for a simplified Flying Thunder God, making it accessible to more Uchiha at the cost of range, marker durability, and combat reaction speed. He remained dependent on Madara’s success in awakening the Rinnegan before his resurrection could proceed.

• Izuna continued refining his Impure World Reincarnation body and researching jutsu in his sealed laboratory.
• Natsu visited Izuna and asked about the simplified Flying Thunder God’s progress.
• Izuna said the technique’s framework was complete and that more clan members could learn it than the original.
• Izuna warned that the simplified technique had a much shorter range, weaker markers, and slower reactions, making it risky for emergency combat evasions.
• Izuna privately worried that his true resurrection depended on Madara successfully fusing with the Gene Serum and awakening the Rinnegan.
• Natsu examined the scroll and assessed the simplified technique’s calculations and limitations.

Natsu and Izuna discussed refining the Uchiha Clan’s simplified Flying Thunder God technique and preparing a future resurrection plan. At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku reflected on how the Uchiha’s intervention had derailed the Navy’s plans, then received the three Admirals for their report on the deserted-island conflict.

• Natsu said the simplified Flying Thunder God was already useful for elite Uchiha tactical movement, while Izuna promised to improve it through field tests.
• Izuna observed the cultured cell samples prepared for a future resurrection plan, which remained far from completion.
• Sengoku recalled how the Uchiha Clan had disrupted the Summit War, allowing Whitebeard to escape and Blackbeard to rise by acquiring the Gorilla-Gorilla Fruit, Titan Giant Form.
• Sengoku considered how former Whitebeard Pirates had joined the Uchiha Clan’s Earthly Chief Guard, expanding its strength and worsening the Navy’s challenges.
• Akainu, Ryokugyu, and Kizaru entered Sengoku’s office to report on the deserted-island conflict, with all three showing signs of strain.
• Kizaru brewed tea at the office station and took a seat while the others waited to be questioned.

Sengoku demanded an account from the three admirals after the battle, and Kizaru began explaining how a conflict between Edward Weevil and the Straw Hat Pirates drew in powerful pirate, Marine, Revolutionary Army, and Uchiha forces. The account left off as the Second Golden Lion fled the island, while the larger battle continued to unfold.

• Sengoku struck his desk and demanded that Akainu, Ryokugyu, and Kizaru explain what had happened.
• Akainu said he arrived after the Uchiha Clan had taken control of the battle and witnessed the Red-Haired Pirates fighting Kizaru and Ryokugyu before the Marine standoff with the Uchiha.
• Ryokugyu silently recalled how Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Tetsuka, their ten Night Owl Guard members, and later reinforcements had overwhelmed the Blackbeard Pirates and exposed the Uchiha Clan's strength.
• Kizaru explained that Edward Weevil's dispute with Luffy's Straw Hat Pirates escalated after the Second Golden Lion tried to recruit both sides and then attacked the Straw Hats after they refused.
• Ace and Sabo intervened, Chunwu and Rin joined their side, and Blackbeard, the Marines, and Shanks's Red-Haired Pirates arrived as the island's battle grew more chaotic.
• Kizaru said Uchiha Yashiro and Uchiha Tetsuka arrived with ten Night Owl Guard members, prompting the Second Golden Lion to flee with his remaining followers.

Kizaru recounted how the Uchiha Clan destroyed most of the Blackbeard Pirates and forced the Navy to retreat when reinforcements arrived. Sengoku, Akainu, and Ryokugyu recognized that the Navy could no longer challenge the Uchiha Clan without risking defeat.

• Kizaru explained that Yashiro and Tekka attacked the Blackbeard Pirates, while Shanks fought the Navy to keep the wider conflict from escalating.
• Yashiro, Tekka, and ten Night Owl Guards crushed the Blackbeard Pirates; Blackbeard escaped, while Lafitte, Stronger, and Doc Q were captured.
• After Sakazuki's reinforcements arrived, Shanks withdrew the Red-Haired Pirates from the battlefield.
• Uchiha Yaoyu and Uchiha Yakumi arrived with several dozen Night Owl Guard reinforcements, making the Navy abandon its plan to attack and retreat.
• Sengoku lost confidence in the Navy's ability to counter the Uchiha Clan, while Akainu and Ryokugyu accepted the danger it posed.

The Five Elders reviewed how the Uchiha Clan had grown into a force capable of defeating Blackbeard’s crew and driving back the Marines, far beyond its strength at the Summit War. They questioned whether Uchiha Natsu still feared Lord Imu, leaving their old confidence in the World Government’s restraint on the verge of collapse.

• A curly white-haired Elder recounted how Yashiro and Tekka’s twelve clansmen defeated Blackbeard’s crew and captured its core officers, while reinforcements led by Yaoyu and Yakumi forced the Marines to retreat.
• A white-bearded Elder compared the Uchiha Clan’s current strength with its far smaller presence at the Summit War and cited intelligence that more than one hundred clansmen had reached Vice Admiral level.
• A towering Elder warned that Madara Uchiha had severely injured Kaido and that the Uchiha Clan’s middle-tier fighters alone could suppress a Yonko-level crew.
• The Five Elders considered the unknown strength of Uchiha Fugaku and remembered that Uchiha Natsu had fought Lord Imu during the Summit War.
• The towering Elder declared that the Five Elders had overlooked the most fatal point, as their belief that Natsu feared Lord Imu began to crumble.

The Five Elders feared that the Uchiha Clan’s rapid growth could overturn the world order, but they could neither attack it nor let it expand unchecked. Imu summoned them to the Flower Room, where they arrived before the ruler seated upon the Void Throne.

• The Five Elders assessed the Uchiha Clan’s hidden strength and concluded that Marine Headquarters had no way to counter it.
• The Five Elders rejected a Buster Call and hesitated to ask Imu to intervene, fearing that either choice could trigger a devastating war.
• The Five Elders remained trapped in a deadlock over how to contain the Uchiha Clan.
• Imu’s supreme will descended upon the Room of Authority and summoned the Five Elders.
• The Five Elders traveled to the Flower Room and stood before Imu on the Void Throne.

Imu issued a series of orders to counter the Uchiha Clan’s growing power, including capturing an Uchiha alive, accelerating the Seraphim program, and bringing the Giant Tribe into the World Government’s camp. After the Five Elders departed to carry out the decrees, Imu privately watched Origin Island and remained apprehensive about Uchiha Natsu’s true strength.

• Imu ordered the Five Elders to secretly capture one member of the Uchiha Clan alive, despite the risk of provoking an all-out war.
• Imu directed Vegapunk to accelerate the Seraphim program and investigate the source of the Uchiha Clan’s rapid growth in power.
• Imu sent Saint Figarland Garling and the God's Knights to Elbaf to win over the Giant Tribe and subdue Loki.
• Imu ordered the Navy to recruit more fighters, reinforce Paradise, withdraw from the New World, and use Kizaru and Akainu to eliminate pirates in the Grand Line’s first half.
• The Five Elders accepted Imu’s orders and left the Flower Room to implement them.
• Alone on the Void Throne, Imu watched Origin Island and worried that he still could not judge Uchiha Natsu’s true strength.

Imu and Uchiha Natsu remained locked in a deadly stalemate, each avoiding direct war while their forces competed across the seas. A Uchiha warship sailed through Paradise toward the New Marine Headquarters, carrying Madara and an elite guard on a mission to signal the clan’s stance and deter conflict.

• Imu considered using Uranus to destroy Origin Island, but his Observation Haki warned that doing so would bring catastrophic consequences, so he held back.
• Imu and Uchiha Natsu continued to restrain one another, while the World Government and the Uchiha Clan advanced their plans and clashed through subordinate forces.
• A Uchiha warship bearing the clan crest sailed across Paradise toward the New Marine Headquarters in the New World, with Madara aboard and Nightingale Guard members maintaining the vessel.
• Night Owl Guard members discussed Natsu’s orders to deter and monitor rather than provoke conflict, and recalled how the clan’s recent victory had made even Marine patrols retreat.
• The Night Owl Guard appeared relaxed on deck while keeping their Sharingan subtly active and their combat readiness concealed.

Madara Uchiha’s warship continued toward the New World, its calm voyage serving as a show of Uchiha military strength that made Marines and other ships retreat. At New Marine Headquarters, Sengoku faced the growing standoff as the Five Elders’ secret orders lay before the senior Marines.

• Madara Uchiha read peacefully aboard the warship while keeping the mission’s purpose—a silent display of deterrence—clearly in mind.
• Madara sensed the fear of the Marines whose patrol ship had fled, and reflected on how the Uchiha Clan’s standing had changed in a few years.
• Pirate ships, merchant vessels, and Marine patrols avoided the Uchiha warship as it sailed steadily toward the Red Line.
• The narration described the voyage as a counter to the World Government’s efforts to recruit, purge, and strengthen its forces.
• At New Marine Headquarters, Sengoku stood before a window in the war council chamber while the Five Elders’ sealed secret orders covered the table.

Sengoku received the World Government’s orders to recruit on a massive scale and prepare Marine operations across the Grand Line and Four Blues. As the Marines planned their deployment, they learned that a Uchiha Clan warship was approaching Sabaody, leaving them wary of provoking a conflict.

• Sengoku relayed the Five Elders’ orders to Kizaru and Akainu and directed them to Sabaody Archipelago.
• Kizaru complained about the reassignment, while Akainu agreed to prepare for the pirate-cleansing operation.
• Momonga and Tokikake warned Sengoku that recruitment and a Paradise blockade would strain Marine forces and weaken New World defenses.
• Sengoku ordered the Marines to use Sabaody as a transit hub, stabilize the first half of the Grand Line, and then advance into the Four Blues.
• A Marine Major reported that a large warship bearing the Uchiha Clan crest was sailing toward Sabaody.
• Momonga and Tokikake said the Marines had no evidence of hostile intent and should avoid provoking the Uchiha Clan.

Sengoku ordered the Marines to observe the Uchiha warship bound for Sabaody without approaching or provoking it. Meanwhile, Akainu Sakazuki and Kizaru Borsalino led a major Marine force to garrison the archipelago and prepare for the coming purge.

• Sengoku instructed Marine vessels to track the Uchiha warship and avoid contact without headquarters authorization.
• The Marines began region-wide recruitment preparations and mobilized personnel and supplies across their bases.
• Akainu Sakazuki and Kizaru Borsalino took command of seven battleships and more than ten thousand elite soldiers bound for Sabaody.
• The fleet's vice admirals, including Momonga, Lantuo, and Shouya, prepared to secure the archipelago and its maritime defenses.
• Momonga stated that the Marines would hold the stronghold, gather intelligence, and avoid stirring up trouble while preventing pirates from causing chaos.

Akainu’s fleet sailed toward Sabaody as the Marines prepared for a new sweeping operation. On a deserted island, Blackbeard lay gravely wounded after the Uchiha Clan destroyed his crew, consumed by hatred and determined to survive.

• Doberman and the vice admirals agreed to avoid provocation and prioritize military preparations as the fleet headed for Sabaody.
• Blackbeard recalled how Yashiro and the Red Susanoo overwhelmed the Blackbeard Pirates and nearly killed him.
• Blackbeard had thrown Avalo Pizarro at his pursuers to escape the battle, leaving his crew to be wiped out.
• Blackbeard lay alone on the island, badly injured and near death, while vowing not to let his hatred and humiliation fade.

The Marines expanded their base at Sabaody Archipelago under Akainu’s supervision while Kizaru sensed Madara Uchiha’s arrival offshore and warned the garrison. Madara observed the Marine buildup from his warship and considered his journey to Fish-Man Island only a convenient stop.

• Akainu oversaw the expansion and defensive preparations at Sabaody as the vice admirals handled their assigned duties.
• Kizaru sensed a powerful presence offshore, recognized it as Madara Uchiha, and contacted Akainu.
• Akainu confirmed the presence with his Observation Haki and sounded an alert that sent the vice admirals rushing to the coast.
• Madara stood aboard the Uchiha warship outside Sabaody and surveyed the Marine buildup.
• Madara considered Fish-Man Island a convenient stop and assessed the Marines’ forces as barely sufficient to maintain order.